The march to 30 has begun! Iââ?¬â?¢ve got two weeks left and plans have finally been made. Since my birthday falls on St. Patrickââ?¬â?¢s Day, itââ?¬â?¢s almost always impossible to plan a big event at a bar since they are all packed. So instead Iââ?¬â?¢ve decided to celebrate the day after. We going to meet up at The Buffalo Club to have some drinks and do some dancing. If know that you are going to come give me a call or e-mail at ââ?¬Å?insert my first name”@kobrien.net and Iââ?¬â?¢ll get you on the list.

Of course I�m going to be out drinking on my birthday as well. I haven�t decided whether it�s going to be Finn McCool�s in Santa Monica or Tom Bergin�s down the street from my apartment. For those of you who want to join me, let me know and I�ll clue you in with the details.

Hope to see you all there and of course keep your eyes peeled on the photo gallery in two weeks. I�m sure they�ll be plenty of pictures. =)

Here are my Oscar picks for tomorrow:

• Best Picture: The Aviator
• Best Director: Clint Eastwood
• Best Actor: Jamie Foxx
• Best Actress: Hilary Swank
• Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church
• Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett
• Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways

The only movie up for Best Picture that I’ve actually seen is Sideways, so some of these are guesses but their educated. Hopefully Chris Rock does a good job. He’ll never beat Billy Crystal in my mind.

Well, I’ve encountered my first problem with moving to MovableType, comment spam. It turns out that there are people out there who use MovableType sites to post links to various sites in the comments section. In just the past couple days I’ve received 6 comment submissions with links to poker and viagra sites. To help stop this from happening on my site, I have added a blacklist function to keep the spammers out, so hopefully this will solve the problem. If you ever get blocked from adding a comment, let me know.

After three years of using PostNuke, I’ve decided to toss it and start using MovableType. The photo gallery is still here and all my old blog entries have been imported over. The only things that’s been lost is the member list. The only membership on the site now is for the photo gallery and you only need that if you want access to special albums. You can self-register, if you want, on the photo gallery page.

Comments and suggestions are always welcome…

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