Find all of your updates here

Visit http://bmbufalo.blogspot.com for any more updates on where and when the movie nights will be happening.

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Brian

The end...for now...

So. No one really checks updates here. I've known this for a while. No one will ever get this post most likely. So I'm calling it quits for now.

"What...?" you may ask, "Brian quitting...?"

To that I say nay...I am not quitting. But I wont post here anymore. From now on, head over to http://bmbufalo.blogspot.com for updates on movie night as well as what I'm up to in life and things. That will be the one stop shop for all you Brian you can handle.

Maybe if we get more people coming or needing for me to update here I'll start again. Or if someone wants to take over let me know. I'll let you as long as you are faithful and you show up to the movie nights.

But don't be all depressed. I just updated my layout on my site and it look's all pretty! Plus it load much faster. Check it out.

The last thing...we will be doing a special movie night next week and seeing Wanted (as long as we're not broke!). Show up if you dare.

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Brian

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New Layout

I hope everyone likes the new layout. I go tired of the old one. There was way too much going on and I thought a more simple approach would make for a much more enjoyable experience. I also removed a lot of the widgets on the page to improve the load time and consolidated most of my stuff into a FriendFeed widget. I think it brings a nice feng shui to the whole place. I also am integrating the Hoover Movie Crew into this site. you can check back here for updates on what movies we will be seeing for the movie nights. Updating two places was redundant and really I don't think anyone was checking it for updates. The HMC site will stay up for a while but will mostly just point you back here. Maybe I'll open it back up for updates if people start coming to the shows. Until then your stuck with visiting here. Post what you think in the comments.

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WALL-E

Wall-E at 9:45pm.

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Brian

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Because I've been lazy...

I haven't had a post up in a while so here is some filler. My friend found this the other night on a state run Alabama job search site. I think they want a Linux administrator. You be the judge:

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I want everyone (when you stop laughing) to visit http://hoovermoviecrew.braincase.biz and vote for movie night this Saturday (only if you going to show up) and make sure you stand by for the big Birthday Special announcement coming soon!

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Brian

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Cast your Vote!

Vote for the movie we will see this Saturday to the right! -->

Hope to see you all there!

Also there will be a special movie night on July 12th! It's my birthday and we are celebrating at the movies! Check back for more updates.

Hope to see you all there.

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The Great Office War

http://youtube.com/v/pVKnF26qFFM

I don't think this would go down like this at my office...It wouldn't be nerf guns...JK.

Firefox 3 tomorrow!

I'm keeping this short. Don't forget to download the latest Firefox version. It should be available tomorrow. They will set a world record if everyone contributes!! It's not available at the time I posted so keep a look out for it!

http://www.firefox.com

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JFK - The New Frontier

http://youtube.com/v/OsdomV7giC0

Pretty prevalent no matter what decade you apply this to. I get goose bumps watching him speak. Ah the good 'ole days...

I'm Voting Republican

http://youtube.com/v/FiQJ9Xp0xxU

Remember to register to vote for this November. Enjoy the video and check the box next to Obama's name!

The Smokie's!

The trip got off to a rocky start. I didn't request the correct day's off at work so I had to take a half day last Thursday. That was OK...until I got stuck fixing an issue with our time punch software. So after delaying for over an hour we finally started our vacation to the Smokies. And it wasn't just Samantha and myself. Lucy was coming on her first vacation as well. My punishment for not being ready was to drive the whole way through to Tennessee.

After a long but smooth trip we made it to Elkmont campground (where Samantha spent many of her childhood camping adventures) only to find that they were at full capacity. The recomended that we try another campsite but to simply find a vacant site and set up camp as the office would be closed when we got there. So we wound our way to Cades Cove where we found a campsite and pitched a tent. After getting settled in we spent our first night sweating. It was hot. My little tent was not up for three bodies and we felt it that first night.

When we woke up we found we could only get another night at the campground that we were at and we would have to pack up and move to another campground for any more nights (which the other campground had plenty of sites for the rest of the weekend). We paid our way for another night and set out to explore the park.

The first stop was just outside the campground in Cades Cove. There is an eleven mile one way road that takes you through a large natural preserve that you are almost guaranteed to find some form of wildlife on. It was early enough that we saw a deer about a third of the way through but, unlike last time we went, there was not a whole lot to see. So we decided to take a "Unimproved Road" that would eventually take us into the nearest town outside the park. We slowly wound our way through the switchbacks and it is here I spotted the butterflies in the video below:

The quality is horrible (the best a K1M cellphone can do!) but there were a whole bunch of them just swarming around a little creek. There are pictures below, but again poor quality.

We made it in to Townsend after getting out of the park and through what might have been a town if there wasn't such a Deliverance feel to it and found some grocery and last minute supplies. We then went and found a nice secluded spot to have lunch and enjoy the absolutely frigid river that ran along the main East-West road in the park. Samantha got right in and I never got in past my kneecaps. It was COLD! Amazingly Lucy jumped right in! She swam around for a little while and then jumped right out and we had drag her back in from that point on. It was hot enough outside that she needed a quick cool off but that was all she wanted. She hates the water (she wont even submit to a bath at home) and it was enough for us that she got wet on her own. We ended up back and the campsite where Samantha grilled steaks for dinner and afterwards I went and enjoyed a performance from a former park volunteer who demonstrated local Appalachian music and dance. It was a lot of fun!

The next day was a late start. We didn't wake up until around ten in the morning! Samantha cooked breakfast (eggs, bacon, and love) and we explored some more. We didn't realize it until we got there but only two of the trails would allow dogs on them so we were stuck driving around looking at the sights and not able explore them much past the side of the road. But the Smokies has a lot of great views and we took them in. We found a spot at the Smokemont campground for the rest of the trip. We got a site right next to the river. It was very nice. We relaxed most of the time and read our books after lunch and another dip in the river. Very relaxing.

We spent the night freezing cold this time and Samantha had an upset stomach that night. By morning we had warmed up and gastronomically settled down and set out for Cherokee, NC, an Native American reservation (and major tourist trap). Mostly we drove around as we had done most of the touristy stuff last time we had come to the Smokies. But we did explore more and saw much more of the reservation than our previous trip. We decided that we were not going to stay another night and packed our gear for the trip home. We made it back after taking the scenic route through the Cleveland Nation Forrest in North Carolina. All in all it was a fun trip. The few pictures I have up for now are posted below. There will be more to come after I get them off of Samantha's phone.

http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
http://picasaweb.google.com/buffspics/Smokies2008

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Brian

No Movie Night this Saturday

There will be no official movie night this Saturday. However, the Incredible Hulk is coming out so I would recomend that for all your movie cravings at this point and we may make it out there for that.

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Rural Gas

Samantha, Lucy, and I have returned from our trip to the Smokies and it was a blast! We visited most of the park and stayed in both the Tennesse and North Carolina side. We saw deer, bear, turkey, and and lots of squirrel's. I'll post more about that adventure as well as pictures later. What I would like to express next is to our government. Fix the oil issue now!

I read an article that really hit home as we experienced this trying to make it back from this trip. Gas prices were $3.99 to get home. Leaving Birmingham it was around $3.76. We left on Thursday. Now there is something wrong there. When we went to fill up the tank to come home I had to turn on the radio to make sure there wasn't a natural disaster or something causing these prices to be going up so high so fast. I don't know who we need to talk to to get this fixed but there is definitely a problem going on here. And it is the South getting hit the hardest. I hope with new leadership comes the change we all desperately need.

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Neat thing I learned today

Some good information from Lifehacker and Jacob Grier that I found amazing...check out http://www.jacobgrier.com/blog/archives/780.html for how to use your stapler to "pin" your documents together.

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Brian