16 August 2006
Poor me, can't live without cool for 50 days - Far out
Hello to all those out there in radio land. This is how our Sunday school always started when we lived on 14th street in Ogden.
I'm finding this blog less than rewarding. I'm not sure what I thought it would be like. Come to think of it there are many things in life that are not as rewarding as I thought they would be.
I tend to give my all to things I am interested in. I have been that way my whole life. I currently have a calling that requires a lot of work. Most of the time people are less than excited to see me knocking on their door. Mainly because they know I am there to 'ask' them to do something. There are also expectations placed on me for they way I should act or behave. I also have expectations of impacts I can make. Nothing is coming together. I have been doing this for more than four years.
I'm sure you know I have never really surfed. I hope to try it one day. I also hope it is nothing like water skiing. I hate to water ski. Water skiing is like trolling for really big fish. Pineview has Tigermuskies, which are really big fish. I surfed at work, no fish.....
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Time magazine named its 50 Coolest Websites for 2006. This is a really bland list. How can you decide this? 50 of 1 billion. As I was reading through the article I saw this link to the Time Magazine's '25 Sites We Can't Live Without'. I guess Time is saying, "This list isn't cool but try and live without them." So I checked out the list thinking, "Can I live without them?"
http://www.amazon.com/ - Where could I get a book without Amazon?
http://www.apple.com/trailers/ - Where would I see movie trailers without Apple?
http://www.blogger.com/ - Where would I blog without blogger?
http://craigslist.org/ - Where would I place classifieds without Craig and his list?
http://www.drudgereport.com/ - Where would I find conservative news, in Utah, without Drudge?
http://www.ebay.com/ - Where would I find less expensive scout uniforms without ebay?
http://espn.go.com/ - How could I enjoy sports without espn online?
http://www.factcheck.org/ - Where can I check facts without fact check?
http://flickr.com/ - Where can I see pictures without flickr?
http://www.google.com/ - OK, I can't surf without google, but can I live without surfing? No, then I would be trolling for tigermuskie.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ - Where can I find out how stuff works without a site about how stuff works?
http://imdb.com/ - Where can I find out about Jack Black and his new movie without imbd?
http://lifehacker.com/ - This site is cool, but can I hack my life without it?
http://moma.org/ - Where can I see art without Mom? [a]
http://www.netflix.com/ - Where could I rent DVDs without netflix?
http://www.npr.org/ - Where can I hear unchecked liberal bias in the media without npr?
http://www.theonion.com/ - Where can I get sarcasm without the onion? [Hehe that tickles]
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ - Is there a way to find out about bad movies without rottentomatoes.com?
http://www.shopzilla.com/ - Where else can you shop without shopzilla?
http://televisionwithoutpity.com/ - I want my re-reviews. Where else could I find out about TV shows without this site?
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ - Is there any other source for celebrity mug shots and insider info than the smoking gun?
http://wikipedia.org/ - Where else can you find out the Bolton Wanderers nickname is the Trotters?
http://www.yahoo.com/ - Where else can you get free email and search the web without yahoo?
http://www.zappos.com/welcome.zhtml?0723 - Everyone knows this is only one place to get shoes, don't they?
Aaaaahh, that was fun. Honestly though, surfing the Internet is much more enjoyable, interesting and easier with most of the above sites. But I can live without them. The site above that are highlighted above are those I visit at least once a week. The URLs that are also underlined I visit once a day. Those that are bold and italicized I visit frequently. If they are just italicized then I have herd of them but don't frequent them very often. The rest I had not heard of until I read this article and I can live without.
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I found this site that will tell visitors if they are 'Worth Their Weight in Gold'?
I am worth $2,144,116.80. [fat-boys]
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I read an article from Men's Health magazine titles 'The 100 angriest cities in the U.S.' I always like to see where Ogden ranks in these type of polls since they are based on data such as hypertension rates and crime statistics. Surely Ogden is the tops for Utah.
1. Orlando, Fla. [?????]
[Isn't the happiest place on earth there?]
2. St. Petersburg, Fla.
3. Detroit - [They should have played Detmer]
4. Baltimore - [It's the Tell Tale Heart - Nevermore]
5. Nashville -
6. Wilmington, Del.
7. Miami
8. Memphis
9. Jacksonville, Fla.
10. St. Louis, Mo.
11. Chicago
12. Tampa, Fla.
13. Jackson, Miss.
14. Albuquerque
15. Charlotte, N.C.
16. Dallas
17. Houston
18. Tucson, Ariz.
19. Indianapolis
20. Wichita, Kan.
21. Birmingham, Ala.
22. Providence, RI
23. Durham, N.C.
24. Altanta
25. Washington, D.C. - [I'd be mad too if the Redskins were my home team]
26. Denver - [They haven't been the same since Elway retired]
27. Philadelphia - [One name - Terrel Owens]
28. Baton Rouge, La. - [One name - Katrina]
29. Fort Worth, Texas
30. Phoenix
31. Lubbock, Texas
32. Cleveland - [Brown in not a happy color]
33. Greensboro, N.C.
34. Cincinnati
35. Arlington, Texas
36. Los Angeles
37. Buffalo, N.Y.
38. Grand Rapids, Mich.
39. Boston
40. Columbia, S.C.
41. Tulsa, Okla.
42. Aurora, Colo.
43. Seattle - [Cut back on the coffee]
44. Sacramento, CA
45. San Diego
46. Montgomery, Ala.
47. Raleigh, N.C.
48. Yonkers, N.Y. - [Zoinkers]
49. Oakland - [I expected more from you]
50. Fort Wayne, Ind.
51. Newark, N.J.
52. Las Vegas - [At least the anger stays in Vegas]
53. Columbus, Ohio
54. St. Paul, Minn.
55. Charleston, W.V.
56. Kansas City, Mo.
57. New York - [They just need more sleep]
58. Oklahoma City
59. Toledo, Ohio
60. San Antonio
61. Riverside, Calif.
62. Modesto, Calif.
63. Louisville, KY
64. Honolulu
65. Richmond, VA
66. San Francisco - [Alex Smith, I'd be mad too]
67. Bakersfield, Calif.
68. Spokane, Wa.
69. Milwaukee
70. Jersey City, N.J.
71. Lexington, Ky.
72. Little Rock, Ark. - [One name - Hillary Clinton]
73. Lincoln, Neb.
74. Billings, Mont.
75. San Jose, Calif.
76. Hartford, Ct.
77. Minneapolis
78. Boise, Idaho - [It must me the smurf turf]
79. Anaheim, Calif. - [The other happiest place on earth]
80. Norfolk, Va.
81. Austin, Texas
82. Fremont, Calif.
83. Fresno, Calif.
84. Anchorage
85. Cheyenne, Wyo. - [because it's so damn flat]
86. Rochester, N.Y.
87. Madison, Wis.
88. Salt Lake City - What?!? It is either Rocky Anderson or the construction on I-15. 'Nonetheless' SLC is higher than Ogden.
89. Omaha
90. Pittsburgh
91. Colorado Springs, Colo. - [Also upset about Utah breaking the BCS in BYU's coat tails.]
92. El Paso, Texas
93. Sioux Falls, S.D.
94. Des Moines, Iowa
95. Burlington, Vt.
96. Portland, Or.
97. Corpus Christi, Texas
98. Fargo, N.D. - [because it is still winter there]
99. Bangor, Maine
100. Manchester, N.H.
Hmmmm.... no Ogden. I bet Provo will rank high on this list if the cougars lose the last game of the season again this year.
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Keeping with the football theme. I read this article about why 'Passion, tradition elevate college football over NFL'. There is no doubt in my mind this is true.
[passion]
[tradition]
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I also came across this website about a 'Runner to take on 50 marathons in 50 days'.
I found this website dedicated to the 'feet'. His 21st race will be the St. George Marathon. He will actually compete in this race.
--------------
Keeping the theme of 'going where no man has gone before'. I found a site dedicated to Star Trek Trivia. [Signs up!!!]
The site is called Memory Alpha and is a triumph for Treckers everywhere. Whoever they may be.
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I know I'm out there, but not as far as Voyager - and I don't mean the TV show.
I have been reading about Voyager 1: 'The Spacecraft That Could' Hits New Milestone. On Tuesday, August 15 at 3:13 p.m. Voyager reached a distance of 100 astronomical units from the sun [or 100 times the distance from the Earth to the sun].
Far out man.
----------------
In a related story, 'NASA's New Moon Project Gets a Logo'.
This project will put man back on the moon and then to Mars.
----------------
I also found a fun site called Movie Title Screens.
This site is full of movie titles accompanied with a screen shot of the Movie's Title Screen. Fun, quirky. I wanted to post the 'Pee Wee's Big Adventure' Title screen but it was way to small.
---------------
I'm finding this blog less than rewarding. I'm not sure what I thought it would be like. Come to think of it there are many things in life that are not as rewarding as I thought they would be.
I tend to give my all to things I am interested in. I have been that way my whole life. I currently have a calling that requires a lot of work. Most of the time people are less than excited to see me knocking on their door. Mainly because they know I am there to 'ask' them to do something. There are also expectations placed on me for they way I should act or behave. I also have expectations of impacts I can make. Nothing is coming together. I have been doing this for more than four years.
I'm sure you know I have never really surfed. I hope to try it one day. I also hope it is nothing like water skiing. I hate to water ski. Water skiing is like trolling for really big fish. Pineview has Tigermuskies, which are really big fish. I surfed at work, no fish.....
-------------
Time magazine named its 50 Coolest Websites for 2006. This is a really bland list. How can you decide this? 50 of 1 billion. As I was reading through the article I saw this link to the Time Magazine's '25 Sites We Can't Live Without'. I guess Time is saying, "This list isn't cool but try and live without them." So I checked out the list thinking, "Can I live without them?"
http://www.amazon.com/ - Where could I get a book without Amazon?
http://www.apple.com/trailers/ - Where would I see movie trailers without Apple?
http://www.blogger.com/ - Where would I blog without blogger?
http://craigslist.org/ - Where would I place classifieds without Craig and his list?
http://www.drudgereport.com/ - Where would I find conservative news, in Utah, without Drudge?
http://www.ebay.com/ - Where would I find less expensive scout uniforms without ebay?
http://espn.go.com/ - How could I enjoy sports without espn online?
http://www.factcheck.org/ - Where can I check facts without fact check?
http://flickr.com/ - Where can I see pictures without flickr?
http://www.google.com/ - OK, I can't surf without google, but can I live without surfing? No, then I would be trolling for tigermuskie.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ - Where can I find out how stuff works without a site about how stuff works?
http://imdb.com/ - Where can I find out about Jack Black and his new movie without imbd?
http://lifehacker.com/ - This site is cool, but can I hack my life without it?
http://moma.org/ - Where can I see art without Mom? [a]
http://www.netflix.com/ - Where could I rent DVDs without netflix?
http://www.npr.org/ - Where can I hear unchecked liberal bias in the media without npr?
http://www.theonion.com/ - Where can I get sarcasm without the onion? [Hehe that tickles]
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/ - Is there a way to find out about bad movies without rottentomatoes.com?
http://www.shopzilla.com/ - Where else can you shop without shopzilla?
http://televisionwithoutpity.com/ - I want my re-reviews. Where else could I find out about TV shows without this site?
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/ - Is there any other source for celebrity mug shots and insider info than the smoking gun?
http://wikipedia.org/ - Where else can you find out the Bolton Wanderers nickname is the Trotters?
http://www.yahoo.com/ - Where else can you get free email and search the web without yahoo?
http://www.zappos.com/welcome.zhtml?0723 - Everyone knows this is only one place to get shoes, don't they?
Aaaaahh, that was fun. Honestly though, surfing the Internet is much more enjoyable, interesting and easier with most of the above sites. But I can live without them. The site above that are highlighted above are those I visit at least once a week. The URLs that are also underlined I visit once a day. Those that are bold and italicized I visit frequently. If they are just italicized then I have herd of them but don't frequent them very often. The rest I had not heard of until I read this article and I can live without.
----------------
I found this site that will tell visitors if they are 'Worth Their Weight in Gold'?
I am worth $2,144,116.80. [fat-boys]
----------------
I read an article from Men's Health magazine titles 'The 100 angriest cities in the U.S.' I always like to see where Ogden ranks in these type of polls since they are based on data such as hypertension rates and crime statistics. Surely Ogden is the tops for Utah.
1. Orlando, Fla. [?????]
[Isn't the happiest place on earth there?]
2. St. Petersburg, Fla.
3. Detroit - [They should have played Detmer]
4. Baltimore - [It's the Tell Tale Heart - Nevermore]
5. Nashville -
6. Wilmington, Del.
7. Miami
8. Memphis
9. Jacksonville, Fla.
10. St. Louis, Mo.
11. Chicago
12. Tampa, Fla.
13. Jackson, Miss.
14. Albuquerque
15. Charlotte, N.C.
16. Dallas
17. Houston
18. Tucson, Ariz.
19. Indianapolis
20. Wichita, Kan.
21. Birmingham, Ala.
22. Providence, RI
23. Durham, N.C.
24. Altanta
25. Washington, D.C. - [I'd be mad too if the Redskins were my home team]
26. Denver - [They haven't been the same since Elway retired]
27. Philadelphia - [One name - Terrel Owens]
28. Baton Rouge, La. - [One name - Katrina]
29. Fort Worth, Texas
30. Phoenix
31. Lubbock, Texas
32. Cleveland - [Brown in not a happy color]
33. Greensboro, N.C.
34. Cincinnati
35. Arlington, Texas
36. Los Angeles
37. Buffalo, N.Y.
38. Grand Rapids, Mich.
39. Boston
40. Columbia, S.C.
41. Tulsa, Okla.
42. Aurora, Colo.
43. Seattle - [Cut back on the coffee]
44. Sacramento, CA
45. San Diego
46. Montgomery, Ala.
47. Raleigh, N.C.
48. Yonkers, N.Y. - [Zoinkers]
49. Oakland - [I expected more from you]
50. Fort Wayne, Ind.
51. Newark, N.J.
52. Las Vegas - [At least the anger stays in Vegas]
53. Columbus, Ohio
54. St. Paul, Minn.
55. Charleston, W.V.
56. Kansas City, Mo.
57. New York - [They just need more sleep]
58. Oklahoma City
59. Toledo, Ohio
60. San Antonio
61. Riverside, Calif.
62. Modesto, Calif.
63. Louisville, KY
64. Honolulu
65. Richmond, VA
66. San Francisco - [Alex Smith, I'd be mad too]
67. Bakersfield, Calif.
68. Spokane, Wa.
69. Milwaukee
70. Jersey City, N.J.
71. Lexington, Ky.
72. Little Rock, Ark. - [One name - Hillary Clinton]
73. Lincoln, Neb.
74. Billings, Mont.
75. San Jose, Calif.
76. Hartford, Ct.
77. Minneapolis
78. Boise, Idaho - [It must me the smurf turf]
79. Anaheim, Calif. - [The other happiest place on earth]
80. Norfolk, Va.
81. Austin, Texas
82. Fremont, Calif.
83. Fresno, Calif.
84. Anchorage
85. Cheyenne, Wyo. - [because it's so damn flat]
86. Rochester, N.Y.
87. Madison, Wis.
88. Salt Lake City - What?!? It is either Rocky Anderson or the construction on I-15. 'Nonetheless' SLC is higher than Ogden.
89. Omaha
90. Pittsburgh
91. Colorado Springs, Colo. - [Also upset about Utah breaking the BCS in BYU's coat tails.]
92. El Paso, Texas
93. Sioux Falls, S.D.
94. Des Moines, Iowa
95. Burlington, Vt.
96. Portland, Or.
97. Corpus Christi, Texas
98. Fargo, N.D. - [because it is still winter there]
99. Bangor, Maine
100. Manchester, N.H.
Hmmmm.... no Ogden. I bet Provo will rank high on this list if the cougars lose the last game of the season again this year.
----------------
Keeping with the football theme. I read this article about why 'Passion, tradition elevate college football over NFL'. There is no doubt in my mind this is true.
[passion]
[tradition]
----------------------
I also came across this website about a 'Runner to take on 50 marathons in 50 days'.
I found this website dedicated to the 'feet'. His 21st race will be the St. George Marathon. He will actually compete in this race.
--------------
Keeping the theme of 'going where no man has gone before'. I found a site dedicated to Star Trek Trivia. [Signs up!!!]
The site is called Memory Alpha and is a triumph for Treckers everywhere. Whoever they may be.
---------------
I know I'm out there, but not as far as Voyager - and I don't mean the TV show.
I have been reading about Voyager 1: 'The Spacecraft That Could' Hits New Milestone. On Tuesday, August 15 at 3:13 p.m. Voyager reached a distance of 100 astronomical units from the sun [or 100 times the distance from the Earth to the sun].
Far out man.
----------------
In a related story, 'NASA's New Moon Project Gets a Logo'.
This project will put man back on the moon and then to Mars.
----------------
I also found a fun site called Movie Title Screens.
This site is full of movie titles accompanied with a screen shot of the Movie's Title Screen. Fun, quirky. I wanted to post the 'Pee Wee's Big Adventure' Title screen but it was way to small.
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