Links-R-Us, Vol. 13

Welcome to another Link-Friday.  The type of news that I like to post has been pretty tame as of late so it has taken almost three weeks to come up with my standard five links.  I know that there really has been plenty of news occurring, but all of it has been rather depressing and that’s really not the purpose of Link-Friday in my mind…  My vision for Link-Friday has always been semi-comical and thought provoking without being depressing.  So, on that note, let the clicking of links begin!

The following link is one that is sad, comical and befuddling.  The link is to a story of a 70 year old father that shoots his 50 year old son for singing a Kenny Chesney song.  It’s really confusing and sad that this happened…  But, it really makes me laugh to think that I can empathize with the father due to the son’s selection of music.  Go figure.

Blog Post #25

Greetings Programs!  Ok.  Please forgive me – I’ve always wanted to say that.

Over the last few months my blog has been putting together a tiny glimpse of me and what makes me tick, so to speak.  I once heard that if you listen long enough when someone is talking that eventually they will accidently let something slip that you can use…  “Use?” you might ask?  Ok, I have to admit that the above theory was stated by a fictional character on a TV show – Michael Weston on Burn Notice – but that the theory really is sound.  Let’s use me as the example…

Links-R-Us, Vol. 12

Welcome to another Link-Friday.  I recently had an epiphany concerning Link-Friday.  Historically as I have stumbled across articles that I have found interesting I have just copied the link to a holding area and moved on.  Well, this week I tried something totally different.  When I found a link I also wrote the blurb concerning the link at the same time.  When I gathered five links a new Link-Friday post was born.  So, now that I have increased my efficiency, I can honestly say, “What took me so long to think of that?!?”

Everyone who has read my blog knows that I check LifeHacker fairly often for tips and tricks about everything from tech stuff to improving ones household.  With that being said, a link on LifeHacker recently led to the following blog and its’ entry concerning uncluttering your house.  Based on this article I think that I will be adding this blog to my personal follow list.

Thank You Mr. Lucas

“All the heroes and legends I knew as a child have fallen to idols of clay.” – Styx

We all have heroes from our youth.  Ok, let me rephrase that.  We all categorize the people that helped to create who we are into some form of hierarchy.  We have the true heroes who put their lives on the line such as soldiers, astronauts, firemen and police officers.  We have more cerebral heroes who teach us to strive to become more than we are such as Jesus Christ, Lord Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Captain Moroni and my son Royce.  And we have the heroes and legends from our youth such as friends who did legendary things (i.e. Benny “The Jet” Rodrigues), teachers who helped us grow, and movie makers that changed our perspective on life as they awed and wowed us with their movie magic.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 11

Welcome once again to Link-Friday!  Today’s selection of links has once again returned to the standard five after last week’s Link-Friday Clearinghouse.  These five links are the last of the links that I have managed to store up over the last little while; and unfortunately I have not come across any more links that have really sparked my interest enough to be included in Link-Friday…  So, this may be one of the last Link-Fridays for a little while.  Keep your eyes open, because you never know when the next Link-Friday post will once again pop up.  And, on that note, here are the links!

Our first link is to a fun video that was on one of the local news outlets.  This link leads us to a man who made a “Star Wars” type video based on him playing music from the Star Wars movies on his cello.  The article that accompanied the video brought up a good point that I wish to repeat – would Darth Vader actually do something that silly?  You be the judge.

Links-R-Us, Vol. 10

Welcome to another Link-Friday!  I was looking at the list of links that I keep on the back burner and noticed that the list is, like, huge!  When I first started to compile links for Link-Friday I would always have a hard time coming up with five (why I chose five I will never know…).  Now I’m having a hard time whittling the list down to five.  So, welcome to our first Link-Friday Link Clearinghouse!  So, I’m going to spit out as many one or two liners and links as will fit in this little post.  So, with luck on my side, here goes…

Our first link is one I wished that I had known about for the holidays – making home-made candles out of citrus fruit.  Here are a couple of links to it:

Heros, Part 1

Today I want to talk about one of the most amazing people that I know:  my son Royce.

Since birth, Royce has been plagued with various problems.  “Problems” is probably the wrong word to use – challenges would probably be more like it.  When Royce was born his bilirubin values were abnormal and ultimately went up to dangerous levels.  We were having him tested every day for nearly three weeks (his poor heals were so sore and he hated anyone touching his feet for the longest time after that) and spent almost a week with him under the “bili-lights” to bring his jaundice levels down.