Tada!

Hooray! I now have a new laptop featuring a functional keyboard. I can type words like keyboard, pizza, dunderhead and Zamboni with no issues and not having to use the on screen keyboard. I am still setting things up and getting them all installed and loaded. It is a 15 inch screen as opposed to my older one that is a 17 in, but it is bigger then's Stella's 13 in. It is much lighter too and it fits nicely in my new bag. And I didn't realize it had it, but there is a HDMI port on it. Sweetness! And I got the backlit keyboard. Tis awesome!!

Well, sadly the USA ladies lost the gold medal game, but lost to Canada, so I guess if you have to loss to someone they would be people to loss to. As of right now the US has 32 medals, so we are winning the Olympics. Also during the opening ceremony I realized I don't really have any Team USA gear. Looking around I really like the blue team USA hockey jersey. It is this one: http://www.vancouver2010.com/store/clothing/nike/nike-usa-olympic-replica-jersey/prod365229451.html I will work on getting it, at some point or another. It has hints of the 1980 Miracle on Ice jersey, which is really cool. OO, the other night we watched Miracle, Stella had never seen it.

Well, we must accept that the Olympics are coming to an end. This Sunday we will have the gold medal men's hockey game and the opening ceremony. However, feel not sports fans! The Iditarod starts in only 8 days! March 6! For more information look here:http://www.iditarod.com/ If you care, and you should, go ahead and post your pics. One for veteran and one for rookie. For veteran I'll go for Lance Mackey. For the past 3 years that I've been following pulling him as my vet. For my rookie I have to go with Newton Marshall. He is from Jamaica. (oo..and he is sponsored by Margaritaville) That is cool.

Also sometime in March we get the whole March Madness deal, so go 'Eers! Well I think things have copied onto the external so now I have to copy them to this computer. Eventually I'll want to get a case so I can pull the hard drive out of the old laptop and make it an external.

P90X

So I started on P90X last monday. I finished week 1, with today being my off day. It was a lot of work and I was sore most days from it, but hopefully its working. Part of the program is working on eating better as well. I didn't do so well this week, I ended up eating out a bit more than I should have, a friend was in town and we had a meeting that ran long on base and all. So I have to work on doing better on it this week. Also I am trying hard to get at least 7 hours of sleep. To get up at 5 to do P90X I am trying to go to sleep at 10. It is a bit tough some nights, but I have done a decent job of it this week.

Well...Yikes and Away...I'm off

Oh, if you haven't seen the photo blog in a while there are some pics up there.

Rock Paper Scissors Spock Lizard

Scissors cut Paper

Paper covers Rock

Scissors decapitate Lizard

Rock smashes Lizard

Lizard eats Paper

Lizard poisons Spock

Spock vaporizes Rock

Spock smashes Scissors

Paper disproves Spock

Rock crushes Scissors

Olympics

So this morning will be the men's 10km sprint in the biathlon. There are 2 Americans taking part and this is a medal event. In the sprint the athletes start and do 3 laps around a 3.3 km track. They stop 2 times to shoot 5 metal targets, once standing and once prone. Standing the tracks are the size of grapefruits an prone they are the size of golfballs. Missing a target results in taking another lap around the track.

Also on 16 Feb the US men's curling team takes on Germany in the 1st session. The women's team takes on Japan.

For ice hockey the US women take on China today and the men take on Switzerland on the 16. Both of these are preliminary games.

Finally...I like the 2010 USA hockey jersey. I prefer the away one more (the blue one) Only problem is they seem to be sold out everywhere.

My New Computer

1	224-7415	Studio 15 Laptop
1	317-3521	Intel Core i3-350M 2.26GHz (3M cache)
1	317-3931	4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
1	330-2938	Back-lit Keyboard
1	320-1178	15.6 inch High Definition (720p) LED Display with TrueLife and Camera
1	421-1009	Dell Webcam Software 1.4 Application Kit
1	330-6729	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 512MB
1	342-0091	500GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Disk Drive
1	313-8416	Black Chainlink
1	330-6868	DELL RESOURCE DVD,BACK-UP,1558
1	330-6222	Windows 7 Label
1	420-6436	PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
1	420-6576	DELL WELCOME,Software Dimension/Inspiron
1	420-7938	Dell Connect 2.1
1	420-9691	DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic
1	421-0187	Dell Support Center Software 64 Bit 2.0
1	421-0323	Windows Live Search,Multiple User Interface
1	421-1193	Download Store Links
1	421-1737	Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
1	421-0092	DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1	420-9352	Dell, Software, Wild Tangent Inc Games
1	420-9876	Cozi-Calendar
1	421-1362	Dell Software,Roxio 1.0
1	421-1582	Cyberlink Power DVD 8.3 Playback
1	313-8878	8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive
1	421-2000	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB
1	430-0729	Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini Card
1	420-9100	Dell Dock Consumer
1	410-2185	McAfee Sapphire MUI, 15-Month
1	312-0694	56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
1	420-8051	Microsoft Works 9.0, English For Inspiron

What to do in a snow storm

From Foxnews.com

The House has canceled votes for the rest of the week. The Senate looks likely to do the same. The federal government is shut down entirely. And that means the president of the United States essentially has the seat of U.S. power all to himself.

Lucky President Obama. As Washington hunkers down in its worst snowfall in decades, he gets to work at home. And having his office a flight of stairs away gives him some rare opportunities.

Here are nine helpful suggestions on how the president, a notorious multitasker believed by many to read his Blackberry while asleep, can make the most of the D.C. blizzard:

1. Start all over on a health care reform bill, just as the Republicans have suggested. It'll blow their minds.

2. Commandeer a snowplow from the city fleet, dig out Washington's Penn Quarter and out-Scott Brown the truck-driving senator by topping his campaign pitch line. "I'm Barack Obama. I'm from Chicago. I drive a snowplow."

3. Settle the score with the media, permanently. In his latest lament over the 24/7, he-said, she-said, cable and Internet media environment, Obama told Senate Democrats last week to turn off CNN, Fox News and the blogs. This is his chance. A delicately worded executive order could eliminate all cable news channels, Internet-based outlets and other ill-favored media so all that remains is a print-only reincarnation of the Washington Star, whose only writer is liberal columnist E.J. Dionne. Finally, some peace and quiet.

4. Hold a press conference every day the government is down. By knocking out three or four at once, he could bank his total for the rest of the year.

5. Prepare for post-snowpocalyptic life in the nation's capital. Draft a pothole restoration and recovery plan -- then claim every repaired pothole as a job saved or created.

6. Compose the next State of the Union address as if it were a movie trailer. More people will pay attention and Republicans will be far more willing to cooperate if every line of the speech begins with, "In a world where ..."

7. Kiss and make up with C-SPAN. Perhaps the channel is still miffed that it didn't get to cover the backroom health care negotiations, but that's nothing a content-sharing agreement can't fix. Obama could give them unfettered access to health care talks. In exchange, Obama aide Dan Pfeiffer could blog every day on WhiteHouse.gov about what C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb has for breakfast. How's that for access?

8. Plan Valentine's Day with the first lady. But keep it simple this year. A helicopter ride over the Himalayas, dinner at The French Laundry and matching vanity jet packs is tasteful, but not excessive.

9. Actually start taxing tea. That'll give the Tea Partiers something to cry about.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/10/peace-quiet-ways-obama-capitalize-dc-snowstorm/

Saturday Evening's Dinner

Duck!

oh yes...with Chipotle Mashed Sweet Potatoes, Cornbread dressing, mixed veggies, a salad and dessert.