This Xbox Life

Hey gang, if you are an avid listener of the Xbox Podcast (if you are not you better have a very good reason why...and just know that there is no good reason) then you know who bjswick33 is.

First of all, dry your tears because he is not completely gone from the show. He is going to do Xbox Live Arcade reviews each week and he has also started up a blog which will also have his reviews. So if you want to keep up with Brun (bjswick33) and the things going on in His Xbox Life, then check out his page here.

Corking wine

This is from Saturday Night Live and is one of the best comedy bits I have ever seen on SNL.

Nothing like a Big Deck

I don't need to say anything today. Just hit play and prepare to laugh.

Happy Birthday

Yup, its my birthday today. So I expect everyone who reads this to send me lots and lots of presents. But if that sounds like to much work, you are always welcome to send me money in the form of cash, check, or gift cards. I accept all three.

Indiana "Letdown" Jones

Well, I went with the wife today and saw the new Indiana Jones movie and all I can say is that it SUCKED. It was a real letdown.

I am a huge fan of the series, but this movie was a letdown on many levels.

1) The stunts were so over the top that it was just pathetic
2) The entire movie looked fake. I know its not real and its a movie, but it LOOKED fake which really took you out of the movie
3) It was VERY predictable
4) Pathetic ending to this story

Needless to say, I am done with this series. If they keep it going, which they can based on what they did in the show (I won't say what as I don't want to spoil anything), I will no longer watch.

I should have gone to see Ironman or Incredible Hulk. I am dying to see Ironman but the wife is an Indiana Jones fan and not a superhero type of person so I had to compromise.

Loving me some Zune

Recently I have begun to really use my Microsoft Zune to its full potential and I gotta say that I love this thing. I have the original 30 Gig Zune (Halo 3 edition) and this thing is pretty darn sweet. I have loaded it up with tunes and video podcasts and it really helps make my long commutes each day a lot shorter.

Now instead of staring out the window of the train, I can kick back to some Montgomery Gentry, rock out to some Modern Day Zero, or watch one of the many video podcasts I pull down each day.

This really is a sweet device and it makes me drool at the thought of a Zune phone.

If they really do make this thing and give it GPS and Web Browsing, then I will buy one for sure. I love my Zune and adding phone, GPS, and web browsing would have me buying one on day one. Come on Microsoft, hook me up.

FireFox 3

FireFox 3 was released today and it looks to have some really sweet features. I love the new address bar which they now call the smart location bar. You can even add an address to your favorites with a single click in the smart location bar.

There are lots of new features and its a lot faster and safer than FireFox 2. So if you are a FireFox user, be sure to grab the new version available here

Vinyl Artist

Last night a buddy of mine came over and played Rock Band with myself and my wife. We knocked out the Endlist Setlist achievement which consists of playing 58 songs straight through without stopping. This took us about 5 hours in total but was a lot of fun to do.

Now there are still two more achievements for the Endlist setlist if I do it on Hard and Expert. But I can pretty much say with lots of confidence that I will not be going after those. At least not any time soon.

It was fun and if you have Rock Band, I recommend doing it once for the fun of it.

Anyone else upset?

Anyone else as upset over the path this show has taken? I loved Season 1, was a bit disheartened over Season 2, had my hopes and passion for the show renewed in Season 3, only to have that passion slammed down to earth, kicked in the groin, and then buried under the ground for all of eternity.

Needless to say, I am pretty ticked off over this show. Now you may ask, why are you complaining now, Season 4 ended like 3 months ago. Well, I lost so much interest in this show about midway through Season 4 that I just let Tivo record them and I finally got around to watching them.

At this point, I am about to sell the previous seasons that I bought on DVD for $1 just to get rid of them and then remove my Season Pass off my Tivo so it won't record this garbage anymore.

What the heck are they doing to this show? Nothing makes sense. I mean it never did but now we have time travelling, a million people in the cast, dead people talking to live people, people who are alive, yet dead at the same time. WHAT THE HELL?

I have lost all interest in ever watching this show again. I use to be a huge J.J. Abrams fan and this is killing me. He is dropping fast in my book.

And don't even get me started on the horrible video game that was made. That was just as bad as this show at this point.

Here endeth the rant.

Are we going back to the big show?

I can't say yet if the Chicago White Sox have what it takes to make it back to the World Series, but I can say that they have been playing some amazing baseball lately. They are on a 5 game winning streak and if they can win the next two games against the Twins, then they will have a nice lead in the division.

Yes the fall is a long ways away, but it is nice to see them playing great ball again. The weird thing is that both the White Sox and the Cubs have been playing great. If both teams can keep it up, then perhaps we will have a cross-town World Series. That would certainly make this city go crazy.

All I can say for now is GO GO WHITE SOX!

Who needs sleep anyways?

Well, I have not posted much lately, but I have been really busy. And life is about to get even more busy. You see, tonight my wife and I will be taking in a 1 year old foster child. He is the little brother to the two other kids we took in awhile ago. So I pretty much expect to get very little sleep despite being totally exhausted in the days to come.

We are pretty excited to reunite the kids with their young brother. It should be fun and rewarding, but like I said, exhausting at the same time.

We have had a blast with the two we have and look forward to the new addition. Life is so much better with kids in our lives. They truly are a blessing. But if you don't see a post from me for awhile, that is because I have fallen asleep somewhere, hopefully not while crossing the street.