Christmas Party 2008

Went to work Christmas party with Jessica tonight.  It was at the company owner's house.  It was recently just completed, and sits on the water at Clearwater, FL.  Tonight was full moon too.  So the view over the water was very pretty.
We played some get-to-know-people game, and had a White Elephant gift exchange.  I brought a remote control helicopter, which turned out to be pretty popular.  It got stolen three times (max), and was taken out and flew around afterward.  I got a light saber.  Pretty cool.
Other notable items were

• A jar of cheese balls, iTunes giftcard, and a pack of toilet papers
• The Leg-Lamp from the Christmas Story
• 24-boxes of Cheezit!

All in all, it was a lot of fun.  And we all ended the night with a future trip to sky diving!Merry Christmas!

Pumpkin Carving Contest

October 22, 2008
Jessica and I went to our apartment complex's halloween party on Wednesday.  It was a pretty good turn out.  Lots of families and kids.  They also had a pumpkin carving contest.  We entered one (see picture). 
We got the design from the internet and free-hand copied it (the eyes and the mouth were a bit off).  Who'da thunk we get second place!  w00t!  The prize was a small basket of candy and a publix gift card.  Fun time =)

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Bill Gates Commercial

I just saw Bill Gates in a commercial (during South Carolina vs Vanderbilt).  My thoughts as I watched:

• why would Bill Gates need to be in one
• who in the world actually got him to be in one
• what is this commercial about

Of course, it's a commercial for Windows  =P

Richie's Visit

Richie took a vacation break.  He came over and visit us on Labor Day.  We went go-karting at http://www.tampabaygp.com.  lots of fun!

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elephant ride in thailand

My wife and I just got back from Thailand.  We went on an elephant ride.  Was quite interesting!