spring break 2010

So on Spring Break at Myrtle Beach, we headed to Alligator Adventure, where there were several items of note.  

   1st, there was a gator named Bob who had no back legs.  So I was looking at Bob the alligator who had no back legs, and wondering aloud "So how does he swim?"  A guy walking by: "He doesn't, he just Bobs."  Ohhh... right, that's clever mister, and implies... that why he's named that.  Sheesh, don't I feel smart.

   2nd, there was a dadgum large gator-- "At 20 feet (6.1 m) long and weighing in at more than a ton, "Utan", the largest crocodile to ever be exhibited in the United States..."  Whoa.

   3rd, we touched a gator!  Now dad's been waiting forever to do that, and has often said that before he dies, he wants to touch an alligator... to which my reply is always "Yeah, seconds before you die."  That's why it was constant stress when they lived in Del Boca Vista phase III and had Brad the alligator living in their backyard.  (dad mows the grass, mom is on defense with a broomstick)  But since this baby gator had its mouth taped shut and was being passed around the audience, yeah, we pet it.  Cool!

   4th, it's not cool, it's just odd.  WHY would you teach kids this is a safe & fun activity?

Amusing TV ("operation repo" show): "Look what I'm married to."  Hee hee, he got a time out...

Life has taught me never to speak in absolutes-- aw dang, whoops.

silver foxes/cuttlefish/take-out cash

HUH!  Very interesting... the silver fox experiment: (10 minute video).  This has lots of implications...

Very random, but very cool-- videos of cuttlefish.  Huh-- learn something new every day.

How smart do you have to be, to be a criminal?  This smart.

What's a sheep without legs?  A cloud.

cool videos

WOAH this is mind-boggling: http://theologian.tv/2010/03/the-hubble-ultra-deep-field-in-3d/
WOAH again: http://theologian.tv/2010/03/star-size-comparison/ 
We are not alone.

Now enough heavy stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxa0mnDj0bs  You gotta sit through some random silly stuff to get to the cool part at 2:07: A SKATEBOARDING DOG

OH YEAH, who's ex-comatose?

This just makes me so happy.  A lot of credit to my gym.

saw this the other morning

"Aw man, there's nowhere to park!  Ooh, hey, there's a black-and-white Mini!  I'm in business!  Hope they don't wanna get out any time soon..."

http://picasaweb.google.com/schoolofhardknox/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCOjjoOrI57vH7QE#5450023457789727554

huh! Spring's here, but not there

So for the first time (that I've noticed), it's warmer here than any other U.S. location where I have relatives!  At a glance at the Weather Channel app on my phone at 8:15am on 3/18:
Greenville, SC 50 (degrees)
4 Fathom Court, SC 48 (which we call "4 phat-home", after a delivery guy mispronounced it)
Denver, CO 39
King of Prussia, PA, 37
Menlo Park, CA, 47
New York, NY 49

So y'all haven't gotten out your bathing suits YET?!?

WOW-- I GOT TO MEET CASSIE

WOW.  Walk back a few years with me.  So I'm in my coma for 5 weeks.  There's no good news.  They bring a therapy dog in to see me, hoping that'll help.  Cassie calmly lays down on my chest.  AND YES IT DOES HELP.  I reach for the dog and wrap my arm around her and begin petting her.  To put that in perspective, keep in mind that I hadn't done anything for weeks-- I hadn't even drawn a breath on my own, tracheostomy tube's still in.  But here I am, petting this lovely canine.  The docs look for a "purposeful movement", as you might have an arm randomly flail about or something.  So THIS was the sign they were waiting for, the first sign I'm waking up.
So the way I see the world, I'm awake due to dogs, and this dog, Cassie, specifically!
And today, March 15th 2010, I got to MEET my savior.  (apparently, I've met her before, but I wasn't so much "with it" upstairs)  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvYgebN_JVY

How cool is that, to be able to shower love on the being that's the reason you're conscious!  Today was such a good day!

daily chuckle: Roomba cat swats pit bull

THIS is one lazy (and dumb) felis catus.  Way to represent the entire felidae family in one fell swoop-- actually, multiple swipes.

I LOVE IT... WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER

Oh yeah... mark your calendars...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z93AADd2Dpo

Release Date:

11 June 2010 (USA)

Longest word in English

I have no idea why I looked this up last night, but I just went searching for the longest word in English.  And look what I found:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English
If you click on Humour, you see "Smiles, according to an old riddle, may be considered the longest word in English, as there is a mile between the two s's."  Ha!

wow. so glad my cousin & his wife didn't name their baby "Wussy"

Since I don't get cable, & wouldn't have time for it if I did (well, I have time, but at odd hours), so I get my news by email.  It's the top stories from Google News, which aggregates all the news articles from different newspapers that are on the same story.  This was in today's:

Al-Qaida: US Muslims should attack America like Ft. Hood shooter - Right Pundits

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 06:43 AM PST

MiamiHerald.com

Al-Qaida: US Muslims should attack America like Ft. Hood shooter Right Pundits Adam Gadahn, the American Muslim who is the official voice for Al-Qaida here in the States, is exhorting all American Muslims to rise-up and duplicate the cowardly actions of US Army Major Nidal Hasan, and get about Al-Qaida's ... American al-Qaida spokesman lauds Fort Hood killerThe Associated Press Wanted Al Qaeda American In Radical PleaCity Talk 105.9 all 292 news articles »

See anything in the main article at Right Pundits, like a major clue as to why he wants to kill people?  How about "His Muslim name is Azzam al-Amriki, which means “American Wussy Scared of Goats” in Arabic".  Anybody have any clue why he idolizes terrorists?  Lesson of the day: DON'T NAME YOUR KID "WUSSY".  I woulda thought that'd be kinda obvious...




And to bring this post somewhat away from the dark side of the force, here's a long-standing joke in this Knox family-- so long-standing, it's passed into our everyday language: BAD IDEA jeans

ponderisms from some waiting room magazine

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there isn't enough money?

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why can Superman stop a bullet with his chest but he ducks when something is thrown at him?

What disease did cured ham actually have?

Why do toasters even have a setting that burns toast so much that no human being would ever eat it?

If corn oil is from corn, and vegetable oil is from vegetables, what's baby oil from?

Whose idea was it to put an "s" in the word lisp?

Why do humans pay to go up in tall buildings like the Empire State Building, then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?  ANSWER: 108.  (day 1 of being awake, that was my age, so with each passing birthday, I'm actually getting younger)