An Aussie geek stuck in Texas

The other day I stumbled across the site Bush Fail and that inspired me to do the same for the very “photogenic” Hillary Rodham Clinton so I just finished setting up Bucket loads of Hillary Fail. So please check it out and let me know what you think!

I fully expect the site to hit the front page of Digg before long given how fanatical the Obama supports are there so the site is setup with WP Super Cache and all images are stored on Amazon S3 so it should be able to survive the Digg effect and even a Slashdot effect at the same time!

Tags: fail, hillary

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One of my dogs Trixi in a perfect Loldog pose!

Tags: Dogs

For no reason except “just because”, I created this little website to promote Steak Night at Little Woodrows in Midtown. All it does is return NO unless it is Wednesday then it returns YES linked to the specials page for Little Woodrows Midtown, nice & simple!

http://isitsteaknight.com/?

Tags: beer, steak

A photo of me kissing a pink dolphin at Sentosa Island in Singapore. We had gotten to the dolphin show at Dolphin Cove on Sentosa Island just after it started and midway into the show they were after two volunteers to play with the dolphins that would involve going into the water up into your neck… I did a quick check of what I was wearing and the heavy shorts I was wearing would be a real pain to get wet but I said to heck with it and started waving. to my surprise I was chosen.

So after emptying my pockets I headed down and the first thing the little girl (that was also chosen) and I had to do was hula hoop while the dolphins played behind us and of course I was a complete & utter failure at that! Then it was fun time! I got to wade out and meet the pink dolphin, give it a hug, then it wanted to kiss me (as per the photo) and then I got to feed the dolphin. Overall it was a very cool experience, unfortunately I didn’t get any Flipper like action and didn’t get to hold onto it’s dorsal fin to go along for a ride but maybe next time!

On Sunday the Houston Astros designated Morgan Ensberg for assignment meaning that gave them 10 days to either trade him ,release him or send him down the the minor leagues but they made it clear the latter was not an option. this kind of saddened me as Morgan is a great guy, truly one of the “Good Guys” sure he had been struggling lately but just recently he had found his swing and was hitting pretty well so was showing a lot of promise!

Yesterday some co-workers and I actually saw him at Best Buy, my first thought was just to leave him be and not bother him as I am sure plenty of fans annoy him already but in hindsight I kind of wish I went up to him to let him know the fans still care about The Vital Organ and wish him all the best!

Today just before the trade deadline it was announced he was traded to the San Diego Padres for either an unknown player or cash, at first I thought that was a tough break but then I learned he had a house in San Diego so it sounds like it all worked out for him! So Morgan best of luck with the Padres, hopefully we see you as a regular starter and knocking the stuffing out of the ball! Oh and when the Padres are in town you better do some outfielding in batting practice and say hi to all of us at the 9 Amigo’s Bar in centerfield!

Tags: astros

Didn’t even have to leave my apt to enjoy the show!

It at least looks quite scenic until you realize that water along side it is basically an open sewer!

Baseball, going out with friends and then relaxing the morning after at our complex’s lovely pool before another game of baseball!

The result of my efforts today to rearrange the living room, if I was thinking I would have taken a before shot as well but you will just have to take my word that it is much better.

A creative use of some promotional magnets for our product!