Feeling It

As of late I have been feeling quite old. Most of this feeling comes from the fact that my back has been sore since February. I have always said that my body was made up mostly of used parts but now I am thinking that is is more than mostly. Oh well, it could be worse at least I have these quotes to cheer me up.

Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own. - J. P. Sears

Inside every older person is a younger person - wondering what the hell happened. - Cora Harvey Armstrong

Getting old ain't for sissies. - Bette Davis

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. - Mark Twain

I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do. - Phyllis Diller

You are only young once, but you can be immature for a lifetime. - John P. Grier

Age is a high price to pay for maturity. - Tom Stoppard

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed. - Anthony Powell

Call this an unfair generalization if you must, but old people are no good at everything. - Moe, from the Simpsons

Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example. - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Blue Christmas

Well it seems like it is going to be a rainy Christmas here this year. That makes me feel a little blue, which brings be to this picture. It seems appropriate.

It's Coming...

OC Goes to the Birds

Later!

I will me MIA the next few weeks. See you on the flip side.

Do You Swing?

Right or Wrong: You are never to old to enjoy swinging?

Text Date

A few weeks back I was at the dentist and the hygienist told me about this girl that lived in her neighborhood who I would apparently be perfect for. Now I don't know about you but I don't really know my hygienist all that well and doubt that she knows me all that well. I mean how much can you learn about someone with their hand in your mouth? Regardless I said I didn't mind her giving this girl my number. Honestly I didn't ever think I would hear from this person and this seemed like a good way to be polite about the whole situation, especially since this women has easy access to my teeth. At this point I should mention that I have gone on lot of first dates and they never really seem to go that well. The next day I get a text message asking if I had recently gone to the dentist. If I hadn't given out my number freely I might have been a little scared by this text. I reply back and ask for her name as I hadn't been given this information by the hygienist. She replies back and we exchange quite a few text messages over the course of the next hour of so. It is now getting late on a weeknight and I have to work the next morning so I decide to put an end to the texting by asking if she is on Facebook. She replies that she is and I tell her to look me up and if she likes what she sees maybe we can meet sometime. Needless to say she wasn't impressed by or didn't even bother looking me up as I have not heard anything back. I can now add a text message date to the list of those that haven't gone well. Isn't technology great?

My Backyard

I can't imagine my backyard without the Wasatch Mountains.

My Theme Song

Awhile back someone asked me what my theme song was. A song immediately came into my mind but I wasn't sure that I would call it my theme song. After that I listened to it again and realized that it is my theme song...for right now anyway. So here it is.



What about you? What is your theme song?

So Tired. So Funny?

I don't know if it is because I am so overworked at the moment or so tired or a combination of them both but this clip from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia had be laughing. The worst part is I have no idea why I was laughing so hard. Help me out, is this funny or am I just that tired that everything seems funny? Ah, forget it. It's funny to me and that all that matters.


Here is another clip from the show that had me in stitches as well. Yeah, it might just be me.

Wacky Weather

Below are a few pictures I snapped on my phone of the wild, weird and wacky weather we have had here the past 2 days. It started with a rainbow and ended with a creek jumping it banks. You gotta love spring!

Bridge Weekend

Crossed a lot of bridges this weekend. Here are some of the more impressive ones:

Next Stop

Spring is just around the corner!

Weekend...

I came across this sign whilst out and about with the BobCat. It made me laugh, so I thought I would share it with you.

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Oh! This makes me feel a little sad. Or should I feel sorry for Emma Watson?

Whats In A Name

Awhile back a few of us were bored and decided to look into what our names meant. I found out a few interesting things, some I knew and some I didn't. Thought I would share what's in my name, according to this internet site at least.

First Name:
Usage: English, French, Swedish
From the Old Norse name Eiríkr, derived from the elements ei "ever" and ríkr "ruler". A notable bearer was Eiríkr inn Rauda, a 10th-century navigator and explorer who discovered Greenland. This was also the name of several early kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.

Middle Name:
Usage: Scottish, English
Scottish form of RAGNVALDR, a name introduced to Scotland by Scandinavian settlers and invaders.
RAGNVALDR: Usage: Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse name composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel" and valdr "ruler.


I always knew that my first name meant ruler, I didn't know that it meant ever ruler. That's right you can bow to me now and forever! I also didn't know that my middle name meant advisor or counselor to the ruler, so basically I advise myself. Or in other words your word means nothing to me but as the great ruler that I am, I will still allow you to express yourself...for now. Does your name have a good story or meaning? Feel free to share it in the comments, I am curious.

Wishing You A...

The Sky is Falling

If you were awake in Utah after midnight on Wednesday you might have seen this, if you were asleep like me you can see it here:

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Greener Pastures

The hill is always greener on the other side, or so the saying goes. This past week has felt like the green hill packed up and moved 10 hills over and didn't leave a forwarding address. But it's almost the weekend so I am going to try to get out of the bitter barn and play in the hay. I will also be taking a break from posting for awhile, I just feel like I am out of things to say for the moment. I will be back in an undetermined amount of time; hopefully with loads of fun, interesting, crazy (feel free to insert the word of your choice) stories soon. Until then I invite you to read through old posts or visit anyone of my bloggerhead buddies listed to the right. Now, I am off to find that elusive green hill!

Computer of Doom

Yesterday I got to work and discovered that my computer was taking f-o-r-e-v-e-r to load. I don't mean like five or ten minutes (I like to think that I am pretty patient with most things), I mean 25 minutes. After trying two reboots and waiting longer each time for anything to happened I called Tech Support who told me to reboot yet again, even though I told them I had already tried this tried and true technique. So I rebooted and this time it took 40 minutes to load. Let me back up when I say load I mean that is when the error messages stop long enough for me to click one icon. After clicking one icon it takes another 20 minutes to open said icon. By 1 pm, yes 5 hours later, Tech Support (where technically we support you -The Muppet's) I was told that my computer was beyond hope and that I would need to mail it to Portland for them to look at in person. I am told to use three day UPS because it's cheaper to which I ask what am I mailing the whole machine? The answer: Yes, unless you can take out the hard rive then you can just send that with the overnight package. Let's see...2 days without my computer or 4? Which ever will I choose? Besides ripping out the hard drive might make me feel better about wasting my whole morning! I ripped it out and sadly didn't feel that much better. Perhaps because I had to now go try to find an old computer (think island of misfits toys only for old computers) and then try to get that to work and then get the programs I needed loaded to that machine. Phew. Take a breath. Oh, look its 4:45pm and it looks like everything is finally loaded and working. Now about that 5pm cutoff time, how firm is that? Lesson of this story? I have no idea. The computer is broken and the only lesson I learned is that I am far to dependent on it and it is not at all dependent on me. Shouldn't this be the other way around. Isn't this what leads to The Terminator movies, the machines being smarter then the humans? Only in this version Skynet keeps crashing so John Conner has nothing to worry about. Can't wait to go back to work and start this all again.