http://ryanfields.com A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That by Ryan Fields Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:09:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While we were riding together last weekend, our group was talking about taking a vacation trip this winter to escape the cold weather for a week or two.  One of the gals there suggested that we look into going to Puerto Penasco, which is in Mexico.  So I was looking ... http://ryanfields.com/09/05/vacationing-on-the-seashore-in-mexico/ Today a group of my friends and I spent the day cruising the roads on our bikes.  We had been planning this outing since last winter, and it finally came to fruition.  There were about fifteen of us on our Harleys, and we all had our ladies riding behind.  We ... http://ryanfields.com/08/31/spent-the-day-riding-our-bikes/ Skip wants to go into a partnership with me to start up an auto body repair shop.  He says he wants to join the Collision Repair Experts network of auto body shops.  The Collision Repair Experts is a national organization of body shops.  Skip says that there aren't any Collision Repair ... http://ryanfields.com/08/25/my-buddy-wants-to-open-an-auto-body-repair-shop/ My best friend called me this morning and asked me to take him to the ER.  He had cut himself pretty badly splitting firewood, getting ready for this winter.  So I rushed over to his house and scooped him up and took him to the ER.  We figured I could get ... http://ryanfields.com/08/20/spent-the-day-in-the-er/ I've been trying to figure out how to convert different audio and video formats to make it easier for me to enjoy my favorite tunes wherever I go.  A good friend of mine told me to check out the free trial download from the Blaze Media Pro website.  They offer ... http://ryanfields.com/08/14/free-trial-download/ There has been so much rain around here lately that it has been hard to do any outside work.  My mother had hired some people to do some remodeling of her house and they got their trucks stuck up to the axles in her back yard!  They tore her back yard ... http://ryanfields.com/08/12/so-much-rain/ I was surprised when I logged onto my blog today to see that I had a huge number of spam comments awaiting moderation!  I don't really understand how these spammers work, if it is an automated system that they send out spam comments.  I'm curious about how they pick and ... http://ryanfields.com/08/06/spam-comments/ I went to the store today to get some milk and biscuits.  Somehow I found myself down by the seafood area. It's been a long time since I had scallops for supper, so I decided tonight was the night.  I grabbed about 8 pounds and called a couple of friends on ... http://ryanfields.com/07/31/scallops-for-supper-tonight/ i was reading on the Time.com website that LA has put a one year moratorium on new fast food restaurants in their low income district.  The rationale behind that move is that this particular low income area is overflowing with obese people.  The city council that put this moratorium in ... http://ryanfields.com/07/29/moratorium-on-fast-food-restaurants/ My friends and I enjoy playing paintball quite a bit.  We were sad when the local paintball field closed.  I think they weren't making enough money because the good weather season is so short around here.  I think that they should have diversified somehow to be able to make money during ... http://ryanfields.com/07/23/my-friends-and-i-enjoy-playing-paintball/