Bad Driver Postcards

Have you ever been driving when another driver cuts you off, or tailgates your car, or even gets angry (and flips you the bird) because you're not going as fast as they think you should?  I've been in that situation--actually, I've been in those kinds of situations often because I tend to drive the speed limit (while in the right land, of course), and the other drivers seem to think that's wrong.

Unfortunately, there is nothing that normal drivers can do when others are mean to us.  But that can change!  Well, that's the plan, anyway.

Welcome to one my most super-awesome business ideas that I could think of:

Bad Driver Postcards.

Snowmen on a Snowday!

Yesterday morning (early in the morning--even before I got up) it snowed here.  Although it only snowed about two inches, it still snowed.  That made it a wonderful day.

By the way, why is it that a lot of people hate the snow?  I haven't really understood their position other than the fact that it's cold when it snows and if you drive in the snow, you will most likely hit a patch of black ice.

Anyway, I digress.  So, because it was such a wonderful day, I took the kids outside and we made a snowman.  It was an amazing snowman, our 6' bug-eyed snowman.

It really was 6' tall!  I made the bottom ball about 3.5' tall, and the other ones filled out the rest.  The face was the best part, because we didn't have any coal (or raisins) or carrots.  So we found some sticks and rocks.  That sounds kind of kooky, but we put some sticks for the mouth and nose, made some snowballs for the eyes (we put rocks in the snowballs so they actually looked like eyes) and buttons on the jacket, and two funky snow-arms.

It looked like a bug-eyed freak (well, the freak part is because the eyes weren't focused on anything in particular--they looked like chameleon eyes that are focusing on two different parts, or one extreme lazy eye).  The arms just looked out of place.  It was fun making that.

After making it, we had a snowball fight.  I, of course, won, because of my superior marksmanship and skill (although it's not too difficult to beat 7 and 6 year-olds).

Manga, Addictions, and a nice Cold Shower

"Hello, my name is Chris, and I have an addiction."

Now that the formalities are out of the way, I can let the healing start.

So, I have an addiction.  To what?  Manga.  I am addicted to manga.

For those of you who have absolutely no clue what manga is, well, the simplest way to describe it is to classify it as Japanese comic books.  There are several different manga series available (actually, there are tens of thousands of different series out there), and they are featured in both print and online form.  I typically read the online forms because they come out weekly, I know where they will come out at, and most importantly, they are free.

Destroy the Sinners!!!

By the blog title, you would think this is going to be something about how sinners are horrible and that because they have sinned, they need to be destroyed.  Kind of like the Westboro Baptist Church.  That's not it.  It's a game I thought of, and hopefully there isn't one like it already out there, but if there is, I may need to go out and play it.

Anyway, before I get sidetracked again and start rambling on about whatever crosses my mind, I think I should say some things about this idea.

So, in this game you would play god.  You have a planet of people who have all sinned grievously against you, and because they have sinned against you so horribly, you have decided to destroy them all.  This is kind of like Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible.  They sinned grievously against God and were destroyed by fire.  As for the sins which the people committed, I will let you decide what sins they are--they could be anything from everyone murdering everyone (then wouldn't there be no population on the earth?) to the people eating Greek food on Thursday nights instead of pizza.  You decide on that.

Instant Answers for your Math and Science Questions

So, I actually came up with this wonderful idea this morning.  It may not seem to be as well thought-out as many of my other business ideas, but because I think this may be a simple, yet extremely attractive business, I'm going to throw it out--and if I get additional thoughts about this, I can always add a new post about it!

This would be a very simple method to get answers to students.

You see, when I'm studying and doing homework, I will work through the question and get as far as I can (usually, it's to the end), but I want to make sure that my answer is correct so that I can rest assured that I'm performing the calculations correctly.  Unfortunately, in most textbooks, in order to verify that my answer is correct, the question must be an odd number.  For some reason, the textbooks (and textbook makers) have some beef against even numbers, and they don't include them with the rest of the answers in the back of the book.  So, if I want the answer to an even-numbered question, I'm kind of out-of-luck.

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Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock game

Okay.  I have changed the way the Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock site looks.  There is a little more organization right now, but it's not perfect yet.  There will be a counter in it as well, which will allow you to see how many wins, losses, and ties you have gotten.  That's not implemented yet, but it will be soon.

Please check it out and give some feedback!

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock game

1 month of being my shoes

During my entire life so far, I have only had one pair of shoes which has lasted longer than 6 months.  I still remember those shoes.  They were Adidas brand shoes.  They would have lasted longer, but the soles of both shoes fell off.  Actually, they were held together (shoe to sole) by electrical tape for a couple of months.

Although these are backwards, they show
the condition of my shoes

Funny, I remember the day when I had to get rid of those shoes.  The tape had worn off (electrical tape tends to do that after about 4 - 5 days of use, but duck tape does it after 1 - 2 days), and I was walking with the sole flopping around.  I miscalculated the height of my step, and caught the toe of the sole on the ground, which caused it to rip off the shoe completely.  I kept the sole and shoe for several months as a trophy of sorts.

These latest shoes were purchased a month ago from Walmart.  They were the cheapest shoes offered.  I figured that even though they were cheap, they should be able to last a few months before completely falling apart.

 Before I go any further, I should note that I had purchased shoes by Starter before, and they had lasted about 3 months before experiencing serious problems.  I felt comfortable that they would be able to last long enough for me to be able to justify spending a paltry $15 for them (I know, I know... that's WAY to cheap to spend on shoes that should last me 3 months!  I should have spent at least, $30).