Stories of Mikistory

A while back I compiled a list of my top ten under, ten dollars favorite things to eat in and around Florence, Alabama.  They were in no particular order, as I love them all almost identically.  But I thought I would start with my good friend's Bar - On The Rocks. Their burger to me, is hands down the best around.  I love it.  Its a huge slab of burger, cooked just the way you ask for it.  I like mine med - med rare.  And that's the way it comes out.  Everyone orders theirs' differently, but I like mine with grilled onions, pepper jack cheese and bacon. If you haven't eaten their burger, or haven't tried it this way, I urge you to do so. I can't help but rush through mine, as ever second that I'm not tasting that burger, its a damn travesty. If you combine with their fries or the home made potato chips with an ice cold draft beer, you're gonna be in a very happy place.  And starting at $7.00, what's stopping you from going and getting one rig...

I took our cable box to Comcast today to cut our cable.  There's a certain satisfaction in knowing that $100 dollars of my money will not go to them anymore.  Especially when i watch all of five channels they provide. I'm a local channel - Netflix - Hulu - Amazon Instant Video - Internet streaming household now. There's a certain empowering thing to it as well.  Being able to pick and choose your entertainment sources instead of what's given to you.

I had decided to give up console gaming for the most part after I played Skyrim on the laptop my company gave me.  The freedom to download mods and change the game to how I wanted as opposed to the very locked version of what I had previously played on the PS3 made me very happy.  So, I tested the PC Gaming waters on the laptop, playing Guild Wars 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and Star Wars the Old Republic.  I felt that if I purchased a gaming pc, that I would love it infinitely more than traditional console gaming that I had known since the NES. So, this January I went to Newegg.com and ordered my parts.  Which I was pretty nervous about, seeing as though I had never built a PC before.  But it was quite simple.  As soon as I picked out my processor, Newegg instantly listed all parts that were compatible and parts that other people had purchased with that same processor. I built it, and connected it to the HDTV in what was known as the Record Room (as that's where th...