So Autumn is officially here. I like this transitional period we are entering. I’m not a fan of late Fall and by the time Winter has been dragging on I am ready for Spring and Summer, but there is just something unique and “circle of life-ish” to the beggining of Autumn.
Football, cooler weather, changing leaves, the approaching holiday season… good times.
A couple of years ago Kerry and I went hiking around Sundance this time of year: Photo Album
I have recently posted up to the photo gallery a number of albums worth of pictures for some of the summer activities we have been up to in the last 6 weeks or so.
At the start of July Kerry’s family came out for the 4th and the Provo Freedom Festival (including the Stadium of Fire). Let’s just say that a stadium full of Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) fans was quite an experience, one that I hope to not have to endure again any time soon. We also went to a concert up at Sundance Resort where the Utah Symphony played, that was a great setting.
At the end of the month we went with Scott and Angela and kids to Uncle Jim’s cabin - Kerry couldn’t get over the wildflowers. I can get used to that kind of camping!
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I couldn’t take it anymore, I had to get outside. After a long week in Dallas working at the data center (until Sunday) and it being a holiday week, I had had enough of living in the environment-controlled world of corporate buildings, I needed to breath some fresh air and deal with the heat that comes with spending time out of doors.
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Kerry and I just got back from an awesome (though short) vacation down to Moab, UT. What an amazing place, I can’t get enough of that red rock and sandstone formations. I refer to the canyonlands area of southern Utah/northern Arizona as ‘God’s Sandbox’ Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, etc… are amazing areas.
If you don’t want to hear any stories but instead want to skip right to the pictures head on over here: Moab Album
Moab in the Spring or Fall is perfect, the Summer is just too hot. We went mid-week as well which seems to have been a good choice, by Friday as we were leaving there seemed to be more people at Arches and in town.
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I wasn’t a huge fan of the old photo gallery site but hadn’t found anything worth replacing it with. That is until a few weeks ago. The new photo gallery is an open-source project called Plogger. It is a lot cleaner than Coppermine while still quite robust, powerful, and much more customizable.
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Wow… wow. I think the cockpit is going to need some paper towels to clean things up in there after this landing attempt. I can only imagine that their relief at not being smeared all over the tarmac is only tempered by the fact that they need to circle around and try again. Maybe they stayed in the air for a while until the storm passed or maybe landed at an alternate airport.
I had this forwarded to me in an email. I got a chuckle out of it, though I think I cried a little inside at some of the examples…
POLITICAL SCIENCE & ECONOMICS FOR DUMMIES
DEMOCRAT
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative and tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
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Flowers and smelly creams? Psh, women only! Real men want soap that contains bits of broken glass and only works at water temperatures of 40 or below. Real men don’t want perfumed toilette paper..
Scottish Spring Soap for Men:
Sandy Toilette Paper (for a good hard scrubbin’):
Then again… ouch! I hurt just thinking about those products.
I found a funny post over here that is a great combination of two worlds that I’m sure have never met: Rap/Dance music & Excel charts
Here’s a sampling of the funnier ones:
