This video isn't HAHA funny but it is WTF funny.
Poor guy, just pulled off on of the most amazing stunts of his life and it was a complete accident. He couldn't do that again without breaking his neck and I'm amazed that he didn't.
Then this got me to thinking. Have I ever done anything in my life that was a complete accident but turned out pretty cool? Well kid #2 not withstanding. Kidding!!
The best I can come up with happened a long time ago in during one of Maryland's wonderful ice storms. I was going down a hill in my Jeep and I started to skid to the left. The road was deserted, fortunately, and the skid turned into a full out spin. I held onto the steering wheel and tried to turn into it, like video games taught me, and then must have hit a non icy patch because the car spun all the way around. In my lane, pointed in the direction I was going.
TaDa!
How about you? Anything that started out as an accident but then afterwards you wished you had it on film?
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Wildcard Wednesday Fails
I didn't expect a winner every week. I know it's going to be impossible for me to even find something that I want to write about all the time. But after getting Ghostbusters 3 a couple of weeks ago, I had high hopes of getting something good this time.
You may be asking yourself. Why is Penelope Cruz in the news? I know I was asking myself.
Granted she's beautiful. But she's had to have done something special to be at the top of Yahoo!'s buzz list, right? She had a baby. That's cool and all but are we so starved for entertainment that celebrities having babies are news?
Sorry, I forgot, we are. And in some cases just because you had more babies than you should you actually become a celebrity. Doesn't that seem wrong to you? Does to me.
It's not a clown car people.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday - The Zombie Review
I hate zombies. I love zombies. I'm afraid of zombies. I'm afraid not in the way people are afraid of vampires or ghosts. Those things aren't real. Zombies scare me because they can be real. Not otherworldly real but horrible disease gone wrong real. Zombies are all the rage it seems, replacing vampires as the go to monster. I'm going to touch on three zombie related items that have been my favorite.
Movie - Zombieland
I have watched this movie at least a half dozen times and I never grow tired of it. It could be Emma Stone but I'm not sure. If you have not had a chance to watch this yet. Do it. It's not scary at all so don't use that as an excuse. It is a little gross, there are zombies running around after all, eating people. And any movie that has Bill Murray dressed up like a zombie earns a big thumbs up from me.Book - Feed
First of all, I'm not inclined to change the picture to match the line of Zombieland. I'm a) lazy or b) don't know how. I found this book on in the bookstore on my iPad. I downloaded the sample and was hooked immediately. It takes place in the future and you guessed it, the zombies were created because of someone trying to cure something. The story takes place in 2039 and the zombies have been contained, to a point. The world has turned to bloggers to provide the news because the mainstream media was unreliable during the initial outbreak. The story focuses on three bloggers as they are picked to cover an up and coming presidential candidate. So yeah, right in the middle of the a zombie book, a political thriller breaks out. If only there had been time travel if would've been the perfect book for me. This is the first in a trilogy of books and I can't wait until the next two are published!
Videogame - Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare
And again the picture doesn't line up. Just pitiful. Anyway. This is a FPS that takes place in the old west. It's a add-on to Red Dead Redemption which itself was a blast of a game. In that game you basically rode around on your horse, shooting bad guys, robbing trains and pretty much doing anything you wanted to. You could go anywhere you on the map and little missions would pop up that helped the story line along. Undead Nightmare is the same except um, there are zombies. Lots of zombies. And it's kind of unnerving to be galloping along on your horse only to turn the corner and run into 25 zombies milling about. It's easy enough to gallop away most times but if they grab you off your horse you could be in trouble. I think what gets to me the most about Zombies is the noise they make. That groan just sends shivers up my spine and there have been a couple of moments in this game where I yelled at the tv for the zombies to just leave me alone, while running away. Not exactly bad ass cowboy behavior.But zombies are scary.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Money Monday - Fair and Balanced
No, I'm not writing about the Fox News Channel. I'm writing about our checkbook.
Wait, we really don't even have a checkbook anymore. We only write checks for Nick's daycare, everything else is paid online. But old lingo never dies. I still tape stuff on my DVR. I digress.
Every morning I fire up Quicken and my bank's web page and I balance all the transactions from the day before. I know what our checking account balance is almost to the penny. I'm not a control freak, really. I don't tell my wife what she can and can't spend money on. We have a budget for that. :) The point is nothing surprises me. I know where the money is coming from and where it is going.
Speaking of where it is going, my Quicken balances out until the middle of April. Hmm, maybe I do have a problem. It gives me a great peace of mind to know that all of our bills are paid and our food, clothing and household budget are all funded.
By paying attention and watching what is happening, it feels like we have more money on a weekly basis. And who doesn't want more money?
Wait, we really don't even have a checkbook anymore. We only write checks for Nick's daycare, everything else is paid online. But old lingo never dies. I still tape stuff on my DVR. I digress.
Every morning I fire up Quicken and my bank's web page and I balance all the transactions from the day before. I know what our checking account balance is almost to the penny. I'm not a control freak, really. I don't tell my wife what she can and can't spend money on. We have a budget for that. :) The point is nothing surprises me. I know where the money is coming from and where it is going.
Speaking of where it is going, my Quicken balances out until the middle of April. Hmm, maybe I do have a problem. It gives me a great peace of mind to know that all of our bills are paid and our food, clothing and household budget are all funded.
By paying attention and watching what is happening, it feels like we have more money on a weekly basis. And who doesn't want more money?
Friday, January 14, 2011
Who needs Power - Computer Friday
I'm waiting for wireless power. But it will probably get here about the same time my flying car does so I'm not holding out hope. I had two customer calls this week where their computer and monitor just stopped working.
Imagine that, just poof, no more computer. Most people would freak out I suppose. Scratch that, most people do freak out. Then they call tech support. I'm happy to help out but this isn't something that I can fix over the phone so I pay a visit to them in their office.
Complaint #1 - My monitor won't come on. User has rebooted (Twice, got to give them points for that) and is now just sitting and looking longingly at one dead monitor. I do the first thing any good tech will do, I check that it's plugged into the wall. Trust me on this, it happens. I find that it's plugged in good and tight so next I check the plug on the monitor itself. Viola! We have power and I am greeted by a nice picture of her kitten snuggling with her bunny. Sigh.
Complaint #2 - My computer just stopped working. It was working fine all morning and then, POW, nothing. Really? It made a pow noise? That's weird. Be right there. I get to the office and sure enough the computer is not on. I crawl under the desk, (my most favorite part of the job) push two pair of shoes and a bag full of clothes out of the way and take a look. No lights anywhere. Plugged into the wall? Check. Plugged into the computer? Oh, now I see the problem. Yeah, your big hobbit feet must have kicked the plug out of the back of the computer. Stop trying to use it as a foot rest. Sigh.
This next little story goes back awhile. I got a call from someone that was setting up a new office and in the process of hooking up the computers before the staff arrived. There was one computer left and they couldn't get network connectivity. So I had them check the normal stuff and yes it was plugged in. Next was a check of the closet where all the cables went to hang out and the computer was plugged in there as well. I suggest we log in and try running a few commands, all of which indicated that the computer in fact had no network connectivity and couldn't get to the internet. This probably went on for about 20 minutes as I tried everything I could think of. Finally, it was brought to my attention that, oops, the network cable was in fact not plugged in.
You may wonder if I got mad and went off on the user since one of the first questions I asked was if the computer was plugged in. Nope, I married her.
Here's a little Windows 7 Tip for you. We have enough junk laying around and our desktops are the same way. Windows 7 gets rid of the extra windows that are behind your active window. Just hit the Windows+Home key to minimize all inactive windows. To restore the windows just hit those same keys again.
And for my Mac lovers, I don't have any tips. I don't use my Mac that much. :D
Little computer humor for you..
Imagine that, just poof, no more computer. Most people would freak out I suppose. Scratch that, most people do freak out. Then they call tech support. I'm happy to help out but this isn't something that I can fix over the phone so I pay a visit to them in their office.
Complaint #1 - My monitor won't come on. User has rebooted (Twice, got to give them points for that) and is now just sitting and looking longingly at one dead monitor. I do the first thing any good tech will do, I check that it's plugged into the wall. Trust me on this, it happens. I find that it's plugged in good and tight so next I check the plug on the monitor itself. Viola! We have power and I am greeted by a nice picture of her kitten snuggling with her bunny. Sigh.
Complaint #2 - My computer just stopped working. It was working fine all morning and then, POW, nothing. Really? It made a pow noise? That's weird. Be right there. I get to the office and sure enough the computer is not on. I crawl under the desk, (my most favorite part of the job) push two pair of shoes and a bag full of clothes out of the way and take a look. No lights anywhere. Plugged into the wall? Check. Plugged into the computer? Oh, now I see the problem. Yeah, your big hobbit feet must have kicked the plug out of the back of the computer. Stop trying to use it as a foot rest. Sigh.
This next little story goes back awhile. I got a call from someone that was setting up a new office and in the process of hooking up the computers before the staff arrived. There was one computer left and they couldn't get network connectivity. So I had them check the normal stuff and yes it was plugged in. Next was a check of the closet where all the cables went to hang out and the computer was plugged in there as well. I suggest we log in and try running a few commands, all of which indicated that the computer in fact had no network connectivity and couldn't get to the internet. This probably went on for about 20 minutes as I tried everything I could think of. Finally, it was brought to my attention that, oops, the network cable was in fact not plugged in.
You may wonder if I got mad and went off on the user since one of the first questions I asked was if the computer was plugged in. Nope, I married her.
Here's a little Windows 7 Tip for you. We have enough junk laying around and our desktops are the same way. Windows 7 gets rid of the extra windows that are behind your active window. Just hit the Windows+Home key to minimize all inactive windows. To restore the windows just hit those same keys again.
And for my Mac lovers, I don't have any tips. I don't use my Mac that much. :D
Little computer humor for you..
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Gundar is my alter ego. Almost like the Hulk but I don't turn green and smash things.
Sometimes I smash things.
A long time ago, I used to play computer games a lot. I still play computer games but no where near like I used to. There was a computer game called "Neverwinter Nights" which was a D&D like game. The hardest part of games where you create a character is naming the stupid thing. Fortunately this one had a little auto name generator built in so I kept hitting the generate name button until one time...
GUNDAR WEZ
I was awestruck. What an insanely cool name. So I took it. And now it's my name everywhere. When I play poker online, it's Gundar. When I'm on the PS3. Gundar. So what does Gundar look like? Glad you asked.
Pretty bad ass, no? He shows himself sometimes when people frustrate me. There is a desk drawer in my office full of broken keyboards, mice, mother boards and such. He had to have done it, I would never break things up like that.
He also rises to the surface when things are supposed to work but they don't. And in traffic.
Don't get me wrong, Gundar isn't just angry Mike. Gundar has a great sense of humor. Especially when he sees things like this.
Jaw unhinges, loud guttural noises come out and tears stream down his face. He's a funny guy.
Sometimes I smash things.
A long time ago, I used to play computer games a lot. I still play computer games but no where near like I used to. There was a computer game called "Neverwinter Nights" which was a D&D like game. The hardest part of games where you create a character is naming the stupid thing. Fortunately this one had a little auto name generator built in so I kept hitting the generate name button until one time...
GUNDAR WEZ
I was awestruck. What an insanely cool name. So I took it. And now it's my name everywhere. When I play poker online, it's Gundar. When I'm on the PS3. Gundar. So what does Gundar look like? Glad you asked.
Pretty bad ass, no? He shows himself sometimes when people frustrate me. There is a desk drawer in my office full of broken keyboards, mice, mother boards and such. He had to have done it, I would never break things up like that.
He also rises to the surface when things are supposed to work but they don't. And in traffic.
Don't get me wrong, Gundar isn't just angry Mike. Gundar has a great sense of humor. Especially when he sees things like this.
Jaw unhinges, loud guttural noises come out and tears stream down his face. He's a funny guy.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Wildcard Wednesday DELIVERS
All day long, I would bring up the front page of Yahoo! and just be utterly depressed at what the trending topic was. I told myself that at a certain time, the topic would lock in. So I kept looking and kept seeing Miley Cyrus. Close browser. Open browser, Miley Cyrus. Crap, really WW? You are going to make me write about Miley Cyrus. Sigh. Browser closed.
Browser opened...GHOSTBUSTERS 3!!!!! WOOHOO
Ghostbusters is one of my top 5 movies. Right up there with Back to the Future, Tombstone, GoodFellas and Star Wars. Ghostbusters 2 was ok but nothing to write home about.
I could quote Ghostbuster lines forever, it's such a quotable movie. Like this for example:
Dr. Peter Venkman: So, she's a dog...
or this little exchange
Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
Browser opened...GHOSTBUSTERS 3!!!!! WOOHOO
Ghostbusters is one of my top 5 movies. Right up there with Back to the Future, Tombstone, GoodFellas and Star Wars. Ghostbusters 2 was ok but nothing to write home about.
I could quote Ghostbuster lines forever, it's such a quotable movie. Like this for example:
Dr. Peter Venkman: So, she's a dog...
or this little exchange
Dr. Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Dr. Peter Venkman: What?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Why?
Dr. Egon Spengler: It would be bad.
Dr. Peter Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Dr. Egon Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
Dr Ray Stantz: Total protonic reversal.
Dr. Peter Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
You get the point. There has long been a rumored Ghostbusters 3. But would it be new people? A reboot of the franchise like so many others are doing?
According to what I'm reading now Ivan Reitman and the rest of the crew have all signed up to reprise their roles in the new movie. It's a great story with all the old characters plus a bunch of new ones. The script is waiting on Bill Murray to give it his stamp of approval and then they can move ahead with filming. This really gives me goosebumps. The film is scheduled to be released in December of 2012. Check out the trailer from, are you ready, 1984!!
You have to be excited about the prospects of GB3. Or you can't read my blog anymore.
Just kidding.
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