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) | Thu-04-sep-2008
| by Mike
| Summer is over
This Tuesday August had her first day in Pre-K.
So to celebrate, I put pictures of all 4 children
put up on Anne's Flicker (Sep 2nd). My favorite part of August's
class is MeatBall the turtle.  ...they also have this rabbit named floppy.
By the way, Anne asked me not to blog about the men's restroom... 
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) | Thu-28-aug-2008
| by Mike
| The coolest cake
Aaron has started Jr High. Paige has started the big K. August was one of the
lucky few 3 year olds to start Heyworth's special pre-K (and all that that includes).
You should see all the great photos on Anne's Flickr site (
http://flickr.com/photos/anne_gibson/ ). To
celebrate, Anne ordered a cake from a lab tech she works with. We thought it
would be a nice little cake but, nothing special. After all she only wanted $10
for it. What we got was a surprise.
A very detailed, very yummy chocolate/raspberry cake.
More photos (marked public) are at http://flickr.com/photos/MikeRGibson
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Comments (1
) | Fri-15-aug-2008
| Just ugly cake
Here is the 'ugly cake' made in KY. Great tasteing though
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) | Thu-14-aug-2008
| by Mike
| El Bueno, El Feo, y El Malo
I can't believe I'm going to do another Good, Bad, and Ugly. I promise this
will be the last for a while. It is just such an easy format to work
with
Good.
1) Maddie's ability to type at the age the of four months!
2) Heyworth Illinois has good people in it.
3) The fact that two friends and one nice lady came to the aid of my
mobster. Just so that he (no chin mike) can continue to live a life
of crime without living it in a hospital
4) Stone Temple Pilots made it to Bloomington/Normal (although I can't
go to the concert).
Bad. My Bad list is kind of 'ranty'.
1) The fact I can't remember my number 1 bad item to post.
2) US is scolding Russia. At first I could not understand it. Russia
is not acting any different than what the US would have done in the
same situation. Georgia is plainly in the wrong. As some fathers out
there would say, "Georgia made this bed they lie in". Russia is just
taking control the situation, not trying to rule or over throw. Then
I found out Georgia has a massive oil pipe network going through
their country that the US is concerned about.
3) McDonald's Quarter Pounder with cheese. OH MY GOODNESS!!! Read the
box! A true heart-attack and stroke packaged in cardboard box! Eating
2 of these a week could explain my occasional high blood pressure problem
and intermittent weight gain.
4) Lies. Continued lies about Obama by Republicans... then spread through
email. I'm not the biggest fan of Obama, but 'crumby', are there no longer
any form of ethics anymore? I would like to think that the people that
do this might feel ashamed, but I seriously doubt it. These people
prey on people's fears to push what they wish to accomplish.
5) FUD. All the people that believe the lies in emails
without even thinking to look to see if it is true!
good rule #1
If multiple people with good reputations will state something with their
name attached to it in public media.... there is a good chance it might be true.
good rule #2
If you get information (like a forwarded email), and no one even know the original author, there
is nothing verifiable, no facts or proof attached -- there is a good chance it
is false.
People believe it because they fear it or they need validation of their fear. The email itself
is called FUD (sometimes propaganda). FUD - Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. FUD is what corporations
and governments use to control our behavior.. It also alleviates the need to verify or think for
ourselves. This has been a problem with people for many, many generations. If this problem
did not naturally exist in humans, Hitler could never have gained control. Angry mobs could not
be so easily established to harm others.
6) Nylon shoe laces. Expensive shoes with nylon shoe laces that will work themselves loose
even if double knotted. 
Ugly
A toss up You choose.
 
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Comments (3
) | Tue-12-aug-2008
| by Mike
| Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Wow, that was so much fun, I'm doing back to back 'good, bad, and ugly' posts! Just in case
you don't know Italian, 'Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo' is Italian for 'The good, the bad, the ugly'
buono
1) Piers Anthony. I have read a few of his books before, but after reading the last two, I'm starting to
become a fan.
2) FreeBASIC. A BASIC compiler that has some advanced features making it much better than your every day
BASIC. Run on Windows, ReactOS, DOS, and Linux.
3) RocketBoom. A YouTube show that has been really good lately.
brutto
1) The fact that my 'friends' on myspace have decided to let my mobster die lonely, broke, and beat up.
2) The face book worm. It had to happen sooner or later.
cattivo
Now this is ugly, and no, it is not mine!
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Comments (2
) | Mon-11-aug-2008
| by Mike
| The good, bad, and ugly
It has been a while since I have done a good, bad, and ugly posts
Let's start with the
Good
1) Decatur and Bloomington's Martial Arts program at Smith Institute-Martial Arts. I'm continuously impressed.
2) Sushi at Hayashi Japanese Restaurant. Actually all their food is excellent.
3) Tendnet b/g/n wireless router. I purchased this Friday from ComputerDeli. It solved many of my problems.
I have had 1 d-link and 2 linksys in the past. Not only is the router much better, it is much cheaper.
4) GDEW has advanced enough to make mention of
5) ReactOS has released 0.3.6. Yeah!
Bad
1) The price tag at Hayashi Japanese Restaurant.
2) The fact that with Flickr you can send your photos to Target but not Walmart
3) I'm continuously disappointed with Windows Vista and XP and their inability to handle anything that goes wrong.
Yes, Vista is very, very crash-able.
4) Monday morning.
ugly
I could not think of anything ugly, so I give two more of these
Yes, I had more things I wanted to post, but I can't think of them this Monday morning  I guess if I think of them
I'll have another post.
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Comments (0
) | Fri-25-jul-2008
| by Mike
| Children
A parent will spend 2 years working with their kids on walking and talking and 16 years trying to get
them to shut up and sit down.
Here are my favorite 10 of the do's and do not's. I have another 20 of these to post yet.
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Comments (0
) | Fri-18-jul-2008
| by Mike
| Batman
 With the release of probably the most successful Batman Movie ever, there
is an interesting interview in
 Scientific American with a professor of
kinesiology and neuroscience (and a 26-year practitioner of Chito-Ryu
karate-do). The question was, how much training would it take for a normal
person to become Batman? The professor says: "You could train somebody to
be a tremendous athlete and to have a significant martial arts background,
and also to use some of the gear that he has, which requires a lot of physical
prowess... In terms of the physical skills to be able to defend himself
against all these opponents all the time, I would benchmark that at 10 to
12 years." The problem is, even after that amount of training, no one could
remain on top of their game for more than a few years. And "Batman can't
really afford to lose. Losing means death - or at least not being able to
be Batman anymore."
  
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