So, what has been keeping me busy?  Well, earlier this year I finished my new “food blog” which I talked about here.  It’s really great… I’m spending 90% of my time over there, so please go check it out:

Food Geekery: Real Food. Real Geek.

I even gave it its own Facebook fan page (go be a fan… I’d appreciate it):

Food Geekery on Facebook

So what does this mean for FlishFun.com?  Nothing.  Don’t worry, I’ll still be around to postmy randomness… more updates will be on the food side of things (as it is my new hobby), but I still need a place to put my political, technical and other random posts, so don’t you worry.  Just be sure to head over to Food Geekery and look around the place! 

• I went to Florida to visit my family for 2 weeks.
• I started studying for my next certification (if all goes well, I’ll take the Security+ exam this month).
• I’ve suddenly been swamped with outside contracting work so I’m out of the house more.
• I’ve joined a gym (holy crap!  Who’d have thought I’d ever do that?!).
• I’ve begun cooking even more than before, so I may need to put a PC in the kitchen here soon.

See, so I have plenty of excuses to not have posted anything for awhile.  Oh yeah, did I mention we officially have a new President?  Man… last time I posted we still had Ol’ Whatshisface in office.   As I mentioned, I have started cooking a lot more than before, so as I spoke about in my last post, I am working on a new “food blog” for me to share recipes, review shows/foods/restaurants and all those type things as I continue down this new path I seem to making towards becoming a true “foodie” (scary, I know).  Once this goes live I’ll both mention it here and most likely cross-post when things intersect (as I’m sure they will).

Well, that’s all for now… Valentine’s Day is coming up, so between that and my exam I may be kind of silent again, but I hope to be back blogging away here soon!  Oh yeah, and since I failed to mention it before, I’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane” (Final), and it works just awesomely!

I don’t think it’s that bad for a start.  My goal is to launch it in early January and see where it goes from there.  Also, on that same note, I think I’ll update this site design a little bit.  I liked it at first, but I really am thinking it needs a slight overhaul.  We’ll see if/when I find the time to do that.  Busy, busy, busy!

Oh, and on a completely different subject, this blog is now running WordPress 2.7 RC1!  There are some slight visual changes between the beta and the release candidate, but I like ‘em!  Go check it out for yourself!!

Later on this week I think I’ll give one last wrap up of what I think of the election (as it’s nearly election day) and a few other things.  I’m still just catching up on all of my leftover work.

I manage to post on a few of my other microblogs, so if you’re needing that “fix” of what I’m up to, check this out:

FlishFun on Swurl

In short, it’s a timeline of all my online activity from my other sites (such as Facebook and Twitter to name a few).  If you’re someone that has a ton of places you visit, consider signing up and swurling it all together!

Wii Ware – September 22, 2008
PSN – September 25, 2008
XBLA – October 1, 2008

Pure awesome!  Did you happen to see the “packaging” made for the game?

It may just be a press kit, but man I want one bad!!  Also, along the same lines, Mega Man 2 was released for the Virtual Console.

This is also pretty awesome news!  I was looking for some way to relax this week (I’ve been working our bi-annual tradeshow all weekend) and both of these games should help me do it!

Until next time!!

So, I’m off to see Jerry Seinfeld tonight at the Orpheum theatre in Omaha… I’m totally excited!  I can now add Jerry Seinfeld to my list of “Comics I’ve Always Wanted to See Live.”  So far that list contains Lewis Black and George Carlin.  After Seinfeld I dunno who else is on the list… I’d have to think about it.

Speaking of Jerry, did you get a chance to view his Microsoft commercials?  If not, you’d best get to watching because as of today, they’ve halted the campaign:

Microsoft is expected to announce Thursday that it will be suspending its ad campaign featuring Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and veteran comedy superstar Jerry Seinfeld.

Valleywag broke the news Wednesday, and Microsoft spokesperson Frank Shaw told the LA Times that the move was planned, despite the appearance that the company is reacting to negative reaction to the ads.

According to Mr. Shaw, the Seinfeld portion of the campaign, for which he was reportedly paid some US$10 million, was always intended to be just an introduction for the overall campaign — a two commercial introduction for $10 million.

“All along we said we were having a teaser campaign,” he told the LA Times. “We’re getting ready to start the second phase. This was the plan all along.”

Here is the first commercial:

And the second:

Sad that there won’t be more, but at least we got to enjoy it while it lasted.

Well, I have to go… I need to ponder peanuts on airplanes and why they have that little slot for razors (who is shaving on a plane?!).

This really sucks… I tell you, each year this place gets worse and worse.  Did I mention the dripping roof is back?  Yeah, so much for it being fixed.  The bright side is we finally have a new head manager and lead repair man this month, so maybe things will start getting taken care of.

Can you believe the guy has worn through 2 drill bits trying to get through our neighbor’s door?  He says it’s as if they used an entire tube of glue.  We really need cameras in the hallways (and outer doors that actually lock like they’re supposed to), methinks.

This isn’t the best news one could get, but on the brightside it’s not the worst cancer there is.  Right now we’re all taking it day by day, as we still need to get more information (she has a follow up appt later this month).  What we do know is that the surgery she had three years ago for a mass in her leg and an enlarged Thymus gland seems to have been precursors to this and should have been caught then.

At this point we’re all doing all the research we can on this disease, so if anyone out there has gone through it and has some advice, feel free to comment!

More to come later!

1. Performance:  The item is better than other items in its class.
2. Luxury:  The item is made of better materials than other items in its class.
3. Features:  The item can do more things than other items in its class

That’s it.  You see why these purses have me confused now, right?  And yes, I’ve heard that these purses are more luxurious, but I don’t see it.  Honestly… the materials are the same as other purses, the designs are very similar, and they don’t have any added features that other purses don’t seem to have.  I’ve been told it’s a “Status” thing, or that you’re paying because it’s a “Coach bag” or a “Louis Vuitton bag,” but again… I don’t get it.  Maybe someone can explain it better to me in terms I’d understand (I’m the type  of guy who has a Creative Zen because for the price it had the same quality and more/better features than the iPod).

I guess as long as people are happy to get them and it doesn’t cause any harm, there’s nothing wrong with it, but as someone who has just been introduced to these bags (Jessica is now in love with them) I just don’t get what is so awesome about them.