tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26675741922693517412012-02-16T04:19:15.161-07:00Wenrick's whimsical wonderings whisked straight to you.Geritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451873180010641912noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667574192269351741.post-52315277875776343452010-03-22T10:31:00.002-06:002010-03-22T11:04:33.099-06:00

Here I sit in my home. March 22nd, 2010. An unremarkable time of the year by most standards. It wouldn't be worthy of mention had not the USA been changed yesterday.House Resolution 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.Voting yes were 219 Democrats and 0 Republicans. Voting no were 34 Democrats and 178 Republicans.Notice that tiny zero in front of the Republican name? That means

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Its hard rooting for a team that loses. Its the antithesis of why we watch sports in the first place. Why pay money to attend a football game if you know your team is going to lose? We watch sports to make ourselves feel better, right?Or perhaps we watch sports so we can see the human drama; the ultimate reality TV show has been in front of us the whole time. We feel the rush of victory when our

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Last year Boise State and TCU faced off in the Poinsettia bowl. You can go back and read it if you wish, but I said it was a great game even though Boise State lost by one point.This year, Boise State pulled off the upset and beat TCU. This, to me, is a bittersweet victory because I adore both these teams. TCU has nothing to be ashamed of. It was an amazing defensive game and went down to the

Geritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451873180010641912noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2667574192269351741.post-1108344489941326982009-12-26T02:43:00.002-07:002009-12-26T04:12:55.880-07:00

Its been two months since I updated. This is mostly due to the undeniable fact that I became quite busy. I make no excuses for November. Its when all the best books, movies, and video games are released. And believe me, those can--and usually do--take up the majority of my free time. So let's see what have I been doing. Warning: This will be an exceptionally large update.How about bowl season?

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Last Monday evening I went to The Gathering Storm release party in Provo, Utah. Well, I haven't posted about it because I've been too busy reading the book --which is awesome, by the way. I'll post a blog about it with pictures as soon as I get the pictures from the person who took them. (My phone conveniently ran out of battery as we approached Provo.)So for now, I'm going to give my opinion of

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For several months I had been aware that a friend of mine had been quite ill. However, he lived in another city, and I've had very little contact with him over the past 5+ years. Last Tuesday I was informed that he had passed away. I attended the viewing on Friday evening and his funeral on Saturday morning.Shawn Sorenson had to be one of the most unique people I have ever met. If you saw him

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On the Fox News Sunday Economic Roundtable show, Steve Wynn, the billionaire Las Vegas mogul shared some simple truths about the economy and role of Government. (Partial video segments can be found here and here.)WARNING: This post is very long. It may take 15-20 minutes to read the words. You have been warned.Okay, on to Steve Wynn."I think that the priorities of the administration should have

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Watch the VIDEO.There are no deadly weapons, only deadly people.And while we're at it, lets ban dihydrogen monoxide. Its tasteless, odorless, and colorless. It kills between 3,000 and 4,000 people per year, mostly children, and its present in every home. Inhilation of dihydrogen monoxide can cause asphyxiation and severe neurological damage. Exposing dihydrogen monoxide to the skin can cause

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I know its late, but I've been busy. So there.Seattle lost to Chicago. What happened? Seattle had more first downs, more plays, more total yards, and less penalties. Did they lose because Mare missed two field goals? Nope. It comes down to one thing. Red zone offense. Mare did miss two field goals, but he also made 4 others. That's 12 of the 19 points Seattle scored. Not good. Seneca Wallace

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My whole life I have been a well-rounded person. Perhaps to a fault. This interest in many things, and being able to do a wide range of activities well has led to a major downfall in my life. My utter lack of focus. It has plagued me since childhood and been a yoke on my shoulders. I have known it there, but try as I might, I could never find any specific thing to focus my energies on. I was not

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I managed to secure a place to live in Pocatello. The deposit is paid and the papers signed. Lucky me, I get to live in the same place I lived three years ago. Same awesome landlord and same two roommates. I'll be moving during this week, likely Tuesday. Its going to be nice not having to drive 45 miles to go to school. Or driving 40 minutes to play games with my brothers. Or spending $60/week on

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When life serves you lemons, you sell them to someone who likes lemons.So I haven't written since March. I can't say I'm surprised at myself. My blog entries are about as frequent as my journal entries. Which is to say they are less frequent than hurricanes hitting the east coast. Not that much has happened since March. Only life changing events, but they happen every day anyway.Where to begin?

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Okay, so perhaps I'm not actually dead. I have the walking pneumonia, which is kind of like the walking dead, right? The walking pneumonia is that wonderful balance between too ill to go to work, and to well to call in sick. I look, move, feel, and act fine. However, when I cough I sound like a backfiring 1974 Ford Pinto. I'll just neglect to mention the amount of phlegm that comes up when I

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(WARNING: The following post may contain explicit content.)I guess the pendulum keeps swinging. Just when I thought it was safe to look the other way it smacks the snot out of me. Quite literally, I'm afraid.Its the flu this time. My world is now filled with body aches, coughing, sinus congestion, sweating, waves of intense nausea, Puffs® tissues piled up around the rubbish bin, plates of

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The week looked so promising. A whole host of things to look forward to, and a whole host of things that didn't go as expected. It had to happen eventually. Life is full of ups and downs, and this just happened to be a little more down than usual.Leading off is the Daytona 500. It looked like a great race at first, but once again rain decided to come marching by. The good part is, it waited til

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With the Daytona 500 10 hours away, I felt it was time to make my predictions for the 2009 season. Finally, something to write about!Biggest improver: How about Kasey Kahne (9). We know he's good, but last year was dismal for him. Also, look for Mark Martin (5) to be good, now that he's with Hendrick. Also Brian Vickers (83) looks strong. Don't forget about McMurray(26) carrying tons of momentum.

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So its been more than a month since I updated. At least I got over that cold/virus/sinus-infection/et al. It was mid January when I finally started feeling better. Meaning that I was sick for nearly 7 weeks. What made it worse is that I separated from my girlfriend. I'm now falling back into my single, philandering ways. ¬.¬Courney and Brigham's wedding went off without a hitch, but I was still

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Well, I finally broke down and went to a doctor ($92). I had a sinus infection and a cold virus. No wonder DayQuil wasn't touching it. And I had rubbed my eyes too much, apparently; I also had conjunctivitis (aka Pinkeye). The doctor wrote me a prescription for the pinkeye ($40) and antibiotics for the sinus infection ($35). This essentially drained the rest of my account. Too bad, too I guess;

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Under normal circumstances, I don't think writing a blog entry while doped up on cold meds is such a great idea. But oh well; tis the season.For viruses I guess. Half the people at my office are sick, including myself. I deny giving them my virus, of course, but some of them look at me sideways regardless. I swear I never came within 3 feet of Brittany. Yet I'm responsible for her coughing? Bryan

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Cheers to Jonah Goldberg for writing an excellent article today. I'll post a small section of it; the full article is here.Did you catch the political ad in which two Jews ring the doorbell of a nice working-class family? They barge in and rifle through the wife’s purse and then the man’s wallet for any cash. Cackling, they smash the daughter’s piggy bank and pinch every penny. “We need it for

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Dear BCS,Your bowl system is horrifically pathetic. Fix it.Respectfully,Boise State and Ball StateHow can it be possible that a team can beat teams from other conferences, have an undefeated season, win their own conference, obliterate everyone in their path, be ranked 9th in the nation, and not get a chance to play in a major bowl game? Its possible, all right; in fact, its a very likely

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Thought I'd share a little snippet I found on a message board and thought I'd pass it on. Its a blog written by John Scalzi. It reads the following:This is amusing: The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center is encouraging people to donate to invalidate Proposition 8 in the following way:Make a donation, in the name of the president of the Mormon Church, to support the legal organizations working to

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Its the longest night of the year. I'm nervous and excited at the same time. I wanted to make sure I got plenty of sleep, so I took a sleeping pill plenty early. I went to bed 7 hours from the time I needed to wake up, and drank plenty of water. You'd think this was Christmas Eve, but in essence, this is my first Black Friday.Hell, I'm 29 years old now. You'd think I would have done this before.

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