I lucked out today and won a little drawing that b5media had for their bloggers. They were giving away a registration ticket for SXSW (South By Southwest) event that’s coming up in Austin and it starts next week.
There are three different focuses of the conference/festival
I had originally thought I’d go for the music portion because of my Christian Music Fan blog, but Christian music doesn’t have much of a presence or showing at this festival from what I could tell from their website.
So, it looks like I’ll be heading down for the Interactive Festival portion which fits more into my general niche of blogging and technology.
The challenge is getting my butt down to Austin next week as cheaply as possible. I’m not opposed to driving, but would rather not spend 14 hours one-way heading down there and back. Heading down there probably wouldn’t be bad, but I’m sure heading back after 5 days of non-stop activity would be a challenge for me.
If anyone would like to sponsor my transportation costs on this little trip, just send me an e-mail or leave a comment. I might even consider a tattoo or shameless plug on all future blogging posts for the right price.
By the way, the photo is of Darcie and Laura drawing my name out of our CEO’s motorcycle helmet!
Published at 2/27/2008
in .Humor.
- Whenever Jason Bean plays Chutes and Ladders, he treats the chutes as ladders, because he’s not some sissy who can’t climb up a plastic slide.
- Jason Bean died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can’t get up the courage to tell him.
- When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Jason Bean.
- Jason Bean’s calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools Jason Bean.
- Jason Bean was originally cast as the main character in 24, but was replaced by the producers when he managed to kill every terrorist and save the day in 12 minutes and 37 seconds.
- World champion eater Takeru Kobayashi once ate 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Allotted the same time, Jason Bean ate Kobayashi.
- Jason Bean once stated that he “doesn’t wail on sissy boys.” This led to the pink polo shirts with popped collars craze. Little do those pitiful fools know that Jason Bean was just making it easier to find sissy boys to wail on.
- Jason Bean is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
- Jason Bean and Superman once fought each other on a bet. The loser had to start wearing their underwear on the outside of their pants.
- Weeping Willows are a result of Jason Bean yelling at trees for not being tough enough.
- If at first you don’t succeed, you must not be Jason Bean.
- A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Jason Bean and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
- Jason Bean doesn’t play “hide-and-seek.” He plays “hide-and-pray-I-don’t-find-you.”
- Crop circles are Jason Bean’s way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the hell down.
- Jason Bean is the only one who can “try this at home.”
- Jason Bean has beat the crap out of so many people over his brilliant life that most medical journals now classify him as a laxative.
- Superman owns a pair of Jason Bean pajamas.
- There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Jason Bean allows to live.
Thanks to my friend Ben for sharing this as well.
For some fun of your own go visit 100factsabout.com
I’m getting this error when I try to sync my iPod. Anyone got any clues? Part of me would be a bit pleased if I had to replace mine, although I’m a tight wad and would hate to pay for the replacement.
Update: I found something online that said it may be a cable issue. That would be annoying now wouldn’t it. You get a new cable with a new iPod don’t you? =)
I just received word from my cousin that his daughter is still tearing it up on the University of Arkansas Lady Razorback’s softball team.
Sophomore Miranda Dixon swung a heavy bat, leading the Lady Razorbacks to a 5-0 weekend and a tournament victory. Dixon batted .833 on Sunday with five hits, including a double, a triple and a home run. She also tallied four RBI and a 1.833 slugging percentage.
“Miranda is one of those hitters that when she gets in a zone, she’s a terror,” Pinkerton said. “She’s in one of those zones right now.”
I love it! Keep up the great work Miranda!
UPDATE: Oh yeah, she was also the SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK!
Source: Lady’Backs score 18 runs and win the Clarion Inn-Arkansas Invitational
I saw an article in my RSS reader yesterday that my alma mater, Mount Vernon Nazarene University is going a little bit more green. They’re using waste cooking oli from the cafeteria to generate bio-diesel to power maintenance equipment and buses. Their school colors are blue and green (which I love) and now it looks like the green is a little bit greener.
After procuring methanol and lye, a test batch was “brewed.” On Dr. Daniel Martin’s snowy presidential inauguration day in November, a 50/50 mix of bio and regular diesel fueled one of the university’s sidewalk snow plows. Since then, mixtures have reached 100 percent biodiesel, with every test successful. Taylor is now a believer and thinks that a number of local restaurants would appreciate free disposal of WVO as well. With daily production of 90 gallons possible, the potential is significant. Glycerin is the only waste product produced during the process and it is currently being mixed with mulch and leaves and used as a fertilizer, though it could be sold at some point to certain manufacturers.
A hearty kudos to my school and what they’re doing to help reduce their waste footprint on the Earth. My school has an absolutely beautiful campus, it’s great to see them doing things to keep their own campus beautiful while improving the rest of the world as well.
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