Today in class a voice over the intercom said "there is a vehicle in the parking lot with license plate number 720 OLX. Thank you." 

Good to know.

I decided it's time I contribute a little bit more to the Geeklet, and I figured what a better way to start than by writing about one of the coolest things I've ever purchased: The Mangroomer!!! As some of you might already know, I've been blessed with very healthy hair folicals over my entire body. (There are others in our group of friends that have been equally blessed, by I won't rat them out here.) I'm not necissarily ashamed of the hair, in fact I feel like more of a man for it. Unfortunatly for me I wasn't born in the 70's when it was acceptible to show some hair, and thus have been forced to explore many hair removal methods.

My first attempts at hair removal involed shaving. With age this stopped working as I began to grow hair in areas that I could no longer reach. Shaving also gives you in-grown hairs and I've heard that it makes the hair grow in thicker.

There was also the Nair incident in college where I let some girls Nair my back. Again, this worked, but only with help. I could never look those girls in the eyes again.

Last year I tried waxing my back. Bad idea. It got rid of the hair for like 3 weeks, but I also broke out all over and couldn't go shirtless for two weeks. Net effect: I was hairless for one week, zitty for two. Not an acceptible trade off.

I've also tried some more expensive alternatives like laser surgery. This too did not work. It made the hair less thick, but I guess I was a little too manly for it. (At least that's what I like to tell myself.)

I was about to throw in the towel and accept my fate when I decided to do some research on the internet. I found a couple of crazy shaving contraptions that didn't seem very realistic, and then I stumbled on the the best invention ever: The Mangroomer!!!! You can purchase this thing from most local stores. It's basically an electric hair trimmer attached to an extendible arm. I take this thing to my back once I week and call it good. It's awsome and suggest anyone looking at getting rid of some unwanted hair pick one up.

Until hair comes back in style (which it will if I have anything to do with it,) I'm thankful for the Mangroomer!!!

P.S. if you make a post we won't assume you have hair issues.

One of the most awesome toys I owned as a child.

One of the great cartoons of my time was He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Looking back I realize that He-Man did have some issues, which I already wrote about in an old post but even with his bleached hair and dark eyebrows he became one of my childhood heroes. Whooping on Skeletor and his minions with help from Cringer, Teela, and Man-at-Arms made for a great cartoon. My parents and the spoiling of their only child (for seven years) let me reap the rewards of many action figures and accessories. Among these accessories was Castle Grayskull with a working drawbridge, and my favorite, Snake Mountain. The toy form of the Villain's lair had a working microphone that let you sound nothing like Skeletor but let you get some wicked screeching feedback when you held the microphone close to the speaker. Watch the commercial for the toy "if you dare... Ha ha ha ha."

How I spend my time at Kaysville ElementarySchool from 8:00 - 2:30?? Ridiculous.

There is new internet surfing music inspired by some of my favorite movies. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click play because I didn't set it to autostart.

Foosball

Blog Music

When I check blogs I open a tab for every blog I will be looking at so everything can be loaded ahead of time. When there is a music player on a few blogs I get a bunch of mash-ups which usually don't go together very well. I always just turn the sound off when this happens. On the other hand, when someone has a long good post about an interesting topic I kind of like the background music, I think it adds a little umph to the reading. I also sometimes open up certain people's blogs when I am working on other things just to have some different and unique music playing. So here I am contemplating the idea of sharing some good music with everyone out there. I wonder, will people actually stop and listen, will they leave my blog open while they surf the web, or will they turn the sound off like I ofttimes do?

Okay so I got a few playlists ready so I can rotate them and I just discovered that you can set the player to NOT AUTOSTART. Why do so many force their music on us? I am going to give you a choice today. If you choose to accept, scroll down to the bottom push play and enjoy some nice background music while you check your email and snoop around on facebook. Otherwise...leave in silence. 

Materialism and Morality

"...in spite of these spectacular strides in science and technology, and still unlimited ones to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers."

I recently read this Nobel Peace Prize lecture given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. being recommended by a website that I frequent. I believe he was a divinely inspired man, able to understand life and the world around him a little better than most.

"Every man lives in two realms, the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live. Our problem today is that we have allowed the internal to become lost in the external. We have allowed the means by which we live to outdistance the ends for which we live. So much of modern life can be summarized in that arresting dictum of the poet Thoreau: "Improved means to an unimproved end". This is the serious predicament, the deep and haunting problem confronting modern man. If we are to survive today, our moral and spiritual "lag" must be eliminated. Enlarged material powers spell enlarged peril if there is not proportionate growth of the soul. When the "without" of man's nature subjugates the "within", dark storm clouds begin to form in the world."

These are just a few snippets of that speech. The full thing can be found by clicking here.

I'm happy because gas is under $1.50

I also found this site called FAIL Blog that I am enjoying. There is now a link to it under my 'Fav Five' over on the right. The site is usually updated 1-2 times a day. Enjoy!

Another chapter in history has been written

November has passed but I feel that this event recreated in comic form will keep the spirit of Beardvember alive. We had a great run with many participants and I believe it could not have ended better.
For highlights of one of the best beard removal documentaries ever, please visit Rob's blog by clicking here. And don't forget to vote for your favorite look.

"Into the garbage chute flyboy!"- Leia

I have kind of lost interest in The Office, and 30 Rock just hasn't been fulfilling. Reruns of King of Queens are getting boring and even my favorite, The Family Guy, seems to be losing a little bit of its luster. There just doesn't seem to be much that is worth watching these days. Fortunately Cartoon Network has continued to produce a few shows that can keep me smiling.