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| 02:49am 29/03/2009 |
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Well I just got back home from the ER after more than 4 hours. I took a screwdriver to the face while working on the Jeep. Got some stitches and one nasty black eye. Pictures tomorrow-ish. |
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| From the no-so-fossil-fuel dept. |
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| 12:12am 16/01/2009 |
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music: crackle, crackle, tink, tink
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<artie lange>FIRE!</artie lange>
After just over 10 years in storage, things are all lit up again.
I just forgot how much fun it is to split logs.
--Matt |
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| From the Nap-town dept. |
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| 11:20am 09/10/2008 |
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It's that time of year again, another excuse to drive down to Annapolis and drink rum, I mean sail. Kevin and I are headed down to Nap-town today for the boat show Friday and then Good Old Boat Regatta Saturday and Sunday. All you DC folks who might actually read this, if you're not familiar with the Annapolis Boat Show you should check it out. It's tons of fun and you can drool over some really hot boats. There are great restaurants in the area too. Oh, and did I mention the rum. Make sure you get a 'Pain Killer' from Pussers.
Since I'm a putz, here's a post I was supposed to make awhile ago. This race took place on Sept. 28th.
Well, the little yellow boat upset again. With crew Christine, Keith, Gus, Allen and myself we did the 25 mile Fall Light House today and came home with a 2nd place finish on corrected time. I race against dissimilar boats. so we have a rating system to equal the playing field. This was also very cool because it was the first time I drove a boat in a race outside of dinghies. I'm psyched, and I can't wait till next season. |
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| From the first-regatta dept |
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| 09:48pm 15/09/2008 |
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mood:  accomplished
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I want to give a huge thanks to the guys that helped me sail my first regatta with my new boat. Jack, Kevin, Keith, Don, and myself put the little yellow boat on the line for the NJ Hospice Cup. We may not have won, but we weren't last, and we even made a few people nervous a few times. Thanks again guys.
Division: PHRF A2 (11 boats) (top)
Pos Sail Boat Skipper 1 2 3 Total Points
1 291 Restless Sinatra, Tom & Julie 1 4 1 6.00
2 83214 Project Mayhem Stryker, Doug&Amy 3 1 2 6.00
3 41911 Poppy Robinson, Kelly 2 3 5 10.00
4 63045 For Sail Mackevich, Jim 4 5 3 12.00
5 32942 Slice Gochal, Gary 7 2 4 13.00
6 485 Blue Meanie Buzbee, Steve 5 7 7 19.00
7 6 Howling Mad(SB) Breef-Marks, Matt 8 6 9 23.00
8 194 Mad Cow Scanlon, Steve 6 8 12/DSQ 26.00
9 73 Galatea Marder, Todd 9 9 8 26.00
10 54284 Shooting Star Oeftering, Andy 12/DNS 12/DNS 6 30.00
11 451 Galaxy Aridas, Jim 10 10 12/DNC 32.00
If that wasn't enough to make a guy happy, I feel extra lucky having met Libby. She needs someone to teach her to sail. I think I'm up for the job. |
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| From the I'm-a-bad-techno-geek dept. |
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| 12:00am 08/07/2008 |
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mood: accomplished music: take a frikken guess
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I just figured out all by myself that the vocal samples in Orbital's Halcyon are Kirsty Hawkshaw from "It's A Fine Day".
Damn I feel dumb.
--Matt |
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| From the lifes-a-beach dept |
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| 11:50pm 06/04/2008 |
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It was a bit chilly, but quite fun. Even got to do some fishing.
We drove out to Robert Moses State Park on the south shore of Long Island for the 2008 LINXC (Long Island Nissan Xterra Club) Beach Permit Run.
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| From the back-to-the-same-old-new-grind dept. |
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| 02:39pm 18/03/2008 |
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mood: hungry music: Prof. Stickler
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Well, I am gainfully employed once again in addition to going to school. Even though I am finishing my Mechanical Engineering degree, I took a job as an IT Manager for a small IT consulting firm. Today was my first day, I just have to start getting used to the driving. Most of my customers are in northern NJ. This should prove to be fun and interesting. We work with small to medium sized businesses and Mark (the owner) has many IT business contacts that he (and them) refer customers back and forth depending on their needs. Seems to work like an informal conglomeration, but smaller. Here we go again! |
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| From the old-n-moldy-boat dept |
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| 10:43pm 07/03/2008 |
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Well, Matt's yacht transport service was back in action yesterday. We drove down to Keyport and picked up a Charles Hankins lifeboat from a boat builder that is friends with my friend Jack. Jack paid the hefty sum of one bottle of vodka. The boat is significant because Jack just recently bought the building in Lavallette where Mr. Hankins had his boat building business. It's diagonally across the street from the Crab's Claw Inn (but you knew that Chris, right). The life boat was in pretty sad shape, it was held together with 2 2x4s that kept the sides from falling in on its self. Jack plans to restore the little boat to its former glory, or something close.
Here is the vessel on my trailer in Keyport.
Amazingly it stayed in one piece for the drive down the Parkway.
While I was at the boatyard in Keyport, I saw I boat that caught my eye. I spoke to the owner of the yard and found out it was for sale. Needless to say, its VERY tempting considering the price.
The Evelyn 26. No bumble bee jokes necessary.
...or taxi cab jokes neither.
I likely. I want.
--Matt |
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| From the-long-haul dept |
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| 12:03am 10/02/2008 |
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mood:  tired music: Tina Dico - Let's Get Lost
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Only 48 hours till I leave for Florida with boat in tow. Gary and I are trailing his boat to St. Petersburg. The races are the 15th, 16th, and 17th. You should be able to track our progress at the following site: http://www.sailingworld.com/nood_regatta.jsp?location=597. The boat name is "Slice", Gary Gochal skipper.
Well, I had a full day today. I'm gonna finish my soup and go to bed.
--matt |
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| From the counting-the-seconds dept |
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| 11:10pm 02/02/2008 |
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Only 10 days until I leave for Florida for the NOOD's
Here's where I'll be sailing and drinking for a few days.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=0&ll=27.790415,-82.582598&spn=0.069705,0.135956&z=14
If we win our division the overall, the crew gets free trip the BVI's and usage a boat for free to compete again all the other NOOD winners from the year.
Did I mention the rum?
--Matt
edited cause I didn't get my info right. |
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| From the dusty-technology dept. |
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| 11:39pm 28/01/2008 |
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mood:  geeky music: Dirty Vegas - Simple Things
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Get a load of this gem. The Alps MD-5000. Come on, you remember these, nope you didn't need that brain cell either.
Pulled it out of my basement, looks like it works too. Just have to get a USB to 1284 adapter so I can use it on my main computer.
Oh, and get a load of all those tapes. Did you forget that it was a dye sub printer? Nah, 'course not.
Hmm, might be a reason why my friends call my basement the computer museum. |
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| From the I'm-sorta-famous dept. |
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| 09:44pm 22/01/2008 |
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music: Carl Sagan's Cosmos
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So while reading the daily Anarchy I noticed a thread on the Olson's class websites. Since I crew on an Olson I checked it out and found this:
http://olsonuldb.com/media/index.html
That picture was taken last August when I was up in Canada, Kingston, Ontario to be exact.
Pretty cool I think.
The woman is Gina, our pit girl, the back of the head is Craig, trimmer/tactician. Not visible is Gary the owner/skipper, and Rich, the other trimmer.
--matt |
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| From the how-to-piss-off-squirrels dept. |
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| 12:13am 18/01/2008 |
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mood:  mischievous
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I hope this victory isn't short lived, but the squirrels can't into the soffit right now. Last summer we closed off 2 spots where birds got in and just nested right at that spot. Then the squirrels got in and run all around the soffit which goes half way around the roof. They kindly made 2 more holes, one bypassing one of the closures. Well, this morning I went up on the roof, found the entrance, and closed it up with expanded metal. About a half an hour later you could hear them running around the roof, and they where not happy. I even got out my BB gun to take some pot shots at them so they would get the message. Hopefully they did as I haven't heard them so far tonight.
--Matt |
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