My old hobby.

I was at Fred Meyer today and saw a paint gun being sold there next to the BB guns. Back in the old days you had to get them from a catalog or a specific store (makes me sound old, doesn't it).

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In the lunch room today.

While at lunch it was committed about Chris, a coworker, had come and sat in on this week's HERO game. With the 2 girls they did not know what a RPG or Roll Playing Game was. One thought it was a board game. After a brief description, I think they were a little surprised to find out what it was.

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AstroWorld Closed

I found out that AstroWorld (that was in Houston, TX) has closed down (looks about 6 months now) at my brother's wedding. I had worked there for 2 summers and was sad to hear the news.

New Link:
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm?ID=2489
http://houston.citysearch.com/review/9897344

It does look like they saved two of the rides and looks like the water park is still there.

New York pictures.

Here are the few pictures I took. I let the Wedding Photographer do his job for the rehearsal and the Wedding.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heathbar/search/text:wedding/

Here are are the few shots I took around the town.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heathbar/search/text:New+York+2006/

Move Complete

The move from my old apartment is complete into the new apartment. Still alot of unpacking to do.

New York Times Wedding Listing

Here is the text that was in the New York Times wedding section.

Katharine O'Connell and Chad White

Dr. Katharine Jean O'Connell and Chad Scott White were married yesterday at the 3 West Club, an event space in New York. The Rev. Emily King, an interfaith minister, officiated.

The bride, 34, will continue to use her name professionally. She is an assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia, from which she received a master's in public health. She graduated from Duke University and received a medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

She is the daughter of Christine and Neil O'Connell of Jackson, N.J. Her father retired as a designer of computer systems for Merrill Lynch, in Somerset, N.J. Her mother is a procurement and billing specialist in Holmdel, N.J., for Lucent Technologies, the telecommunications equipment makers.

The bridegroom, 31, is an editor in Jersey City with the newsletter publishing unit of Dow Jones & Company He graduated cum laude from Texas A&M University and received a master's degree cum laude in journalism from New York University.

He is a son of Rulena and Larry White of Seattle. His father, who retired as a vice president for marketing at the Statesman National Life Insurance Company in Houston, is now a property manager for Singleton Associates, an architectural and commercial real estate development firm in Seattle.

The bridegroom's first marriage ended in divorce.

Published: April 2, 2006

New York Times Wedding direct link.

Emails with Steve

Last night the email count was 5 replys, finding out that our toast format has changed back to what we started with. The begining is the easy part, the ending has been found and looks good. Now we need the middle part (ie a story or two). Emails will continue, but on Friday, we will meet face to face to go over what will be said on the day of the toast.

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Only 4 days to go till my brother's wedding day!

Here is what my schedule looks like leading up till the wedding day.

Friday:

· get measured for tuxedo

· rehearsal at 6:30 at 3 West Club

· dinner at 8:00 at Connolly's Pub

Saturday:

• Meet up Chad in Ben's room at the Club at 3:30pm
• Distribute the boutonnieres to the groomsmen

usher duties:

1. Ask guests whether they are family or friends and seat them accordingly.
2. Ask guests to please turn off their cellphones, pagers, Blackberries, etc.
3. Tell guests to head outside after the ceremony for the bus tour
4. Help guests get on the tour buses after the ceremony
5. “Information central”: know where the coat check and restrooms are (1st and 4th floors)

wedding duties:

• Several speaking lines during handfasting ceremony
• Holds the rings until the ring exchange at the ceremony
• Signs the marriage certificate after the ceremony
• Tips Emily after the ceremony
• Toasts the bride and groom at the reception (with Steve)
• Collect the wedding flutes, unity candles and cupcake tower
• Collects the envelope gifts from the guest table, and brings them back to the apartment

The fortune cookie says . . .

"You will find hidden treasures where least exprcted."

"You may have to be patient; think listen and heed signs."

Emails with Steve

With the wedding for my little brother arount the corner (April 1st), me (the best man) and Steve the co-best man) have been emailing back and forth with some ideas for the toast to the happy couple. (I am not putting anything here, my brother may see it and be scared to show up ;-) )

My video link find.

Live-action Version of The Simpsons Opening Credits, From a British Promo.

Found at tv-shows-on-dvd.blogspot.com

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My half day.

Today at work the computers systems kept on crashing. While on a call they would go down and then given a little time they were available again. Only to go down again. Thank god today was a half day for me. At lunch, I left leaving any system problem to be fixed (I hope) by Monday.

My moving day.

After the trip to New York, the next weekend (April 8th) will be moving day.

Moving out.

With a knock on the door, I found out that I get to move and be out by month end. They are remodeling my unit and the surrounding units. Good news is that I will not have to move that far. Over in B building they are finishing up some of the remodeling (ie new carpets, appliances, floors, etc.) and I will be moving in at the end of the month. On a side note there is the wedding at the end of the month. I am going to see about moving in on the next following weekend. The rent is higher, the location is good for the walk to work and the recent pay rase helps the the rase in rent.

On the way to work . . .

This morning while walking to work, there is construction site that I walk by. In front of me the crane truck started moving. As it went by I noticed that there was no driver. It moved past the paved area into the muddy unpaved area strait towards the building. Luckily the mud stopped the truck before it hiting the building. That my new for today.

Wacky news

Twenty-one health and safety officers had to be rescued by firemen after an office floor collapsed during a safety meeting. (WENN)

Todays did list.

1. Hair cut, last one before the wedding, give it some time to grow out.
2. Help parents make copies of some handouts while listen to a podcast (Doctor Who: Podshock - 26)
3. Picked out some chocolate at a new store near parents called Oh! Chocolate.
4. Went to Bestbuy and pick up Farscape 3.2 DVD.
5. Found copy of Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man (The 9th Doctor and Rose, season to start on the SCIFI channel soon) at Half Price Bookstore.
6. Picked up a copy of Super Munchkin.

Book finished.

Finished Old Man's War by John Scalzi.

Funny futuristic military science fiction book.

10 Words or Less: Old people get new bodies and fight nasty aliens.

The quiz.

You scored as Nebuchadnezzar (from The Matrix). You can change the world around you. You have a strong will and a high technical aptitude. Now if only Agent Smith would quit beating up your friends.

Nebuchadnezzar (from The Matrix) 75%
Serenity (from Firefly) 56%
Moya (from Farscape) 56%
Enterprise D (from Star Trek) 50%
Millennium Falcon (from Star Wars) 44%
Galactica (from Battlestar: Galactica) 44%
SG-1 (from Stargate) 38%
Bebop (from Cowboy Bebop) 31%

Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in? v1.0
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Wacky news

A woman attending her father's funeral, realised he wasn't dead when he called her mobile telephone. (WENN)