Logan's Stuff

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T13:49:00.002-06:00

I dressed up like a dummy for Halloween 2009. I sat on my friend's porch and would be really still. Then when people would reach to get candy I would scare them. Some people I would never move so that the people behind them would really think I was fake. Anywho my battery died after 30 minutes so we missed some good scares. They seemed to get better as the night went. Anyways here is the video that I compiled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUiEo6iKN-E

My Freelance Adventures

2009-10-24T12:43:00.002-05:00

October 15, 2009 was my last day at work but this week has really felt no different. I had 2 midterms on this past Thursday and I spent the majority of each day with my nose in the books. After my midterms I went fishing with Landon and surprising enough the boat didn't break or anything. We didn't catch anything though, so I guess me bringing bad luck continues. We were on our way back in and his boat goes about 70 mph. I had never ridden in a boat that went that fast, heck most of the fishing boats I had ever been in did good to go 30 mph. Anyhow I held on for my life and it was pretty fun other than not being able to breathe. Then whoosh off went my hat so we turned around to get it and it was floating on top of the water. We almost went right over it but I slung my body out over the boat and swept it up in one swift motion. Ok, I can't lie you all know how clumsy I am. I almost fell out of the boat :).

Freelance Work

I have been working on the Etowah Baptist Association's website, I am in the process of transferring it over to a new host and will then be maintaining it. I also went live last night with a site for the Gadsden Hospitality Association, http://www.gadsdenlodging.com. I stayed up late last night working on a client portfolio system for a graphic designer.

Until next time

Unemployed Life

2009-10-19T17:17:00.003-05:00

Well in case some of you did not know, I quit my job last week. I had worked there for 5 years and with my classes becoming increasingly harder I had to quit work to focus on studying.

Today was my first Monday off which I normally worked around 10 hours on Mondays. It is just amazing how productive today has been for me as far as studying goes.

I got up went to class, came home spent an hour and half and finished a COBOL programming assignment. COBOL is actually starting to make sense to me and it seems scarily easy. Then I did some freelance web design work and took a lunch break. Man I can fix a mean bacon sandwich ha.

I tried reading some Accounting but couldn't get focused and now I have been doing calculus for the past 2 1/2 hours. Homeworkalabama.com is my best friend, just hope I am not relying on them so much that it hurts me on the test.

Until later.

Save $$$: Get Free Candy

2009-09-25T08:00:00.000-05:00

Just a reminder that you can register for a coupon for FREE M&M Mars chocolate today and every Friday morning at 9:00am EST through Friday, September 25th. You can claim one coupon per email each Friday, for a total of four coupons per household. They come via regular mail.

Then, once you start receiving your coupons in the mail, keep an eye out for BOGO or better sales at your local grocery stores and drugstores. I turned two coupons into 5 FREE candies by using my coupons on a Buy 2, Get 3 Free sale.

Save $$$: Get Free Candy

2009-09-18T08:00:00.000-05:00

Save $$$: Get Free Candy

2009-09-11T08:00:00.000-05:00

Save $$$: Get Free Candy

2009-09-04T08:00:00.000-05:00

Save $$$: Get Free Candy

2009-08-28T08:00:00.000-05:00

Food: Arby's Free Food Wednesday

2009-08-26T11:00:00.000-05:00

Every wednesday Arby's gives something away for free. Ok well at least with the purchase of a soft drink or some other product.

This week you can get a Free Regular Beef ‘n Cheddar with any soft drink purchase

Save $$$: Get Free Candy

2009-08-21T08:00:00.000-05:00

TV: Brian Williams & Jon Stewart Duke It Out

2009-08-20T11:00:00.000-05:00

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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Food: Arby's Free Food Wednesday

2009-08-19T11:00:00.000-05:00

Every wednesday Arby's gives something away for free. Ok well at least with the purchase of a soft drink or some other product.

This week you can get a Free Iced FruiTea with any sandwich purchase

Movie Review: G.I. Joe

2009-08-18T12:00:00.000-05:00

While a good attempt, it failed miserably

This movie had some potential but it was thrown out the window. The first five minutes of the movie you are thrown into a surface to air battle in which you have computer generated helicopters by Andrew Kramer of http://www.videocopilot.net. While they look pretty darn good you are still able to tell they are CG. However, this isn't my biggest complaint of the first five minutes. My biggest complaint is the fact you are thrown into an action scene without being told anything first.

You are not drawn into the fight and have no clue as to what is going on. It's simply a bunch of stuff blowing up and people running around.

The whole time I was watching the movie I kept thinking how much the lead actor's accent sounded like it was from here in Alabama. Well I just looked him up and Channing Tatum was born about an hour away from me in Cullman, Alabama. So I guess that buys him a little support from me that he otherwise did not have.

After some ridiculous special effects and a "silly" script I give this movie a 5/10.

Food Review: Tag Along Blizzard

2009-08-18T11:00:00.000-05:00

Wow, This thing is GOOD!!!

So other day I had a tag along girl scout cookie blizzard from DQ. It is like taking a regular peanut butter blizzard and making it 10 times better. Now you have some crunch to break up the creaminess of the pb and ice cream. I strongly recommend this. I give it a 9/10!!! That's almost unheard of in my food ratings.

Movies: Lego Movie Announced!!

2009-08-18T09:00:00.000-05:00

Have they gone too far this time?

I guess with toy movies such as G.I. Joe and Transformers doing well, LEGO has jumped on the bandwagon. Plans have been in the works for a while to make movies based on (among others) Stretch Armstrong, Hot Wheels, Battleship, and even View-Master. And now plans have been announced for a movie based on LEGO.

Thats right, LEGO who usually denies being included into movies is now getting a movie made based around them. LEGO would not allow pixar to use their toys in the Toy Story series. So tell me is this going to be a LEGO pirate film, or a LEGO space adventure. What Gives? How are they going to come up with a full length feature film using LEGOS??? Isn't the great thing about LEGO is that fact that you get to use your imagination?

Save $$$, Make Your Own Tiki Torch

2009-08-18T08:00:00.000-05:00

Think cheap Tiki torches are tacky? Want something a bit sturdier and with more refined looks? Use this simple tutorial to turn recycled wine bottles into swanky bug-repelling outdoor lighting.

Gerardot&Co., a design and marketing agency, put together a tutorial on recycling wine bottles into mounted torches. The design is ingeniously simple, and requires only a few bucks worth of parts from your local hardware store. You'll need a few copper fittings, a bolt, a few nuts, and a mounting plate, along with a standard torch wick and some oil.

For the tutorial go here http://www.gerardotandco.com/blog/recycled-bottle-torch/

Iphone: TomTom App Available $99.99

2009-08-17T16:00:00.000-05:00

TomTom U.S. & Canada covers all U.S. states including Hawaii and Alaska, Canada and all of its provinces, and Puerto Rico. TomTom U.S. & Canada can be downloaded from the U.S. App Store for $99.99.

All of TomTom’s navigation apps feature TomTom IQ Routes, which calculates the smartest and most efficient routes for you based on other users’ driving experiences, portrait and landscape mode, multi-touch gestures, and the ability to access addresses via your contacts list.

TomTom also advertises the iPhone car kit within the apps’ description, but the URL listed merely brings you to a news sign-up page, so we are still left waiting for a price point and release date.

Misc: 9 Alternative Uses for Dryer Sheets

2009-08-17T15:00:00.000-05:00

Dryer sheets give your laundry that so-fresh-you'll-sneeze scent, but they also keep bugs away, make stuffy hotel rooms and second hand smoke more tolerable, save on vacuum filters, and have more creative uses than your spam box has investment proposals.

1.) Keep shoes smelling nice, clean pots and pans with them

2.) Add water and scrub gum out of your dryer

3.) Use as a vacumm filter replacement

4.) Dampen with hose and use to get bugs off your car *summertime*

5.) Dangle half of one out of your hat or out of the top of your shoe to repel bugs.

6.) If you don't wanna look goofy just rub one all over yourself

7.) Forget febreeze use a dryer sheet to make your hotel room smell nice, try the air conditioner vent

8.) Include one in your luggage for fresh smelling clothes

9.) Stuff some into a toilet paper roll and use it as a smoke filter, simply blow your cigarette smoke into the filter

News: Burning Lady Closes Mall!!

2009-08-17T13:00:00.000-05:00

Witness Jose Morales described what he saw. “Whatever she threw on herself, it looked like movie, Hollywood stunt stuff,” he said. “She kept on walking not screaming not nothing.”Meanwhile, mall officials said fire and police officials forced them to shut down the mall.”The mall is closed until the fire department and police release the order and as we clean up,” Myrna Lee, assistant property manager.According to the newspaper, a Good Samaritan pushed the woman to the ground in an attempt to extinguish the fire. Two other people used fire extinguishers to help.The woman ran outside into the parking lot where firefighters found her with third-degree burns on more than 75 percent of her body. Police and fire officials are looking into a motive.

Misc: Living Healthy On Campus

2009-08-17T12:00:00.000-05:00

Fitness and Fitness Centers

Most universities have a Recreation Center on campus. Besides being healthy for you, it's often part of your tuition bill, so it makes sense for you to take advantage of the amenity. Here are some tips to get you there:

Incorporate it into your class schedule. When you're planning your courses for the next semester, keep your daily workout in mind. Know when you want to go and where your classes are, so you can plan your classes accordingly.

Find a workout buddy. Find someone in your dorm (preferably someone you're already friends with) and go to the gym together. This will work best if it's your roommate because there's someone across the room that won't let you go to bed without having worked-out.

Eating

Salad Bars. Use the salad bar in your dining hall to "healthify" the things in your dining hall. Put the chicken from the sandwich with fries in your salad. Put nuts, dried fruits and other things to make it a meal that will keep you away from the pizza bar.

Take advantage of breakfast. There's going to be someone making breakfast in the dining hall for you everyday. It can be as healthy as it is tasty if you have a healthy cereal, some fruit, and eggs. Again, someone is preparing this for you, so when you're tired in the morning, all you have to do is roll down there and get your grub.

Go back to your dorm between classes. Six smaller meals can be a better diet plan than eating three square ones (or so we've heard). Going back to your dorm for an hour between classes has a lot of benefits for your health. The walking back and forth from your dorm to the academic building burns calories. You can eat more smaller meals from your private stock and center yourself before heading back out into the world.

Drink only water, orange juice and reduced fat milk. The latter assumes that you'll be drinking copious amount of alcoholic drinks on the weekends and energy drinks during your all-nighters. One of the biggest causes of weight gain is soda. It's really easy to just go get some Mountain Dew out of the fountain. Also, it's better to drink coffee and tea when pulling an all-nighter.

Sleeping

Do it. College students are notorious for their unhealthy sleeping habits. Having been there, I know why. You're put into a playpen where there are no rules and every night is a giant sleepover. If you go in knowing this, then you'll notice it and have a better chance of putting yourself to bed at a decent hour on most nights.

Have a nightly routine. I'm talking more than your conventional brush-your-teeth and wash-your-face routine. It's more intensive. Putting your books in your bag and preparing as much of your breakfast as you can, for example, will help in the battle of getting out of bed the next morning.

http://www.lifehacker.com

TV: Fringe Season 2 Promo

2009-08-17T11:00:00.000-05:00

Misc: Australian Seal Loves Chocolate?

2009-08-17T10:00:00.000-05:00

Australian Seal Creates Traffic Problems

Perhaps it was the smell of chocolate wafting from the Cadbury factory nearby.

Motorists reported the bull seal's errant stroll from the Derwent River estuary and on to Cadbury Road, which leads to the Australian home of the famed chocolate manufacturer, shortly after 10.20pm (AEST).

The busy road serves the neighbourhood in the Cadbury Estate, near the factory, and was packed with traffic because a shift had just finished at the plant.

"We had two units nearby that had finished with another job, although I think the other unit just went down for a look, and there was a big, fat bull seal in the middle of the road,'' Tasmania Police spokesman Constable Stuart Franklin said.

"Using a combination ushering and shouting, and using their vehicles, they managed to get him back into the water.

"He (the seal) was a bit upset. He was making lots of funny noises.''

It took less than 10 minutes for the police, from the nearby Glenorchy station, to coax the seal back across a grassed reserve and into the river, Constable Franklin said.

Police have advised members of the public not to approach seals out of the water because they may bite if they feel threatened.

"We get the odd one coming out of the water but its unusual for them to get on the road,'' Constable Franklin said.

"They can come out of the estuary but usually not so far from Hobart and not out of such a sheltered bay.''

Misc: Codi & Landon Wedding Idea!!!

2009-08-17T09:00:00.001-05:00

Codi Keener Can We Please Enter Your Wedding Like This?

News: Colonial Bank Closed

2009-08-15T17:00:00.000-05:00

Bank Failure #74: Down Goes Colonial

From the FDIC: BB&T, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Assumes All of the Deposits of Colonial Bank, Montgomery, Alabama
Colonial Bank, Montgomery, Alabama, was closed today by the Alabama State Banking Department, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. ...

Colonial Bank's 346 branches in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Texas will reopen under normal business hours beginning tomorrow and operate as branches of BB&T. ...

"The past 18 months have been a very trying period in the financial services arena, but the FDIC and its staff have performed as Congress envisioned when it created the corporation more than 75 years ago," said FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair. "Today, after protecting almost $300 billion in deposits since the current financial crisis began, the FDIC's guarantee is as certain as ever. Our industry funded reserves have covered all losses to date. In fact, losses from today's failures are lower than had been projected. I commend our staff for their excellent work in assuring once again a smooth transition for bank customers with these resolutions. The FDIC continues to stand by the nation's insured deposits with the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. No depositor has ever lost a penny of their insured deposits."
...
As of June 30, 2009, Colonial Bank had total assets of $25 billion and total deposits of approximately $20 billion. ... The FDIC and BB&T entered into a loss-share transaction on approximately $15 billion of Colonial Bank's assets.

The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $2.8 billion. ... Colonial Bank is the 74th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year, and the first in Alabama. The last FDIC-insured institution to be closed in the state was Birmingham FSB, Birmingham, on August 21, 1992.

TV: The Return Of Leno

2009-08-15T16:00:00.000-05:00

Jay Leno's prime-time series debuts on September 14th, and he has already gotten some pretty big music acts lined up!!

Now he has released who his first studio guest is going to be and it's none other than Jerry Seinfield.

Seinfield will probably be there promoting his new reality series The Marriage Ref, boy am I excited about that!!!