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Johnny Elbows made a comment to me Friday that I thought was quite accurate. He said: "You know I think this has been the most civil thread of comments that we have had in a long time", speaking about AoD's latest rant. I then pointed out that he had missed most of the gentle jibes that Mad Giggler and I had engaged in. He agreed and then left after we concluded our business. But his comment got me thinking: why don't we have more of those types of discussions? Continue reading "Conflict needed"

So this year I had to do my taxes by myself for the first time in about 6 years. Previously I had a friend who was an accountant that enjoyed doing them and always offered. I indulged and appreciated his assistance. He moved to Pennsylvania last year. Damn him and his promotions. Continue reading "Addition: check. Subtraction: um..."

Well, I swore in my wrath against AoD, that I would only post on the weekends to screw with the blog statistics. But it looks like I found one thing that would change my mind - In-N-Out Burger. I was listening to the Nightside Project tonight and they had a story about the very first In-N-Out restaurant in Utah.

It has always been an item of myth and lore that In-N-Out was going to come to Utah. It is no hoax!! You can see it on their website. Soon they shall be here.

testing V Chocolates referrer system

I was listening to the Nightside Project on Friday night when they started talking about a website where you could go and encourage John McCain to not make Mitt Romney his running mate.

This website is hilarious!!! Up until today, you could go in and sign up and encourage Senator McCain to avoid Mitt Romney. They were then posting all of the comments from those who had written something to the Senator. Well the vast majority (no numbers were actually counted, though as I perused them very few were anti-Mitt) of comments were people saying that they would only vote for McCain if Romney was on the ticket, or other such things like that. It was hilarious. The Nightside Project then decided to take it one step further: sabotage the data and have fun doing it (click on the Nightside link above to be able to hear that part of the segment).

Apparently the comments were so bad that the site administrators decided to completely close off the comments section. And I quote:

Because of insensitive and offensive posts public viewing of comments has been blocked. Click here for a complete explanation. Note: If you support Romney you should not be signing a petition against him in order to make pro-Romney statements. That is flat out dishonest.

Classic Politics: If your smear campaign backfires, just blame the guy you were smearing!

I was watching tv one Saturday about a month or so ago when I came across a show on the local PBS station that looked interesting: Zonya's Health Bites. I'll admit that I was just in a mood to not do anything that day because normally I would not have watched that show. Frankly I think Zonya is a total nut. But her message of healthy eating and exercise is fantastic.

Part of the episode that day was to show how to cook healthy Crock Pot Fajitas. As I watched her cook that recipe, I was struck by two things: 1. that the food looked really good, and 2. it was easy enough that I could do it! So I decided to make the attempt. This post shall be my review of this recipe on a few criterion. Though it is a little long, I hope you enjoy it. Continue reading "Fajitas, Zonya style"

So I was on my way to work on Friday when a report from the radio caught my attention. The report was about a website called Trapster. The way this site works is that members report various places where they know a speed trap is happening by the police.

By signing up you can get Trapster on your cell phone, add it to your Google MyMaps, or just check their website to see local speed traps in your area. It is also free to sign up as far as i can tell. I'm not sure it would be of much use to me, but perhaps those of you who like to speed might find it of value.

So if you guys remember back a few weeks ago I requested some book ideas as I wanted to start a new book which sparked the best argument over a comment thread that this blog has ever seen. AoD made a joke using some material from the Princess Bride. It sparked a recommendation that someone had once given me, so I decided to go with it.

Big Mistake!

Continue reading "Book versus Movie... Movie wins!"

I have been a casual listener of the Nightside Project on KSL radio for about a year or so. Originally it used to be hosted by some high priced radio personality from LA (though he was originally raised here in Utah). Now it is hosted by Ethan Millard and Alex Kirry. I had been listening to the radio program for a while when I went to an engagement party for my friends Melanie and Skyler. At that party I was talking to Melanie's brother Alex and commented that he shared the exact name of a favorite radio host of mine. He paused and looked at me with an odd expression and said, "yeah, that's me."

I was a little surprised and ashamed (mainly because I used to call him Zach when he lived with Melanie - yeah my memory of names just stinks). But he was affable enough to put me at ease. Anyway, during their radio show, they have a segment called "Who asked you?" During that segment anyone can call up and get 15 seconds of free air time to say whatever they want. If it is interesting/funny/intelligent/thought-provoking then you get another 15 seconds. If not then you get cut off after your 15 seconds. Sometimes it is insightful, other times it is ridiculous, most of the time it is entertaining. This last friday night as I was driving from the racquetball court to Ming's Garden for dinner I got to hear that segment. One of the callers chose to spend his time rebuking poor pizza delivery tipping. After his time was finished the hosts of the show pointed out that the Nightside Project advocated the aggressive tipping of pizza delivery men. Give it a listen as I found it quite funny. Unfortunately you will have to listen to half of the segment before you get to it, but I think it is worth the time and the entire segment is only 8 min or so. And if you enjoy that, then I highly suggest listening to the radio show on a regular basis (KSL 1160AM and 102.7FM).

So I was driving home Friday from having played AoD and Captain Jack racquetball when I noticed a sign on the freeway announcing a 3-d music show featuring some new band I had never heard of at the Hansen Planetarium. But it looked interesting and the colors were very vivid, so it peaked my interest.

It looks like music some of you might be interested in. So here is a link to take a look at it. If any of you are interested, I would love to go to this with you. Here is a link to see what it is all about. Let me know your enthusiasm for making this a group activity.

I was watching the news one morning this week and they were doing a brief overview of the bills being discussed during the legislative term when they mentioned SB 183. I was to say, more than a little shocked about the bill. This bill would make it a crime to view child pornography (for the remainder of this post to be known as CP as I don't want to be responsible for getting people to this blog by that search). Continue reading "You've got to be kidding me!!!"

I recently finished reading The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny which was the final book in the Chronicles of Amber series. It was mostly enjoyable though it seemed unnecessarily verbose in a few spots (come on Roger you are no Tolkien). I would recommend it to those that enjoy Fantasy.

But I am now in a position to not have any bed-time reading material. I would love it if you guys could give me a few options* that you enjoy. Otherwise I am going to have to read Enders Game again.


*Radar is under no obligation to actually read any of the books that are recommended.