March Madness 2010

March Madness 2010 bracket

March Madness on DrewGriffin.com is ready for your participation.  CHECK THE STANDINGS HERE! … [Read more...]

Our Wedding

Married, January 30, 2010

DeeDee and I decided long ago that a traditional wedding was not the approach we wanted to take. We both agreed that Chantel and Mike's (my sister and her husband) wedding was more to our liking. Chantel and Mike got married at Circles Bistro in South Tampa. A friend married them. The food was excellent and the cake was from Wright's Gourmet in South Tampa. Like Chantel and Mike, we decided to check out some restaurants that we enjoy including Gino's, Tio Pepe in Clearwater, the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor and a few others. We decided on Chateau France in downtown St. Petersburg. Our guests arrived at … [Read more...]

Are you still using Internet Explorer? Seriously?

Browser Benchmarks

A few months back, I was speaking with my friend, Ken.  We were discussing a problem that he had on his home computer with regard to the speed of his internet.  So, I put my tech support hat on and started asking him some questions.   After a few basic questions, I asked if he had tried to use a different browser while surfing the 'net.  He told me that he had not.  The next few minutes was the painfully slow process of navigating to the Firefox website and then downloading and installing Mozilla Firefox.  As soon as the installation had completed, Ken started up his new Firefox browser and voila!  His … [Read more...]

NFL Pool 2009

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I bet you think I forgot about the NFL Pool this year. While it is true that I have had other things on my mind (moving to a new home, selling my other, Jack getting ready for the first grade, trying to figure out a date to get married, etc.), I have been set aside enough energy to defend my title for the 2009 NFL Season. It starts again tonight at 8:30 p.m. with Tennessee traveling to Pittsburgh to play the Super Bowl Champs. The rules are simple. 1. All players must complete the pick sheet prior to the opening kickoff for the week. (for this week it is tonight at 8:30.) 2. No partial sheets will be … [Read more...]