Time Lapse Video of Grand Prix Board Game

Halfway through the game I decided to start taking a picture every so often and create a time lapse video. This is the result! If I had planned it up front my images would have been from a fixed POV etc. etc. But it turned out to be fun anyway and I might do more in the future.

Christopher Hitchens Died and Went to Heaven

Christopher Hitchens a die hard atheist, died last week. Much to his surprise (and of others, detail follow) he found himself, of all places, in Heaven! In fact, he was welcomed with a red carpet and a heavenly ticker tape parade.

Also surprised were all of the die hard right wing religious types who had been predicting for years, maybe even decades, that as soon as Mr. Hitchens dies he is going to find himself burning in the eternal fires of Hell. What was especially disconcerting to this group of people was that some of their own holiest of holy were not admitted; having forgotten the "Thou shalt not Judge" and "Love thy Neighbor", etc. commandments and being in denial about it.

The explanation provided to Mr. Hitchens for his admission on the other hand was his impressive use of the higher intelligence so graciously granted to him by the Almighty. Even though he had been wrong for many years, the fact that he had made such good use of critical thinking and reason, faculties only granted to humans, had been very fulfilling for the Almighty.

In other news, the die hard left wing atheist types are in shock that the pillar of their own philosophy was proved wrong, by none other than God.

DISCLAIMER: This is all 'jest' my personal opinion, I make no claims about hearing this from God or anything like that. I'm just opinionated, not crazy!

Can't Dream for Others

Although I've suspected this, maybe even known this, it has been reaffirmed for me multiple times in the recent past. Even though the dream you have imagined for someone else may be perfect for them. It may be something that they really want but just are not ready for, or have not realized yet. Dreaming for someone else is a fool's errand; dreams by nature are a personal thing and unless the dreamer and dream are one, it cannot be fulfilled.

So how does this work when related to parenting? Don't all parents have dreams for their children? I believe that they do, but really what  parent can do is to help the child construct and clarify their own dream. From that point on, unless the child adopts the dream and makes it their own, it remains a dream that the parent has for their child as opposed to the child's dream that they will take to fruition.

Different scenarios, but same principle. So if you are involved in a dream for someone else, beware, all you can do is help articulate the dream. At that point you need to let go or you will be left with a sense of failure for something you never had any control over in the first place.

Aren't you DELL?

This morning I had one of those memorable moments you have when you are around little kids.
So I am teasing our 8 year old about something, and as is usual, our 4 year old jumps in to defend her big sister.

"Aren't you DELL?" she asks me, "that is not how it is!"
"Aren't you DELL?"

This leaves both me and my elder daughter really confused. "Aren't you DELL? What is that supposed to mean?" she wonders, I'm thinking the same thing.

The moment passes, but I was still trying to run a pattern match in my head about what she might have heard an adult say that she interpreted as "Aren't you DELL."

Then it strikes me! The pronounciation matched and the context was right on.

"Can't you tell," that is what she meant to say!

We all had a hearty laugh after I told her what she was trying to say.

Where's the Justice!

This last weekend 2/10/2007 another horrific drunk driving accident claimed the lives of a majority of a Utah family. This time two kids and a their pregnant mother were killed leaving a father and two children behind. This is following a similar tragedy a month or so ago, where a majority of another family was wiped out by a different drunk driver.

In an unbelievable travesty of justice, the two drunk drivers were completely unhurt in both these incidents.

Why is it that we have repeat offender drunk drivers who kill people and remain unharmed in each of their alcohol induced killing sprees?

Where is the karmic justice in these situations?

Morality... Bah! Humbug!

Morality is a term overused by the right wingers, for me it's just humbug!

Here's what Morality means to me:
Morality defines how people behave when they know someone is watching!

Conscience, another much loved and overused pseudo-virtue.
Conscience is how people behave when they think someone is watching.

To me all that matters is Character.
Character defines how people behave when they know NO ONE is watching.

One word...

... AVOID ...

...Buying Home Depot coupons on eBay, 99.99% of them are fakes!

I bought from two different sellers after much looking thru feedback, pictures, and listing info.

Both turned out to be selling forged junk printed on home printers.

So there, consider yourself warned.

I'm back!

It's been a long time since my first ever blog.

Now, I'm back... so look out for more Bulls**t from me.

Started a new blog as well, about books I've read and my reviews.
Check it out at http://readit-readit.blogspot.com