Archive for October, 2007

Video: Amazing Drum Solo

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , , , on October 31, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

I’ve always wished I could play drums like Neal Peart from Rush or even Tommy Lee from Motley Crue. So, I have always enjoyed watching drummers. This guy is pretty darn good:

Here is another: http://www.break.com/index/amazing-drum-tenor-solo2.html

Sports: 15 laterals to a touchdown

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on October 28, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

Holy crap, this is impressive. Five words: 15 Laterals to a touchdown.

“In an unprecedented finish … Trinity University executed 15 laterals, off a kickoff return, before scoring a touchdown at the final gun to clinch an improbable 28-24 win over Millsaps College.”

Shopping: This is how we should all shop for melons

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , on October 28, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

I’m allergic to most melons, but next time I am at the market I’m gonna try and purchase one like this:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=cce_1192833795

News: The Mile High Plane

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , on October 28, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

This plane should be wrapped in a condom. Helloooo, Mile High Club???

The Mile High Plane

Don’t take a black-light on that plane and check the sheets…

Fun: Pen Spinning

Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

I have always wished I could do this.  A good friend of mine is pretty good, but these guys are freaking awesome.

Music: Sorting my tunes

Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

This past Saturday I decided to sort the over 4000+ songs I have in iTunes into various playlists today. I started at 1:00p, took a nap from 3:00p-4:00p, and finished at 10:00p. Nuts…

Me: Getting in shape

Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

I started working out this past weekend.  Gotta get in shape for indoor soccer, which I hope to start in December.  The elliptical has been gettig easier each time.  Today I started push-ups and weights.  Holy crap I am a weakling…  But, hopefully soon I’ll have some massive guns and can put my fist through brick!  Haha!

Funny: Darth Vader – the true story

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on October 25, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

I saw the Family Guy Star Wars episode a few weeks ago which was absolutely hilarious. Because of that I decided to do some searching on youtube for various star wars clips and came across this one. In it, they use various voice overs from James Earl Jones movies and redo the dialog Darth Vader has throughout Star Wars episode 4.

Oh, I also purchased Darth Tater.

Darth Tater

Racing: 24 hours of LeMons (yes, spelled correctly)

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , , , , on October 25, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

Now, this is just plain AWESOME!! These guys raced beater cars for 24 hours. Talk about getting back to grass roots racing!

Work: Company function

Posted in Uncategorized with tags , on October 24, 2007 by rantsofatwinkie

Just got back from a company dinner function. One of our products just had a new version get released a few weeks ago, and the product I deal with is getting released next month. So, our entire sales engineers from all over the world are in town this week for training. So, we had presentations that started today and continue until Friday.

The cool thing is that we get free meals. :-D Wow, can those guys drink!!