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Crazy bee fights

Not for people that are scared of bees:

This is one crazy bee and hornet video. I'm glad I'm not a honey bee.

Cool video

Having grown up without MTV (due to non competition and the local cable company's anti-MTV-ness), I didn't watch many music videos growing up. This is a very cool one that is old, but a very chill song too, Enigma's "Return to Innocence."

Aren't I special?

A Pew study reports that I am 1 of 12 million Americans who blog, and you are one of 57 million blog readers. According to the China View:

"Our findings take on the myth of the blogger as a tech guy interested in politics whose goal is to influence media," Lenhart said. "The sense we get is most blogs are for family and friends. They're a wonderful way to tell stories."

That's roughly me (besides the trying to influence media part). The Washington Post has excerpts about the average blogger being a "14 year-old writing about her cat." That also doesn't describe me, although I do blog about my cats Blur and Pip quite a bit.

So, why do I blog? I blog just so I can update my webpage, and keep friends and relatives up with what's going on in my life. Plus, I like to give people a little peak into what goes on in my brain and what I find interesting. You may ask what's so interesting about this Pew study? The ultimate answer is, I am one in 12 million Americans that blog. You are one in 57 million Americans that read blogs. That makes me roughly 21% more special than you.

How to Run Up and Over a Wall

If you ever are in a situation where you have to run up and over a wall (like Jackie Chan), then here's how to do it. Now, where can I find a wall to run up?

Mr. Blur yawning in his bed

Here is a picture of Blur, yawning in his bed. It's been a while since he's been there, but he managed to knock it down from atop the two cat carriers.

Be sure to visit the Friday Ark #95, and the Carnival of the Cats hosted over at For the Junta this week for more feline fun!

I've been drunk before

But probably not this drunk (that I can remember).

Pics from kayaking are up

over here. Thanks Kirstin!

Cool optical illusion proving that your eyes are dumb

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I believe in life vests

Today, I went kayaking at the Thompson Boat Center in Georgetown. I ended up flipping my Oakleys over my head, and they landed directly behind me. While I was trying to recover them, I ended up capsizing my kayak. It turned out terribly. It was an open kayak, and it took on a lot of water very quickly. I ended up not being able to right the kayak. A kind (and panicky) man on the shore took the initiative and called 911. I was ok, while not in great shape, at no risk of drowning.

Ended up, I had a civilian boat come to my rescue, their son took a picture of me for his scrapbook. There were 4 police cars, 2 fire trucks, the police boat, the DC Fire and Rescue boat, an Air Force helicopter, and a few units from the Special Operations Search and Rescue squad from Anacostia come to my rescue as well. Most of them granted came after I was safely on the civilian boat, and the captain of that boat said, "You must be a very important person if all of these people are coming to rescue you."

When I was safely ashore (sans a Blackberry 7210), the firemen asked me, "Are you okay?"

I replied, "Yes."

He then asked, "Do you have any problems?"

To which I replied, "Well, besides being really embarrassed? No."

And he asked if I needed an ambulance, to which I declined.

It was quite embarrassing, since I'd gone a few hours of uneventful kayaking. Kayaking by the way is a lot of fun, and I'll definitely do it again. Needless to say, next time I go, I'll make sure that I've got everything properly secured, but kudos go out to all of the people that came to my rescue, and especially the random family that came.

I ended up knowing a person that worked at the boat center so I was comped the cost of the kayaks. Not too bad considering that the police boat asked if I was given a whistle with my life vest, and I said that I wasn't. I think they might get in a little bit of trouble. Anyway, it was a great time, and I recommend anyone that has some free time to go kayaking. It's flat water, great exercise, and a great great time.

Pictures to follow. Stay tuned.

Robot Bartender

A man walks into a bar and orders a drink. The bar has a robot bartender. The robot serves him a perfectly prepared cocktail, and then asks him, "What's your IQ?" The man replies "150" and the robot proceeds to make conversation about global warming factors, quantum physics and Spirituality, biomimicry, environmental interconnectedness, string theory, nano-technology, and the Kama Sutra.

The customer is very impressed and thinks, "this is really cool." He decides to test the robot. He walks out of the bar, turns around, and comes back in for another drink. Again, the robot serves him the perfectly prepared drink and asks him, "What's your IQ?" The man responds, "about a 100." Immediately the robot starts talking about NASCAR, supermodels, hunting, beer and women's breasts.

Really impressed, the man leaves the bar and decides to give the robot one more test. He heads out and returns, the robot serves him and asks, "What's your IQ?" The man replies, "Er, 50, I think." And the robot says...real slowly:
"So...............Ya gonna vote for Bush again?"

Crazy Shotgun skills

This is a video made to showcase the Beretta XTrema2 shotgun. The guy that shoots the gun has some crazy skills, and I'd certainly not want to be someone that he is shooting at.

Take a look.

Solar System(s)?

We had an interesting conversation last Friday at Happy Hour regarding astronomy. The question is, "How many solar systems are there?"

Many of our camp thought that there were many, however, I am of the opinion that there is in fact just one, and it is ours.

I'm curious what my readers think, so please leave a comment.