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Just a few pics from the recent Thanksgiving Holiday. We ended up having an early Thanksgiving "brunch", since I had to work Thanksgiving night (bla). Hope everyone had a good time....



The Family Pic

Danney and Mik

Me and the Bro Dan....need I say more.

Piggin out

I'd say someone had a little too much to eat.

Here is Jeremy, Danney, and Mik....obviously happy because we were about to go somewhere fun :-)

Here is Ashley J, Susan, Mik, and Jeremy. I'm not sure what Jeremy is doing here, but it looks like he would have rather poked his eyes out than take this neat picture, in which was taken at Venice Camp Ground some years back when we used to go camping.




The other picures are of us trying to make our way down the Myakka River. We had a super time, and it seems like yesterday :-)

Funny. After I just make a post about how much I love my "foofoo" coffee maker, and how dead I would be if I didn't have it, here comes an article from Reuters about the "TOP FIVE CITIES ADDICTED TO CAFFEINE"! And wouldn't you know it, TAMPA RANKS SECOND, only to Chicago. Go figure. That is a bit suprising considering how hot it is down here. Maybe they only surveyed yankee transplants, huh. That would skew the numbers. Read the article below...


Chicago most caffeinated U.S. city: survey By Kristina Cooke
Tue Nov 6, 3:41 PM ET

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The windy city is also the most wired, according to a survey that showed people in Chicago are the most caffeinated in the United States.

Chicagoans eat more chocolate and drink more cola than other U.S. urbanites, and are among the top consumers of energy drinks and coffee.

They are also likely to say caffeine is good for you, according to the poll conducted by Prince Market Research.

Tampa, Miami, Phoenix and Atlanta rounded out the top five most caffeinated cities, while residents of San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit and Baltimore consumed the least caffeine.

"It's surprising perhaps that some places you may think have a lot of hustle and bustle like San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York, were the least caffeinated cities," said Todd Smith, a spokesman for HealthSaver, a healthcare discount service that commissioned the poll.

The survey looked at consumption of coffee, tea, chocolate, sodas, energy drinks and caffeine pills in 20 major cities in the United States by interviewing 2,000 people.

Seattle took the top spot in just caffeinated coffee consumption. Nearly 60 percent of residents in the city said coffee would be the most difficult caffeine product to give up.

The growing popularity of "high-end" coffees, energy drinks and green tea has added to more caffeine consumption around the world, according to HealthSaver.

Half of all the people questioned in the poll said they drank coffee every day, followed by 21 percent who drank caffeinated cola.

New Yorkers and San Franciscans were also among people most likely to say caffeine is bad for you. More than 70 percent of people questioned in the poll said they were not addicted to caffeine. The older the age group the more likely they were to say coffee would be the most difficult caffeinated product to give up.

The BIG 22 Years Old HAHAHAHA (Gotta love the hair!)

Discussions around the lunch table come up about this new HDTV technology. and I usually get asked "what is all this HD stuff about" or "what's the difference in digital or HD, or 720p, or DLP, etc, etc. Well, here's a link to one of my favorite "Digital Media and Technology" sites. The site is called AFTERDAWN.COM. They have a pelethra of factoids on everything and anything to do with video technology. CLICK HERE and just read through the guides and it should answer any questions you may have concerning HDTV.

Just so I can brag a little, we currently have a 50" LG Plasma, with 720p resolution. No, it's not the 'full hd' in which would be 1080p, but honestly, it is crystal clear with excellent detail. It has an absolutely remarkable picture, especially when watching something broadcasting in HD. And dvd's are awesome too, and we aren't even watching HD dvd's yet (notice I said "yet"). But, it has the HDMI inputs from a progressive scan HDMI upconverting dvd player, in which deliveres an awesome picture.









Our home theatre.