Friday, September 22, 2006

It's back this weekend.

This clip is Jenny's favorite from Jackass the movie. I recall when we went to see this on opening weekend a couple years back. We're now looking forward to Jackass 2 and plan on going to see it sometime this weekend between the Orlando Home show and College Football.
-Gabe

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Concorde...What a Bird!

I found this moving tribute to the Concorde. Another one of the great British Airways commercials. She was quite the bird.
-Gabe

British Airways Club World Advert

It goes without saying that I love commercial aircraft. And my favorite airlines would have to be British Airways (BA) followed by American Airlines. BA's colors are awesome and their marketing is sweet. While Jenny and I have yet to fly their planes, I know we will someday in the very near future. I've always loved their commercials (or "adverts" as our friends across the pond would say). The commercials are very cool and we liked the music so much that we actually had it on our wedding soundtrack back in 2004. Gabe's dream job: Work for BA and take Jenny on holiday...lots of them. I do get to see a BA 777 take off every afternoon from Orlando's International Airport and fly over our home. It's a constant reminder that we need to get back to visit London and explore more of England. Look for some more airline commercials on here in the future. They are pretty cool.
-Gabe

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

There is nothing to Love about the "Love Bugs"


Jenny and I first encountered these little critters on our drive down from Chicago last year during this same time frame. The windshield was coated in these things. While they don't bite or sting, they are just really annoying.

I guess this is the nuisance we have to deal with before going into a wonderful season of dry and sunny climate down here. These guys have been particularly bad over the past week each afternoon when I get home from work, there are a bunch of them flying around all over the place. Sometimes they follow me into the house and I have to spend time carefully taking them out.

Of all the bugs in Florida. So far these are the ones I hate the most. With mosquitos, you can at least spray some "OFF" or whatever and the mosquitos hit the road. But these guys just hang out and fly around like it's some swingers party or something. It's a great thing Jenny and I dont ride motorcyles. Because if we did, I'm sure we'd look like those guys in the movie "Dumb and Dumber" with bugs all over their faces and teeth. YUCK!! For my friends up North, be glad that you dont have to endure 4 weeks of the Love Bug.

I've heard all sorts of stories about these bugs coming from an experiment gone wrong. But Snopes.com explains it best. Read more about our Love Bug friends by clicking here.

Monday, September 18, 2006

College Gameday coming to you Live from Columbus this Saturday.

I just received my College Gameday Monday Alert and they are saying that this week's College Gameday will be live from Columbus. I look forward to seeing the Buckeye faithful in Columbus represent. They can make the Buckeye Nation across the country proud that they have as good of a turnout that those longhorns had in Austin a couple weeks back. Check out www.collegegameday.com for more information. It also looks like they now have College Gameday apparel available by clicking here!

-Gabe