Every Single Time

I'm beginning to realize that whenever I have a good idea, someone else has had it first.

For example(pdf).

Tribute

To the men of the 80's:

those at work

those without hats

Sorry - I know. It's pretty bad. But my co-worker declared today to be 80's day, so what could I do?

How To Build Stonehenge

If you happen to have a lot of spare time on your hands, why not try to build Stonehenge? Of course, you have to build it without any machinery. Oh, also, you'll need 22,000lb blocks of cememt and some wood and a large field to build it in. Not sure how to do it? Try this approach.

Ready. Go.

Eye GOTO skool

Self explanatory.

Sometimes I wonder if there shouldn't be some kind of periodic teacher competence requirements evaluation in the public education system that determines continuation of employment status, rather than tenure making it all-but-impossible to extricate poor teachers from our schools.

From Tim....

The party is on!!!!!! Lets do it!
My house anytime you want to show up. However I have set
6:00-6:30 pm as the mandatory attendance time. Call me if you want
breakfast in the morning from 7:00 am to 9:00 am. My house is in the condos
just outside of the Ogden Canyon. Call if you need directions.
Tim The Tuba!

Party Pending

You heard right, people! This Friday at the Koster residence. Most likely in the evening. More details will follow. Tell all your friends! Tell all your co-workers! Tell your parole officer! (That way you can come to the party.)

I vote that everyone bring a potluck item.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

The World Wide Web has changed quite a bit in the last 10 years. Pages have gone from being relatively stoic text frames to being nicely designed, dynamic creations. For the most part, this is a positive progression (although, sometimes, newer is not always better.)

I stumbled across a really great website that keeps archive copies of web pages in a huge database. This site is Archive.org and they keep a really impressive array of pages archived in their Wayback Machine. For instance, if you want to see what KSL's website looked like 5 years ago, you can go there and see it. Keep in mind that not all of the pages are very functional, but it does give you an indication of how things have changed.

Anyhow, I just thought y'all might like to see that.

Chao!

ps: Ricky, that is a sweet video of the Phantom Regiment

I hear ya

Seriously, Ricky. I know what you mean. I would be pretty miserable if someone forced me into a bee costume and posted pictures of the incident online.

If any of you liked line rider, here's another fun "game."

Honestly....

I looked at a lot of those beedogs and every single one I saw looked miserable. Also when I looked up how to spell the word miserable on google (ya know when you write a word and it just doesn't look right so ya gotta check?) the first page that came up was president Bush's biography. I thought that was kinda funny.

Jon, I don't have a dvd yet but when I do, I'll be sure to let everybody know.

Too Much Time Part V

.:beedogs:.

I mean, come on! Who has enough time to make a website about beedogs?


By the way, Ricky - loved the vid. If you have a DVD of finals I want to see it.

Awesomeness

Here is a nice little video of the 2006 Phantom Regiment finals night warmup.

Big

Jason, that building you mentioned is big. I figure from what Google Maps tells me that it's roughly the size of Ogden City. Or Hill. Roughly.

Too Much Time Part IV

This looks time consuming.

Family Guy - Soron's Contact

Clip from Family Guy

Too Much Time Part III

This edition starring not only this guy, but you also.

Note: You should click on the "you also" link and try it out for a while before clicking on the "this guy" link and appreciating how much time you wasted.

If you still have time, go to iTunes and check out episode #23 of the Ask A Ninja video podcast (sorry for no direct link - too lazy).

And thanks, Jason and Cory and Katie and all others who've expressed condolences.

Crap Happens

Jon, I feel for you. I know how it is to lose a beloved vehicle due to someone else's negligence. It kind of sucks. I know this all too well:














Y'know what really bites about the whole thing is that your car (like mine above) was probably completely paid off. Now, like me, you'll have to go out onto the market and deal with a car dealer and possibly go into debt for an automobile. I hate buying cars and I've done it enough to have really good reasons not to like it.

Anyway, Jon, from one wreck recipient to another, I totally understand your plight. Good luck on finding another vehicle.

Ta-Ta Ta

Honest.

Last night as I was driving home I thought about how I needed to get a new car sometime. Then I thought to myself that I would just put off buying a new car as long as possible. I thought, "I'm gonna drive this car into the ground." Well, what I meant by that was that I wanted to drive it until it would cost more to fix it when something major went out than it would be to buy a better car - you know, just use the thing right up - and then get a new car.

As it turns out, my car was indeed driven into the ground, although not by me.

It all happened early this morning about 8:30 or so. I was peacefully sleeping through my alarm, so I didn't hear the neighbor across the street ring the doorbell to let us know that some guy had hit my car which had been parked on the street in front of our house.

Spot was the only one in the vehicle at the time. As you can see from the picture, he was traumatized. As far as I know, he hasn't recovered at all. The fact that he has, as long as I've had him, always appeared traumatized doesn't change my opinion that the accident shook him up pretty badly. I'm just glad he didn't sustain any bodily damage.

As you can see here, there is not much hope for the Jingly-mobile. Now I'm minus a set of wheels.

The Parable

Matthew 24:32-33:
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.



Need I say more?

Space Shuttle Atlantis

If you have ever wondered what it looks like to be launched into space, check out this page. To view the super cool launch video, click on the "Video from Atlantis' Left Booster Rocket" and sit back and enjoy a really, really cool ride. They take you from launch, which is surprisingly fast, all the way through SRB jettison through splashdown of the SRB from the point of view of a camera mounted on the SRB itself. Keep in mind that when they jettison the boosters, they have passed through 200,000 feet MSL (Mean Sea Level.) That's over 37 miles in the air. This is seriously one of the coolest videos I've ever seen. I so love the work that NASA does. I don't know about y'all, but I want to fly on the Space Shuttle. That would be so freaking cool!

Too Much Time Part II

Pen spinning.

David Bowie wannabe.

Sand art. (this one isn't really, a "too much time" - more just a talent one)

One mouth band.

And then there's this guy.

Ok, so these links are getting further and further astray from the "Too Much Time" theme (unless you count the time I'm spending to collect them for posting up here), but I thought you'd all enjoy this one.

And how would you like a digital camera that sports a few more megapixels?

Or OLED meets solar cell?