When you get ready to play your Luxury vacation getaway, you will want to know where you can stay and what is available in the way of amenities, by visiting HomeAway you will get all the information you will need. This site offers you luxury Hawaiian and European vacation rentals that are luxurious and close to the beach.… read more “Luxury Hawaii and Europe Vacation Rentals”
Author: Joel Gross
Eye-Catching Art
The following art caught my eye as I surfed the internet.‚ Enjoy.
Funny Videos: Ukulele Orchestra Play Pop Songs
Watch the funny videos below of a ukulele orchestra playing pop music.
Below they play David Bowie’s Life on Mars:
The Ukulele Orchestra plays “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana below:
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Settlers of Catan: Mardi Gras Style
Nick and I went over to Brian’s place in Fremont tonight and played a board game called Settlers of Catan.‚ Apparently, Settlers has become a very popular game but I hadn’t tried it yet.‚ The game is basically a combination of Risk and Monopoly- players try to control the continent of Catan using strategy, luck and negotiating ability.… read more “Settlers of Catan: Mardi Gras Style”
Feeling Overwhelmed- (feb 24)
I have an enormous amount of work to do both professionally and personally right now.‚ My internal drive is out of whack and my balance is gone.‚ Need to focus and piece myself back together so that I can meet the challenges that are upon me now and plan for the rapidly approaching onslaught.
Funeral Held in World of Warcraft for Real Person
Funny video of internet trolls who found out about a funeral in the game of World of Warcraft for a real life person’s death… and busted it up. You WoW nerds will enjoy this.
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Mount Baker Park Presbyterian Church: “Intellect is Over-Rated”
One of my coworkers was driving around Seattle, WA the other day and discovered a gem of hilarity.‚ The Mount Baker Park Presbyterian Church had a sign out front that said “Intellect is Over-Rated”.‚ Apparently Reverend Leland Seese isn’t a big fan of brains.‚
Update on Advanced Web Application Development Course
My Advanced Web Application Development Course at UW is coming along well.‚ I have bought myself a GREAT C# book (Beginning C# 3.0: An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming by Jack Purdum) and am learning tons about C#.‚ Since I have been so focused on learning C#, my progress with ASP.NET has started to lag a little bit.‚ … read more “Update on Advanced Web Application Development Course”
Insomnia or Enough Sleep?
I woke up about twenty minutes ago and have been wide awake since.‚ Not a bad “tired, but can’t sleep” awake, instead a fresh bright mental state.
I have no idea why I am so awake.‚ I’m concerned I may have started to overtrain on my workouts.‚ For the last few consecutive days, I’ve been doing “ergs” -1,000 calorie workouts on a variety of machines plus my regular weight lifting.‚ … read more “Insomnia or Enough Sleep?”
Indefinite Detention Morally Wrong
On my website in the past, I have discussed my views on freedom and how vitally important a free society is for the success of mankind.‚ America’s freedoms have been slowly bleeding away for a long time, but former President George W. Bush’s policies have greatly eroded very important human rights.‚ One right in particular that has been seriously harmed is the right to not be indefinitely imprisoned without any recourse.… read more “Indefinite Detention Morally Wrong”