We had fun last year guessing what would happen to who in 2008. Some events took place, others didn't.
Dad wants to do it again for 2009, and have a family council on Skype tomorrow, if possible.
So start making your predictions!
2008 was a very busy year!
I already see some other changes on the horizon...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Christmas traditions
Tom told us they do not celebrate Santa or Saint Nick in any form in Paraguay.
Which led me to the question, does Jarek read your blog?
Which led me to this question, does he still believe?
Which reminded me to tell you to document this major belief event in your kids lives, as I cannot remember now who amongst you did what when and how concerning the jolly old red elf.
I think I remember Kathy, just trying so hard to keep on the tradition, despite some packaging proof, and common sense.
I don't remember any of the rest of you. You could jog my memory if you desire.
I am pretty sure Hazel still believes.
Which led me to the question, does Jarek read your blog?
Which led me to this question, does he still believe?
Which reminded me to tell you to document this major belief event in your kids lives, as I cannot remember now who amongst you did what when and how concerning the jolly old red elf.
I think I remember Kathy, just trying so hard to keep on the tradition, despite some packaging proof, and common sense.
I don't remember any of the rest of you. You could jog my memory if you desire.
I am pretty sure Hazel still believes.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Kathy's Favorite Christmas
My favorite Christmas has got to be the one when we got the Nintendo 64. Our entire family, even Bret was there I think and we played all day long. It was the coolest thing ever to play nintendo from a 3D perspective. I just loved being all together and enjoying something new and being all so excited. I remember that even Dad was impressed. I think it might have even been a white Christmas that year. It was perfect.
2008 at an end
What an interesting year 2008 has been. I think for me, it is amazing to me that I could have so many amazing opportunities - things I have wanted for years - and yet still end the year feeling a little down. Most of it has to do with my job. Of course, most of the great opportunities also had to do with my job. So it seems crazy to me that there can be so many 'ups' and still end the year on a down note. But I would guess that a lot of people right now are not very happy at their job. And in the end I should be grateful I have a job - and I am.
I was able to visit several countries and continents this year. Besides Hong Kong, I was able to visit China (mainland), which has always been a dream of mine. Though I didn't get to see the Great Wall or Beijing, Shanghai was a wonderful experience. I also got to visit London and spend some time there. Once again, this was a great opportunity and I loved the city.
We had many trips. Our trip to Mexico this year was fantastic as usual. I also went to Hawaii thanks to Kathy getting married there. I loved Hawaii. It was a great trip with wonderful food, great people, and beautiful scenery. I think I was destined to live in a place like Hawaii, but most likely will not as it is too far from family.
I spent more time on airplanes this year than probably the rest of my life combined except my trip and from Brazil for my mission. Though I did get spoiled by being able to travel business class on these long flights. And I eventually learned good routines for my for flights, which will be helpful. Also, now a flight to NY doesn't seem all that long!
The beginning of the year saw me probably at my least fit and heaviest weight in my life. The lack of playing basketball and sports in Hong Kong combined with being away from family and tempted by flavorful food was a terrible combination. Upon return to the USA, the introduction of Wii Fit and all the things that were lacking in HK found me at the lowest weight in the last 5 or 6 years. I look forward to 2009 to get into even better shape as I want to start working on muscle tone as I am entering my mid-30s.
2008 was also a special year in that two of my siblings entered the temple. Now all four of us have been to the temple and that is special to me. I am proud of them for being worthy and having the knowledge that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. It makes me want to be an even better person so I can be worthy to be with them in the life to come.
So even as the year ends with me feeling I am in a rut career-wise, I can not help but realize that so much has happened this year to be grateful for. I think the hardest thing with my job has been the debate in my head on whether or not I am wanting too much (e.g. I want to be promoted, make more money, climb the ladder) and am therefore being too proud, or I want too little (e.g. I should be fine with what I have, I make plenty of money, etc.) and am not trying to really grow my talents or work too hard. It is a fine line. I don't want to just sit and be complacent as that seems as though I am wasting the talents I have. Or even being lazy. But I don't want to be at a point where I feel entitled to more and obsessed with such trivial things as money. A 'job' and where it fits into God's plan has certainly been the focus of a lot of thoughts and nights this year. We spend so much of our life 'working' yet there is so little in the scriptures about careers and working. It would seem that it really isn't all that important in God's plan. Yet we focus and stress so much on it in our lives.
At the end of it all, my love for my wife, my children, and my parents and siblings has grown more in 2008. When an opportunity arose where I could have possibly moved to Utah, I never imagined I would be so excited to live close to family there. I look forward to a day where we can spend more time closer together as a family - and I continue to work my long term goals to make that a reality. I look forward to 2009 for a more 'simple' and 'peaceful' year, where I'll see my beautiful wife much more and spend less time on planes.
I was able to visit several countries and continents this year. Besides Hong Kong, I was able to visit China (mainland), which has always been a dream of mine. Though I didn't get to see the Great Wall or Beijing, Shanghai was a wonderful experience. I also got to visit London and spend some time there. Once again, this was a great opportunity and I loved the city.
We had many trips. Our trip to Mexico this year was fantastic as usual. I also went to Hawaii thanks to Kathy getting married there. I loved Hawaii. It was a great trip with wonderful food, great people, and beautiful scenery. I think I was destined to live in a place like Hawaii, but most likely will not as it is too far from family.
I spent more time on airplanes this year than probably the rest of my life combined except my trip and from Brazil for my mission. Though I did get spoiled by being able to travel business class on these long flights. And I eventually learned good routines for my for flights, which will be helpful. Also, now a flight to NY doesn't seem all that long!
The beginning of the year saw me probably at my least fit and heaviest weight in my life. The lack of playing basketball and sports in Hong Kong combined with being away from family and tempted by flavorful food was a terrible combination. Upon return to the USA, the introduction of Wii Fit and all the things that were lacking in HK found me at the lowest weight in the last 5 or 6 years. I look forward to 2009 to get into even better shape as I want to start working on muscle tone as I am entering my mid-30s.
2008 was also a special year in that two of my siblings entered the temple. Now all four of us have been to the temple and that is special to me. I am proud of them for being worthy and having the knowledge that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. It makes me want to be an even better person so I can be worthy to be with them in the life to come.
So even as the year ends with me feeling I am in a rut career-wise, I can not help but realize that so much has happened this year to be grateful for. I think the hardest thing with my job has been the debate in my head on whether or not I am wanting too much (e.g. I want to be promoted, make more money, climb the ladder) and am therefore being too proud, or I want too little (e.g. I should be fine with what I have, I make plenty of money, etc.) and am not trying to really grow my talents or work too hard. It is a fine line. I don't want to just sit and be complacent as that seems as though I am wasting the talents I have. Or even being lazy. But I don't want to be at a point where I feel entitled to more and obsessed with such trivial things as money. A 'job' and where it fits into God's plan has certainly been the focus of a lot of thoughts and nights this year. We spend so much of our life 'working' yet there is so little in the scriptures about careers and working. It would seem that it really isn't all that important in God's plan. Yet we focus and stress so much on it in our lives.
At the end of it all, my love for my wife, my children, and my parents and siblings has grown more in 2008. When an opportunity arose where I could have possibly moved to Utah, I never imagined I would be so excited to live close to family there. I look forward to a day where we can spend more time closer together as a family - and I continue to work my long term goals to make that a reality. I look forward to 2009 for a more 'simple' and 'peaceful' year, where I'll see my beautiful wife much more and spend less time on planes.
Friday, December 26, 2008
New additction
I played Tetris shadow, the apple, from 11pm to 12:30 last night. Dad had gone to bed, and he had mistakenly given me diet coke, (with caffiene) at Jimmy's uncle's house. Now I see why you guys used to play for hours. "Just one more game" is my new motto.
Thanks Jake and Cari.
Dad is playing it now.
I never got 100%, but was ranging from 94-97 most of the time. Is that good?
I didn't save anything, because I wasn't sure how to.
Thanks Jake and Cari.
Dad is playing it now.
I never got 100%, but was ranging from 94-97 most of the time. Is that good?
I didn't save anything, because I wasn't sure how to.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
This Christmas
We are having fun this year with Kathy, Jimmy, and Daisy here. The first voice I heard this morning was Tom, calling to confirm our 4:00 phone call. We've played a bunch of Blokus, opened gifts, talked on the phone, and now are going to eat here. Then we have the big 4:00 phone call, then we are going to Jimmy's uncle's. Kathy has a cold. It is sunny and warm. I am missing all the rest of you!
I can't get it to upload the video of Daisy opening gifts. It just says 'uploading' and goes on forever.
I can't get it to upload the video of Daisy opening gifts. It just says 'uploading' and goes on forever.
My favorite Christmas
My favorite Christmas without a doubt was the year we bought the IBM computer. I think it was a PS/1 33 mhz but I can't remember. I was so excited because dad let me see it in his room the night before and gave me the thick OS2 book that went with it. I read the book until I fell asleep and it was the only Christmas Eve I can remember that I actually fell asleep and slept through the night.
The next day I ignored pretty much all other gifts and instanly wanted to learn more about the machine. This computer was the start of my obssesion for computers and I supposed has shaped much of my career, entertainment and lifestyle. Not to mention it had one of the best old school golf games ever made! The very first Jack Nicholas golf which required other processes to be stored in High Memory to have enough ram for the game. The next Christmas Sound Blaster 16 and CD-Rom would follow on this computer along with crazy attempts to REM any silly tasks on startup to allow enough memory for 16 bit graphics! Although me and Dad(mostly dad) struggled to get it all working, it was worth it.
The next day I ignored pretty much all other gifts and instanly wanted to learn more about the machine. This computer was the start of my obssesion for computers and I supposed has shaped much of my career, entertainment and lifestyle. Not to mention it had one of the best old school golf games ever made! The very first Jack Nicholas golf which required other processes to be stored in High Memory to have enough ram for the game. The next Christmas Sound Blaster 16 and CD-Rom would follow on this computer along with crazy attempts to REM any silly tasks on startup to allow enough memory for 16 bit graphics! Although me and Dad(mostly dad) struggled to get it all working, it was worth it.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Favorite Christmas *tevs*
I am a pain in the butt. I am a Christmas Grinch. But somewhere deep down in my heart that is two sizes too small, I have a favorite Christmas memory or two.
This was the Christmas after my brother Andrew died. My parents happened to have had an insurance policy on us kids and so they got a chunk of money after my brother died. (none of us knew this till later I believe) Anyhow, that Christmas morning we woke up and all of us got brand new bikes. Nobody got a hand me down, they were all brand new, still in the box. It was so much fun putting our bikes together that morning and then getting to ride them in the snow.
Another Christmas I remember well and was very fond of was the year I was in fourth grade. Hmmm this would actually be the Christmas right before my brother died. Strange. Anyhow, I remember we had this really sparse looking Christmas tree. We really wanted to spruce it up so my mom had us string popcorn chains and we made a bunch of homemade decorations with ribbon and other crafty things. I thought the tree looked beautiful when we were done with it. I also got a Care Bear that year from my best friend Maria Prust. (She had every Care Bear and was sad I didn't have one so her mom bought me one.) I still have it to this day and Malik used to love it so much when he was younger, that he would sleep with it every night and took it to preschool for show and tell.
Mostly I think I need to get a better attitude about Christmas so I don't pass down my Grinchy attitude to my children. I have been trying to do a better job this year. Bret, how have I done so far? :)
This was the Christmas after my brother Andrew died. My parents happened to have had an insurance policy on us kids and so they got a chunk of money after my brother died. (none of us knew this till later I believe) Anyhow, that Christmas morning we woke up and all of us got brand new bikes. Nobody got a hand me down, they were all brand new, still in the box. It was so much fun putting our bikes together that morning and then getting to ride them in the snow.
Another Christmas I remember well and was very fond of was the year I was in fourth grade. Hmmm this would actually be the Christmas right before my brother died. Strange. Anyhow, I remember we had this really sparse looking Christmas tree. We really wanted to spruce it up so my mom had us string popcorn chains and we made a bunch of homemade decorations with ribbon and other crafty things. I thought the tree looked beautiful when we were done with it. I also got a Care Bear that year from my best friend Maria Prust. (She had every Care Bear and was sad I didn't have one so her mom bought me one.) I still have it to this day and Malik used to love it so much when he was younger, that he would sleep with it every night and took it to preschool for show and tell.
Mostly I think I need to get a better attitude about Christmas so I don't pass down my Grinchy attitude to my children. I have been trying to do a better job this year. Bret, how have I done so far? :)
Bret's Favorite Christmas
OK, it is very hard for me to think of a favorite Christmas. I love all Christmases. Even ones where every one is sick like last year. But the one that seems to hold the most 'excitement' in my memory was not the Crayola Caddie year (I know that one gets a lot of hype from the parents, but I don't really remember being so excited). It would be a year we had Christmas in Detroit at Kathy and Fred's home. I remember the feeling in the air of excitement. I really wanted a Transformer and sure enough, Santa brought me a Transformer. I was so excited. It wasn't the one I wanted, but I was still so excited to get one. I remember spending hours transforming it. I'm not sure why that Christmas stands out so much in my mind, but it does. Maybe it was the wonderful spirit in the home: the home of a great family. Maybe they had more decorations than we usually did. Maybe it was just fun being with more people. I think I would have been around 7 or 8. A close second was the year I got a new bike. It was awesome - and then stolen a few weeks later. Santa didn't offer us any insurance on it. =(
In thinking back over the years, it would appear for being such a healthy person that I have had quite a few Christmases where either I have been sick or others in my family. How lame is that - to get sick once a year and it to be on Christmas. This year, unfortunately, looks to be on par with that tradition. When we asked Jarek what one of our family traditions was for Christmas, he said "get sick".
In thinking back over the years, it would appear for being such a healthy person that I have had quite a few Christmases where either I have been sick or others in my family. How lame is that - to get sick once a year and it to be on Christmas. This year, unfortunately, looks to be on par with that tradition. When we asked Jarek what one of our family traditions was for Christmas, he said "get sick".
Favorite Christmas
Okay, so I know I have more time than all of you because our church was canceled due to snow.... :(
I thought it may bond us this year, since we are far away from each other, if we each blogged about a special, favorite, or fun Christmas gift or experience.
For those extremely busy people, just be brief, ie, the Christmas I got a rifle...
But it would be fun to hear a bit more explanation. I would love if you invited Jarek and Malik to tell us theirs also!
Dad said he would add to our contributions.
You all read one of mine already, but I will add another childhood one.
I was about 6 or 7, and my sister and I were up way too early. We always shared the same bedroom, and whenever one of us awoke, so did the other. It was usually Kathy, (for Webb's explanation, my Kathy is named after my sister, Kathy, who is 2 years younger than I and my best friend), who woke me, to sounds of monsters, ghosts, etc. She also was more curious than I, and more daring.
She talked me into going down to look to see if Santa had come.
We sneaked ever so quietly past my parents room, our eyes peeled for any noises from the living room, in case Santa was still there, and then we would run back before he saw us, so he didn't see us behaving badly. But- he had been there already, and although most presents were usually wrapped, ours that year wasn't. There were 2 big dolls standing under the tree! They were obviously too big to wrap, so they were just standing there, looking at us. We squealed with happiness and excitement, and ran back to our rooms. It was a long 2 hours before our parents got up, and during that time, we grew up just a bit... We both realized that now we would have to fake our joy at seeing the tree and gifts. By the time Christmas morning came, after laying there for what seemed forever, we were really sorry we had peaked.
We still loved our dolls, and had a nice morning, as far as I know, but I do remember wishing we hadn't been so sneaky.
But- that didn't stop us from showing each other what we got each other for Christmas the next few years. We would show it to each other, then wrap it. :)
And, who can forget, Crayola Caddy year?
I thought it may bond us this year, since we are far away from each other, if we each blogged about a special, favorite, or fun Christmas gift or experience.
For those extremely busy people, just be brief, ie, the Christmas I got a rifle...
But it would be fun to hear a bit more explanation. I would love if you invited Jarek and Malik to tell us theirs also!
Dad said he would add to our contributions.
You all read one of mine already, but I will add another childhood one.
I was about 6 or 7, and my sister and I were up way too early. We always shared the same bedroom, and whenever one of us awoke, so did the other. It was usually Kathy, (for Webb's explanation, my Kathy is named after my sister, Kathy, who is 2 years younger than I and my best friend), who woke me, to sounds of monsters, ghosts, etc. She also was more curious than I, and more daring.
She talked me into going down to look to see if Santa had come.
We sneaked ever so quietly past my parents room, our eyes peeled for any noises from the living room, in case Santa was still there, and then we would run back before he saw us, so he didn't see us behaving badly. But- he had been there already, and although most presents were usually wrapped, ours that year wasn't. There were 2 big dolls standing under the tree! They were obviously too big to wrap, so they were just standing there, looking at us. We squealed with happiness and excitement, and ran back to our rooms. It was a long 2 hours before our parents got up, and during that time, we grew up just a bit... We both realized that now we would have to fake our joy at seeing the tree and gifts. By the time Christmas morning came, after laying there for what seemed forever, we were really sorry we had peaked.
We still loved our dolls, and had a nice morning, as far as I know, but I do remember wishing we hadn't been so sneaky.
But- that didn't stop us from showing each other what we got each other for Christmas the next few years. We would show it to each other, then wrap it. :)
And, who can forget, Crayola Caddy year?
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Ladies! Blokus challenged?
Okay, so I have heard through the grapevine that none of us can beat our husbands at Blokus. Is it true what Jacob says, that we just don't concentrate enough? I know we are smarter than them. Kathy and Millie, you are hereby challenged to help us out. Let us not give in, we can win someday! If we ever let them play it with us again!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Special Christmas story
Maybe you could read this story to the boys one night before Christmas.
Bret was 3. We were living in my tiny apartment in Brooklyn. Bret was extremely sick with pneumonia. Times were tough for me then, and I was sure I wasn’t going to be able to give Bret the kind of Christmas I remembered as a child. His fever was 102. I was nervous, and lonely.
The missionaries who lived across the hall came over and gave him a blessing. One of them sat and sang Christmas carols to Bret, ever so sweetly and peacefully. His name was Elder Wall.
There was a knock on the door. Who would be visiting me late in the dark and the cold on Christmas Eve?
As I carefully opened the door, I saw a few people running away. There by my door were 4 or 5 black plastic bags, full of food items and gifts! The last person I saw looked to be about thirteen, though he was dressed up in a long trench coat, a hat, and I think I even recall a beard. He said “Merry Christmas” as he ran down the hall.
I had no idea who did it, well, not for years and years. I later figured it had to be someone from our church. I vowed that night, that from then on, I would do something special for someone else each and every Christmas. I have kept that promise.
Bret was 3. We were living in my tiny apartment in Brooklyn. Bret was extremely sick with pneumonia. Times were tough for me then, and I was sure I wasn’t going to be able to give Bret the kind of Christmas I remembered as a child. His fever was 102. I was nervous, and lonely.
The missionaries who lived across the hall came over and gave him a blessing. One of them sat and sang Christmas carols to Bret, ever so sweetly and peacefully. His name was Elder Wall.
There was a knock on the door. Who would be visiting me late in the dark and the cold on Christmas Eve?
As I carefully opened the door, I saw a few people running away. There by my door were 4 or 5 black plastic bags, full of food items and gifts! The last person I saw looked to be about thirteen, though he was dressed up in a long trench coat, a hat, and I think I even recall a beard. He said “Merry Christmas” as he ran down the hall.
I had no idea who did it, well, not for years and years. I later figured it had to be someone from our church. I vowed that night, that from then on, I would do something special for someone else each and every Christmas. I have kept that promise.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Laie flooded
Kathy couldn't get to BYU the other day. That one highway was closed do to flooding from a terrible storm. The school was closed, and you can see some pics on the BYU Hawaii website.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
The Attic & Our Future Entertainment Center
Over the past few weeks I have spent considerable time contemplating the future or our entertainment center – and how to best take advantage of our insanely large HDTV while at the same time avoiding paying any money to the cable and satellite monopolies that plague our country.
This led to me finally actually deciding to do something about our surround sound and move our speakers to the actual positions they should be in. I have avoided this for years due to the work of moving cords around and possibly having to go up into “the attic” – or crawlspace.
But after buying some new speaker wire and just having the wires go across the carpet we watched a couple of movies this weekend and were amazed at the increase of enjoyability of the movies. So last night I decided to take the plunge since it is not 100 degrees in the attic anymore. I had been up there once or twice briefly to stick old baby stuff up there, but never really crawled/walked around.
Together with Tevia’s help, we made some holes in the ceiling to thread the wires up. I went up into the spooky attic and realized there are like millions of wires up there. They were everywhere. Cable wires, telephone wires, and other who-knows-for-what wires. The first hurdle is to try and be able to find the holes and the wire Tevia was feeding up. The first one was fairly easy since I could see the flume for the fireplace and knew approximately where it would be coming up. And Tevia did a great job of getting the wire to emerge from the insulation that I ended up getting all over my clothes and lungs.
Next I had to have Tevia drill a hole for the wire to go back down into the living room and find that hole. This proved a little more difficult. Even banging on the ceiling wasn’t all that helpful, but we eventually got it. The third hole was the hardest as it was pretty much in the middle of nowhere. We spent quite a bit of time yelling/banging to try and find the hole. But in the end we were able to set up our whole surround sound. We celebrated by watching the Two Towers. My next step is to get an audio cable (either coax or optical) to connect the TV to the receiver. We have one for the DVD player, but never bought one for the TV.
Then the next steps will take place over the next month. The first will be cutting off cable. The plan is to get rid of cable and avoid giving them so much money each month. We will then buy a fairly inexpensive PC with enough memory, etc. and an HDMI (or DVI) connection to hook it up to our HDTV so that we can watch (via stream or download) videos from the computer. For example, we’ll be able to stream our netflix right to our computer. We can also use hulu or nick.com or scifi.com to watch shows. For our local TV we will get an antenna to get the HD quality for free – and actually in better quality than from cable. The last step will be to either get a blu-ray or just an upscaling dvd player to improve our DVD picture (which isn’t all that terrible anyway). With this we can save $50 per month or so, which is about what we pay for expanded cable.
And now I have conquered the attic, so setting up an antenna may not be all that bad if we have to stick it up there.
This led to me finally actually deciding to do something about our surround sound and move our speakers to the actual positions they should be in. I have avoided this for years due to the work of moving cords around and possibly having to go up into “the attic” – or crawlspace.
But after buying some new speaker wire and just having the wires go across the carpet we watched a couple of movies this weekend and were amazed at the increase of enjoyability of the movies. So last night I decided to take the plunge since it is not 100 degrees in the attic anymore. I had been up there once or twice briefly to stick old baby stuff up there, but never really crawled/walked around.
Together with Tevia’s help, we made some holes in the ceiling to thread the wires up. I went up into the spooky attic and realized there are like millions of wires up there. They were everywhere. Cable wires, telephone wires, and other who-knows-for-what wires. The first hurdle is to try and be able to find the holes and the wire Tevia was feeding up. The first one was fairly easy since I could see the flume for the fireplace and knew approximately where it would be coming up. And Tevia did a great job of getting the wire to emerge from the insulation that I ended up getting all over my clothes and lungs.
Next I had to have Tevia drill a hole for the wire to go back down into the living room and find that hole. This proved a little more difficult. Even banging on the ceiling wasn’t all that helpful, but we eventually got it. The third hole was the hardest as it was pretty much in the middle of nowhere. We spent quite a bit of time yelling/banging to try and find the hole. But in the end we were able to set up our whole surround sound. We celebrated by watching the Two Towers. My next step is to get an audio cable (either coax or optical) to connect the TV to the receiver. We have one for the DVD player, but never bought one for the TV.
Then the next steps will take place over the next month. The first will be cutting off cable. The plan is to get rid of cable and avoid giving them so much money each month. We will then buy a fairly inexpensive PC with enough memory, etc. and an HDMI (or DVI) connection to hook it up to our HDTV so that we can watch (via stream or download) videos from the computer. For example, we’ll be able to stream our netflix right to our computer. We can also use hulu or nick.com or scifi.com to watch shows. For our local TV we will get an antenna to get the HD quality for free – and actually in better quality than from cable. The last step will be to either get a blu-ray or just an upscaling dvd player to improve our DVD picture (which isn’t all that terrible anyway). With this we can save $50 per month or so, which is about what we pay for expanded cable.
And now I have conquered the attic, so setting up an antenna may not be all that bad if we have to stick it up there.
Jacob, Check your email and accept My invitation!
Now you can post to my blog. Sorry that I keep my comments censored. This is a whole other OCD issue I have. Maybe I'll blog about it someday, but probably not.
Improvise and Sound Advice
So, I'm still banned from comment on Tevia's blog so I'll console their sickness in a new post over here instead!
Fact:
Stress helps cause colds.
Fact:
Games relieve some stress.
Solution:
Play more video games!
Really, sorry to here you guys are all sick. You need more sound proof rooms so you can't here your kids coughing... I here they make them like that up here ;-)
Fact:
Stress helps cause colds.
Fact:
Games relieve some stress.
Solution:
Play more video games!
Really, sorry to here you guys are all sick. You need more sound proof rooms so you can't here your kids coughing... I here they make them like that up here ;-)
Friday, December 05, 2008
Caffeine
Wow!
I was reading the Ensign this morning, and got to the article called "the energy drink epidemic".
I haven't read the article yet, but I will, but, on page 50, it shows 2 spider webs: one web created by a regular spider, and one by a caffeinated spider.... Cool! That picture actually depicts well how I feel if I drink a whole can of Dr. Pepper! Bret, you should show it to your kids. It's a cool picture.
I was reading the Ensign this morning, and got to the article called "the energy drink epidemic".
I haven't read the article yet, but I will, but, on page 50, it shows 2 spider webs: one web created by a regular spider, and one by a caffeinated spider.... Cool! That picture actually depicts well how I feel if I drink a whole can of Dr. Pepper! Bret, you should show it to your kids. It's a cool picture.
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