Kissing test: Would you be willing to do this?

Looking for a little something different for that Jack-o-lantern this year?

The Pumpkin Glow web site offers a couple dozen non-traditional pumpkin-carving patterns.

Download a PDF of a cartoon, comedian, celebrity or patriotic carving patterns to make your jack-o-lantern stand out from the crowd (Jay Leno pictured). Some of these patterns require a bit more carving skill than others, but the expertise level is conveniently noted inside the PDF. Got any pumpkin carving tips for those of us who are all thumbs? Post 'em up in the comments. — Gina Trapani

Patterns [PumpkinGlow.com via lifehacker]

I am the proud new owner of new digital SLR camera

Since my FujiFilm digital passed away last weekend, I took a trip to the camera store and got myself a brandy new Olympus EVOLT E-500, I got one heck of a deal and I am so excited about the quality of the pictures. Click on the link below or the photo to see an album taken by the new machine.

From New Camera an...

Visiting Walt at UNC

 

Kaitlyn loved her cousin Jackie

 

Mom and Dad, 50 something years of marital bliss

Reminds me of something Lou Holtz says: The key to true happiness is a bad memory.

(not that Mom and Dad have a bad memory... well, you get the idea.) 

Uncle Joel, Uncle Joel, Uncle Joel!

 

Our little family.

I truly consider myself one of the luckiest man on the face of the earth. Look at my ladies!
(check in with me in 10 or so years...) 

Paige at Aeron & Chris's Wedding

 

Time Management

One crazy thing about time.  It can NEVER be controlled, it controls us.

Lately, it seems that there isn't enough time to do everything that needs to be done.  Things get pushed into tomorrow, and tomorrow until the next day.  This article gives a few good tips on how to manage your day.  I have a system that involves a journal of every meeting, thing to do, or client interaction.  I review it daily and act on what's most important or what will get me closer to making more money/hitting my goals.  Lately, I send a lot of text messages to my work email from the road when there is something that needs to be done next time I am in front of the computer.

(it's focused on realtors - but anyone can take something away from it)

http://www.realtor.org/rmomag.NSF/pages/Feat2200610?OpenDocument

Is Sex Necessary? - Forbes.com

I'm just quoting here:

"The study was designed to compare persons of comparable circumstances, age and health. Its findings, published in 1997 in the British Medical Journal, were that men who reported the highest frequency of orgasm enjoyed a death rate half that of the laggards."

Just the facts, Maam.  Just the facts.

http://www.forbes.com/2003/10/08/cz_af_1008health.html

T-Mobile attacks VOIP market

It's an unusual day when I am really fired up about a new technology by T-Mobile (of all companies). They have typically been a "me too" kind of mobile company. That is, until today.

Their new Cell Phone/Wi-Fi handset is a GENIUS step into stealing the younger and early adapter buyers. Here's how it works: It's a cell phone on the road and you simply use your minutes like any plan, but as soon as you are in the presence of a Wi-Fi hot spot: BAM! You are using unlimited minutes to any phone. Yeah.

For all of those people who have Vonage, Voice Wing, etc - they now get the best of both worlds in one handset. Genius.

Lets all wait and see how long it takes until the big red machine Verizon gets to this point. (don't hold your breath, but it will happen eventually)

http://www.theonlyphoneyouneed.com/

What the hell is this?

The person with the best guess wins!!!!

Hint: It's not mechanical, it's something that can be found in nature. This photo is an extreme closeup of this thing. Truly spectacular!

Cat's Tongue: Macro Photo

Saw this on Digg.com and had to post it. How cool is this????

News!

Courtesy of Google RSS feeds, I am able to share with you - in real time - news and articles that I have found around the web. When you come on by looking for something fun to read, chances are there will be something funny, cool, or interesting to read.

Take a peek over there ------->

Truly heartwarming, fun, and amazing video: Skidboot the dog

YouTube - This Man can Move Anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRRDzFROMx0

Why girls have low self esteem. Models aren't real, take a look at this.

http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/home_films_evolution_v2.swf

Great Elevator Trick

In a hurry to get to the 17th floor on a crowded elevator? The iHacked web site says a simple (but impolite) key combination can make some elevators skip everyone else's floor and go straight to yours:

The only thing you need to do is press down the close door button, and the floor you would like to go to at the same time. This trick has worked on all the office elevators I have tried so far. I find it works the easiest on:
Otis Elevators
Dover Elevators
And Most Desert Elevators

I come from a long line of elevator experts (hi J&A!) so I'll have to confirm this with them, as California has a lot fewer elevators in tall buildings to test on. Ever given this trick a try? Let us know how it goes in the comments. — Gina Trapani lifehacker.com

Elevator Hacking [iHacked]

So long, Steve Irwin

When I go, I hope Beck talks about me like Terry talks about Steve.

The day that popular television personality Steve "Crocodile Hunter"
Irwin died was the day his wife, Terri, says she lost her prince.

It's been almost a month since a stingray barb killed her husband of
14 years, piercing his heart as he filmed a show on the Great Barrier
Reef. Terri spoke with Barbara Walters, in her first interview since
Irwin's death, about how she is coping.

"One minute at a time. Sometime an hour at a time. With great faith,
great determination," Terri says. "I have tremendous faith in God that
all things happen for a reason, even if we don't understand. & I have
two beautiful children. And they really are my strength."

Terri met Steve Irwin on Oct. 6, 1991. The Oregon native was visiting
Australia with friends. "I went into this little reptile park, and
Steve was doing the crocodile show, coincidentally. & I was absolutely
floored. That was it. This man was a real-life hero. I fell then and
there, love at first sight."

They started talking, and Terri says it became clear that Steve liked
her too. But he told her he had a girlfriend. "I was a little bit
devastated, she says." But that lovesick devastation didn't last for
long. Steve introduced Terri to his girlfriend Sue, a little dog.

Six months later, they were married.

Terri says she'd marry Steve again in a minute, even knowing how it would end.

Despite the loss of her husband, Terri says she still feels blessed
that she had him in her life. "I had romance like I didn't think
existed anymore, a wonderful romance. He was passionate and determined
and enthusiastic."

He had so much enthusiasm for life, that at times, Terri says, it was
hard to keep up with him. "There were so many things that made me
crazy, like his desire to do everything now. He had a real sense of
urgency with his life and no side view business plan. If you got
plans, we'll do them now."

At Irwin's memorial service, it was said over and over again how
"Steve changed the world." Terri says he changed the world by giving
everyone a message. "If you can reach out and touch and love and be
with wildlife, you will forever be changed and you will want to make
the world a better place. & If we do nothing... we're in trouble. And
he did more than anybody. So I think we can all do something."

As the Irwin family continues to grieve, there's one thing Terri says
she misses the most. "He was fun. He was fun. He taught me it's OK to
play in the rain. And splash in my puddle. And let the kids get dirty.
And spill ice cream on your pants. He didn't sweat the little stuff.
He followed the big picture. And he had fun! Now I'm going to work
really hard at having fun again. & I'm Mrs. Steve Irwin. I've got a
lot to live up to."

Terri remembers how much her husband loved being in the wild. "When he
was in with those crocodiles, all he wanted to do was show you and
convince you why you should love them... He just absolutely loved
crocodiles... But you know how he saw them. Not as weird. He saw them
as dinosaurs... He saw them as the most amazing animals."

Bindi, their 8-year-old daughter, reminds Terri of her husband. "Bindi
has a spirituality about her that I've seen with Steve. She has
unbelievable sensitivity. She has an uncanny connection with wildlife.
She has a love for them that was just like her dad's. & She seems to
feel an animal. She seems to understand it and have this great gift of
love."

Bindi has begun to follow in her father's footsteps. She's on a new
series the Discovery Network has developed called "Bindi the Jungle
Girl," which Bindi hosts herself.

And what's in Terri's own future? "I have to be here for my
children," she says. "I have to make sure the zoo keeps running. He
planned all of that masterfully. He planned this wonderful business so
that it could continue if anything happened to him."

And if the youngest of the Irwin clan, 2-year-old Robert, has any say
in future plans, his father will be back in their lives. Just the
other night, Terri says she found Robert fixing a motorbike with a
screwdriver. She asked him what he was doing, and he answered, "I'm
fixing the motorbike so Daddy can drive it from heaven."