I know I am a horrible typist, so I really do need to practice. So one of my co-workers found this fascinating site that helps you with typing and I thought I give it a whirl. It basically times you on these lesson of random paragraphs that you must type, but I assume they write them (or the computer automatically generates them) to not be predictable and give more accurate results, but the result is some the oddist paragraphs you would ever read / type...

An example is below...

" Here is a simple experiment that will teach you an important electrical lesson: On a cool, dry day, scuff your feet along a carpet, then reach your hand into a friend's mouth and touch one of his dental fillings..Did you notice how your friend twitched violently and cried out in pain? This teaches us that electricity can be a very powerful force, but we must never use it to hurt others unless we need to learn an important electrical lesson "

I would have thought he would have had himself  frozen before this could happened.... Still crazy and sad that this has happened...

From the LA times

This is an interesting blog article I ran across today, but what is even more interesting is the comment left about what is REALLY wrong with the system.

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2009/06/cal_grant_progr.html

William Shatner Gives Conan O'Brien "The Finger"; NBC Censors Blur Image

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/06/william-shatner-gives-conan-obrien-finger-nbc-censors-blur-image

I see I made onto the City of Stockton, Neighborhood Renaissance Program website. That's me in the striped shirt :-)

http://www.stocktongov.com/nrp/pilotprogram.cfm

If your TV went blank, then you really haven't been paying attention for the last year have you? (you know all those commerical tellign you to do something??) The world has NOT ended, but its time for you to get cable or one of those boxes at Best Buy... (I bought mine on amazon actually... a Channel Master and Tyvex.)

1200 miles round trip!!!

Not sure what I was thinking but  it was not as bad of a drive back as I was expecting. (I stopped a few times to break up the time on the way back!) The weather could have been a little warmer. Other than that,  a 7-hour trek was probably one ofthe longer drive I've done in a long time. I forget sometimes how relaxing a nice drive is. So treking across the Mojave Desert wasn't so bad. Oddly enough I've benn out that way before and had to ask my dad why the place looked so familer. He says he remember us all taking a trek out that was years ago...

I was in Vegas for my friend Carlos' bachelor party. The offical word is that the Vegas was Lovely and the weather was nice.  (Knew I should have found a tiger and baby before heading out there!)  Vegas is still Vegas, and alwas nice place to go when you want ot get away. I stayed at hte Luxor, which is a first for me and was surprise how nice and inexpensive the hotel was, plus the pool was nice. Played too much blackjack and roulette, and no luck at either, but the bachelor seem to hold his own and that what was important!

Sounds like the next party is just white water rafting, I gues I better learn how to swim before them :-)

So watching one of my favorite show in TV, the following is a teaser that shows up at the end of the show. This one in particular caught my attention and wanted to quote it here...

"Live to see a highly educated, deeply thoughtful, articulate, cool, biracial President who is not overly crippled by childhood wounds and capable, in no particular order of freeing the nation of oil dependence, restoring its international standing, creating universal health care, resurrecting the economy, ending two wars, rebuilding the public education system, finally bringing about the end the mindlessness of racism, encouraging science and technology, firmly addressing environmental issues and global warming, and uniting the nation - and the world - in a giant cultural tipping point leap forward...

- Chuck Lorre # 239 To Do List

NASA is collecting name will be included with others on a microchip on the Mars Science Laboratory rover heading to Mars in 2011!

Submit away!

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/