So Long 2009!

As you can see this was the last day of my 2009 Page-A-Day calendar. It seems a fitting end to what has been a roller coaster of a year. I for one am very much looking forward to 2010! I wish you all a very Happy and Safe New Year!

PhotoShuffle #4

Congrats to Caity who won the previous PhotoShuffle and the MisterE Xmas music mix along with the 10 bonus points. Keep playing for your chance to to rack up those bonus points. Also you never know when I might feel like adding a prize to go along with those must have bonus points. This weeks photo will be the 20th photo down and the 10th photo across from my adventures over the Holiday weekend. As always best caption wins.

Songs for Christmas Eve

Have Yourself A Very Merry Christmas

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!!

Christmas WishList: Autos

Do you ever wish for a gifts you know you will never get? I do. Really I find nothing wrong with wishing for things. Now if only I could do something about the hard work and discipline it takes to make those wishes reality...perhaps someday. For now I am content to wish and wait for my lottery winnings. Once I have cashed in my winning ticket, I fear that I would buy enough cars to fill an airplane hanger. Here in no particular order is my automotive wish list this year:

Jaguar XFR

Lancia Delta

Dodge Challenger

Jeep Grand Cherokee

Ford Taurus SHO

Cadillac SRX

Vote for the car that would earn a spot under your tree in the poll on the right.

Whats In A Name

Awhile back a few of us were bored and decided to look into what our names meant. I found out a few interesting things, some I knew and some I didn't. Thought I would share what's in my name, according to this internet site at least.

First Name:
Usage: English, French, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler". A notable bearer was Eiríkr inn Rauda, a 10th-century navigator and explorer who discovered Greenland. This was also the name of several early kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

Middle Name:
Usage: Scottish, English
Scottish form of RAGNVALDR, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders.
RAGNVALDR: Usage: Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse name composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel" and valdr "ruler.


I always knew that my first name meant ruler, I didn't know that it meant ever ruler. That's right you can bow to me now and forever! I also didn't know that my middle name meant advisor or counselor to the ruler, so basically I advise myself. Or in other words your word means nothing to me but as the great ruler that I am, I will still allow you to express yourself...for now. Does your name have a good story or meaning? Feel free to share it in the comments, I am curious.

Photo Shuffle #3

Congrats to Jess for winning Photo Shuffle #2. You are now 10 Bonus Points closer to a fabulous prize. This weeks Shuffle is brought to you by Guam (You know why and if you don't feel free to ask). As an added benefit the winner will receive a MisterE Christmas Mix CD. May the best caption win.

An Instant Classic

LED it Snow, LED it Snow, LED it Snow

The other day my brother bought some new LED Christmas lights to put up at my parents house to replace the icicle lights that had seen better days. While I would love to say that I am all behind these earth saving diodes, I just can't do it. First off is the look. Are they plastic, crystal, glass, a lollipop? I just don't think they look very festive-y and that is when they are turned off. Then comes the light part of these lights. When you turn them on the effect doesn't have that same Christmas Vacation effect that I have come to expect from Holiday light displays. The lights just look dull and somehow off color. How are you ever going to "out do" the neighbors? You would have to use about 5 times the amount of LED lights to equal the same show quality as one strand of old fashioned lights and at that point would you really be using less energy. I just don't get why these lights seem to be this years must have, new cool thing. Am I missing something? Tell me how you feel by voting in the poll to the right. There is one kind of LED that I can get behind though...this.

Photo Shuffle #2

Congrats to Becky who won 10 Bonus Points in the last Photo Shuffle for using a line from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. You will be glad to know that you only need 10 Billion points to be able to redeem them for a prize!




In honor of today being the first day of December, today's Photo Shuffle will be the 12th photo from last years Christmas Album. 10 more Bonus Points will be awarded to the best caption.