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Concert

Ok, so here is the link to my review of the concert. Sorry it's even later than anticipated. I guess better late than never. Click Here.

A Lot To Say

We have a big show tonight so I'll get right into it.

First, the Dave Matthews Band concert that I went to last Tuesday. In as few words as possible, it was great! I want to talk about each song so I put it onto it's own page. I am running out of time so I will post the link tomorrow. Sorry for the wait.

Next, on Saturday I went over to a friends house from work and we played Pictionary. I had a really good time but I again learned that I can't draw worth beans. There was another co-worker there with her husband and I think we all had fun. I hope we can all get together again to do that.

Then on Sunday I saw Spider-Man 2. It was a great show. I think it was as good if not better than the first one. They focused more on the romance story line between Peter and MJ on this one, but they did not lack on great fight scenes. I don't want to give too much away but spidey fights Doc Octopus a few times and they are great fights. The story was really good, it kept me wondering what was coming next and it leads into the next installment. I, for one, cannot wait.

One of the local radio stations in the area is giving away round trip tickets, hotel room, and VIP tickets to see Dave Matthews Band in San Fran this September. I keep listening to see if I can try to win. That would be great to go to the other coast and see DMB. The radio station actually announced that they were giving away tickets to this show before the official DMB website announced the show. Kinda cool.

Ok, there will be another big post coming up because first this Friday I am going over to another friends house from work, and then on Saturday I am going to a graduation party. So I should have a lot to talk about.

"Nine planets round the sun
Only one does the sun embrace
Upon this watered one
So much we take for granted
So let us sleep outside tonight
Lay down in our mother's arms
For here we can rest safely "
--Dave Matthews Band - One Sweet World

DAN

7/13/04

So on Tuesday Night I went to see Dave Matthews Band Live at Darien Lake with a friend of mine. They were great. I won't go into my review just yet, I really don't have time right now but I will post the set list.

Intro (fade into next song)
Don't Drink the Water
Don't Burn the Pig
One Sweet World
Intro (fade into next song)
New Song #3
Bass Intro (fade into next song)
Crush
Song That Jane Likes
New Song #4
Too Much
Recently
Interlude
Rhyme & Reason
Hmm ? (New)
The Space Between
New Song #1
Warehouse
What Would You Say
[Tease]
New Song #2
Ants Marching

Encore:
Tripping Billies

DAN

PIG

Don't Burn the Day Away

DAN

Deet

Think back, a few years ago, before anyone knew what the West Nile Virus was....~~Dream Sequence~~....People were trying to get that insect repellent off the market. Why? Because they were saying how unsafe Deet is. They were telling us to use items that had the least amount of Deet possible....~~End Dream Sequence~~...Now, in a world afraid of West Nile, Deet is everyone's best friend. You don't hear anyone saying anything bad about Deet. Why? Because it works so well to repel mosquitoes. Even the Governments CDC website tells us to "use repellent with DEET when spending time outdoors."

Now, I'm not trying to say anything bad about Deet or downplay what the West Nile Virus could do, I'm just making an observation about how things can be changed.

Do I use Deet? Yes, I do when I am outdoors where there are a lot of mosquitoes. Do I feel it's safe? I do when used properly. Why believe me though, Here is what the CDC answers to whether it is safe or not:

"Yes, products containing DEET are very safe when used according to the directions. The regulation of substances such as DEET is determined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Because DEET is so widely used, a great deal of testing has been done. When manufacturers seek registration with the EPA, laboratory testing regarding both short-term and long-term health effects must be carried out. Over the long history of DEET use, very few confirmed incidents of toxic reactions to DEET have occurred when the product is used properly. To read more information about DEET safety see the National Pesticide Information Center [NPIC], EPA re-registration eligibility decision fact sheet (npic.orst.edu/factsheets/DEETgen.pdf ) and the EPA Re-registration eligibility decision (R.E.D.) fact sheet."

What is Deet? Well, first off, Deet is N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide. It is actually a product made by one company, Morflex, Inc. They make all the Deet you find in anything. It was actually developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1946. It is a very efficient and long lasting bug repellent. Not just mosquitoes but many bugs. When at the store pick your favorite product that contains Deet and then pick the highest concentration of it. The more Deet, the longer it will last, and the less amount of times you will have to re-apply. For more information about Deet, go to www.deet.com, CDC Insect Repellent Use and Safety at www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/insect_repellent.htm, and Deet Online at www.deetonline.org

What is West Nile Virus? Well, what everyone's afraid of is fatal encephalitis or inflammation of the brain. That doesn't sound like fun to me. Most people don't even show any symptoms of having West Nile though. But if you do, try looking for things like fever, headache, body aches, and maybe swollen lymph glands. For a full list go to CDC's Symptoms of West Nile Virus at www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/qa/symptoms.htm. Most cases aren't all that serious but if you think you might have West Nile or what they call West Nile Fever then see your doctor as soon as possible and they will tell you what to do. For more information about West Nile, go to the CDC West Nile Virus Homepage at www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/westnile/.

Now, I have just gone over a few of the major points about Deet and West Nile Virus. Please check out the sites I listed or do a search yourself for more complete information.

Well, I guess we've seen the end of the war against Deet. At least for now and while West Nile is still a threat.

DAN

Croquet

Ok, ok, so it's called Croquet. I knew Polo was with horses and all, and aren't they similar? I don't know. If you click on the title of this post it will send you to a history of Croquet. You'd be surprised how many sites there are about Croquet. I thought, I'll find a quick website by going to Google Search and putting in Croquet. WRONG. There are a lot more than I thought. It only found 579,000 pages. only.

So, I had no idea how to play when I watched the first game but it didn't seem to hard and I picked up on it really quickly. If you want the official rules, which by the way vary from country to country, then you can click here.

People really take this game seriously. They have tournaments and everything. Now it was fun, and I might think about buying a Croquet set to play more often, but some take it too seriously. You can see this at Croquet World Online Magazine.

lesson Over,
DAN

Fourth of July Weekend

Hello,

I hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July weekend. On Saturday my sister invited me over to the their house to see the fireworks that were at the Jammers game. They were ok, a little short and a little plain but it was still fun. I got to spend some time with my family while they were at least pretending not to hate me. I meet, who I assume is, my Dad's girlfriend. My sister told me earlier in the day that he had one but he didn't introduce her as such. I was going to do the usual "nice to meet you, goodbye." etc but when she passed me she looked in the opposite direction and didn't say anything. Oh well.

On Sunday I went over to my sisters husbands Mom's house and we ate chicken and played Polo, but without the horses. Actually I think it was called something else but I don't remember what, all I remember was that I was not good at it. It was, in my own defense, my first time playing though. It was fun but ran a little long. My Dad left early, well earlier than I did.

Well, gotta work.

DAN

7/04/2004

I would just like to wish everyone a happy Fourth of July. Please be safe and have lots of fun!

DAN

Weekend

Boy it was a long weekend. I didn't go to the weekly Applebee's on Friday this week. I didn't have any money because of the aforementioned brake change. Plus I had to work on Saturday morning. Then on Saturday a few friends of mine were trying to get together to have a bon fire but one who said he was going to go said, when I called him on Saturday, said that he decided to make other plans. So we went without him. It was fun, and if anyone who was there reads this, yes I did have fun. I'm not going to go into too much detail to save the innocent, or not so innocent, but I think everyone that went with me had fun as well. I hope they did and my being there didn't bring them down. It was a long night last night, that is for sure. I didn't get home until 3:30am.

Then today my sister, brother-in-law, my father, and I went to dinner for fathers day. It was in Warren and I'm not sure of the name of the restaurant. It was very good. I had lasagna per my sisters suggestion and it was a good one. The portions were, to put it lightly, HUGE. I ate about a third of it and I was stuffed. Hey, lunch for work the next two days. I don't know if my Dad reads this or not, but if you do, happy fathers day Dad.

Oh, and earlier I washed my car. I really washed my car. I used the Mr Clean car wash thingy and it works pretty good. It does what it says it does. Well, except on my windows, but that is my fault because I have rain X on them so they bead up no matter what. Then I waxed my car. I bought, what is in my opinion, the best wax you can buy. I did the black trim. I made the tires look like they are wet, even if they are not. And I put more Rain X on the windows. Rain X is the best thing for your windows of your car. If you haven't used it in the past you have to try it. Don't bother with the off brands, go for the real thing. Now my car drives like new and looks like new. IT IS SHINY!! :) And now my Mom is going to drive it to Boston and back. I'm not real happy about that but I am a nice guy so I am letting her drive it. ONLY HER though. I just hope that it comes back the way it will leave.

Well, on to another week of work.
And remember, don't drink and drive.
If you drink, don't drive.
DD's - our modern heroes, saving lives. I should know, I am one :)

DAN

UPDATE: I just wanted to let you know that I have added the Rain-X website to my list of links on the right. Also on the main page you can look up your car to see what size wiper blades it takes. Even if you don't use Rain-X items, this can be a helpful tool. Laters.

Saturday

I got a new grill today. I bought a Weber charcoal grill. I haven't used it yet but it looks pretty good. The store that I bought it from said that assembly would cost $30! I said no way and I put it together myself. It took me a total of 8 min. It was not hard at all and definitely not worth $30.

I also got my car inspected today. I knew my brakes were bad, but I was hoping the car would pass anyway. It did not, I needed new front pads and they had to resurface the rotors, the total for everything including a oil change was $207. That took a very big chunk out of my paycheck.

Went to a steak cook out today with my Mom and her boyfriend. It was stupid. They started the grill just as everyone got there so everyone started putting their steak on (you had to cook your own, which I prefer) when the grill was still way too cool to cook right. Then the steaks were still mostly frozen. How about you thaw the steaks before you try cooking them? So everyone cooked their steaks, which took way too long, they ate the steaks and barely talked and then just left. Nothing else to do or anything. Free steak is good, but kinda pointless. It was cold too, but that was a surprise.

I rented Scary Movie 3 today and it was very funny. The best one yet. The little kid just couldn't keep safe. If you haven't seen it yet, go and rent it.

So when I went up to check my e-mail etc online I turned on my TV Comedy Central and what comes on but none other than The South Park movie, bigger, longer, uncut. Now, what surprised me was that it was still uncut. EVERYTHING was left in. All the swearing and crude language, all the cartoon nudity like the seen with Kenny going up to heaven and the Saddam seen. I have to say that I was very surprised they actually played it on TV without a change. I'm not complaining just surprised, especially after all the threats from the FCC for indecentcy. Yes, I did watch the whole movie, I haven't seen it since I saw it in the theatre.

Ok, that's too much for one post. Catch ya...

DAN

Asparagus

I Cuss,

You Cuss,

We All Cuss For Asparagus!


DAN

WMD

Ok, I won't do this often but I am going to post an e-mail forward that I received because I liked it so much. Here it is:

Ok, I just got this and I thought "Oh what could it actually say?" It
is one of the funniest e-mails I've been sent in a long time. You
HAVE to try this!!!!

Dan Paterniti
Try this soon, before someone forces Google to fix its site

1) Go to www.Google.com

2) Type in -- weapons of mass destruction--(DON'T hit return)

3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, NOT the "Google search"

4) Read the "error message" carefully -- the
WHOLE page. Someone at Google really has a sense of humor.

Nothin'

Hello,

Not much to say today. I finally got a comment about the new look. I do plan on posting a pic of me, no not to scare you away. When I have some more time I will make some comments on some of the articles in Scientific American magazine. There has been some interesting things in there and I would like to put my thoughts out there as well. Other than that I don't really have much to say. Things are still going well at work.

Crash,
DAN

Wow

I am a little surprised that no one has left a single comment for me about the new design. It's actually hard to tell if anyone has even been here since I've been hitting the site to look for comments. Oh well, I guess I do this for myself.

I had to work today. It wasn't so bad, it was really slow. My dept. had a total of one call incoming today. I got paid time and a half plus I get a day off paid next week. Plus it rained most of the day today. So I don't have anything to complain about.

I'm off to find something else to do.

DAN

P.S. to those who I went out with last night, in case you read this, I had a good time, we all should hang out more often.

Walking

So I went for a walk today. Boy do I need to do that more often. I went to where I used to walk when I needed to think. All I thought about this time was nature and outer space. No, not inside my head! :P I walked for over an hour and it felt really good. The last time I walked I lost about 15 pounds so I want to try to do that again, I need to lose more than 15 pounds though. If I start eating better and walking then I think I can do it. I don't need no stinking low carb diet!

Alright, that's all for tonight

DAN

Alias Season Finale

Well, Season 3 of Alias has come to an end. It sure was an action packed episode. --If you haven't seen it yet and don't want to spoil it then don't read the rest of this post.-- First the commercials make you think that Sidney betrays the CIA, but in fact it was the blonde chick in disguise. Later Vaughn goes to kill the blonde chick and he ends up getting stabbed in the back literally. Then Sidney goes to get her for doing that to Vaughn and her Aunt almost kills her but Sidney out smarts her. Sidney and the blonde chick get into a fight and Sidney almost gets killed but Vaughn saves the day and kills his wife. I was kinda hoping the blonde chick would stick around for another season because you loved to hate her. Plus she was very pretty. But she's dead, or at least they are making us think she is. They have done this before. But when she was getting shot for the 14th and 15th times in the face and chest she tell Sydney to look for something. Sydney goes into some sort of vault, she looks like she might be in an alias disguise and she looks at some black CIA papers that she has to look at with a black light. They show some sort of project that involves her and it was undersigned by her Dad. Somehow he is there and while she is balling he says that she was never supposed to see those papers. And that is how they end season 3. Now I left some stuff out because I am doing this a few hours after the fact and this is just supposed to be a summary, but it was a good show with a "what do they say" ending. It really makes you anxious to see the first show of next season. I really hope the show doesn't just end there. That just wouldn't be good. To all you other Alias fans out there, make sure you go out and buy the season 3 DVD set, out in September and make sure you watch come fall.

DAN

New Look

Ok, here is the new look of my Blog. What do you all think? Please let me know by clicking on the comments link next to my name at the end of this post. I hope everyone likes it.

DAN

Changes

A lot is changing with this Blog. First off Blogger, the way this Blog gets to you, has revamped their look. Second, I am seriously thinking about changing the look of the Blog since it only really looks good in Netscape. I want something that will look good in both Netscape AND Internet Explorer. So keep checking back for the new look and new features including some pictures maybe.

The Alias season 3 finale is on tonight. The commercials make it look like it is going to be one Hell of a show. I will post after the show to voice my opinion about it. I haven't heard if ABC picked it up for a 4th season, but they better have. Season 3, yes this one that ends tonight, will be out on DVD in September, just in time for season 4's start. It will make a good birthday gift! hehe

Alright, I'm off to change some things around here.

DAN

Final Test

Ok, I am at work again. I was just told that I got a 90% on my test. That's really good. I got a 90% or higher on EVERY one of my test throughout training. That was my goal. The Manager here asked if I wanted to work for PNG and be hired on as a permanent employee, and of course I said yes. She handed me my employee handbook and told me I will fill out some paperwork tomorrow and my official start date will be 5/10/04. Finally a job that I like, they seem to like me, and the pays pretty good. Now if I can just get my personal life straightened out I'll be all good :)

Ok, it's lunch time so I am going to try to find something for lunch.
Eat, Drink, and be merry!
DAN