For the past month or so, I have been toying with the idea of creating a beer blog. I don’t really want to come across as an outright alcoholic - but I enjoy good great beers! Now that hockey season is winding down, Islesblogger will not be occupying as much time as it normally would - but I would like to keep the creative juices flowing in the interim. No, it’s not like I will stop posting during the summer - there just won’t be things I can post daily, or just about daily as I can during the season.

The idea for a beer blog (I already purchased a really great domain name) came during one of my recent trips to a craft beer festival. These craft beer festivals are much akin to wine tastings, you walk around a big convention center with a small beer stein and go booth to booth tasting different breweries beers. It makes for a pretty interesting day and a great chance to try out some of the lesser known breweries out there. It’s not really a secret that I enjoy writing, so this is yet another chance to incorporate some of my favorite activities and give tasting beer either at a restaurant, microbrewery or a beer festival a more work-like feel to it.

I have another project for my friend Jeremy that I need to start first - it’s something that needs to be done ASAP, so I will start the beer site in the next few weeks. I am excited about it - it should be a fun experience and a great website.

Chew on this for a while. I had some time to think today - call it some left over depression from Mothers Day (MOM) so I thought I would vent with some positive vibes….

I don't remember the last time I have felt as refreshed as I have over the last few days. I did spend 5 super-duper days in sunny Florida, so it could be because of that.

Florida is always awesome, I played some poker (shocker there for those who know me), golf, hung with family and took in the 11th Annual Danny Foundation Golf Tournament.

Afterwards, we hung out with a group of people we hadn't seen since last year. Drinks were flowing - it was vacation ya know. It took a few nights of hanging out before someone mentioned - "Uh, so why don't we hang out at home again?” >>Fast Forward….

This past Saturday I did something I don't do enough - I hung out with a group of people I didn't really know that well - and had a blast. Don't get me wrong, I love my friends - but it's nice to hang out with some fresh faces now and again.

So, to John, Michelle and Amy, thanks for inviting me out for Michelle's b-day - I really did have a great time with you guys and your friends. Hopefully Sam can escape the evil grasps of that Cablevision Corp. and hang out next time!

This summer should be a good one.

Wow, time flies when there isn't much to do huh?

Let's see…

I FINALLY got my dimploma from school. Seemed they thought I owed them a balance, but I did not. They kept my dimploma untill I raised holy hell.

My cousin Shawn got married last weekend - had a great time. I uploaded a bunch of pictures into my gallery. Check it out:

http://www.tek-nics.com/gallery2/v/Shawn_and_Mels_Wedding/

Comments are turned on for this album, comment link is at the top right. I will see what I can do about relocating this.

I also uploaded the family drinking song, because all of my cousins are requesting to download it:

http://www.tek-nics.com/movies/drinkdrink.mpg (Right click save as…)

That's about all I can think of right now - some interesting things in the works, including some minor site updates.

Isles will beat the Rangers 6-2 tommorow, making their playoff race really interesting…

Well…

I feel so free today. Although school technically ended on Tuesday, I just couldn't seem to get my work done on time. I handed in an essay 2 days late - but because I had a great grade - I wasn't penalized…..

I am now officially done. I will get my diploma in a month or so and will know my GPA shortly. Before these 3 final classes, I had a 3.85.

I feel so great, like a huge weight was lifted. This is perfect timing, right for the holidays and everything.

Look for me to clean this place up….?

Also look for more posts from me over at Truckblog.com and Musclecarblog.com!

This almost feels like vacation!

How long untill the police department? It depends - ill keep you posted of course.

Cheers!
Mike

I know it has been a ridiculously long time since I posted, so I figured I would fill you in on what has been going on.

I just got back from Turks and Caicos, I was there for 8 days for work - yes, work. I did not pay a dime out of pocket for anything, but it was an experience that will hopefully improve on the next trip.

I have a few pictures of the place we worked, I don't know if I should call it a house because it is about 4,000 sq.ft.

Also, I am done with school TUESDAY!

After two long years, I will finally be finished and have my associates shortly. The free time will be put to good use - the site needs some updates.

I guess that's all for now.

Cheerio!

Well…

It's been a few months of inactivity, but you can probably guess that I have not had much time to myself. Between work and school, and bad luck….time hasn't been on my side.

I am almost done with my current semester of school, which would leave 2 semesters and 5 classes left untill graduation.

I should have a short period of free time (about a week), but not enough to do any super site modifications.

At least the site is in working order
Till the next post…

Not a noticable change but I got the links menu drop down fixed. I finally figured it out (what one can do with some time). I also added a button to the nav bar for "Static Pages". These are some posts I had on my old site layout and made them a static post here on my blog.

You may have also noticed that I deleted a majority of the buttons to the right now that the menu works properly.

Next up, a bio and a page about my (soon to be sold) truck.

Eventually I would like to get the Random Image to the top of the blocks on the right side - but that may take some time.

Pardon my cheesy rendition of a Queen song…

Well, nothing like being a procrastinator. I just finished my Police Operations final paper on the final night I had to finish it. It is due tommorow at 8 a.m.

Done with all of my school work now, and I can finally relax for the next few weeks.

Well, I have a small little thing I would like to share. After months of searching I have finally found a truck with all the option I want. Yes, you read that right - and can assume I am getting rid of the truck I have now…

Going out - 2002 F150 Harley Davidson Edition pickup
Coming in - 2006 F150 FX4 Supercrew 4×4

Going away from the lowrider thing and gonna do some wheelin! I miss being able to drive all year no matter the weather. My current truck has brought me to lots of interesting places, enabled me to make a crazy amount of friends and even brought me to my girlfriend! But, alas - nothing lasts forever and it's time to start over.

I will post some pics of both trucks this weekend. I am going to Conneticut to check out the new truck on Saturday.

Well…I need to rest my brain, been on the computer all night and my contacts are all foggy.

Semester that is.

I am now complete with one of the worst classes I have had in the year.5 I have been in school - College Algebra. I managed to get through it with a low 90 and got an 86 on the final. Now sure where my final average lies, but not too shabby for someone who always sucked at Math.

I have one paper to start/finish for another class, but I am almost home free for a few weeks.

Maybe now I will finish my site? lol…

PS, anonymous voters….comment on a few posts already!

I didn't think I generated this much traffic to my site…

If you look at the bottom of blog posts, there is a rating system for that post. Apparently people have been voting for the posts?

Who are you? Why not leave a comment or two?