Don't Forget Your SunscreenDon't Forget Your SunscreenInitially inspired by my experience as an archaeological volunteer in Israel last summer this blog has become my way of escaping from the mundane. Articles
New Direction
2008-05-20 06:10:00 It's May and I realize that I have, again, neglected this blog for far too long. It's been over six months since I last posted anything. In that seemingly short amount of time I've finished student teaching, finished school, moved back to my hometown, found a great full-time job and gotten married. My life, as you may see is moving in a new direction; a more adult direction. For the most part this blog had been my place to post the interesting, strange and obscure, but my interest in that, although still there, seems to be waning, and I ask myself why. No answer occurs to me. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I don't have hours during the day to simply sit at a computer and search. Then again, perhaps I am simply...heaven forbid...growing up. Both seem viable, but I much prefer the former. With that said, I (fingers crossed) recommit myself to this blog and to the vision which I initially had for it. However, in addition to this and when time permits, you may find me inser... More About: Direction
How Profound...
2007-10-29 21:33:00 One of my favorite things about having Gmail is the ability to set up an "iGoogle" homepage. I love the personalization of it.I have installed on my homepage a few fun gadgets ranging from interesting photos on flickr to a hangman game. One of the most random gadgets I have is a fortune cookie gadget which today revealed this amazingly profound nugget of knowledge...It truly was all so different...before everything changed... More About: Profound
The Prodigal Son Returns...again...
2007-10-29 20:54:00 Six months hiatus;May 11, 2007 - College "Graduation,"July 7-14, 2007 - Built a house in Juarez, MexicoAugust 4, 2007 - Got engaged (and set a date - February 29, 2008)August 4 - 21, 2007 - Fort Collins, Colorado - Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaAugust 29, 2007 - Moved to Kalispell, MTSeptember 4 - October 25, 2007 - Student taught for eight weeks in the fifth grade classroom at Trinity Lutheran SchoolOctober 29, 2007 - Started six week experience in sixth grade at Trinity Lutheran SchoolSo, what's new with you?RIDGWAY, Pa. - It's furry and walks on all fours. Beyond that, about the only thing certain about the critter photographed by a hunter's camera is that some people have gotten the notion it could be a Sasquatch, or bigfoot. Others say it's just a bear with a bad skin infection.------------------------------- ------------"It appears to be a primate-like animal. In my opinion, it appears to be a juvenile Sasquatch," said Paul Majeta of the bigfoot group.--------------------------... More About: Prodigal Son
Household Music
2007-04-27 05:57:00 I'm back...hopefully for good again. It's been a busy/stressful month (I've been doing a teaching practicum with first graders).Only two more weeks left before the graduation ceremony, then summer vacation and finally student teaching in the fall.Anyways, Andrea stumbled upon this tonight and shared it with me and I decided I needed to share it with whoever still finds the time to check this rather neglected blog. Music a para 6 baterias y 1 apartamento - ZappInternetIf you can't see the video; here. More About: Household , Hold , Ouse
YIKES!
2007-03-30 20:56:00 Wow...Over two weeks since the last post...Busy, Busy, Busy!Just go here...And don't forget to brush those teeth at least twice a day!!
Pavement Picasso
2007-03-12 00:44:00 This guy takes sidewalk chalking to an entirely new level. He carefully plans out his drawings and creates them to look 3D and real when viewed at the right angle. This first video shows the process......and this video is good to watch just to see the many different drawings he's done. I wish I thought of this first! More About: Picas , Picasso , Pavement , Pica , Icas
Would you like to supersize that?!
2007-03-12 00:41:00 Sometimes I see things that make me think that perhaps I need to explore art in a different way... More About: Size , That , Like , Would
Sink the Titanic!
2007-03-11 03:38:00 Over the past months, I have truly grown to hate the song "My Heart Will Go On" from the film Titanic . I know that all of the Celine Dion fan's who read this blog (perhaps there is at least one) are throwing their hands up in shame and disgust, but in all honesty I do not think that even you could survive what Concordia students confined to the Student Union endure on an almost daily basis. This is hours and hours of bad piano playing, generally consisting of at least ten times through the afore mentioned ballad.Click to Enlarge; or view on Flickr.
Best U2 Cover Ever?
2007-03-09 08:41:00 One of my new favorite bands is flyleaf - a good friend showed this video the other day and I can't stop watching it. Not usually what I post, but enjoyable in my opinion.Pride In the Name of LoveIf you can't see the video, here. More About: Best , Cover , Over , Ever
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out!
2007-03-07 22:46:00 Don't have time to post my own thoughts - here's one of my favorite poems By Shel Silverstein.Sara h Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out! She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans, Candy the yams and spice the hams, And though her daddy would scream and shout, She simply would not take the garbage out. And so it piled up to the ceilings: Coffee grounds, potato peelings, Brown bananas, rotten peas, Chunks of sour cottage cheese. It filled the can, it covered the floor, It cracked the window and blocked the door With bacon rinds and chicken bones, Drippy ends of ice cream cones, Prune pits, peach pits, orange peel, Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal, Pizza crusts and withered greens, Soggy beans and tangerines, Crusts of black burned buttered toast, Gristly bits of beefy roasts. . . The garbage rolled on down the hall, It raised the roof, it broke the wall. . . Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs, Globs of gooey bubble gum, Cellophane from green baloney, Rubbery blubbery macaron... More About: Garbage
Like a Chicken With it's Head Cut Off, Literally.
2007-03-04 08:21:00 September 10th, 1945 finds a strapping (but tender) five and a half month old Wyandotte rooster pecking through the dust of Fruita, Colorado. The unsuspecting bird had never looked so delicious as he did that, now famous, day. Clara Olsen was planning on featuring the plump chicken in the evening meal. Husband Lloyd Olsen was sent out, on a very routine mission, to prepare the designated fryer for the pan. Nothing about this task turned out to be routine. Lloyd knew his Mother in Law would be dining with them and would savor the neck. He positioned his ax precisely, estimating just the right tolerances, to leave a generous neck bone. "It was as important to Suck-Up to your Mother in Law in the 40's as it is today." A skillful blow was executed and the chicken staggered around like most freshly terminated poultry. Then the determined bird shook off the traumatic event and never looked back. Mike (it is unclear when the famous rooster took on the name) returned ... More About: Chicken , Lite , Liter , Head , Like
"I'm Crushing Your Head"
2007-03-03 07:15:00 Classic Kids in the Hall - The Head Crush er...Wall Street Gets Crushed.If you can't see the video, here.Nightclub Patrons Get Crushed.If you can't see the video, here. More About: Rush , Shin
Five Things I Did Over Break...
2007-03-02 08:22:00 ...And three things I didn't.As you should already know, my Spring Break was this week. Yes, I know, it was incredibly early this year. It's been fairly uneventful for me thus far; here are a few things I managed to do...Number One: I visited the Leinenkugels Brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.Number Two: Watched a lot of Arrested Development. Number Three: Made a Snow Angel.Number Four: Did ALL of my LaundryNumber Five : Took a Trip to the Mall of AmericaAnd now, here are just a few, three to be exact, things that I didn't do over break.Number One: I didn't do nearly as much homework as I should have.Number Two: I didn't eat my weight in pizza...or hamburger...Burger Picture Via Say No To CrackAnd last, but certainly not least...I most definitely DID NOT take a ride in this elevator... More About: Over , Things , Thing
More Spring Break Pictures.
2007-03-01 21:07:00 More Spring Break pictures on Flickr.Unfortunately the snow wasn't quite sticky enough to make a snow man... More About: Pictures , Ring , More
Spring Break?
2007-03-01 20:21:00 Does this look like Spring Brea k to you?Yes, that's right. I am currently on Spring Break and this is what it's like outside. Not only is it snowing a lot outside, the University has declared a "Snow Day." Too bad since I am already on Spring Break I can't truly enjoy the benefits of that Snow Day. More About: Ring , Spring break
toys
2007-03-01 19:49:00 Wow...who is this spoiled little kid?! Look at all the toys he has! Out of boredom, I figured I'd share my nephew Riley with anyone who reads this...and I thought I'd say that he's spoiled to get a reaction out of his parents when they see this. More About: Toys
Officially a YouTuber?
2007-02-25 06:22:00 By request, I've posted a video on YouTube for the first time ever! Enjoy.If you can't see the video, here.More to come? We shall see... More About: Official , Ally , Tuber
Hockey Fight and a Pirate Toaster
2007-02-23 16:25:00 A huge fight from last night's game between the Ottawa Senators and the Buffalo Sabres - even the goalies get involved!If you can't see the video, here. Speaking of things that you don't see everyday (two hockey goalies fighting) how about some toast emblazoned with the Skull and Crossbones - a perfect Father's Day gift for the dad who thinks he's a pirate.Via mental_floss. More About: Pirate , Hockey , Fight , Toast , Rate
World's Oldest Blogger
2007-02-22 18:22:00 Olive Riley lives in Australia, was born in 1899 and, at the age of 107, has just become the World's Oldest Blogg er . Olive Riley, a feisty 107-year-old Australian great-great-grandmother with amazingly clear memories of her colorful life, has just become the world's oldest blogger. She is 12 years older than Spain's Maria Amelia, the previous titleholder.Physically frail but mentally alert, Olive lives in an aged care hostel 50 miles (80 km) north of Sydney. She was born in Broken Hill, a tough mining town in Australia's arid Red Centre 565 miles northwest of Sydney, in 1899.Sydney was then the capital of the British colony of New South Wales, ruled from London by an aged Queen Victoria. Australia did not exist as a nation until January 1, 1901, when the separate colonies united to form a Federation.Olive says she was twice married, raised her three children on her own, survived two world wars and the Great Depression of the 1930s, and has worked as a barmaid and accountant. Her... More About: Logger
Wendy's Training Video
2007-02-21 22:38:00 An amazing Wend y 's Training Video from the 80s.If you can't see the video, here. More About: TRAI
Beatboxing Flute Player
2007-02-20 06:25:00 This is incredible, and I'm not just saying that because I love Inspector Gadget.If you can't see the video, here. More About: Player , Lute , Beatbox , Beat , Flute
Before computers...
2007-02-16 20:23:00 A glimpse into what early IT Help Desk services might have been like... More About: Computers , Fore
Happy Belated Valentines.
2007-02-16 00:23:00 Happy Vale nti nes Day - One Day Late . More About: Happy , Valentines
And here's how I will die...
2007-02-15 22:18:00 Andrea: At age 62 you will be gunned down in the street by hippies after enacting a bill that grants the WTO even more power.Andrea: At age 66 your prototype flying machine will work, and while aloft on its maiden voyage a passenger jet will take you into it's jet engine, and throw you out as a mist.Andrea: At age 64 you will die fighting the Interplanetary War on Terrorism on Camp Harmony, Venus.Andrea: At age 31 you will start playing an online game and become so addicted that you starve to death.Andrea: At age 33 you will die lonely and alone.I guess this means that when I am 51 1/2, the terrorist hippies will rig my flying machine after I beat them in the online games and make it so that I never reach my final destination of Venus...where I was going alone. (I don't even get to outlive Cameron...geez!) More About: Will , Here
Death Predictor
2007-02-15 21:28:00 I just found out how I am going to die, via The Amazing death Predict or.Cameron: At age 49 you will go down in a small raft, in your friend's pool, and subsequently drown. Cameron H.: At age 72 a statue will fall over and crush you while giving your acceptance speech for the position of Governor. Cameron Heiliger: At age 43 you will fall into a vat of neutral shoe polish, and your body will never be recovered. Cameron E. Heiliger: At age 62 Cameron Edward Heiliger: At age 51 the artificial intelligence software you programmed becomes self aware and devours you. You will be saved to disk though, so no worries.So the law of averages says that I will die at 55 when the software I developed to get me elected to the office of Governor becomes self-aware, drops a statue on me, drowns me in a pool, throws my body into a vat of neutral shoe polish and then eats me. Sounds like a great way to go! More About: Death
Google Makes Embarrassing Mistake
2007-02-14 19:56:00 This image appeared as Google 's header today:Sure looks like 'googe' to me, unless the stem of the strawberry is supposed to be the 'L.' More About: Sing , Make , Mist , Barr
Classic Post 1
2007-02-13 17:50:00 I've decided, since so much of my time right now is spent doing homework and sitting in class that I am going to begin reusing old posts - from my Israel blog. Don't worry, when time permits I will post new content.Number One - Marathon, Wednesday July 19, 2006To put this post in context; I spent about two weeks in Israel this summer on an archaeological dig. We were supposed to be there for four weeks, but the trip was cut short by almost two weeks because of the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. The marathon is over - 30 hours of being awake and I'm finally back in the states...Philadelphia to be exact.At 7 AM on Tuesday morning (Israel time) we boarded our Olympic Air flight to Greece, by 4 PM Tuesday afternoon (Eastern Standard Time) we were in New York. Then we caught a cab from JFK to Penn Station in downtown Manhattan (I'm not sure it counts because I didn't do anything tourist-y, but at least I can now say that I have been to Manhattan). At Penn Station we bought ... More About: Post , Classic , Class
Ode to old toys
2007-02-12 00:58:00 Yay for Lite Brite! I remember playing with ours a LOT when I was younger. I don't remember why it was so much fun, but it really was. And now, you can even do it online, just go here. Remember some of these other toys?weebles...tinker toys...lincoln logs...wizzers...and for some reason my sisters and I used to play with trolls instead of Barbies...My favorite toys from when I was little were my dad's old toys, like his slot cars we used to set up and race...And even more his Lionel train...And the best thing we ever did with that was set it up in the attic--which happened to be where my younger sister and I lived--and we made a bridge over the hole in the floor where the stairs came up for the train to go over. The bridge was made from dad's erector set...In high school, when I moved into what had been my older sister's room, dad put a shelf around the room near the ceiling and we put the train on there, going in circles over my head. Good toys. More About: Toys |
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