Get out and vote already....

Jessica and I went this morning to vote and were not very happy to see that a person that is currently in a scandal here in Boston, Sal DiMasi article here, can possibly run unopposed! I mean, what has the world come to? Can anyone really be in politics in this country as long as you have the money to campaign?

Luckily, a State Senator here in MA, Dianne Wilkerson article here, took her name off the ballot.

On pondering all this, I have decided to write my name in the place where Sal DiMasi currently runs unopposed. I ask that everyone else I know does the same in MA. To be honest, I am thinking of sitting outside a few polling centers to publicize myself a little.

Ugh, politics smolitics. Here's to a historic election and a new 4 years, whom ever it may be with.

Celebrating 60 years today

Well all, I just heard a really cool blurb on our local NPR station here in Boston about the 60th anniversary of the War of the Worlds original broadcast (October 30th, 1938 for those that can't do the math).

In the broadcast they played some highlights of the show and I have to say I was very impressed with it. I decided to look online for a downloadable version of that broadcast and found a great website people my be interested in.

Mercury Theatre

The above website has countless of their shows, including The War of the Worlds.
I know I'll be enjoying this today, hopefully you will find some time too.


If the link above doesn't work....here is another

Weekends were made for this....

While the weekend isn't over yet, it will soon be Sunday, which, for most of us out there, is the day before we begin a full week of work. So, to make everyone's Monday morning a little better, I decided to post this weekend (lucky you).

As you all may know now (or maybe not), the link to the new photo page is located on the right side of the page, just above the photo albums (it's only a link so keep a close eye).

That is how you will access the new photo page until I can get blogger to accept php scripts and, seeing as how I can't control bloggers strategic decisions, that is where it will remain. However, if anyone can point me to a nice blogging app or web interface that will allow php, it would be appreciated.

On to the weekend though. Jared came last minute and being short of things to do, he brought Guitar Hero and Rock Band. For some reason, he left the drums at home which are what I like to rock out on but he did bring 3 guitars and luckily no vocals (Bang a Gong anyone?).

To honor our fellow Guitar Hero and Rock Band fans, I created a new album in the photo page which will now house all our mobile uploads. To kick things off, I took pictures of Jessica and Jared rocking it hard core, can't you see the focus and drive in their faces? I have also added photos from a Corn Maze we completed today up on the North Shore. The maze itself was 7 acres and ended up being a bit more difficult than I think we all thought it would. Of course, making the first turn in the wrong direction didn't help things out at all either.

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend...here's to the week ahead.


PS - There have been a ton of sets added to the photo page, some of which are listed below (I hope you all enjoy them):
Professional Wedding Pictures
Jessica's 30th Birthday (Italy and Friends visit)
Jessica and Ashley's Trip to Amsterdam
Our first visit to Gettysburg since graduation
Many more...

New Image Page Goes Live!

Ever get tired of not seeing an updated picture post? Editing the template in Blogger may not seem like much trouble but these days even making a post is difficult. So, the following page was developed to update, automatically, when we post a set within our flickr account (neat uh?).

New Photo Page Goes Live!

I expect modifications to come shortly so input would be nice, I basically stole the templates from a forum I use.

Also, if anyone has any PHP or Java codes that they use on their page and wouldn't mind sharing, it'd be appreciated.

Enjoy the albums.

Connor bursts into song

The Thomas the Train Roll Call


Connor Sings the Thomas the Train Roll Call


Engine Roll Call
They're two, they're four, they're six, they're eight
Shunting trucks and hauling freight
Red and green and brown and blue
They're the Really Useful Crew
All with different roles to play
Round Tidmouth Sheds or far away
Down the hills and round the bends
Thomas and his friends

Thomas, he's the cheeky one
James is vain but lots of fun
Percy pulls the mail on time
Gordon thunders down the line
Emily really knows her stuff
Henry toots and huffs and puffs
Edward wants to help and share
Toby, well let's say he's square

My civic duty, or so they tell me

Sitting in a courthouse is about as much fun as it sounds, yes I know, I can here you all trying to contain that sudden burst of excitement so as not to disturb your cubicle neighbors.

Juror number 279 is my name for the day, sadly, or maybe not so sadly since they were picked already, juror number 007 was already taken.

Random acts of computer algorithms gave me that number which may or may not be my ticket out of this court room without being called.

Pray for me.
279 signing out.

Enjoying the end of summer in the north

The plans for this weekend changed last minute for jessica and I yet as I sit here on a hammock on the cape, I struggle to find anything wrong with that. Well, ask me tomorrow when I find that I got a burn from the sun and we may get a different answer.

Jessica and I were lucky enough to get invited to lisa's families cape house for I believe is the last official weekend of the summer. To be honest, the chill last night made me wonder if we missed the last 'unofficial' summer weekend.

Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather today and has a similar weekend to mine, filled with relaxation and reading.

I'll try and figure out how to load picture from my blackberry later this afternoon as I am hoping to take someones advise to take a long walk off a short pier (I think I'll jump at the end though).