tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9174682052399068152024-03-13T00:54:51.220-06:005 down, 2 to go....Its a bloggy readdy thingy. y'know, the kind with words n stuff. Oh, and pictures for the kids.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-67116041922358143092009-03-01T22:19:00.001-07:002009-03-04T11:01:34.735-07:00The 6th of the 6th<div>I was tagged on Jeanine Brown's blog , alas here it goes.</div><div><br />The rules:</div><div>1.Go to your document/pictures file on your computer</div><div>2.Go to the 6th file</div><div>3.Go to the 6th picture</div><div>4. Blog about that picture</div><div>5. Tag 6 other people</div><div>Here's my picture:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Pinhx6Xcb72fZUJkF8NEeP6XmnAamf03O4g1RCgu583dBFEYnFsBV2ABesagfNcBoehgfjZCCKW7loyylxfvT83f8WMv8YsMiWkPFKQ4kUcbSYZ8imTqH_pe8HU5SIi8y2z9U4p0Y08/s1600-h/X-Mas+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Pinhx6Xcb72fZUJkF8NEeP6XmnAamf03O4g1RCgu583dBFEYnFsBV2ABesagfNcBoehgfjZCCKW7loyylxfvT83f8WMv8YsMiWkPFKQ4kUcbSYZ8imTqH_pe8HU5SIi8y2z9U4p0Y08/s200/X-Mas+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308456277689226306" border="0" /></a>This was from christmas day, we got a new camera. You can really see the macro effect from the lens here and it gives you a chance to imbibe the larger things in life. It really makes you realize how small and insignificant we are compared to everything else in the universe...are you there God, it's me Mar.... uh sorry, either that or we were still figuring out the camera.<br /><br />as for passing it on, I leave that up to you, the viewers at home.<br /><br />p.s. don't worry about the satanic overtones of the 6th pic in the 6th file passed on to 6 people. I'm sure it's merely chainblog coincidence.<br /><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com135tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-28675837606746877342009-02-27T09:28:00.007-07:002009-02-27T10:09:26.825-07:00MRPhobia - and his bucket of partsWith just less than one year left to get my degree, I am trying to wrap up what is required to graduate. One of those pesky requirements is a master's research paper aptly named the MRP. My employer kindly agreed to let me take on one of the projects they had goin' on and use that for my research. This was beneficial in more ways than one, most notably the fact that I could use work time to do the research for school. Just to clarify, I am paying for the joyful experience of going to school. While not a perfect counterbalance, it helps. Also, I had a deadline to complete the project which injected itself into my motivational unit and produced results.<br /><br />There is a distinct relationship between the amount of free-time a graduate student has, and how much time they spend doing school related stuff. Keep in mind that part of the "school <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdVBNR7FboeC28CgXR75mnAY91XTYh5NTsrd2kAoEL4MgR1iW7lV6EQOL4HqbI2HDUqMwhUbPeM86kP19GUEDbei1DGmfZsDY9R6ISgt649Ix4r5RBfSDwGhXxadsEzlZMNxGyyiy6bQ/s1600-h/wz.bmp"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdVBNR7FboeC28CgXR75mnAY91XTYh5NTsrd2kAoEL4MgR1iW7lV6EQOL4HqbI2HDUqMwhUbPeM86kP19GUEDbei1DGmfZsDY9R6ISgt649Ix4r5RBfSDwGhXxadsEzlZMNxGyyiy6bQ/s200/wz.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307523194431136530" border="0" /></a>related" bit includes avoiding doing anything school related. Anyone who has worked with criminal offenders will notice this phenomenon at work: an inmate/offender/resident/probationer/parolee (in no particular order) will spend vast amounts of time an energy attempting to get out of doing whatever it is "the man" told them to do. Now, while often times the level of innovation is clever and even astounding, the end result is usually the same- disciplinary action for not following the rules or conditions of release.<br /><br />Similarly, a graduate student, or perhaps any student for that matter, uses a tremendous amount of energy attempting to get out of doing exactly what will allow them to graduate.<br /><br />Lucky for me, I have a wonderful adviser who does not go easy on me, but is still encouraging. Alas, I have the first draft turned in, and back to me. I wonder what's on T.V. this weekend...Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-34694371323620484322009-01-09T12:06:00.002-07:002009-01-09T12:12:29.652-07:00Sweet ConcertAngie and I went to see Fred Eaglesmith and the flying squirrels. it wasn't bad. Note the excitement.<br /><p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzjDWOZDNshP0pQQeH8SAMCehaTHyweKr7LhvVcUlkotBP4stkbjB8-m689FHXW3CgbU5cQc-81oDQM6LL_vQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>thats right. We were there!</p>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-87221331076290251272009-01-08T16:34:00.002-07:002009-01-08T16:57:36.994-07:00Yep, its that time of the semester againThere is a strange bit of excitement in the air every time a new semester is about to begin. Up until the beginning of the semester the campus is basically dead. Then something amazing happens. The campus begins to blossom, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHM6dTn5om0">no not that kind</a>, the kind where people and cars and bicycles and skateboards all crowd the sidewalks to get their piece of the action. Woah! Students break the binding on their $200 communications 1010 textbook and stare in awe at the <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plethora">plethora</a> of words and <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dearth">dearth</a> of pictures.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://paulstamatiou.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mizzou_macs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 246px;" src="http://paulstamatiou.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mizzou_macs.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Students eagerly download the course syllabus and calculate just how long they can put off the midterm and final papers to accommodate their xBox 360 schedule. (which by the way, you can now stream <a href="http://netflix.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=293">Netflix </a>movies on)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:T9S4BClHR5CYBM:http://9tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/light-tunnel-10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 131px;" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:T9S4BClHR5CYBM:http://9tutorials.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/light-tunnel-10.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I too, get excited. Especially now that I can see the light at the end of the masters degree tunnel. Yes, it really is Matrix green, and yes I took the red pill. <br /><br />Coming up this semester I learn how to design research and how to policy health. Whee!Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-36512789394422961402008-12-18T08:50:00.006-07:002008-12-18T12:07:37.875-07:00FNGAngie and I went to a burrito joint* the other night. As we entered the establishment the electric heaters above the patio tables gently warmed us. I thought in awe about a business that would consider the feelings of someone wishing to procure <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tortilla">a thin round of unleavened wheat flour bread</a> filled with charred beef and pico de gallo, and taking time to consider that they may wish <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://th06.deviantart.com/fs17/300W/f/2007/183/3/d/I_IS_A_BURRITO_by_Zaelithe.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 231px;" src="http://th06.deviantart.com/fs17/300W/f/2007/183/3/d/I_IS_A_BURRITO_by_Zaelithe.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>to enhance the experience with 5 degree weather. Long story longer, we waited in line, admiring the simple menu. Burrito, Burrito Bol, Taco's, Salad. Simple menu notwithstanding, we began to wonder why someone a mere 3 people in front of us was having such a hard time deciding. We quickly determined that it was the "new employee effect" at work. We could have opened up our own tasty burrito establishment with a catchy slogan in the time it took them to make our order. Clearly they assumed that, being Monday night, business would be slow and why not put the FNG on the front line, even though he clearly was not up to par, or up to sub-par at the time. Before you get mad at me, I am sure that he is a wonderful man with a sweet spirit who pays his rent on time and helps his elderly neighbor across the street take out the trash. (Keep in mind that's what they always say about serial killers...) <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAYM6YbgaH39D5brCcNGyAgkpmcDrlHqE4IOkOuRgxShMkgDewYcjh63zH0EaMFILi08UpiP5Zmc7Nw16yIn-oTWJQthv1u68ZN8IGnFeLQq8MvrQSTuWPNdCa6Wnzd5itdcwMlILt3_M/s320/Ted+Bundy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAYM6YbgaH39D5brCcNGyAgkpmcDrlHqE4IOkOuRgxShMkgDewYcjh63zH0EaMFILi08UpiP5Zmc7Nw16yIn-oTWJQthv1u68ZN8IGnFeLQq8MvrQSTuWPNdCa6Wnzd5itdcwMlILt3_M/s320/Ted+Bundy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>However, he was clearly not ready to be "on the front line." He at least needed a helper to prompt him on what he needed to do next. Not being a regular customer of the fine establishment, I couldn't prompt him myself.<br />Alas, we managed to gather our foil wrapped manifestations of spicy goodness and eat. We sated our hunger and we left, once again warmed by the electric heat lamps on the patio, fearful of the warming to follow the next day.<br /><br /><br />*If I were to establish my own burrito joint it would be self serve. The slogan would be "At this joint, you roll your own." You'll come hungry, but you'll leave starving. With cottonmouth.<br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Default/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Default/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" />Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-61284397181339576772008-11-25T08:50:00.005-07:002008-11-25T09:39:12.759-07:00Culled and Flew SeasonIt seems as though when someone gets sick, they are either sick of being tired or tired of being sick. I am sick of being sick. I have had a cold three* times in the past month. I don't have a nearby camera or I would take a picture of my <a href="http://www.puffs.com/en_US/index.shtml">nose-in-need</a>. And it has been a while since I have used the personal groomer. I like to keep it at a number 2, not too short because it gets cold in the winter, but not so long I look like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000527/">Walter Matthau</a>. Y'know, simple.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:BR01v3isiVTAWM:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TGbodzwbL._SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 114px;" src="http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:BR01v3isiVTAWM:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TGbodzwbL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway, I was glad to find that Wal-Mart's Equate brand cold medicine works just as well as Day-Quil because it is one third as expensive. Luckily gas doesn't cost nearly as much, so getting to the store is cheaper too.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:Rmr6mI3FdEhEfM:http://www.flyanglersonline.com/ldy/birdflu.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 109px;" src="http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:Rmr6mI3FdEhEfM:http://www.flyanglersonline.com/ldy/birdflu.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Though being sick has its advantages. You can get out of work meetings or presentations because you "don't want to get people sick." Don't get me wrong, I'm terrified of avian flu (<a href="http://www.avianflu.gov/">H5N1</a>) but I don't pal around with shady birds all too often. Though I did get my start in the living room of an extremist bird many years ago....<br /><br />In the event of a pandemic there are certain things to remember:<br /><br />-Avoid large gatherings (finally, an excuse to not go to church)<br /><br />-Wash your hands (with soap <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>water. I know, who knew?)<br /><br />-Make me the primary beneficiary in your will (I will explain this after you die)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:OvDmzsFEadd1rM:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31nCVVRSq8L._SL500_AA280_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 114px;" src="http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:OvDmzsFEadd1rM:http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31nCVVRSq8L._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />-Tin foil hat (Everyone knows tin foil hats are the best protector against this "flu")<br /><br />-Liberal use of hand sanitizer (yes, spread the wealth of sanitizer and socialize!)<br /><br />-Most importantly, don't "know" any birds as Adam "knew" Eve. Simple to follow, yet incredibly helpful.<br /><br />By following these basic rules, along with the ones that are actually effective, you can be assured that your chances of developing the flu are decreased. In fact, just by staying indoors and reading this post have decreased your chances by 0.0000001%! I know, crazy.<br /><br /><br />*This is week two of what I think is the same cold making a comeback, thus it counts as two.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-71054379756216067572008-11-07T10:35:00.003-07:002008-11-07T10:40:03.705-07:00Good Song.So this band is quite good, I saw them on Conan O'Brien a while back, and I quite fancy their music. I am not sure who to compare them to, but its not rock, but its not pop. I guess some may call it indie. Pretty good nonetheless. They are called The Airborne Toxic Event. Not too sure why.<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b3oav-LMl1k&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b3oav-LMl1k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I'll admit it's no Japanese Pizza commercial, but still good.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-44278613679657947842008-11-05T09:33:00.008-07:002008-11-06T08:55:37.700-07:00Its ok to go outside right?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/3008224992_ff26533439.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3025/3008224992_ff26533439.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />After so many months of bombardment, it was strange waking up with no political ads or people <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politicking">policticking</a>. As if the blanket of snow covering my yard was a sign of the inner peace that I was now experiencing, I though back on the last several years. Two years ago, I was finishing up my bachelors degree. now, halfway through my masters degree, I realize I am only one election season away from graduating! crap.<br /><br />Two years ago I was working in a job field which I thought would carry me to retirement. Not so much. Not to say I didn't like the job, I still miss it, thought it did not work with my 5 year plan. (by the way, I don't have a 5 year plan)<br /><br />Two years ago the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 12,221.<br /><br />Two years ago Saddam Hussein was executed after being found guilty of war crimes.<br /><br />Two years ago Avian Flu kills 79.<br /><br />Two years ago James Brown dies at 73<br /><br />Two years ago Jeffrey Skilling, COO of Enron is sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in prison. And fined $45 Million. Thousands lost everything.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.fluxstatic.com/-/Clients/Common/Img/ExternalCommunityThumbnails/ExtCommunity_YouTube_Size50x50.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 50px; height: 50px;" src="http://static.fluxstatic.com/-/Clients/Common/Img/ExternalCommunityThumbnails/ExtCommunity_YouTube_Size50x50.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Two years ago Google buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion dollars.<br /><br />Two years ago North Korea <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBkTUzKAiXQ">drops the bomb</a>.<br /><br />Long story short, although much has changed in the last two years, so much has also stayed the same. Now, regardless of what your particular political beliefs may be, we are responsible for effecting the change we would like to see in the world. Gandhi was right. We can bitch and moan that things are not what we want them to be. We can point fingers across the aisle and say "they" did this and how dare "they" do it again. Meanwhile we sit silent and watch it occur, waiting to "use it against them" come election time. Remember how short the voters memory is.<br /><br />I don't remember what I had for breakfast today, or what happened two years ago, and two years from now, hopefully with diploma hanging on wall, I will look back and say, it was a good time to be, two years ago.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-74229384342813977052008-11-04T08:53:00.001-07:002008-11-04T08:53:26.613-07:00Lookit Here...<div><br />Please enjoy the election. It is almost over.</div><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.clearspring.com/o/48ff995c49a30ff2/49106ff09cdd10f7/490532f277debe70/c2a2fb42/widget.js"></script>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-13375831606532018142008-10-23T16:33:00.004-06:002008-10-31T09:07:01.026-06:00ho-hum<div>So I have decided, amidst a whirlwind of thoughts, to change back to the more traditional template. This includes the standard for comments. yes, I realize that this means I am just like the millions of others too lame to create their own blogger page, but.....<br /><br />I was interrupted when I was typing this post a week ago. I have no idea where it was going, but I am sure that it was hilarious! I can only imagine. In the meantime, I would like to post this video because it is effin' hilarious. As we are now approaching the election, let us take a look at politics in action. <br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGWoZUaDIzVykZ3RadQmlFX0BihUGlvNwYoa0PwER15XY-NQtg7y-Ouy1pIC5PNr3b8Rdsa-vR3dxEQIYFLQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Clearly, the front fell off. Cardboard, no good. I love it. I hope everybody voted him in again so the hilarity could continue.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-83540232360689478562008-09-25T07:58:00.002-06:002008-09-25T08:18:20.785-06:00funny ha-haI have written down some things that I have heard in the past while that have made me chuckle. I decided that I would list them and share the love.<br /><br />-I'm a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">fixin</span>' to...<br /> I guess that if you live in the South (capitalized as it "shall rise again") you probably hear this more often. However living in the Utah, I don't hear it nearly as much. It was a friend of mine that called someone out on this statement. She <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">queried</span> whether or not they actually said that. They did.<br /><br />-Tempest in a Teapot<br /> I would assume that this is metaphorical, meaning that the situation is not critical, but people are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">acting</span> as though it is. This is true unless you have ever had a teapot of hot tea spilt on your lap. <br /><br />-Navel Gazing Nonsense<br /> I have no idea what this means.<br /><br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Hootenany</span><br /> (as in "shindig") Unfortunately I am the guilty party on this one. It was nigh upon staff <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">meetin</span>' time and I asked my boss what time this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hootenany</span> was going to start. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Understandably</span> all conversation stopped. A several minute discussion on the term <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">hootenany</span> ensued. We are none the wiser.<br /><br />-Wait California is a state? (or something to that effect)<br /> I overheard this walking across the campus of a liberal (not capitalized) University in Utah. I was surprised at the surprise of the student who suddenly realized that the thousand or so miles of west coast line was occupied by a "state" and not a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">receptacle</span> for celebrity excess. Go figure.<br /><br />-...its like the older I get, the less I change...<br /> Another student on said campus. Talking on a cell phone, because who talks to those physically present anymore. I only heard this brief exchange but chuckled nonetheless.<br /><br />-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Fauxumentary</span><br /> I heard this on the radio and liked it. It has probably been around for a while, but new to me. Films such as <em>This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Guffman</span>, Drop Dead Gorgeous</em> are good examples of this.<br /><br />-shindig<br /> Referenced earlier in this post, and I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">apologize</span>.<br /><br />So there you go, a list of some funny stuff overheard in the past while. I hope to update this list soon. I hear often, remember less.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-7059229611814410702008-08-29T17:43:00.006-06:002008-08-29T18:11:21.387-06:00Its a brand new day.While I cannot remember off the top of my head which pharmaceutical commercial the post title comes from, it is indeed a brand new day. With a black man accepting the Democratic Party nomination on the 45th anniversary of MLK's historic speech, and a woman being named as a vice president for the Republican Party, things are changing.<br /><br />Like others, I was not always involved in politics. This is mostly due to the fact that I had no reason to <em>be</em> involved in politics. I had a job, paid income tax on my 3,000 year and got it all back. Oh, and I was mooching off my parents at the time so had no real expenses, save my slurpee habit.<br /><br />With the ever-increasing primary season, I have had to ask, why? No, not why Fred Thompson (Dun-Dun), but why so long. It was clear almost from the beginning who the <a href="http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/09/FRED%20THOMPSON%20VIGGO.JPG"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px" height="136" alt="" src="http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2007/09/FRED%20THOMPSON%20VIGGO.JPG" border="0" /></a>top candidates would be. (Sorry Ron Paul, maybe that "no IRS thing" will work next time) All that happened was a great waste of money that campaign contributors will never get back.<br /><br />I did get to see Chelsea Clinton and Bill Clinton speak at the local University during the campaign. Eh, I've had better motivational speeches from RonCo.<br /><br />I can't wait for the Republican National Convention because then the left wing nutjobs will have a chance to respond to the right wing nutjobs and we will all be so incredibly tired of this damn election process that the Elephant Man-Iceman <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1067566082845_2003/10/31/1n_iceman,0.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1067566082845_2003/10/31/1n_iceman,0.jpg" border="0" /></a>ticket will seem like a good idea because we <a href="http://health.discovery.com/convergence/elephantman/slideshow/gallery/skeleton_v_zoom.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://health.discovery.com/convergence/elephantman/slideshow/gallery/skeleton_v_zoom.jpg" border="0" /></a>wont remember hearing anything bad about them like how many houses they have or how they are a Muslim sympathizer......I am going to sleep till January.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-3921576430213072822008-08-14T11:27:00.002-06:002008-08-14T11:30:21.599-06:00Trucker hat, who wants ya!?<a href="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:hKPRiUQ0RZZViM:http://www.theclothinglab.com/tclimages/products/CobraFoam-01.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:hKPRiUQ0RZZViM:http://www.theclothinglab.com/tclimages/products/CobraFoam-01.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">New office? My own new office? That’s right, for the time being I am housed in an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">echoey</span> office (not sure if that’s a word). However the new digs are nice, but I don’t know if I enjoy working for a living. Yes it is still basically a state job, but one that requires me to produce “work” units. How strange. I am waiting for </span><a href="http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/punkd/series.jhtml"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ashton <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kutcher</span></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> to pop out and tell me I got pimp’d or pick’d or whatever. We’ll see. At least I would get to meet <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Demi</span> Moore…</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-64247505094507542282008-08-01T09:02:00.002-06:002008-08-01T09:12:57.937-06:00Well okay thenIt is official. School is done for the summer. Now I have three weeks before Fall Semester to finish my honeydo list. Speaking of my honey, she asked me to pose a question about my last post. In that post I mentioned something about being "wont" to do something. When she read that she made fun of me. After I proved the definition of the word using the <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wont">Internet</a>, she continued to poke fun at me and said that no one uses that word like that in this day and age. With texting and blogging all the rage I shall finish this blog post accordingly.<br /><br />OMG, I was LMAO when you GED's were looking at him. IDK what you were thinking. ;-) BRB, /b/ :::: @-->--- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">OSC</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">LOL</span> <br /><br />ugh. I can't do it. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">TTFN</span>.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-46657980776323979862008-07-25T15:29:00.008-06:002008-07-25T16:17:12.421-06:00Al DenteNo, he is not your neighborhood dentist, this is a <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/al+dente">term used for cooking pasta</a>. I was watching TV, as I am wont to do when I'm not working or in school. I saw a pizza hut commercial for their new <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4FtWghQAw"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Tuscani</span> Pasta</a>. The newer version of the same commercial starts by saying that New Yorkers know their pasta. This got me thinking, are you an expert on a certain type of cuisine by virtue of your ZIP code. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">That's</span> an easy answer. No. <a href="http://www.nomarmiteintunisia.co.uk/0Italian-Flag.gif"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.nomarmiteintunisia.co.uk/0Italian-Flag.gif" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div><div><div><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://amusesbouche.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/emeril.jpg"></a> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Not every Italian citizen can taste a marinara sauce and say, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Hmmmm</span>...put in some more oregano, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">BAM</span>! Kick it up another notch! I don't think that New Yorkers are any more likely <div><a href="http://amusesbouche.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/emeril.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://amusesbouche.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/emeril.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>to taste pasta and say, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ooooohhhh</span>...this is good. This tastes like the pizza we had last night from Pizza Hut, only like its been rolled into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">fusilli</span> and covered in made-from-real-cheese processed cheese and canned spaghetti <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">sauce</span>. Lets order that when we get home.</div><br /><div><a href="http://amusesbouche.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/emeril.jpg"></a> </div><br /><div>If this were the case, Utah would be a hotbed for funeral potato and green jello delivery.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227075662645880434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHmaDTzjfpIltauJauXEUEBpdKyYodR8fCX_k6CQXjDFQdVnQT95Ob3FxfFgYse00jrU6bNAw-74GNJMRd2_CchUT7j7iuhCHDL6EpfzIW1srFUkCgiqEQS3gHxEx0UauC0SmenweN0s/s200/pizza+jello.bmp" border="0" /> <div>Imagine the interior of The Roof restaurant at the Joseph Smith Building and a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">voice over</span> guy saying, </div><div>"We took 50 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">mormons</span> in Salt Lake City and fed them a steak dinner. Many refused dessert until they remembered what TV told them, there's always room for Jell-O..."</div><div>There would be people eating the green plasma and saying things like, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">mmmm</span>, this is just like grandma used to make, or hey honey, you should get the recipe from the cook, haw haw....</div><br /><div>Then the camera would cut to the exterior of the restaurant and show a bunch of Domino's delivery cars showing up and people going Oh! It's fast food....that's why it was so good!</div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227075245013247794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO309SJ67iIpFyHdL0VekmfYQJrfSDZA85aJIsKksWrHeUMrMu9f-Cy9_BjnTr3ySOp9P2tKciV9QsHellVmbYmzCwsNvzFbTmFptBPUJbolpB-bOj23yvrj84HnXFpZSzhH1g-2sot7I/s320/Dominos+car.bmp" border="0" /> <div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-77113008783632574262008-06-28T13:47:00.005-06:002008-06-28T14:30:13.772-06:00The End of DazeRecently someone I work with was bitten by a rattlesnake. Not a twelve foot one either. A baby one. <a href="http://www.envenomated.com/images/articles/jshandbite.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.envenomated.com/images/articles/jshandbite.jpg" border="0" /></a>According to everyone I've told this story to, those are the <a href="http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/mar/stories/rattlesin.html">worst kind</a>. Although this may or may not be completely accurate, it still sucked. (for him of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">course</span>, not me) The doctor told him, which most have been absolutely comforting, that "this is the first rattlesnake bite I have treated. Oh, and you may lose your finger, I got this off the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Internet</span>." Nice, good work on the bedside manner. However, if being a doctor only takes a thorough <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">knowledge</span> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">wikipedia</span></a> searches, I'm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">sittin</span>' pretty for a degree in medicine. <a href="http://www.cobraman.net/mediac/400_0/media/hagen4.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.cobraman.net/mediac/400_0/media/hagen4.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Yes, Rock On <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.cobraman.net/6955.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Cobraman</span></a>, Rock On. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Lucky for Don (the guy who was bit) he has a whole bunch of coworkers to visit him in the hospital and give him a hard time about getting bit. Someone gave him some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">gummi</span> snakes, there were many poorly performed Steve Irwin impressions, and various other references to a job well done. But hey that's what friends are for. </div><br /><div>The nurse was somewhat offended by our visits, but I don't think he quite understands how we work. If it had been us, Don would have been there doing the exact same thing. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>There's something to be said about that. We are all there for each other. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">That's</span> a good thing given the nature of our work. We need to be there. There were two others there with Don when he got bit. They smashed the snake with a sledgehammer. Score one for the blue team.<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://ozguru.mu.nu/Photos/teamwork.gif" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-37997792701856667102008-06-27T09:00:00.002-06:002008-06-27T09:04:05.185-06:00New blog template.I have learned much about html code, and obviously have much to learn. I got this template off a <a href="http://www.blogskins.com/">website</a>. Still working out the kinks and stuff. I will try to liven it all up a bit. In the meantime, use the comment box on the right side of your viewing device. Let me know what you think. Yes, this is all new to me.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-89364267336414887302008-06-26T16:01:00.003-06:002008-06-26T16:24:21.540-06:00Two in a row!I amazed myself. I know. Though I don't have any amazing <a href="http://corneralacameron.blogspot.com/2008/06/resident-evil-raccoon-city.html">raccoon stories</a>, nor do I have copious amounts of information regarding the dangers of <a href="http://drhansen20.blogspot.com/2008/06/free-info-friday_20.html">fluoride</a>, I do have good news. No, I didn't save a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to geico, (No hyperlink there, they are neither friend nor foe) I am done with classes for Constitutional Law. Hooray! I still need to write a large paper and I am not looking forward to it.<br />Here's the thing about the blog, I think of things all the time to write about. Amazing things, incredible things, things which neither man nor beast will ever understand. However, I am never near a computer and able to freeform it right then and there. If my memory serves me correctly, it doesn't. Thus, as I sit to write a blog post, I think to myself, what was that thing I was going to write about? Was it about sitting down on a already warm toilet seat? no..... Was it about techniques used to appear working when you are not? could be...... It may have been more pictures of my garden......<br /><br />I regularly visit a few blogs and I am consistently impressed with the amount of consistent dedication by the blogs author who manage to produce posts on an incredibly regular basis. Kudos to them. <br />I guess they find it easy as they have something to be passionate about. I on the other hand am passionate about not being passionate. The occasion is rare when I drag the dusty soapbox out of the garage where it has acted as a makeshift sprinkler repair workshop. I stand and deliver a short but sweet tirade careful not to unnecessarily offend. Therein may lie the issue. Perhaps a lesson from the sprinkler box is called for more often. Not that any would particularly care, but I may feel better about it.<br />Hmmm.... If I could just find someone to yell at...Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-36495528033276903372008-06-25T09:57:00.004-06:002008-06-25T10:34:04.894-06:00Time is relativeI've noticed something <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">particularly</span> odd about time. When you really need it, y0u <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">don't</span> have it. When you have to much of it, there nothing to fill it with. If you wanted to reserve a block of time for something, say homework, it's amazing how something better comes along. I have been forced, by way of my own doing, to write 1-2 four page papers every week for about the last <a href="http://therepublicants.blogspot.com/2008/05/random.html">six weeks.</a> Not to say that the better option will edify and uplift quite as much as reviewing supreme court decisions, and making uneducated inferences about their meaning and present day applications.<br /><br /><a href="http://incontiguousbrick.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/suntzu.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://incontiguousbrick.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/suntzu.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Though I try to look at it with the attitude that I have scarcely more than one year until the suffering has ended, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">that's</span> a lot of papers. A lot of papers. I have learned some stuff along the way, however. Nothing that will solve world hunger, yet. If anyone is looking for a good book on effective leadership, and a good example of someone to follow, pick up a copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Leadership-Executive-Strategies-Tough/dp/0446394599/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214409948&sr=8-1">this book on </a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Leadership-Executive-Strategies-Tough/dp/0446394599/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214409948&sr=8-1">President Lincoln.</a> It is an easy read and actually has some good points and interesting anecdotes about honest Abe. Not to get too political, but clearly the current president did not read this book. Nor did he read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/1599869772/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214410059&sr=1-2">Sun <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Tzu's</span> The Art of War</a>.<br /><br /><br />But remember, if you vote with your heart and not your pocketbook, the terrorists win. Not really. But please read Lincoln's speech delivered at the dedication of the Gettysburg <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Cemetery</span> for the slain Union soldiers.<br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.<br />Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived <a href="http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln2_1_e.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/jb/civil/jb_civil_lincoln2_1_e.jpg" border="0" /></a>and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.<br />But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. </div><div align="left">Abraham Lincoln</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">There is not much more that can be said.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="right"></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-42660397975821930902008-06-12T11:05:00.007-06:002008-06-12T11:15:35.777-06:00MmmmBoy.Not too long ago I posted some pictures of my garden. I'm sure that you can scroll down and see them. Here are some updated pictures. I know, the garden seems kinda boring, but I have no children and this is what I am raising now. So enjoy. We also ate the first strawberry. It was delicious. Albeit a little small. <div><div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87rcRJWdWy1ixCmS9I5MSq9Qvn0cAk_0fTlUunj43dSlQ4DPZwjfHgFCiWq-1PrhouEbVxrUHwiQMJg5GWJQ55oDlbVitiG375TxxonUJP2ARc0DdVRzhhFHut573ZP0wJx7wvmViQDE/s1600-h/garden+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211042883590430754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh87rcRJWdWy1ixCmS9I5MSq9Qvn0cAk_0fTlUunj43dSlQ4DPZwjfHgFCiWq-1PrhouEbVxrUHwiQMJg5GWJQ55oDlbVitiG375TxxonUJP2ARc0DdVRzhhFHut573ZP0wJx7wvmViQDE/s320/garden+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuNse2Q4byXqpwwKbrzyQiJyw-XhgzICYc0xWJqbYaEqDmoMy9qQ1YGl2u-anJ-rS0Z0MBG-9NBIbXT2iUZJIt3zD7pjl_BHbAtVhdYmKJ0UNeirGP8hkWvCIBy8V8vH7wfhgDam9ZZs/s1600-h/garden+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211043019791875042" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuNse2Q4byXqpwwKbrzyQiJyw-XhgzICYc0xWJqbYaEqDmoMy9qQ1YGl2u-anJ-rS0Z0MBG-9NBIbXT2iUZJIt3zD7pjl_BHbAtVhdYmKJ0UNeirGP8hkWvCIBy8V8vH7wfhgDam9ZZs/s320/garden+005.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>Peas, Beans, Corn <br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div> Peppers, Cucumbers, Strawberries<br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211043234507223442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKJJ9iJ1gN_OL5itsyRpUmBjHDJ6k62XK0N-k1d1kWUXizpnLnWCiVFMXuqbR8MTB8zPaNOnF_PEXgw39fSKwlOPjbdN_uhwj9cmSzI6xLDzR6nMafi0HVgCIPS0YyZWfT7UVu9TYxAM/s320/garden+006.jpg" border="0" /> Pumpkins!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We had a little issue with the pumpkins, they just didn't want to grow. They have finally sprouted and we look forward to the fall harvest. I imagine they will end up being the size of the decorative pumpkins you get in the fall, but at least we saved 15 cents</div><div>a pound!</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.pumpkinpatchpals.com/products/mini_ridge1.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.pumpkinpatchpals.com/products/mini_ridge1.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Here's</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">garrrrrdening</span>. <br /><br /></div><div></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-8778176596596712052008-06-09T14:53:00.002-06:002008-06-09T15:23:56.746-06:00Oh, Where has the time gone?<div>Yes, this whole blogging thing gets away from me. I haven't the constant time or patience to do it. Of course I will continue, but try as I might, it may not be every day. Aside from the constant lamentations about blogging, we went on vacation this weekend. Look at these cool pictures!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div>OK, so no one had a camera. I do have one picture taken with my cell phone however. This is near where we camped. Also enjoy these photos from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">interweb</span>!</div><br /><div><br /></div><a href="http://www.dinoruss.com/utah2001-photos/siu-course/moab-to_price/med/san_rafealeast1-med.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.dinoruss.com/utah2001-photos/siu-course/moab-to_price/med/san_rafealeast1-med.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://aslo.org/photopost/data/504/88San_Rafael_Swell_Apr_2007_004_40_-med.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://aslo.org/photopost/data/504/88San_Rafael_Swell_Apr_2007_004_40_-med.jpg" border="0" /></a><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.geocities.com/baja/dunes/2319/navajo/44zoom.jpg" border="0" /><br />or <a href="http://windsourceii.blogspot.com/2007/05/san-rafael-swell-north.html">look here for a photo journey!<br /></a><br />Maybe next time we will have a camera. But the history is great other wise. We also found rocks. Geodes to be specific.</div><br /><p><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.bonnevillemariner.com/uploaded_images/geode-742196.jpg" border="0" />Ours weren't quite this cool, but we didn't have much time to look around. We need to go back just for the rocks. maybe next time.</p>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-23621597566742408322008-05-30T09:36:00.007-06:002008-05-30T09:56:22.981-06:00GArrrrrrrrDenNo, not a pirates pumpkin patch. The wretched patch of dirt on the side of my house (my hizzie, if you will, and no, I won't) where the missus and I have planted some food stuffs.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWXhS682fbYrGLH81IR2bnSpNF13HiHYxU43iT8c0zFhGHy6yQ5HcR5kny3X4kFEEVXJ4T4rwu4_2DPOp9VEQXTADq0gWMdr6l5tG67awAUuf4R_-NCLAvCMapMtHK3qFrw5damwoubU/s1600-h/garden+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206197251670805378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWXhS682fbYrGLH81IR2bnSpNF13HiHYxU43iT8c0zFhGHy6yQ5HcR5kny3X4kFEEVXJ4T4rwu4_2DPOp9VEQXTADq0gWMdr6l5tG67awAUuf4R_-NCLAvCMapMtHK3qFrw5damwoubU/s200/garden+001.jpg" border="0" /> </a> What I didn't realize, is how much I actually care that the stuff grows. And how much trouble it is to make sure that it does. Constant watering and tending to it. Then I'm supposed to thin them out when they get two inches tall. It took me forever to grow them, why would I pull them out?<br />Oh, and up until most recently it was even an organic garden. Some miracle grow accidentally fell on it. stay tuned.<br /><div><div>So here it is, I guess that some of it is doing well. That's corn in the back there. We also have peppers, a dead tomato plant, some cucumbers, and some peas 'n beans.</div><div>The peas are the ones in the front that have actually graced us with their presence. (bang up photography by the way)</div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC7vakaPX0HHdXapO72GA8bMl5L4GW8srWKiKUaOQZmdXvu5iDkTaskjv4ovszYdY86BKLc7Y_3zpyGxFyRTg-psT1cj3TXS9J_WngcXYla_BjbkhhQyNGOiY299LOrPwwWb6V7RbTRk/s1600-h/garden+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206198325412629410" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC7vakaPX0HHdXapO72GA8bMl5L4GW8srWKiKUaOQZmdXvu5iDkTaskjv4ovszYdY86BKLc7Y_3zpyGxFyRTg-psT1cj3TXS9J_WngcXYla_BjbkhhQyNGOiY299LOrPwwWb6V7RbTRk/s200/garden+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On the other side where are the pumpkins. Or at least where the pumpkins eventually will be. and yes that is our unfinished rock path there as well. We are still getting a general idea of where we want to place the stones. I think we will leave them there for the season and see if we like them. The nice thing about this is we can change our mind if we want and move them, no effort wasted.</div><div> </div><div>Yet aside from my dreadfully boring gardening story, I will think about putting up some pictures of my basement. the boss and I have started putting up some of the drywall and it is actually starting to look like an actual room. We are going to have a lot of mudding to do. <br /></div><div></div><div> </div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-67162960732090124292008-05-22T12:00:00.003-06:002008-05-22T12:32:17.033-06:00Nooooooooooooo!!!!!I was so sad when I heard the news, <a href="http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season7/david_archuleta/">David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Archuleta</span></a>, Utah's native son, came in second place. Tragedy. Actually I never watched an episode of this seasons show. Or last seasons, or the one before that, or the one before that. The only ones that are worth watching are the first few episodes wherein the bad singers who actually think they are good singers perform for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">simon</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">paula</span>, and randy. Does it bother anyone else that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">simon</span> is consistently the only one on the show with an original thought? Their season planning meeting must go something like this: <div><div></div><br /><div>Simon: (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">eastenders</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">british</span> accent) Thank you all for coming, lets get this atrocity moving.</div><br /><div>Randy: Yo, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Dawg</span>, it's been so long.</div><br /><div>Simon: *sigh*</div><br /><div>Paula: (laugh-crying hysterically) I had to clean up the diarrhea! I need help!</div><br /><div>Simon: *sigh*</div><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Seacrest</span>: (holding pen as a microphone) This is set to be an amazing meeting. We have the all the big players here tonight, with a special guest appearance from (squinting, looking for cue cards) Dammit, who is our special guest?</div><br /><div>Simon: *sigh*</div><br /><div>Paula: Why do we have to have these meetings so early? I was in bed, my neck! Whats that buzzing noise?</div><br /><div>Randy: Yo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Dawg</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">thats</span> the phone.</div><br /><div>Paula: Where is my assistant to answer the phone? I have been asked to choreograph for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Bratz</span> movie! I need help!</div><br /><div>Simon: *sigh* We have gotten some good work done today. Ryan, I thought I told you that Neil <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Sedaka</span> was not going to be here...</div><br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Seacrest</span>: (touching flag lapel pin) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Seacrest</span> Out!</div><br /><div>Randy: (taking fern leaves out of Paula's mouth) Yo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Dawg</span>! this ain't your house!</div><br /><div>Paula: Where am I?</div><br /><div>Simon: *sigh*</div><div></div><br /><div>At least <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">thats</span> how I imagine it in my head. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">dont</span> know what worries me more, the fact that I imagine it, or the fact that it is so <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">believable</span>. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB142/FordRumyChenney02.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB142/FordRumyChenney02.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>What worries me even more is the fact that Dick Cheney, Don <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Rumsfeld</span>, Justice Antonin <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Scalia</span> were all buddies during the Nixon administration? They apparently thought that the office of the Executive had lost some of it's powerful luster. Old news but just as interesting, they still <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,108757,00.html">pal around</a>. And you thought it was dangerous to go hunting with the Vice-President.</div><br /><div></div><a href="http://advancemypractice.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/duckhunt.gif"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://advancemypractice.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/duckhunt.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div> (and yes, I know that's Ford in the middle)<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-40207851265891765772008-05-15T16:46:00.002-06:002008-05-15T16:50:23.895-06:00I couldn't wait.I had to post this video because it made me laugh. I now have the chorus downloaded on my computer. When my supervisor walks in, I play it. He usually looks at me funny then leaves.<br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/a6tSyDHXViM&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/a6tSyDHXViM&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />It really makes no sense, but then again, I am not a native of Japan. Perhaps there are different cultural norms there that I don't understand. However I do understand how annoying it is when your pizza toppings ignore you. When they turn their back on you, it's just awful. Oh well, I've switched to Chinese food anyway.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917468205239906815.post-55879096715064535662008-05-12T15:46:00.003-06:002008-05-12T15:59:53.637-06:00We had a good run.<div>I am about to disappear for the next six or seven weeks. This is due in part to a mechanism of my own creation, namely my gluttony for educational punishment. I have spent this beautiful spring day holed up inside on the couch, cuddled up with one of the classics. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Constitutional-Cases-Materials-University-Casebook/dp/1587788810/ref=sr_11_1/103-1638209-9748649?ie=UTF8&qid=1210629010&sr=11-1">Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials, 12th ed.</a> Oh Freakin' Yeah! I will be enjoying a classroom discussion-like "classroom discussion" about said reading materials tonight. Hereafter referred to as "class." Lest I vex your sunny spring day, don't worry. Tomorrow the class experience will be much different. Organizational Culture and Behavior. Times will be even better, as now I can shake the drudgery of our Nations Constitution, and delve feet first (always delve responsibly) (with a lifeguard whenever possible) (now back to our story) into <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Readings-Organizational-Behavior-Steven/dp/0495094749/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1486292-4194029?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210629313&sr=1-1">Organizational Behavior</a>.<br />Although I think I may be onto why they call it a "morning constitutional." <img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nrws.net/users/72/pictures/restroom%20sign.JPG" border="0" /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16041469590251295730noreply@blogger.com0