Wendy in Germany, SU Stinks!

For those of you that do not know, my wife is in Germany for training. Frankfurt to be exact. She could have waited 6 months to take the training in Cincinnati but her superiors wanted her to go much sooner. If you have any requests please let me know. I have requested a Schalke 04 jersey which, is a football team from Gelsenkirchen.

In lieu of Wendy being in Germany Sam and Dora have come down from the Great Land to help me out for a few days. Last night we went to Sichuan Bistro for dinner and you would have thought Owen had not eaten in days. We put all kinds of food in front of him and most, apart from the food that ended up on the floor, ended up in his belly. The kid can eat.

SU football, I don't even know why I am talking about it. I bet Mike Tirico wishes his alma mater were much better. I wonder what kind of schtick he gets from his peers. Anyway, they are 0-3 for the first time in 21 years and have only scored 34 points in 3 games. Pathetic.

I told everyone I knew that Greg Robinson should NOT have been hired but the AD was worried about plucking someone from a very successful USC team and it looking like he was biased. What the heck, are you serious? That is exactly what we want. We want a good coach and who can get the most out of his players! I wanted SU to hire Norm Chow but no, we get Greg Robinson instead. I normally say you should give a coach 4 years but in this case I will happily make an exception.

Flickr

Got an email from Flickr today concerning my new account and the new limits and restrictions that will be imposed once my free Pro trial ends. What a bunch of crap. Instead of this service being much like Yahoo photos they are deciding to charge for those same services we received for free from Yahoo prior to the switch.

So just to warn all of my friends and family, as of November 9th there will be some limitations according to sucky ass Flickr. You will only be able to see small photos and the last 200 that we have uploaded to Flickr; among other things. Why not just leave the service the way it was instead of charging for it?

This feels like buying a car. If you had power windows and locks and you want to buy a new car there is no way in hell you will get a new car without those amenities. Now you know why car dealers add weird features to the cars they have on the lot. If you get a car with some goofy feature you never had before chances are when you buy your next car you will order that feature.

Anyway, I digress. I will be looking into Google Photos more closely now I think. Tell all your friends Flickr sucks!

NJ and Other Things

Just got back from Princeton, NJ and I miss my family severely. When you grow up in a great family I don't think you realize what you have until you are away from them for a long time. This weekend was one of those times where I tried to cherish every single moment that happened over the course of 4 days. Pictures on our Flickr site will be coming soon.

Yesterday I read an article in the NY Times that was talking about Newark airport as the king of New York City airport delays. On average planes can depart anywhere from 15 minutes to a couple of hours late. My sister says "I wouldn't worry about that, most planes are on time it's only a few that skew the departure times." Wouldn't you know that our plane took off 75 minutes late yesterday.

Another interesting thing about this weekend was the fact that I had no idea I got to meet one of the foremost conservative minds in our country, Robert P. George. He is on Bush's bioethics committee and is a professor at Princeton University. What do you think we talked about most of the time? College football and baseball. My father and Robbie reliving their youth talking about all of the great baseball teams they saw while growing up.

Lastly, here is to Lisa and Bob for planning such a wonderful weekend. It is always a joyous occasion when the family can get together and celebrate just a little bit.