Just because

Last night it felt like things were getting back to normal. We went to visit some newlyweds and a nearly dead. Everett is a 94 year old widower. He has lived all over the country working for the U.S. Forest Service doing Wildlife Administration. He was born in Huntsville and graduated from Weber High, Weber College, and Utah State. He soon left Utah and did not return until he retired in 1974. We have visited Everett one other time but he did; not remember us. As we got talking I asked him about growing up in Huntsville and he said that he knew my grandpa Trotter and family in Huntsville. He said his wife grew up across the street from the Trotter's. Then we went and visited with a young couple named the Hansen's. She is from Oklahoma via New Mexico and he was a military brat and landed in Clearfield when his father retired. He works nights at the Hotel Monaco in Salt Lake. They seem nice and have a 16 month old daughter.

My oldest son had his board of review last night and has earned his Tenderfoot and Second Class badges.

I had clean-up things to do today, still had some time to surf....
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I started off the day with an article from Blender magazine about 'The 50 Worst Things Ever to Happen to Music'.

At first I thought the list would consist of Boy bands and one hit wonders but I was partially wrong.

I have included some of the better points from the list.
41. Melisma
35. Van Halen fires David Lee Roth
29. Popera
28. The Disappearance of Independent Record Stores
25. Tribute Albums
23. Woodstock 99
22. Lists That Reduce Rock History to a Series of Glib Sound bites
21. Nearly Every Hip-Hop Video
16. Replacement Lead Singers
15. CDs
13. Light Aircraft
8. The Age of 27
6. Madonnas British Accent
1. Kids Today!
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I also came across several articles about Pluto. 'Pluto gets the boot'.

I afraid they are not talking about Mickey's four legged friend.

Officially, Pluto is no longer a planet. At the International Astronomical Union (IAU) meeting in Prague 424 astronomers voted to change the definition of a planet.

The decision establishes three main categories of objects in our solar system.
1. Planets: The eight worlds from Mercury to Neptune.
2. Dwarf Planets: Pluto and any other round object that "has not cleared the neighborhood around its orbit, and is not a satellite."
3. Small Solar System Bodies: All other objects orbiting the Sun.

Now there are officially only 8 planets in the solar system. Clyde W. Tombaugh is rolling in his grave.
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I came across this flickr set of 'Alphabet of Comic Book Folk'.


A is for Aquaman
B is for Batman
G is for Green Lantern
H is for Hulk
I is for Iron Man
M is for Mr. Fantastic
S is for Silver Surfer
T is for Thing
X is for Xavier

So this is my Super Hero Name

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If that doesn't do anything for you here is an 'Alphabet of Monsters'.

Not to be confused with my Zombie Name, here is my Monster name.

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Have you ever felt the blues? What about the Cookie Blues?

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I found another great photo set from an photographer named Charles Miller

[Lights of Schreckhorn]
The best part for you is that there are not any boats.

[Carlos Avery Wetlands at Sunset]
The best part for me is the color goodness.

[Splitrock Lighthouse]
This site is deep and worth checking out.

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I have blogged a lot about street art but this next clip is about a different kind of street art.

'Slo-Mo Home Depot' is a flash mob of sorts that preforms inside a Home Depot for 15 minutes. Check out the other video on this site. The reactions of the customers, workers and artists are worth watching. I like the idea of this. Although I don't know how I would feel about participating in it.
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