Augie Bytes

The example set by my parents in how to love each other through good times and bad will always stick with me. They seem more loving towards each other now than ever before (at least in my relatively short time being around). They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in April and we had a few parties to mark the big event. On the gallery page, first you’ll see the pictures of the grandkids having fun at Nana & Bampa’s house and giving some small gifts. After those pictures are some of a small formal dinner we did with the older ones. We had fun at both and I think Mom & Dad did too!

See the images here…

So as I had mentioned many months ago (or sadly about two or three posts ago) my plan was to separate the personal “family & friends” site from the “geek stuff” site. Augiewan.com (this site) will remain the more personal site focusing on the recent happenings of my family and friends as well as some occasional personal views and rants.

The posts and content focusing on stuff like toys, art, comics, and other geeky things will now be found at theSpeakEasy.com.

So basically, family and friends stay here…

Geeks go here…

I really hate the wait between football seasons because it happens to be the only sport I care to watch.  It’s even a harder wait when there’s so much in the air regarding your team.  My Packers for instance have been on a major roller coaster for the past few years.  After a long run of success, they sank to a very forgettable 4 wins in 2005, rose to a so-so even wins & losses in 2006, to an overtime field-goal loss away from making it to the Super Bowl in 2007.  It would have been really nice to have watch MY team beat the New England Cheaters, er…  I mean Patriots…

But here the Packer fans sit, waiting and wondering if Aaron Rodgers will be able to carry on the winning ways that the Packers regained during the last year of the Brett Favre era.  I think he’ll do well as long as he doesn’t go and get hurt again.  He’s been with the team long enough to know the system and he showed that he could play well in last year’s game against Dallas. We’ll see…

La la la…  I haven’t posted in well over two  months…  Plenty has happened, I’m just inconsiderate and don’t want to share!   La la la…

Sheila turned 36 today!   man she’s OLD!!!

I’m a dork, I know…  

OK, so Randi’s been all loony the last few days because of her obsession with a flash video someone made about llamas. Apparently her teacher showed the class. Now she runs around singing “llama llama duck!” I can’t explain, you just need to watch yourself. I’m so sorry for doing this to you…

So here I am waiting for a report to run at work and I have a decision to make. Take a few minutes to write up a quick post to my ever-neglected blog, or clean my desk. It’s obvious by the fact that you’re reading this that my desk remains cluttered…

I’ve been torn recently because this blog has a split personality. I love talking about geeky things like toys, comics, etc, but I also love updating friends and family on what’s going on with everyday life and sharing family pictures. Unfortunately, I don’t’ think many of my family members are interested in the latest U.B.Funkeys figure I found or what comic I just enjoyed reading. On the flip, I don’t think the people finding my site by searching on Custom Invader Zim Figures are all that pumped to see a gallery on my kids bowling.

I think what I’m going to do is free the two from their bonds. Augiewan.com will remain my more personal “family & friends” oriented blog and theSpeakeasy.com (a domain I’ve wanted to utilize for quite a few years now) will become my “geek” blog. Sound good? Speak now or forever hold your peace!

OK, so I forgot about this post I started and now it’s time to go home. So here are a few proud pics of my evolving new office…

First, a shot of one wall in my ever-evolving office. Proudly displayed in the middle is my Invader Zim poster. Below is my small Green Bay Packers display. GO PACK! To the right you can see some figures which include Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy characters, Edward Scissorhands, and Smiley Bone in a cow suit. To the left we have some of the guys from Cartoon Planet and Rogue from the X-Men movie.

And lastly, we have my brand spankin’ new white board, just hung on the wall today. Tomorrow, I leave on a training trip so I needed to leave something on the board. I think Zim fills it nicely…

Booyah, and have a nice day…

I just love gadgets and my new phone (supplied by my wonderful new employer) is a gadget and a half!

So here I am getting ready to head home for the day and I just thought I’d snap a couple pics with my phone. So here they are and not too shabby quality for a stinking phone!

A couple of the Funkeys I’ve purchased recently. It’s a fairly new computer game / vinyl collectibles line. I love the way they look and I figure my kids will probably get a kick out of playing the game. I want more!

A shot of my cluttered Hasbro “chunkies” figures. A mash of both Transformers and Marvel characters. I’m a bit obsessed with these as well. Yes, I’m a dork…