Here is the full video of Max's KO
8.27.2008
8.25.2008
6.04.2008
A lesson in Off-Roading
I don't think that any two people who walk the same path in this life. Mine undoubtedly differs from any of yours. That being said, there are simular cross sections in every one of the paths that we walk. We cross them differently, some turn right, some left, I chose to go off-road for a bit.
We've all been down some tough roads, and most of us have found our way back, or at least we are trying to. The thing that really bothers me is knowing the right path to take, and feeling utterly helpless to get to it. It's like seeing a a river in the desert, but being so tired and hot that you can't find the energy to get to it. I feel that way right now.
I know what I need to do in order to pull things into check, but knowing and doing are two totally seperate issues. But, I push ahead, I'm enrolling in school, and working hard. I'm married to an amazing woman, and have a great kids, but there is the rub. As great as the kids are, they are still dumb as stumps. Now, I'm not saying that to be mean, all kids are idiots... Yes, yours too. The most frustrating experiences one will ever know in life is parenting. We want for our children to learn from our mistakes, we tell them exactly what is going to happen if they do something, but they do it anyway. Suprise! Exactly what we said would happen does happen!
The saddest part is watching the next group falling in line behind them, and watching them start the same cycle. I know why God sent the Flood...
We've all been down some tough roads, and most of us have found our way back, or at least we are trying to. The thing that really bothers me is knowing the right path to take, and feeling utterly helpless to get to it. It's like seeing a a river in the desert, but being so tired and hot that you can't find the energy to get to it. I feel that way right now.
I know what I need to do in order to pull things into check, but knowing and doing are two totally seperate issues. But, I push ahead, I'm enrolling in school, and working hard. I'm married to an amazing woman, and have a great kids, but there is the rub. As great as the kids are, they are still dumb as stumps. Now, I'm not saying that to be mean, all kids are idiots... Yes, yours too. The most frustrating experiences one will ever know in life is parenting. We want for our children to learn from our mistakes, we tell them exactly what is going to happen if they do something, but they do it anyway. Suprise! Exactly what we said would happen does happen!
The saddest part is watching the next group falling in line behind them, and watching them start the same cycle. I know why God sent the Flood...
6.02.2008
The market, how it works, and why things suck right now...
I'm growing increasingly weary with the discussions that have been happening in my office, as well as on capital hill. That planted firmly in the back of your mind, here is why I am aggravated.
Since 1976 we have not built a single new oil refinery in the USA. It's not that the oil companies don't want to build them, it's that they can't! We have been enlarging refineries, and trying to combat the problem that way, but we still use 36 million gallons of gas more than the refineries can make... and that was just today. You heard me right, daily WE use 36 million gallons more gas than can be created in our domestic refineries.
This problem is significant for multiple reasons, not the least of them being that instead of importing crude oil that needs to be refined we have to import refined and ready gasoline.
Think about that, we have to import refined gasoline. Have you ever been to a gas station that serves only one flavor of fuel? No, you at least have regular, mid-grade, and premium. Not to mention diesel. Now think about the sheer number of other variants required due to state/local laws, and we are approaching 100 different blends of gasoline.
There are a hundred different things that I want to unload about this situation, and amazingly the oil execs getting stupid amounts of money isn't one of them. Maybe it's time for the morons in congress like Barbara Lee to shut her trap about nationalizing the oil industry, and start to vote for more refineries, and drilling.
Since 1976 we have not built a single new oil refinery in the USA. It's not that the oil companies don't want to build them, it's that they can't! We have been enlarging refineries, and trying to combat the problem that way, but we still use 36 million gallons of gas more than the refineries can make... and that was just today. You heard me right, daily WE use 36 million gallons more gas than can be created in our domestic refineries.
This problem is significant for multiple reasons, not the least of them being that instead of importing crude oil that needs to be refined we have to import refined and ready gasoline.
Think about that, we have to import refined gasoline. Have you ever been to a gas station that serves only one flavor of fuel? No, you at least have regular, mid-grade, and premium. Not to mention diesel. Now think about the sheer number of other variants required due to state/local laws, and we are approaching 100 different blends of gasoline.
There are a hundred different things that I want to unload about this situation, and amazingly the oil execs getting stupid amounts of money isn't one of them. Maybe it's time for the morons in congress like Barbara Lee to shut her trap about nationalizing the oil industry, and start to vote for more refineries, and drilling.
5.23.2008
5.11.2008
Arren Tagged me! Oh the humanity!
5 JOBS I'VE HAD IN MY LIFE
1. Network Engineer
2. Car Salesman
3. Drummer
4. PA designer/Sales
5. Pepsi Special Events Technician
5 MOVIES I WOULD (OR HAVE) WATCHED OVER AND OVER:
1. Wedding Crashers
2. History of the World
3. Blazing Saddles
4. The Grail
5. Princess Bride
5 PLACES I'VE LIVED:
1. Provo, UT
2. Denver, CO
3. Castle Rock, CO
4. Tampa Bay, FL
5. And Currently... Dallas, TX
5 PEOPLE WHO EMAIL ME REGULARLY:
1. Erik
2. People trying to sell me stuff
3. All these personal networking sites
4. Bill O'rielly
5. Michael Medved
5 OF MY FAVORITE FOODS/RESTAURANTS:
1. Razoo's (Yummy in my tummy)
2. Firehouse Subs
3. Steak N Shake
4. Pho .95
5. Bob's Chop House
5 PLACES I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1. In bed asleep
2. Snowboarding
3. Wakeboarding
4. Swimming
5. getting a massage
5 THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2008:
1. Working Less
2. Making More
3. Playing with babies
4. Family reunions
5. Buying a bigger house
5 FRIENDS I WANT TO TAG:
1. James (since he started this evil)
2. Erik
3. John
4. Devanie
5. Marianne
1. Network Engineer
2. Car Salesman
3. Drummer
4. PA designer/Sales
5. Pepsi Special Events Technician
5 MOVIES I WOULD (OR HAVE) WATCHED OVER AND OVER:
1. Wedding Crashers
2. History of the World
3. Blazing Saddles
4. The Grail
5. Princess Bride
5 PLACES I'VE LIVED:
1. Provo, UT
2. Denver, CO
3. Castle Rock, CO
4. Tampa Bay, FL
5. And Currently... Dallas, TX
5 PEOPLE WHO EMAIL ME REGULARLY:
1. Erik
2. People trying to sell me stuff
3. All these personal networking sites
4. Bill O'rielly
5. Michael Medved
5 OF MY FAVORITE FOODS/RESTAURANTS:
1. Razoo's (Yummy in my tummy)
2. Firehouse Subs
3. Steak N Shake
4. Pho .95
5. Bob's Chop House
5 PLACES I'D RATHER BE RIGHT NOW:
1. In bed asleep
2. Snowboarding
3. Wakeboarding
4. Swimming
5. getting a massage
5 THINGS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2008:
1. Working Less
2. Making More
3. Playing with babies
4. Family reunions
5. Buying a bigger house
5 FRIENDS I WANT TO TAG:
1. James (since he started this evil)
2. Erik
3. John
4. Devanie
5. Marianne
5.09.2008
Here I Blog again on my own...
I found one of the coolest things ever!
It is the enlistment information for my Grandfather during WWII. How cool.
4.07.2008
3.28.2008
Disturbing... *UPDATED*
It seems that some "Christian" churches have out grown the need for the Savior. In Toronto the West Hill Protestant United Church of Christ has decided that it's going to take a little something out of it's teachings... You guessed it, Jesus Christ. Also they are going to downgrade God to god, and limit the time spent on much of the Biblical passages.
One question, then how do they retain their affiliation with the UCC? Isn't it an oxymoron to be a Christian church that doesn't teach about Christ?
Read more... Here
BTW, I completely agree with the line from The Anchoress. Not that I agree with everything she says, but this is the typical self indulgent type of tripe that has led us to the dark times we are now seeing.
Update v2;
OK, so the reactions haven't been as visceral as I expected. Some of the point made were expected, and now I will attempt to answer them in a very straight forward manner. I am not arguing for the superiority of men, I am making the point that we are different in nature, and because of those natural differences each have been given devine roles.
My wife sees herself as a better multi-tasker because she shifts from project to project without any discernable objective in mind. The conversation she mentioned was one in which she was frusterated that she had worked her tail off that day and the house really didn't look that much better. She stated that because she saw the project as a whole she was doing it in what to her was a logical order. The problem that I saw is that she spent the day shifting between things that had only a shoestring connection instead of focusing her efforts on one project and finishing it before moving on to the next one.
I recieve between 80 and 100 e-mails a day, and I talk on the phone to roughly the same number of clients. The e-mails come from a dozen or more different clients spread out accross the country. Each has different needs, budgets, and expectations. If I attempted to work in the same manner as Janika does I'd lose clients and get fired. I'd spend all of my time working reactively instead of pro-actively.
Instead I prioritize the things that need to be done each day and work down my list as quickly as possible. That doesn't mean that I lock myself into a set routine, but that I go in with a basic gameplan that can be modified as needed. With that in mind I also know what I have to finish certain tasks before I can move on to another. I call this my alphabet. Projects that are an "A" priority are more important than ones that are a "B" priority. Anything lower than a "D" can wait indefinitely.
Women operate on a more emotional plane than men. When I see a problem I don't "Feel" anything, I just analyze and look for a solution. A woman's ability to understand issues and people on an emotional level is very powerful, and in my opinion a strength. On the other hand, left unchecked it weakens society and becomes a destructive force.
How many times have we been told that we need to understand what someone's been through before we can understand what they have done? How about being told that the rough upbringing of a serial killer somehow justifies the horrors that they have committed? Of course none of this is more true than the people who tell us that these suicidal terrorists who try and kill us do it because of how poor and downtrodden they are.
Is anyone out there going to tell me that a masculine instinct is responsible for this line of thinking?
This lady who has decided to take God and Jesus out of a church and continues to operate under the name Chucrch of Christ. Is operating from two planes. She is as my wife pointed out narcicistic, but she is also relying on her compassion to guide her. She is horrified by the thought of actually labeling good and evil. The Bible says that homosexuality is a sin, but her church wants to ignore that part. They start out by gutting the doctorine that they find inconvinient, and then end up with nothing of value so finally they scrap the whole thing.
She is operating from the feminine instinct to be inclusive. She doesn't want to hurt people's feelings so she deletes the portions of the gospel that offend. This is not just true of "Progressive" churches, but "Progressive" movements in general. Think about the outcry from the left when President Bush labeled the "Axis of Evil". I personally think he didn't go far enough.
We have de-evolved into a world of whimpering cowards. We have allowed the Woman's Liberation movement to morph from a group that was interested in equal rights into a group that looks down their noses at women who choose to stay home and raise the next generation. We have allowed people like Gloria Stienam to tell us that there is no difference between boys and girls. And the whole time we have been told that we need to be more sensetive.
I'm plenty sensetive, I care about my family and worry about them when they are sick or in pain. More than that I worry about the roots of the issues that are causing them pain. I worry about them not being prepared for the world, about them being un-equipped to deal with important issues.
More later.... Man it feels good to vent!
One question, then how do they retain their affiliation with the UCC? Isn't it an oxymoron to be a Christian church that doesn't teach about Christ?
Read more... Here
BTW, I completely agree with the line from The Anchoress. Not that I agree with everything she says, but this is the typical self indulgent type of tripe that has led us to the dark times we are now seeing.
Update v2;
OK, so the reactions haven't been as visceral as I expected. Some of the point made were expected, and now I will attempt to answer them in a very straight forward manner. I am not arguing for the superiority of men, I am making the point that we are different in nature, and because of those natural differences each have been given devine roles.
My wife sees herself as a better multi-tasker because she shifts from project to project without any discernable objective in mind. The conversation she mentioned was one in which she was frusterated that she had worked her tail off that day and the house really didn't look that much better. She stated that because she saw the project as a whole she was doing it in what to her was a logical order. The problem that I saw is that she spent the day shifting between things that had only a shoestring connection instead of focusing her efforts on one project and finishing it before moving on to the next one.
I recieve between 80 and 100 e-mails a day, and I talk on the phone to roughly the same number of clients. The e-mails come from a dozen or more different clients spread out accross the country. Each has different needs, budgets, and expectations. If I attempted to work in the same manner as Janika does I'd lose clients and get fired. I'd spend all of my time working reactively instead of pro-actively.
Instead I prioritize the things that need to be done each day and work down my list as quickly as possible. That doesn't mean that I lock myself into a set routine, but that I go in with a basic gameplan that can be modified as needed. With that in mind I also know what I have to finish certain tasks before I can move on to another. I call this my alphabet. Projects that are an "A" priority are more important than ones that are a "B" priority. Anything lower than a "D" can wait indefinitely.
Women operate on a more emotional plane than men. When I see a problem I don't "Feel" anything, I just analyze and look for a solution. A woman's ability to understand issues and people on an emotional level is very powerful, and in my opinion a strength. On the other hand, left unchecked it weakens society and becomes a destructive force.
How many times have we been told that we need to understand what someone's been through before we can understand what they have done? How about being told that the rough upbringing of a serial killer somehow justifies the horrors that they have committed? Of course none of this is more true than the people who tell us that these suicidal terrorists who try and kill us do it because of how poor and downtrodden they are.
Is anyone out there going to tell me that a masculine instinct is responsible for this line of thinking?
This lady who has decided to take God and Jesus out of a church and continues to operate under the name Chucrch of Christ. Is operating from two planes. She is as my wife pointed out narcicistic, but she is also relying on her compassion to guide her. She is horrified by the thought of actually labeling good and evil. The Bible says that homosexuality is a sin, but her church wants to ignore that part. They start out by gutting the doctorine that they find inconvinient, and then end up with nothing of value so finally they scrap the whole thing.
She is operating from the feminine instinct to be inclusive. She doesn't want to hurt people's feelings so she deletes the portions of the gospel that offend. This is not just true of "Progressive" churches, but "Progressive" movements in general. Think about the outcry from the left when President Bush labeled the "Axis of Evil". I personally think he didn't go far enough.
We have de-evolved into a world of whimpering cowards. We have allowed the Woman's Liberation movement to morph from a group that was interested in equal rights into a group that looks down their noses at women who choose to stay home and raise the next generation. We have allowed people like Gloria Stienam to tell us that there is no difference between boys and girls. And the whole time we have been told that we need to be more sensetive.
I'm plenty sensetive, I care about my family and worry about them when they are sick or in pain. More than that I worry about the roots of the issues that are causing them pain. I worry about them not being prepared for the world, about them being un-equipped to deal with important issues.
More later.... Man it feels good to vent!
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