State Rankings

So a neuron once fired in my brain that prompted me to wonder, "of the states that I have been to, which one is my favorite?"

So I set out to answer that question. The following is a list of the states ordered to my liking; and a brief description of why the ranking. Texas is excluded as it is my homestate and there could be some bias there....But of course there will be biasm, this is a list of my favorite states!

1) California - beautiful mountains, beautiful shorelines, beautiful deserts....everthing
2) Colorado - Cream de la Rockies
3) Wyoming - Home of Yellowstone
4) Utah - Zion and other National Parks
5) Montana - Beautiful wilderness....and Yellowstone
6) Idaho - Beautiful wilderness....and Yellowstone
7) Nevada - A freakin' unique state
8) New York - Cooperstown...Baseball Hall of Fame
9) Minnesota - Family ties
10) South Dakota - Mt. Rushmore....why?
11) Delaware - I have no idea
12) Indiana - Friends in Indy; vacationed to see'em twice
13) Florida - I don't know why...but I've vacationed there 4 or so times so I must like it
14) Arizona - Grand Canyon - WOW!
15) Tennessee - It was a long state to drive thru (twice)
16) New Mexico - Dunno, it has mountains, i guess
17) Louisiana - close to Texas; easy gambling
18) Oklahoma - pretty landscapes close to Texas
19) Arkansas - see above
20) Missouri - St. Louis is a pretty cool city; Cardinals are a pretty cool baseball team
21) North Carolina - Junk use to live there
22) Illinois - Chicago does NOT blow
23) Michigan - don't know; a fitting state for 23
24) Pennsylvannia - Philadelphia; home of the US
25) New Jersey - Spent the night there (worst night of my life)
26) Nebraska - fueled great argument on a roadtrip
27) Virginia - hmmm
28) Wisconsin - Milwaukee? sure
29) Ohio - Football Hall of Fame
30) Mississippi - Brother was born here
31) Maryland - proximity to D.C.
32) South Carolina - spent 1 hr here; sure? why not?
33) Georgia - ????
34) Alabama - Sweet not home
35) Kansas - BORING!!!!
36) Iowa - NOTHING HERE!!!!

From Cally to Iowa.....beautiful!

I am not one to voice my opinion often times. I, usually, prefer to keep silent about a lot of topics; especially topics that would probably lead to controversy.

Anyway, it is interesting how many people presume to know a lot about me and how I feel about certain things based on me saying nothing at all. I become associated in belief with social groups that I am around; by not vocally disagreeing it is assumed that I am agreeing.

All that is fine with me; but I think it would be very interesting to see the reactions of a lot of people if I suddenly expressed myself and shared my thoughts.

Who am I?

homophone sequences (2)

More cool homophone sequences...

For four fores are better than not swinging a golf club at all.

In the days of yore, you're your own best friend.

Cool Sports To Consider

There are some existing sports that could be made pretty phat-like if they were slightly tweaked.

Diving -> UnDiving
The Undiver begins underwater in a launcher of sorts. The undiver is projected out of the water and must perform flips, axles, pikes, etc. before landing on the springboard/platform. (think of the potential for hilarious disaster if Ungregg Unluganis misses his landing on the 10 Meter Platform and is sprung upwards and hits his head on the platform above him.

Scuba + Boxing = Scuba Boxing
Two Scoxers duke it out underwater. Instead of the unlikely Knock-Out, one would try to force a Black-Out. The first Scoxer to run out of oxygen loses.

...more to come....right now I have to eat.

homophone sequences

I just wanted to share some word sequences that are cool.

There they're their own.

Single is to one as double is to two, or as couple is to two, too.

Ha Ha Ha..

publicly-owned companies

You know what's wrong? Publicly owned corporations. They are operated in a manner that seeks to please the shareholders and deny employees of any good fortune.

They only seek to increase profits for their shareholders often times at the expense of bottom-of-the-totem-pole employees.

blah blah blah; yaddi yaddi yaddi; i could go on; down with publicly owned corporations.

THEY WILL END UP RUINING THE ECONOMY!!!!!

New Years?

In anticipation of the upcoming New Year celebration, I felt compelled to share my thoughts concerning the "holiday."

IT IS POINTLESS!!!

Every other holiday that we celebrate is celebrated on a day that has some type of historical significance pertaining to that holiday; or at least, it is celebrated on a socially convenient day that falls close to a day that is historically significant to the holiday. BUT NOT FREAKIN' NEW YEAR!!!!

It is a completely arbitrary date that has been decided upon by MOST of the world as the day to start a new year. There is NOTHING astronomically significant about January 1. There is no reason to celebrate the new year on January 1. Not all of the world celebrates the new year on January 1.

It is a pointless designation for a holiday.

exception: The Catholic Church celebrates a Holy Day on January 1. This is an acceptable observance because they are not celebrating an arbitrary designation. Their celebration is of a different focus.

BUT CELEBRATING NEW YEAR ON JANUARY 1 IS MEANINGLESS!!!

Solution: Celebrate New Year on your birthday. That's right...New Year and Birthday are synonymous. Make New Year's resolutions on your birthday; not on January 1 (unless you were born on January 1; and then it is okay). Your birthday is truly a new year.

I will be breaking in the new year on October 20.

brushing-excretion combo?

So I was wondering if it is cool to brush your teeth and pee at the same time. I wonder because I was brushing my teeth last night and then realized that I had to do the #1....so I did. And there I was, bushing my teeth and draining the plumbing all at once. And I thought, "Dude, what's wrong with you? Well, actually, is it so bad? Kinda. But I don't care. Or do I?"

So I carried it to the next level and thought, "Is it cool to drop the kids off at the pool and brush your teeth at the same time?"

Well, is it?

Sometimes I wonder why I post to this blog. Is it because I go to work every day, come home and chill at the hizzy by my sizzy....every day.

Of course not.

Its because I enjoy typing for my benefit and my benefit alone....and the occasional peek of somebody else...but that happens about as often as a pinky toe to the eardrum.

Time Zones?

So I was making that tedious, monstrously boring drive between Dallas, TX and Vail, CO the other day and pondered the following:

Why do we (the earth) have time zones?
Why don't we have a straight up 24 hour clock that is consistent around the entire globe? And by consistent I mean 6:00 in Colorado is 6:00 in Germany and is 6:00 in New Zealand. That would simplify so many matters and also make long-distance communication so much easier.

Who cares that you may be eating breakfast at 1700...it would be normal. Who cares that the sun would be blazing at "midnight." Once again, normal.