Best Dog Breakfast Ever

Posted on March 30th, 2008 in Personal Life, Pets by Justin

This morning Theresa discovered that we were plum out of dog food. I should have noticed that last evening when I fed him dinner, but I just assumed that we had more grub in another bag. We usually buy a 40lb bag of food and fill a container that hold about 20lbs when we get home. So, there’s a 50/50 chance of the food bin running dry while there’s still more food in the house.

Alas, that wasn’t the case.

So, for breakfast this morning he got a pork chop that I had cooked up on Thursday. It sat with 5 brothers in a slow cooker for about 8 hours in a mix of applesauce and cranberry sauce. They weren’t half bad, but I probably won’t make them like that again.

To round it out I threw in a can of green beans. The dog loves green beans.

I haven’t seen him eat that fast since he was a puppy!

Oddly enough, considering that I bought the pork and green beans on sale, it probably cost about as much as the old premium dog food we used to feed him. Seriously, the stuff was about $45 for a 40lb bag.

I Love Halo

Posted on March 30th, 2008 in Personal Life, Tech by Justin

So, I went out and bought my first XBox ever this weekend. I’ve played hours of Halo 2 and 3 on other folk’s systems, but never actually owned my own. Heck, I’ve had my own XBox Live account for some time now without my own XBox.

I’m honestly not that big into games* but Halo is hours of fun. I’ve got it wired into a 720p 37″ LCD mounted on my living room wall and it’s amazing how clear the graphics are. I stopped nerding out about graphics capabilities when I was, oh, 16, but this is stunning.

I think part of the reason I’m finally noticing this is because one of my Wii habits has transitioned over to playing the 360. I stand when I play, or sit in a chair directly in front of the TV only 4 feet back.

I’ve wanted a 360 for some time now but couldn’t really justify spending the money on it just for Halo 3 and the upcoming GTA IV release. That was until I got a letter from the Michigan Department of Treasury. Seems that the state of Michigan owned me a bit of money (not sure why) and I had forgotten to a cash an old paycheck from GVSU when I worked for them as a student employee. So, I got a letter from the Michigan Department of Treasury a while back letting me know all this. Boom, there’s a check for just about what the 360 costs.

*: Theresa laughs when I say this. The closet in our nursery is currently full of old crap that I own. A PS1, PS2, Dreamcast, N64, Color Gameboy, and a Gamecube. The living room has a Wii and now the 360 in it.