Sea World Whale Car...

...Lots of words that can be seperate but put them together and you get this car I saw on the road one day on the way home...

Whew....It's Hot!!!

Man it was hot at the skatepark today...

... it's not the HEAT it's the Humidity!!! ;oP

Rug clean up, room rearrange and some Photoooos...

...so I left from work early yesterday to help take care of the wet rug situation. I should have taken pictures to show the steps we took. I got the wet dry vac from Gmom carter and started sucking up the dampness from the top of the rug. That didnt seem to being doing much so I pulled up the carpet to start on teh foam padding. The padding was soaked and since it wasn't that big of an area(no bigger than 4x4 feet) we ripped up the soaking wet padding. Under that the hardwood floor was pretty bad. I hit that with the Vac to take off the wetness and then hit everything with Lysol and put a fan on it. i continued with the Vac for a bit but it was the fan that dried things up.

We popped out to a carpet place and I got a square of padding for $5. We also hit Old Navy and Five Below while we were out.

Got home let the floor dry a bit more, put the padding down and put the carpet back in place. We lured Peter in as he was walking home from work to comment on how we were thinking on rearrangeing the living room. We pushed the small couch into the middle of the room. It makes a sort of sitting area. Then brought the Computer out of the backroom and put it into the bay window. it works out nice. It also frees up alot of room in the playroom. From left to right in the photo:My CD Software Binder,the PC, On the PC, front to back: Phone(sunrocket), Wireless Mouse base, x10 RF Reciever, DSL modem, Sunrocket Gizmo. On table Speakers, USB Hub, Kodak Easy Share Camera, HP printer, scanner, copier, 19'Nec monitor,on top of the monitor is the x10 Remote, boring but strong Compaq Slimline keyboard, Microsoft Wireless intellimouse, phone (verizon) being used as a baby monitor ,On the floor is the SubWoofer.

So now some other pics:
Scary Missy


Ruby give'n a little face push'n love and me in a hat Gryphon made for me.

Nice site for CSS refrence.

Templated blogs use CSS (cascading style sheets) to stylize everything abou the blog, so if you are up for it, go here and learn how to make your page look the way you want it.

Complete CSS Guide - Cascading style sheets reference - Contents

Water+Magic Cards=moldy magic

Well I knew that our AC was leaking the one day so I fixed that. The other night I noticed a wet spot on the floor in front of the couch... Last night we investigated the wet spot that would not go away. It was the drippings from the AC down the wall and under the couch via my box of common magic cards:o( I desroyed most of my commons and the worse problem is that we now have to deal with a moldy rug...

Pro Skater Chris Cole at the park today...

...i had the feeling that Chris Cole was at the park today as I drove up. Guess what, he was. In my 20 years of skateing I have met/ seen a handful of Pros. Chris and his buddies gave off a very positive easy going vibe. I didn't talk to him but you tell by the way he talks to his buddies and anyone else that he is a really good guy. If you read some interviews you will find it to be true also.

He still holds onto his East Coast roots and lives in Langhorn, I guess thats why he shows up at our small park from time to time.

.:: This is CHRIS COLE ::.. www.this-is-chriscole.net.tc - Chris Cole Fansite

Speaking of TMBG...

...might as well add them to my Music Post while I am thinking about them.

I first heard TMBG at the same time I was discovering 88.5 WXBN. I guess it was about 1991 and I was driving around hunting for something good on the radio. I heard the Cure playing on the 88.5 and then Birdhouse in your soul came on. Of course I had no idea what it was but I loved it and became hooked on there music and there wacky art.

Seen In Concert: Not yet

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

Death Star subwoofer

I wonder if I can add this to my Amazon Wish List?

Death Star subwoofer - Engadget - www.engadget.com

Possibly my first They Might Be Giants concert.

Sarah cant go but her sister wants to go. So we would take the kids minus the babies to a concert starting at 6:30 and ending about 8pm.... hmmmm so very tempting.

It looks like it is @$15 for parking...

Im in lets do it, "DO IT"(like the guy in starsky and hutch...)

Welcome to Penn's Landing

They Might Be Giants www.tmbg.com

Are You Worthy?

Another one for the Beer post.

I think I have had more than one of Stone Brewing Companies beers. I have at least had this one. Dave usually has this stuff.
Are You Worthy?

Mike Vallely.com :: My Idol?

I never thought I had Idols, but maybe I do... If I do have some, he would be in my list.

Mike Vallely.com

Mmmm...Chilie's

Mmmmm....Chilie's. We ordered take out last night. I got my normal Peppercorn Blackbean Burger...yummm(in a Furby voice). The only thing missing was the beer, with a burger that huge you really need to break it up with 2 beers.

Speaking of Lego Monkeys

The Southwestern Adventures of Lego Monkey

Gryphons asks:: Whats the black hood the Camera people wear?

Status: As Close As We Get For Now.

So it sounds like it just keeps light out so that the colors can be seen by the photographer better and in older cameras it helped to keep light off of the film maybe...

-->Update! OkThis web page has some explination. It's just not laid out nice and clear that a kid can understand...still looking.

Thanks for you input Amanda.

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So far, I can't find a web page with an explination. I think it has something to do with blocking light so you can see the colors better but I would like to read about it.

Any help out there?

The cellular squirrel screens your calls (yes, we said squirrel). - Engadget - www.engadget.com

And one for Sarah...

The cellular squirrel screens your calls (yes, we said squirrel). - Engadget - www.engadget.com

Five small-minded complaints about the MugMouse - Engadget - www.engadget.com

...hmmm. If it had a lid and was wireless and had a scroll wheel you might have something.

Five small-minded complaints about the MugMouse - Engadget - www.engadget.com

Remote Wonder : Plug-ins

There are two pug-ins here that will hopefully allow me to make use of WinAmp will it is in the background, like i can now wtih WMP10. Winamp is a bit lighter than Windows Media player.
Remote Wonder : Plug-ins

Sun Rockets response to the outage last week.

They sent out an email to all their customers...very nice.
email : Webview

Flashback Alternatives-My NEW favorite music internet station

Any playlist that goes from a remix of Chains of Love by erasure to Califonia Uber Alles by the Dead Kennedy's go way to the top of my list of favorites in iTunes.
Flashback Alternatives - Home

Midterm Assignment for Sociology

This is my midterm for my Sociology Class. It is self examination of why were are who we are today.
I will use the suggested 5x5 writing style. That is 5 paragraphs each with 5 sentences. The first paragraph is your theseis. The first sentance is the intro. the middle 3 sentences bring up the points you want to discuss. Those three sentences are the basis for the middle 3 Paragraphs, The final Paragraph restates the points in the opening paragraph and then wraps stuff up.

Now that I am finished, it turns out that I broke out of the above format. I find that I think about stuff visually and so putting those thoughts down on paper is very hard sometimes. Trying to keep to the above format was to restraining, i had to let it flow abit more. Anyways here it is...

Chris Faulkner
Intro to Sociology Midterm
07/15/05

My name is Christopher Charles Faulkner. I would like to give credit in a way to 4 major parts of my personality. My parents, I believe, by not pushing me into any one thing and being very supportive of me I have been able to develop my own thoughts on many social issues of the world. Another thing that helped me step out from the norm as a teenager, and even now, is Skateboarding, which I attribute so much of my positive attitude to today. While my parents left the door open and Skateboarding allowed me express my freedoms, the person that gave more focus, I guess that is how you would describe it, to my thoughts was my wife, Sarah. I also have to touch on my, almost painful at times, shyness as it effects much of my life also.

Looking back I don't think my parents had a certain parenting style in mind. I feel that we had/have a good relationship which curbed some of the rebellious nature that a teen-ager can go through. While some of their views on religion, racism, and other social issues may have been apparent they were never pushed on me and allowed me to develop my own opinions on those issues. My parents have never blocked any of my decisions and in most cases have done what they could to try to support them.

"How long have you been skating?" A teenaged skater asks me. I smile. " I started in 1984." I say. Some quick math and we both realize that I have been rolling since before they were born. Skateboarding has been huge part of my life. While skating was light for the later part of the 20 years, a solid 7 years saw me skating every day I could put my wheels down on a dry surface. Skateboarding empowered me to express myself and not to be caught up in what people thought then and think now about me. I feel that it today allows me to try things that some may shy away from because of what public perception of themselves, as “adults” may be. It keeps me thinking and feeling young. I could wax poetically about skating for along time, even when skateboarding wasn't a daily activity for me it was always on my mind. I feel the same passion of for it now during my lunchtime sessions as I did back then; it is a big part of me.

Sarah helped to focus my views and to expand my world even more. I doubt I would have ever had the healthier natural lifestyle including vegetarianism had I not met her. I don’t think that I was un-compassionate before meeting her but I think that because of the experiences she has brought and continues to bring to the relationship, my compassion for people, places, and things has grown because of her. Sarah's spiritual searches have exposed me to many forms of spirituality although I still stand firm in my atheistic views.

One trait that has been a detriment to me has been my shyness. Public speaking, confronting people, calling people even talking to current or old friends brings on this anxiety that can sometimes bring on total inaction on my part. It caused me to fail to give oral presentations in high school, apply for jobs correctly and enter into confrontations that needed to be dealt with. I’m not sure were to attribute this to. I do think it may stem from seeing my parents argue when I was very young which may be the cause for me avoiding interactions that may lead to confrontations.

Generally I think that I have a very positive attitude and am very accepting and adaptable to change. I have a very secure family atmosphere and know that I can count on my parents for support in decisions that I make. I have skateboarding to define myself and keep me young at heart. Sarah continues to open new paths and keeps me thinking about things. I am happy with how I have so far turned out and look forward to future changes that may come about.