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Headed out to Chase Stadium last night with the kiddos, their mom, and her fiance for a night of baseball with the family – yes, family – we have a well adjusted divorced family structure. 
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Every milestone deserves a celebration.
Ours just means a bigger party.
Join us as we commemorate not only 8 great years since our first issues rolled off the presses, but also as we honor the talents, minds and ambition that have driven the Valley to become a burgeoning metropolis with a diverse and inventive population. In celebration, 944 will be mixing award-winning musical acts, notable artists, cultural institutions and a few surprises from both here and across the country at W Scottsdale from August 28-30.
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RSVP for Saturday (Evening) on Facebook
I happen to have an extra ticket for each day, so I’m going to leave it up to you guys to post this up and spread the word as much as possible, and I’ll hand out my extra ticket for each day to the person that promotes this the most. Post it up on your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace (wait, does anyone have that anymore, because I don’t), etc…and comment back here to let me know you’ve spread the word. I’ll keep a watch on everyone, and on the day before each event, the winner of each ticket will be announced via Twitter/Facebook.
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You really don’t want to miss out on this…it’s going to be awesome.
Rachel Young at Social Media Group contacted me out of the blue and asked if I would like to drive around a new 2010 Lincoln MKZ for a little while and share my experience with it through blogging/Twitter/Facebook/etc – how could I turn that down, I’m both a HUGE car nerd and a HUGE web nerd (my license plate says so).
Day 1 – Pick up the car
Met the rep at the #tukeedevhouse to pick up the car…fully loaded…in white! First impression – “its definitely not Grandpa’s Lincoln…”. Ford has really stepped up the styling on the Lincoln brand with their newest vehicle releases – I’m totally loving the lines of the car!
Get in to the car – and its got Sirius Satellite Radio – that’s a given in most cars today. I didn’t really have an opportunity to mess with it too much before heading back to work, but the THX sound system & the Sirius satellite radio was crystal clear cruising all the way back to Scottsdale. Got out of work, and bolted over to the kids school for Dom’s end of the year party – still didn’t have too much time to mess with the gadgets or the car, but I planned on it as soon as the party was over.
Ended up leaving the party and I literally sat in the parking lot of 7 Eleven for 20 minutes or so going through the manual and playing with Microsoft Sync. I had thought that since it was Microsoft software, it wasn’t going to really support my Blackberry 8900, however, I was wrong! I paired up my phone within a minute or so and made a call to Lexi (again) to wish her happy birthday – this time, through the phone interface in the car. Awesome!
My battery was dying on my phone, so I knew I was going to have to head home, plug my phone in to my laptop, and let it take a charge before I could play with it some more, but then that got me thinking. I figured, ok, there’s got to be more to the Microsoft Sync – it HAS to have a USB port somewhere in the car. Sitting out front of my parents house (I had to stop by and show them the car – both my parents were jealous), I began looking everywhere, and then I opened up the center console and found the USB port. I figured there was no way this was going to be as cool as I had imagined…and since I just had 2 strikes against my thoughts about the car and the Sync technology…whooosh…swing and a miss! My phone started charging, and then I noticed that I had a USB media option – it totally loaded up all the MP3’s I had on my internal SD card and I could access my full library of music.
Streaming MP3’s via USB + charging phone + Bluetooth tech + aggressive styling + smooth ride = BIG GRIN!!!
Later in the evening after stopping by Gangplank to show the boys the car and giving them a ride in it, I discovered how to stream my media from my phone over Bluetooth…holy freakin’ cool!
Tomorrow I’ll touch more on how the car drives and any more gadgets that I find!
Check out the video that Chuck filmed late last night while I paired up the 8900 again & streamed MP3’s over Bluetooth to the sound system…
Well its about damn time! Today the Arizona Cardinals and Kurt Warner agreed to a $23 million 2 year deal with $19 million in guaranteed cash to Kurt. He gets $15 million up front and $4 million base salary for 2009/2010 seasons.
ESPN Article: Warner, Cardinals Agree
All week long I have been biting my nails and screaming that the Cardinals just pay the man – the old man was definitely a large piece of the catalyst that got the Arizona Cardinals to the #2 spot for the 2008 season (although I would have preferred #1, #2 sits just fine with me).
Now on to other issues – Anquan Boldin and Edgerrin James. I am still on the fence about Anquan, he’s a great player, but he’s no Larry Fitzgerald. He does bring a certain David Boston’esque feel to the receiver line up tho with as big and as physical as he is, and having a big dude on the squad that can catch a ball and lead the league in TD’s while he was out for 3 games…ummm…the Cards better re-sign his ass!
Edgerrin…bye bye. Yeah, you pulled some great stats out of your ass in the playoffs, but give me a break – we had to pull a McNabb on your ass to get you there. See ya…I’ll take Hightower and Arrington over your ass any day of the week.
Exciting times right now…now only if we could trade Lienart to Detroit for that #1 pick in the draft??? Stafford > Lienart!
The NBA All-Star weekend is upon us in Phoenix, AZ this week. There are a lot of events going on, but the “cool kids” will definitely be at all the 944 events happening Thursday-Sunday at the W Hotel in Scottsdale, AZ.
Thursday night is the kickoff party and is hosted by Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns featuring DJ Vice, DJ Reach, DJ Ross One, & DJ OB One – purchase tickets here.
Friday night includes a live performance by Fabolous and features JD Webb, DJ Fashen, & DJ Jazzy Jeff – purchase tickets here.
Saturday night includes a live performance from two time Grammy award winner Common. The night also includes Courtside Chaos hosted by Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat, and various fashion shows – definitely the night to be at the W Hotel in Scottsdale – purchase tickets here.
Sunday night features DJ Solomon & DJ Irie with a special live performance by Nina Sky and Talib Kweli – purchase tickets here.
Its going to be a fun weekend for sure…and just in time for the NBA All-Star Weekend, 944 just released the latest issue of Game which is your best resource for Super Bowl, FBR 2009, and NBA All-Star coverage!