08 January 2007
Ninty-Nine
Hello Everyone, after taking almost two weeks off work for the Las Vegas Bowl and Christmas I had a ton of stuff to catch up on. Which is great because I have a job and a pay check but bad if I wanted to post a blog!!
This is my blog #99 - I'm not really a newbie to this now. I need to either jump in or get out. I hope I and jump in and have an even better year than last year. My subscriber base has really fallen off so I need you guys to spread the work again get people coming back. I have had 65 views this week and I was averaging more than that per day a few months ago. I know, if I build it they will come.
I know my first blog of 2007 will not be the best of the year but I hope to start things out right.
Surf's up!
On the Chinese calendar this is the year of the Pig.
I came across this page of 'Famous Pigs' we can think of through out the year.
The list includes:
[Miss Piggy]
[Porky Pig]
Other famous pigs not on the above site include: Bryan Adams, Woody Allen, Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Chamberlain, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Close, Sheena Easton, Ernest Hemingway, Henry VIII, Elton John, Kevin Kline, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marie Osmond, Luciano Pavorotti, Ronald Reagan, Ginger Roger, Peter Sampras, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Spielberg, Emma Thompson, and Tracey Ullman.
Not so famous pigs include: Yours truly, yes me, (you know--Mathias), my brother Mike and my oldest son.
According to Wikipedia not only am I a pig but I am a Metal Pig, My brother is a Water Pig and my son is a Wood Pig.
[I just saw that because the Chinese new year is not the same as the roman new year that my brother is actually a Water Dog. He missed the pig pen by 11 days.]
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Smithsonian Magazine had this cool picture it ran with an article called 'Antarctica Erupts!'
A quote from the article sums it up best, "Seemingly dreamed up by Dr. Seuss, Mount Erebus' improbable ice towers form around steaming vents, growing up to 60 feet before collapsing."
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I found another great picture on Flickr of the Golden Gate Bridge .
[Gold in the Gate]
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At the end of the year everyone starts making lists like 'The worst dressed' or 'Top stories of 2006'. While wading through these type of lists I found this gem called the '50 Greatest Cartoons'. I'm not sure how I found it but it's not bad at all. The best part it that each movie listed is linked to an online version so you can watch yourself and see how they did. These are classic cartoons. Nothing modern hits the top of the list and when they do they are mostly obscure pieces.
Here is the top ten:
1. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
2. Duck Amuck (1953)
3. The Band Concert (1935)
4. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
5. One Froggy Evening (1956)
6. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
7. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
8. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
9. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951)
10. King Size Canary (1947)
[from #1 - What's Opera, Doc?]
This site is a true gem, so good I won't even argue what the number one should be.
[It look like they have been removing some of the movies because of copyright problems. I'm sure if you look you can still find them online.]
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I have mentioned in the past the love I have for Legos. My children have also picked up the passion. When my oldest son was into the height of his frenzy he would get a set and put it together and not play with it. He currently has a huge bin with each set in separate zip-lock bags ready for the wall of his new room (if I ever get it done).
My second son it currently in the height of his 'Lego Mania'. For Christmas he received four sets of Legos. I spent most of the mornings during my Christmas vacation putting together a Slave-One, an X-wing, Spong-Bob and Pirates of the Caribbean ships [I know this is not a Lego set, but to him they are the same].
For my first son, this would have been the end of the fun. But for #2 this is just the beginning. He actually plays with them and not just as the thing the kit builds. He also likes to take them apart and build other cool toys [most of which would belong in the Star Wars Universe].
After a while not only has he lost some Lego pieces but he can never find the original instruction book to build the kit again. Luckily for me, I found this site which posts Lego Instructions for all the sets made since before I was born.
[I had this set]
[My son would love to have this set]
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I know this is short and sweet but I wanted to get something out and I have been holding onto these for a while.
This is my blog #99 - I'm not really a newbie to this now. I need to either jump in or get out. I hope I and jump in and have an even better year than last year. My subscriber base has really fallen off so I need you guys to spread the work again get people coming back. I have had 65 views this week and I was averaging more than that per day a few months ago. I know, if I build it they will come.
I know my first blog of 2007 will not be the best of the year but I hope to start things out right.
Surf's up!
On the Chinese calendar this is the year of the Pig.
I came across this page of 'Famous Pigs' we can think of through out the year.
The list includes:
[Miss Piggy]
[Porky Pig]
Other famous pigs not on the above site include: Bryan Adams, Woody Allen, Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Richard Chamberlain, Hillary Clinton, Glenn Close, Sheena Easton, Ernest Hemingway, Henry VIII, Elton John, Kevin Kline, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marie Osmond, Luciano Pavorotti, Ronald Reagan, Ginger Roger, Peter Sampras, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Spielberg, Emma Thompson, and Tracey Ullman.
Not so famous pigs include: Yours truly, yes me, (you know--Mathias), my brother Mike and my oldest son.
According to Wikipedia not only am I a pig but I am a Metal Pig, My brother is a Water Pig and my son is a Wood Pig.
[I just saw that because the Chinese new year is not the same as the roman new year that my brother is actually a Water Dog. He missed the pig pen by 11 days.]
------------------
Smithsonian Magazine had this cool picture it ran with an article called 'Antarctica Erupts!'
A quote from the article sums it up best, "Seemingly dreamed up by Dr. Seuss, Mount Erebus' improbable ice towers form around steaming vents, growing up to 60 feet before collapsing."
----------------
I found another great picture on Flickr of the Golden Gate Bridge .
[Gold in the Gate]
--------------
At the end of the year everyone starts making lists like 'The worst dressed' or 'Top stories of 2006'. While wading through these type of lists I found this gem called the '50 Greatest Cartoons'. I'm not sure how I found it but it's not bad at all. The best part it that each movie listed is linked to an online version so you can watch yourself and see how they did. These are classic cartoons. Nothing modern hits the top of the list and when they do they are mostly obscure pieces.
Here is the top ten:
1. What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
2. Duck Amuck (1953)
3. The Band Concert (1935)
4. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
5. One Froggy Evening (1956)
6. Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)
7. Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
8. Porky in Wackyland (1938)
9. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1951)
10. King Size Canary (1947)
[from #1 - What's Opera, Doc?]
This site is a true gem, so good I won't even argue what the number one should be.
[It look like they have been removing some of the movies because of copyright problems. I'm sure if you look you can still find them online.]
-----------------
I have mentioned in the past the love I have for Legos. My children have also picked up the passion. When my oldest son was into the height of his frenzy he would get a set and put it together and not play with it. He currently has a huge bin with each set in separate zip-lock bags ready for the wall of his new room (if I ever get it done).
My second son it currently in the height of his 'Lego Mania'. For Christmas he received four sets of Legos. I spent most of the mornings during my Christmas vacation putting together a Slave-One, an X-wing, Spong-Bob and Pirates of the Caribbean ships [I know this is not a Lego set, but to him they are the same].
For my first son, this would have been the end of the fun. But for #2 this is just the beginning. He actually plays with them and not just as the thing the kit builds. He also likes to take them apart and build other cool toys [most of which would belong in the Star Wars Universe].
After a while not only has he lost some Lego pieces but he can never find the original instruction book to build the kit again. Luckily for me, I found this site which posts Lego Instructions for all the sets made since before I was born.
[I had this set]
[My son would love to have this set]
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I know this is short and sweet but I wanted to get something out and I have been holding onto these for a while.
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