creeva's Xanga

What?

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:33:13 GMT

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I thought you said you were going to wash my mouth out. I figured I would just beat you to the punch.

Angelo's Pizza

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:38:14 GMT

Originally posted at creeva.com go there to read the story and comments Angelo's Pizza was the place we went for pizza when I was kid when we wanted mushrooms. Seriously back then, the thing was covered with a whole layer of mushrooms when you added those to your pizza. Since we were a mushroom family this was always a treat. I don't order the pizza there anymore though. In the mid-nineties when I worked for PC Elite the other employees there always ordered calzones. I, being someone reluctant to try new things, had trepidation at ordering something other then pizza from Angelo's. I'm glad I overcame that. I have introduced quite a few people to Angelo's calzones. So I would say this is the go to thing to order from them. I was also very surprised at the new mini arcade they added. When I was young I always played the original Mario bros. arcade game there. If they would have had that now I think I would have entered into full geekgasm mode. Now if they could onl darken the place a bit it will be almost perfect - just like it was when I was growing up.

Now Let's Try For a Self Portrait

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:32:01 GMT

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Is this how daddy does it?

My Latest Desktop Background

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:30:03 GMT

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I've always been one of those boring guys that kept a standard black background on his computer - especially his work computer. Sure occasionally I would branch out and for a month or so keep a new interesting background - but it was always a temporary thing.

Now that I'm a father, I'm not one of those guys that shoves pictures of his kid in your face (unless of course you are coming to my blog then it's fair game). I do however keep an image of him on my desktop full time, just to remind me what I'm toiling away at work for anyways.

I don't have a Lex screensaver - since I'm not around to see my screen anyways - why bother? The image above is my latest desktop image.

My Year In Review - It's Like Shermer, Illionois

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:16:50 GMT

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I had started a year in review for 2009, I was going to write up a link to all my stories of a personal nature over the last year. Highlight becoming a father, etc., etc. It's now two weeks into the new year and I never got the story completed. Instead of giving up completely, I decided that the year in review was going to be just like Shermer, Illinois. On a side note - have you notice that no matter how many times you write out Illinois you need to spell check it? Anyways if you don't understand the significance of comparing a year in review to Shermer, I'll let Jay and Silent Bob's little scene from Dogma explain it to you.

Close Call

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:53:28 GMT

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img038.jpg, originally uploaded by Creeva.

It was a tightly held secret that before Creeva could play trumpet, french horn, baritone, (and very little saxophone) - that he flirted with being a drummer. Thankfully the danger was averted once he learned to actually read music, thereby disqualifying him from being a drummer entirely.

The Search To Be Genuine

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:48:32 GMT

Originally posted at creeva.com go there to read the story and comments I've been trying to decide what big writing project to work on next. I have a couple I need to wrap up, but what about for the future. I'm tryingto find that genuine voice I used when I was complaining about my mother - but that horse is so dead and beaten you can't even tell it ever was a horse. I've been thinking about a series about growing up a geek - but quite a bit of those stories would cross with a retro blog I want to get off the ground ( which if you are interested to help write for let me know). I have a few articles where I should get out my daddy issues, but those have been put to bed. I'm not sure I want to dredge up the past that my father and I have moved on from. There is alot I could write about - just stunted at the prospect for the moment. I can say be on the look out for something genuine this year. Great - now to decide what in the next 351 days......,

Joy

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:17:42 GMT

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IMG_4162, originally uploaded by Creeva.

If we could all just experience the joy he is showing off in this picture, the world would be a better place.

I hope this is a typo.

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:57:11 GMT

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I hope this is a typo., originally uploaded by Creeva.

Playing with mahalo answers I found this question - what are the chances terrorists are developing nuclear families? Now I'm sure (hoping) they meant facilities, but what if the question is genuine?

Are we concerned that Wars is bring up Wally and the Beaver to be home grown terrorists? When I hear nuclear family I f course think of the 50's style meaning. Maybe there is something I am still
missing.

Entranced

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:11:37 GMT

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IMG_6721, originally uploaded by Creeva.

I finally made it one step closer to my ultimate wordpress theme. There are still a few changes I hope to get a chance to do, but one of the big things is now done - automatic thumbnail generation. Wordpress 2.9x does this, but only for locally uploaded images. I mostly host my images on flickr, so generating a thumbnail from those is/ was important.

Now I get to have my home page with a nice picture montage and it gives me more of a reason to do some photoblogging. Now if only o could get it to generate thumbnails from YouTube clips......