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Happy Thanksgiving

Nov 26

Posted by ChiliFrei64 in Family, General, Rants

I have a lot of reasons to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. I am thankful for a loving wife who loves me with all her heart and thinks the world of me. She supports me and believes in everything I can do. I am thankful for my babies, Samantha and Alexis. They might not know it yet but I love them with all my heart and would do anything for them. I am thankful for a great mother who has taught me all of the values which have made me the man I am today. For Ron, my dad, for being there for me, and taking the role of my dad when my other one wasn’t there. I am thankful that he is still alive after his heart surgery this past week, that he was able to hear that I was going to have 2 little girls and to hear how happy he was when he heard the news. I am thankful for my brothers and sisters, who all go out of there way to make sure others are taken care of in a time of need and put others before themselves. I am thankful for my entire family, who come together in times of need, to help others who need help. I am thankful for my friends who are always there for me and fill our moments with unforgettable memories.

When you are thankful of something, that is because someone gave you a reason to be thankful. Which means they were giving you thanks, making you “thank full”….. thus the term Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving many people take their time to reflect on what they are thankful for and it is a compilation of everything everyone has given to them since last Thanksgiving. One day of an entire year is when this happens. It should be more than that. When someone gives you a reason to be thankful, thank them then, and when an opportunity presents itself where you can give them a reason to be thankful for something you have given them, do not hesitate. Do it! It becomes and endless cycle of thanks giving, and the world becomes a better place.

To everyone and everything I am thankful for this Thanksgiving, I hope I have been able to give something back to you to be thankful for. As well, I make a promise to you that I won’t just let you know how much I appreciate you and everything you have done for me on just one day of the year, but when you have given me a reason to thank you, thus continuing the cycle of Thanksgiving!

 

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

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BlueRay vs. HD DVD

Jan 26

Posted by ChiliFrei64 in Rants, Technology

BlueRay vs. HD DVDWell for Christmas this year I received an Xbox360 with an HD DVD Player. I was thrilled that I could not watch movies in full 1080p on my new TV, we went out and bought many HD DVD’s. I am still very happy with my player. I love the quality. But with all the moves BlueRay has made since Christmas, I now wonder what the life of my HD DVD player is.

I have been a proponent of HD DVD winning based simply on the fact that with identical video quality, that the winner would go to the format which can make the media cheapest to make and which format would have devices cheap enough to encourage people to buy. Currently, HD DVD is winning this battle. However with the latest news that Warner Brothers and the Porn industry have moved to BlueRay, that put a scar on my theory. But now, according to Tech.co.uk :

“Cost savings come from a simpler manufacturing process that will yield dividends in mass production, while other features include the ability to handle dual-layer BDs and disks with organic dye in the recording layers. Organic disks can be churned out from existing DVD production lines, so it’s a win-win situation here. “

Well now BlueRay will be able to make the media cheaper and this will also drive the cost of BlueRay player. To what extent, this is not known. What is known though is HD DVD better come out with something, and it better be big, everybody is jumping on the BlueRay wagon right now. And I am not talking like just a little more than before. I am talking like nearly 95% of the sales after the announcement have gone in BlueRays direction.

Will this be the first “Sony made” format that wins the popularity battle? I am not calling the time of death of HD DVD quite yet, but I think HD DVD has gone to the hospital with heart problems.

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Wisdom Teeth

Jul 7

Posted by ChiliFrei64 in General, Rants

Well it was nearly 8 years since I first heard that I needed to get my wisdom teeth removed. I was actually going to get them taken out 2 years ago when I first went back to the dentist after not going for 6 years. They told me I had cavities “forming”. Not bad really after 6 years. They said they were going to take care of them. I figured people in that profession knew what they were doing and I trusted their opinion. Well 2 years later and fillings falling out 5 times, I decided to get a second opinion. I went to a new dentist and they said they can fix me but I need to get my wisdom teeth removed. They also said that on the tooth where the filling came out, I may need a root canal.

Well I started the process and got my wisdom teeth removed. All 4 of them. The whole process went much better than I expected. I barely used any of my pain pills. The worse part of the whole thing is the inconvenience of not eating normal. So needless to say I am happy to get them removed. The pain I was experiencing WITH them in was far far far greater than what I felt when getting them removed.

Well now I am in part 2. I now need to go on in Wednesday to get a sedative filling which will apparently tell the new dentist weather or not I need a root canal. If I don’t then step 3 is an onlay on my molar.

So all in all, I still don’t like dentists but I am happy I am getting things taken care of and I am happy with how things are going so far.

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It’s been 9 Years and 134 Days since…

Apr 19

Posted by ChiliFrei64 in Events, Rants

We were coming back from the Frei family Christmas party in Frankenmuth, Michigan. It was December 7th 1997, this was the last time I have heard from the person formerly known as “Dad” There have been times where there was “contact” since then.
When I was 16 I saw him on the corner of Gratiot and 16 mile road. I pulled up next to him in my car. I glanced over and I recognized him. He looked over and looked back at the road. I don’t know if recognized me or not, it didn’t seem like it.
When I was 22 years old, I received an email from him to tell me that a childhood friends mother had passed away. It was a 2 liner. Nothing more than this happed and this is when the funeral is. I replied to his email to say thank you for letting me know, I hoped things were going well. I guess I was kinda of expecting/wanting a reply.
I received one today, in the form of a phone call to my house, which I was not home to answer(He actually called yesterday and today, both while I was at work, but I don’t ever check my voice mails on my home phone.)
When I walked in the door of my beautiful house after coming home from my great job, to see my wonderful wife and perfect kitty, and a full dish of lasagna for my eating as I walked in. Jackie told me she loved me and wanted me to listen to a couple of voice mails.
After I listened to them, I pretended like I didn’t hear them because I was mad, but I didn’t delete them because I was sad. After nearly 9 1/3 of a year he had finally done what I had always wanted him to do. Reach out.
Right now my mind is in shambles. I didn’t expect to have to deal with this for another 10 years or so.
I have contacted my brothers and sisters, mother, friends and now I am putting it out there on the World Wide Frickin Web because that is just what I do. This is my release. A blog is kind of like a diary anyways. I have always put everything up here whenever something important has happened in my life. This happens to be one of those times.
Right now I don’t know what to do. My life is great. Everything has worked out perfectly for me. Why would I want to change anything. What does he even want anyways. I don’t know and I don’t know when/if I am going to know. I think I want to call.. I just don’t know if I am ready……….

I just don’t know.

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Only in Michigan

Apr 4

Posted by ChiliFrei64 in General, Rants

OK, seriously.. only in Michigan can I get a sunburn on Monday and have snow in my front yard by Wednesday. Seriously.. Only in Michigan.. Seriously…

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Why can’t everyone just drive how you are supposed to

Apr 5

Posted by ChiliFrei64 in General, Rants

Why is it that everybody on the road must be such dick heads. What I am talking about is I will be driving down Hall Road and I will need to merge.. I will put on my blinker.. and what does the person in the other lane I am merging into do.. THEY SPEED UP so I cannot get over.. here is my question… WHY? What did that just accomplish.. Because they sped, I still got over and cut them off, then they tailgated me. OK, if I can’t see the headlights of a friggin truck when I am in my puney car… there are some problems.. so how does that make me feel.. I get worried.. so I slow my car down to about 35mph, then this guy has to start yelling at me cause I am going soo slow.. well if he didn’t speed up I would not of had to cut him off and if he didn’t tailgate me then I wouldnt go really really slow and then this guy would not of blown a blood vessel in his head while yelling at me.

Now I understand I am partially to blame for this.. but could you imagine a drive to work where when you put on your blinker.. someone let you over, or at a 4 way stop and it was your turn.. that you could just go. Or how much faster the express way would go if people wouldnt ride the person in front of them so close that nothing can come between them and the car in front of them.. Why cant people just relax. I think I have found the reason.. I ran a little experiment the other day.. Day 1.. I didnt use my blinker, cut people off, didnt let anyone get infront of me, and flipped off everyone that attempted to get in front of me.. Day 2 I let everybody in.. blinker or not, kept my 4 second distance between me and the car infront of me and randomly waived to people as they were passing me. Then end result.. I ended up at work 2 min later on day 2.. So it does save you time.. the only thing was on day 1 I was 2 min earlier but I felt like ripping everyones heads off.. on day 2.. I was clam, plesant and happy. Could you imagine how much nicer things would be if everyone just followed the traffic laws?……….

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