They came.. from.. BEHIND!....

WWWWooooooWWWWW!!! I though Star Wars had an almost certain fate sealed to the Dark side.... The result is hilarious!.

Not Mine but Still Nice

Ansel Adams

Mid Poll Update!

The score is close! Star Wars is down by one! Come on all you Jedi Fans! Use your force to stage a come back! For you Trekies you don't want your lead to slip away in a worm hole do you? Come on and let both side roll!

Olympic Hand Ball

I have to admit, I have found a new sport to watch I like. Hand Ball.

This isn't the school yard racket ball with your hand. Two teams on a field about basket ball size throw a hand held ball into goals smaller than soccer. There's a marked off area around the goal. The teams can't step in the goalie area as they try to score and defend; they can leap instead.

It looks fun and east to set up. I want to try that.

Crack Laced Oxicotton

When you first watch Dr. Horrible Sing along Blog you think,"Gee, this is funny. The song are pretty cool. I'll probably never think about them much."

Two weeks later you start reciting the Bad Hose songs.... and then your hooked. I had the duet at the beginning of the second episode and the "You're gonna die" song uninvitedly stuck in my head. Worst of all my computer wasn't connecting back to the Internet to listen to them and get them out of my mind. Then as I work with "tech support" I them make it so my other computer in the house doesn't work on the net! ARRRRG! I should have followed Adam's advice and left well enough alone....(kinda a funny phrase no?)

A DOOZEY of a poll!

This is it my friends an epic question for epic people!

Just a Thought

You want good customer service?

BE A GOOD CUSTOMER!

Getting There Early

So... run down time. We never got a hold of the owner to that house, oh well it got us thinking about getting our own home. I'm going to be at the U of U again this fall. Bye bye evenings. Heather is planing on working at Smiths so she can help pay off the car QUICK. I need to post photo's, print and organize them. I spent the second half of last week hanging out with Heather and her niece Bailey because Bailey's Aunt (her fathers side) had an infection of the bran from a hearing aid that went into her skull. She's okay now- basically deaf again but okay.



Today I needed to Trax to work and I happened to catch an earlier train. Hey, I think... I'll get to work early! 5400 south right next to the new hospital there's a THUNK and a hard break. Everyone lurches forward. It felt like the wheel got stuck or something. Looking left to the platform, by standers cupped the mouths in silent horror. Some people rushed to the rear of the platform, others slowly staggered forward in a trance. On the train we pressed our heads to the glass. We could see the legs of a woman in jeans laying next to the train draped over her bike. After a few seconds two nurses came forward trying to get out. The door was stuck. A young man, with a little bit of grunge look, got to the door popped off the plastic to the emergency door release and turned the knob. The tall folding doors broke open a few inches and they forced the rest. I stood there observing, slightly ashamed I didn't think to open the door by emergency latch. A group gathered around the fallen woman giving enough room for people to get to her freely. The view from the door made me hold my breath. She wasn't moving.

After a minute I noticed the nurses weren't doing anything besides searching for a pulse. Either she was dead or they didn't need to do anything. I was hoping for the latter. I was strangely calm and noticed how others where shocked, calling people, pacing and looking down the road for the paramedics to come. A siren blared in the distance. Ironic this happened next to the hospital. I noticed the woman's stomach full and round. Was she pregnant? Listening to the mumblings of people around some asked how it happened. A young gentleman explained to one questioner how he tried to grab her, and pull her back but didn't get to her in time. She had been standing near the edge of the platform and bent over to fix her shoe and didn't see the train coming.

Finally I saw her ribs heave in hurt breaths. Never has hearing painful cries been such a relief. I moved to the other side of the group and got a view of her face. It was twisted with pain and had a blotch of blood beneath but it looked like she would be okay. A minute later paramedics arrived.

It was going to be be a while to get the train going so I grabbed my bike and caught another bus to get to work.

Late by 15 minutes.

House & Home

At first Heather and I were playing around with going to the Mark Twain Apartments . After realizing we can get a good starter home for the same price we started vaguely looking. Well, there turns up a house right next door to one of my wife's really cool sisters.

He apparently was getting a divorce and this was a rental property he had. Apparently the tenants didn't leave it in a *cough cough* pristine condition. With all the handy men on my wife's side of the family as well as my own, I'm willing to get it as is as long as it's uh... shall we say discounted?

Yeah, great plans and vision.. Now I need to talk to the owner and the bank. *cross fingers.*

Okay I broke down...

So ... I knew this day would come...

I AM a nerd and it had to come up SOME time!

To the left is the new poll...

May God have mearcy on my soul!

(I may have a few more along these lines.)