Review: Roku XD digital video player (Part 2)

Well, I'm finally going to write up part 2 of my review. This will focus on connecting the Roku and going through the initial setup procedure.

Review: Roku XD digital video player (Part 1)

It's finally here. My 5 year old daughter informed me that she heard the doorbell while I was in the shower. She said that no one was there, and she didn't see a package, but she had seen the UPS truck. Yay for Brown. I went to the front door, opened it, and retrieved the small package that was leaning against the door. No wonder she didn't see a package, it was small.

Anyway this is my initial review on the Roku XD digital video player, henceforth Roku or player. If you are at least partially interested in this device, please read on "This is gonna be fun."

Waiting on a Roku, had to write something.

What is a Roku? Yes, that is a very good question. In fact it's a question that I would have had a couple months ago.

At the beginning of December I entered myself into a sweepstakes to win a Roku player and a year of Hulu Plus service. I didn't win. Despite this I was extremely intrigued by the product, to the point that we have ordered one and it will be arriving this week.

7 reasons why I'm glad I don't celebrate x-mess.

I have never celebrated x-mess. I am very glad of that fact for several reasons. Here are some of those reasons, in no particular order.

1.  I don't need to LIE to my children about a fat man in a red suit (and everything else associated with that LIE).
2. I don't feel obligated to spend money that I don't have just to satisfy the greed of others.
3. I don't have fill my home with a tree or any of the other pagan symbols associated with the holiday.
4. I don't have to wait in line to returns gifts that I never wanted in the first place.
5. I don't dishonor God by celebrating a day that is important only in the worship of the sun and other pagan deities, and not associated with Christ until falsely done so centuries after his birth.
6. I don't need to attempt to put Christ back into something that he was never in to begin with.
7. I don't need to spend money to buy lights to decorate my home, or the electricity to use those lights.

Okay, I could probably come up with more than 7 if I were to break some of them down. The point is, I'm glad that I don't celebrate the holiday. I could make a post on why I don't celebrate it, but suffice it to say that the holiday is un-Biblical and goes against God's command to NOT worship him as the other nations worshiped their gods.

Facebook stole money from me!

Yes, Facebook did indeed steal money from me. The amount was not great, but the principal stands that they stole from me. I don't like having things stolen from me, no matter who is doing the stealing. I'm not going to keep quiet about it, hence this post, which will be linked to via Twitter and thereby Facebook as well.

Please read me story and feel free to share it with others.

"They've got nothing on In-N-Out."

Not long ago a new burger joint came to Salem. It seems that
restaurants with quality burgers are a bit of a rarity, or too
expensive and off the beaten path.

This new place, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, seemed that it would be a
welcome addition to the burger offerings in town.

When we heard, or rather saw, that this was going in, we were looking
forward to trying it. After seeing their prices I decided that there
was no rush to try them.

A couple weeks ago we were nearby for something else and decided to go
ahead and try their burgers.

One of the first things we saw upon entering was a box of peanuts for
us to help ourselves to. There were also many boxes, or was it sacks,
of fresh potatoes.

Their burger offerings are not many: hamburger, cheeseburger, bacon
hamburger, and bacon cheeseburger and also a "small" version of each.
The only difference, other than $1 or more in price, between the
regular and small versions is 2 vs. 1 patty.

We each chose a small cheeseburger. The fun part was choosing the add-
ons. Every burger comes with you choice of toppings at no additional
charge. I think it's 19 different toppings with choices such as
lettuce, tomato, mayo, mustard, ketchup, pickles, grilled onions,
grilled mushrooms, and more.

We also got a large order of fries to share. They certainly provide a
generous serving of fries, even overflowing into the sack. We got the
Five Guys style, which are a homestyle cut fry.

While the burgers were not awful, they were definitely NOT anything
spectacular. I ordered the grilled onions and mushrooms, but they put
so few on that I couldn't even taste them. I had to look to make sure
they actually had put some on my burger. The seasoning of the meat
itself seemed to be fairly nonexistent as well.

They fries were well cooked but could also have used some seasoning.
Overall I found the food to be fairly bland. There was nothing to set
it apart from any other restaurant that might offer a burger on their
menu amongst the many other entrees they serve.

My wife grew up in southern California and is a huge fan of In-N-Out.
It was her that made the statement I used as the title of this post.
She knows where the nearest In-N-Out is, and would gladly drive the 6
hours to get there, but she isn't likely to drive the extra mile out
of her way to go to Five Guys Burger and Fries.

Super Fun High Quality

Because I just think it's great!

Do I really need any other reason?

Later!