If you are in Central Florida this morning and want to see an Olympian head over to the Magic Kingdom.  Michale Phelps will be in a parade on Main Street at 10:30 showing off his newly won gold medals. 

If you are looking for something to do tomorrow and your are in the Los Angeles area you should head over to Tiki Ti. Why tomorrow?  Because tomorrow King Kukulelepresents The Floating Luau at Tiki Ti.  Tiki Diablo will also be there.  It starts at 7:00 and there is no cover.  I made it to Tiki Ti during my last trip to California.  It was a little out of the way from where I was staying but it was worth the trip. 

If you are looking for some new t-shirts you should check out threadless.com.  People send in design submissions and if your design is good it will be made into a t-shirt.  I have purchased a few shirts from them in the past.  They only make a certain amount of each shirt so if you see something you like buy it.  Once it is gone it is gone.    They are having a sale which makes buying them this week even better. 

Every few years I hear the rumors that Star Tours is going to go through a significant rehab.  The rumors have started again. The Orlando Weekly posted some updates on their website saying that it is confirmed that Star Tours is indeed being updated.  I would love to see this ride updated.  There are so many things they could do with it but until I see the green walls go up I am still keeping this one in the rumor category.   

It is raining and windy.  However, here is some footage of some guy who thought it would be a good idea to kite surf during a tropical storm.  It turns out it was not such a good idea. 

The path changed again.  It is raining now and there is some wind but that is about all we are going to get.  We are still under a tornado watch but it could have been worse. 

The projected path has changed and for Central Florida it has not changed for the better.  It looks like Fay will be coming directly over us sometime tomorrow.   Making matters worse is that we will be getting the northern section of the storm which is the part that usually produces tornados.  Great.  On the bright side of things there is still time for it to track further east or west which would give us just a glancing blow instead of the full force of the storm. 

Tropical Storm Fay is approaching so I have activated the Mr. Mai Tai weather station.  The latest news is that it is probably going to be a Category 1 hurricane when it hits.  All of Florida is in the projected path.  Tuesday looks like the big day for Central Florida.  I will be keeping my eye on this one.

Halloween is comng up and Hauntworld.com has just posted their list of best haunted houses, haunted events and huanted rides. These are the top according to Hauntworld Magazine.

2008 Top 13 Professional Haunted Attractions

1. 13th Gate – Baton Rouge, LA
2. The Darkness – St. Louis, MO
3. Netherworld – Atlanta, GA
4. Haunted Overload – Lee, NH
5. Scarehouse – Pittsburgh, PA
6. House of Torment – Austin, TX
7. Bates Motel – Philadelphia, PA
8. Headless Horseman – Ulster Park, NY
9. Dead Acres, Columbus OH
10. Spookywoods – High Point, NC
11. House of Shock – New Orleans, LA
12. Erebus – Detroit, MI
13. Cutting Edge, Dallas, TX

Check out their site for the full list.

Last night I received a call telling me I was a guaranteed winner.  That was followed up by a question.  Do you have an annual income of $50,000 or greater.  That seemed odd.  If I won something what difference does it make how much I make?  Well there is a catch.  Why is there always a catch?  In order to claim my prize I have to make at least $50,000 and I have to attend a 90 minute presentation for some time share.  They also need two forms of identification which can be a drivers license or some other picture ID and a major credit card or my check book.  I am not an expert on this but I don’t think credit cards and check books are forms of identification.  If that were the case I should be able to use them at airports and I am pretty sure TSA is not going to accept my credit card or check book as an acceptable form of identification.  The grand finale of the presentation is the award drawing where I am guaranteed to win one of the following:

• A new 2008 Lincoln Navigator or $50,000 cash (recipient’s choice)
• 3 day, 2 night trip to Cancun which includes airfare, hotel, meals and alcohol.  At least it includes alcohol.
• $2,500
• 32″ stereo flat -screen color television

I was told that everyone at the presentation will get to pick a number and that number corresponds to one of the prizes.   We will also get to see what everyone wins.  Here are my thoughts on that.

1.  It is unlikely that anyone is going to win the car or 50k.  If someone does win the grand prize I will be suspicous that the winner is a ringer working for the resort.  The ringer wins the big prize and gets everyone excited that they too could be a big winner.  When in actuality you…

2.  Win a trip to Cancun to a resort that the time share owns with so many restrictions attached to it that you can never redeem it.  Then there is option 3.

3.  You win some crappy off brand 32″ TV (which is not an LCD or plasma HDTV just a TV with a flat screen) that is not 2009 compliant so you have to buy a converter for it.

I think I will give myself the gift of time and I will put that 90 minutes to good use doing something else.