Yesterday I was at work in Melville, NY and a rather large thunder storm rolled through early in the afternoon, I would say around 1pm. 1:30 I get an email from LIRR: LIRR Service on the Ronkonkoma Br. is temporarily suspended between Deer Park and Ronkonkoma. The service east of Deer Park is suspended because… Read More: I am a slave to the rails »

Hey I am still here. I got a break on a Friday afternoon so it was a good time to post. It’s been so long! What a busy summer, it goes so fast…We had our trip to Bermuda, a weekend of camping/space farms, and a last minute visit to Illinois to see family. We had… Read More: I’m alive! »

I was playing around with Google maps and I put together a map of the route I take to go to a client on Tuesday and Thursday. My Mileage I used the distance calculator tool that Google provides with the map controls and it is about 60 miles one way. 240 miles/6 hours for 2… Read More: Long Distance Commute »

Alright, so the new Harry Potter book is out. Sarah and I went to Barnes and Noble for the midnight release, it was cool, very disorganized but it was neat to see so many people that were into Potter. This post isn’t about the release, it’s about what happened a few days ago while I… Read More: Riddikulus »

A few days ago Sarah snapped some awesome pictures of a rainbow over our house. She was able to see a full band and it was really bright! No gold was found…

I’ve been lazy updating this blog with stuff thats going on. I now commute two days to Long Island which takes about 3 hours each way. A pain in the neck, but it could be worse, it could be 5 days a week. On top of the long commute I’ve been really busy with a… Read More: Lazy Days »

Now that I’m working at a new client I have to take the subway daily. I ride the V train to 53rd and Lex. No big deal, it adds 10 minutes to my commute. When I walk out of the subway station there are always people handing out newspapers, the Metro and the AM New… Read More: Commuter observations »

This past weekend we took a trip down to South Carolina. While we were down there we visited the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in North Carolina. I had been there before a while ago when it was Charlotte Motor Speedway, but I barely remembered the tour, basically all I knew was that we would ride around… Read More: Lowe’s Motor Speedway »

Sarah, Jill and I went on a trip to South Carolina to visit our Aunt Linda and Uncle Jeff this past weekend. The trip was great! (I have alot to write about tonight). When I got home, I walked into our room, flipped the surge protector back on and lo and behold, the computer wouldn’t… Read More: Arg Computer… »

This past weekend we had record amounts of rainfall in the area. It rained hard all day Sunday, Sunday night, Monday… Anyway the lake was getting pretty high, and I snapped a picture of the aftermath to give an idea of how much extra water there was. The line in the grass is a general… Read More: Water »