Here is an updated picture at about 9 weeks…Click

I know it’s a little late but Happy Father’s Day to my father and those that read these pages.

Life has been coming at me fast these days. I have been ending employment, starting/joining a venture which is going to get me closer to my goals, and reeling over the fact that, I, will be a father. I am going to be a person who is responsible for another life on this big blue marble we call Earth. It’s pretty daunting at times. Here is the latest picture. Click.

Learning the ins and outs the new business has taken some time (hence the lack of posts or any kind of life outside work). Hopefully it will get easier and I will acclimate. I am sure it will. It just takes time.

So Deb and I received some good news just the other day. Wednesday to be exact. We confirmed that she is six weeks pregnant. Yes this means that there is another Bradley coming soon to a life near you.
To quote a famous movie (one of my favorite movies), ‘There is another’. Feel free to guess the quote and comment if you want to spoil it for others…or you can add another quote from the same movie.

Here is the beginning…
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So I decided that I will not have time to redo the backend of the site or switch from Wordpress.

The reason, you might ask, is as such:
I am quitting my current job at CompuLAN Consultants to be a co-owner of Computer House/PCS. A web hosting company based in New Jersey. It is a great opportunity to finally be my own boss and make a better future for me and mine…

I am coming into this as a partner with Carl from ‘Dave’s Favorite Site on the Web‘ Wunderville.com

Last weekend Deb and I decided to get away for Mother’s Day and not do anything. May is a mixed bag for us personally with mixed emotions on Memorial Day (our Anniversary). As you can tell there is more to this story and it is one of the things that will remain off my website. We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Princeton, NJ. The prices were really good, approximately $100/night. We went to the Princeton Record Exchange and I was able to pick up some CDs of bands I like from Canada. We did some shopping and in general was relaxing.

I bought a Sony PSP and have been able to play a great deal of games. Nifty little device.

Today we had to take our cat, Mischief, to the doctor for shots and to have a bump on her belly looked at. The bump was a fatty deposit so nothing to worry about. She lost around 3-4 pounds…so she is now only 15 pounds.

If you are a fan of Kevin Smith’s ‘An Evening With…’ or it’s sequel ‘…Evening Harder’, then check out his SModcasts. They are played on XM. Interesting topics are discussed by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier. Download them here and give a listen.

I was supposed to be working on the new site. I haven’t had time which is a real shame. I was excited. Between work and home life, I have not had an opportunity to even learn the new content management system or figure how to import all the existing content. So I am re-enabling the old site here and adding content.

Thanks for all your patience.

I have been busy lately researching hardware to build a new computer (for me, CW, and Ed). The design has been impleneted and the computer went beyond my expectations. I can play Crysis and other computer games with ease.

The specs are:
MSI P7N Diamond with Q6600 (G0/SLACR), ThermalRight 120 Extreme Heatsink (120mm fan attached), 4GB of GEIL DDR2 1066 RAM, and a nVidia 8800GT in an Antec Nine-Hundred case.

It is truly amazing how fast this computer runs. I also took the plunge and went with Vista x64.

Now I can get to some game playing. Scratch that, I have been game playing. Installing games and setting them all up. Played a bit of Crysis (not too much) and of course WoW (game addiction is real and I don’t mind it so much)

Hooray for Hollywood. There is a new movie based on the original book in the works.

Check out this link to find out a little more.

I have been researching new hardware for a while and I have been contracted to help others with choosing what hardware they should use and for what. I have been dealing with finding the best deals, rebates, shipping and overal stability of the hardware as a whole when it is built.

Now the hardware has mostly been ordered…still need to find a nice aftermarket cooler…I will be done.

Dealing with shipping has been a pain. FedEx won’t leave it without a signature and the shipper won’t change the address. Now I have to pick up the package at the closest FedEx shipment center…about 40 minutes away…

Plus work has been busy…so no time to look things up there…doing it on my own time.

I just wanted to let everyone know that there is an alternate location to login to the site. Look to the upper left and you will see a heading that says login. There you can login (for existing users) or register (for the uninitiated).

Hope to see more people posting comments.

Thanks.

Over the weekend of March 1-2, the Focus got a car door slammed into, it left a couple of dents and some scratched in the paint/clearcoat finish. The perpetrators of course did not leave a note…bastards.

We finished putting up Crown Molding in the bathroom. It looks great but what a pain in the ass. We need to paint it.

I got high Triglycerides, and low good cholesterol so Deb and I are off to a nutritionist this coming weekend (March 9th). That should be fun. I don’t eat a whole lot of vegetables…and lettuce is completely out…hate the stuff. Tonight Deb and I are going to a Fertility specialist…it hasn’t been a good year (for those in the know).

Tuesday an appraiser is coming to assess the house thanks to the Home ‘Fucking’ Depot that they put up across the street (basically). This means we have to clean/straighten every room in the house. My main study/computer room is the worst offender we have…there is too much stuff in there. I have to find some time to go through it all.

HD-DVD was declared dead (not sure if I posted on this yet) but as it is, I went and picked up the HD-DVD add-on for the XBOX360 for $50 and that includes 5 free HD-DVDs. Not too shabby. Then I went and bought a couple of movies that benfit from the HD picture…and a discounted prices. Check out cheapassgamer.com for some really good deals. You have to sign up…but it’s free. It links to deals around the net for DVDs (HD and SD)

Congrats POP on the Virus you put on your computer and on the purchase of a really nice computer. Now maybe I won’t mind using it when I am over there…maybe sometime in the future after things are settled down a bit.

It’s sad that you now have a faster computer (except Video Card) than I do. Mahjong and e-mail will run like Formula-1 racing (I know you like the NHRA not F-1)

I would like to wish John and the other members of The Bot Flies a good show tomorrow night at Villanova.

Go enjoy the show…also, check them out in Ocean City, NJ at the Music pier on Saturday.

Ok here goes another rant…in the long line of rants people who know me are used to.

Fuck the RIAA…just beacuse they suck and while we are at it, screw all government policies that dictate copyright law (see Sweden and ThePirateBay.org). Leave the enforcement to private companies which claim that hurts their bottom dollar (lies) and leave government policy where it should be. How about focusing on making sure our citizens have fucking health insurance (joke in ‘the land of the free’), a house to live in (foreclosures are at an all time high), jobs (raise fucking minimum wage to a level that allows people to have/get the previous to requests.

HD-DVD…I fear…is dead. The little engine that could has met it’s steepest hill. Toshiba is backing out (they were the major contributing company to it’s inception), studios are backing out, retailers are backing out…and on the heels, Sony’s PS3 sales are climbing…this is not a coincidence.

The more I hear from the politicians that are running for government, the less they seem any different…sucks to be us…what a broken, corrupt system.

Here comes the paranoia…I’m sure I am being flagged right now for these words on the governments big super computer…am I a terrorist for demanding change and for wanting everyone to fight for change. Where are the great leaders like George Washington and Ben Franklin? Where are the people who aren’t afraid to shake things up. Is the corruption so rampant that nothing can be done?

Play Rock Band…fun game.

Support local bands, visit TheBotFlies.

Just re-watched Trainspotting. What a great movie.

Here it is in a nutshell. Life is stress. Lately I have little to no fun with moments of time spent dulling the impact. I watch TV and play Computer/Video games to help. But when I turn these vices off, life creeps back in. I keep adding to it and have a list of shit that just cannot get done for one reason or the next. Then when I feel that I am reaching a certain breaking point, I guard myself by shutting down. This helps on a personal level but then the part of me that is responsible forces me to come back to the mess.

To quote Ben Folds

everybody knows
it sucks to grow up
and everybody does
and so weird to be back here
let me tell you what
the years go on and
we’re still fighting it

There is more to the song but this part is what I really relate to.

Goodnight…and have a pleasant tomorrow.

If you in the know when it comes to home theatre equipment then you may have heard of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. The two HD (High Definition) formats released in the last year or so (don’t feel like looking up exact release dates). They both offer really clear hi-def picture but are backed by different studios and equipment manufacturers. It has been a battle to see which one will win, which will lose. I would take one step further and say the real loser is everyone in this format war. Some people bought HD-DVD and others, Blu-Ray. And whichever side loses will be stuck with the digital equivalent to the BetaMAX. Especially when there is already another format on the horizon that can store so much more on a disc than either of the two that battling it out now. The new format can store information in three dimentions on the disc and is holographic. Sure this may not be out for a little while. But I say stick with DVD and screw the format war…DVD might not be as high definition but for me (and I really like watching movies and TV), I am not ready to ditch DVD.

Unless the next format is decided upon and not fought over, stay with the old standard DVD.

I would like to wish everyone a happy new year. Let’s hope this one is better. Too many things are happening right now and I am hoping things will even out.

Take the time to love someone this year.

We are in the lull…the post Christmas slump. After the excitement has dulled and the promise of a new year is upon us all, I can’t help but start to think about the past and future. The present is the day to day and we must take what comes and only each second is the present, all else is behind or in front of us.

This year (like all odd years it seems) has not been the best. Too many problems. Too much stress.

I feel excited and I feel numb. I have been reflecting on the past and how wide-eyed I was with dreams of being in a band and doing what I want. I used to write poems/lyrics and write music but for some reason, I haven’t written in a while. Maybe I have found different mediums (like this little rant). Maybe it was all the angst of youth or maybe it was the lack of love I felt with no one to share my life with…outside of my family who will always love me. Some people need to be loved and I think I am one of those people.

I have made choices that are the right ones like falling in love and getting married. I do not regret these things and I think everyone should find someone to love and share their life with.

We must all find balance. Balance of mind, body, and soul. Live life the way you want…the way you need.

Please take time in your day to reflect and then try to understand yourself better. Find your center and be content.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Merry Christmas eve all of you. Hope all is well with everyone. I plan to have my gallery back up and running in the next month or so. We shall see. I am awaiting a visit from my parents to exchange Christmas gifts and eat some ham with the usual fixins.

Update: Later on this evening:
My parent left about an hour ago and I will have to say that it was one of the best visits *from* my parents. I was happy to see them and we spent a lot of time talking about our family and the goings-on in their lives. It filled me with the Christmas spirit and it finally feels like Christmas for me. Deb seemed to have a really good time also and we would like to send out a THANK YOU to the parents and a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!