Liberate Te Ex Inferis

Greetings from Rome!

jason — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:34:15 +0000

Right now I am online at an Internet Pub in Rome, Italy. We stopped in here to get online just for 1/2 an hour, to book our return trip home via taxi and to check some email.

I will be blogging more when I get home and upload some photos from this trip. Until then, Prego!

Blogging at 30,000 Feet

jason — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:19:58 +0000

I was finally able to get on an American Airlines flight that had this free inflight wifi. So of course I had to try it, right? Right now I am at 30,000 feet on a Super 80 airplane, headed towards Albuquerque NM for a weekend trip. I just had to record this moment :O

Site Theme Update

jason — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:57:38 +0000

I got tired of the dark theme, with white text, so I decided to try something different.
Thanks to mg12 for this them titled iNova

Purge

jason — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:52:38 +0000

Today I start my “purge” Basically I am going to stop drinking beer and sodas for a while…probably about a month, and I am going to start working-out more regularly. I am also cutting out all fast food (which I don’t eat much of anyway). I am trying to lose some weight and also trying to build up my arms/upper body at the same time.

Monday the 31st

jason — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:42 +0000

Last day of the fiscal month at work, and I am still here at 6:45pm. Think its time to head home.

Maybe some day I will write something more insightful on here again.

RoundUp 2009 Spades Tournament

jason — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:56:37 +0000

Every year, Emily’s family has a reunion that they call The Round Up. I created a website for it a few years back, with it’s own blog software, but I haven’ really kept up with it very well. This weekend, I finally got it updated and going again, visit www.fortnerroundup.com

So each year, they have a Spades Tournament, double elimination. I have played every time I attend, and usually I do pretty well, but this year I lost 2 games in a row and I am out completely now. It is fine with me, actually, several times I have won and played through the winners bracket until 3 or 4 o’clock the next morning, only to lose in one of the last games. The whole tournament usually goes to 4am or 5am. I am glad I lost out now instead of doing that again this year.

Tomorrow its back to Grapevine, should be there around lunch time, then perhaps WoW for the afternoon or I might grab a beer at Boomers with Travis, if he actually has time to do it this weekend.

Dinner with Friends for Restaurant Week

jason — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:53:06 +0000

Last night we had dinner reservations at Victory Tavern at Victory Plaza in Dallas. For restaurant week, they had a special menu with a 4-course meal, the options you could choose for each course, with a set price of $35/person. Emily and I went with one of my friends from work, Mike, and his girlfriend Brooke.

Afterwards we stopped at Havana Social Club, a cigar bar right next to the Tavern. There was a write-up in the Dallas Morning News about the cigar bar a couple of months ago, saying they were one of the last places in Dallas where you could still smoke indoors. The atmosphere here was quite nice, it is wedged in between the American Airlines Center, Victory Tavern and a WFAA News Room, where we saw a live broadcast of the 10:00pm News being shot. There is a large concrete area in between all these, with large-screen TVs showing ads and commercials for the area and restaurants around Victory Plaza.

Mike and I each had a Arturo Fuente Cuban Belicoso, which were $11 each. The price was a little high, but you pay for the atmosphere, so it was worth it to me. I’m looking forward to going back there soon.

Dr. Appointment Today

jason — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:07:22 +0000

Off to the Dr. Normal procedure time for the same old thing. I will post later about our trip last weekend, when we bought a new Ford Escape and flew to Fort Lauderdale to pick it up.

Missy Sick Last Night

jason — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:59:14 +0000

Last night around 12:30am I woke up to Missy throwing up. She is my 14-year old dog, a mix of German Shepherd, Rottweiler and Chow. She did this a few months back, kept throwing up constantly, about once every 4-5 minutes, especially after she drank water. Last night wasn’t as bad, she only did it 3 times, with 10-15 minutes between each time. I finally took her into another room and sat down on the floor next to her, only to never see her throw up again. I fell asleep on the floor next to her and slept the rest of the night there.

This morning she was happy and excited about eating food, and going outside, so I am hoping she just had this one bout and it’s over.

Boomers Tuesday, the 11th

jason — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:48:33 +0000

So much for my “daily updates”….

Today is Tuesday, and I usually go to Boomer Jack’s Bar & Grill after work with work friends, for Buffalo Wings and beer. So that is the plan tonight.

Emily and I bought a 2005 Ford Escape on ebay last weekend. We put a deposit down and booked a flight, and we leave Friday night to fly to Fort Lauderdale, FL to pick it up. We’ll get there late that night, so we will pickup the truck Saturday morning and hit to road for our 20-hour trek back to TX. ROAD TRIP!