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| weird weird weird[on a more humorous note]
I swear xkcd is stalking me...
[this is what I do. This is what I was doing this weekend (barring climbing/wedding stuff)]
http://www.xkcd.com/606/
in honor of my newly-married friends:
http://www.xkcd.com/605/
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| A Memory of Todd...
One of the memories of Todd that have been floating around in my head is of us playing basketball in the back of the house many years ago. He was a lot better than me then: while I had more hustle, he could actually shoot the ball.
Growing up, we all used to play for hours. 2v2, 3v3, HORSE.
He had one particularly annoying/effective shot whereby he would get a rebound and would start dribbling away from the rim as if he was clearing the ball back out. The next thing you knew, he had shot the ball backwards and earned himself an easy-2. Totally undefendable; totally annoying. ;)
One thing that's been weighing on my mind is that I haven't really spent that much time with Todd over the past 8 or so years. Part of me knows that that was purely circumstantial in that we just never ended up doing the same activities: whereas I was always off playing volleyball, basketball, hiking, climbing, and/or paintballing...he was one to play boardgames, play poker, watch sports-games on TV, watch sports-games live -- things I never really cared much to do and, as such, never really did them.
In retrospect, it's humbling to think that Todd did actually LOVE sports and REALLY wanted to participate in them. But, given the physical limitations of his heart, it wasn't necessarily safe or wise for him to do so beyond cheering from the stands. I had never thought about that before this moment...and it weighs on me to think that that is why I didn't do much with Todd these past years: because I was off doing things that he loved...but couldn't participate in.
Hopefully I will be more perceptive in the future...
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| First of the Month...A Few Hours late...
The Man He Killed
"Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have sat us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!
"But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
I shot at him as he at me,
And killed him in his place.
"I shot him dead because--
Because he was my foe,
Just so: my foe of course he was;
That's clear enough; although
"He thought he'd 'list, perhaps,
Off-hand like--just as I--
Was out of work--had sold his traps--
No other reason why.
"Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You'd treat if met where any bar is,
Or help to half-a-crown."
-- Thomas Hardy.
[I'm still thinking about joining up]
Quotes:
lishapark - on burnout?
http://lishapark.xanga.com/703174774/item/?nextdate=last&leftcmt=1
Vids: ******Konstantin Othmer on "the Valley Advantage": *******
[this dude's really cool to listen to. He talks about his career in Silicon Valley, working w/entrepreneurs, talking about his experiences working with GM, talking about how caring about the product is important and how if you only care about processes that you'll FAIL]
http://techdrawl.com/konstantin-othmer-on-the-valley-advantage/
****Brian Vickers pulls off the first-ever Times Square pit stop (jay Busbee) [lmao. too funny]
http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Brian-Vickers-pulls-off-the-first-ever-Times-Squ?urn=nascar,169424
***Vimeo - Galactic Center of Milky Way Galaxy over Texas [realllly pretty]
http://vimeo.com/4505537
***Projact Natal for XBox360 - no controller!!! [zomg. this is...crazy]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oACt9R9z37U
***Preview - Knights of the Old Republic MMO [MORE CRAZY!!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3orzhq0aco
****Lionel Messi's Top 30 Goals: (holy schnikes!!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t3KgXbxHnc
**Masterful Beer-pong shots: (wow. really good...)
http://www.break.com/index/masterful-trick-beer-pong-shots.html
*Evolution of a dance party (cute...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5rqk4nGBZ0
**Sex work and HIV in China:
[many girls are tricked by their pimps into thinking they're "protected" from HIV by faulty procedures]
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/06/21/chang.sex.work.and.hiv.cnn
a meal to die for - The Heart Attack Grill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKRSYAuSNg
west point prank @ annapolis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m-egy9wQxo
The Dye Rotor paintball hopper: [like...holy crazies!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzb5GMSxuxo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc2UyR22U00&feature=related
100 best movie lines in 200 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUT0tweX1M
*Person in need of a dog whisperer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSYgikHRt3U
How To / Advice:
***How to drive a Stick Shift in 10 easy steps (thanks greg! Still need to practice...)
http://jalopnik.com/5230172/how-to-drive-a-stick-shift-in-ten-easy-steps
***Shooting portraits like a pro on a tight budget:
http://digital-photography-school.com/shooting-portraits-like-a-pro-on-a-tight-budget
***13 Thins your waiter won't tell you:
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/user-post-13-things-your-waiter-wont-tell-you-479179/
Easy Storage Solutions:
http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-home/cleaning-organizing/staticslideshowrs.aspx?cp-documentid=20170273>1=32001
How to SAVE ON TRAVEL:
http://guides.travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1067320>1=41000
9 Crucial Questions for your boss:
http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article/MSN-1918-Career-Growth-and-Change-9-Crucial-Questions-for-Your-Boss/?cbsid=2ab26f7e328f403fb7db85bcf6fcaf6b-299782565-x2-6&sc_extcmp=JS_1918_home1&cbRecursionCnt=2&SiteId=cbmsnhp41918&ArticleID=1918>1=23000
"Surviving the World"
-Winter Driving Thought Process: http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson190.html
-Fame vs. Skill required: http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson5.html
Technology / Science / GEEK:
***TV Interferes with Infants' Language Development:
[I admit: I think my cousins' kids who grew up without TV are AMAZING]
http://health.msn.com/kids-health/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100239697>1=31036
****The Ultimate Adventure Cruise [lmao. this is awesome. So fake...but awesome]
http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3617/85/
**Orbital path of the earth around the sun [moon = spiral; amazing. I never realized this...]
http://www.tortuga.com/www/animations/anim_moon.htm
***The 401-Keg Plan: [lawlz]
http://www.qdb.us/35319
Bird uses body as dam to stop drainpipe soaking chicks:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/5399061/Bird-uses-body-as-dam-to-stop-drainpipe-soaking-chicks.html
14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite: [so, what powers does he have now?]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/space/5511619/14-year-old-hit-by-30000-mph-space-meteorite.html
Silent Hill 2: [/shrug. I like good stories...]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Hill_2
Superfund money to clean 'mouth of the beast' [heavily polluted area]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/11/MN9Q185QAK.DTL&tsp=1&nopu=1
Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic:
[actually...i'm pretty sure scientists were actually having trouble finding something they could contain...before it got out and ate all of the plastics we WANT to keep intact]
http://www.mnn.com/technology/research-innovations/blogs/boy-discovers-microbe-that-eats-plastic
The Tattoo Vaccine: [hmm...interesting!]
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/vaccinations/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100240311>1=31049
$20,050 Video Game: [/drool]
http://tech.msn.com/products/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=20313334>1=40000
Great White Shark hunts like like Serial Killer:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090622/ap_on_sc/us_sci_killers___sharks
Michael Hill's 'invisible' houses get go-ahead [hmm...interesting]
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2510766/Michael-Hills-invisible-houses-get-go-ahead
LED Chandelier [ooh...pretty...]
http://www.digsdigs.com/brindilles-led-chandelier-from-ligne-roset/
NASA Volcano image shows atmospheric shockwave:
http://io9.com/5299919/nasa-volcano-image-shows-atmospheric-shockwave
Women look away more from abnormal babies:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_med_unattractive_babies
Futility Closet:
**Unquote "Always eat grapes downward" [hmm...that's interesting!]
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/06/04/unquote-252/
-fastest Temperatrue Changes - Rapid City, SD: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/06/02/trivium-29/
[map]:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Rapid+City,+S.D&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=46.092115,76.201172&ie=UTF8&z=12&iwloc=A
-Sneezes around the world:
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/05/27/gesundheit-2/
Lists:
Whacky Roadside Attractions in the USA:
http://cityguides.msn.com/articles/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=19933132>1=24000
Top 30 Failed Technology Predictions:
http://listverse.com/2007/10/28/top-30-failed-technology-predictions/
23 Skills Every man should know: =D read this on the plane
http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/just-dreaming/staticslideshowes.aspx?cp-documentid=19816828>1=32001
31 things every man should own:
http://www.esquire.com/features/things-every-man-should-own-0509?link=rel&dom=msn&src=syn&con=slide&mag=esq
:
Sites:
****Asian Poses: [thanks Tony. I LOVE this site!]
http://asianposes.com/
***Texts from last night: =)
http://textsfromlastnight.com/
Torture in the Khmer Rouge:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_genocide_tribunal
Reverse Discrimination ruling leaves confusion:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090630/ap_on_go_su_co/us_supreme_court_firefighters_lawsuit
**Scientific Tattoos: [heh. pretty tight...]
http://www.uniquescoop.com/2009/05/scientific-tattoos.html
**School Meals from around the world: [wow. sweet!]
http://www.uniquescoop.com/2009/06/school-meals-from-around-world.html
**Vending machines of Japan:
http://www.photomann.com/japan/machines/
**40 amazing 3d art pieces:
http://abduzeedo.com/40-amazing-3d-art-pieces
***Unusual and creative Helmets:
http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/06/02/12-unusual-and-creative-helmets/
**Clever Product Designs:
http://chungdesigns.freehostia.com/drupal/04-20-09/clever-product-design-fred-and-friends.htm
Breathtakingly realistic CG Portraits:
http://www.marcofolio.net/inspiration/20_breathtaking_realistic_cg_portraits_by_cgsociety.html
Canon Camera Museum:
http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/
The Origins of Band Names:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ByteMe/the_origins_of_band_names/
Koalas during the heat wave: [it must've been HOT]
http://snuzzy.com/koalas/
Penguin Poop used to track penguins from space:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/02/penguin.satellite.images/index.html
**David Kitani / Ji Son's engagement photos:
http://micahs22action.xanga.com/705585535/kitanji/?page=1&jump=1491310479&leftcmt=1#1491310479
Interviews/Articles/Writing/Opinions:
***You and I Can't Buy the Guns Mexican Cartels Own [the administration is not dealing straight with us on Mexico's gun problem]:
http://www.gunnewsdaily.com/rw807.html
-http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=327554&CategoryId=14091
"In the operation, the Mexican army also seized 23 assault rifles, 20 handguns, 23 grenades, two grenade launchers, a rocket launcher, cartridges and ammunition clips, $42,000 worth of cash, six vehicles and radio equipment." [yeah. we can't get those...so they didn't buy those over here]
***Why our "amazing future" never came:
[interesting. Yeah: we keep thinking technology will "solve" all our problems, ever neglecting what our real problems are]
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/29/jetpack/index.html
*How Facebook is Affecting School Reunions:
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1904565,00.html?cnn=yes
***The Same Sex Marriage Issue in Perspective:
http://www.equip.org/articles/the-same-sex-marriage-issue-in-perspective
Identity politics in the days of Obama:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/thernstrom.identity.politics/index.html
**Secrets of a Professional Negotiator (car)
http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/150146/article.html
Flirting Moves that Work (and don't)
http://lifestyle.msn.com/relationships/staticslideshowglamour.aspx?cp-documentid=20156533>1=32023
Japan panics about the rise of "grass-eating men," who shun sex, don't spend money, and like taking walks [wow. me and my friends would be hated there]
http://www.slate.com/id/2220535/?GT1=38001
***Bobby Flay is a tool:
http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/06/young-bobby-flay/
**The Truth about Cash for Clunkers: [just like most of Obama's policies: they sound good, don't work, only useful people willing to take advantage of the system while normal people get jacked]
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-truth-about-cash-for-clunkers-2/
-5 Reasons Cash For Clunkers is a joke:
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1014/five-reasons-cash-for-clunkers-is-a-joke/
Passenger says TSA harassed him: [stuff like this saddens me. I want the system to work...]
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/20/tsa.lawsuit/index.html
Stories:
****Michael Jackson Dies - almost takes internet with him:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/26/michael.jackson.internet/index.html
***"We Didn't Know He Was Clarence Thomas":
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/We-Didnt-Know-He-Was-Clarence-Thomas.html?yhp=1
"Fighting Off The Monsters" -
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/06/15/neo_nazis_army/
**US Docs save burned girl, 8, victim of Afghan war:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090623/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_girl_burned
***Sayanora, mobster: neighbors oust Japanese gangs:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_gangsters_next_door
**Dead Sea peril: sinkholes swallow up the unwary:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090623/ap_tr_ge/ml_travel_brief_israel_dead_sea_sinkholes
***Scary NY welcome for French tourists: police chase:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_on_re_us/us_harrowing_chase
Tigers say bye to mother-dog that raised them:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31541834/?GT1=43001
Literary Ripoff - The "new" Catcher in the Rye:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/books/06/03/salinger.catcher.lawsuit/index.html
Bin Laden: Obama is racist (more proof to all of you appeasers that...you can't appease these people):
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/03/bin.laden.message/index.html
Arkansas shooter of military personnel: (so...shouldn't this be defined as a hate crime?)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/03/arkansas.shooting/index.html
Butt-Hole Road residents pass new name:
http://jalopnik.com/5273867/butt-hole-road-residents-pass-new-name
Store owner gives would-be robber $40 and loaf of bread:http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31080407/?GT1=43001
Israel - $1M hidden in mattress gets thrown out with trash: [/gasp!]
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/06/1_million_hidden_in_mattress_g.html?ft=1&f=103943429%3Fsc%3Dfb&cc=fp
Carrie Prejean stripped of Miss California Title:
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/carrie-prejean-stripped-of-miss-california-title/23672?nc
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/carrie-prejean-miss-california-organization-spar-over-allegations/23735?nc
Parking Space in Boston sells for $300,000
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090611/ap_on_re_us/300000_parking_space
**Teen Diagnoses her own disease in science class [l337...]
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/11/teen.self.diagnosis/index.html
*Woman who missed Flight 447 is killed in car crash: [wowzers...]
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6479203.ece
Indiana soldier to auction rare piece of history:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_us/us_soldier_book_auction
**Chihuahuas confront cougar in SoCal Garage:
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-garage-cougar,0,224308.story
**Stranger with Metal Detector recovers the wedding ring of a couple married 68 years:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1010102.ece
***Some CA kids may get 34 extra days of school: [RIDICULOUS!!]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_us/us_odd_school_s_not_out
Material stops 2,000 degree fires...but not in CA [well, it's not earthquake proof...]
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/11/green.building.material/index.html
Sarkozy says burqas are 'not welcome' in France:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_france_sarkozy_burqa
Pilot buries helicopter crash survivor in sand to survive:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/22/australia.chopper.crash/index.html
Stories - Sports:
****The delicate art of the man-cry: [lmao. this is l337]
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=granderson/090609
**Scout's eye helped Bryant focus on title drive: [interesting...]
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-kobesweetchuck061709&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
When screaming "GET IN THE HOLE!" might just get you an ace:
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/When-screaming-get-in-the-hole-might-just-get?urn=golf,167017
In Malibu, a Rock Scene where Hollywood Cameras Roll: [oh. we climbed here. meh. other locations further along are better...]
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/travel/escapes/10rock.html?scp=1&sq=regenold&st=nyt
King James left the playoffs as a loser:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-lebron060109&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
LeBron needs Shaq's fury for ride to Finals:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-shaqlebron062509&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
The Steelers' subtle, understated Super Bowl Rings:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/The-Steelers-get-their-subtle-understated-Super?urn=nfl,169248
Umpire Ejects Entire Crowd During Baseball Game:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_umpire_ejects_crowd
Jordy Smith's amazing surfing move:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/Jordy-Smith-pulls-arguably-the-best-surfing-move?urn=top,171898
Being a better sports dad:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/090619
***How I tricked a SEA LION: [awww. this is really cool]
http://www.tonywublog.com/20090620/how-i-tricked-a-sea-lion.html
Photos/Photo-sites w/l337 photos/WebComics:
12 of the most iconic photos ever taken:
http://swick.co.uk/index.php/2009/06/12-of-the-most-iconic-photographs-ever-taken/
 --followup Nguyễn Ngọc Loan:
[the S. Vietnamese general who executed one of the VC Terrorists...who had been part of an assassination squad targeting public officials, police officers...and their families. This...wasn't an innocent man, himself...]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Ngoc_Loan
The photo won Adams the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography, though he was later said to have regretted the impact it had. The image became an anti-war icon. Concerning General Nguyễn and his famous photograph, Eddie Adams later wrote in Time: | “ | The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths ... What the photograph didn't say was, 'What would you do if you were the general at that time and place on that hot day, and you caught the so-called bad guy after he blew away one, two or three American soldiers?[5] | ” | Adams later apologized in person to General Loan and his family for the damage it did to his reputation. When General Loan died, Adams praised him: "The guy was a hero. America should be crying. I just hate to see him go this way, without people knowing anything about him.[6]
The Tokyos Sewers: [amazing!]
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/tokyos_sewer_simply_awesome.php
Have you ever been so tired...? [lmao!! so many nice shots]
http://www.desicolours.com/have-you-ever-been-so-tired/14/06/2009
Cute & Funny:
http://www.desicolours.com/cute-funny-squirrels/07/04/2009
Incredible Animal Prosthetics:
http://www.moolf.com/animals/incredible-animal-prosthetics.html
Lego Police Officer:
http://wileyphotochallenge.smugmug.com/gallery/7925353_3jv2D#540434286_wWQcH
Atlantis' Launch Infrared Photo:
http://gizmodo.com/5250975/atlantis-launch-infrared-photo-so-crispy-you-actually-want-to-bite-it
A girl and her Papasha: [+ more pics]
http://olegvolk.livejournal.com/603961.html
Woot Shirts:
Stay Sharp!:
http://shirt.woot.com/Friends.aspx?k=8999
Vegan? Carnivore? -- Support groups:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3642661392_5801c3b218.jpg
This is why you're fat - Spam Fries:
http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/post/128171484/spam-fries-spam-that-has-passed-through-a-french
Your wedding announcement when your friends work in advertising... [super cool...]
http://www.sharesomecandy.com/2009/06/matt-dorfman.html
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| (odd) simple pleasures...
Sheauen sent me this link today: http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2009/06/young-bobby-flay/
The link discusses Bobby Flay...and how he's a douche.
I...fully agree.
=)
I can honestly say that few things in life give me more consistent pleasure than watching him FAIL in his "throw-downs" (where he challenges someone who makes something really great [say, awesome chili] to a cook-off).
and actually...i'm guessing that THAT is the actual appeal of the show. Food Network probably realizes that Bobby Flay is a douche and that people enjoy watching him FAIL.
[nice to know I'm not alone in this disdain. I guess few people like a bully...though...I guess a large viewer segment enjoys watching a bully fail]
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Lifetime
;)
