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New Blog Post: (It’s been awhile.) has been published on ProbablyRetep http://bit.ly/29wbUjd #ProbablyRetep

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It’s been awhile.

It’s been awhile since i wrote in here.  I’m not exactly sure why I stopped.  Maybe my posts so far and few between enabled me to forget the weight that blogging relieves from your shoulders when you get things off your mind.

I’ve been powering through some new shows (for me) on Netflix.  Notably Flash, and Arrow.  Of course I’ve kept up on Orange is the New Black, and Empire, and even Game of Thrones.  I started with Flash, since both seasons are on Netflix now, and got hooked pretty quickly.  Good cast, good story lines, all around good show.  Of course about halfway through season 2 of Flash, after several cameos from Arrow, i learned that you’re supposed to watch them in a order lol.  Arrow has also been just as good.  Currently as I’m writing this, I’m also watching Season 3 Episode 14.

Anyways, that’s going to be it for now.  I’m hoping to get back into the habit of posting more.

New Blog Post: (Drone Fun) has been published on ProbablyRetep http://bit.ly/1QbiqVH #ProbablyRetep

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Drone Fun

So my brother got me an early Fathers Day present.  Its a Dronium Protocol.  Basicly, it’s a RC Quad Copter.  It’s pretty fun.  The range, and abilities it has are pretty amazing.  I’ve been able to take some videos and the views are pretty stunning.

This first video is from last week, and shows some of the height I am able to achieve with it.

This second video is from last night, and has kind of an amazing story.  So some storms went through these past few days, and have mostly passed.  The wind has been pretty quiet from the trees on down, but its hard to gauge whats going on above that. So after work I brought it on down to the softball field next to my house and proceeded to get some video.  I went pretty far up the first time around, and almost lost control of the drone, and decided to brave it again.  Probably shouldn’t have made that decision.  As you can see in this second video, it gets AMAZINGLY high, but I lose control.  It crash lands in the golf course about 800 feet north of where i was.  Luckily enough, my brother found an opening in the fence and was kind enough to squeeze through and grab it while i grabbed the car to make a quick getaway.

When it starts spinning, its because I cut the throttle because it kept climbing and couldn’t see it anymore enough to tell which way it was facing.  Thus started the free fall spin, and completely ruined any idea of which way it was facing.  When it it stops spinning and crash lands, it caught signal again briefly enough to stop from a full speed crash, and lands over 800 feet away.  Looking on Google Maps, it landed approximately 884 feet away.

Keep an eye here and on my YouTube Channel for more videos!

Anyways, that’s all for now.  Got a few things in the works so look for updates soon :)

New Blog Post: (Game Of Blogs) has been published on ProbablyRetep http://bit.ly/QDhgKA #ProbablyRetep

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Game Of Blogs

So my last post, was about how I was going to start blogging again more.  That didn’t really work out to well apparently.  But this time… This time is for realz!  I feel like when you get into a funk with blogging, it’s really hard to get back on track.  Mostly because its just so easy to NOT do it.  You forget that putting it all out there (well, most of it anyways) has this satisfying feeling of getting something off your chest.

Things have been… interesting lately.  I’ve been in a bit of a funk.  For various reasons i suppose.  I’ve had a lot on my mind as of late.  Some good, some bad.

I’ve been watching Game Of Thrones lately. I started a couple of weeks ago and have managed to become hooked on it!  While I’m writing this late night blog post I’m currently on Season 3, Episode 6.  It’s a very interesting show.  It’s a bit on the… graphic side, but once you get past that, its got a very twisting plot that keeps you on your toes.  Every time I start to think that I like a certain character, they manage kill them off!
I also have been keeping up on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Glee, and of course Once Upon a Time.  The season finale for the latter was sunday night, and boy what a cliffhanger it was.  I won’t spoil it for anybody who hasn’t watched it yet.  Agents of Shield comes on tonight so I’ll have to watch that after I get out of work.  The Glee season finale is also tonight so I’ll have lots of watching to do.

My daughter turned 13 a couple weeks ago.  That was really interesting to me.  I’ve never really felt old, and really I still don’t but I do feel like somethings are catching up.  If it wasn’t bad enough that she turned 13, she sent me a message a couple days later telling me that the boy she likes asked her out.  That was a punch in the gut right there.  Now I’ve got to have that conversation with her.  About what’s acceptable, what’s not. Blargh!

Anyways, I suppose thats probably all for now.  its well past my bed time.

TTFN

New Blog Post: (Pardon the dust…) has been published on ProbablyRetep http://bit.ly/1aHa5Vz #ProbablyRetep

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Pardon the dust…

Wow.

So, i’ve been putting off making a blog post for awhile and next thing i know its been forever since I’ve made a post.

So whats new?  I bought a new(ish) car last month.  The purple beast was

2007 PT Cruiser

just getting to dilapidated to drive anymore.  So i traded it in and upgraded to a 2007 Chrysler PT Cruiser.  Its not terribly fancy or nothing.  But the CD player, and AUX input both work so I can play my cd’s and my MP3′s while i drive and actually feel safe on the road for once.   It took awhile to get used to not driving a stick shift. I kept on trying to grab the transmission stick and trying to shift.   Even still every once in awhile i’ll grab for it and try to shift gears lol.  I took a trip to Midland, MI a couple fridays ago.  It handled so nicely for the drive. 

What else is new.  I finally finished my trek (SWIDT! HAHAH) through Star Trek The Next Generation.  I watched all 7 seasons now.  So now that I concluded TNG, i’ve gotten through Star Trek Enterprise, Star Trek Voyager, and Star Trek Deep Space Nine.  I still think that TNG was probably my most favorite series.  As I’m typing this now I’m also watching “Chuck“.  I had already seem most of the series, but never got around to finishing it.  So, since apparently “Smallville” isn’t available to stream on Netflix as that was going to be the next series I watched.  So.  Help me out! What should I watch next?  Theirs only a few more episodes of Chuck, so that will go by quickly.

Christmas was a bit interesting this year.  The plan was to go to my parents this year.  That, however, didn’t happen.  Dad ended up getting sick with a stomach issue that kept him in the hospital for several days.  Thankfully he’s ok now.  We were all able to get together for our annual Christmas gathering at St Anns.  It was pleasant as always getting to see most of the family.  Of course, there were plenty of rounds of Spoons to be had.  This year I took several videos of them and posted them on Vine.  You can view Round One Here, and you can view Round Two Here on my Vine.

Anyways, its time for me to go to bed.  I’m really gonna try to make more posts, as sometimes posting this stuff really helps me relax emotionally.

TTFN

New Blog Post: (Another late sunday evening) has been published on ProbablyRetep http://bit.ly/1hPTv93 #ProbablyRetep

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Another late sunday evening

Well here we are.  Me… typing in this blog.  You… Reading it minutes, moments, hours, or maybe days later.  You and me.  Hi.  Lets recap the week!

So the week started out with me in Lake Ann, Michigan at a Cabin called the Sleeping Bear.

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Let me tell you how beautiful it was up there.  It’s not a very often site to see me stay awake in long car rides.  For as long as I can remember, I’ve always had problems with staying awake on long car rides.  For the first time, I stayed awake for the entire two hour drive each way.  I took a TON of pictures, not only of the ride up, but also some of the view from the property.  They are amazing, and can be found in my “Fall Pictures” photo album.  Some of the lake shots i got, are pretty good imho, for a measly smartphone camera.  I experimented with a few of them adjusting the color saturation, and whiteness.  Most of them turned out really well, except for a couple that are a bit washed out.  Anyways, so we were up there for Monday, Tuesday, and came back Wednesday afternoon.  It was a MUCH needed get away, as work has been extremely on the testy side lately, and my stress level has been through the roof.  We’ve taken this trip before as a group, and this was a rather quiet year.  I think as we’ve gotten a bit older and wiser, we’ve also gotten… well… older lolol.  I did stay up though both nights just enjoying the starry night.  One can get lost staring in the stars.  I always forget how many there are up there because living in the city, you don’t’ get to see much except the brightest ones.  And before anybody decides to comment… Yes.. By “cabin” I REALLY mean, large house.  The place sleeps something like 18 people.  Its pretty large.  All in all, even with it being work, it was a VERY relaxing experience.  The only disappointing thing of the whole time, is that in two nights of having a campfire, we didn’t roast a single hotdog, or marshmallow.

Wednesday, brought the end of our little excursion, and we came back into town.  I spent most of the day continuing to relax, and catch up on the sleep.  

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The next 4 days have just been a big ball of blur, as the only thing I really did was work.  I was supposed to go to one of my friends birthday party, but I managed to turn my nap, into sleeping for 10 hours after work on Saturday.  Which is probably why I’m still fairly wide awake right now, at 1:10am writing this lengthy recap of my week.  

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Whats in store for next week.  Well, I need to get some car repairs done.  Like, badly. Basically my car is falling apart at the seams, which really really sucks, because I’m not in a terribly great position to drop a bunch of money into it, or buy something new(er).  So next week will be trying to find a pretty VERY cheap place to get my repairs done.  Although I do have a guy that I have used for some front end work, I want to check out one of the school shops.  I heard that they only charge parts to repair your car, so maybe i can get in on that action.  Next weekend I’m aiming to make my annual trip to The Haunt.  Probably gonna get a group of peeps together as I always do, so if you’re interested holler at me ASAP!

This government shutdown?  Ridiculous.  The whole lot of them should be ashamed.  Democrats, Republicans, Liberals, Leftists, Rightists, the whole dang lot of them.  How is it we go from ready to almost declare war on another country to holycrapwecantpaybillstimetoshutdown??? I really feel like the US should pay a bit more attention to whats going on at home, versus trying to be in everybody else’s business.  Ya, i know…  bla bla interests, and bla bla oil, and bla bla bla.  That’s what I hear.  Anyways, that’s my political rant for the day.

Anyways, I suppose i should wander off to bed.
TTFN!

A Quick PSA, Pictures, and More!

New Blog Post! a Quick PSA, Pictures, and More! #ProbablyRetep

Firstly, this is going to be a cross post on both my blogs because I’m too lazy to do two seperate posts, and the top is pretty important.  And, I’m probably going to combine both soon anyways.

<Rant – PSA>

Secondly, I guess I’d first like to start this…

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SSR Show 9/18, Twitch, and more!

New Blog Post: SSR Show 9/18, Twitch, and more! #ProbablyRetep

Good evening!

Tonight’s show was fun as always!  We debuted the SSR Twitch channel for the show.  Had a GREAT time dancing at Quarks, and showing off my cats in the webcam on the stream of my game client.  In case you haven’t heard, SubSpace Radio’s…

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Insert Title Here… and Stuff.

New Blog Post! Insert Title Here… and Stuff. #ProbablyRetep

Oh. Whatsup Blog.  Been awhile since I’ve written publicly in here.  I sit down at my PC on a almost daily basis, and always mean to write something in here.  Sometimes I even open the software and type one or two words in.  But then get distracted.  Or I…

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