Literal Video Version

Ever notice how some music videos don't quite seem to match the words of a song?

I recently found a website that strives to make more sense of the confusion. They have taken to re-write the song to have it make more sense for the video that was created.

For example ...

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge: Literal Video Version - watch more funny videos

Head Over Heels: Literal Video Version - watch more funny videos

Kaleidoscope Fun!

Remember when you were a kid and you had (or your friend had) a kaleidoscope?

Word Origin & History - "kaleidoscope" :1817, lit. "observer of beautiful forms," coined by its inventor, Sir David Brewster (1781-1868), from Gk. kalos "beautiful" + eidos "shape" (see -oid) + -scope, on model of telescope, etc. Figurative meaning "constantly changing pattern" is first attested 1819 in Lord Byron, whose publisher had sent him one. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Here's a cool Flash program where now you can make your own!

Who Are You?

You may have noticed, I recently added a "badge" to my blog.  Over to the right hand side are different things you can click on: 

• my profile (which is lacking)
• post archives
• post labels
• other bloggers I am recommending
• my nerd score (Uber Cool Light-Weight, if you never noticed)
• etc.

The newest one I added is "Visitor's Map".  I'll willingly admit, I am ever curious about who may be reading my posts.  My sister (who has her own blog) informed me about Google Analytics, which lets me see how many times my blog is viewed and how many "unique" people are viewing.  It doesn't tell me who you are though.  Of course, I know a few of you: 

• My wife (who has her own blog)
• My mom (but I had to set her up to receive new postings via email so she would read them)
• My sister, Cheryl
• My sister, Laura (who leaves the most comments) (thank you)
• My wife's mom and dad (But I think that was because they found out I wrote about them)
• My best friend (who lives in Wisconsin, Reno, Maui!!) and his wife
• A friend from work (who I asked to log in from a different state they were travelling to)

Other that that, I would like to think I know who a couple of the silent viewers are, but I don't know for sure.  There are, however, 24 unique visitors (at some point).  Although, that is information tracked by a cookie, so if you toss your cookies, you will be registered as a new visitor (again).  And then there is the fact that I, personally, have viewed from a couple different computers, so maybe I am a couple of my own unique visitors.

ANYway, this Visitor's Badge is another way to show where a "unique" visitor is visiting from.  It shows a 2D image of the globe (a 3D option is also available) and puts a little orange dot (or another color of your choosing) from different locations visitors have viewed from.  Now, before you get all "big brother" on me, I assure you I know nothing more than your location.









Obviously, I would expect to see dots in Hawaii (me and my wife) and in Washington (other family), and of course, in Wisconsin (Gabe and Katie).  But Kansas? Or New Jersey? Or Spain?!?!  That's right ... look at the map.  There is a dot in Spain.  That means that somebody viewed my blog that had an internet connection in Spain!  Crazy.  Now, I understand that may not be that big of a deal.  I've clicked Next Blog of few times (I even have made a game or two out of it) and have viewed people's blogs that I don't know and maybe if they had a visitor's map thingie they got a dot from Hawaii.

It still begs the question, "Who are you?"  And was my blog interesting?

Walking Tanks Are Too Legit.

(but they fall down a lot)

There are few science fiction worlds that have the scope of imagination and creativity of Star Wars.  George Lucas' juggernaut has long reaching tentacles* into every facet of pop culture.  Even if you don't like or have never seen Star Wars, you have certainly been exposed to it. 

It really is no secret ... I am a Science Fiction fan.  It is one of my absolute favorite genres (of books, of video games, of movies, etc) and Star Wars is often revisited time and time again.  And, of course, my influence (and good taste) has rubbed off on my kiddos, who have seen the three original episodes of Star Wars more than their mom (who has her on blog) and quite possibly more than me.

This post is to share with you two videos from YouTube paying homage to the popularity of Star Wars.  (If I had a feature on my blog about "What's Cool on YouTube" these would both subjectively qualify).

First) This parody of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind" by collegehumor.com.







Second) This Lego Animation Summary of the original three episodes.



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*see what I did there?

Faith Should Be Like ...

Faith should be like .... sitting in a chair.

You have all sat down at some point.  Do you find that you give much thought about the process?  Every once in awhile, perhaps before sitting in grandma's old wicker chair, you may ease your weight into place.  But by far, most of us kerplump our backsides into a chair with the utmost confidence that the designer engineered the chair with it's purpose in mind.

I suppose, if you are like me, you have broken a chair (or two) after sitting in it (usually because I was tipping back).  But I have never said, "I will not sit again!"

Don't you suppose that our faith should be the same?  That we should be able to, with confidence, sit down? Or, if we break a chair, to sit again?

It is no wonder my legs get so tired sometimes.