Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Scariest Picture Ever
I have in irrational fear of bees. I am not allergic to them, I just don't like them. Bees and the Burger King guy. Although with the Burger King it's more like how some people are afraid of clowns.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Skydiving?
My middle son who's seven years old wants to go skydiving. I'm laughing too hard to tell him no. He also wanted to know what would happen if his parachute did not open.
Oh my...
Oh my...
Art from my Middle Son
Above is a drawing from my middle son (7 yrs). He likes my cooking and often says I should be on top chef. I loved this drawing and had to share.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Trio depart Beijing on epic horse ride to London
Trio depart Beijing on epic horse ride to London: "A middle-aged British woman and two Chinese companions on Saturday set off on an epic horse ride that will see them cross China, Central Asia and Europe -- and arrive in London for the 2012 Olympics.
Megan Lewis, a 60-year-old British pony breeder and head of the expedition, said the three-year trek from Beijing to London was a lifelong dream.
But the former geography teacher, who is raising money for charity, admitted the more than 5,000-mile (8,200-kilometre) journey was as much a test of the horses as the riders.
'You know you're going to get lameness and all sorts of things with the horses, that's just part of what goes with it,' she said.
'But we've got a couple of nice little horses and we've got support from everyone.'
The first section of the trip will take the three-man team to Inner Mongolia, along the north of China, to end up at the Jiayu Pass in Gansu province in August -- the end of the Great Wall.
From there, they will ride across China's westernmost region of Xinjiang, Central Asia and Europe, to eventually end up in London in time for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 2012.
One of her fellow riders, Li Jing, 47, has just finished a solo horseback trek from central Russia to Beijing.
'It is not a certainty that we will be able to reach London,' he told AFP in an earlier interview.
'Anything can happen on such a long ride, we have to see if we are lucky, if the heavens will shine down on us.'
Peng Wenchao, the third member of the team, used to be a cab driver in Beijing until he gave up his job two years ago to ride and drive 1,300 kilometres around China, before returning to the capital for the 2008 Olympics"
Megan Lewis, a 60-year-old British pony breeder and head of the expedition, said the three-year trek from Beijing to London was a lifelong dream.
But the former geography teacher, who is raising money for charity, admitted the more than 5,000-mile (8,200-kilometre) journey was as much a test of the horses as the riders.
'You know you're going to get lameness and all sorts of things with the horses, that's just part of what goes with it,' she said.
'But we've got a couple of nice little horses and we've got support from everyone.'
The first section of the trip will take the three-man team to Inner Mongolia, along the north of China, to end up at the Jiayu Pass in Gansu province in August -- the end of the Great Wall.
From there, they will ride across China's westernmost region of Xinjiang, Central Asia and Europe, to eventually end up in London in time for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 2012.
One of her fellow riders, Li Jing, 47, has just finished a solo horseback trek from central Russia to Beijing.
'It is not a certainty that we will be able to reach London,' he told AFP in an earlier interview.
'Anything can happen on such a long ride, we have to see if we are lucky, if the heavens will shine down on us.'
Peng Wenchao, the third member of the team, used to be a cab driver in Beijing until he gave up his job two years ago to ride and drive 1,300 kilometres around China, before returning to the capital for the 2008 Olympics"
Monday, April 13, 2009
The IT Crowd
'The IT Crowd' has coming to DVD in the US. The show takes place in the basement IT department of a faceless London company, and the two techies, Roy and Moss, both possess some charming personality quirks I expect you will quickly recognize. My wife and I stumbled upon the show a few months ago. They are running the BBC sit-com on the Independent Film Channel once a week.
Working in IT, it's hard not to be fan.
Here's a link to another clip about the nature of the internet.
Working in IT, it's hard not to be fan.
Here's a link to another clip about the nature of the internet.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
David Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons game, dies at 61
MINNEAPOLIS — David Arneson, one of the masterminds who created the original version of the award-winning fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, died Tuesday in St. Paul following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 61.
Arneson teamed up with co-creator Gary Gygax in 1974 to create Dungeons & Dragons, which remains one of the best-known and best-selling role-playing games of all time. An estimated 20 million people have played the game in which players create characters who embark on imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. Characters solve dilemmas, engage in battles and gather treasure and knowledge, and in the process they earn points to become increasingly powerful over a series of sessions.
The game became wildly popular with wargamers at its debut and soon after became a favorite of high school and college students.
As a University of Minnesota history student in the late 1960s, Arneson developed an interest in naval war games and re-creating battles complete with miniature armies and fleets. He had begun to design Blackmoor, a role-playing game of his own that involved medieval miniatures exploring the dungeons of a castle inhabited by monsters, when he attended GenCon in 1969, said Wizards of the Coast, the subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. which produces the game. That is where he met Gygax and, along with Jeff Perren, they collaborated to create a game of sailing-ship battles called Don't Give Up the Ship.
They swapped ideas and came up with the script that eventually led to Dungeons & Dragons.
Arneson teamed up with co-creator Gary Gygax in 1974 to create Dungeons & Dragons, which remains one of the best-known and best-selling role-playing games of all time. An estimated 20 million people have played the game in which players create characters who embark on imaginary adventures within a fantasy setting. Characters solve dilemmas, engage in battles and gather treasure and knowledge, and in the process they earn points to become increasingly powerful over a series of sessions.
The game became wildly popular with wargamers at its debut and soon after became a favorite of high school and college students.
As a University of Minnesota history student in the late 1960s, Arneson developed an interest in naval war games and re-creating battles complete with miniature armies and fleets. He had begun to design Blackmoor, a role-playing game of his own that involved medieval miniatures exploring the dungeons of a castle inhabited by monsters, when he attended GenCon in 1969, said Wizards of the Coast, the subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. which produces the game. That is where he met Gygax and, along with Jeff Perren, they collaborated to create a game of sailing-ship battles called Don't Give Up the Ship.
They swapped ideas and came up with the script that eventually led to Dungeons & Dragons.
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