Trash Day

Sorry for the lack of posts as of late but we have been having some great success over at The Muse in Music lately so I have been putting a lot time into posting there. So if you haven't checked the site out please do.

All that aside. One of these days I want to meet the person that empties my trash can at work just so I can show him/her that I don't weigh 800 pounds. By the end of each week my trash can is over flowing with food packages, rinds, pits and other miscellaneous junk. I can't help it, really, with all this training I end up snacking on something most of the day and this produces a lot of wrappers and what not. And, since I recycle all the paper that comes across my desk there's not a shred of paper to break up the sea of Chips Ahoy wrappers (soft batch of course) and apple sauce cups.

Public Service Announcement

I learned this morning, from one of our neighbors, that our old neighbors from the other side of our house had their 10 month old baby die after it choked to death on a piece hot dog. They called 911 but the ambulance didn't show up soon enough so they made their way to the ER and didn't make it in time.

I'm not going to go into whether I think a 10 month old should be eating hot dog's, that's beside the point at this time, but rather stress to everyone, including myself, to get certified in infant first aid. There are so many things that are too different between adult first aid and infant first aid that you can't rely on the one to get you out of a potential deadly situation with the other. Check the Red Cross website to find your local chapter and their calender of instruction classes. The classes are generally long and not free but I guarantee you that my neighbors would give anything to have paid that $90 fee to save their child's life.

This was their first and obviously only child.

What I've Done

I stole this from my cousins blog and thought that I would share the experiences that I have had. Luckily I still have a lot of life left to accomplish everything else.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars. -If you have never done this it is a must.
3. Played in a band. - even recorded a CD, probably couldn't find it if I wanted to though
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - this one is a yes if this includes playing a solo show at a coffee shop
11. Bungee jumped - a couple of times
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning - Oh Good times
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort. - Hello...Texas and all
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon - have a half marathon this weekend in preparation for this
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - It was way to cold when we were there to think about getting on the water
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Gone without food or water for 24 hours or longer
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business - technically it was just a DBA
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Stayed up for 24 hours with NO sleep at all
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma - you don't want to see me around needles
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy - saved a favorite childhood book
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar - so yummy!
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Changed a lightbulb
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Mowed the lawn
84. Had your picture in the newspaper - just for a wedding announcement
85. Read the entire Bible - Oh that pesky Old Testament
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - famous is in the eyes of the beholder
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person - very anti-climactic
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

Super Bowl Ads

Coming in a distant second, for reasons to watch the Super Bowl, are the ads. Originally the NFL was a little worried that they would be unable to get all the air time sold but it appears that they just made it. Here is a link to what Fox Sports considers to be the Top 10 best and worst of the night.

I agree with all the commercials that they put on the top ten best except for the Careerbuilders.com ad and the Hulu.com ad with Alec Baldwin. The Careerbuilder.com ad was like a horrible version of the twelve days of Christmas and Alec Baldwin is just a untalented hack.

The one thing that I have never understood was why a company would pay millions of dollars for a 30 second spot just to show the same commercial that they play every other day of the week; Nextel and Heineken pulled this brilliant maneuver this year.