Another One Of My Favorite Things

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A few posts ago, I discussed my favorite web comic, xkcd. This week, I thought I would reveal another of my favorite places on the web to visit.

The Fail Blog website www.failblog.org has provided me with much laughter and enjoyment this past year. I found it while seeking an explanation of why my friends in AP Physics class in high school were always saying the words "fail", "epic fail," and "win". It is a testament to the stupidity of man. I don't know that I can really explain it, you'll just have to check it out for yourself.

While you're there, direct your gaze to the top navigation bar. You should see many links with the letters "lol" in them. Failblog is part of a conglomerate of websites devoted to funniness in all forms. Lolcats, Loldogs, Fun With Charts, and Engrish along with failblog are daily checks for me. With all the stress in life, I need some laughter now and then.

Be sure to check this one out, if you aren't aware of it already. I hope it makes you smile as much as I did.

I Forgot To Post Twice Last Week

Apparently, there's no class today. Fail for me because I went to the room anyway. With the unexpected free hour I now have, I decided to post the blog I didn't post last week.

This is a blatant and biased plug for my friend Matt's blog. You can see it here. He calls it "The Hunt for Red November." It's part political, part amusing, and part thought provoking. Although I do not always agree with what he has to say, I am almost always entertained one way or the other.

So great job Matt! You've achieved the immortal status of providing me with a blog entry that fulfills my duties as a student of Honors 102. Well done indeed.

My List

I lifted this out of my diary. I wrote it a while ago.

Things I want to do and Places I Want to Visit before it's too late:

1) The Great Barrier Reef
2) The Tepee Hotel
3)Venice
4)Paris
5)Swim with a pod of wild Dolphins
6)Hear a humpback whale
7)See the blue ice in Alaska
8)see the floating city in South America
9)The Incan Ruins
10) A Native American Reservation
11) Drive Route 66

And these are the ones I'm adding today:

12) Tour Ancient Egypt
13) The Galapagos Islands
14) Ireland
15) Australia
16) Amazon River and Jungle

As you can see, I hope to do a lot of traveling some day. Post the places you'd like to visit or things you'd like to do as a reply; I think it would be really neat to see what our class hopes to do.

Be the Crane

I saw the most awe inspiring site today. Out my backdoor flows the Ohio River. There's a lot of debris floating downriver this time of year. Today, on one of the logs, sat four cranes. They were completely motionless, even as the log turned in circles and continued speeding along.
I watched them until they floated away and out of my sight. They never flew away, or even fluttered a feather. It got me thinking about how small those four cranes were compared to the big river. Yet they were not afraid.
What an accomplishment would it be if we could all behave like those cranes? If we could learn to go with the flow of life. If we could learn not to fight the small currents, knowing that they are insignificant in the big picture. Better still, if we could learn to stay close to our friends when times get tough.
Short story short, the next time you catch yourself stressed from a test or paper, be the crane.

This made my day...

This could be considered off topic, I know, but it has to be said.

So, I was in my advising appointment Monday, which is why I missed class, and talking about the usual to my counselor.

Suddenly, in the middle of his sentence, his cell phone goes off. *doo de doo de doodoodoo-doodoo dooddle de doo dooddle de doo* He makes the fastest move I've ever seen to turn around and shut it off, then continues talking.

I waited a moment, tried not to snicker, and said slowly, "That was the Cantina Song from Star Wars, wasn't it?" He didn't look up but smiled embarrassedly and said, "Yes it was."

Like I told him then, that just made my day.