Thoughts of a Medic

The New WP blog!

2005-07-18T01:07:00.000-05:00

Yup. Moving to bigger and better things.

I bought my own domain and hosting, and am now running on a WordPress powered website. Currently, the theme is still under construction, so I'm using the default till it finishes.

http://medicthoughts.com

Another Bloody Survey

2005-06-29T08:32:00.000-05:00

I don't really like surveys, but Pam asked so here it is.

I STOLE THIS FROM PAM...............(she told me to!!!)
THREE NAMES YOU GO BY
1. Mark
2. Medic
3. Robert (people call me this all the time because for some reason they cant remember my real name)
THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. sccfan47 (yahoo/aim)
2. kylekatarn12 (msn)
3. asmodeankane47 (xfire)
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. teeth
2. Eyes
3. hands (dunno why)
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. smile
2. laugh (not really physical, but im gonna do it anyway)
3. can't think of anymore
THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1. German
2. Irish
3. English
(well, we can see where I get my temper from :P and as a side note I consider myself 100% American)
THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. needles
2. snakes
3. liberals (im serious)
THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. Contacts
2. Getting on the internet
3. talking with Andrea
THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. kakis
2. dress shoes
3. socks
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1. Steven Curtis Chapman
2. Toby Keith
3. Creedence Clearwater Revival
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS:
1. "Decleration" Steven Curtis Chapman
2. "Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival
3. "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" Toby Keith
THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:
1. Love
2. Humor
3. Trust
(Pam, I like these so I am just gonna steal them)
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1. I once was in a car accident and broke my right leg in two places
2. At one time I thought I was gay
3. When I was in grade school someone shot my dog
THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU(in order):
1. Overall looks
2. personality
3. smile
THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES(also in order):
1. Playing Guild Wars
2. Politics
3. Reading
THREE THINGS YOU WANT REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. A gallon of ice cold root beer
2. To be back at school
3. For Andrea to come visit
CAREERS YOU'RE CONSIDERING/YOU'VE CONSIDERED:
1. Cop
2. Teacher
3. Bounty Hunter (seriously, wouldn't this job be sweet)
THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Alaska
2. Iraq (I want to go after it is fixed up and see the progress for myself)
3. South Carolina
THREE KIDS' NAMES YOU LIKE:
1. Matthew John
2. Elayne Jessica
3. Heriatio Kane (never would actually name a kid this, but it's still a cool name)
THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. Get married (not that I am in a hurry or anything, but it is on the list)
2. Go big game hunting
3. Maybe something with politics?
THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL/BOY:
1. I like girls
2. I like guns
3. I am not gay
THREE CELEB CRUSHES:
1. No
2. Such
3. Thing
THREE PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE STEAL THIS FROM ME:
1. Chad
2. Andrea
3. Sarah K.(Soon to be J. and I am not sure how much she reads my blog, I know she has been here at least once.

REALLY BIG UPDATE:

Umm, Chad pointed out to me that I forgot to change the part of this survey about how I am a typical guy. Don't worry, I am not a fag, I just missed that section, Ill go and change that.

Happy Birthday Andrea

2005-06-29T08:11:00.000-05:00

Today is Andrea's birthday and she turns 19. I just wanted to post that and tell her happy birthday. Be nice and leave her a note in the comments.

A Post On Andrea

2005-06-28T16:45:00.000-05:00

So, maybe you guys caught it earlier during my Puppy Post that Andrea was (and still is) my girlfriend. I am writing this post because she asked me to write something about her and because she asked so nicely and I love her I decided to do so. I really don't know what to write about her, I spose I could start with saying that she will probably come up to visit me in the first weekend in September and we are both looking forward to that, it should be fun. I plan on getting her ice cream and I promised her that I would not blend her puppies in the spirit of the Puppy Blender, she gets quite cranky when I mention that with good reason, she loves her puppies and I like them as well and would never really blend them, Andrea, I promise I won't. Anyway, I am going to wrap this Andrea post up, I guess that if you have any questions put them in the comments and I will see what I can do.

Looking For A Manual?

2005-06-23T15:33:00.000-05:00

Somehow I don't think these manuals will ever show up at ReplacementDocs...

And as my fellow blogger Opinipundit stated: "We have manuals on how to properly handle the Koran and humanely treat prisoners, paying respect their cultural sensitivities, they have manuals on how to properly torture and decapitate hostages."

KIDNAP AND DECAPITATION MANUAL FOUND IN HIDEOUT

Baghdad, 23 June (AKI) - US Marines have found manuals on taking hostages and decapitation during a raid on a guerrilla hideout in the Iraqi village of Karabla, near the town of Qaim, close to the Syrian border. The Arab newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat reports that in the hideaway the troops also found several hostages who were being held there by Islamic militants. The hiding place was being used as a centre for the interrogation and torture of hostages, and contained electrodes and other instruments of torture.

The manuals found were used as Jihad (Holy War) handbooks. The first was titled: "How to choose the best hostage", the second covered decapitation and was called: "Rules for cutting off the heads of infidels", and the third manual, "principles of the philosophy of the Jihad", was more theoretical.

The three documents, the last of which is 574 pages long, carry the name Abdel Rahman al-Aliya, which the newspaper says is probably a cover name to hide the identity of the real author. The hideout - in the volatile western Anbar province which has been the scene of fierce fighting between insurgents and the US-led forces - is believed to have been used by the group led by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He is credited with introducing the practice of decapitation to the activities of the Jihadist movement.

This is just sick, Im gonna go grab my guns and go over to Iraq now, it's terrorist killin' time.

No Child Left Behind/Ed Watch/ FedEd

2005-06-22T16:04:00.000-05:00

I sent Michelle Malkin an email about Ed Watch and my former professor's books about the No Child Left Behind Act. (read the post I did on NCLB and Quist's books here) Hopefully she will reply and I can give you guys an update.

What's Your RealAge?

2005-06-21T09:19:00.000-05:00

We all know how old we are. I happen to be 20 right now and I feel great and I am happy and content, but with all the stress in our lives and whatever health issues that we have are we really as young (or old) as we think we are? Well if you go here to RealAge you can take a test (which takes about 10 minutes) and it will tell you how old your body is based on your family history, eating habits, medical history, amount of exercise, etc. My end result was that even though I am 20.1 years old my RealAge is 22.4, maybe that is why people always tell me I look older than I am, dunno. I just thought this was interesting, fell free to share your results in the comments, it would be interesting.

Pray For This Family

2005-06-16T14:29:00.000-05:00

Frank J. got the following email from a reader:

I don't know if you've seen on Drudge the story about the young Catholic woman with brain cancer who's being kept alive until she can bring her baby to term. It's being slowly picked up by different MSM outlets. Jason Torres, her husband, went to high school with me, and his mom is a friend of my family's, so it's personal for me. He's had to quit his job to stay by her side. Their medical bills are about $7,500 a day and they're looking to at least mid-July before they can deliver the baby, assuming the cancer doesn't spread to her uterus. I was hoping maybe you could help spread the word through the blogosphere. Faith and Action have set up a fund to help with the medical costs, so it's all tax deductible and such. If you can help, that would be wonderful.

Check out the news article here and a donation page here. Please keep this family in your prayers, and Frank, I am sorry for so shamelessly stealing, but I think you said this very well and better than I could have.

Percision Guided Humor, Courtesy of Harvey

2005-06-16T12:19:00.000-05:00

Over at IMAO Harvey has a very, very funny percision guided humor assignment. Check it out here and please, remove any beverages or food from your mouth or nose before you do otherwise it will be all over your keyboard and monitor (my keyboard is now a mess).

Captain's Log

2005-06-15T15:47:00.000-05:00

A friend of mine from over at the PTA forums has started up his own blog, Captain's Log. There isn't much there yet, and it's a surprise what will be, but go over and say hi.

Got a Call From PETA....

2005-06-15T12:09:00.000-05:00

Well, not really but you really should check out this audio clip that I got from cessna whom I met on the PTA forums.

Dirty Stinkin' Evil Commies....

2005-06-15T10:29:00.000-05:00

...and Microsoft is in league with them!!!!! Anywho, maybe you have already heard about this but the Chinese government in partnership with Microsoft has banned "politically inappropriate" words when the people in China try to search or read something related to these words they get the following message: "Prohibited language in text, please delete." Now I realize Microsoft loves their money and so on and so forth but by partnering with the commies by prohibiting search terms such as freedom, democracy, and human rights (seriously) that just makes me sick. I really hate Microsoft. Read the rest of the article here.

Caption Contest: Puppy

2005-06-13T12:43:00.000-05:00

Well, my girlfriend got a new puppy last week and this picture I have of it would make a good caption contest, she looks kinda cranky and her name is Akari. Maybe you guys should caption what she is thinking. :P (or you could just look and go "awwwww, how cute".

She sent me a picture of her second puppy (she got two togeather) and I thought it looked depressed but she said it was just checking out the grass, I still say it's depressed, maybe it needs to go see a shrink.

A Story of Heart

2005-06-13T11:02:00.000-05:00

Found this story during my morning news surfing, very heartwarming. I know it's a long article, but its worth it.

A long shot in more ways than one brings a town to tears

Ryan Bellflower's future is uncertain, but for one shining moment ...

By Tim Dahlberg
The Associated Press

CLOVIS, Calif. -- The chant began late in the fourth quarter in the basketball gym at Clovis East High. The students started it first, clapping their hands in unison and pounding the bleachers with their feet.

It didn't take long for the parents to pick it up, too. The noise grew until the whole gym seemed to shake.

"We want Ryno. We want Ryno."

Pacing the sideline, Coach Tim Amundsen felt himself getting goose bumps. Less than 4 minutes remained in the game, and Clovis East was winning comfortably over rival Buchanan High. Now Amundsen had a decision to make.

It was senior night, the last time Ryan Belflower would wear his home uniform. Everyone in the gym knew his story.

Ryan was a special education student who would do anything to fit in and worked tirelessly to make that happen. His basketball career began as a ninth-grader passing out balls to the girls team. Then he hooked on with the boys team, getting there every morning at 6:30, helping out in drills, running the practice clock and cleaning up afterward.

Now, he sat proudly on the sideline in his own white No. 12 uniform.

The crowd wanted him in the game. Amundsen wanted him in, too. But he was also afraid the slightly built 18-year-old might get hurt.

Amundsen considered all this as he walked toward Ryan and patted him on the shoulder. Off came the warm-up jacket, the buzzer blew and Ryan kind of half hopped, half ran onto the court, his left leg trailing slightly at an odd angle.

The noise was deafening as he ran out onto the court.

In the stands, Justin Belflower was near tears. A few years earlier, he was a jock at Clovis East, one of those big men on campus. He knew how hard his kid brother had worked for this moment.

"If you had said four years ago he'd play in a varsity basketball game, I'd say stop lying because it will never happen," Justin said.

On this afternoon in February, it did. And Clovis East would never be the same.

Shooting a basketball was never that big a problem for Ryan. He figured that out during countless hours of playing H-O-R-S-E with Justin in the driveway of the family's modest home in this Fresno suburb.

Playing in a game was something entirely different. Ryan couldn't grasp the concepts of filling lanes, going to spots, running routes.

As a child he struggled to understand the smallest things. He could tell you his name, but for years he couldn't tell you his age.

"You would try to teach him at every birthday, but sometimes it just didn't sink in," said his mother, Shauna Belflower.

His mother knew early on that Ryan was different. He was barely speaking as a toddler, and he just didn't act like his older brother did at that age. She took him to a speech and language specialist, who examined Ryan for about five minutes before turning back to his mother.

"I'm not sure how to tell you this, ma'am, but there's a lot more wrong with your son than his speech," the woman said.

Shauna Belflower searched for answers, though few came as the years went on. Ryan had autistic symptoms, but no one ever formally diagnosed him with that. She took Ryan to different doctors, and even locked him in a psychiatric hospital for 16 days when he was 5. He went on medication, but it made him violent and he had to be weaned from it.

"It was almost like having a little Helen Keller. He had no way of communicating," his mother said. "He knew words were a way of communicating, just no way of knowing what they meant."

In the end, there wasn't much doctors could do. Ryan would improve as he learned things, but for years he struggled to understand and carrying on a conversation was almost impossible. He would look at the ground when he talked, and it was a long time before he could answer a question like "How are you?"

Increasingly, though, that talk was about sports. Ryan memorized statistics, watched ESPN constantly and found out everything he could about his favorite team, the San Francisco 49ers.

Still, he struggled in his vocational special education classes, struggled to find his place in a big high school, struggled with life's little oddities every single day.

One day during his freshman year, girls basketball coach Meredith Pulliam asked her class if anyone wanted to help the team.

In the back of the room, Ryan's hand went up.

Every day he'd be at practice, handing out balls, trying to figure out how to run the clock. At first, the girls were wary of this boy who said almost nothing but was always around. But, as time went on, they grew to love the scrawny kid who worked so hard and did everything he could for them.

Ryan was finally a part of something. And the kid who could barely talk to anyone a few years earlier now wanted to be manager of the boys team. Maybe, just maybe, he could even play. After all, he did know how to shoot.

"I had a long day to figure it out, but I wanted to play," Ryan said. "I really did. And if I didn't make it, at least I tried."

Amundsen knew about Ryan's work habits and his determination. After Ryan tried out as a junior, he told him he could be the boys team manager. If he worked real hard, maybe he would earn a uniform.

"A lot of times kids like that end up disappearing after two weeks," Amundsen said.

Not Ryan.

He got up early, swept the gym, put out basketballs and got players water.

"I paid the price," Ryan said. "I didn't want to quit and I wasn't going to."

Just before the last game of the year, Amundsen handed him his No. 12 uniform.

"He did it the right way. He earned it," Amundsen said. "You don't see that much these days."

With Ryan finally in the game, the chant grew even louder in the Clovis East gym.

"Give Ryan the ball. Give Ryan the ball."

Ryan wanted it, too. He ran down the court to the corner by himself to wait in case someone saw him. If no one did, he would run back behind the 3-point line to get a pass.

On defense, the 5-foot-6 player ran after Buchanan High's biggest man.

"Coach told me to guard anybody I saw," he would explain later.

Ryan had played a few seconds in a few games already his senior year. It hadn't gone well.

In his first game, the other team was running a fast break off a miss and Ryan couldn't get out of the way. He was sent sprawling about 10 feet down the court. It wasn't anybody's fault, but it made Amundsen wary.

The other kids were bigger and stronger. They saw plays developing. They reacted quicker.

About 2 minutes remained in the game, and Ryan's teammates were trying their best to get him the ball.

Suddenly, he had it unguarded out beyond the 3-point line. As he launched the shot, everyone in the gym froze. On the sideline, his teammates rose as one.

The shot missed badly, clunking off the lower backboard.

By now, the Buchanan players seemed to recognize what was going on. When Ryan got the ball again they fouled him, sending him to the free throw line so he would have a chance to score.

But all the games of H-O-R-S-E hadn't prepared him for this moment. His free throw arced high off the top of the backboard.

In the stands, Justin was crying tears of joy. His brother may have missed, but at least he got a chance. He could always talk about the night he played.

The final seconds were ticking off the clock and Clovis East got the ball one last time. This time, Ryan found a spot just beyond the 3-point line to the left of the key. He got a pass, and turned to shoot.

The noisy gym quieted for a split second as the ball seemed to hang in the air forever.

It swished through, the way it did so many times in the driveway in front of his house.

"Nothing but net," he exclaimed.

The buzzer sounded as Ryan ran joyously toward his bench, attempting to chest butt a teammate in celebration.

In the stands, Justin tried to scream, but nothing came out. He wasn't alone. Grown men and women hugged each other and cried.

The kid who wouldn't take no for an answer could now say he was a player, too.

"All the parents were bawling, and the students were too," Amundsen said. "My coaching staff all had tears in their eyes. It was an unbelievable moment."

It wasn't over yet. As the teams shook hands, two football players grabbed Ryan and hoisted him on their shoulders. He held his arms high in celebration, a big grin on his face, as they carried him on a victory lap around the gymnasium.

"I've never seen anything like it before and I probably never will," Amundsen said. "He'll be my example the rest of my life as a coach."

Word traveled quickly about Ryan's shot. He was on the front page of the Fresno Bee. Local TV replayed his shot again and again.

The attention has been a bit overwhelming, but his mother says he has handled it well. He makes sure he looks a visitor in the eye when he talks about it.

"It's about showing the love," he said. The entire Central Valley has shown its love to Ryan, too. He's not really sure what it all means, but he knows he's been accepted.

"You can see how he's kind of trying to figure it out. I don't know if he fully comprehends what is going on," said his special education teacher, A.J. Blackburn. "His ability to process how huge this has become isn't quite there. With disabilities you don't understand abstract concepts. They need to be concrete. He understands what he did was important, but doesn't truly understand why."

Ryan's future is uncertain. He walked with other students at graduation, but the special education kids don't get diplomas. He had never had a date, but recently worked up the courage to ask a member of the girls basketball team to the prom.

He's thinking of trying to be the team manager at Fresno City College, and wants to have a career in sports. He memorizes statistics and can tell you how every member of the 49ers did last year.

"My dreams now are to be a sports analyst," he says. "I know so much and people say I'm good at it."

That dream will be harder to achieve than hitting a 3-pointer.

"It's going to be a tough transition from this sheltered place called high school," Blackburn said. "Eventually I envision Ryan to be for the most part independent with some counseling. He will always need some assistance, but once he gets in a routine he will be able to live a life much like the rest of us."

Whatever happens, they can't take away the moment that brought a school together and made a town proud. They can't take away the shot that made Ryan a hero.

"He's a guy who tries more than most people ever do," Pulliam said. "He's probably put in twice the work and gotten half the results of anyone else. But he gives others like him hope that there might be a moment in life for them, too, in some way."

Comments, Or Lack Thereof

2005-06-11T20:55:00.000-05:00

Evenin' Folks,

It's been a long day full of sick calves, mowing lawns, and a graduation party I really didn't want to be at. First off, mowing the lawn, its like NASCAR, a couple of hours turning left, only much slower but just as boring. Moving on to the sick calves, well, rather one sick calf, but starting out by inferring there is more than one makes for a more intriguing read. Anyway, this one sick calf somehow got is leg screwed up kinda backwardsish so we first had to set the lag (which was no fun) then we had to stick it with a bloody big needle with I had a tough time with (needles scare the pinkytoe outa me). For you animal lovers out there it's gonna be fine, just a couple more sticks with the needle and makeing sure the leg sets and away we go. As for the gradation party, it sucked, I really don't want to say more about it.

On my last post Pam left a very nice comment about how she noticed that I don't get many...well...comments, very astute of her. Now I will say that I love comments just as much as the next guy, I smile and get rather happy when I check my comments and see someone left me a message (unless its mean, then I laugh). But even though I love comments I do not blog to recieve them so in a slight incentive for you to read my blog is there stuff the people that read this regularly, or not regularly, would like to see (I think my regulars are Chad, Erik, Eric, and Pam). Sorry if I missed anyone, I was going off of people that posted comments. So, yeah, ya kinda know about me, I think, what kind of stuff would you guys like to see?(that includes any qustions you might have of me, if I get enough I could do a FAQ to put in my about me section.) Or should I just keep going on as I am?

Also, I am looking into getting a digital camera because I seem some of the craziest things (and expect to see a ton more next fall) and I think some pictures would do this blog good.

I Heart CNN Polls

2005-06-09T09:56:00.000-05:00

Some of you may know this but as well as reading FoxNews I also read CNN, on a daily basis. CNN also has this lovely poll section which they update daily with a new question that readers can vote on. Yesterday the question was "Are Howard Dean's comments about Republicans approperiate?" Now when looking at the poll below it should be noted that I put my anwser in, "No" if anyone had any question about it, around noon CST so maybe by the end of the day it looked different. I just thought that It was interesting that it was exactly 50/50 at the time I saw it.
(click the picture for a larger image and let me know in the comments if it doesn't work, I have had problems with flickr in the past)

That Old Familiar Feeling

2005-06-07T09:23:00.000-05:00

First of all hattip to Pam who posted this first, I just thought it was so good I had to write on it as well. With all the crap that comes out of the media on a daily basis it is really not that hard to believe that my country that I live in and extremely proud of is an evil twisted entity of hellspawn and George W. Bush is the devil himself (although that is kinda hard to believe due to the fact that Bush&Co. just vanquished an invasion from hell quite recently (IMW 1,2,3)).

In the world I live in and the train of thought I follow I have rules that pertain to politics, the world, real life, and the french (except the french are always evil and they will die a horriable death):

1. Be well informed, know both sides of the issue, even if it hurts or ends up you are wrong. (In my case than means watching and reading CNN and FoxNews and attempting intelligent debate and covnersation with liberals)
2. Realize when you are wrong and adjust your views accordingly. (Every once in a great while I am wrong like once I thought that the South was evil for secceding from the Union and now I realize that not only was it their right to do so but that if given the chance I would have been down there myself.)
3. Have faith. (I personally am a Christian, I have a very strong faith and I am happy to have the beliefs that I hold. Usually when people say "have faith" it means belief in God, I would tend to agree, but barring a faith in God, which you should really have, isn't it better to believe just in case hell is real rather than hoping it's not. But, anyway, even if you don't believe in God you should still have faith in something and adhere to it, unless you have faith in the the U.N. or Hillary Clinton, in that case you were doomed to hell the second you were born.)
4. Realize that there is always something more that you are missing. (I know that there are more points that I could place on this list, but I can't think of them so I am going to stop.)

So, yeah, the point of this post is in the story below which Pam so nicely found for me to blatently borrow and expound on. I just think that these email chain things that show the good deeds that our soldiers do and they support they get from both the people at home and the places that they are fighting in are awsome because they show the side of the war and our soldiers that sadly we never get to see. Having said that I would request that the people that read this blog copy and paste this into an email with a short description (and a link to Pam's blog :P ) and send it to everyone you know. I realize that people don't like chain letters, but I always make sure to send ones like this along myself.

A mother writes:

My son serves in the military. He is still stateside right now. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to him, and his troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also.

But he also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at yesterday, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha. He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the U.S. flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock.
The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly, "Yes, I always wear it and I probably always will. The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.

A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman:
"Lady, hundreds of thousands of men and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid."

Everyone within hearing distance cheered!

Kerry Signs SF-180 Form

2005-05-24T08:13:00.000-05:00

John Kerry signed his SF-180 Form which will release his military records to the public...finally.

Check out more here.

Wooohooo, a Post

2005-05-23T10:24:00.000-05:00

I really have nothing to say of any note at all whatsoever. I just wanted to let everyone know (who cares :P) that I am still alive but have been working very hard (40 hours a week people 8-5). This last weekend though my dad and grandpa and I went 4wheeling in northern Wisconsin which was really fun and muddy, but I forgot the camera :( so not pictures. Saw Star Wars last night, it rocked, Yoda was Uber. Anyway, I am still alive, everything is fine, just thought I would share.

The Crazy Stuff That Happens...

2005-05-09T20:52:00.000-05:00

Read this article, it's kinda small because it was scanned (not by me) but it is funny. I wonder what dwarf tastes like.

The U.N. is EVIL and Very Anti United States

2005-05-09T19:54:00.000-05:00

Well, the U.N. has just shown how much it despises the U.S. and how they are trying to worm their way out of the Oil-For-Food Scandal. It makes me mad, anytime the United States slips up and is not perfect people are at our throats and when the U.N. screws up (yet again) people do their best to push it under the rug, its sickening. Read the article here.

Formal Picture

2005-05-09T19:38:00.000-05:00

I can't believe that I forgot to blog on formal. Our school ha our yearly formal dance thing last Friday. It was fun, good music, good friends, and a good time. Anyway, the photo below is of (from left to right) Matthew, Mark(me), Luke, and John. For most the reference should be obvious but for those to whom it is not Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were the four writers of the gospel. We all sat at the same table, we were quite entertained by that. I know my smile looks retarded, forgive me. Click the picture for a bigger image.

Summer Blogging

2005-05-08T11:11:00.000-05:00

Hello everyone,

Summer break is starting to kick in for me as I have finals this week and I am going home for the summer on the 12th of May. As I will have a 40 hour a week job during the summer and not much free time blogging will be probably be rather sparse over the summer (but hopefully not too sparse) and I will jump back in with both feet around August, hopefully with Wordpress and some lovely new categories. One of those categories will be "Pilgrim In an Unholy Land" try to figure that one out. I hope everyone has a good next few months and try not to forget about me as I will make an honest attempt to post something at least once a week.

Thank You,
-[Medic]-

Before and After

2005-05-08T09:14:00.000-05:00

Chrenkoff has some very interesting before and after pictures of terrorists, check it out.

Star Wars Legos

2005-05-04T09:55:00.000-05:00

I really like legos. I know I am in college, but I still like them, they are just fun. The same thing with lincoln logs and erector sets, those are real toys. Anyway, I was surfing around and I found the following Star Wars related lego masterpieces. I have to say that I would buy these if they were out on the market...they just look really cool. :)

Han Solo

Death Star II