Picture of USS Yorktown in Charleston, South Carolina. At Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant to be exact.
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.@travisfitzwater take a look at this pic. It shows how to make an Irish Wake drink.
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Weekly SITREP (7-13 Jun 2010)
Currently...counting the minutes until 1100. Leaving work early today.
Later today...I have a dental appointment, will be trading in Uncharted 2 and BioShock 1 & 2, so i can get Red Dead Redemption for Playstation 3, and golf league match tonight. This week...I'll be slowly transferring all the data from mickle75.com on Wordpress over to this Posterous site. By Friday I'd like this site to be mickle75.com. I can't justify spending $9 a month for web hosting on the current site. Saturday...will be my first day off since 31 May. I can't wait!Sent via Natty Drei
Weekly SITREP (31 May-6 Jun 10)
Currently...feeling happy that I deleted my Facebook account. All content will be deleted in 14 days according to the Facebook email I received. Not sure if I trust it.
Tomorrow...I will be going back to work for first time in over two weeks. Not looking forward to the massive amount of work that'll be waiting for me on my desk.
Wednesday...I'm hoping to bring MrsMickle75's car into shop for oil change and state inspection. We put a lot of miles on it the last two weeks and it might need new tires. Ugh.
Thursday...I'm getting a haircut after work.
Saturday & Sunday...I'll be working my one weekend a month. Sucks to take off two weeks and then have to work 11 straight days.
Weekly SITREP (24-30 May 10) #MKwedding
Currently...looking for French Open coverage on TV.
This Morning...we'll find closest Bank of America and deposit wedding money!
This Afternoon...we'll go to Ripley's Aquarium and look at the toxic fish display.
Tonight...I think we'll eat at Burro Loco Mexican restaurant. Planning on looking at Yelp reviews first.
Tomorrow...we're planning on driving down to Charleston for the day and try to accomplish all the things we have on our lists to do.
Thursday...if we're satisfied with our Charleston trip, we'll probably hang out in the pool and maybe go to a Myrtle Beach Pelicans game. The Pelicans are an Atlanta Braves minor league team.
Friday...is CLEANING DAY, so maybe we can get our security deposit back after house inspection.
Saturday...we're leaving this beautiful house, Myrtle Beach, and South Carolina and driving to stinky 'ole Pennsylvania.
Sunday...the depression begins. This vacation has been the greatest time of my life and I don't ever want it to end. I'm going to miss South Carolina, but maybe in a year or two I can find a job down here.
Travel Tuesday: Black Forest Region
Black Forest 193, originally uploaded by mutters.mueller.
Visited on 21 July 2007
"A cuckoo clock is a clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours using small bellows and pipes that imitate the call of the Common Cuckoo in addition to striking a wire gong. The mechanism to produce the cuckoo call was installed in almost every kind of cuckoo clock since the middle of the eighteenth century and has remained almost without variation until the present."
"It is not clear who built the first cuckoo clocks in the Black Forest but there is unanimity that the unusual clock with the bird call very quickly conquered the Black Forest. The first Black Forest cuckoo clocks were made in the middle of the 18th century. They had hand-painted shields and wooden clockworks."
Source: Wikipedia
Travel Thursday: Manneken Pis
Brussels 552, originally uploaded by mutters.mueller. Visited on 18 August 2007
"Manneken Pis (Brabantian for little man piss), is a Brussels landmark. It is a small bronze fountain sculpture depicting a naked little boy urinating into the fountain's basin. There are several legends behind this statue, but the most famous is the one about Duke Godfrey II of Leuven. In 1142, the troops of this two-year-old lord were battling against the troops of the Berthouts, the lords of Grimbergen, in Ransbeke (now Neder-over-Heembeek). The troops put the infant lord in a basket and hung it in a tree, to encourage them. From there, he urinated on the troops of the Berthouts, who eventually lost the battle. Another legend goes like this: In the 14th century, Brussels was under siege by a foreign power. The city had held their ground for quite some time. The attackers had thought of a plan to place explosive charges at the city walls. A little boy named Juliaanske from Brussels happened to be spying on them as they were preparing. He urinated on the burning fuse and thus saved the city." Source: WikipediaCurrent iPhone home screen, in case you're keeping track at home.
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Weekly SITREP (17-23 May 10) #MKwedding
Currently...trying to find motivation to shave.
Today...we'll be applying for our marriage license. In SC, it's usually a 24 hour waiting period before it's approved.
Tuesday...if all goes well, going back to courthouse to pick up marriage license. Also, Sparklyglasses' parents arrive late Tuesday night.
Wednesday...A former classmate, her husband, and child arrive. She's become Sparklyglasses' best friend and she'll help with wedding details.
Friday...my Mom arrives at local airport. I haven't seen her in 15 years. Will pick her up from airport with Sparklyglasses
Saturday...I'm getting married at 4 p.m. eastern! We're getting a hotel for after wedding and leaving our guests in our beach house.
Sunday...we're checking out of our hotel, saying goodbye to our guests, and driving my Mom back to the airport.
Wow! Busy week.
Weekly SITREP (10 May 10)
Currently...thinking about last year at this time. I asked @sparklyglasses to marry me at 8:30 p.m. last year on this date at The Angle on Gettysburg Battlefield.
Friday...I'm hoping my boss lets me leave early.
Saturday...I'll be waking up bright and early to drive down to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina!
Sunday...I'll be enjoying myself in a pool...I hope.
