Dragon Eyez Bahamas Blog

49er's Annihilate The Rams!

2009-10-05T07:04:00.000-07:00

The last few seasons of football I have not been very much into, I guess you can say that I didn't have the football bug, or maybe you can say that I did have the bug; The Bah Humbug! Basically it just wasn't doing a thing for me. I looked at my family and friends around me and they were very much into it.

Why did I feel that way? I guess it was because the team that I grew up rooting for had not been preforming well. I got tired of them always loosing, not by much, but somehow they fell apart in the 4th quarter and the other team was able to put more points up on the board.

This year however has been the opposite - I have been very much into this football season. It started off seeing how the San Francisco 49er's were playing, predicting who was going to win on Game Day....and putting money on it.

The 49er's have been playing well this season. I have been so proud of them. This is the best I have seen San Francisco play since the dynasty of the 80's and 90's. Go 9er's Go! Go 9er's Go!

If you missed the game watch it here:

Follow the link below to view the 49er's Highlight reel:
http://tinyurl.com/y892e77

“We’re moving forward,” Shaun Hill said. “By no means are we where we need to be. We have a lot of tough opponents ahead, but we’ll just keep grinding and work our tails off.”

My G.I Joe Movie Review

2009-08-26T08:35:00.000-07:00

Last night I went to see 'G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra' in the cinema after my friend would not stop talking about how much he wanted to watch this movie.

After ordering popcorn and a soda we found a place in the theater and sat down expecting to see an action packed movie...and it was. If you are looking for an action movie then this is for you! There's so much action in this movie that there is action within action!

The story line was pretty good, though I did not know what was happening in the beginning of the movie - There was just too many character's been introduced too fast with their story amidst the action.

The ideas were far fetched and at times it felt like I was watching some sort of parity of Star Wars especially during the battle under the ice.

All in all 'G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra' was an entertaining movie filled with action sequences, computer graphics, and Love Interests. I would only recommend this if you are an action freak.

I give this G.I Joe movie a 6 out of 10.

Worst Fishing Day Ever?

2009-08-23T18:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday at seven o'clock in the morning I joined Ian "Still Green" and my brother on a Tuna fishing excursion to Andros. It took us about an hours time to reach our destination. Andros Island, which is located to the left of New Providence Island, is the largest island in The Bahamas.

Thanks for that little information. Great!

Anyway, after reaching our destination we rigged up and dropped our lines. After waiting for a while the line is taken and we fight to bring in the fish. We notice that it's a shark - Great; nice way to start it off. We cut the line and drop new ones again. Nothing bites. "Where are the fishes?"

"Time for a beer" suggested my brother.
"Yeah!" I replied,"What time is it? It doesn't matter, cause it's beer thirty!"

We cracked our beers, said "cheers" and realized that the rest of the day might remain fish less. After remaining out in Andros and catch-and-releasing five sharks and four barracuda, we decided that enough was enough so we headed back to Nassau, New Providence.

After cruising through Nassau Harbour, we cut around to Paradise Island, anchored, and jumped into the cool inviting aquamarine waters. It was a welcomed and most deserved reward for our hard work in the blistering heat.

Worst day fishing? I don't know. It could have been a hell of a lot worse. Trust me! All in all it was a good day out, we just had a very unlucky day fishing.

"Next shark I catch - I making Shark Fin Soup!"

'Funny People' not so funny

2009-08-06T10:53:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend an idea was suggested to go to the theater to watch the movie Funny People starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen. We expected that the movie would be funny because of the starring roles and because the title of the movie "Funny People" suggests this. However this was not the case.

Funny People was the most depressing movie I've watched in years! Who thinks of this stuff?! Was it a trick to lure us into the movie theater with the hopes of a nice funny movie to relax to just so you can grab our heart, squeeze and twist it with emotions of empathy and sympathy?

I was, we all were mislead about this movie. The previews and the title speak This is a Funny comedy, but it never came close to that! Funny People is not a comedy. It is a drama with funny parts. Nothing more, nothing less.

Who should watch this? If you would like to watch a depressing movie, then this is for you. If you want to see a man get ill and hate the world, watch this movie. If you want to ponder endlessly about your own life and the shit that has happened to you, then this movie is perfect!

Otherwise, don't bother to watching Funny People. You're not missing anything, and if you did manage to watch it you'll have to quickly forget about it or you'll be lost in a dark dark room filled with your sins and the demons of a thousand torchered souls.

Take my advise, look over this one.

I give Funny People a 4 out of 10.

Worst Year Ever!

2009-07-03T07:18:00.000-07:00

Who is having the Worst Year Ever? Celebrities that's who. "Why?" Doesn't it seem that every other day you hear about another death in Hollywood? Aren't these names of people you have heard about before? There have been famous people that I looked up to that have previously passed away, like John Ritter, but nothing when so many died in a short period.

Below are some of the names that stuck out for me:

Bea Arthur (May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009)
Dom DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009)
David Carradine (December 8, 1936 – June 3, 2009)
Ed McMahon (March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)
Farrah Fawcett (February 2nd 1947 – June 25th 2009)
Michael Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
Billy Mays (July 20th 1958 - 28th June 2009)
Karl Malden (March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009)

It's Hot, Hot, Hot!

2009-06-22T23:22:00.000-07:00

A record was almost made today when the temperature in Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport hit 101 degrees for 30 seconds. In order for the temperature to be recorded it has to be constant for at least 1 minute. If it remained 101 degrees for 30 seconds more that would have made the history books!

Look here at the info the National Weather Service provides.

X-MEN Origins Wolverine a Smash!

2009-04-23T08:05:00.000-07:00

I was fortunate enough last night to go to a viewing for the upcoming X-Men Origins Wolverine movie which is to be released in cinemas 1st May 2009. Well it was not a viewing like you may be thinking with movie stars and the red carpet, it was really like watching the pre-release director's version amongst friends. And I gotta say, "It rocked!"

Since I was a little boy Wolverine has been my favourite X-Men character. He was the one I would pretend I was. He was the one I felt more alike. He was the one I looked up to in awe and he was the one who is shrouded in mystery... at least he was...

I am an avid fan of The X-Men especially Wolverine, and because of that I am able to say that this movie delivered the punch Stan Lee and MARVEL intended providing the answers to many questions the majority of the world's population had.

X-Men Origins Wolverine movie is set in the past before there were any X-Men. The movie starts when Login (Wolverine) was just a little boy and continues through his life giving the background story to his character.

When the end of the movie came I was unprepared. I did not expect the movie to end when it did. I thought that there was more to tell, and there is, it's just not in this particular movie. Perhaps there is to be an X-Men Origins: Wolverine II in the future, because as I said, the story continues on.

Apparently the next scheduled release in the X-Men Origins series is to be on Magneto.

Here are some links you might like:

The official X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) website
http://www.x-menorigins.com/

X-Men: First Class (2010)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1270798/

X-Men Origins: Magneto (2011)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499519/

By the way I will be watching X-MEN: Origins Wolverine in the Cinema on the BIG SCREEN when it opens soon. Will I see you there?

I give X-MEN Origins: Wolverine a 8 out of 10.

When is a good time to start dating after your spouse has died?

2009-02-26T23:56:00.000-08:00

I asked this question "When is a good time to start dating after your spouse has died?" on Yahoo! Answers so that I can hear what some peoples opinion are.

Click this link to read what Longhorn, tatersma1, and shortmama7j have to say in response to the question I posed.

Valentine's Day Slaughter

2009-02-16T06:49:00.000-08:00

My alarm went off at quarter past four in the morning on Valentine's Day. I had only a few hours of sleep since hitting the sheets a little bit before midnight.

Everybody who knows me, knows that I am not a morning person, but this Saturday was not ordinary. I was going on a Dolphin fishing and camping expedition to the Exuma's.

I gathered my bags that I had packed the night before, loaded them into my car and headed to the Royal Nassau Sailing Club, the location of the transport. The air was fresh and had a crisp chill to it. I knew that it would be a cold trip to the islands.

My brother and his wife arrived at the dock and we all began offloading the cars and loading the boat. I looked up to the sky and I saw the sun peeking through the dark morning clouds. We secured the luggage and headed out to sea.

About an hour later we were in the Exumas. My brother drove us to an area he had fished for dolphin before and put the boat in neutral. As the boat idled we baited up the roads and grabbed an ice cold beer.

The lines were cast as the boat moved forward. We navigated around the area in large circles so as to not cross and potentially tangle the lines. After about thirty minutes of not getting a bite I decided to let the right reel out about ten or fifteen feet more than it already was.

The line on the middle rod appeared to be moving but no sound was heard. I investigated it further by getting close. I noticed that the line was definitely moving - the clicker was not on! I realized that a fish was on the hook so I switched on the clicker and grabbed a hold of the rod. As I did my brother shouted, "Get the belt on!" My sister in-law attached the belt to me and I continued to reel the fish in. He was a fighter.

We were excited that we had hooked one. My bro and sis in-law shouted "Reel him in" as they watched me fighting with the dolphin. Then suddenly, the clicker from the rod on the left started making noise and then the right rod did so as well. We had three fish hooked at once!

I finished reeling in the dolphin I had and attached the fish-belt around my sister in-laws waist. She was holding the rod on the left and my brother had the one on the right. Their arms were winding up as much fishing line they could, as fast as they could.

After battling her fish for a few minutes and reeling it in close to the boat, the dolphin spat out the hook and swam away. "Sonofabitch!"

We were done fishing for the day so we decided that we would go to Highbourns Cay so that we could gut and clean the fish we caught. When we arrived we saw some friends of ours who were also in the area fishing for Dolphins too. They were getting ready to head back to Nassau but we convinced them to camp with us since we had tents and had had such a wonderful day so far.

We arrived at Norman's Cay and learned that there was indeed no room for us in their cottages so we made it back to the beach and set up our campsite. Later that evening we went to McDuff's Bar and Grille for cocktails and dinner. After having our fill of drink, food, and fun we headed back to our campsite to close our eyes and dream of catching the 'BIG ONE'.

The next morning we headed out into the ocean to continue our Dolphin fishing venture. Unfortunately we were not successful, but hey "A bad day fishing beats a good day in the office!"

We made it back to Nassau as the sun was setting and we all mixed another cocktail. It was a great getaway from the hustle and bustle and we shall be fishing again 'reel' soon.

Joe Not doing Well

2009-01-29T13:33:00.000-08:00

My brother In-law returned from seeing his father in Florida yesterday and he did not bring any good news with him.

Joe and his wife Barbara were down for Christmas and I could see the difference first hand from the last time I saw him in September when they came down to visit the grandchildren. I saw that he was in a great deal of pain. He would shake so badly that one might think that he had Parkinson's disease.

It's so sad to see Joe like this. So sad to know that his time is near. This time, seeing Joe become weaker, is reminiscent of my father

Traffic in Nassau

2009-01-12T07:14:00.000-08:00

Why is it that when it rains commuters drive super slow? I don't understand. It's one thing to be careful because the roads are wet, it's another to barely move at all.

Listen, when the roads are wet I am more careful driving because I could get in an accident, or rather someone else could involve me in an accident. I am a great driver, and everybody else sucks at it! I keep joking saying that "I'm going to open up my Hard Knock Driving School and teach these idiots how to properly drive" for all sorts of reasons.

Today it took me over an hour to commute to my office (which usually takes about 20, 25 minutes) because it rained last night. When it rains the drivers don't drive their cars, they make them crawl. It's pathetic, it really is. It's not the cars fault, it's the driver and the driver in front of that one and the driver in front of that one etc etc. It's a domino effect of idiots driving cars!

The same traffic bullshit is also caused not only by the rain, but also by car accidents and police. Why the hell do you have to drive two miles an hour when you pass an accident on the side of the road? Haven't you seen one before? Why do you have to look up and down when the police have pulled someone over? I understand that you might know the person, but what are you going to do? Nothing except gossip! Why don't you damn Bahamians do everyone a favour for a change and mind your own damn business?!...and while you're at it LEARN TO DRIVE!

Hi Dad

2009-01-10T13:24:00.000-08:00

This time two years ago my father died from a long painful fight with colon cancer. I just wanted to write a quick note letting him know that I love and miss him greatly. I know he will get this message because he reads my blog in the computer department in Heaven. Yes, they have the internet there. What??...you didn't know that?

Christmas 2008

2008-12-25T08:15:00.000-08:00

It's that time again when everything in the world seems alright. A time when we fell all warm inside even if it's 30 degrees outside. This is the second Christmas since my father passed, but the first Christmas where I feel good. Even though daddy is not around in body I can feel him in spirit.

My house was filled to the gills with family and friends this year - the biggest ever! We were all having so much fun opening gifts, chatting with each other and drinking eggnog spiked with Brandy.

Would you believe that my mother invited Drew to come over on Christmas? WTF! She is totally rushing into this and I do not like it one bit. I wish he would go the fuck away. I even thought of committing deviant acts to try to remove him from my life, but that is not who I am. Even thought of confronting his children and telling them what is going on with their daddy and my mom. He has not told them yet "because it's too soon." No shit Sherlock! It's too F'ing soon!

Even though Drew was around I was able to ignore his ass and pay attention to the children, my family and friends, and of course my booze. It turned out to be pretty good.

Mom Dates Again

2008-12-15T13:06:00.000-08:00

My father passed away on 10th of January 2007 which would make it almost two years since he has left us. Last month (November) my mother started hanging out with a man that I knew. She started comforting him a few months prior when his wife died of cancer in June.

Last week mom came to me and said, "I have something to tell you." I knew that I was not going to like what she had to say. I knew by her tone. "Yeah?" I replied.
"Drew and I are officially dating now." she revealed.
"I figured as much"
"Do you have a problem with this?"
"I thought I did. Yes. Yes I do." I replied
She just looked at me waiting for me to continue.

I quickly thought of the nicest way of saying what I wanted to tell her. I said, "I'm not ready to see you with someone else." What I really wanted to say was..."Yes I have a fucking problem! Duh! Of course I do. What the hell do you think it is? Jesus Christ dad has not even been dead for two years! ...And this Drew fella, his wife just died 6 months ago! I don't know who's worse; you or him!?"

I'm disgusted with them. I'm angry at mom. I feel like she is a traitor.

I know all the other side of things already. I know that she has been lonely and I'm sure the same goes for him, but I honestly don't give a damn because I still think that it is wrong. Just because you don't have a significant other does not mean you cannot be happy and not feel lonely. I think it's bullshit and I'm clearly pissed.

Bus Driver gets Charged

2008-11-20T21:54:00.000-08:00

The other day I wrote about a local bus driver who purposely chased and ran over an 18 year old boy killing him.

I was very happy today when I heard on the radio that the bus (jitney) driver is expected to be arraigned this morning on a manslaughter charge. Good.

You can't go around killing people with your vehicle and getting away with it. Then again, if you decide to rob a bus, expect that the driver ain't gonna take it either.

Late yesterday afternoon, the incident that had initially been classified as an accidental death, was confirmed by ASP Glenn Miller, head of the Central Detective Unit, that police intend to charge the driver of the jitney with manslaughter.

Bus Driver Plows into Man

2008-11-18T21:46:00.000-08:00

I was shocked when I heard this horrifying news on the radio today.

Yesterday at about 11am in the area near the 'Seagrape Shopping Centre' on Prince Charles Drive, a bus driver chased a man on foot with his jitney and plowed him into a wall, trapping him underneath which lead to his death. The man who was on foot apparently had attempted to rob the bus beforehand. The departed has been identified as Elton Rufus Butler of Union Village who was killed on his 18th birthday.

The police have classified this incident as an accidental death, pending further investigations.

I Love The Whole World

2008-11-14T14:29:00.000-08:00

I just came across this video on YouTube and I thought I'd share it since it is awesome. This is an advertisement for The Discovery Channel featuring the world aka Earth.

Sing it out loud, "I Love the whole world."

Cable Bahamas goes Off Line

2008-11-12T14:37:00.000-08:00

Two days ago the cable provider for The Bahamas, aptly named Cable Bahamas, went off line during their system upgrade which caused a lot of inconvenience to many Bahamian businesses due to the fact that their websites were down.

Cable Bahamas is the only cable provider throughout The Bahamas islands and because of this they control the industry. Not only do they provide cable television, but they are also Internet Service Providers (ISP) and therefore offer a data center where many local Bahamian companies have their online data stored.

Yesterday they were contacted many times so that we could find out what the trouble was. Their official statement was "We are aware of the problems." Well No Shit! You are the one's who created the problems in the first place because you did not have a contingency plan.

They were never able to give a time when their service would be up and running again, because they had no idea. I was informed by one of my friends who happens to be a CEO of a local web design company with many Bahamian clients, said that one of the guys at the top of Cable Bahamas, Tony Butler said (and I may be paraphrasing this), "I don't care. You want to leave us? Go."

Nice attitude Tony. Nice attitude Cable Bahamas. Way to go!

Today many Bahamian online businesses were still suffering because of the lack of care and lack of preparation by Cable Bahamas. A little after half way today I received my email and since then they have not gone off line. I have my fingers crossed in hopes that they will not go down like this again. If they do I will have to show up on their door step with a shotgun.

Palin 2012 T-shirts

2008-11-10T13:40:00.000-08:00

I came across this web page full of T-shirts and other designs promoting the Sarah Palin for President 2012. There are also merchandise from the McCain Palin ticket in 2008. Have a look and order your favourite ones. I'm going to put in an order myself for a Palin 2012 T-shirt and cap for fun.

See what merchandise you want to get your hands on at:
http://www.cafepress.com/sidesplitters/5923481

The New US President

2008-11-05T07:30:00.000-08:00

I did not stay up last night to find out which way America was going to vote. I was still in need of sleep since I had not had enough from the weekended, so I went to bed 'early' and relaxed with the tube.

When I awoke this morning and changed the TV station to NBC where I watch 'The TODAY Show' every morning, I must admit that I felt a little sick when the words were uttered, "America elects the first black President in it's history."

It's not like it was a shock or something; I had a pretty good feeling that Barack Obama would be elected to 'Commander and Chief' even with having been in the senate for such a short time, but I was still hopeful that that would not be the case. Maybe I was a little afraid of change myself.

I guess that I will just have to sit back and see what this man is actually going to do. I can tell you one thing, he had better do a lot of 'change' or the people will not be happy with him; but then again that's politics and every politician says things which sound good to get in but never do everything they promise.

America Votes!

2008-11-04T07:59:00.001-08:00

What is going to be the outcome of who America votes in to be their Commander & Chief? Will it be the P.O.W John McCain and his running mate 'Hockey Mom' Sarah Palin? Or will it be the 'Black Hussein' Obama and his 'Stunning White Teeth' counterpart Joe Biden? It's a 50/50 split race right now and anything can happen.

I saw this morning on the way into the office, The Tribune had as it's title "Obama Grips The Bahamas" and he has. Barack has spoken and a lot of people have listened, but a lot of the black community are just going to vote for him because he is black himself. No one should vote, or not vote for someone because of the colour of their skin.

The majority the people of The Bahamas are black and think this way and that is how I know that if Barack Obama wins, this place is going to go ape wild!

If there is such a problem with McCain being the oldest candidate to run for the Presidency along with a woman from Alaska no one ever heard of before, or to have a black man lead the country with a man who has been flip-flopping all over the place, why not elect the third choice?

Who is the third choice?
Why Ralph Nader of course!

What if real life had video game sound effects?

2008-10-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

I came across this vid on YouTube by TwinklyCandy and thought it was worth a watch.

Have you met Eve?

2008-10-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

This is Eve

Where's my Finger?

2008-10-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

"I think it's on the floor somewhere."

Do you watch Hell's Kitchen? Do you remember the episode when Matt cut his finger tip off when preparing food for a full dinner service in the restaurant this last season? If not here is the video:

Most of us have cut our fingers while working in the kitchen at one point or another. I've accidentally sliced myself every now and then, but last night I pulled almost the same manurer as Matt did.

Around 8:30ish I was slicing my Biltong into smaller pieces. I had just taken it out of the drying box after 4 days of anticipation. I was busy cutting a small piece of tough hardened meat, and a thought popped in my head, "This is not a good idea; Just leave it." It was a passing thought, and just as it passed I continued to slice. I wish I had listened to that inner voice because the blade slipped and went straight through my finger.

I did not know what happened at first even though it was really sore. I thought that I just sliced my finger, but the knife had gone in one end and came out the other taking a chunk of flesh off the tip. I realized this shortly after the damage was done as I had shoved my finger in my mouth and felt the fresh bleeding wound with my tongue.

The bleeding would not stop. An hour after my finger had been wrapped with bandages and held with pressure, the blood still flowed. Sleeping sucked later that night as I had to keep my hand up so that I would not feel the throbbing pain.

It could have been worse though; It can always be worse. I could have pulled a "Mr. Butter Finger's"!

See the clip below from the 1989 movie 'UHF' where Weird Al Yankovic (George Newman) interviews a strange local wood shop school teacher played by Emo Phillips (Joe Early) who demonstrates how to "properly" use a table-saw on the show Town Talk.

"Just call me Mr. Butter Finger's" from UHF

Hurricane Hanna Comming

2008-09-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

Today it was been a scramble to get everything together before we get the brunt of the storm. I have been running around all morning trying to get certain things out of the way like buying Duct Tape, Candles, Soup, Batteries, Water and other key items.

This morning when I awoke I thought of Hanna first so I switched on my television to see what the latest information was. I was informed that Hanna was a category 1 hurricane with 80 miles of winds. I was later relieved at the next advisory at eight o'clock that Hanna had been down graded to a Tropical Storm at 70 miles per hour.

Hanna, whether she will be a Tropical Storm or a Hurricane, will be hitting the Island of New Providence on Thursday. The odds are that she will be a hurricane but I still have hope that she will not intensify too much or hit us directly. I am more worried about Ike, but you gotta watch the whole thing...keep your eyes open!

"Hanna is the eighth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and comes on the heels of Gustav, which was battering the Gulf Coast on Monday. An eventual strike on the U.S. mainland was in the forecast." ~ ABC news