CFgears - Personal

New Toy: The Nikon D3000

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:31:00 -0500

So, I'm not much of a gadget guy. I know it's strange with me being in the tech field and all, but I just really don't care about having the latest and greatest smartphone/laptop/e-reader/gadget of the month. When I upgraded my last phone almost 2 years ago, I had been out of contract for so long that Verizon offered me any Blackberry I wanted for free, any of their other smartphones for free or under $50, and up to a $150 discount for any other phone that didn't fall in those categories. You want to know what I got? A Boulder, so when I drop it (over and over again) it won't hurt it. That's all I need. It makes phone calls, and if I get lost it has a compass. ;)

All that to say, you'll rarely hear me talk about gadgets. But, last week I got a new DSLR camera and I'm pretty excited about it. [More]

My favorite cigars are....

Wed, 26 May 2010 14:35:00 -0500

...Itsaboys!

I guess I'll have to get a box of these in October. :)

Goals for 2010

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:37:00 -0500

As 2009 comes to a close, it's time for me to set some goals for 2010. Goals, not resolutions. I gave up on making new year's resolutions some time ago. My resolutions never worked. They were always things that I would like to do, or knew I should do, but I wasn't really dedicated to or serious about. As such, if I didn't keep the resolution it wasn't a big deal. Like most people, my new year's resolutions were usually broken, dead, and gone within the first week (if not the first day) of the new year.

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Time to move on.

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:07:00 -0500

Today is my last day of employment at Dealerskins, and Monday I will start a new job. I jokingly told everyone at Dealerskins that I as going be working at the Skynet Division of Cyberdyne Systems. While ushering in the total destruction of mankind may have its appeal to some, the truth is I'm going to work at Vanderbilt University. I'm very excited about this move and I'm definitely looking forward to it. But this decision did not come lightly as the group here at Dealerskins is top notch, and I have made quite a few friends here. However, the opportunity from Vanderbilt was one that was too good to pass up.

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