Mad: I agree with Simmons. Where can I put money that Favre will be back by Week 2?
Brandon: Season Starts what September 11, I pick August 26th as the day he announces his return
Mad: He'll come back when there's 1 week of preseason left to go we should host a pool on the homestarmy bag of M&M's
gets you in
Mad: He told the Vikings last year he wouldn't play, but changed his mind and joined them immediately after they broke
training camp. Camp this year ends on Aug. 12.
Favre has $13 million on the line he's not walking away
So It's out there. Bag of M&M's. You pick a Date. Closest to the date wins. I'm sticking with August 26th.
The question nobody has been wondering is: why hasn't the new guy been posting? Well, I've been quite busy. But, next
week, my children and wife are leaving for a few days, and I shall be finally posting my thoughts regarding the end of
Lost. At least I've had time to think about it. I shall be posting twice, in fact, once about the narrative
of Lost and whether or not it proved to be satisfying, and a second post will be about Lost and
faith.
Some of you may have seen this site before, but I recently came across it and thought you would enjoy it: Awkward Family Photos. Don't
worry it is SFW. Make sure to read the captions with each photo as it adds a little something special.
On the weekly TrekWest5 podcast, Peter and I have, from time
to time, wondered aloud what it might have been like to live during World War II, and have discussed the persecution of
Japanese citizens here in the US during that period. Today, I came across a very interesting account of one man who
lived during that period - and how, although he was a young boy, these events impacted his life in a somewhat amusing
manner.
The person in question is Les Earnest, and you
can read his account (titled "e-t-a-o-n-r-i Spy and the FBI") from the Wikipedia entry.
This is a conversation I overheard this morning at breakfast. E is 9 years old. S just turned 7.
E: When I am a teenager I’m going to have a Faceboog.
S: A face bug?
E: Yeah. You can talk to you friends on a Face Bug.
S: You mean like . . .
E (impatiently): Like you can use a Face Bug to talk to your friends in internets!
S: Uh . . . You mean like a taste bug?
E: Yeah. Taste bugs live on your tongue -
S: -But-
E: -and they tell you how food tastes.
S: Do they come out of your tongue ever?
E: DUH! Yes, when they come out of your tongue they -
S: -they’re on your face?
E: - they go onto your face and then they’re Face Bugs. And then they go in internets and -
S: they crawl into inter nets?
E: Hello, yes, I’m telling you! They crawl into internets and then they talk to your friends.
S: Oh! That’s . . . weird. I mean cool.
E: Yeah. (tosses her hair) And when I’m a teenager I’m going to have one. Because they’re cool.
S: (looks mystified and impressed) me too!
Mr. Elbows might find this entry to be quite interesting. You may not know it, but he has put his hand to poetry from
time to time. I happen to have recently discovered this gem from high school.
You may notice a special note at the bottom of the pdf file. Our senior class president was under the impression that
I had written the poem for her throughout most of our senior year. It wasn't until a post-high school hiking
trip that Mr. Elbows corrected this. Enjoy.
A few weeks ago, MG linked to a "marching band" version of OK GO's latest video, for the song "This Too Shall Pass". I
wasn't as impressed with it as I have been with past videos, which is why I was glad to find this other video for the
same track, which includes the absolute best "Rube Goldberg"-style machine I've seen yet - I mean, it involves a person
on a zipline, two televisions, 4 paint guns,and a *CAR*. Very cool.
From the people that brought you treadmill dancing, I present for your viewing pleasure "This Too Shall Pass" by Ok Go.
Unfortunately, embedding was disabled for this video. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJKythlXAIY
While podcast 5 in the “Thwart Us and Die” series is currently undergoing post-processing, I had a brand-new
operating system installed hours before our recording this past Friday and, as I went back to listen to it, the mic was
WAY too sensitive, causing it to clip the audio on almost every sound. I tried a couple of recovery tools, but nothing
was able to save the audio. My apologies.
Well it's clear now what you all can get me for Christmas. I have always wanted an MP3 player. I guess technically I
already have 3 of them, but strapping my desktop computer on to my back and jogging in place in my apartment just isn't
practical. Frankly neither is this. But I want it sooooo bad.
Seriously though, a PMP designed to look like a Star
Trek The Next Generation Tricorder is just absolutely ridiculous. I can't imagine that the screen would be large
enough for me to want to watch any movie or tv show. And at a price tag of a little over $360, it's way too expensive
for something that only holds 12 hours of music. But why do I want it so bad?
