VoIP... what?

For as many complaints that some people have about CSP, they really do try to be a leader in technology. Ok, leader might be stretching it, but at least a leader when it comes to the Concordia University System. We've undertaken a project to move over to VoIP. "What are you talking about Jon?" I can hear many of you asking. Well, let me tell ya.

VoIP stands for Voice over IP or in common terms: phone service over the internet.

I only bring this up because we have started receiving some of the boxes for this project. Lots of boxes. I didn't think that this would be happening until later this year, but apparently they are going to get it up and running soon. In fact, if you like to learn more about exactly what CSP is doing Mike Bruder has created a journal detailing more information. You can find it here.

Jag Bomb and the mechanic

So another year has come and gone. This year's birthday was one to remember. I'll start with the mechanic.


It started off with driving to the dealership to get the car fixed. The previous weekend the car was in for an oil change, and I decided to have them check on some other things. Well, 2 hours later they came back with an estimate from some testing and said the problem wasn't what I had thought, but rather all these other parts... joy oh joy. We already had plans for the weekend and I needed the car back. So they put it all back together and I told them to schedule something up right away because we'd be doing some traveling and we didn’t' want the car to break down while we're out of town. So they scheduled it for Tuesday morning (aka - my birthday). What a great way to start off the day. Later in the day they call me to let me know that they don't have the car finished and they'll need it for another day. Great. Whatever. Just get the job done. Long story short (too late I know) we got the car back last night, and because I didn't read the estimate correctly, its costing us double what I thought it was going to be! So if anyone would be so kind as to click on the Google Ads you now see on my blog, that will go a long way to help paying for this gianormous bill. If you let me know that your blog/website/whatever has the same setup, I'll add it to my list so that we both benefit.

Well, Tuesday night we decided to go out for my birthday. I talked to my brother and sister and they agreed to meet us at BW3's. We had wings and beer and just had a really great time hanging out and talking. We had been trying to contact my mom because her and I share the same birthday. Apparently she went out with some friends and heard all the phone messages when she got home, so she came right over. After dinner my brother's girlfriend decided to show up as well, which was very cool. They've been dating for about 2-3 months and so we finally got to meet her that night. Apparently one of my sister's high school classmates was at BW3's as well and it turned out it was his birthday. He didn't believe my sister when she told him that my mom and I we celebrating our birthdays as well. He got pretty excited and decided that we all had to do a birthday shot together. Side note - my mom is not a drinker, let alone a shot type of person. She looked like a deer in the headlights when he mentioned a shot. But surprisingly she agreed to do one. He came back a few minutes later with a Jag Bomb (pronounced yag) for each of us. For those that need to know, the ingredients are listed below. So Elsa ended up driving my mom's car home because the Jag Bomb was too much for her to handle. It ended up being a great night, and was the perfect answer for the crappy way the morning started. I'm pretty sure we'll be back there in 2 weeks to celebrate Biz and Elsa's birthdays.

As promised, here's what you need for a Jag Bomb:
1 can Red Bull energy drink
1 oz Jagermeister