Entries from February 2009

February 28, 2009

Whatever Happened to The American Spirit?

I just had to post a little rant…a little food for thought. Feel free to argue with me if I’m missing something. Also note, that when I say “we”…I mean the collective “we” and certainly include myself in that.
So here we are, facing the biggest economic crisis of our generation.
(http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/united_states_economy/index.html)
All the [...]

February 22, 2009

It’s not rocket science, it’s apop

As with any longtime Apop fan, “Welcome To Earth” amd “Harmonizer” will always be my faves. In my book they are two very influential electronic masterpieces that made Apop a prominent superpower in the Electronic, EBM, Futurepop, Post-Synth genre/realm.

Then in 2005, they released “You & me Against The World” leaving behind their heavy electronic sound [...]

February 20, 2009

atypical

A word that is now a big part of my vocabulary.  I’ve been doing some reading online this past week!  But I’ll get to that…
Today has been a great day.
Made some break throughs in my math class this morning.  That might be a whole other blog though.  After class I opted to walk home so [...]

February 17, 2009

my new “i’m such a geek” project

So I hate riding indoors but the ipod keeps me going. So now I’m planning to setup a few different playlists for my self imposed spinning workouts. In addition to the length of time of the workout, the song tempos and intensities will be congruent with pedal cadence [building up and down]. I’ll post [...]

February 14, 2009

Mad World

This is kind of funny, yet a sad commentary on the world today.  A pair of shoes closed down a local road.
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-feb1309-pair_of_shoes.11188a85.html

February 12, 2009

::LIVESTRONG::

You may be noticing a theme in current and possible future posts….nothing to worry about for those of you who know me. But recent events have shed some new perspectives on a topic.
I’ve lost 2 close family members to cancer.
I watched someone I worked with for years die from cancer.
Everybody knows somebody who has been [...]

February 12, 2009

My Weekly Zen

“If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell.“
~Lance Armstrong

February 8, 2009

suffer well

My blogs have recently descended into quick 1 word sentences. I haven’t had much left in me to write lately. Tonight I’m writing 1 post to get the brain matter engaged then I’m logging off of facebook and any other of my online apps I frequent and will be doing some massive prep for the [...]

February 5, 2009

My Weekly Zen

The obstacle is the path.

February 4, 2009

quick one

busy. typical day: wake up 0500. get ready. 0630 Aidan off. 0800 Brennan to school. 0810 drop shan off, park at the Lincoln garage. 0820 coffee. 0835 classes start. 1100 home, quick lunch, 11:30 homework, 1400 workout, 1630, pick up wife, brennan. Aidan arrives about 1730, dinner at 1800, 1900 homework. asleep between 2100 & [...]