My next toy: (someday...)

The RoboMower!!!!

Wow. Couldn't believe my eyes. Imagine! The reviews say that it comes out every day at a certain time to mow the lawn all by itself. Imagine all that time that you get to spend with your kid (alright, you caught me, "playing video games") instead of having to mow the lawn! hmmm.... so tempting...

I gotta get me one!

john

From Beej

Place an X by all the things you’ve done, or remove the X from the ones you have not, then answer the following questions and post it on your blog.” My comments in [].

( x )Smoked a cigarette
( x ) Drank so much you threw up
( ) Crashed a friend’s car
( ) Stolen a car
( x ) Been in love [phileo, agape, koinonia]
( x ) Been dumped
( x ) Shoplifted
( ) Been laid off/fired
( x ) Quit your job
( x ) Been in a fist fight? [Does Wing Chun count?]
( x ) Snuck out of your parent’s house
( x ) Had feelings for someone who didn’t have them back
( ) Been arrested
( x ) Gone on a blind date
( ) Lied to a friend
( ) Skipped school
( ) Seen someone die
( ) Been to Mexico
( x ) Been on a plane
( x ) Been lost
( x ) Been on the opposite side of the country
( x ) Gone to Washington, DC
( x ) Swam in the ocean
( ) Felt like dying
( x ) Cried yourself to sleep
( x ) Played cops and robbers
( x ) Recently colored with crayons
( x ) Sang karaoke
( ) Paid for a meal with only coins
( x ) Done something you told yourself you wouldn’t
( ) Made prank phone calls…
( x ) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( x ) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
( x ) Danced in the rain
( x ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
( ) Practiced kissing on your hand and/or pillow
( x ) Watched the sun rise with someone you care about
( x ) Made a bonfire on the beach
( ) Crashed a party
( x ) Gone roller-skating
( x ) Ice-skating
( x ) Ever been the butt end of a joke from a comedy show?

Any nicknames;? Nut, Walnut,
What is your favorite drink? OJ, Snapple (tea's)
Tattoos? NO. Body piercing? NO.
How much do you love your job? Lots. Palm RULES!
Birthplace? Taipei, Taiwan
Favorite vacation spot? Anywhere I haven't been.
Ever been to Africa? NO
Ever steal any traffic signs? NO
Ever been in a car accident? Yes
Salad dressing? Oil, Vineger, suger, soysauce.
Favorite pie? Peach
Favorite Number? 9
Favorite movie? The Italian Job
Favorite holiday? Christmas (cuz, I usually get the week after Christmas off)
Favorite food? Chinese, Mexican (love them tacos and Burritos)
Favorite day of the week? Friday
Favorite brand of body soap? Dove (this one is not up to me - Wife said so.
Favorite current TV show? 24, NCIS, CSI Las Vegas, Grey's Anatomy
Favorite smell? Raspberry soap from Bath and Body Works.
Toothpaste? Whatever is cheap
What do you do to relax? Play with my son/play video games.
Message to your friends reading this- “When do I get to read yours?.”
How do you see yourself in 10 years? Whatever God wants me to do.
What do you enjoy receiving? words of encouragement from friends...

couldn't resist...



oink,
oink,
sniff,
what was that?
I think I smell,
my Mommy who will feed me now!

j

Ultimate Frisbee

Played Ultimate Frisbee for the first time this year (at lunch). Finally! It was such a nice day to go out there and just run around. I didn't realize how out of shape I am... Anyways, well, at least my fingers are not out of shape (from all that typing!)

We were sharing a field with soccer players. They told us to join them to play a real sport. I have to say, you would get more exercise from a game of ultimate frisbee than a game of soccer. Here's why:

- Offense: In soccer, you play positions (Forward, defense..etc) and what I see is that those guys standing in their respective parts of the field waiting for the ball. In Ultimate, everyone covers the whole field.

- Ultimate is about sprinting, stopping, and sprinting again. Its not a consistant running motion (such as running a marathon), but rigorous stopping, sprinting, and then stopping and sprinting again. When you have two pretty even teams, the running never stops (The game does not stop until a team scores, thats pretty much the only break you get.

- Defense: In soccer, you again play positions for defense as well. As in, if you're a forward, you pretty much wait in the middle of the field for the defensemen to pass the ball to you. In ultimate, you play man to man, and cover the whole field...

So, SOCCER PLAYERS, get out there, and play some ultimate (the real sport)!

john

OK, just 1 more... couldn't resist...
No, we don't have a hamster. Just found this picture on CuteOverload!

Is He not the cutest puppy EVER?!?!?



Fib try #2:
Yawn,
Ppppppt,
Warm sun,
Full stomach,
No work and no stress,
Man, I love this worry free life!

btw, I got this picture from CuteOverload.com.. Man that site has some of the cutest pictures!

john

Ok, so my last Fib was flawed, mostly because I thought Everyday only had 2 syllables (HEY! Engrish is not my first language, ok?!?)

Try again:

Work,
Work
all day....
I miss those
calm, warm, summer days,
where whatever happens happens!

Yeah! My first (correct) Fib!

My First Fib

In short, a fib is a poem where the number of syllables in each line conforms to the number in the Fibonacci series. The Fibonacci series goes: 1,1,2,5,8,13,21,34...etc.

So Here's my first Fib, after hearing on radio that Congress is on spring break next week - reminds me of how much I miss all those breaks that we had in school...

Work,
Work
Everyday.
I miss those
calm, warm, summer days,
where whatever happens happens!

Dunno if thats right or not... Liz can you check?

Fibs

From Slashdot: (aka news for Nerds. Stuff that matters).
http://science.slashdot.org/science/06/04/07/0628214.shtml

Whats a fib? (From Gregory K)

I was intrigued, but my geeky mind immediately began to churn. Why just haiku? I wanted something that required more precision. That led me to a six line, 20 syllable poem with a syllable count by line of 1/1/2/3/5/8 – the classic Fibonacci sequence. In short, start with 0 and 1, add them together to get your next number, then keep adding the last two numbers together for your next one. It’s a wonderful sequence, and it’s one that is repeated in nature (most famously in nautilus shells). Heck, some folks use it in knitting and music,… and, as much as I’d like to say I invented a new form of poetry, these sequences have been part of various poetic structures since before Fibonacci’s time. However, "the Fib" is my take on the idea, complete with a wicked cool name, if I say so myself.

Here's a sample:
One
Small,
Precise,
Poetic,
Spiraling mixture:
Math plus poetry yields the Fib.

Didn't get the job...

*sigh* didn't get that other job that I applied for at my company... Guess I can't always have it my way, can I? Well, I think the major reason is probably... that I didn't pray for this! I didn't offer up a single prayer to God for this new job. Guess in the end, I didn't care too much for it either? I'm not sure. I think I would've liked the job, but maybe God is saying that its not for me....

Feeling a bit down, but I guess thats just part of life? *sigh* Maybe I am getting old and my skills are getting obselete... Time to start thinking about working at In-N-Out...