BenSpark Family Adventures

This weekend Allison and I went to the Cape for Uncle Paul D's 50th Birthday party. It was a surprise party and he was totally surprised. Then Allison and I headed over to see Kim and Greg for a Halloween party. It was a great party and Kim and Greg made some great Halloween themed edibles. Then We went back to the house for the carbo load for the Marathon on Sunday. Tara put together two teams of marathon relayers and she set us up with some candy bags for after the race. Today I got up and ran the first leg of the marathon relay. Let's just say that I am not exactly in tip top form for the Disney Half Marathon. But I finished my leg of the race. Now Allison and I are preparing for the onslaught of little monsters in search of chocolatey goodness. Have a Happy Halloween!

With the election soon approaching, cast your vote for Pedro. Why Pedro? Because if you vote for him your wildest dreams will come true. By now you are scratching your head because you must be wondering who Pedro is. Obviously you haven't seen Napoleon Dynamite. And why would you? It is a Fox Searchlight production which means low budget and very little action. However, this movie is one that you will enjoy, if only for Detrich Bader of the Drew Carey Show and his Rex Quan Do Dojo scenes. You have to vote for Pedro. It is a given. Wanna know what I am talking about, see Napoleon Dynamite at a second run theater near you. I saw it tonight at the Route 1 Cinema Pub. And unlike The Big Lebowski, it was pretty good, including the ending.

So I have two days to come up with my storyline for my novel for NaNoWriMo. I was checking out the site today and there was a great link for people who may be interested in creating their own fantasy world. The setting is a very important part of the story and building a world can be daunting. Luckily this site has some great exercises on worldbuilding. There was also a link titled What's in a Name? The Guide to Harry Potter Name Etymology.

If you are going in to Boston tomorrow to watch the Parade here is the parade route. For additional parade information see Boston.com.

The Red Sox have ended their World Series drought of 86 years. In the 100th World Series our beloved Red Sox swept the St. Louis Cardinals for a long overdue victory. The question now is "What are Boston fans going to complain about now?". I mean our Baseball team won the World Series, our football team won the Superbowl. I personally can't get behind a bunch of overpaid hot doggers in Basketball so rooting for the Celtics went out with Larry Bird (for me at least). So what about the Bruins... um yeah, the Bruins. Lets just stick with Baseball and Football. It was great to see that the Sox won and it is great to have been able to be home to see it happen. I believe that the celebration parade will most likely be Saturday. For details check out Boston.com.

I'm all done with my last implementation. The last LIVE that I am going to do. This one went so very smoothly. I can't believe how few issues there were. And it was great to hang out with the folks on the Implementation team. Here are some random pictures I took while In Vancouver. The view from my hotel window Someone enjoys toys waaaay more than me. For those interested in my gastrointestinal adventures in dining, this was a great place in White Rock called Charlie Don't Surf. Great Fish and Chips and Dry Ribs. The sea walk at White Rock, wish it wasn't raining.

The Red Sox did it again last night. They pulled out another win. Here in Vancouver I have been surprised by the amount of people here cheering for the Red Sox. Last night the group went out to The Keg (Actually a pretty high end steakhouse and bar) for dinner and the Red Sox Game. What a good time. Steak and Lobster and a Red Sox win. Awesome. In honor of the Red Sox in The World Series I made trivia today all about Baseball with a heavy emphasis on the Red Sox and the Cardinals. Enjoy. (Mo you were too early playing the trivia, but you will be happy to know that I also got a crappy score today.) It is my last night in Vancouver and all the rest of the specialists are leaving on Red Eye flights. I just realized that I am an idiot. Had I also taken the Red Eye I would have had tomorrow off and Wednesday off instead of just taking Wednesday off. Oh well, I've been home too long that I'm out of practice with the whole travel thing. Not that being home has been a bad thing, not in...