I’ve made some minor design changes, I’ve added some RSS feed to the left-hand column and moved all the ads to the right-hand column. I haven’t made my mind up about the RSS feeds they are kind of slow, I will play around with the sources of the feeds to see I can improve the speed of them. I will be back with some new posts really soon. I was looking on a open source template today so I will release that here and to a few sites. I like the looks of the site a lot its almost a shame to release it for free but oh well, maybe someone will make good use of it instead of it just sitting on my PC.

Later all…

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Hello all,

Hey, you’re all here. Good. Sit down, and listen up… I have been given this forum, which I have nicknamed Even Flow. I consider it an even flow of random ideas and thoughts, but actually is mostly of an even flow ranting and raving, mixed in with my attitude about such things as wrestling, music, movies, and broads, all of which I have way too much of…..well except broads…I got one of those, and that’s all I need. I will let you guess if I meant that in a positive or negative way…

So you are reading and you are likely thinking, “Well, that’s great but who the hell are you?” That is not really important, because you’re reading. That’s important. Just call me a figment of your imagination. I don’t have the time nor the damn creativity to come up with a stupid nickname that sounds cool, so just call me…..Mikey… That a problem? Good.
It sounds sweet and nice, but it can also sound evil if said correctly, and that is the way I like it….

Now, on to my general rant, which is going completley opposite of any subject I just mentioned above…If you are not interested in social commentary or me getting pissed off about others, then you may want to skip this part and save yourself a good hardy verbal slaughtering about Ottawa and Quebec drivers, and if you live in Ottawa and Quebec and drive a car, this could relate to you…

I am sick of these people who don’t pay attention to the damn road, and don’t give a crap who they hit or where they go…as long as they are in the direction they are headed. They are on their phone, doing their makeup (yeah ladies, I’ve seen you do it…) or are so ancient they can’t see three feet in front of them and have their face mashed against the winshield, and give you that stupid mouth-agape look when they suddenly see you and hit the brakes. There needs to be a lot more unmarked cars roaming around and catching these people and giving them serious hits to their license and impacting the ability for them to come near a car.

Now, to hit an earlier point, I have to say that I got my woman a makeup case for her car because I felt it was easier for her to do her makeup while I drove so we would not be late for functions, and although that has not stopped us from being late, it has helped us be more on time than we were before, and apart from a little slip up here or there, she has mostly kept her makeup case in the passenger area. Sometimes we do not drive until it is taken care of, and although I know that likely is more for looks than safety, I apperiate it nonetheless, even though I show it in my manly way of being a smartass.

So, in my opinion, just drive your damn car without being stupid. Use common sense, and don’t put me at risk because you feel the impending urge to listen to your ABBA CD that is hidden under your seat. And senior folk, I have respect for my elders, and I get that you have places to go, but if you can’t see, then you can’t drive, and if you are going 20 in a 50 zone, that is just as damn careless as doing 120….That is a fact, Jack.

Also, on the other side of the timeline, I have to say that these stupid kids that drive like they are in the next sequel to the Fast And The Furious are completley ignorant to anything around them, and when they breeze by me, I always think that if they get their ass squashed by an 18 wheeler, well…..that’ll learn em.

As you can see, I take a pretty harsh stance on this sort of stuff, but you can call it tough love. You can expect that stuff a lot in this colummn, me being brash and outspoken about anything that comes to mind. Although I haven’t written in a while, this sort of awakened a beast that I had been quite fond of. This colummn won’t be always be stuff about how many people can’t seem to operate a automobile, but rather about life. Friends. Sports. Family. Broads. Whatever gets me fired up enough to make a stance. And if you have a problem with it, well…cool. You got your opinion.

This is mine.
Mikey.

I recently got engaged to a great girl. But man who knew planning a wedding would be so painful, we aren’t getting married until next August but places and people (DJs, photographers, etc) are already booked. Plus there is the issue of venues not returning phone calls making us have to chase them down. We are doing this wedding on a budget so we won’t be spending money on a wedding planner which just means more work for us.

Here is a list of what I think is the most important to get done first:

1) Venue for both the reception and the ceremony - we are probably going to be doing both in the same place
1b) caterer - this only applies if your venue isn’t doing your food and don’t forget your dishes

2) book your officiant or priest (that would happen when you book the church)

3) DJ - you might think thats high on the list but if the DJ is bad or you can’t get one, that could ruin the night

4) Photographer - this really should be a tie with the DJ because this could make or break your post wedding enjoyment of the event, you will have the memories but when you are old will you be able to remember those without the photos lol

5) transportation - whether it be a limo, exotic car or horse and carriage book early

I think thats the major stuff I have probably forgotten a lot but thats just the way it goes.

Remember to have fun no matter what happens and bring on the Bachelor Party!!!

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