I survived the Smoky Mountains Well after 24 hours worth of driving, a 3 day stay in a tourist trap called Gatlinburg, TN and a wedding that lasted all of about 15 minutes I'm back and ready to work. I can't wait until the weekend to recover from my vacation.

The best thing I can say for Gatlinburg is that they've got a place called the Smoky Mountain Brewery thats got some killer food and great beer.  ¶ 1:53 PM 0 comments

  The Ultimate Fighter TV Show Interesting episode where it was all about wrapping up the first round of 185 fights. Ed Herman is obviously in the heads of the rest of the guys and its looking like the semis are going to be fun to watch.

The fight went pretty much like everyone expected. Danny got his punchers chance landing a big right to Ed's jaw but instead of continuing a stand up game he clinched, got taken down and eventually beaten. Four weeks at the camp and he didn't pick up enough grappling to stay on his feet. Ed looked pretty sloppy so it shouldn't have been a problem to keep it standing. I think his injuries were in his head as well and he just wanted to get it doen with.

Looking forward to seeing Matt fight next week. They really haven't shown what Mike Nickels has got and he might be the one to move on here. He's much more experienced in terms of real fighting from the sound of it. We'll see! Matt's an olympic wrestler and those guys always have a shot in any fight.

Good season so far.  ¶ 8:39 AM 0 comments

  The Ultimate Fighter TV Show As we all figured Jesse Forbes was brought back on the show lastnight. That gave a little momentum back to Team Shamrock that was taken away with the loss of Tait Fletcher to Josh Haynes. That decision was bull and there should've been a third round. There is no way that Josh did enough to win the second round.

If you're from Baton Rouge and looking to get into MMA or grappling I listed some places that I feel are good to learn JuJitsu, boxing, etc. My Baton Rouge Gym's & Martial Arts page will contain the places I've heard about around town.  ¶ 10:53 AM 0 comments

  I'm programming like a savage lately Meaning I am absolutely working my tail off programming. Learning new concepts, new languages and working in probably 8 different programming languages right now. Thats pretty much the only thing running through my mind right now besides SQL, PHP, PERL, JAVASCRIPT, AJAX, XML, DOM, C, VB, HTML. I'm sure I'm forgetting something in there but oh well. Its all in the mix.  ¶ 4:01 PM 0 comments

  The Ultimate Fighter TV Show Wow I absolutely couldn't believe that Noah Inhofer walked based on some obviously minor relationship problems that could've waited two weeks. The kid obviously doesn't have what it takes to make it in business if he drops a big opportunity based on an obviously planted piece of information. I wonder if they dropped little notes like that on several of the guys for the sake of creating drama in the reality show. Good twist to things.

I think we all know that Jesse Forbes will be the fighter returning despite the drama. Good for him and I think he deserves a second shot. The kids tough and with some training he could be extremely dangerous in the UFC.

Tito has been taking a few verbal jabs at Ken in the show that they've shown. He's got to be loving that he's pretty soundly defeating Shamrock in terms of coaching these guys. I tend to think that Shamrock is just so set in his ways of doing things that these modern fighters aren't responding well. The vibe is that the guys are hearing information from Ken and his coaches that is just completely different from what they've been learning in their home camps.

This stuff pumps me up alot. I've stepped up my personal fitness program to get on track to maybe get in and do some MMA competition. I've alot of martial arts experience with a Tang Soo Do blackbelt and a little over a year of Judo. I've also done some boxing training and think I'm pretty well rounded. If I continue to shape up well I'll probably go give Gladiator's Academy a shot here in Baton Rouge. Its a MMA training facility that seems to have some great coaches. I hope so, I think it could be fun!  ¶ 3:47 PM 0 comments

  Second Hand Dachshunds I like to program a few hours at home until my notebook gets too hot to sit on my lap. I get alot done and it helps my work performance as it gets tough to sit and program for 7-9 freaking hours a day at my work desk. However that recently became hard because my girlfriend let her dad pawn off his crybaby black Dachshund on us.

I have yet to figure out how to discipline this dog who insists on sitting next to the door and howling whenever he knows someone is home. This is regardless of whether or not you go outside and spend a deal of time for him or not. This Dachshund is like a damned rooster as he starts howling at the door when the sun comes up hoping someone will go outside for their morning cigarette. He doesn't listen, he isn't trained and no amount of attention is enough to satisfy him.

I guess he's just lonely. I've thought about getting him a friend but that'd be two dogs and if it wasn't a solution then I'd probably just have more problems. We'll be giving him away soon but for Christ's sake I need to get some work done without this howling!

Ok....time to go to bed.  ¶ 10:57 PM 0 comments