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Yes, I have moved!

farrelley — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:51:40 +0000

Ok…so you may have noticed the recent post that says I have moved to DC. Well that’s right. I have left my job in Fort Myers, Florida with Sony Electronics for an opportunity to work at the Library of Congress (LOC) as a LAMP Developer. This is a contract position and I will be working for CACI International. I have also started a new blog about living in DC. You can follow me over there at Living in the District. This whole process has moved very quickly and I am still settling in. Stick with me while I get going. It shouldn’t be to long before I am back blogging again.

Sabres Win in OT

farrelley — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 14:09:36 +0000

We are back from the Buffalo Sabres, Tampa Bay Lighting game. It was fantastic! This was my fist game in the Tampa arena, and was pretty impressed. I have posted photos here of the game. Oh yea Buffalo won in OT. There were lots of Sabres fan and at one point in the arena the chant was “Let go Buffalo”. This also was the chant outside the arena when walking to the car.

Gone, Not To Far, Now Back

farrelley — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:32:16 +0000

Wow it’s been busy. Work has been taking most of my life since my last post and probably will continue till December 1st. I have been trying not to let it take over so I haven’t been doing any work on the weekends. This Saturday Jen and I are going up to Tampa to see the Buffalo Sabres Vs. Tampa Bay Lighting Hockey Game. I am really excited; I haven’t been to a NHL game in about 2 years.

It’s the end of October and our first cold front has pushed through Southwest Florida. It has been in the 90’s and humid every day and when the temp and humidity drops, even if it’s just to 80 you feel it. Fortunately today when I left for work the temperature was 66. Last night we were able to have dinner on the lanai and it was comfortable.

NHL Center Ice has taken over my TV life. This is pretty much all that I like to do at night time. Throw on a game and work on the computer. The best part is that I have seen all the Buffalo Sabres Games so far, though 3-5 isn’t anything to brag about. 14 channels of hockey probably was the best $149.00 I spent (at least on TV programming).

I have ordered my new TV! It’s a Sony (go figure) 50’ SXRD Rear Projection (Model: KDS-50A3000). This is going to make watching TV so much better. Jen thinks it’s to big but I guarantee she will love it. I can’t wait to see the Wink News cast in high def and Hockey. I sense more TV watching coming on.

Another SWFL Apple Store

farrelley — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 12:15:09 +0000

This one is opening in Naples, FL on Saturday (March, 10th). I’ll be there! Pictures to follow.

Writting off that Move

farrelley — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:47:10 +0000

Recently I moved to Florida for work reasons, a new job. Anyways, I saved all my receipts and that was a good thing. If you moved because of work then you are in luck. Get this, it’s not just people moving because they got new jobs. College students can take advantage of this for there first job too! So here is the deal. If you moved more that 50 miles from your previous job and are going to work 39 weeks in the first 12 months then you qualify. Easy as that. So what can you deduct? Well here is a list of deductible items;

Cost of packing
Gas, or mileage. For 2006 its $0.18 a mile.
Storage expenses for 30 days
Fees to start and turn off services. Such as gas, electric, cable.
Lodging and much more.

I will be taking advantage of this and you should too! For more information on how to deduct your moving expenses check out the IRS and SmartMoney.com

These People Don’t Clean Much!

farrelley — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:39:59 +0000

With this breaking news we have an update to the Florida Story of the week. Earlier I posted about the dog being shot and the dogs owner being charged however, a better story has come upon me. A woman (location not known) in Florida died while trying to unplug her TV from the outlet behind a bookcase. She became trapped and died. The family, all who live in the same house, had searched high and low for here for 11 days. On the 11th day the sister noticed a foot protruding from the bookcase. Upon inspection they found there sister. The best part of the article goes on to say this,

Unable to locate her after that, the family contacted the police, fearing she had been abducted. Her body was eventually discovered when her sister noticed a foot protruding behind the bookcase in her bedroom. I’m sleeping in the same house as her for 11 days, looking for her. And she’s right in the bedroom,” the woman’s mother, Connie Weber, told the St Petersburg Times newspaper.The family told the newspaper they had noticed a strange smell from her room but had blamed it on rats.

I guess people in Florida like to live with rats. You know they tell me at work “You do live in the tropics you know!” Click here for a link to the original article on the BBC, also on CNN

Florida Story of the Week

farrelley — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 20:16:56 +0000

Yesterday a neighbor shot and killed his neighbors dog with a .22 because it kept jumping the fence and coming into his yard. He said he was just trying to protect his cat’s safety. Florida Animal Control was called and the dogs owner was ticketed for failure to keep a dog on their property. The guy who shot the dog was not ticketed. This is a great American Florida Story. You can read the story via doswfl.com

It’s Coming just not Today

farrelley — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:59:56 +0000

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I have been working on a site that I hoped to release today but has been pushed back a week so that I can round up some of the small bugs I have found. For a sneak peak check out swfl-news.com, southwestflorida-news.com or doswfl.com. Internet Business’s are such a great thing!

Off to Miami

farrelley — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:43:12 +0000

UPDATE: We are back. No Miami this weekend. It’s a long story that I will be happy to tell tomorrow.

Jen and I are off to Miami for the weekend. No posting till Monday Afternoon or late Evening. Pictures will be posted on my flickr site. However, I have a new site soon to be released! hum….the speculation begins!

Cotton Fire

farrelley — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:35:06 +0000

In today’s news-press there is a story titled “Cotton-loving homeless man sets fire at Target.” This has to be the funniest story I have seen since moving to Florida. It’s a must Read. My suggestion next time is to read the Tag!