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30 Days About Me. Day 30: Future Dreams

August 31, 2011 by robertforto 2 Comments

I am participating in a blog challenge this month. It is 30 Days about Me from a Daily Dose of Toni

“You don’t have life if you don’t have a dream. You have to have something to aim for.” ~Morgan Freeman

This is it folks. The last day of the challenge. I feel that I know a little bit about the bloggers that have participated and I want to thank every one of you for sharing. It has been a great exercise for not only me to get my butt in a chair and write every day but also learn so many things about other bloggers and what they have going on in their neck of the woods.

While I know I was the only guy participating I hope that my posts at least brought a smile every once in a while with my off-collar sarcastic humor and the way that I think outside the icebox up here in the Great White North.

I will continue to follow all of your blogs and continue reading your posts. I hope you will do the same. Thank you all for your comments over the last month.

It has been fun.

For the topic today it is: a dream for the future beyond the next year.

That is simple. It can be summed up in just one sentence

Follow Team Ineka on the trail as we chase our dream towards Nome!

If there is ever another challenge let me know, as I would love to participate.

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30 Days About Me. Day 28: Whats in your Backpack?

August 29, 2011 by robertforto 5 Comments

I am partipating in a blog challenge this month. It is 30 Days About Me from the blog a Daily Dose of Toni.

We are nearing the end. We are on Day 28. Today is what is in your backpack.

I have said it over and over again that I am the only guy that is participating in this challenge, in fact the topic today is what is in your purse. While I love the Seinfeld episode where he carries around a european handbag I am sad to say that I do not!

In my backpack–its actually a Timbuk2 computer bag I have the following:

an old 2 GB flash drive with documents on it that I didn’t even know I still had
an extra pair of Bose in-ear headphones. The best!
an extra iPhone cord. You know, the white ones that everyone has a million of
a little boom microphone for when I do my radio show on the road
a pack of gum
the lens cap to my camera
a wireless USB mouse
six postage stamps
an old card from my sweetie, Michele
a dime
and a pair of Godsmack concert tickets for September 6th. I can not wait!

Whats in your handbag, pocketbook, change purse, fold over, wallet, back pack, briefcase, attaché, or man purse?

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30 Days About Me. Day 25: Best Friends

August 26, 2011 by robertforto 2 Comments

I am participating in a blog challenge this month. It is 30 Days About Me from the blog a Daily Dose of Toni.

Today’s topic is who are your best friends?

My best friends in the whole wide world are the 4710 Facebook friends I have. That’s right all 4710 of them. I can’t have any more best friends because Mark said so. Mark isn’t even my friend. But hey he makes the rules. Don’t you hate bullies?

Facebook has a policy that you can not have more than 5000 friends (and/or page likes). They say that a person can not possibly know that many people. Duh! Way back before Facebook Pages were the big thing for businesses, blogs, celebrities, brands and bands everyone just used their used plain ole’ Facebook account to gain followers/friends. This was may back in the stone ages. 2009 to be exact.

Now when I try to add friends and/or pages that I like I will get a pop-up message that says that I need to delete some friends or pages before I can accept new one because my limit has been reached.

It takes effort to un-friend someone. Plus it’s just plain rude.

Think about it folks. Why do some people take such a deliberate and conscious effort to un-friend someone that they probably don’t even know? Did they say something that you didn’t like. Do they post too much? Did you disagree (oh, forbid) on a post and you got so upset that you hit that un-friend link on the bottom left?

Come on guys! Don’t take life so serious. Facebook is meant to be engaging and thought provoking (at least to me). It is the speak easy club of the 1930s, the sit in of the 1960s, the AOL chat room of the late 1990s.

So what do you use it for? Sending people like me Farmville, Mafia Wars and Cityville requests? I get a bunch of them every day. I am not interested!

Or are you one of those that keeps your Facebook account only for family and ‘real’ friends and you connect socially on obscure accounts like Path, Meetup, My Yearbook, Orkut and Hyves.

I got news for you people, none of your friends–real, imagined, or virtual–are on any of those sites. Just look at MySpace.

So if you want to be my BFF or heck even just connect with me I will have to kick someone to the curb. How would you feel if that happened to you? I know, I know, it brings back painful memories of high school where the popular guys and gals didn’t want to include you in the gum chewing session by their lockers or worse yet you were the last guy to be picked for a game of kick ball.

But I think we should go back to a more simpler time. Way back to the era of one, Mister Rogers. That’s right good ole’ Fred. Sportin’ his cardigan and changin’ his shoes.

At least he wanted to be your neighbor. And if you didn’t want to he even begged.

Those were the good ole days.

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30 Days About Me. Day 22: Favorite Websites

August 23, 2011 by robertforto 4 Comments

I am participating in a blog challenge this month. It is called 30 Days About Me.. It is presented by the blog a Daily Dose of Toni.

Today’s topic is some of my favorite websites.

I have a lot of websites and apps that I use everyday. Some for work and some for pleasure but all of them make life a little easier.

In no particular order they are:

Iditarod Sled Dog Race

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30 Days About Me. Day 21: Recipe that I Love

August 22, 2011 by robertforto 4 Comments

This month I am participating in a blog challenge. It is 30 Days About Me from the blog a Daily Dose of Toni.

Today’s topic is a recipe I love.

Over the past year or so I have been forced to spent more time in the kitchen. This is because the worlds have collided on several fronts and some of them are out of my control.

As many of you know I am in Alaska and my wife, Michele is still in Colorado waiting to move up in September. Also I live 45 minutes from the nearest fast food haunts that are named after a colorful set of characters: Ronald, the King, Carl, Wendy, the Colonel, and the Queen.

Not to mention the cost of a burger at a sit down joint up here will set you back 20 bucks with a modest tip.

So with that I have learned, rather quickly, to become quite adept in the kitchen, I even showcase some of my creations on my blog under the title: Recipe Rants. But my favorite recipes is not one of my own it is one of Michele’s.

Rigatoni

From the kitchen of Michele

Prep time: 25 minutes

Servings: 6 to 8

Ingredients

2 lbs ground beef

3 jars of spaghetti sauce, any kind

1 medium yellow onion

2 minced cloves of garlic

1 Tbsp oregano

1 Tbsp thyme

Salt and pepper to taste

1 lb Rigatoni noodles

1 lb shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese combined

Add in’s (optional)

Olives

Peppers

Mushrooms

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown ground beef adding onion, garlic, and other seasonings to lightly oiled pan. I use olive oil. Once browned, drain completely and return to stove and add sauce, taste. If necessary, add more oregano and thyme. Salt and pepper to taste.

Prepare noodles as directed. This can be done while meat is browning. Drain completely then add to a 13×19 inch baking sheet un-greased. I usually place a generous amount of sauce on the bottom of the so the noodles don’t stick. Add the cheese and mix in’s to the top.

Place in the oven and allow the cheese to melt and turn a golden brown. Serve with garlic bread, salad or veggie of your choice.

Baking time: 25-30 minutes depending on your oven. If baking frozen, allow at least 60 minutes. It is best to defrost in the refrigerator over night then pop in the oven for 30-40 minutes.

Per Serving

This feeds my family of 7 people and we still get leftovers out of it! Remember there’s two growing boys at my house!

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