The Garmin Nuvi

As I mentioned in a previous post, I got a Garmin Nuvi for Christmas. It's a GPS device. At first I thought - "I don't need a GPS device, I never get lost." Then I used it for awhile and found it has some cool features.

Even if you don't get lost ever, like myself, you can still use this device for tracking mileage, average speed, it leaves little blue lines on road you've driven on, and more. I even downloaded a cool blue monster truck icon, to represent my powerful persona, of course, from the Garmin website. Totally unnecessary, but cool.

I also found out this device can be used to find places, like restaurants, gas stations, places for entertainment, amusement places, and other useful places. It can find phone numbers and give directions. It searches for places within your current location.

Plus it has the ability to be used while your ride a bicycle, or if you just walk around. It can see how fast you are going, what direction, puts you on a map, finds average speeds, how much time you are moving, how much time you're stopped, and a bunch of things I'm still discovering. It has a built-in battery that charges from a USB connection to a computer, or you can use a cable that goes into the lighter socket in your vehicle.

It even has a voice that tells you when to turn right or left, when you program in a destination. Plus, if you decide you don't want to turn when it tells you to, it doesn't get mad at you, like a human direction-giver would do. It just recalculates your next turn, and keeps it's mouth shut. Way too cool.

Some More Fave Flicks - Wikipedia Style

Here are some more links to some of my favorite movies. The links go to Wikipedia. After all, if it's in Wikipedia, it must be true.

I just love reading all kinds of 'comments' on the various news websites, where they give a news article, then they let morons post comments, and some of these morons say things like 'look in wikipedia...' and they post a link. While only a moron would site Wikipedia as if it was proven evidence, some articles do have some merit. I have checked out the information on any link I show on this blog, and they appear to be accurate, unless otherwise noted.

Pulp Fiction - this goes in my book as being one of those films that is a great film, but it's all about bad people, doing bad things to each other and themselves. Therefore, it doesn't always seem like a great film to some people, since it's all about some pretty nasty stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction_(film)


Liar Liar - with Jim Carrey. I love a good comedy, especially if it pokes fun at lawyers. Jim Carrey is truly insane at times, and he manages to make a good living because of it. What a great country America, as they say.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_Liar


Analyze This - here's a good movie, with Billy Crystal, Robert De Niro, and Lisa Kudrow and a bunch of other cool actors & actresses. It's one of those mob films, except this one is a comedy instead of a serious snuff film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analyze_This


Star Trek - Insurrection. Try not to get excited, I didn't say Erection, I said Insurrection. There's a difference. If you don't know the difference, we need to talk.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_Insurrection

Enjoy. As always, movies and music are always more interesting if you research things ahead of time.

Time For Some Beer - take 2

I've been a fan of JW Dundee beer for a long time. They recently changed their labels and name. Now they just go by Dundee beer.

Here are some pictures of three of their excellent specialty brews. They are quite good IMHO. I'm not so sure about the new labels, with all the cartoon characters, but then again it's just a label.

This beer is also not too expensive, at least not at Consumer's Beverages. For a brand of beer that tastes this good, and has so many different types of beer, good deal I say.

The only problem with this beer is when you go back to some ordinary beer after drinking a couple of these. Regular beer just doesn't seem the same.

Hockey Players Who Bite - WTF???

OK, Hockey is a tough sport. That's why so many people love the sport. Duh! It's the only sport I know of besides boxing, wrestling, and martial arts, where you can get away with fighting. Now why would some stupid Ottawa Senator get nailed for BITING ANOTHER PLAYER? How much steroid abuse do you have to participate in to bite another player in front of the whole NHL???

I guess maybe a suspension is good for the league. Now people won't think hockey is so brutal.

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/542977.html

Nice. Well, usually I do not wish ill will on another human being. However, since this Jarkko Ruutu excuse for a human being decided to bite one of my Sabres, plus he's a scumbag Ottawa Senator, then here's what I think should happen: he should be bitten back by someone else. Or maybe by a snake, since that's what he is. He's the first snake to walk on his hind legs, oh, and he's also the first snake with legs. The Devil would be proud. So would Mike Tyson.

Then, after he can't understand what he did wrong, kick him out of the leage forever. Then, kick him in the guts until he sings the American National Anthem. Then pull all his teeth out (whatever he has left - he's a hockey player) and we won't have to live in fear that anyone else will get bitten by his rabid mouth.

OK, I'm fine now.

Bread - made by human hands - hands that loaded stuff into a bread machine - "home baked"

HELLO ! ! !

Today I'm sharing pictures of my latest bread machine adventure. Honey Wheat bread. It came out great. Taste was very good, texture was also. The loaf came out a bit small, oh well. However, the taste was great.

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Water at the bottom of the pan, then the flour mix, then the yeast on top.

Whole Wheat cycle.

Sample with peanut butter & jelly - UUUMMMMM ! ! ! !

The box said Honey Wheat Berry was the flavor. I could not find any hint of any berries at all. They must have run out of berries when they packaged my box.