Hey, I'm feeling better already!

According to this article, studies have found that blogging actually makes you feel better!  Not only that, but are you on a social network like Facebook?  Same thing.

So keep on posting people!  It's good for you and fun to boot!

It's like playing the stock market, except with real money!

This morning I put gas in Alisonwonderland's car.  The price for regular was $3.12/gal.  As much as I like complaining about the price of gas, that's not the point of this post.  Besides, I just saw a story that the folks in San Mateo, CA are paying something like $4.40/gal, so I'm not complaining!  Last night, when I put gas in my car from the same station, the price was $3.19/gal!  Sheesh!  If I would've just waited 12 hours, I could've saved $.07/gal.  It's really turned into a guessing game as to when the best day is to get gas -- kinda like playing the stock market.  Guess I'm going to have to follow gas futures a lot closer now...

100th post snowed under!

Yes, it is my 100th post (believe it or not).

No, the title does not make sense, but bear with me.

This has been a pretty crazy snow year in Utah. Where I work (up at around 6500' in the mountains near Park City) has really been hit hard. As you know, this is mostly good for the ski resorts. Sometimes, though, it's not good for the rest of us. And I don't mean driving issues in the snow and such. I'm talking about losing things in the snow. I'm sure most of us have lost things that fell into the snow and couldn't be found. Heck, a co-worker just lost his cell phone earlier this year.

So here's my second "Question" post in a row! Can you look at this picture and tell what was lost? Only look at the first one before looking at the picture below it. (I won't make you wait for the answer this time. ;) )

So did you find the lost item? Do you need some more time? Look closely. It's a little small, so it might be hard to see. Give up?

There it is in the circle. Still don't know? It's a Volvo! Yes, this picture was taken a few weeks ago, and now that it's finally starting to thaw a little, I can see that it really is a Volvo. Hopefully, whoever parked it there will come back in the Spring and look for his/her lost car...

Questions of the day

Since alisonwonderland likes to throw puzzling questions at you occasionally, I thought I'd do the same.  See if you can answer these... without cheating. :)

1. You measure me but I have no length, width, or thickness.

2. You answer me, although I never ask you questions.

3. You ask me all day long and the answer is always different -- but always correct.

Happy Slightly Belated Birthday - "WebLog"

According to these two articles from Ars Technica and the BBC, December 17, 2007 was the 10th birthday of the word "weblog".  The BBC article cites a Technorati estimate that 1.5 million blog posts are added to blogs each day.  Well, here's my contribution for today. :)

Curse you, Galactic Empire!

I can't believe the Stormtroopers got to him. What are my kids going to do?

Photo Courtesy of Gizmodo (NOTE: Gizmodo sometimes has PG-13ish content in its posts. I don't recommend regular visits by younger kids and is the reason I don't directly link to this story, but the picture is way cool.)

You mean, this isn't how to do laundry?

It might explain why Alisonwonderland doesn't let me do it...

Now that's the way to start a December!

December 1:

It was snowing when I took Jelly to her orchestra rehearsal at 8am.

It snowed during her entire rehearsal.

It snowed the whole drive home (which took 50 minutes instead of 30, by the way).

It snowed while Sugar Bear and I shoveled the driveway and sidewalk at noon.

December 2:

And here are the results...(I just love winter much to the chagrin of Alisonwonderland...)

All creatures great and ugly

Are you a Star Trek fan? I am. I pretty much like all of the different series. I especially like the original series -- not for the great special effects, but rather for the lack of them! And that includes the creatures. Here's an online article from Wired showing off their picks for the 10 Cheesiest Creatures. Do you have a favorite not on this list?

Nerf & Doom: what more can you want?

When I was growing up...  Okay, maybe not.  Maybe a few years ago, I would play the original Doom video game on my PC.  What a great first-person shooter that was.  And totally separate from that, I loved (and still do) anything Nerf.

Well, now someone has combined them!  Check out this video.  Pretty funny stuff.  (As it turns out, a search on YouTube turns up any number of "Doom Nerf" videos...)