Ridah > look ma! No helmet!

So this morning, I’m driving to work in the morning darkeness and I see something flashing in my rear view - my first thought was a cop, but when i looked in the mirror, it was a motorcycle. The guy had his brights on - now being a rider, I’m all about visibility, as in making sure other drivers know I’m there, but when it’s pitch black outside, you can’t run with your highs on… people don’t like that!

Anyway, no big deal, I slow a bit and let the guy pass me so I won’t be getting blinded by the lights - as the guy passes, I notice he is only wearing a bandana do-rag on his head. I know - alot of people choose to do this, and it’s Texas law that the rider has a choice of wearing a helmet or not (as long as he/she at least has enough insurance to cover thier funeral)… Personally, I think it is absolutely the most idiotic thing to not wear a helmet while riding… but in Texas, we all have that choice - I don’t get on a bike without a helmet, period.

Ok, so that’s fine and great - the guy doesn’t wear one and is relying on that do-rag to protect his melon… whatever… so the guy keeps on around me, then pulls into my lane in front of me; it’s then that I see something that just cracks me up: The guy has his helmet strapped on his back seat… What the heck man… you know ? The helmet doesn’t protect the melon via osmosis man…

I just found it pretty humorous.

Stuff-onomics: Hidden Side of What You Own | ThinkSimpleNow.com

http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/stuff-onomics-hidden-side-of-what-you-own/

After traveling for several months in one bag: two pairs of pants, a few shirts, a jacket, several books, and my iPod (which I used once)…. Coming home to 50 boxes full of Stuff, it felt like my world was once again being weighed down by things I didn’t need. It felt as if the things will consume more of me than I will ever consume of it. Thus, my new project: to simplify my life… starting with Stuff.

now that things are starting to settle down on the Tipton3 homefront, i’m getting back to my simplification kick - this is a great “how-to” type article, to help you see how “stuff” really does weight the average person down… We never think of it that way, but in all honesty, when you have a bunch of stuff to take care of/store/whatever, it ties you down and creates a cyclical pattern that makes us work harder and harder just to pay off the stuff we buy…

Anyway, I never lost sight of my simplification goals, I just had to push them back in the priority order with the move and all that… so now I’m back at it. Go read this article. now.

UFC 95 - PREMATURE STOPPAGE!

That should have been the “name”… Anyone else think UFC 95 ref’ing sucked worse than a candy cane straw in an orange (in the sense that the juice wouldn’t come out very good - those are tasty though!)? It was like someone told UFC, as soon as a fighter goes down in conjunction with someone else throwing a punch, stop the fight! I was in shock the first fight when Kos took a mean punch to the face and went down, before we could even see if he was going to do anything, the ref is jumping in… I mean come on bro - they don’t stop it that fast in boxing… Now I’m not saying that Kos wasn’t out, he looked to be rocked like crazy, but usually, MMA fighters are given a chance to recover - he most definitely wasn’t… The next two fights ended the same way - it really hampered my attitude during the rest of the fights, I just couldn’t (can’t) get over how fast they were stopping those fights - almost like whatever “commission” was sanctioning them was telling the refs to stop as soon as a fighter went down… sucked man. I am glad, though, that I didn’t pay for it - I would have been really upset in that case.

I digress…

The rest of the weekend was grand - went to the skating rink again on Saturday with the wife & kids - had a blast again… The little one’s are getting better and better - it’s alot of fun watching them… although, Ave took a few tailbone knocks… and we all remember how bad those hurt! I am thinking about getting her a football type tailbone pad - wish my dad had gotten me one of those!! hehe

Saturday night, Jess’ cousins all came over for a game night - we played WOW Cranium and got our butts kicked by the girls - we let ‘em win though - you know how we roll.. hehe - it was a fun game, and the acting was very funny. I do hate the “humdingers” though… uggh!

Sunday, after church, we ate some of the best roast I think Jess has ever made… it was so tender… very good. Then I proceeded to take a 4.5 hour nap… Woah. yeah, 4 and a half hours. Sad thing is, I think i could do that again today and still not feel caught up…

Anyway, it was a good weekend, and we enjoyed ourselves tremendously.

Here’s to having a great week, and being even more blessed.

75 (Really) Useful JavaScript Techniques | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/11/75-really-useful-javascript-techni...

this is another one of those links I put in here for mainly my benefit… I just want to make sure I can find it again…

PocketMod

http://www.pocketmod.com/

This is more for me than anything, but you guys might find this quite helpful, especially if you are (a.) non-geek and (b.) cheap/simplistic.

The PocketMod is a new way to keep yourself organized. Lets face it, PDAs are too expensive and cumbersome, and organizers are bulky and hard to carry around. Nothing beats a folded up piece of paper. That is until now. With the PocketMod, you can carry around the days notes, keep them organized in any way you wish, then easily transfer the notes to your PDA, spreadsheet, or planner.

Hokey Pokey?

How long has it been since you and Mr. roller s. rink were hanging out? Yeah, it’s been about 20 + years for me… but this weekend, we decided to take the kids and I’m sure glad we did. I had a great time, the kids were fascinated, and I got a great workout (including the blisters!)

I’ve forgotten how much fun it really is to strap on the ‘quads’ and go in circles… I think next time, I’ll take my Rollerblades… I’m significantly better on those than the roller skates…

I was impressed with the two small ones - we had to get them some ‘tightened’ wheeled skates so it wasn’t so “slick” (as Luke called it) and they went to town - they had a blast and really wore themselves out…

It was only $6/person and that was for the day…I would highly recommend it for all yous guys - it’s a cheap, fun way to spend the afternoon together and a great workout as well!

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I feel good today. It’s just nice that it’s a friday, and I know I’ll get to just hang loose this weekend.

Last night I was in an off day as far as my hundred pushup program goes, and I decided to go ahead and pull the trigger on getting the C25K started again. (I’ve been nursing the left knee and my back so i’ve held off on starting) I am sure glad I finally got on with it. I feel great today; I slept like a log last night (although, i could have used another 2 hours of sleep) :D

It amazes me how much working out helps with dealing/sluffing stress.

This weekend brings my wife family down to see the new house - so that’ll be some fun - but I plan on doing a little nap taking for sure…