Category: Interesting (Page 9 of 10)

So I have been trying to do some new things. I have been reading every day and brushing my teeth twice a day.  I’m trying to write every night so that I can get more practice to write a book. So far I haven’t had much to write about. Everything in my life is really good. I wish I had more interesting things to say in this blog, but I thought I might as well start small and build up.

I have a new samsung galaxy tab and I’m using the google voice recognition right now to write this. So far it seems to be pretty good. I do have some problems when I have to go back and edit some of the words. But so far I can’t complain.

I would have to say that the voice recognition is quicker than trying to type on the tablet. I do have “Swipe” for the galaxy tab and it works really well, but not as quick as using the voice recognition. I really like this. One of the problems with using the voice recognition is you can’t do it for lying in bed next to your spouce or in my case next to your son. They think you are kinda weird and disturb their sleep.

Just finished Penn Jillette’s book “God, no!” One of the interesting parts was when he talked about his love or admiration for Bob Dylan. Now I have a confession to make:I have never listened to a Dylan album. I have heard a few songs but never really got into him. I guess it’s about time I did. Will listen to a few and report back.

I’m really loving this Samsung galaxy tab. A little upset that I learned today that Samsung will not be updating it with Ice Cream Sandwich, but maybe I need to root it and then it won’t matter.  Ahh, to geek out. I wish I had more time to geek all the things I would like. Magic, tech, photos, family, games, sports. More fun things to do than you could do in a dozen lifetimes. Main reason I am never bored.

so here’s a question, why does watching the world junior hockey championships on tv and seeing Canada get destroyed have such an impact on me? I have never played hockey so I don’t understand why I am so emotionally involved. yet here I am at 1130 at night after watching Canada lose and can’t sleep.

it seems to be worse for the Raptors. I watched them play yesterday and I was so mad I stormed out of the room and swore.

at least for the Raptors I understand it. It is about fairness. The refs always seem to have a hate on for them.  for someone who according to my wife is emotionally distant I have a lot of emotions for sports. Okay she has never said that. But I do tend to be very emotionally stable.

Damn! Found out that after I turned the game off Canada came back and almost tied. I turned it off at 6 to 1, Canada came back to make the final score 6 to 5. Oh well. A loss is aloss.

I love lazy but productive days. I watched some magic videos, cleaned the office and did some general household cleaning. And I got a nap too.

The one thing that brought me down today was the work work that I did. I had to look over everyone’s year end reviews and they were lousy which meant I had to send everyone an email telling them specifically what I wanted to see and by when. Plus it brought my own career back to the forefront of my mind again. How I need to work on selling my accomplishments this year to my boss and how tired I am of doing that. I need him to be a bit of a cheerleader for me and how unlikely that is ever going to be regardless of where I work our what I do.
Oh well.

Whew. Able to bow my head and “pray” but really do a posting while at church.

“When the going gets tough, the smart find an easier way.”- Lee Elliott, May 2011
“I wish I worked for Disney because they at least have a reason to be a Mickey Mouse organization.” – Lee Elliott, May 2011