Hey hey hey, I'm still here

It's been quite a while since I've written. Truth is, I just haven't had much to say. For those of you who know me, you're probably saying, "this simply can not be true". I know, I am constantly talking and I always have something to say. Well, no lately.

That's it for today. More to come soon. I feel like I'm waking up.

The Norman Borlaug knows my brother

As many of you alread know, my younger brother, Ben, is working on his PHD in Plant Genetics at the Univeristy of Minnesota's Plant Pathology School. Well, this week he won an esteemed award - the M.F. Kernkamp award for most outstanding graduate student. This is huge and I am extremely proud of him. He's not only raising two wonderful children, but he's putting his amazingly bright mind to work for the betterment of mankind.

Norman Borlaug was in attendence. If you don't know who he is, well, he saved over a billion people with his work in plant pathology and genetics and is one of only five (5) people in history to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. The others: Martin Luther King Jr, Mother Theresa, Nelson Madela, and Elie Wiesel.

Blogging

Things have been wonderfully buys lately. In the last week I've been to a zoo, a conservatory, a carnival, a Rush concert, two Grace Potter shows and the Maryland v WVU football game. What a week! All of it was amazing except for the Terps game.

I'm in love with Grace Potter.

Family Ties

It's only Saturday, but it's already been an amazingly fun weekend. In the last 24 hours, I've taken my niece and nephew to a water park, an amusement park, a conservatory and a zoo.

Let me tell you, it is the most amazing and heart-warming experience to watch children's eyes widen and smiles brighten when they experience these types of good times.

Tonight, we are going to make dinner together - asado style.

I am truly blessed to have a close-knit family that I love and who love me.

Feelings of fatigue

Hi everyone. Sorry for the lapse in blog entries. My long weekend in Florida has thrown me off my schedule a bit. As for the weekend, I hope you all had a wonderful one. I did, for sure. I spent the weekend at a friend's house in Florida. He lives on the beach and has a pool and hot tub and what not. We definitely lived it up for a few days. Snorkeling, swimming, volleyball, etc...just a blast. Oh yeah, he had a big party too, to launch this website. You can probably imagine how crazy it was. 750+ people, a DJ, contests and games...a lot of stuff bordering on debauchery. It's no wonder I am dragging a bit today. ;o)

Oh yeah, I'll post pics later.

It's what makes a male walrus, a male walrus

I can't think of what to say that's appropriate and still has decorum.
Click here for ancient walrus penis.

Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow

If you've never seen a lunar eclipse before, you should wake up early tomorrow morning (or go to bed very late tonight for my West coast readers) and check the next one out. It's quite an amazing thing to see.

Dalton Carriker's dream moment

Earlier today, Warner Robins, GA won the Little League Word Series when Dalton Carriker, 12, hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 8th inning, to cap their come back victory, 3-2, over the heavily favored team from Tokyo, Japan. This marks the third straight year a team from the United States has won the championship.

All of this is great, but I have to tell you, the thing that got me wet in the eyes was Dalton's quote after the game: "I felt like I was flying, like Peter Pan," Carriker said, "I didn't know what I was doing."

Any time a young boy feels like Peter Pan, the world has to be a better place for it.

Congratulations, Warner Robins. Way to go, Dalton. Way to go!

Battle at Kruger

This is one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen.

It's an amateur video of a young buffalo, which gets attacked by a pride of lions, then a crocodile. After a few minutes of playing tug o' war with the buffalo, the lions claim their prize. Alas, the game is not over...a herd of buffaloes enters the fray and let's just say, they are very angry.

The entire scene is over 8 minutes long!

Snoopy versus Odie

Oh....my....god. I just saw clips of pit bull fights on ESPN and it was one of the most disturbing things I've seen in my life. Absolutely sickening.

Anyone involved in dogfighting must not have a conscious or must have no value for a dog's life at all.

I need to get these images out of my head. I'm going to go force myself to throw up and hope they just fall out.