Indiana Jones and the Basement of the Screaming Kids

Woohoo! We met Indy today. And not just any Indy - Lego Indy!!!!!!




I'd go through the Indiana Jones theme music now just using "dum-de-dum"s - but it's too complicated and I'm too lazy....

Snowmen

Snowday - WooooHooooo!

2 attempts at Snowmen were made and odlly the first attempt was the best:


But the 2nd, which after practice, should have been far better, was a bit of a disappointment. It must be the addition of a hat and scarf that REALLY makes the difference.





And round-looking snowmen look better then square-looking ones. Lets call the 2nd attempt a snow-robot and pretend it was intentional, shall we?

Intuitive Systems and Networks Ltd - LIVE

After 6 months of not-working, I have finally set up on my own and started my new business. Intuitive Systems and Networks.

Should be quite a challenge but fun and interesting at the same time.

Seeing as my rance.com site is getting more visitors at the moment than the business site - www.isn.co.uk - I would encourage you all to take a look and if you've any Network, Systems, Consulting or Project Management needs, then you know where to go :)

We've even got a nice shiny new logo - let me know what you think.....

A Nice Day

Here is the Video Diary of the trip to Grand Canyon. Emotions run high as the fog draws in....

And the Oscar for Best Editing goes to....

I am sure no-one wants to see the whole video of a rather grey and dull trip around Hoover Dam. What they DO wnat to see though, is the masterful editing as we cut from the Dam's Overflow Pipe (THE Technical Term) to the next scene involving our hire car.

Watch and learn, Spielberg!

Alex Meets Tigger

Now that I have "mastered" this Youtube.Blogger Uploadery nonsense, here we go with the footage of Tigger finally meeting his Number one fan!



Akex has moved on since then. I don;t know if Tigger has too..... :(

Grand Canyon - West and Skywalk

A quick word of advice - never bother with The Grand Canyon - West. It's Rubbish.

You drive out of Vegas and get a little disheartened when you see the 220 Miles to Grand Canyon sign, but that is Grand Canyon East (Latterly known as "the good bit") so when you see a sneaky sign that the Red Indians, sorry, Native Americans, have put up posting the way tyo Grand Canyon West and Skywalk 40 miles you think "BONUS!!!"




It goes badly from there, however, and soon you are driving through the middle of the Majave desert in conditions not too unlike a level from Sega Rally - the only different being that any damage to the car means that the Hire Company is gonna start referring to their "don't ruin the car" smallprint.


Anyway, Hours and Miles and Muddy-Grimness later, you reach the Westrim - and it is closed and expensive. Foggy and overpriced. Misty and Extortionate.

Only on later inspection, back in the UK, do you realise this is common knowledge.

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g31306-d602012-Reviews
-Skywalk_Grand_Canyon-Peach_Springs_Arizona.html

Never saw the Grand Canyon in the end. And we SHOULD have bought a Squirrel.

Vegas - Ping Pong

He unfortunately put Mouth Badminton into perspective as well.

This guy was the highlight of Vegas!

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!

Back from Vegas

Right, back from Vegas and ready to try writing something again.

Obviously, the first thing to do in Vegas, when there is a little boy back home with a Pirate Obsession, is to track down a pirate, preferably with a hook, and pose with it.

This guy actually felt better than I did, even with all the skin-melted-off-thing, as he was probably less jetlagged than me - Vegas for 4 days is just silly.

Running Through a Sprinker

Nope - the pirate thing has not gone TOO far with the removal of a leg. It is just the superfast ability to run through a sprinkler like this - whiiiiizzzzzzzzzz - so fast that not a drop of water touches him. What a star!!

School Dinners

No photographic evidence exists for the main course. It was just tooooo yucky. Thankfully, only images of the desserts remain.

Fuzzy Pirates

The out-of-focus Pirates are the scariest kind!!!!

Spooky Boy

Here is Alex looking Spooky.

Spoooooooookyyyyyyyyyy

Sea World

A quick tip for those of you going to Sea World - DON'T ask for a Dolphin Burger, as they don't think it's funny.

Nor a Blowhole in a Bap.

Or Stingray Icecream.

Did you hear the one about the Manatee?

Here I am, relaxing on the beach, and I have just told Alex my greatest Manatee joke. As you can see, it is hilarious.

Unofrtunately, it is one of those jokes that only really works when you are sat on the beach - it doesn't seem funny anywhere else - so I wont bother typing it here.

Goofy

This could be the moment where Alex realised that these were characters were just guys in costumes.

The knowing look in his eye suggests he has rumbled them.

Alex and Daddy at Hooters

It was inevitable.

It is just a shame that the photo made our Hooter's waitress look like a man. I can assure you that we are in a normal Hooters, not some odd transexual Hooters.

Oh no, not us!

Quick Tip - don't go to Hooters on a cold day. They all wear jumpers!

Alex and Daddy on a Star Wars Bike Thing Vs Alex and Daddy on Daddy Shamu and Shamu'

Here is your chance to vote. Which is the better method of Transportation - Shamu and Baby Shamu, or a Star Wars Bike Thing.

Send your answers to Sea World or George Lucas and maybe we can see one of these put into Mass Production and end Global Warming as we know it.....or something...

MORE Tiggers!

A few more Tiggers.

If I ever meet AA Milne I am not sure whether to thank him or punch him in the face.

Again, it seemed the right thing to do at the time.....

Epcot's version of Mexico must have seen idiots do this 1000 times before.

They certainly didn't ask us to leave!

Here we are, hiding behind Lightning McQueen.

Not sure why, but it seemed the right thing to do at the time.

And we have got ANOTHER Kermit. If Jim Henson were alive today he would be a millionaire thanks to Alex's love for Kermit. We now have:

Kermit
Daddy Kermit
Mummy Kermit
3 * Baby Kermit
Different Kermit (Like Kermit but different)

We drew the line at:

Glass Kermit ($150)
Limited Edition Kermit ($400)

We finally got back from Florida where we finally met Tigger. Hooray!!!! He was very friendly but slightly shorter than we thought he would be.

We initially suspected that Tigger had a problem with his bladder control, as he kept needing toilet breaks every 15 minutes - must have been all of that bouncing - until we realised that it may have been for them to swap the guy in the costume.

It only took me 3 days to work that one out!!