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1058 miles.

I'll post about the show later, but it was a really fun show.
Resting.

No school for me tomorrow.
Woohoo!!!  ¶ 11/30/2003 10:08:00 PM 0 comments

  Okay I'm about to bounce.

To Philly by way of Jersey here I go.

On three.  ¶ 11/29/2003 05:34:00 AM 0 comments

  Some New Pictures.. I've put some new pictures up I think you'll enjoy.

Here's a collection from Turkey Day yesterday.



And here is another series of pictures my mom took of the Trees around our house during the Fall.



Talk with you soon.  ¶ 11/28/2003 03:44:00 PM 0 comments

  Fact 2 Turkey Days is better than 1, especially if the two turkey days are stretched out to two days (as apposed to 2 on 1 day)

  ¶ 11/28/2003 11:38:00 AM 0 comments

  Vick Update Looking Good FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Michael Vick will be in uniform for the first time this season Sunday, standing by as the Atlanta Falcons' backup quarterback at Houston.

The Pro Bowl QB, sidelined since breaking his right leg in preseason, practiced for the second straight day on Thursday.

During a two-hour workout, Vick rolled out on pass plays after working exclusively in the pocket Wednesday. He also stopped, started and took cuts.

"It felt pretty good," Vick said. "I'll just keep taking it day by day and see how it feels tomorrow. I am making progress."

Doug Johnson will start Sunday when the Falcons (2-9) visit Houston (4-7), but Vick will be available.

"He will definitely be the No. 2 quarterback unless there are any setbacks tomorrow," coach Dan Reeves said. "He was able to move around and scramble. I was surprised by how well he looked, especially compared to where he was last week."



And just a note on my reports from Flowery Branch. Yes. I do have reporters stationed in Flowery Branch. So.  ¶ 11/28/2003 02:05:00 AM 0 comments

  Okay Kids.. I made it, just so you know. I know your worried and pressing F5 every four seconds to see if there are any updates or what not.

Have a good turkey day.
Thanks.  ¶ 11/27/2003 01:06:00 PM 0 comments

  I'm About to Bounce Junk Mail tally for the week: 351*

*thats monday to wednesday at 4:20PM

Too many regarding that patch. Okay, I'm about to get ready to get on the road.

I wish I could post from the road, thats when I think of the best topics. Oh well. Not yet.  ¶ 11/26/2003 04:23:00 PM 0 comments

  BSmith Tour December BSmith Tour is about to kick off. Here's the tentative dates and locations.

11/26,27,28 Brockport/Holley NY
11/29,30 Philadelphia PA
12/1 Albany NY
12/2,3 Boston MA
12/5,6,7 Plattsburgh NY
12/8,9,10,11 Washington DC
12/20,21 Rochester NY
12/24,25,26,27,28 Brockport/Holley NY
12/30 Clifton Park NY
12/31 Gloversville NY

That's pretty much where I will be for the next month. If the date isn't listed it means I'm home in Saratoga Springs.  ¶ 11/26/2003 01:20:00 PM 0 comments

  Dunn is done for the year. CRAP

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) -- Warrick Dunn's season ended Tuesday when the Atlanta Falcons placed their leading rusher on injured reserve with a torn ligament in his left foot.

Dunn had to be carried off the field early in the fourth quarter of the Falcons' 38-31 loss to Tennessee on Sunday. Coach Dan Reeves said Monday that Dunn initially got hurt during his 162-yard rushing effort in a 23-20 overtime loss at New Orleans the previous week.

SI.com - NFL - Foot injury sidelines Dunn for season  ¶ 11/26/2003 10:38:00 AM 0 comments

  Blackwood Convention 20 years ago (next tuesday) Phish performed their first ever gig.


The First Gig
Friday, December 2, 1983
Harris-Millis Cafeteria
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Sound Check: Jam (with audience present)

Set I: Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, Proud Mary, In the Midnight Hour, Squeeze Box, Roadhouse Blues, Happy Birthday

Set II: Scarlet Begonias > Fire

Show Notes: Trey, Mike, Fish, and Jeff Holdsworth recall being billed as "Blackwood Convention" for this show (though no one is certain what band name was used), which is believed to be their first public gig together. The band was short on equipment, so a hockey stick was used as a microphone stand. Between sets, the DJ spun some Michael Jackson and Trey drummed along to the album. The house music (which included more Michael Jackson) was presumably turned up after Fire to drown out the band. The setlist may be incomplete, though, as the master tape contains nothing after Trey's sarcastic comments about Michael Jackson following Fire. All songs are, of course, live debuts. While this show is often billed as an ROTC Halloween Dance that took place on October 30, 1983, this is incorrect. The master copy of the recording of this show, as unearthed by Phish archivist Kevin Shapiro, contains a handwritten note that pegs the date as December 2, 1983. In recent discussions with Kevin, band members confirmed that they recall rehearsing for this show over the Thanksgiving Break, and that the show was a Christmas semi-formal. Also, though many ROTC students lived in the dormitory (Mike's dorm at the time), it was not an ROTC-sponsored event; it was a dorm dance in a predominantly ROTC dorm.

And next Tuesday in the Fleet Center in Boston... ... Oh man, I don't know.. I can't wait... Their 20th Anniversay Show


1983 - (l-r) Jeff Holdsworth, Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman  ¶ 11/25/2003 03:48:00 PM 0 comments

  We're a Beacon Finalist Again!!!! From IBM Lotus Software - PartnerWorld

IBM Lotus Announces Finalists for the Tenth Annual Lotus Awards (formerly known as the Lotus Beacon Awards)

Meet the IBM PartnerWorld for Software PartnerWorld for Developers Business Partners that have been selected as finalists in for the Tenth Annual Lotus Awards. They that have left their mark on our dynamic industry, dedicating their time and energy to build innovative solutions using IBM Lotus software.

As one of our industry's most prestigious awards, the Lotus Awards (previously known as the Lotus Beacon Awards) have honored outstanding solutions from around the world for a decade. Each year, we receive hundreds of nominations worthy of consideration, and it takes multiple panels of industry judges - including analysts and members of the press - to select our top finalists.

Winners will be announced via press release on December 18th as well as on a special Third Thursdays with Lotus teleconference for Business Partners on December 18th, 2003.

Winners and finalists will be invited to a special reception at Lotusphere 2004, to be held January 26- 29th at The WALT DISNEY WORLD Resort in Orlando, Florida.

"Our Business Partners breathe life into our technologies - they're so often at the heart of the success of IBM Lotus. These finalists for the Lotus Awards have been selected from an incredible pool of innovative entrants. My sincere congratulations to this group, and many thanks to all Business Partners who submitted to the Lotus Awards this year."
- Jean-Marc Favennec, Vice President, Lotus Software Marketing

For the Best Real-Time & Team Collaboration Solution: Recognizes an on-line collaborative solution that leverages Lotus' collaborative technologies to enhance communication, efficiency, and organizational effectiveness in order to improve collaboration among the customer's employees, customers, suppliers, or distributors. The finalists:
-Brookstone Technologies Pty Limited (Australia)
-Eden Communications, Inc. (US)
-Relavis Corporation (US)

Stay tuned! The Best in Lotusphere Showcase award is available to all Exhibitors at Lotusphere. This award category is judged on site and the winner/finalists will be announced at Lotusphere. An invitation to nominate solutions for this category will be sent to all exhibitors at the beginning of December.

Best in Lotusphere Showcase Award: Recognizes an innovative solution that leverages the latest cutting-edge Lotus technology to demonstrate the collaboration and human interaction power of Lotus software. Particular consideration will be given to those solutions that integrate multiple Lotus & WebSphere technologies such as a portal application that surfaces Lotus Domino applications, or a Domino application that uses IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 6.5 and integrates Lotus Instant Messaging.   ¶ 11/25/2003 02:10:00 PM 0 comments

  Dance Show

Here is my sister and my parents after Colleen's big dance show.

"I designed that costume for Galactic's Century City. Everyone loved it, and I have a hair thing that makes my hair look spikey and funky" - Colleen  ¶ 11/25/2003 11:23:00 AM 0 comments

  Something Important I feel like I have something important I wanted to say this morning to you but now for the life of me I can't necessarilly remember what it was that I wanted to say. It's right on the tip of my brain and in my mind, yet still so far away. I know it had something to do with numbers or dates or some form of currency or something. Hmm. The last thing I remember this morning in reference to what I wanted to say was the number 5. Or was it 7. I'm not really sure. I'm going to have to think about it for a while. I'm going to have to mull it over in my head so that I can possibly remember what it was. What was it? Damn it. Okay, can I make a confession. There wasn't anything. It's just that I wanted a new post and didn't have anything that I necessarilly wanted to say or not say this morning. So, basically I just posting this bullshit to fill the void inside my head.
Oh I do remember something I wanted to say and thought of last night. I'm so glad that my site does not have to adhere to some sort of content specific postings. Like, for example, I don't have to constantly post about the movies I've seen and thats it. This blog does not follow a set pattern of rules as far as what it reports upon. It's free form. I can post shit about anything and basically not care what you think about it. Now thats cool.
Okay where was I. Oh yeah. Just ending. I'm out of here.   ¶ 11/25/2003 08:19:00 AM 0 comments

  I Got My Finger on the Trigger Just talked with Bob from USDA, who happened to get a link to my sites via email I sent to him externally. Another client who has "eden" as one of the words to flag when receiving emails.

I'm looking forward to visiting in December. It's going to be a good time.

I haven't been to DC since I was 6.  ¶ 11/24/2003 01:53:00 PM 0 comments

  Penis Patch Okay, What the frigger... I got a lot of emails about this last week.
NO, I don't need a Penis Patch.
And here it is, 7:32 AM on Monday morning and I've already received the first penis patch email for the week.
Notorious.

This is related to the weekly dump I do on my deleted items box that collects my piles of spam. This morning, that number was 1078. One thousand, seventy-eight junk emails I deleted. That's insane. I get so many emails, that when I see that I've got a new one I don't get excited. I know it's going to be junk mail. Remember the days where you were excited to get email? I barely do.  ¶ 11/24/2003 07:34:00 AM 0 comments

  Excellence This is sort of old news, but...

Our Help Desk has won the Lotus Advisor Excellence Award!

Help Desk for FAA NexGen Initiative | Eden
Eden Help Desk gave the Federal Aviation Administration a robust,
Lotus-based collaborative tool that can handle a high volume of Help
Desk calls and the administration's internal IT requirements.

Some of you long time twobs fans may remember me writing about this project as it was going on, sometime during the summer. July, I believe.

Lotus Advisor Excellence Awards celebrate superior achievements with Lotus Software, including Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime), Lotus Enterprise Integration, Lotus Domino.Doc, and more.

The Advisor Team asked he Lotus community, to determine which projects where using IBM Lotus Software to improve business processes, control costs, improve customer service, expand business opportunities, or otherwise benefit the users and organizations with which they work.

The projects were evaluated based on the following criteria:
-Appropriateness of the solution to the problem
-Innovative use of Lotus software
-Quantifiable business benefit
-Development creativity and ingenuity  ¶ 11/24/2003 07:31:00 AM 0 comments

  Good Morning Monday! Is being in the office at quarter to six any sort of record?..
I didn't think so.

I gotta pump out this Service Level Agreement modification to our default Service Contract functionality in the Help Desk module.

Basically, SLA's let you set resolution timeframes, default assignees, and default priorities. In our Help Desk SLA's can match the specific Caller, the Caller's Company, or the Asset related to the Ticket. If the system finds more than one match at save, the user will be prompted to select which one they'll use.

Maybe this isn't exciting to you, but I gotta bust a move to get it done and solid before Turkey break. With Phish tour, I'll have 7 days off after Wednesday. So pumped! Alright, back to it!  ¶ 11/24/2003 07:20:00 AM 0 comments

  21-0 21-0, the Falcons were winning after the first quarter. But it still wasn't enough to beat the Titans from Tennessee. The Falcons blew their fifth second half lead of the season to drop the game 38-31. Pathetic.

  ¶ 11/23/2003 09:26:00 PM 0 comments

  I Made a Snowflake it's kinda crappy, but you should try and make one too.



Go to http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/

To cut the paper, move your scissors so the red dot in the middle of the scissors turns green and left click. Then, position your scissors to how you want to cut into the paper and left click again. Finally, left click on the edge of the paper where you want the final piece of the hole to be cut out at.

Support Live Music!  ¶ 11/21/2003 08:10:00 PM 0 comments

  More Traveling. Not excited, but yesterday when I got back I found out I'm being assigned to an onsite December 9-11 in Washington, DC. Government stuff.  ¶ 11/21/2003 01:50:00 PM 0 comments

  Topics Trip to New Jersey
Steroids in Baseball
Keyshawn Got Dumped
Vick Reinjuring Ankle
Let It Be Naked
MJ

Trip to New Jersey
The trip to New Jersey was in retrospect quite successful. I was able to sift through the products and give basically an 8 hour lesson/demo on all of its features and functions. There were some issues like their servers processing extremely slow which made for a very annoying day but in the end it was successfully mostly because I survived. I'm glad its over, but I fear my name is going to be called again soon to go onsite. The drive was pretty crappy last night cause it was raining the whole way. I hate driving in the rain at night. Bob Jones was up to no-good when I met up with him Tuesday. Thanks again for letting me crash over. I woke up mad early yesterday morning for my Jersey commute. Thankfully I was going the opposite direction than the flow and had no troubles finding the site. It was extremely foggy but I didn't let that hold me back. The people I met with were nice, so that's always a plus.

Steroids in Baseball
Steroids in Baseball is a big deal. Players have been cheating. They are using steroids, THG, Ando, and Human Gene Hormones to drastically alter their body in order to increase their performance on the field. They are destroying themselves and cheating. Players who use these substances have an unfair advantage and should be banned or removed from baseball.
It does not seem right that a great ball player like Barry Bonds has hit over 225 home runs since his 35th birthday and is obviously much bigger than he ever was during the first 10 years of his career. The guy is wearing a hat four sizes larger than what he wore in the mid nineties.
Mark McGwire was caught by a reporter in 1998 for having Andro in his locker, in the open, the year after he broke the all time home run record. A shot putter was banned for life and stripped of all his gold medals because of the same substance, yet Major League Baseball pretty much ignored this and changed policies on reporters being in locker rooms.
Before 1995 there were 18 players to hit more than 50 home runs in a season, since 1995 there have been 18 players to hit more than 50 home runs in a season. It is a big deal and needs to stop.
5% of the players in baseball failed announced tests during spring training last year. And basically you need to fail 5 years in a row under the new rules in order to be banned from baseball. It's ridiculous. And they say the players union will never let them test and let test results be known to the general public. It's such bullshit.

Keyshawn Got Dumped
How about that. Keyshawn got de-activated on Tuesday from the Tampa Bay Buccanears. He must have really pissed some people off in the front office, including coach Gruden. Supposedly he met with coach Gruden a couple weeks ago and said how much he didn't like him, his coaching strategy, or the team in general. He said he would be gone after the year was over and wanted to leave. Then last week he supposedly put his house in Tampa for sale. It is seen as a loss-loss situation for both parties.
The Bucs are not better without him on the field, but they have removed this enigma from their locker room. Keyshawn has been blacklisted as a player who only cares about himself and the amount of times he gets the ball thrown to him, rather than being a team player and only concentrating on winning and doing whats necessary to help ensure the team wins. It hasn't been a pleasant rebounding season for the Bucs who are now 4-6 after winning the Super Bowl championship last year. Who'se better off?

Vick Reinjuring Ankle
Michael Vick, who had hoped to return to the Atlanta Falcons lineup this weekend, said Thursday that his ankle is still hurting and he most likely won't play in any capacity against the Tennessee Titans.
Vick was hurt in practice Wednesday when a teammate stepped on the his right ankle in a walkthrough. He said Thursday that it was too early to tell whether he'll be able to play next week.
Team orthopedist Andrew Bishop and trainer Ron Medlin said Wednesday that Vick did not sustain further damage to his right foot. They added that Vick rolled his ankle after taking a snap and trying to step to his right as his foot was caught.

Let It Be Naked
I've picked up the new Beatles cd which removes the wall of sound added by Phil Spectre post production of the original recording of the Let it Be sessions and I can accurately and proudly say that it is a great gosh darn cd. The Beatles are great in any shape or form, but listening to this album has really put in perspective how great this band would have been if they underproduced every disc rather than adding too much which sometimes you could say they did. I'm not too familiar with the original release of Let it Be because I do not own that album but I'm interested in sitting down and listening to the differences. The second disc included in this Let it Be package is called "A fly on the wall" and basically has about 20 minutes of clips of songs, little insights and quicks by the fab four, and other golden nuggets. For 12.99 this was a great purchase.

MJ
I don't understand why the world is out to seek the worst penalties on this man before knowing the truth to the entire matter. Regardless of every single Media's speculation, I find Michael Jackson to be harmless. Yes he's weird. So what. If it does turn out that he is extremely guilty than its a different story. But it makes me sick how horrible he is treated and has been treated the past 15 years. I really feel bad for him. Just misunderstood? It's not fair to any living human the way he has been repeatedly treated in the media. Maybe someone should have killed him 10 years ago, so he didn't have to go through this and we could just remember him as a legend.


This page is so old school --People--  ¶ 11/20/2003 01:40:00 PM 0 comments

  Jersey Well here I am in Jersey. 1/2 through the day. I just conducted a 4 hour training class on our Help Desk module to these people. Of course, they loved it. But really, I'd rather not be here. Thats okay. I hope I don't get torn apart on the next session. It is the beast, Project Manager. Ahh. Oh well, Whatever. The last session wasn't too bad, there were a few things not working right, as always. Anyway, just wanted to say, I'm alive. I'm doing well. Got to see Bob Jones last night, and that was fun. As always. But ahh... I'm out.  ¶ 11/19/2003 12:10:00 PM 0 comments

  From the JC Here I sit in Jersey City.
Or lay rather, in a crowded castle surrounded by monkeys and minions.
But is this with what you spoke  ¶ 11/18/2003 10:38:00 PM 0 comments

  Score.. I found a fresh clean ONE Dollar bill on my front steps just now. Is it a trap?

Anyway, I'm off to Jersey. Wish me luck.  ¶ 11/18/2003 02:42:00 PM 0 comments

  How fast do you type? Go to typingtest.com, and take a two minute test. Report back with your results.

Here are my stats. Not too shabby.

Test Name - Fishing in Finland
Gross Speed - 68 Wpm
Errors - 6 Words
Net Speed - 65 Wpm
Time - 2 Minutes
Accuracy 95%  ¶ 11/18/2003 12:21:00 PM 0 comments

  401krap You may remember me saying that I was up a couple bucks in my 401k, well now im 61 cents in the hole. I don't pay attention to the Economy but this must mean its going down or something... Bounce back. But don't burst bitch.  ¶ 11/18/2003 09:06:00 AM 0 comments

  Primal Nutmeg must have been planning it for hours. I'm sitting at home at peace around 5:30 last night and the cat starts whining and scraping at the door. I tell her to stop. Like she does every day, she's waiting in extreme anticipation for Sara to get home. The cat is truly pathetic when she wants her mommy. She looks so worried and scared for it to all disappear as soon as Sara returns. So the second Sara opens the door, she bolts. I'm thinking no problem, the bottom door must be shut end of discussion. But no! She timed it just right so that Joanna was walking in the bottom door at the same time and had it open. Outside! Okay fine, so she wants to be outside for a little while. We give her about fifteen minutes to chomp on the grass and check things out in the dark. Then we have her nice and calm and it seems like a perfect opportunity to pick her up, but wait... it looks like she is peeing. Okay, we'll give it a few moments. Then after this and a few darting moves I go to grab her. She hisses at me. Then she starts digging a hole. So in the end, all this trouble was so that she take a crap outside. Not my cat. Oh yeah, I don't know if it helps at all but she's originally a Jersey cat.  ¶ 11/18/2003 08:42:00 AM 0 comments

  Turn This Mother Out...... Free your mind and your ass will follow, Maggot Brain.



You've got a real type of thing going down, gettin' down
There's a whole lot of rhythm going round

Ow, we want the funk
Give up the funk
Ow, we need the funk
We gotta have that funk

.....Get up get up get up and dance!!! It's Monday so you know what that means. Lots of action, lots of solutions, lots of puzzles. Let's rock it. Get the week going! Get going! Get up! Get down!... Get up offa that thang!  ¶ 11/17/2003 09:05:00 AM 0 comments

  Snow All I know is this, and maybe I should have expected it.. but... immediately upon returning to Oneonta I find the town laced with snow. Everywhere. Whiteness. Hmm.. Okay, guess winter is coming. It is a reality check when you see snow for the first time of the season. Here it comes. I guess the roads were bad in other locations yesterday, but my trip was quite mild. The show was pretty on point. More on that later...   ¶ 11/15/2003 05:03:00 PM 0 comments

  Functionality vs Design Earlier today I was at Doug Martin's site and noticed a big blue border around an image he had. Well. I tried pointing out that it wasn't pretty and he kept to his position, "As Designed".... I went on to say that design is just as important as code that isn't buggy. Especially here, on the web. People don't care about how this or that is done, they only care how it looks. So Doug take a look at these bad design principles so you can remember what things to avoid in the future.
Bad Design Features  ¶ 11/14/2003 01:29:00 PM 0 comments

  The D The new Tenacious D DVD, "The Complete Masterworks", is freaking awesome. I highly recommend it. Even if you aren't familiar with the D, go out and buy it immediately. It's two discs and being sold for very cheap (somewhere under 15 bucks)...

Those who aren't familiar with the D, you have a lot to learn. I suggest you start now.

  ¶ 11/14/2003 11:27:00 AM 0 comments

  The Return to Jersey City The Return to Jersey City is happening much earlier than anyone of us would prefer. I'll be traveling down there Tuesday in order to conduct a training session at a undisclosed location Wednesday. I do try to avoid Jersey is much as possible, its really nothing personal.. its just a life preference... However, see you soon.


bob jones  ¶ 11/14/2003 09:18:00 AM 0 comments

  What to talk about today... How about how the world is a better place because Bob Jones doesn't have one of his own pages like this to spew things out. Let's all be happy about that, at least for now.

General Clinton Pub tonight--
What do you say Bob Jones, can you make it out?

IT's going to be a long night of rocking.

You're too old to rock, no more rocking for you... (TD)  ¶ 11/14/2003 08:57:00 AM 0 comments

  P.S. I encourage posting here...

I want you to do it.
I dare you to do it.

Just do it.  ¶ 11/13/2003 06:55:00 PM 0 comments

  Moving up in the world... People are starting to use this site. Thats cool. It will never be as cool as I want it to. I've got a lot of things I want to put into this place. People are linking to me, that helps. I thought I was going to say something that made sense but instead I guess this is it. Just note that this blog is pretty much a dump and you should never know what to expect when you come here. It's constantly evolving, revolving, and involving. Also, theres currently only about 15 posts on the front page, but if you dig into the archives, theres quite a bit more depth. Rock on! Thanks for coming!  ¶ 11/13/2003 03:07:00 PM 0 comments

  Diamonds

I just think this picture is cool. link  ¶ 11/13/2003 01:28:00 PM 0 comments

  10 Things about this week in the NFL 1. Vick is back in practice. Look for him to play as early as next week....
2. Shockey's season isnt necessarilly over yet, but he's still a punk
3. Rich Gannon won't play another NLF game ever.
4. Wayne Chrebet may not play another game ever
5. Ray Lucas still sucks.
6. Brian Greise has always sucked
7. Kevin Johnson will finish the season strong
8. Doug Flutie is still playing?
9. Who the hell is Tim Rattay?
10. The Bengals will beat the Chiefs this weekend  ¶ 11/13/2003 01:03:00 PM 0 comments

  Im so fucking distraught Some shits going down but I don't know what it is. (To a certain degree).. and my mind is just in another place... but must continue... must push through... must obtain goals...   ¶ 11/13/2003 11:51:00 AM 0 comments

  This is BIG Vick practiced today.


read | quotable

It's funny. I'm watching the video on the falcons site that basically shows about 9 minutes of film from practice. It's interesting to see all the other people, all the other players in the background keeping an eye on whats going on with vick. They all want to see how he reacts. This is his first time being in practice since the injury. Tremendous. He's also been upgrade from "Out" to "Doubtful" for this weekends game. He is most likely not playing this weekend, but will play next weekend. Thats the plan anyway.  ¶ 11/13/2003 12:26:00 AM 0 comments

  Listen-To This has been compiling for almost a month and the following list displays the number of plays each artist has received on my computer. This list is not entirely accurate because it only recognizes songs that have a full Id3 tag and not all of them do. Obviously this list isn't entirely accurate overall of what I have been listening to the past month. It only includes artists that are on my computer.

156 Rezi
104 Phish
84 Dave Matthews Band (also includes the Dave Matthews solo disc)
39 Pink Floyd
37 Jack Johnson
36 Mike Gordon
28 Modest Mouse
27 Howie Day
26 Grateful Dead
24 The Beatles
23 Keller Williams
19 The White Stripes
19 Radiohead
18 Pearl Jam
17 Oysterhead
16 Led Zeppelin
16 Sam Roberts
15 Frank Zappa
15 Tool
13 Trey Anastasio

Click here to see the full list  ¶ 11/12/2003 12:55:00 PM 0 comments

  Mang Okay, someone please explain to me why I keep coming back to this page... I already know what's there. I'm not even reading it. I typed the dang crap in. I guess it's to see if anyone leaves me any witty commentary.. but no one ever does.  ¶ 11/12/2003 11:37:00 AM 0 comments

  My fantasy season Well, this NFL season has been the complete opposite as last season. This season sucks. Just like the Falcons my teams were all a 1 man team. And he hasn't even played yet. I don't think I will win 4/6 leagues like last year, I don't even know if I'll win any. It all depends on if I make the playoffs and if Vick is playing at the end of the season. Here are the records for my misreable teams so far.

-record-team name-rank in league-total number of teams-league name

6-4 Scatterbrain Storm 3(12) Rezi Jam
5-5 The Cats Pajamas 5(8) Beantown
5-5 The Lemmings 6(12) Vibe Tribe 1
3-7 Scatterbrains 7(8) Phootball
3-7 Squirrelman Stew 10(12) Vibes 2003
2-8 Saratoga Stampede 8(8) Smith Family and Friends
2-8 Two Ducks 11(12) Foleyboard  ¶ 11/12/2003 10:06:00 AM 0 comments

  The Busy Signal is so 1980  ¶ 11/11/2003 08:09:00 PM 0 comments

  The Beatles - All My Loving Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
Tomorrow I'll miss you
Remember I'll always be true
And then while I'm away
I'll write home every day
And I'll send all my loving to you
I'll pretend that I'm kissing
The lips I am missing
And hope that my dreams will come true
And then while I'm away
I'll write home every day
And I'll send all my loving to you
All my loving , I will send to you
All my loving , darling I'll be true
Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
Tomorrow I'll miss you
Remember I'll always be true
And then while I'm away
I'll write home every day
And I'll send all my loving to you
All my loving , I will send to you
All my loving , darling I'll be true
All my loving , All my loving
Woo, all my loving , I will send to you   ¶ 11/11/2003 11:19:00 AM 0 comments

  Updates 1. The Bathroom floor is dry - It's truly a luxury to have a dry bathroom floor. Trust me on that.
2. 24 is on tonight - that's cool.
3. The Falcons won a game this past weekend giving Dan Reeves his 200th victory of all time.
4. Bob Jones smells like a dying turkey.
5. Ben Colson is not coming east for the phish shows which sucks donkey balls.
6. Homer Simpson is still the most entertaining character ever.
7. Mike Vick is still not playing.
8. Adam Foley is just another dude.
9. I'll be at a Phish concert in 18 days.
10. The Reverse Card has been played.  ¶ 11/11/2003 09:00:00 AM 0 comments

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  Two Ducks I'd like to take a moment to reprise the greatest poem ever. Two Ducks, written 4-15-01 by yours truly. Truly, a classic. The poem is about a couple of ducks who the writer finds content with. Sometimes when the world gets you down and your busy and leading a hecticly paced lifestyle all you need to do is stop and appreciate something simple like two ducks in the air flying. Then appreciate it again and again to calm yourself.

Two Ducks
by Brian Smith

In the air, two ducks away flying.
Two ducks suddenly flying.
Flying finally two ducks.
Two ducks, they’re flying.
Two.
Two ducks flying.
Above, two ducks fly.
Two.
In the sky, two ducks above.
I see two ducks flying.
Two.
A duck and another duck.
Two.
Two ducks who fly.
Flying away, two ducks in the air.  ¶ 11/10/2003 12:08:00 PM 0 comments

  Good Morning It's Monday. lets get to work.  ¶ 11/10/2003 10:24:00 AM 0 comments

  Image Gallery Hey everyone, I plugged in an Image Gallery thingy for you... check this out..

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  Falcons What time do the falcons play today?  ¶ 11/09/2003 09:31:00 AM 0 comments

  Whoops y  ¶ 11/08/2003 04:45:00 PM 0 comments

  Positive. I got my first feedback mark on eBay...

"Great Ebayer!!! Definately recommended"

Hell yeah.  ¶ 11/07/2003 04:55:00 PM 0 comments

  Leaky Update "STEVE" worked 9-10 hours on our apartment yesterday replacing the shower head and faucet in the tub and the surrounding shower walls. He also took the toilet off and tightened some things up or what not and put it back... so if the floor is dry by Sunday or Monday then things should be all set... MANG  ¶ 11/07/2003 02:53:00 PM 0 comments

  Upcoming shows... The end of the month will bring great fun and I have the following shows I am looking forward to greatly...

Phish 11/29/03 Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
Phish 12/1/03 Pepsi Arena, Albany, NY
Phish 12/2/03 Fleet Center, Boston, MA
Rezi 12/5/03 Monopole, Plattsburgh, NY
Rezi 12/6/03 Monopole, Plattsburgh, NY
Dave Matthews and Friends 12/20/03 Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY  ¶ 11/07/2003 02:44:00 PM 0 comments

  Niceness The greatest thing about being out of town all week is that when I came back all of the stupid VOTE FOR ME signs were removed. Thank you.  ¶ 11/07/2003 10:31:00 AM 0 comments

  A record I didn't want to break. Well, I haven't been in since last friday so in 7 days I have acquired 750 new emails. 98% of them I am sure are SPAM. What a crapshoot.  ¶ 11/07/2003 09:53:00 AM 0 comments

  Hey I made it.
what's new iwth you?  ¶ 11/07/2003 01:34:00 AM 0 comments

  Powerpoint puts me to sleep. Hey kids, how's it going up there? Well, I am still in raining Ft Lauderdale for another day and I believe its raining outside but I haven't been there since a few days ago. Ah, I think I'll go pass out on the beach. I'm tired. I was in some sessions this morning and they all put me to sleep. Actually I think about 7 out of 8 sessions I've been to the past two days have all put me to sleep. Oh well. I hate learning. At least lecture style learning. It's crap. I'll never go back to school unless its close to 5% or less lecture and style. Power point presentations just kill me. They are not fun... Well, I don't know. I am looking forward to coming home tomorrow. I believe I fly in around eleven in the PM. I am not however looking forward to returning to our soaked bathroom with plumbing problems. Yeah, did I tell you.. We have been having issues with our bathroom for quite some time now.. It's ridiculous. Our shower leaks about 1 1/2 to 2 gallons of water a day, draining our freaking hot water tank which gives us a nice 60 dollar gas bill a month plus related or not we aren't sure, but the floor around the toilet and now as far as the sink is soaked. It's really pissing us off. Our landlord is aware of the situation and is trying to get this guy to come check it out. But that doesn't necessarilly ease our minds. We hate our apartment because of this, and it's not making life any better. But anyway, I am going to go lie down.. I'm most likely skipping the 2 o clock session cause I am all sessioned out. Then I have a 3:45 and after that our team with Bruce Elgort and Gail is going to eat at a Mediterranean place or something. Anyway.. Sometime this weekend or something I'll write more about the crazy weekend I had which included 8 total hours of sleep, awesome rezi shows in gloversville and oneonta and meeting my fellow foleyboard-internet friend spyder down here in fort loadey. Alright, later on.  ¶ 11/05/2003 01:14:00 PM 0 comments

  Here I am. Howdy kids.. I'm reporting today from sunny Ft Lauderdale... about ten steps from the Atlantic Ocean. It's early yet. Before normal wake up time but thats ok. Well. I don't have time to say much now, but I feel like theres a lot to say... I'll have to update ya'll a little later when theres some time to kill. Peace now.  ¶ 11/04/2003 07:43:00 AM 0 comments

  yeah Today I am going to Oneonta to see Rezi at the Autumn. Last night I saw them at the cafe in gville. It was cool, lots of people had costumes on, and such.. Tomorrow I am heading to Florida and I should be able to post something or other from there.. so look forward to that.. but until then..

Last night was crazy.. but more on that later.

10-31 cafe zacquor

1. Addams Family -> Splatterbrains, Brainwash, Rock Out with your pumpkin out, Tango Mideo, Bob "Freaky Fries" Jones, Doink the Destroyer (with doink), Scary Tea Party, Electrical Spirits (with teases)

2. Jose Scare-vo, Frogmeat, Summer o' Death, RIP Ned('s tune), Beware the Lemmings -> Mr Lobotomist -> Squirreland (tis a scarry place), Concussion (ghost funk style)   ¶ 11/01/2003 01:50:00 PM 0 comments