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Shibby

Surf This

About Me

Military brat: Army, born May 15, 1978 in Heidelberg, Germany. My family moved up and down the east coast when we returned to the States. Savannah, GA Rochester, NY Norfolk (Ft. Eustis), VA Ft. Bragg, NC

My dad was enlisted in the Army (weapons maintenance) and we moved to Ft. Bragg in 1987. He retired after Dessert Storm and we moved to Kill Devil Hills, NC.

I went to Manteo High School 92-96 and then to NC State from 96-00. I majored in Electrical Engineering and a minored in Economics. Picked up surfing in KDH and have traveled to many surf destinations (San Diego, Kauai, Oahu, Gold Coast, Barbados, Costa Rica). I found my soul mate in college (freshmen year), Merri Beth, and after dating for 2 years, engaged for 2.5 more, we married on Oct. 6. 2001 in Laurinburg, NC. (aka the LBG)

Merri Beth (MB) now works at Red Hat in the Global Support Services department after working for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (http://www.ncagr.com/) for 5 years. Her parents own a farm in LBG: Rocking B Farm and have Gelbvieh show cows.

We live in Uptown Raleigh. We had our first son on April 3, 2006. He was 9 pounds and 5 oz. We named him Alexander "Zander" Scott Hibbets. We have 3 dogs, all Border Collies: Dot (6), Nat (4), and Bella (2). Our 4th is a stud dog, Lucky, who lives at MB's parents farm in LBG.

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My Interests

Surfing, web design, gardening, community work/leadership, photography, beer, clubbin.

Sports:

    NCAA Football/Basketball - NC State NFL - NY Giants (2nd favs - Panthers, Steelers, Chargers) NHL - NJ Devils & Carolina Hurricanes NBA - who cares MLB - Yankees, but the playoffs are the only thing worth watching Golf - yawn Tennis - love the womens; ecstatic that Hingis is back! Luv Anna Kournikova!!

I'd like to meet:

Duke Kahanamoku, Timmy (South Park)

Music:

System of A Down Sublime Green Day Offspring Pennywise Black Eyed Peas Ekolu Fiji Ludacris Jay-Z Bob Marley Jack Johnson Nelly Dave Matthews Band Squeezetoy 311 Tool Beastie Boys

Movies:

Action/Adventure, Drama, Horror, mostly all types of movies...some of the date/girly movies aren't that good. Don't go to the movies moch more, buy the DVDs and watch it on the home theatre.

Television:

Mostly Sports. South Park. 24. My wife watches the CW, which means that I watch the CW. I love to watch City Council shit on RTN (local Raleigh Station) which drives my wife nuts.

Books:

The Ten Faces of Innovation - Tom Kelley

My Blog

Non-Profit

I just finished completing the non-profit articles of incorporation for our community watch group, Pleasant Ridge & Ramsgate Community Watch. It's a little over a page for the North Carolina Secr...
Posted by Shibby on Fri, 05 May 2006 09:37:00 PST

Gas is High

I usually don't send this stuff out, but It's interesting. And it might just work. Gas was over $3/gallaon today for the 93 juice.By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is sup...
Posted by Shibby on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:46:00 PST

Surf's Up - OBX March 28, 2006

First Street - March 28, 2006 The winds were coming light out of the West/SouthWest and grooming the 5-7 foot NorthEast ground swell. First Street had several peaks firing on all cylinders. With a toa...
Posted by Shibby on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:41:00 PST

Longhorns puncture Wolfpack in NCAA

I watched shamelessly as the NC State Wolfpack came out cold in the seond half of the Texas game in the 2nd round NCAA tournament this past weekend. If the 3's were droppiing, NC State would be in th...
Posted by Shibby on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:45:00 PST

The Legend of Zorro

We watched the legend of zorro tonight. good flick. it was a long day at work today, not too many meetings, but lots of work to be done. It was a beautiful day, especially for feburary. mid 60's. ...
Posted by Shibby on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:12:00 PST

Weekend Wrap-Up

We had a pretty good, relaxing weekend. Saturday, not much on the agenda. I worked on the taxes. Looks we we owe money to the government, thank you stock options. Saturday night, we were all gear...
Posted by Shibby on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 06:12:00 PST

Sidewalk Issues and New Puupy Pictures

Really busy day at work today, I had lots of meetings. I ventured downtown (Raleigh) for a meeting with Councilmen Isley and Crowder joined by Public Works staff members Eric Lambe and Carl Dawson. ...
Posted by Shibby on Fri, 03 Feb 2006 09:15:00 PST

Packs Slides Past Cavaliers ::: Researching SaaS

I just finished watching the NC State and Virginia NCAA Basketball game. I usually have the game on TV and listen to WPTF 680-AM on the radio. The broadcast delay doesn't bother me at all, it get mo...
Posted by Shibby on Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:40:00 PST