Drew's Blog: March 2004

Drew's Blog: March 2004 This blog is the personal web log of Drew Hevle.

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Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Sunday, March 21, 2004 Drove back to Houston. Very tired, very very tired. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Saturday, March 20, 2004 We partied all day, seeing cool bands like Carbon Leaf from Richmond, VA, and Two Hoots and a Holler from Austin. We lucked into the coolest after-party at SXSW, the Spin Magazine party, and bumped shoulders with David Cross and watched bands like Kelly Osbourne. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Friday, March 19, 2004 We went to my friend Kevin Kerner's 40th birthday celebration at Carmelo's Italian Restaurant. It was a big surprise party, with about 50 guests, a band, and a great big cake. Later we went to see a couple of bands, including Fastball, Kelly Willis, and the Posies. Rockin'! Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Thursday, March 18, 2004 Drove to Austin with my friend Mike Ruocco and his friend Robbie, both from San Diego. We ended up stopping in several bars along the way, then on to Sixth Street for South by Southwest, the biggest music festival in the world, with over 1100 bands playing at 52 different venues. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Wednesday, March 17, 2004 I'm special!!!! Yaaaaay!!! Late. posted by Drew at 12:49 PM Tuesday, March 16, 2004 This morning I received my 1,000th piece of chinese spam. I registered hevle.net in October, 2001 because hevle.com was already taken. It was registered to a Chinese company's home. What’s weird is that the company name is Guangxi Havle Foodstuffs Co Ltd (China). I guess with a phonetic language spelling isn’t that important. Then hevle.com became available near the end of 2002, and I registered it as well. Now I get all kinds of Chinese spam. I'm not sure what to do with both domains, but I think I’ll use hevle.com as my home page, and put other links on hevle.net. On 1/6/04 I stopped hosting the hevle.net site, but I still have the domain name. Late. posted by Drew at 9:25 AM \| 0 comments Sunday, March 14, 2004 The Complete Military History of France - Gallic Wars - Lost. In a war whose ending foreshadows the next 2000 years of French history, France is conquered by of all things, an Italian. - Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." -Italian Wars - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians. - Wars of Religion - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots - Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her. - War of Devolution - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux. -The Dutch War - Tied -War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power. -War of the Spanish Succession - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since. - American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting." - French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French. - The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer. - The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night. - World War I - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline. -World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song. - War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness, take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu - Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux. - War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador, fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's. The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?", but rather "How long until France collapses?" "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage." -Donald Rumsfeld Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Saturday, March 13, 2004 Went to a little party in the village, ran into some old friends. Late. posted by Drew at 9:27 PM \| 0 comments Friday, March 12, 2004 Countries I've visited. Red means I've been there, gray means I haven't. create your own visited country map Late. posted by Drew at 3:27 PM \| 0 comments Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Boring day, I can't seem to focus. Lots to do but I get sidetracked easily. Late. posted by Drew at 2:09 PM \| 0 comments Tuesday, March 09, 2004 Did some work on the site, updated the picture on the front page and cleaned up a couple of quirks. Although it's hard to see the difference in pictures, they look the same, it's hard to tell the difference in the mountains, and I'm wearing the same ski gear every year. Next year: all new ski gear. It's time for a change, and I know enough now to get better stuff. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Monday, March 08, 2004 Back in the salt mines. Very hard after a weekend in New Orleans. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Sunday, March 07, 2004 Wow. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Saturday, March 06, 2004 Met Rick and his oldest boy Callum in New Orleans for lunch, it was nice because Callum just had his 9th birthday, and Rick just had his 39th. They went back to Covington, and now we're going out on the town. Late. posted by Drew at 8:00 PM \| 0 comments Friday, March 05, 2004 Going to New Orleans to meet my friend Mike. He's coming in from San Diego for business. I'm driving, it's about five hours from Houston. I'll get in around 6:30, ready for serious partying. Late. posted by Drew at 10:00 AM \| 0 comments Thursday, March 04, 2004 Well, it's been a while. Here is a map with all the states I've visited (driving through doesn't count, you have to spend the night at least). Red means I've been there, gray means I haven't. create your own personalized map of the USA or write about it on the open travel guide UPDATE: Here's a map as of 5/20/2005. I knocked off a couple over the last year. create your own personalized map of the USA or check out ourCalifornia travel guide Late. posted by Drew at 10:10 AM Wednesday, March 03, 2004 Check out my name using naked people: Late. posted by Drew at 1:23 PM Tuesday, March 02, 2004 I have always wanted to take a vacation by myself. I have been curious about what you would do, could I stand the solitude, etc. Some things I thought about doing: Hiking - going somewhere where you wouldn't see anyone else for a couple of days, no human contact whatsoever. Drive across America - taking a long car trip, even though we did this every summer as a kid. Going somewhere I've never been (see Wednesday's post) like New England or Washington DC. Foreign country - this is interesting because you would be more isolated than somewhere in the States, especially if it is a non-English speaking country. First choices would be Asia and Europe, although Antarctica is one of my ultimate goals. Mexico would be an inexpensive compromise. I think I'm going to try to go in April. Late. posted by Drew at 8:53 AM \| 0 comments Monday, March 01, 2004 Well, this week I'm teaching a class out at NACE International headquarters (sounds like some kind of evil spy ring, huh?) I haven't been in the office since January. My inbox is going to be overflowing. Here's a picture of my inbox after two weeks out of the office, early last year. 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