Cas Thompson

In the past week, I have had several chats with close friends, family and peers.

As things in life seem to get a little tighter for the folks around me,  it seems as though the main theme has been centered on “not giving up” vs “caving in”.

In the past 12 months the economy has set a [...]

Kanye’s Air Yeezy’s coming soon

Last week I had the opportunity of attending my first UFC fight.   I’ve been following UFC for close to a year and I jumped on the tickets as soon as I heard that UFC 88 Breakthrough would be in Atlanta.

For those that don’t know, the UFC is a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) association based out [...]

Five years ago today, I was modding Nextel phones for a living.  Knocking out i95’s in 15 minutes and lining them up with l.e.d.s – until…  I got burnt out!!

Today, I just did my first blackberry mod and I remembered why I decided to get out of the game.  I just don’t have time.   Even [...]

I have less than 1 week to appreciate my Dad!

Any “original” ideas on the table?   These don’t count!

What do you get the guy that already has it all?

Today marks the eighth part in my Becoming A US Citizen Series.  The whole process took 90 minutes.  15 minutes through security, 60 minutes of nothing but waiting and 15 minutes of interview time.

The questions mirrored everything on the N400 application.   If you have an interview coming up, the best thing to do is try [...]

Moving right along…    I finally got a letter with an appointment for my interview.   I started on Jan 14th and I’m very surprised at the speed of the whole process.   Keep your fingers crossed.  The sooner I get my passport situated, the sooner I can post more travel pics!

On my list of things to do before I leave the planet is see the Great Wall of China. Since my passport game is temporarily shut down, I decided to complete a task that was a little bit more local. So I took another trip to Vegas to see it from [...]

There are only a few things that I can say that I truly hate in this world. One of them is paper. I’m all for a paperless home and office but honestly, it’s hard. You still have to file paper somewhere. The French have introduced Xambox.

The Xambox is part scanner, part [...]

Fingerprints are now done.  The next step is my interview.

Catch up on the timeline here.

Letter number two.  Someone wants to take my fingerprints.   Maybe that someone read my Obama post.

February 29th is the date, write it down.

If you have been following my Becoming A US Citizen posts, you are all aware of my naturalization quest. There is a back story to all of this of course. My entire family became citizens years ago and back then, I really didn’t see a pressing need. Most of [...]

I’m still impressed with the initial speed of this process but now comes the stretch.

... and the letter states

“You will be notified of the date and place of your interview when you have been scheduled by the local USCIS office. You should expect to be notified with 450 days of this notice”

That’s right folks; 450 [...]

The government has cashed their check.

This is moving faster than expected.

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That’s the mugshot of the passport photo that I’m sending off today. Along with the photo, I’m sending off my N400 and $675 bucks.

I’m the only one in my family that hasn’t naturalized and rumor has it that the citizenship process moves a lot faster during an election year.

It looks like I’ll have [...]

I’m sure that you have a little turkey left over from Thanksgiving.  If you’re already tired of turkey sandwiches and turkey salad,  try turkey and couscous.

1.  Cut a circle on the top of your pumpkin large enough for your hand to fit in.

2.  Clean out all pulp and seeds.  Use a large metal or plastic spoon.  You can also fill the pumpkin with warm water to help with the pulp.

3.  Outline your image on the pumpkin with pencil or marker

4.  [...]

I know you think it’s a little early to be focusing on summer of 2008. The older I get the more I become aware of what I’m putting in my body.

You’ve watched me do everything from venom pills to cabbage soup diets and it’s that time again. But this time I’m going at [...]

After not posting for a fews days because of other things on my palette, I figured that a fitting comeback post would relate to online time management. Between the nine to five, online businesses, family life and finding time for entertainment sometimes there is little time for personal development. Here is a [...]