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Fun in Rural America

cliffwynne — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:59:11 +0000

Ahh I forgot the joy of living in a rural area and by joy, I mean ignorance of some people. So driving home from work yesterday down my usual route, Mr. Sheriff gets behind me. I’m going the speed limit if not a few mph slower. Make my right turn and of course he is turning with me, mind you he has been behind me for about 3 miles now, on comes the lights. I’m thinking to myself WTF, so I pull over out he gets and he goes sir did you just purchase this car because the plates arent matching. Mind you all we’ve had this car for two months now and just received in the mail from the STATE of Illinois our new sticker and registration for the van. So I’m thinking to myself how in the hell is it not in your system.

Anyway pass him my license, registration, and insurance which are all current. He apologizes but at the same time compares the registration to the vin number for the van like I’m still full of sh!t. Mind you the car we had before this one was a Ford Freestyle so no way could the registration for a Quest be the same thing. So he gives me, my insurance and registration back and then goes well let me run your license and then you can go. WTH so you couldnt catch me up on insurance and registration now you have to make sure I’m super duper clean. Tell the truth thats what you really wanted to do in the first place dont sit there and lie straight to my face. So yesterday I had another case of DWB – and for all my non urban speaking friends that stands for Driving While Black . We now return you to my usual happy self.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20

cliffwynne — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:57:00 +0000

"AND IF I SEE U IN THE STREETS…IM SLAPPIN U" #
Good Morning Twitterville… #
Looks like its going to be a nice non rainy day here in the Midwest lets keep it dry for a few days pls, God… #
@qianabb @Brownskin_Lady @kjhinshaw Good Morning Ladies… in reply to qianabb #
@in10seitty morning looks like I got punked rainclouds have appeared in reply to in10seitty #
@in10seitty it wont reach you guys anytime soon …damn east coasters… in reply to in10seitty #
I just entered the Cheap Ass Gamer Xbox 360 Slim giveaway! @videogamedeals http://ow.ly/1YvLF #
customers reported problems with the online ordering process prevented them from reserving or placing an order for the new gadget. hahaha #
who calling @kjhinshaw bitter??? #
@fuckYAtweets I was about to say nothing ever struck me as @kjinshaw being bitter toward men, she just bitter toward BS like most of us in reply to fuckYAtweets #
patiently waits for the new #BuglessBeast by @PeterAlfonso #
quote of the day from #Sony "gaming is having a ridiculous size tv in a small apt" #
@kjhinshaw why are they advertising that its not like its a new sale??? Large drinks have been a $1 for a good while now in reply to kjhinshaw #
wow #ATT is having a horrible day with the preorders, releasing people's private info, taking orders with pen and paper…. #
hope you #iphone4 people get your orders in because #att is a big ol fail today #
RT @TatiStayzHigh: IF YO GIRL GOT #TITTYTUESDAY PICS OF HERSELF ON TWITTER, THATS COMMUNITY PUSSY! #
@harper I was lucky enough to be in the swype tests so yes I've tried swype and use it daily over the android keyboard. in reply to harper #
@in10seitty whaaa happened…. in reply to in10seitty #
@harper stop sending people into irc usob #
@in10seitty definitely first year of marriage….lol in reply to in10seitty #
Good Morning Twitterville!!! #

Android 2.1 officially announced for droid

cliffwynne — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:58:42 +0000

Engadget has an article on the 2.1 OTA announcement for the droid snippet:

We’ve just gotten the inside line on the next Droid update that’s making the rounds through Verizon’s testing department from one of our trusted sources, and overall, it looks like this should take users 95 percent of the way to curing pangs of Nexus One envy. Here’s what we’ve got:

More here

Motorola Devour Announced

cliffwynne — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:16:42 +0000

Yesterday Verizon announced the Motorola Devour the next in line of android based phones by Motorola. Devour by Motorola displays a 3.1 inch capacitive touchscreen with a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. The smartphone supports Bluetooth profiles such as A2DP, HID, HSP, HFP, AVRCP and GAP. Devour comes with a 8gb sd card preinstalled, still no word on pricing from Verizon. This will be the first droid device on Verizon wireless to sport the MotoBlur delivery service.

Whats interesting is that this phone will be running Android 1.6 not 2.0 or 2.1. My thinking is that Motorola and Verizon wanted to create a mini droid with a slightly older OS. I’m sure there will be OTA updates available in the future to bring the Devour to 2.1+ land.

Wow!!

cliffwynne — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:24:45 +0000

Well tomorrow I’ll be turning 37, happens once in a lifetime. Even more amazing that as a Black American male growing up in Chicago that I actually made it to 37 without going to jail, slinging drugs, joining a gang or any of the other challenges you face growing up in an urban area.

For that can thank my parents who were strict but kept me in line and my friends Jamal, Nate, Joff, Al, Chauncey and David, who kept me more grounded than anyone. Imagine I’ve known most of those guys for over 20 years and I consider them my brothers and would easily go to bat for any of them. I can also thank my wife and children for supporting us and helping me keep us all together even when I wasnt acting. I love you Tanya, Cammeron, Christina, Quinera and Aaron, no that wasnt in any certain order . Last but not least is my savior who even when I’m lost is there even if I don’t know it.

As I write this, my family and I are at a crossroads, the last year has been very hard on us. Moving 3 times and now possibly having to move again because of circumstances beyond our control. It’s literally tearing us apart on the inside but we are fighting to keep ourselves together. Not only is it hard on Tanya and I but I know it hits the kids even worst. Especially Cammeron who is going through a big transition from teenager to young adult and I can tell you thats not easy at all.

I’m sure we will get through this bump and be all the better for it but from the inside looking out all we see is a dark dark tunnel leading to just more letdowns.

I’m not writing this for anyone to feel sorry for us. I’m just putting words in a blog because I can’t scream. Enough feeling sorry for ourselves though we need to move on past this no matter how hard its going to be. Hey I’ve survived another year to see my children blossom before me that alone is worth the trials and tribulations of this mortal coil.

Lastly I want to welcome Samirah to our family and I say our family cause thats just what it is. Though your fiancee and I arent related by blood but we have a bond that transcends all.

Love to all both friends and enemies and God Bless.

Spring is here

cliffwynne — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:20:18 +0000

So nice to finally be able to go outside 50% of the time and not dread the thought of the weather waiting for you. I’ve always been a warm weather child, guess that is kinda messed up considering that for 90% of my life, I’ve lived in the midwest which has honestly only 3 seasons: Summer, Winter and Construction.

With spring comes spring cleaning and with the new house that means tons of leaves as the builders and previous owners decided it would rock to plant 21 trees and bushes around the house. I mean who cares its just going to create a TON of stuff to clean up come spring .

I jest though, I’m just happy to be to enjoy the good weather again and hopefully the end of the white stuff that makes driving so difficult in small midwest towns.

Congratulations

cliffwynne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:55:44 +0000

Congratulations to my friend Mike and his lovely wife Jen on the birth of their twins. Unfortunately for the twins they are related to Mike.

Pictures….

Twin’d

‘Bout damn time

cliffwynne — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:56:48 +0000

Well its finally bloody well over. Graduation has finally come and gone and I’m officially a college graduate with all the perks and debts that come with it. Here are some pictures from the ceremony: Pretty Pictures and jezz I’m chunky .

Start of a new beginning

cliffwynne — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:08:47 +0000

This was originally written on May 2nd, I just never got around to posting it so here it is:

Today, marks the last day that I will be at my current company. As many of you know I am moving on to another company. It was a hard decision to come to but my wife and I decided it was best for our family and thats what truly counts. I’ve made a lot of friends here and I hate having to leave but I have to do whats best for my family and right now moving to Atlanta is just not an option.

I’m both anxious and afraid about moving on from here, and like anything in life there will be challenges but we all have to adapt to change if we are going to make it through this crazy mixed up world.

To all my friends at McKesson, I wish you good luck and fortune on any of your future endeavors.

Kids these days

cliffwynne — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:14:26 +0000

Kids these days I tell you. They try to do sooo much to fit in with other people, just cant be happy being themselves. I suppose you all are wondering wtf I’m talking about…I think two pictures can explain them all.
Hair Do
Hair Do2

I just cant make this shit up.