I’m at Camp ceadarwood a YFC facility for a volunteer retreat. I’ve decided to volunteer and get involved with a climbing ministry as a result of my summer mountain adventure.
I’m not sure at all what I’m getting into, but its going to be an excellent adventure.
First session at 9 and then late night movies or sleep. Hmmm what to do.
Category: Grab Bag
Stuff about stuff
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Something different
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People want to know
I’m not sure why they want to know, but there must be a good reason. Perhaps it’s helpful to express your emotions about the loss of a beloved pet. How My Hamster Died gives you that opportunity to release your inner emotional baggage regarding your hamster’s demise. There are some touching stories plus it’s a great little site that Eric created.
Growing up I was never allowed furry pets due to allergies, or at least that the story my parents gave, but we did have fish. There is a lot less emotional attachment to fish. When you get tired of them they get flushed. I was told we were releasing them back into the ocean. The things you can get away with as a parent.
At the young age of 6…. I would watch my little buddy, “Tree” run on his wheel. Day after day, he would run happily, until one fateful morning! As the sun was shining and he was going for his morning jog, his little paw got caught on the wheel. It violently flipped him around and broke him little neck!! He let a small sweak and passed over to the other side. I was devistated (as any 6 year old would be) and my mom tried to comfort me by replacing “Tree” with a new hamster….. It was never the same……:(
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What time is it?
This morning as I was waking up I was in that semi-conscious state between sleeping and being fully awake, you know, drifting in and out, and I found myself thinking “What time is it?”. Before I could even think about rolling over to look at the clock I heard the neighbor hucking up a lung. Oh yeah, it’s 6:30am. I wonder if they read my blog?
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TSO in Winnipeg
We saw the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Winnipeg last night and it was a great show. Similar, but with some different twists that the first time we saw them last year at the Alerus Center in Fargo.
This was the best picture I was able to capture. Between the ushers telling people not to take pictures and somebody poking me it was hard to get the camera up to take a decent shot. Anyway, photos hardly tell the story, you need to experience the sound, light, laser and pyrotechnics that is the TSO.
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I’m a lumberjack and I’m OK…
This is Eric. This is Eric up a tree, a 45′ tree, at the top of a 32′ ladder. It’s high, scary high especially when you’re reaching up to trim of those last few branches.
As were doing this, for some strange reason, the Monty Python Lumber jack song pops into my head. Anyway, we keep working and before long the tree is down, and we didn’t hit any wires of the neighbors fence and it’s all good. We even got some applause from a neighbor two houses down. I think he thought there was going to be an impending disaster when we cut off the top 12-15′.
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Going to the TSO Show
You’ve probably seen this or heard of this Internet video phenomenon.
The thing I didn’t know when I first saw it a couple of years ago, was that the music is TSO and they ROCK! After seeing them live last year in Fargo, I’m hooked and we’re going to the Winnipeg show on Nov. 3rd.
Well this year TSO has issues a challenge to top the above video. Check out the contest and some of the other outdoor lighting extravaganzas set to TSO music.
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Cyclist of the Day
As most of you know I’m an avid cyclist and today, biking home from work, I saw quite the cyclist. As I approached a stop light I notice a woman opn a bicycle, nothing new there as more and more people are cycle commuting. The bike was a nice cuiser with shocks and a comfy looking seat.
Then I noticed the cigarette. She was riding and smoking, and smoking it down to the filter tip, sucking the life out of it. A little different for a cyclist but whatever. Then I noticed the cup holder. A cup holder with a Tim’s in it. There she was, smoking and working a cup of coffee at a stop light in downtown traffic on a bike! I guess she could have been on a cell phone too. -
Words
While viewing a video of a conference on visualization of information called Many Eyes and the work that IBM Research is doing at the Center for Social Software, I was re-acquainted with Wordle, a creation of a fellow IBMer.
This word cloud in my blog fed into Wordle. Do I really use the work “back” that much? Apparently so.
Wordle – Beautiful Word CloudsWordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
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Pirates Unite!
Ayyyy,matey! is that a pirate on your shoulder, or are you just glad to see me? It seems every cause and group can have it’s day.
The Official site for International Talk Like A Pirate Day – September 19
September 19th (every year)
is International Talk Like A Pirate Day
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One more Time
Lance is not the only one making a comeback one more time. So is Tina Turner at age 68! Rock on!
International Tina Turner Fan Club – Contact Us
It has been confirmed that Tina Turner at the age of 68 years old is going back on tour in October 2008. The opening night will be in Kansas City in America. We will be adding 6 – 8 more shows which will go on sale in September. The European leg of the tour has been confirmed and it’s without a doubt that Tina will also be visiting Europe.
