I've been busy lately

Posts have been slow to come in as I've been busy and Internet challenged.

Here are some interesting things going on:

Friday July 4 will bring the awesomest fireworks show ever to Salisbury. I'm working the event with the Jaycees.

Joanne has been busy this week with her Fiesta VBS. She ended up with over 50 kids, a significant increase over last year's attendance. She was even told that her program is better than one of the other churches in Easton!

Joanne has also been watching two dogs, Ginger and Sampson. Ginger is a corgie, and Sampson is a Jack Russel. She's been living in a pool house near St Michaels, and the property has three points of water. It's nice to vist this excellent property!

I was on yesterday's WMDT news cast for an expert opinion on the stolen VA laptop. It's always nice when we can help and get free publicity. I think I'm up to 6 appearences on the news for various events and stuff.

Today I submitted another article to the Chesapeake Business Ledger. This one is about RSS and how it can help your business and personal life.

At Inacom we're pushing to make Cisco Premier Certified Partner status. Shawn just passed the CCNA exam. I've started studying for the Cisco Secure Foundations Sales Specialist tests. There are two that I've got to pass to earn this certification.

Geocaching has been a lot of fun, but I haven't been good about taking pictures. :-( Tomorrow Joanne, Mike Liang, and I are going to hit up the "Gone Fishing" geocache in DE, and maybe some others in the area.

How 'bout them O's hon?

Tonight i am at Camden Yards for an O's game. It's the bottom of the seventh. We are winning 2 to 1.

UPDATE: We won!

Joanne and I took my friend Jeff, aka Mr Foxx and his new girl Erin out for some fun. I got the tix from a friend of mine, who works as a K9 kinda prison guard. It was nice to make it back to B'more for a game. Camden Yards is so beautiful!

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Check out new photos

I have a lot of new photos posted to my multiply account.

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A request to Senator McCain

When Joanne and I found The Politician, I did not realize that he had already been to DC. I thought it would make for a fun roadtrip to get pictures of him with all of those cool monuments.

Upon logging TP and realizing that it was time for him to return home, I emailed his owner to confirm that this is indeed what I should do with him. The owner asked me to hold onto him while he is given a new quest. One possible idea was to follow the Senator's future campaign for president.

On a whim, I emailed Senator McCain's office, and asked if I could secure a picture of the senator with The Politician. Below is my letter:

____________________

I am an avid geocacher (www.geocaching.com for info) - it is a sport which involves hiding and finding caches using GPS coordinates. Geocaching often involves hiking and exploring the natural wonders of the US and the rest of the world. It's a great way to be active and enjoy our unspoiled natural areas in an environmentally responsible way.

During one find, I came across a "travel bug" which was started by a constituent of the Senator's in AZ. This travel bug (aka "The Politician" - see http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=fce56f57-0f7b-4cdb-9ca8-25c93df46161) was sent on a mission to go to DC, secure pork barrel spending for his friends, and make its way back to the Senator's home state of AZ. It's a rather tongue in cheek protest of our nation's irresponsible spending habits.

Senator McCain's position is well documented in these matters. He votes to protect our environment and also for fiscal responsibility. As such, I believe that the Senator's position is aligned with the meaning of this travel bug and the thoughts of his constituent from Arizona.

Would it be possible to secure a picture of Senator McCain with "The Politician?" The picture would be posted on the geocaching.com web site as a diary of its travels. This would be a purely non-commercial use. Many travel bugs have traveled tens of thousands of miles across oceans and continents, but I do not believe that one has actually met a senator.

I can arrange to personally transport this travel bug to the Senator's office in DC with a few days notice, or send him via parcel post to one of his offices in AZ. By possessing The Politician, I am obligated to help him get back to AZ - so if it is requested that I release control of him I ask that your office would help him return home to Arizona by placing him in a geocache.

Thank you very much for your consideration in this matter. I imagine that this is one of the silliest requests that you will ever receive.

Sincerely,

Travis Fisher
Salisbury, MD

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Very Very Sad

Cory Palmer is a hero who served our country in Iraq. Those God Hates Fags creeps are planning to disrespect his funeral and show themselves as the assholes they are today in Seaford DE.

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Re: New comment on Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD

Thanks Travis!

 

Scott

----- Original Message -----

From: Travis Fisher

To: robert cocherell

Cc: Sally L. Albright

Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:35 PM

Subject: Re: New comment on Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks<BR>"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD

Hi guys.

Glad to see that you did so well in Richmond.  Per Sally's request, I added a link on my blog to the Dixie Bones blog and web site.  I also included your summary of the event, because I found it interesting.

Good luck in Chesapeake!

T.

On 5/17/06, robert cocherell <dkingofq@msn.com> wrote:

Sally,

 

Here is the Richmond Recap!!!

 

Looking to put Salisbury in the rear view mirror, we loaded up and went down to Richmond for the Virginia National Backyard BBQ Championships.  This event was an IBCA ( International Barbecue Cookers Association) sponsored event, with the representative being flown in from Texas to oversee the judging and organization of the event.   

 

We arrived at about 11AM Friday morning to begin setting up, Our team was the first one onsite and pretty much had choice of where we wanted to be.  It is always important to locate your power and water supply and try to set up close to it so hoses and extension cords don't have to be run so far.  We also wanted to be close to the stage, so all these factors worked in our favor.

 

In most cases so far myself and teammate Bill Brown usually go down early and set up our compound while the remainder of the team shows up later in the afternoon or early evening.  Once this is complete about 2 hours or so, we get our meat inspected by the female IBCA representative.  This is a requirement at every event, meat cold, not pre-seasoned in any way.  This being done all the prep work can begin.  On this trip we are cooking 3 pork butts, 2 briskets, 6 racks of ribs, and 6 chicken halves.  You always start with the large cuts of meat due to the long cooking time.  Butts and briskets are marinated, injected, seasoned, and wrapped for later.  The ribs and chicken will go later tonight.

 

You must always think about taking care of your team, so for the Friday night dinner I cooked my guys NY strip steaks, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, all smothered with a chipotle-lime butter.  We even invited the rep. to dine with us and answer some questions as this was a new event per say as for the rules and what was expected.  Everyone eaten, grill up to temperature, the briskets and butts are put on to smoke for the night.

 

The great thing about these contests is the folks you meet and hang out with, the team names, and the stories people tell.  The Texas Rib Rangers came all the way from Texas and invited a young man who is fighting cancer to join them for the weekend.  He got to be an honorary member of a legendary team, cooked, prepped, served, turned in their entries, and then walked to the stage and picked up their trophies.  Now the great part of this story is that the Rib Rangers have plenty of trophies and let this young man keep those trophies for himself to remember that he is and always will be a Rib Ranger.

 

We finished cooking on Saturday, sauced everything, prepped in the boxes, turned in and then began the agonizing wait to see how we did.  We had real high hopes and were not disappointed when we got our first call ever to the stage, 6th in chicken!!!!!  What a great feeling walking up to Mrs. Virginia and the Attorney General to receive our plaque and check.  Now that would have made us all happy Q'ers but low and behold we got another call for 10th in pork, walked up and received trophy and check again.  This helped us gain a 10th place overall finish in only our 3rd contest with escalating expectations for the next weekend in Chesapeake, VA.  See you on the road!!!!

 

Scott Cocherell

Dixie Bones BBQ Team

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Sally L. Albright

To: Travis Fisher

Cc: Scott Cocherell

Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:43 PM

Subject: RE: New comment on Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks<BR>"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD

Hi Travis! I am the marketing director for Dixie Bones and I write the Barbeque Blog. Scott gives me the information and pictures to publish. I found your blog by using Technorati to find links to the Pork in the Park web site.

 

I will forward your message to Scott and post your comment. Thanks for reading the Barbeque Blog- it would be great it you could link back to us.

 

Take care,

Sally

 

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From: Travis Fisher [mailto:fisher.travis@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:55 PM
To: Sally L. Albright
Subject: New comment on Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks<BR>"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD

 

Travis Fisher has left a new comment on your post " Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks
"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD":

Hey Scott.

Thanks for coming out to compete. I tried really hard to get a team together from the Salisbury JayCees, but didn't have enough interest. They say that if you're going to do something in life, you should do it as best you can - as a group we like to poor beer.

Each year this event gets bigger and better. I hope that you'll come out again.

How did you do in Richmond?

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Posted by Travis Fisher to Barbeque Blog at 5/15/2006 11:55:23 PM

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Dixie Bones Barbeque cooks in Richmond

The Dixie Bones team recently competed in Richmond after their appearance in Salisbury's Pork in the Park. Here's a great first hand account of what it's like being in a competition - I found it fascinating. They have a blog, too. Here's the link.

________________________

Here is the Richmond Recap!!!

Looking to put Salisbury in the rear view mirror, we loaded up and went down to Richmond for the Virginia National Backyard BBQ Championships. This event was an IBCA ( International Barbecue Cookers Association) sponsored event, with the representative being flown in from Texas to oversee the judging and organization of the event.

We arrived at about 11AM Friday morning to begin setting up, Our team was the first one onsite and pretty much had choice of where we wanted to be. It is always important to locate your power and water supply and try to set up close to it so hoses and extension cords don’t have to be run so far. We also wanted to be close to the stage, so all these factors worked in our favor.

In most cases so far myself and teammate Bill Brown usually go down early and set up our compound while the remainder of the team shows up later in the afternoon or early evening. Once this is complete about 2 hours or so, we get our meat inspected by the female IBCA representative. This is a requirement at every event, meat cold, not pre-seasoned in any way. This being done all the prep work can begin. On this trip we are cooking 3 pork butts, 2 briskets, 6 racks of ribs, and 6 chicken halves. You always start with the large cuts of meat due to the long cooking time. Butts and briskets are marinated, injected, seasoned, and wrapped for later. The ribs and chicken will go later tonight.

You must always think about taking care of your team, so for the Friday night dinner I cooked my guys NY strip steaks, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, all smothered with a chipotle-lime butter. We even invited the rep. to dine with us and answer some questions as this was a new event per say as for the rules and what was expected. Everyone eaten, grill up to temperature, the briskets and butts are put on to smoke for the night.

The great thing about these contests is the folks you meet and hang out with, the team names, and the stories people tell. The Texas Rib Rangers came all the way from Texas and invited a young man who is fighting cancer to join them for the weekend. He got to be an honorary member of a legendary team, cooked, prepped, served, turned in their entries, and then walked to the stage and picked up their trophies. Now the great part of this story is that the Rib Rangers have plenty of trophies and let this young man keep those trophies for himself to remember that he is and always will be a Rib Ranger.

We finished cooking on Saturday, sauced everything, prepped in the boxes, turned in and then began the agonizing wait to see how we did. We had real high hopes and were not disappointed when we got our first call ever to the stage, 6th in chicken!!!!! What a great feeling walking up to Mrs. Virginia and the Attorney General to receive our plaque and check. Now that would have made us all happy Q'ers but low and behold we got another call for 10th in pork, walked up and received trophy and check again. This helped us gain a 10th place overall finish in only our 3rd contest with escalating expectations for the next weekend in Chesapeake, VA. See you on the road!!!!

Scott Cocherell

Dixie Bones BBQ Team

----- Original Message -----

From: Sally L. Albright

To: Travis Fisher

Cc: Scott Cocherell

Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:43 PM

Subject: RE: New comment on Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks<BR>"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD

Hi Travis! I am the marketing director for Dixie Bones and I write the Barbeque Blog. Scott gives me the information and pictures to publish. I found your blog by using Technorati to find links to the Pork in the Park web site.

I will forward your message to Scott and post your comment. Thanks for reading the Barbeque Blog- it would be great it you could link back to us.

Take care,

Sally

---

From: Travis Fisher [mailto:fisher.travis@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 11:55 PM
To: Sally L. Albright
Subject: New comment on Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks<BR>"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD

Travis Fisher has left a new comment on your post "Dixie Bones "Road Show" Cooks
"Pork in the Park" in Salisbury, MD":

Hey Scott.

Thanks for coming out to compete. I tried really hard to get a team together from the Salisbury JayCees, but didn't have enough interest. They say that if you're going to do something in life, you should do it as best you can - as a group we like to poor beer.

Each year this event gets bigger and better. I hope that you'll come out again.

How did you do in Richmond?

Publish this comment.

Reject this comment.

Moderate comments for this blog.

Posted by Travis Fisher to Barbeque Blog at 5/15/2006 11:55:23 PM

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