Ah, what a life...

2 days, boy gets 2 toys.


Friday my new work gives me a blackberry 7100t to keep connected with the team and clients. I've wanted a email/calendar phone for a while... I was thinking a Palm 650 like most of my pals, but a free blackberry? No prob... 8-)



When we were in Argentina in September, my lovely wife Marcela gave her iPod mini to her sister... she's been without Shakira, Shania Twain, Cheyenne and Luis Miguel for a few weeks... ouch. 8-) So she's had it in her mind to pick up a new ipod... the new Nano was calling her name.... Today I took her to the Apple store, in looking them over, [DAMN they are small and sexy] I decided that I wanted a flash based player [my excuse was to get my lazy ass running/biking more, really they are just too sweet to not play with] so I wouldn't have to worry about my hard drive based 3rd generation 40 gig iPod. Plus they are soooo kool I found them difficult to resist.... I decided that I'd sell my 40gig iPod and pick up a new black 4 gig Nano, just like my woman. So we are both now owners of new black beauties. I've loaded Argentina trip pictures and tons of music on mine already... and we got one of those kool lanyard things that are headphones, and go around your neck to hold the nano... clever.

Casualties of the Bush Administration

Do your job, get busted down or fired. Ouch.
How's things with you all? We are busy, house stuff, job stuff etc. Marcela will be helping to manage a new rest/cafe downtown called the "Buenos Aires Cafe"!!! whoohoo. A friend of hers from Argentina is opening it... this lady also helped us with food and desserts for our wedding... good stuff. Argentina beer, empanadas, pastries, tea/mate, and more... It's opening in a few weeks. I'll keep you informed!

Charlie y Marcela

Wow. I really just can't believe it.

Okay I'm trying to be a little more generous with Pres. Bush and his policies, mainly because I'm SO tired of bitching about him and his actions. I'm just bloody worn out by all of it. sigh.

Then I take a look at CNN and MSNBC today... he's nomitating a person that has never even been a judge to the supreme court! Her main qualification is that she thinks Bush is "the most brilliant man I've ever met" and is unfailingly loyal to him. I just can't believe that he just has NO FREAKIN' SHAME. Wow. I'm just wondering if they'll be a bigger backlash or will she sail on to confirmation? Will democratic and republican politicians with a backbone actually say something? Will the press (that's finally asking some of the hard questions that it should have been doing all along) actually challenge the logic of this? We shall see.

On another amuzing note, you may have seen some bumper stickers in the last few months that say "How many lives per gallon?" I admit, I bought a few. To me, they represent that this Iraq thing is really about preferential treatment for Iraq's oil production (you'll see why I need to explain what it represents to me) and that it's costing american lives to drive big suv's and trucks with poor gas milage. So I drive by a gas station to get some soda yesterday, and I see this Ford Excursion with that sticker on it..... I'm a little puzzled why a huge gas guzzling suv has a sticker (to me) criticizing itself. Ideas on what the guy is thinking? 8-)

Anyway, the job hunt is on, and like the allied invasion of europe during WW2, i'm attacking it on multiple fronts: consulting for online marketing and search SEO and PPC as well as looking for a new full time marketing management job... all the while working on a few business ideas/plans. I'll let ya know how it goes. 8-)

Charlie