Celtic Knot doodling in MS Paint

I was looking up Celtic Knots on YouTube. I drew a small one on paper first then did this one in MS Paint... my favorite drawing application.

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World's Best Ham Sandwich

The other day (Christmas Day) we cooked a spiral cut ham. A glaze packet was included with the ham and of course we made that and poured it over the ham. Needless to say it was a fantastic ham. I took one of the dinner rolls my wife made, split it, dipped each half in the glaze, put some of the glazed ham on it and stood back and looked at the best tasting single thing I've eaten in my life.

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Wooden Fountain Pen

Among the few nice gifts I received for Christmas this year was this hand made fountain pen. It was made by a fellow named Steve Freilinger. The ink cartridge that came with it worked the first time after installing it. The ink in the pen works pretty well on the paper in my Moleskine sketchbook. It takes just about 10 seconds to dry.

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George H. Bush - Hospitalized

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Provo Canyon Sasquatch sighting - stabilized, slowed and zoomed.

First off, I will state that I am what I call a Sasquatch 'Hopeful'. I am as skeptical as the next guy but it would make my year if one was caught (humanely hopefully) and or some great great close up video not shaky and 100% irrefutable.

With that said, I saw this morning that there was some new video from two guys camping in Provo Canyon in Utah. I pulled the video and did some stabilizing, slowing and zooming to get a good look at what the two guys saw. I'm about 80-20 on this video. 80 being believable and 20 being not-so-much.
The 'Sasquatch' looks good as far as behavior, body proportions (arm length).

The 20 that makes me skeptical is that it appears to be late Fall, a little snow on the ground (seen when guys are running) so I'd have to assume it's pretty cool if not cold and the guys don't seem to be dressed for the cold. I say that without actually know the temp and/or the exact time of the year or the situation. It's just a thought I developed after watching the clip about a dozen times. Otherwise, it looks pretty good.

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Bathroom remodel done (99.9%)

 My lovely wife and are 99.9% done with the bathroom remodel work over at my bother-in-law's house. We started it a few weeks back and are now pretty much done. There are always a few little things to tidy up. I was surprised how it turned out, it looks good. We used self-adhesive stick floor tiles and those suckers are amazingly sticky.

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I would love to work for Google...

I just watched about 10 videos on YouTube on different Google workplaces. Result: I would love to work for Google. I am a Software Developer and have been one for quite a while. I really like what I do and I feel we use cutting edge products and technologies but Google takes it further than the rest. Besides the cool workplace, the cool people and the good food; what really turns me on about Google is the environment of ideas. I think I come up with pretty good ideas but I don't fool myself thinking they are all great but I know some are. I love sharing my ideas with people, getting feedback, but it would be level 4 cool if once in a while if one took off. Sorry for sounding like a 5th grader writing a book report. 

Go to YouTube and check out a few videos on Google, start with "Google Datacenter" and there will be plenty of suggested video off to the side there. It's interesting to see the hardware and the people behind the scenes of the 'internet' or at least Google's part of it.

I don't know where this workplace is, after all... I just Googled the image and now you're looking at it.

This is a room at a Google workplace in Zurich Switzerland. I could hang in here.

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Jerry Sandusky - Life in Prison... GOOD !

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Glass words 02

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What are the odds... ?

I am sometimes way too amused by small and simple things, please indulge me. I literally tossed (pretty much) some ice into my water cup at work and this is how the ice landed and got jammed. I waited about 2 minutes for one ice mass to melt enough to give way. After 2 minutes I bashed them all into the cup. Crazy stuff.

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Glass Words 01

What you are reading was written from the other side of the glass partition backwards by the guy on the other side. He writes a new one about every other day.

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WARNING - HOT WATER

I present to you the world's most unusable hot water spigot. The old coffee maker had the hot water spigot right on the front and it poured out tons of hot water. 

This guy is tucked away up underneath the top part and the opening is 1/4" away from the metal part it comes out of. I can barely get two hands in there. One hand to work the spigot and the other to hold the thing I'm trying to put hot water in. AND... the hot water just dribbles out.

Please notice that the whole coffee maker is turned to the left just to get to it as it is normally 3" away from the right wall keeping it well-hidden.

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Hot Bag of Sketti

Credit goes to Daniel Dennis and Tom "Drunky" Vann for coming up the much-wished-for carnival food: Hot Bag of Sketti.

It kind of works best to portion and cut up the sketti. I also added two all beef hotdogs (cut up of course) for protein.

Here is the spaghetti, sauce and hot dogs in the bag before mixing.

After mixing. Note: adding parmasen cheese makes the mixing take longer. Next time I'll mix it all in a big mixing bowl then bag it up.

Later that night on break at work.

Sitting, feet up, enjoying. As you see, I chose to use a spoon.









Overall, this works! Pre-mixing will be the way I do it from now on, other than that it is a great way to take along some delicious and tasty food. Thanks Dan & Tom! Thanks for stopping by,
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2012 College World Series - Arizona vs FSU

The 2012 NCAA College World Series is in town, not a secret to Omahans by any means. Last year was the first time I've gone to a game for a long long time. This series is the second year for the series at the new TD Ameritrade baseball park. The Creighton Bluejays also play their home games there now. Last Friday night my wife and I went to the 2nd game of the series; Arizona vs Florida State. The game went 12 innings tied 3 to 3 with Arizona finally winning with a 2-base hit RBI without FSU answering in the bottom of the 12th. It was on the warm side of perfect with barely a cloud in the sky.



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MW3 Map Callouts

Mission Call Outs (click image for a larger view)



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2 month snow-free streak ended

The video above says it all, it finally snowed after 2 months of really nothing. We've had 2 or three 'dustings' but no real accumulation till now. I saw quite a few downed tree limbs from the weight of the snow which down wet and heavy.

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A Brand New Car !!! (new to me, not 'new new')

I don't think it's just me that feels a little weird when getting a new (different) vehicle. You get so used to all the little things about the vehicle you've been driving from the keys all the way through to the ride, handling and smells.

I recently purchased a new (different) car, that's right, car. For those that know me, I've been driving a truck for the last 10 years and have become quite used to having the towing/hauling capacity of a pickup truck. One thing I will not miss is the gas usage that comes with a pickup truck. I estimate that my first pickup got around 17mpg (it was a manual transmission) and the one I have now gets around 12mpg. This is just not cool.

In 2008, gasoline prices went up to $4.00+ per gallon. I picked up a motorcycle (40mpg) to offset the gasoline usage of my truck. We have a nice long riding season here in Nebraska and it has gone well over the years.

I can't work the side business I've had for the last 10 years due to the slow injury I've sustained from using my arms/hands so much. So using my pickup for daily driving (when not riding my motorcycle) doesn't make much sense so I decided to get the car. So far I really like it and have put just about 100 miles on it at the time of this post and the gas gauge is still about 3/4 full.

Take look at the below video and pictures, it sums up the new car.



My new* car.


My current truck, right when I got it and it was still shiny.



The Yamaha MC I bought in 2008


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