<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713106414420963743</id><updated>2011-04-21T22:00:28.654-06:00</updated><category term='Life'/><category term='Technology'/><category term='Madonna'/><category term='tennis'/><category term='Music'/><category term='sports'/><title type='text'>From The Middle of The Room</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02594795383157662430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/325297524_e6af733a5e.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713106414420963743.post-3102717134812247080</id><published>2007-11-14T15:18:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-11-14T15:56:56.677-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tennis'/><title type='text'>Tennis Ramblings</title><content type='html'>So, The Tennis Masters Cup 2007 started this past Monday in Shanghai.  In case you have no idea what that is or just hate sports, it is the final men's tennis tournament of the year pitting the top 8 performers all year against each other in a round robbin format.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, if your a big tennis fan like myself, you've followed every tournament every week, along with all the players.  As usual qualifying for the masters cup came down to the wire at the final masters series tournament in Paris, where Richard Gasquet of France clinched the final spot for the tennis masters cup.  Going into Shanghai, I thought he'd be cannon fodder  for the  rest of the field being that he was the last to qualify.  Much to my shock and surprise, and delight,  he was ranked 2nd in his group.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the other side of the coin there's Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.  Being that they're ranked 1 &amp;amp; 2 in world, I expected them to storm through  their  round robbin matches and meet in the final.  Shockingly, they are 1-1 in their matches so far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's what I love about tennis.  Things can change from 1 event to the next.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8713106414420963743-3102717134812247080?l=fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/feeds/3102717134812247080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8713106414420963743&amp;postID=3102717134812247080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/3102717134812247080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/3102717134812247080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/so-tennis-masters-cup-2007-started-this.html' title='Tennis Ramblings'/><author><name>Jer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02594795383157662430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/325297524_e6af733a5e.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713106414420963743.post-5206988397718518081</id><published>2007-03-07T02:59:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-03-07T03:03:52.035-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><title type='text'>Getting Older</title><content type='html'>So, I aged another year on Tuesday.  I wish I had something profound to say or some shit, but I don't.  Oh well, I'm alive and happy, so I guess that's a good thing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8713106414420963743-5206988397718518081?l=fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/feeds/5206988397718518081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8713106414420963743&amp;postID=5206988397718518081' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/5206988397718518081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/5206988397718518081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/2007/03/getting-older.html' title='Getting Older'/><author><name>Jer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02594795383157662430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/325297524_e6af733a5e.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713106414420963743.post-3915733116470843134</id><published>2007-02-11T00:49:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T23:05:48.176-06:00</updated><title type='text'>What Does My Candy Heart Say?</title><content type='html'>&lt;table width="350" align="center" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bg align="center" style="color:#EEEEEE;"&gt;&lt;span style="'color:black;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Your Candy Heart Says "First Kiss"&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourcandyheartsayquiz/first-kiss.jpg" height="100" width="100" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You're a true romantic who brings an innocent hope to each new relationship.&lt;br /&gt;You see the good in every person you date, and you relish each step of falling in love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your ideal Valentine's Day date: a romantic dinner your sweetie cooks for you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your flirting style: friendly and sweet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What turns you off: cynics who don't believe in romance&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why you're hot: you always keep the romance alive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoesyourcandyheartsayquiz/"&gt;What Does Your Candy Heart Say?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8713106414420963743-3915733116470843134?l=fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/feeds/3915733116470843134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8713106414420963743&amp;postID=3915733116470843134' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/3915733116470843134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/3915733116470843134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/2007/02/what-does-my-candy-heart-say.html' title='What Does My Candy Heart Say?'/><author><name>Jer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02594795383157662430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/325297524_e6af733a5e.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713106414420963743.post-5560057579631253416</id><published>2007-02-06T22:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T23:05:48.235-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Technology'/><title type='text'>Technology Sucks Sometimes!</title><content type='html'>So my Comcast HD DVR has decided to give me problems AGAIN!  Now I can't seem to access any OnDemand content.  Last time it was the DVR that wouldn't work, now this.  If I have to get another DVR replaced, I'm gonna scream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On another technology note,  I wish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Janewayreplicator.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/Janewayreplicator.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;were a reality.  Seriously, if food replicators were a reality my life would be so much easier.  Of course, I'd eat nothing but junk food and drink alcohol.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8713106414420963743-5560057579631253416?l=fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/feeds/5560057579631253416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8713106414420963743&amp;postID=5560057579631253416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/5560057579631253416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/5560057579631253416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/2007/02/technology-sucks-sometimes.html' title='Technology Sucks Sometimes!'/><author><name>Jer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02594795383157662430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/325297524_e6af733a5e.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713106414420963743.post-9002265937067444149</id><published>2007-02-06T01:16:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T01:53:21.695-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Madonna'/><title type='text'>It has arrived...Finally!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KGGLCU.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000KGGLCU.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems like I ordered the above pictured product forever ago, but it was only 2 weeks ago.  Am I that impatient?  Anyways, I totally can't stop watching.  Ok after this next time, I'll turn it off and go to sleep.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8713106414420963743-9002265937067444149?l=fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/feeds/9002265937067444149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8713106414420963743&amp;postID=9002265937067444149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/9002265937067444149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/9002265937067444149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/2007/02/it-has-arrivedfinally.html' title='It has arrived...Finally!'/><author><name>Jer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02594795383157662430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/325297524_e6af733a5e.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713106414420963743.post-7310969174069541274</id><published>2007-02-05T01:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T01:13:55.484-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Time for Change...</title><content type='html'>So I was looking at my &lt;a href="http://blog.myspace.com/insomniacdork"&gt;myspace blog&lt;/a&gt;  and thought, "Wow, this blog kinda blows!" at least as far as customization and the like, so  I figured I'd start one here.  So stay tuned for ramblings about a whole lot of useless things ;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8713106414420963743-7310969174069541274?l=fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/feeds/7310969174069541274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8713106414420963743&amp;postID=7310969174069541274' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/7310969174069541274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8713106414420963743/posts/default/7310969174069541274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://fromthemiddleoftheroom.blogspot.com/2007/02/time-for-change.html' title='Time for Change...'/><author><name>Jer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02594795383157662430</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='13' height='32' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/325297524_e6af733a5e.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
