At the beginning of this year, I discovered an app called LoseIt and decided to use it see if it could help me achieve one of the goals I had set for myself this year. My goal was to lose 17lbs and hit a weight goal of 160lbs and today I bested my goal and it feels great!

Admittedly, I might have been able to hit the goal sooner, but I tended to cheat along the way on the weekends, but that doesn’t matter, the goal was to lose a specific weight amount and I did it in just under a quarter of the year.

Not only that, but I feel great! I may have said that already, but I just want to emphasize, that it really does feel good to have accomplished a goal that not only has been difficult for me to accomplish the last year or two but also one that is combating a problem I never thought I would experience. Also, I physically feel (and to me look) great. I was telling Nat tonight that I feel like I’m more aware of my body again. I was telling her how out on the soccer field (I’ve been playing soccer as a form of exercise; It’s a lot more exciting than a gym to me), I had a better idea of where my limbs were and how I felt that I was playing better because of it. She said it was proprioception. I’ll take her word for it. All I know is I feel great.

If there’s a lesson to learn, it’s simple one that we regularly seem to forget (or maybe it’s just me?). To accomplish the things we want (and are called) to, we must make choices that will cause us to relinquish immediate pleasure for pleasure that will be more purposeful and fulfilling in the future.

I’m glad it’s paid off for me, and it was well worth the effort.

If you’re looking to lose weight or just keep better track of how and what you’re eating, I encourage you to check out LoseIt. It’s not a magic pill, you’ll get out what you put in, but it will be worth it.

I would love the support of my friends and family. If you’re in Tallahssee on February 27th, come out to the American Legion Hall by Lake Ella. The show is called Acoustic Ovation and will feature other performers. I will be 2nd in the slot of 5 performers and the doors will open at 7pm. All performers will be doing acoustic sets for the evening (hence the acoustic in the name).

We’ve made it really easy to get tickets to this show in advance and save you some money in the process. You don’t have to meet me, you don’t have to go to some store to buy them. All you have to do is click on this link and you can buy your ticket online with a credit card, safely and securely. You’ll then be registered and get an email confirmation. HOW EASY IS THAT?! No excuse for putting it off and you’ll save $3 off the ticket by not waiting to purchase at the door. Also, I’ve even taken it one step further and embedded below a way for you to purchase your tickets now. Can’t get any easier.

February 27th, at 7pm at the American Legion Hall by Lake Ella will be a great time to spend your Sunday evening (especially after engage for you ENT folks!)

Keep connected on what we’ll be doing musically with goodbye rogers by following us on twitter.

We also have a Facebook page (LIKE US!), and a website at goodbyerogers.com (the website, is not quite ready as of this post, but will hopefully be ready soon thereafter; check back soon if it’s still not available).

If you’re interested in booking us for a gig, email us a booking -[at]- goodbyerogers -[dot]- com

See you soon.
Samuel Febres

Now a couple of quick photos from the event.

Here’s me performing.

Here’s a photo of Kim. Go show her some love in November.

YouVersion has a huge opportunity to make serious waves in the WebOS space in the month of June…with your help. Right now Palm is running a contest to see who can pull in the most downloads before June 30. It’s been running for a few months already so we’re late to the game, but I think with your help we’ll be able to bump up into the top 21 apps range. The prize money we win will go back into development of our mobile platforms to stretch the reach of the Bible to more and more people.

What You Can Do
The best thing you can do to help YouVersion rise in the ranks is to SHARE! Here are some ideas for ways to share YouVersion with your friends (Palm users and everyone else, too).

• Tweet it or post it to Facebook – Just a simple tweet like, “YouVersion’s Bible app for Palm Pre & Pixi is competing for $100,000 in Palm’s Hot Apps contest at http://palmhotapps.com/details.jsp?packageid=com.youversion.palm! Download it now to help it win!” … or something. Feel free to shorten that URL.
• Blog it – If you’re the blogging type, write a quick post telling your faithful readers how much you enjoy the YouVersion Bible app for Palm and link them directly to the app at http://palmhotapps.com/details.jsp?packageid=com.youversion.palm.
• Suggest it to friends on Facebook by sharing our YouVersion Facebook page with them – http://facebook.com/youversion
• Good ol’ email! – Send the link (http://palmhotapps.com/details.jsp?packageid=com.youversion.palm) to your friends that would be interested. Let them know that all they have to do is download the app for FREE to help support the GLOBAL distribution of FREE Bibles!
• YouTube – For you brave video-friendly folks, record a YouTube video of yourself and your YouVersion Bible app on Palm. Video is powerful and can be really compelling.

When you do any of these things (or ALL of them!) send me a link to your post or blog or tweet or video, and YouVersion will share with the rest of the YouVersion community to help spread the word. To keep up with the progress of how the YouVersion app is climbing in the ranks, go to http://palmhotapps.com/index.jsp (right now we’re ranked 171 in the free section).

So, if you or someone you know is using a webOS device (palm pre, pre plus, pixi, or pixi plus), download it now AND also let your friends know. Send them to this page to get the link: http://samuelfebres.com/blog/webosbible or give them this bit.ly link: http://bit.ly/webosbibleapp

The competition ends June 30th. Let’s go! Let’s get the most downloads possible, and win $10,000 or even $100,000 for YouVersion mobile app development!

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HT: Technologizer

The details of this one are a lot more vague but a theme seems to be developing.

In the dream I had last night I found myself in a room in a big house. This time, I was being chased by some sort of monster.  I don’t remember seeing the creature, but I knew what he looked like. He was very tall and his body was shaped like the old ‘My Pet Monster’ toys from my childhood, but he was definitely not someone you wanted to mess with. 

This time in the dream Nat wasn’t with me initially but then I found her, and after I did we both escaped from the house together.

What was interesting this time about the dream was that the monster came out of the house but not in his physical form, and I knew that. He possessed the bodies of other individuals, and it was easy for us to see who was possessed. In the dream it was older men, and in particular a Chinese man, who slowly walked forward with a blank face. I warned Nat not to touch or look at him, and we raced on. This was the end of the dream.

So a theme from dream last night  & the one before is that I’m being chased, and Natalie is involved. Weird.

Last night’s dream was definitely one of the more memorable and exciting ones I have had in a long time.

Here are the details I remember.

In the dream, something happened or something I did (I can’t remember or didn’t know) caused me to start getting chased by these guys (I think there were 3 of them) with swingable (bat-like) objects.

I was able to get away safely from them, and arrived at Peter Boulware’s house where he let me in and I met with a couple of other guys. Once I got there I discovered that the guys who were chasing me, had decided to go to my house and take Natalie hostage. They held her and a small party of people hostage in my house because they could not find me.

I was briefly able to speak with Natalie and I told her not to worry and that we would get them soon and to not tell the guys anything.

We then began plotting on how to rescue the hostages inside Peter’s house. Then I woke up.

So that was my dream.

The last movie I saw was Shutter Island(youtube trailer), because I’m sure a few of you might be thinking to ask me what I last saw. I watched it on Thursday night, 3 nights ago.

So, have you had any strange dreams lately?

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Florida State University Head Football Coach Bobby Bowden announced Tuesday that the Seminoles’ upcoming bowl game will be his last game. Bowden, who will complete his 34th season as coach at Florida State, will coach the Seminoles in the bowl game and finish his career as one of the winningest coaches in the history of major college football.

“The bowl game will be my last game as head football coach at Florida State,” said Bowden.  “It’s been a great 34 seasons.

“I’d like to thank my wife Ann and my family for their love and support.  There were a lot of nights when I was on the road and not at home at the dinner table.  We all know that’s part of it.

“I’d also like to thank the coaches and their families who helped build the program into something that is special.  You can’t have a successful program without players and we have been blessed to have young men who are winners both on and off the field.  I want to thank them and their families for committing 4-5 years of their lives to me and to FSU.

“Finally, I’d like to thank the University and FSU fans who have supported the Florida State program.  We’ve got one more game and I look forward to enjoying these next few weeks as the head football coach.”

Bowden was named National Coach of the Year six times (1979, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1996 and 1999), and a national award presented by The Fellowship of Christian Athletes bears his name. He led Florida State to national championships in 1993 and again in 1999, the latter being the first team in the history of the Associated Press poll to go wire-to-wire ranked No. 1.

Wetherell, who will retire from the presidency of Florida State when his successor is installed as president — perhaps within a few months — said Bowden’s “sterling personality and character” personified Florida State University.

“Bobby Bowden is not only one of the most outstanding college football coaches in history but also a great man who you would want as a mentor to your children,” Wetherell said.

“Every true Seminole fan appreciates all that he has done in service to the university and all that he has accomplished for its football program — two national championships, 12 ACC championships, 14 straight seasons among the Associated Press’ Top Five, two Heisman Trophy winners and a Rhodes Scholar, induction into the College Football Hall of Fame — but more than that, he has been an off-the-field mentor to so many young men looking to their future.”

Wetherell, who was one of those young men, said he hopes Florida State’s Athletics Department will plan a celebration and recognition for Bowden during next year’s football season.

In his own tribute to Bowden, Wetherell said:

“Bobby Bowden has served as our head football coach and inspirational `friend-raiser’ for more than 30 years. He led our football program to unprecedented success and established it among the nation’s elite for many years. He set records of achievement on the field that will probably never be equaled.

“Bobby Bowden contributed in many ways to the overall success and advancement of a young and growing university, and the entire Bowden family is also a major part of this success story.

“I played for Bobby Bowden 45 years ago, when I was a young man, and he was an assistant coach under Bill Peterson.

“The bond between player and coach is strong enough, but our relationship forged even more powerful bonds as we worked hard for the university’s advancement. With me and other presidents, Bobby Bowden helped raise public and private dollars to build some of the most impressive athletics facilities in the nation and to bring additional recognition to Florida State’s academic achievements.

“Millions of Americans could see the good work and academic contributions of our university through the window of national television –a window that winning football teams provide for their institutions.

“Bobby Bowden, in many ways, became the face of Florida State. It was his sterling personality and character that personified this university. And because his influence was so powerful, we were able to advance far beyond what many of us ever dreamed.”

About Bobby Bowden…

Born : November 8, 1929 in Birmingham, Ala.

High School : Woodlawn High, Birmingham, Ala.

College : Howard (now Samford) 1953

Collegiate Football Experience : University of Alabama (QB), freshman;
Howard (QB), sophomore-senior

Graduate Degree : Peabody College

Wife : The former Julia Ann Estock

Children : Robyn, Steve, Tommy, Terry, Ginger, Jeff

HEAD COACHING HONORS
1977 Southern Independent Coach of the Year
1979 National Coach of the Year (ABC-Chevrolet)
1979 Southern Independent Coach of the Year
1980 National Coach of the Year (Bobby Dodd)
1983 Inducted – Florida Sports Hall of Fame
1986 Inducted – Alabama Sports Hall of Fame
1987 Region II Coach of the Year
1991 National Coach of the Year (Walter Camp)
1992 Neyland Trophy Winner
1993 ACC Coach of the Year
1996 National Coach of the Year (Home Depot)
1997 ACC Coach of the Year
1999 National Coach of the Year (Home Depot)
1999 National Coach of the Decade Finalist (Home Depot)
1999 ESPN College Team of the Decade (any sport)
2006 Inducted – National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame
2008 NCFAA Contributions to College Football Award

COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Second winningest coach in major college football history with 388 career coaching victories
• The only coach in the history of Division I-A football to compile 14 straight 10-win seasons (1987-2000)
• Coached the Seminoles to consensus National Championships in 1993 and 1999
• His 1999 National Championship team is the first in college football history to go wire-to-wire as the Associated Press’ No. 1 ranked team
• Set NCAA records with 11 consecutive bowl victories (1985-95) and 14 straight bowl trips without a loss (1982-95)
• Ranks first among active coaches for winning percentage in bowl games and has led the Seminoles to 27 straight bowl games – the longest current streak in the nation
• Has guided FSU to 30 bowl appearances in 33 seasons, including 27 straight
• Since 1993, Florida State has played in the national championship game five times (1993 Orange vs. Nebraska, 1996 Sugar vs. Florida, 1998 Fiesta vs. Tennessee, 1999 Sugar vs. Virginia Tech, and 2000 Orange vs. Oklahoma)
• Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, FSU has reached one of the BCS bowl games six times
• Patriarch of the first father-son duo to lead Division I-A programs, let alone to lead them at the same time
• National Citizenship Award (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) named after Bobby Bowden in 2004

COACHING STOPS
1954-55 Assistant Football Coach/Head Track Coach at Howard (now Samford)
1956-58 Head Football Coach and Athletic Director at South Georgia Junior College
1959-62 Head Football Coach at Samford College
1963-65 Assistant Coach (Receivers) at Florida State
1966-69 Offensive Coordinator at West Virginia
1970-75 Head Coach at West Virginia
1976- Head Coach at Florida State

There is nobody who does not know a Puerto Rican, or at least knows someone who knows a Puerto Rican.

Anyway, once a wise teacher said:

What is a Puerto Rican?

His response was ah, Puerto Ricans … that difficult question! Puerto Ricans are among us but not from us. Puerto Ricans drink from the same cup joy and sorrow. They make music of their sorrow and laugh about their music.

Puerto Ricans take jokes seriously and make jokes of the serious things. They do not believe in anyone but believe everything. Don’t you dare argue with them, ever!

Puerto Ricans are born with wisdom. They don’t need to read, they know everything! They don’t need to travel, they have seen everything! Puerto Ricans are like the chosen people, and they choose themselves.

Puerto Ricans are characterized individually by their charm and wit and in groups for their shouting and passion. Each carries the spark of genius and geniuses do not get along with each other, hence bringing together Puerto Ricans is easy, but creating a consensus amount them is almost impossible.

They do not talk about logic, because that involves reasoning and restraint and Puerto Ricans are hyperbolic and exaggerated. For example, if a Puerto Rican invites you to a restaurant to eat, you were invited not to the best restaurant in town, but the best restaurant in the world.

When they debate, they do not say, “I disagree with you,” but “you are absolutely wrong.”

They have cannibalistic tendencies, so then when they say to you, “He ate it.” It is an expression of admiration, and when they say to you “He ate a cable,” is an expression of a critical situation.

Puerto Ricans love contradictions so much that they called their beautiful women monsters and their scholars’ barbarians. If a health condition is afflicting you, they say, “Man, if you have told me about it, I would have taken you to a physician who is a horse.”

Puerto Ricans offer solutions before they know the problem. For them there is never a problem. They know what must be done to eradicate terrorism, prosecute Latin America, end hunger in Africa, pay the foreign debt, who should be president and how America can become a world power.

They do not understand why other people do not understand when their ideas are so simple, and why people do not want to learn to speak Spanish like them.

Ah, Puerto Ricans … We cannot live much with them, but we cannot live without them!

Dedicated with affection to the people of the best country in the World …

So, do you agree?

Also, enrollment is not immediate. It can take a few days but it to go through so be patient.

Alrighty, good luck and enjoy.

I became the luckiest guy on the planet. Happy Anniversary babe. I love you.

I’m neither an ATT or Verizon subscriber (Sprint), but this is going to be fun to watch. Apparently, ATT has sued Verizon, not because what they’re saying isn’t true (because it is actually), but because they claim that it makes them look like they have no service in the white areas of the map. Seems to me like they’re grasping for straws. It’s pretty obviously that Verizon is talking about 3G coverage only here.

Check out the ads below.

IMG_9697, originally uploaded by ONE.org.

from me and Natalie. They took our ‘dirty kiss’ photo with the potential of it being shown on the big screen at the end of the show. We didn’t make it on the big screen, but our photo managed to make it on the One.org flickr account.

Here’s a slide show of other ‘dirty kisses’ from the Tampa U2 show. You’ll find us in there again.

Coach Bobby Bowden is a friend of mine, as a mentor and coach since my freshman year at FSU in 1963. His character and commitment to excellence has always been the signature of his career. Two years ago Coach Bowden and I and others stood together and announced that we were beginning a period of transition for the football program. That plan is in place and will produce results, given the opportunity and support.
I want to assure all fans, friends, supporters and alumni of Florida State University that that transition will be finalized. Jimbo Fisher will be Florida State University’s next Head Football Coach. We expect to work with Coach Fisher on a contract toward that end, and I will evaluate the program with the athletics director at the end of this season.
As educators we teach our students to always do the right thing, to do it the right way and to never give up. We teach them to always strive for excellence and to make good decisions with that end in mind. Our athletics programs are built on the foundation of helping young people build character and display that in their personal actions as well as on the fields of play. We also expect our teams to be competitive.
Our administration also is committed to those ideals. In intercollegiate athletics that means evaluating every coaching position at the end of the season. Any coach can choose to retire at any time. However, it is the athletics director’s responsibility to determine which coaches are hired and which contracts are extended.
I know all of our fans, friends, supporters and alumni will accord the coaching staff and our young student-athletes all the support, encouragement and respect they deserve. I will respect the process. FSU does not make coaching changes in the middle of the season. We are going to win games and build character. We ask our coaches and players to play out every play of every game — and never, never quit. To quit on a team or coaches in mid season is not the Seminole way — not the “unconquered” way. What message would it send to anyone — friend or foe — to do that at this time?
Specifically, I also know that Bobby Bowden loves this university. I have talked with him at length, and I know that he will do the right thing, as he always has done. I know the man and I know what’s in his heart.
I have spoken with numerous fans, alumni, Boosters, supporters and staff, and I will make a final report to the full Board of Trustees at the end of the year. Until then, FSU will concentrate on supporting our team and student-athletes in winning as many games as possible. Neither the university nor I will have further comment on this matter until then.
For more news about FSU visit www.FSU.com

So, what are your thoughts? I like the stance President Wetherell has taken. He’s addressing it, and letting people know this is all that will be said and discussed. When it’s time to talk about something more, at that time, it will be brought up, but now is not that time.

My quick opinion is that FSU football fans are poor sports/losers.

Someone else’s thoughts regarding the above letter… with pictures.

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Hope that helps anyone who may have had questions about this feature. Let me know if you have any questions. This kinda thing is actually kind of fun to do, so maybe I can another quick screen-cast to help someone along.