Why I don't get along with Vince

Assumption: The antonym for Invincable would be vincable.

I would not say I am invincable. I hurt (mostly on the inside). I am Vincable - able to be vinced. Though not easily. I think a more accurate term would be that I am "Vince-resistant."

... and that is why I don't like guys named Vince.

Poker tournament @ the Palace Suite

During the Pistons Spurs/game

Winter Thaw

The Land of St. Kitts

Last week we were blessed to get out of the snow and onto a tropical island. St. Kitts is located in the West Indies, Eastern Caribbean. This is such a majestic Island; with Mountains, Volcanoes, Black Sand Beaches, and year around weather between 75 and 80 degrees.








Some interesting facts about St. Kitts:

- One of a handful of places with black sand beaches.

- Swearing is illegal! $500 fine for first offense, jail for repeat offenders.

- The taxi drivers stay with you the entire time you go out. So if you go to dinner, they wait for you to finish and take you back. The taxi driver will take you around all day for about $11!

- The locals speak English, but also have a language consisting of English words, but at such a fast pace and rhythm you cannot understand one syllable. It sounds like a completely different language all together. Slaves started it during the slave trade days of the island as a way to talk around the owner's.

Dan and Annie stayed at the St. Kitts Marriott, their flagship Caribbean resort for 5 days. Over that time they were able to go deep sea fishing, tour the island, pet a monkey, see the rain forest, black rock cliff and beaches, and relax by the water.

Check out our photo album from the trip

New Orleans - NADA

New Orleans hosted the 2009 NADA (National Automotive Dealer Convention), and thus the Nuspire Networks crew. Dan attended from last Saturday to Tuesday morning. Great times (Burbon St), good food (hurricanes, alligator, crawdads, shrimp, calamari, peanut butter burgers), and good business. A great city - and it has come back a lot since Katrina.

California Dreaming

Manhattan Beach

While most people in Michigan froze all weekend, Dan had a weekend in Los Angeles. LA is experiencing unusually warm temperatures right now - on the first day in town it got up to 85 degrees. For part of the weekend there was a 100 degree temperature change from LA to Detroit!

After meetings with clients Wednesday through Friday, Dan spent most of the weekend in Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach with Dennis. A day at the Ocean, a jaunt up to Sainte Rock, great weather, more than a few drinks, and a good friend is a much better way to spend the weekend.

Best Camping Ever

Ok, so what is the big deal about Camping? I'll tell you: its the fire and the tent. What else? Not the drive, not the bugs, not the void of electricity. It is because people feel rustic by making life miserable. Someone says "You know what would be great? Ditching this whole heating and cooling fad, and sleeping on the ground." Someone else confirms the idea with an equally great statement like "Oh great! And I'll bring some pre-processed food like hot dogs and canned goods. We can warm it over our fire so as to pretend we actually cooked this meal."

So I did it. I took the best part about camping - The Tent and Fire - and put it right in the living room. Why you ask? Because the living room is the most comfortable place on earth. Its got all the goodies (Plasma TV, kitchen access, and heat) that you miss while you are camping.

Check this badboy out. Our camp site had high speed internet, food delivery, and Free HBO. Plus we got to do all the usual camping rituals: We slept in the tent, we started a fire, and we wished we were doing something less stupid.