I’ve made my shows database public. You may not notice any differences at first, but check out all of the different menu options. To start browsing click here.

I think tonight we may be going to the brooksider for their Texas Hold’em Tournament. Todd is going back to defend his 2nd place finish…

I thought this cold was gone, but I guess it doesn’t want to die so easily. My body aches and I have felt tired for the past day and a half. None of the medicine I have taken has really helped with that. I no longer have the nose issues, but my throat is sore and I just feel like crap.

Tuesday night I got a little preliminary work done for the Sonic website, but I definitely need to put some more time into that. Last night I went to hockey even though I really didn’t feel like it. I thought that maybe I could sweat this disease out, but no such luck. I still had a hard time falling asleep because of the aches in my legs and back. I wanted to go to the Carbon Leaf show last night, but after hockey I really didn’t feel up for it. The last straw was when I went to the now infamous $1000 ATM machine, and needless to say it didn’t have any money in it. Someone must have come through earlier in the day and emptied out their account. So without the money required to get into the show, I just went home and tried to get a good night of sleep.

Tonight I’ve got a dinner meeting with my boss and a co-worker. It’s for the Kansas City Quality Assurance Association. Sounds exciting huh? :b Hopefully it goes by fast, I’m ready to take some knockout drugs and sleep for hours and hours. I need to get better by this weekend. Robert Randolph is on Saturday!

This will have to be quick, I’m late leaving work. :)

I didn’t go to the Texas Hold’em thing, but Todd and I tried to make plans to do it next week. I think we may check it out at another bar on Monday night. Well shoot maybe not, I might be playing hockey. I’m still trying to decide what leagues to play in. I don’t think I have the money to do them all…

I’ve been keeping busy working on the sql stuff for my site. I also met up with a friend of Phil and Todd’s last night who is looking for a website for the company he works for. They are a Sonic franchise. I guess the guy who Joe assists owns 14 of the restaurants. Pretty cool little deal. I’m gonna put together a template so that he can make his presentation. Maybe I’ll get to that sometime this weekend…

Good news on Kim’s side of things. She’s been in Cincinnati all week for work. Well yesterday they were in a meeting or whatever and she was called into Carl Linders office. To some of you that probably doesn’t mean much of anything. But if you are from Cincinnati or know anything about it, it’s huge news. He is the owner of the company she works for. Well I guess technically his dad is, but he is taking over. He is also CEO of the Reds, I believe he’s the primary share holder. So he is a very influential person in Cincinnati. So why is Kim going to his office? Because he has heard that she is one of the future leaders of the company. How cool is that? Needless to say I was pretty excited for her…

Well I’m gonna go try to find something to do on this Friday evening. Kim comes back tomorrow…

Well I lied, the Chiefs didn’t go 0-4, barely. :)
I also lied and said that we were joining the Ski Club, well on second thought it seems as if we aren’t going to be doing that. They want a copy of our marriage certificate so we can get the couple rate. What a bunch of crap. We didn’t need a certificate for the gym, just had to pretend to be happily married, and actually the guy was really cool with our pretending. It is worth it for the savings. :)

Tonight I may head down to the Brooksider to watch this Texas Hold’em tournament that they have going on. I may actually try it out if I get ballsy enough. I honestly don’t have a clue about it, other than the combined 15 minutes of it I have seen on ESPN. Todd played last week and did pretty well apparently. Maybe I’ll just watch him for awhile…

In nerd news I finally got mysql installed on my machine. What does that mean to the non-nerds? Not much really. I can now have a database driven site though, which makes me happy. The first thing that I’m gonna be doing is putting all of the concert stuff into a database. It will be easier to maintain, and I can run cooler queries on it, to see all kinds of cool things like what venue I’ve seen the most shows at or what city I’ve seen the most shows at, etc. That’s about all I’ve been working on since Kim has left town. Hopefully you’ll be able to see some results soon…

I have two confirmed referrals for the freeipod, so I cannot give up yet. :) I just found out that the Infone offer is incredibly easy to do, all you need is a credit card. You do not need to cancel the account, just don’t use it and you won’t be charged. In fact I think they give you 5 free trials of it, and also a $10 amazon.com gift card just for signing up. Apparently this offer is only available on the freeipod site during the morning, so check it out then!
Please use my link and sign up for an offer!

I ran last night and it didn’t feel too bad. Still a little sore in the leg, but I was able to run just under 3 miles, so that’s a good start. Then we made some dinner and tried to meet up with Doni & Phil at the Brooksider, but they had already left by the time we got up there. It was only 8:30, what the heck? :)

This weekend is the Plaza Art Fair as well as the KC Oktoberfest. I’m sure we’ll have a fun one, we just need to keep it cheap, if that’s possible…

My hockey game for tonight was cancelled because the Zamboni is broken. Guess what that means? Kim and I are going to do the spinning class once again. It has been over a month since we last went, so hopefully it doesn’t hurt too bad. I hope that our favorite instructor Jeff is going to be there, then it won’t be so bad…

Last night was run your butt off then eat mexican night. That about sums it up. Although lately I have been having pains in the back of my right knee when running for awhile. It’s the same leg that had the IT band problems, but I’m not sure it is related. Kim says my hamstrings are just too tight…

For those of you who have used my freeipod link, don’t be afraid to complete an offer! I’ve had eight people use the link and only one has confirmed for a completed offer. I’ve heard that the infone offer is really easy. You never get billed if you never use it. Good enough for me. Anyway feel free to complete an offer or sign up now if you want to try and get your own freeipod. My Link :)

I just cancelled my AOL free trial that I got from signing up at freeipods.com. Those guys are awful, and will not take no for an answer. I actually was getting pretty angry with the guy who was “consulting” me. It might be easier to just mail or fax a request in for the rest of you that have to do this as well. Here is the AOL site that tells you all of your options. I’ve got one confirmed referral, and 4 others that are waiting to confirm. If you want to sign up still, feel free to use my link and guarantee that I’ll get the 5 that I need…

Alright, who has heard about this free ipod deal that is going on? I didn’t really believe it, but a few friends of mine have already received their FREE ipods, that’s like $300 for free. Basically what you have to do is sign up for some free trial (there are like 10 different options) and also get 5 people to sign up for a free trial as well using your own unique link. Once you get approved for your trial and get 5 of your friends to do the same, they will apparently send you an ipod for free. I’m a sucker and I’ve started my own attempt at this. If you are interested in trying it out as well, please use my link and sign up for a trial (don’t forget to cancel it as well once you have been approved)…
Use my link!!!

Here are some directions that a friend posted on a message board:
Step 1
Anyhow, here are the instructions on how to do it. I’m going to post a link, head to it and at the top is a place to select your Free iPod (pick which one you want). Enter your name and email down at the bottom of the page, then click the next or continue button.

Step 2
This second page should show you where you want the ipod sent to if you complete the requirements. Enter in your address (note one account per household, meaning you can use one for work and home).

Step 3
You get a bunch of banners up at the top, that ask you to take surveys (about 10-12 of them) just click no thanks on every one and move on. Once you do that you are taken to a screen that says LAST STEP.

Step 4
Before signing up for any of the previous offers check your email to verify your account. Do this first before doing an offer (I didn’t but I hear it makes it a bit easier)

Step 5
On this LAST STEP screen you will see a picture of the iPod you selected along with a bunch of offers below. You must sign up for one of the offers. They are all free trials, or sign up for a credit card with no annual fee etc… It will cost you absolutely nothing. I would recommend picking AOL 9.0 and sign up for it or the Ancestry.com one. You click on it, enter your address information, your credit card information and you are good to go.

Some sites like ancestry.com update your freeipods.com account immediately, some others like the GM credit card or the AOL 9.0 take a few days to get the information updated on your freeipods.com account.

Conclusion
Continue checking back to the check status page to see if you have been confirmed yet, and start referring people. Once you’ve referred 5 people and they are confirmed for signing up for a free trial you get an email message saying you got your free IPOD.

I just was sent the coolest thing ever, online cornhole!
Check it out!

Thanks Dad and Uncle Steve!

The big news for today is that we officially released oarsa.org v2.0! So far it is getting great reviews, and very few issues have been found, which is great! We are already up over 100 users right now, and it is steadily growing by the minute. Make sure you go and check it out: oarsa.org

We are leaving in just hours to head back to Cincinnati. This is gonna be a great weekend!