Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Unless you’re apart of the faith known as PETA, I hope you consume enough food, drink & fellowship today, as well as thank the cook(s) who prepared the food!

As for me I just finished digesting some delicious steak, although I need to grab some turkey lest my brother consumes it all!!!

As far as reasons to be thankful, there would be too many to list here, but I am thankful for my family and friends who have made my life 10 times more interesting!

As far as geek thanks goes, I’m thankful for:

• WordPress (and Page.ly)
• Evernote
• Remember The Milk
• Google+
• Twitter
• Pandora
• Netflix (ignore the haters full of hate)
• Gmail
• Instagram
• Apple
• Every iOS developer under the sun

Also despite my disaffection for him, I’m thankful for President Obama for killing off Osama bin Laden helping restore America’s future into space.

Well I have to go now! The turkey is calling me!

Image Credit: iGourmet

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Ghetto!!!

It seems my brothers, sisters, cousins, neices and nephews have one thing in common: they all want smart phones for Christmas!!

Being the chief geek in the tribe I decided to pick up an iPhone when they first came out, then purchased the iPhone 3GS later on (although I do miss my iMetal friend–I hope ___ _____ is enjoying it).

Most of them are on Verizon (which I left) so I don’t have to worry about picking up an iPhone for them (even though they want one really bad).

Unfortunately many of them want the next best thing, and since most of Verizon’s phones are ugly (Moterola Droid included–at least that is what my sister said) they are all looking for the next best thing.

Since I don’t feel like paying $200/person per phone (and will not either by the way), I am going to have to hunt for some awesome deals at WalMart, Bestbuy, eBay and Amazon.

Thus far I’m heavily looking at the Droid Eris, which has a nice user interface that actually rivals the iPhone (a first in my honest opinion).

The phone is decent, and inexpensive (at least at WalMart).

I missed the $30 Eris Droid sale on Black Friday (Grrrrrrr!!!!) but hopefully it’s still cheap enough for me to purchase a few for the extended family (although they’ll have to pay for Verizon’s draconian service plan themselves). I might also consider a Blackberry Storm 2–depending on the deals they have. (hint, hint!)

What I really want to do is send them all an I.O.U. for Christmas and wait until they mysterious Google Phone appears (which according to rumors is similar to the HTC Passion).

The phone is coming out next year, and I know they will enjoy it tremendously (not to mention save me some cash!!).

So I can either get them an inexpensive gift this year (say a DVD) until the killer phone launches (just in time for birthdays) or attempt to buy them a smart phone which will become obsolete next year.

Either way, I need to make a decision–soon!! (as Christmas is next week!)

– Posted from my iPhone

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Happy thanksgiving everyone! I want to express my gratitude for all my friends and geeks (whether your a tech geek, space geek, politico animal or “almost normal”), as well as the brave men and woman who are currently serving overseas.

While I’ll be busy feasting on the flesh of my favorite fowl (to the horror of PETA), I hope everyone has a splendid Thanksgiving with family, friends and pets–the non edible kind.

– Posted from my iPhone

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…I officially salute you!

Happy Veterans Day, and a special shout out to my Dad, brother, Samantha, Jerry, as well as to Aaron & Andrew who are currently serving.

Thanks for bloodying up the bad guys on my behalf, and may God bless you in the future for your desire to sacrifice for us in the past.

Thanks!

– Posted from my iPhone

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Never had it before, although my brother says it tastes pretty good.

If I do not respond after Thanks Giving, then you can assume the food was poisoned.

— Post From My iPhone

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To all my friends and family, I like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!

Try not to drink too much Eggnog (as it may not be good for your health).

In order to celebrate the season, I decided to post a holiday parody involving Walking in a Winter Wonderland and Star Wars–mainly because its one of the few movies everyone in my family enjoys. Cheers!

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