So I'm 33, and to be honest I'm balding slightly and there is some gray hair creeping through. Nothing I can't handle.
Dear, sweet Mrs. Koda just came into see me, stroked my hair and then exclaimed...
Holy Crap! Grey Hair honey! Is it getting worse?
So if any of you happen to see my ego skulking off behind a bush, please send him home... I miss him!
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Throwing off Scrooge!
So you know how I said I was having a real hard time with Christmas Carols this year?
I still am, but I've found a couple of exceptions which I wanted to share.
The first actually comes with video from the source, but embedding is disabled. So you can either watch the audio only version below, or you can click here. The graphics are worth the extra click though, and you can come back and watch the others when you're done!
1. Oh Holy Night by Eric Cartman
2. Oi to the World by No Doubt
3. Carol of the Bells by The Trans Siberian Orchestra
I couldn't find a decent video of this, but this one isn't half bad. There's about 3 and half minutes of built up to it, but I enjoyed that. If you don't just skip forward to about 3:30.
I've gotta go see TSO one of the years. Their show looks phenomenal.
Happy Solstice Everyone!!
I still am, but I've found a couple of exceptions which I wanted to share.
The first actually comes with video from the source, but embedding is disabled. So you can either watch the audio only version below, or you can click here. The graphics are worth the extra click though, and you can come back and watch the others when you're done!
1. Oh Holy Night by Eric Cartman
2. Oi to the World by No Doubt
3. Carol of the Bells by The Trans Siberian Orchestra
I couldn't find a decent video of this, but this one isn't half bad. There's about 3 and half minutes of built up to it, but I enjoyed that. If you don't just skip forward to about 3:30.
I've gotta go see TSO one of the years. Their show looks phenomenal.
Happy Solstice Everyone!!
*** NEW BLOG ***
Before I tell you more, please calm down... It's not that exciting. Unless of course you're a computer geek!
I posted something a while back involving a problem with Internet Explorer and how it deals with dynamic cells in javascript different from every other browser.
Bored already? I'll post something more humorous shortly!
Anyway, I came across another issue this weekend which taxed my brain, and which didn't seem to have a solution on the internet. Rather than post it here, I figured I'd start a new blog, wherein to post all my geeky programming type observations.
As of this morning it has 2 entries!
If you're desperate for entertainment, you can view it here, but I think you'll be sorely disappointed.
In other news sometime late last night, someone came and spent several hours perusing this and my kodathink blog. I found interesting where they went and what they looked at. If it was you... I hope you found what you were looking for!!
I posted something a while back involving a problem with Internet Explorer and how it deals with dynamic cells in javascript different from every other browser.
Bored already? I'll post something more humorous shortly!
Anyway, I came across another issue this weekend which taxed my brain, and which didn't seem to have a solution on the internet. Rather than post it here, I figured I'd start a new blog, wherein to post all my geeky programming type observations.
As of this morning it has 2 entries!
If you're desperate for entertainment, you can view it here, but I think you'll be sorely disappointed.
In other news sometime late last night, someone came and spent several hours perusing this and my kodathink blog. I found interesting where they went and what they looked at. If it was you... I hope you found what you were looking for!!
Monday, December 07, 2009
First Kisses and Snow
I follow a South African Triathlete on Twitter. Actually, he's not just a triathlete, he's won the XTerra world championship 3 times, and could well do it again next year.
He spends a lot of his time in Reno and apparently he's there right now.
ConradStoltz It's snowing cats and dogs in Reno. Snow is so
amazing- everyone has to see it before they die http://twitpic.com/sjh5h
I miss feeling that way about snow. This morning, as I brushed it off my car at 4:45 am in temperatures hovering around 10 degrees (That's like -12 Celcius), I may have muttered a few words of contempt about it under my breath, and as I drove into work on a rather slick freeway, I may have uttered a few more.
It's kind of like that first kiss. I love being married and all, but there is a completely indescribably feeling when anticipating or participating in a first kiss. Perhaps that's why the twilight books were so big... People trying to capture that feeling through a character in a novel.
He spends a lot of his time in Reno and apparently he's there right now.
ConradStoltz It's snowing cats and dogs in Reno. Snow is so
amazing- everyone has to see it before they die http://twitpic.com/sjh5h
I miss feeling that way about snow. This morning, as I brushed it off my car at 4:45 am in temperatures hovering around 10 degrees (That's like -12 Celcius), I may have muttered a few words of contempt about it under my breath, and as I drove into work on a rather slick freeway, I may have uttered a few more.
It's kind of like that first kiss. I love being married and all, but there is a completely indescribably feeling when anticipating or participating in a first kiss. Perhaps that's why the twilight books were so big... People trying to capture that feeling through a character in a novel.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
On Becoming a Hero
As I've mentioned in the past, I've been blessed with 5 incredible kids. They're a handful, and if we had to do it all over again, I think we would probably have stopped after 2, but that said, now that I know them, I wouldn't trade any of them for the world.
For some reason though, kids love toilet humor, and my kids seem to be way ahead of the curve on this. I think one of my 3 year old son's first words was 'fart' and he not only understood the word, but could demonstrate with remarkable proficiency as well.
At this point it's probably worth mentioning that the level of language used in the post is not likely to be raised much at all as it continues, so if you're uncomfortable with the topic being discussed so far, might I recommend you return in a day or two and simply ignore this post...
Anyway, so back to the topic at hand. Even my 16 month old, little angel has discovered that if she squats down and goes "Pissssssssss!" it garners delight from all her older siblings - and disapproving looks from Mom and Dad, which is apparently a plus as well - How she knows this, I have NO idea.
Anyway, so with that background, and with the idea I've been working on, to add more lights to my house for this Christmas, I was sent the following:
I'm thinking a light display such as this would likely make me an immortal hero in the eyes of my kids - and likely all the neighborhood kids too. Actually, I was going to jot down a few of the negative consequences too, but I realized there really aren't any...
The neighbors all think I'm going to hell, and speak about me behind my back, so it's not like that would be new...
Walmart were all out of green fairy light, which was what my lighting plans were to be based on, but this doesn't call for green lights...
Perhaps I'll be adding to my light display this weekend after all!
For some reason though, kids love toilet humor, and my kids seem to be way ahead of the curve on this. I think one of my 3 year old son's first words was 'fart' and he not only understood the word, but could demonstrate with remarkable proficiency as well.
At this point it's probably worth mentioning that the level of language used in the post is not likely to be raised much at all as it continues, so if you're uncomfortable with the topic being discussed so far, might I recommend you return in a day or two and simply ignore this post...
Anyway, so back to the topic at hand. Even my 16 month old, little angel has discovered that if she squats down and goes "Pissssssssss!" it garners delight from all her older siblings - and disapproving looks from Mom and Dad, which is apparently a plus as well - How she knows this, I have NO idea.
Anyway, so with that background, and with the idea I've been working on, to add more lights to my house for this Christmas, I was sent the following:
I'm thinking a light display such as this would likely make me an immortal hero in the eyes of my kids - and likely all the neighborhood kids too. Actually, I was going to jot down a few of the negative consequences too, but I realized there really aren't any...
The neighbors all think I'm going to hell, and speak about me behind my back, so it's not like that would be new...
Walmart were all out of green fairy light, which was what my lighting plans were to be based on, but this doesn't call for green lights...
Perhaps I'll be adding to my light display this weekend after all!
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Liberation and Lust
A good friend and I were talking last night about the attitudes of certain people in a respective neighborhood towards us and our families.
In my case, the dipstick who called my house at 6am on a Sunday morning some months ago, and is now making a nuisance of himself trying to get me to go and do visits with him is currently being ignored by yours truly. It's not enough that I told him, I won't go... He sees it as his personal responsibility to get me to go, and is taking personal offense that I won't. It's spilled over to his wife who is now refusing to acknowledge our existence and has been quite the topic of conversation with the extended family. I know a member of the extended family quite well in fact and so I found out all about it. Very Christian like if you ask me.
My friend has similar issues.
People try to manipulate you into doing something and when you don't fall for their sneaky schemes, they take it as a personal insult against them from you.
I remarked to him as I have in the past, that there is something amazingly liberating about coming to the realization that everyone around you is convinced you're going to hell. Just kinda takes the pressure if!
So with that in mind - specifically that I'm going to hell, today's post (well actually today's second post) is brought to you by lust!!
But first, since I think most of my readership fall into the female persuasion, and because I believe in equal opportunity for lust...
Ladies, in a special clip from the Jay Leno show... Here you go!
And if it helps (I know it did Mrs. Koda), he is barely 18, so don't worry about any legal consequences of said lusting!
And finally gentleman, please enjoy!
And actually if you really want to enjoy that song - might I suggest the official music video - on which, unfortunately embedding has been disabled. You can enjoy it right here.
In my case, the dipstick who called my house at 6am on a Sunday morning some months ago, and is now making a nuisance of himself trying to get me to go and do visits with him is currently being ignored by yours truly. It's not enough that I told him, I won't go... He sees it as his personal responsibility to get me to go, and is taking personal offense that I won't. It's spilled over to his wife who is now refusing to acknowledge our existence and has been quite the topic of conversation with the extended family. I know a member of the extended family quite well in fact and so I found out all about it. Very Christian like if you ask me.
My friend has similar issues.
People try to manipulate you into doing something and when you don't fall for their sneaky schemes, they take it as a personal insult against them from you.
I remarked to him as I have in the past, that there is something amazingly liberating about coming to the realization that everyone around you is convinced you're going to hell. Just kinda takes the pressure if!
So with that in mind - specifically that I'm going to hell, today's post (well actually today's second post) is brought to you by lust!!
But first, since I think most of my readership fall into the female persuasion, and because I believe in equal opportunity for lust...
Ladies, in a special clip from the Jay Leno show... Here you go!
And if it helps (I know it did Mrs. Koda), he is barely 18, so don't worry about any legal consequences of said lusting!
And finally gentleman, please enjoy!
And actually if you really want to enjoy that song - might I suggest the official music video - on which, unfortunately embedding has been disabled. You can enjoy it right here.
Scroogish
Here's the thing folks... I do love Christmas.
If I could cite as evidence, this somewhat blurry and low budget picture of the current nocturnal state of the Koda household.
And not only that, but I'm thinking I could very well be adding to the display if the weather holds out through the coming weekend.
But that said...
Am I totally alone and off base on this, but is anyone else just intensely annoyed by Christmas Carols on the radio? I mean, I have a radio station that I would rather listen too over anything else, but this morning as I headed to the pool, I turned it on and got... "Sleigh bells ring and you listening, in the snow the"
And that was where it ended, because I switched over to the hard rock station and got a little Beastie Boys, some P.O.D and a smidge of Metallica.
Aaaaaah! So much better.
If I could cite as evidence, this somewhat blurry and low budget picture of the current nocturnal state of the Koda household.
And not only that, but I'm thinking I could very well be adding to the display if the weather holds out through the coming weekend.
But that said...
Am I totally alone and off base on this, but is anyone else just intensely annoyed by Christmas Carols on the radio? I mean, I have a radio station that I would rather listen too over anything else, but this morning as I headed to the pool, I turned it on and got... "Sleigh bells ring and you listening, in the snow the"
And that was where it ended, because I switched over to the hard rock station and got a little Beastie Boys, some P.O.D and a smidge of Metallica.
Aaaaaah! So much better.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Cards and Cremation
It's been an interesting weekend. We had 7 house guests all last week, and then hosted 25 people for Thanksgiving dinner. I tried a unique experience called the iFly, ran half-way up Frary Peak on Antelope Island, and as I left the pool this morning I had a brilliant idea for a post, which has since left my mind, likely never to return.
There is one thing stuck in my mind... I was awakened from a dream shortly after 2 this morning. I think I was doing some kind of trick of something, but the end result was me lying in a coffin. Not only that, but it seemed like I was inside of a pine box, inside of a coffin. Both were open, but at that point, my 7 year old daughter appeared on the scene and tried to close both boxes.
My initial thought was that I could just push the lid open, but then I realized that the pine box and the coffin would open in difference directions, making that tricky to do.
Then I started thinking that perhaps I could do the Kill Bill, Kung Fu trick and break my way out of the coffin, except a) I'm not that strong, b) I don't actually know any Kung Fu and c) Have you ever felt how strong and heavy a coffin is?
Then I started to panic. What if the coffin got latched, and they just assumed I was dead and buried me. I was over come with total terror, convinced that I would be doomed to suffocate alone inside a dark, empty and confined box.
Yeah - try going to sleep after you wake up from that!! I did finally drop back to sleep for an hour or two, before the alarm went off, and the thought which did it, was a solid resolved to be cremated. Although in hindsight, would burning be more or less painful that suffocation? It would be quick, but it would likely hurt a whole lot more, and I am somewhat of a wuss when it comes to pain.
Perhaps with this being Monday and all, a less morbid start to the week might be a little better... A good friend sent me this a few minutes ago...
There is one thing stuck in my mind... I was awakened from a dream shortly after 2 this morning. I think I was doing some kind of trick of something, but the end result was me lying in a coffin. Not only that, but it seemed like I was inside of a pine box, inside of a coffin. Both were open, but at that point, my 7 year old daughter appeared on the scene and tried to close both boxes.
My initial thought was that I could just push the lid open, but then I realized that the pine box and the coffin would open in difference directions, making that tricky to do.
Then I started thinking that perhaps I could do the Kill Bill, Kung Fu trick and break my way out of the coffin, except a) I'm not that strong, b) I don't actually know any Kung Fu and c) Have you ever felt how strong and heavy a coffin is?
Then I started to panic. What if the coffin got latched, and they just assumed I was dead and buried me. I was over come with total terror, convinced that I would be doomed to suffocate alone inside a dark, empty and confined box.
Yeah - try going to sleep after you wake up from that!! I did finally drop back to sleep for an hour or two, before the alarm went off, and the thought which did it, was a solid resolved to be cremated. Although in hindsight, would burning be more or less painful that suffocation? It would be quick, but it would likely hurt a whole lot more, and I am somewhat of a wuss when it comes to pain.
Perhaps with this being Monday and all, a less morbid start to the week might be a little better... A good friend sent me this a few minutes ago...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Ummmmmm....
Just overheard someone complaining about President Obama.
And if he decides to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan, we've got to find a way to pay for that as well... You know, when you start a war without an exit strategy....
I'm glad my sport of choice is running and not baseball, because being beaten over the head with a running shoe is not likely to be fatal.
And if he decides to send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan, we've got to find a way to pay for that as well... You know, when you start a war without an exit strategy....
I'm glad my sport of choice is running and not baseball, because being beaten over the head with a running shoe is not likely to be fatal.
Words of Wisdom
Kind of a more serious post today, but these quotes kinda got me thinking and I hope they can do the same for you.
First, courtesy of Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity fame:
"It's never too late to be who you might have been."
George Elliot
And then a re-tweet from Monica Bielanko from someone or some group called hotdogsladies:
Theory: As long as strangers hold the power to affect your mood, you are deeply and fundamentally f*cked.
First, courtesy of Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Non-Conformity fame:
"It's never too late to be who you might have been."
George Elliot
And then a re-tweet from Monica Bielanko from someone or some group called hotdogsladies:
Theory: As long as strangers hold the power to affect your mood, you are deeply and fundamentally f*cked.
Monday, November 23, 2009
My Deity and The Book
I don't know if I've posted any Mr. Deity video's before... I guess I could look, but that would require effort, and well... It's Monday!
Anyway, so below is a Mr. Deity video from his first season. If you go over to my other blog, I have another video from the creator which is a little more serious, discussing the Christian origins of the United States.
Anyway, so below is a Mr. Deity video from his first season. If you go over to my other blog, I have another video from the creator which is a little more serious, discussing the Christian origins of the United States.
From Crackle:
That's What He Said...
There is this guy in Utah politics, called Chris Buttars. He's said some pretty inflammatory things about homosexuals in the past, like comparing them to Islamic terrorists and that kind of thing.
He had a quote last week that takes the cake though...
"I meet with the gays here and there and they were in my house two weeks ago. I don't mind gays, but I don't want them stuffing it in my throat all the time and especially in my kid's face"
From here.
I can explain it to my more innocent readers if I need to!
He had a quote last week that takes the cake though...
"I meet with the gays here and there and they were in my house two weeks ago. I don't mind gays, but I don't want them stuffing it in my throat all the time and especially in my kid's face"
From here.
I can explain it to my more innocent readers if I need to!
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