Here’s why I like the dislike feature on Facebook (for Ads)…

• Frenzied Waters – thanks Andrew – awesome (be sure to allow this website access to your Facebook account for the full effect)
• The Game Crafter – thanks Adam, it’s like Cafepress.com for board games – bad ass
• Meeting Ticker
• The Lying Down Game
• Don’t Judge My Hair
• Man Claims to Look Like Michael From Good Times
• Big Ups to Ryan Howard who last night became the fastest ever to 200 Homeruns in MLB History

Links for my Geeky Homies…

• How Glossaries and FAQs Can Improve Search Engine Rankings

• The PEN Story – thanks Mel
• Birth of the Boombox – thanks Mel
• Raaaaaaaaaaandy
• Finally… Wookieepedia

Links for my geeky homies…

• 5 Secrets to Creating a Powerful Google Profile

The day before my ex-wife, Dana had a nasty migraine, my mother brought her to the doctor to get some treatment. She was still very much out of it and I had to take on a little more than usual the day before yesterday (no biggie). Yesterday however, I had a meeting at the unemployment office and Dana also had a 2nd interview right around 1pm, which was also when Viv’s swimming lesson started and Bubs gets out of camp too. The plan was for my mother to pick up Bubs and take Viv to her swimming lesson.

Well my mother woke up with a nasty stomach bug and with her Addison’s Disease, this can be very bad news. Like potentially go into adrenal shock bad news. After talking to Mom, Dana and I started rallying a backup plan. Our friends Kim and Julie were going to take Viv to her lesson down at the lake beach and Dana got a hold of Bubs during his day at camp so he would know to ride his bike down to 3 Beach instead of back to my house. I called my mother back to check on her and to let her know everything was handled. She didn’t answer.

I headed over as fast as possible with the worry that I would be calling 911 and escorting her to the ER. It turned out my mother was OK and just didn’t have the phone nearby. I called our family friend, Judy the Awesome and she came over to keep an eye on mom while Dana went to her interview and I was able to keep my appointment at the unemployment office. Whew!

I was so spent at the end of the day. Mom is doing much better after some rest. Dana’s migraine came back again, but she’s hanging in there. Thank heavens for our friends, on some days, it really does take a village – and this village kicks butt.

Abbe came home to me after working all night and listened to me tell her about the day, I freaked out a little from just not having anything left for anyone. Abbe is such an amazing person, she listened and then she told me about this chat with one of her co-workers…

Abbe: Hey, look at that table full of guys, two of them have those douchebag beards.
Co-worker also with a douchebag beard: Abbe, look at my face.

• Dare Witch Project Pt 01 – thanks Justin
• Things to say during sex – thanks Franki
• Loudest Car Horn in the World – thanks Mel, maybe I need to talk to my buddies at the BB-62 and see if they have an extra horn
• Psychotic Letters From Men
• Know Your Oppressed Ethnicities : Uyghurs – thanks Mel

Links for my geeky homies…

• Goodbye, IE6… don’t let the door hit ya, where the good lord split ya. That damn browser has caused so many more hours of frustration.
• How To Search Engine Optimize (SEO) an AJAX or Web 2.0 Site
• DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com – thanks Sage

And then…

• Paranoid Larry – You Can’t Search Me
• Living with First Person Shooter Disease

Links for my geeky homies…

• PingWire

I finally started playing around with Flex and man, it’s bad ass. Can’t wait to create some stuff with this! I was thinking about writing the furiousCMS help file with Flex, but that seems like a bad choice (flash for help?) right now. So I’m probably going to do a boring href anchor thing like most help files and upgrade it as I have time.

• Tab Explosion
• immigrant gods sing

Links for my geeky homies…

• 14 Steps to Good Business Website Design
• TweetFeel – real-time Twitter feelings towards brand, celeb, etc.

I did get time to peek at the TV a bit last night and watch the Phils pull of an amazing 5 run comeback to beat the Bucs in the ninth last night. I do need to close this laptop for at least half of today and enjoy this amazing weather we’ve had for the past couple days.

• Only the Japanese Can Do It – thanks Mel
• Highlights from Wildwood, NJ
• LPSG
• Worst Parents Ever

Links for my geeky homies…

• TwitDone – a Twitter To Do list

I know I’ve been slack with updates here and especially reading everyone else’s blogs. I’ll get free time again one day, I swear. Oh, and here’s a video of me playing Frente’s version of Bizarre Love Triangle…

• Letterman Optimus Prime Top 10 List – this is for Bubs, thanks Liv
• Top 10 Funny Videos on YouTube

I know, I know fire up the yacht and put the Cristal on ice, it’s party time. In fairness, this site has existed for a week and the features are going to start really rolling in, including a lot of social networking functionality (mostly Facebook and Twitter stuff). Judging by the traffic, I’m actually quite pleased at the response. In the meantime, please follow us on Twitter, join our Facebook group… oh and go to FlashGameFever.com and have some fun will ya?

On top of becoming a 52 centaire, I had two awesome lessons yesterday. Gehrig returned after a week off and really played well. Seeing a little guy like that get excited about guitar is extremely cool as a teacher. And then Jan did a great job with Carry Me Ohio and our new song this week, Frente’s cover of Bizarre Love Triangle. Also, Jan brought me a six pack of Wacko, which was my favorite of the Magic Hat Summer Sampler pack (that Jan brought over a couple weeks ago).

• 11 Photos Were Black People Were Photoshopped In or Out – thanks Justin
• Taxidermy Accessories – holy crap, holy crap
• Gary : Landlord of the Flies
• xkcd : Form

Links for my geeky homies…

• Little UX Touches That Go A Long Way

Check out how cool my friends are…

My good buddy(and client!) LarryMac of Wheelies fame received the citizen of the year award from the Medford-Vincentown Rotary. LarryMac’s Pedals for Progress, is an initiative where new or gently used bicycles are sent to people in developing countries. “I didn’t expect the recognition. I thought they were going to recognize the Pedals for Progress program. It was a surprise. I was speechless and humbled.” Knowing my friend, I can hardly believe he was speechless (ba dum dum ching). Way to go LarryMac!

• Internet Anagram Server – thanks Jan
• You see? You see now? This is what happens when you legalize gay marriage… Monkey makes out with a cat … you’re all going to burn in hell for eternity.
• Rice Paddy Crop Art
• Tahiti Joe’s Hot Sauces – excuse me, could you pass the Rectum Ripper please?
• Fireworks by PES

Here I am kicking Hitler’s ass… he was in Cuba the whole time apparently…

And here’s my Aunt Naomi wondering who this new cousin “Don” is… gotta love the over 55 habit of signing the wall post too…

Abbe completed Viv’s dress earlier this week, and boy, my little girl is VERY happy… Viv picked out all the fabrics that Abbe used, colors too…

• Best Tattoo Ever – thanks jenijen… holy shit
• 15 Creepiest Vintage Ads
• Free Style BMX Video – thanks Ted, this is amazing… also that background song that kicks so much ass? That’s Band of Horses, you should love them. Love them, go.
• Last Words

Links for my geeky homies…

• Fail Whale in Pop Culture
• Introducing the Google Chrome OS