This is a piece of a bigger picture. I welcome one and all to guess at what it is. In one week I’ll give the answer, and post a new one. Good luck and may the guessing begin.
6th Monthaversary
Yes, that is right folks. We have been married for half a year now. My how time flys when you’re having fun.
May 2nd was supposed to be a full moon. I am sure it was, however we could not see it, it was too cloudy. However here is a picture of the moon from three nights before, and not quite full. Though I still had fun Photographing it.
Good Answers Everybody
It was…
scissors!
This is Belated
I could make all kinds of excuses why I am only now getting this video done. None of them will change the fact that I am only now getting this done. So here is the video from a visit we had a while back. This video!
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That Was Easy
Well, it was easier than I thought it would be. A couple weeks ago we watched “Pursuit of Happyness” and decided to try out the Rubik’s Cube. We then decided that we wanted to solve it with the outer edges all being different than the center square. So, we have been finding complicated instructions and not “getting them right.” I kind of gave up on it a few days ago, and solved it correctly. Last night as I was obsessing over the different patterns I can make on the sides, I realized that by doing 3-4 more turns I had solved the sides with a different center. So here are pictures to show I was able to do it, in case I can’t remember how to do it again.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHrhdynE_VE[/youtube]
Another Quiz Inspired by Jacob
This is a piece of a bigger picture. I welcome one and all to guess at what it is. In one week I’ll give the answer, and post a new one. Good luck and may the guessing begin.
Our Trip to Chicago
We went this Wednesday and Thrusday by train to Chicago. We had fun and here is a video of our trip. We weren’t able to take pictures in the Museum of Science and Industry, but you can check out www.bodyworlds.com to see what we saw there.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi7LIxLaprA[/youtube]
Here is another video that we caught of a chaeleon turning over/around.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OPqJbnQqSU[/youtube]
Rubik’s Cube!
No Television
We do not subscribe to cable or even receive channels over the antenna. For entertainment we rent DVDs of CSI and other TV shows. One of the Discs had cracks in it and we were not able to get the DVD player to read it, so we took it back. For our “trouble” they told us to pick out 4 $1 DVDs. That was nice, however, now we have more to watch than we need.
Also, last night we pulled the camera out again on the moon. It is amazing that we can see so much detail on an object that is so far away! Here is what we saw:
Act well thy part
There used to be a building near Stirling Castle in Scotland, which had an inscription carved above the door “What-e’er thou art, act well thy part.” The building was eventually torn down, but the engraved stone was taken to Salt Lake City. I’ve seen it, and ever since have contemplated its meaning. The last couple of weeks I have especially been thinking about it.
As I think about it, another of my favorite philosophies comes to mind: “anything worth doing is worth doing incredibly well.”
I find it a healthy mental exercise on occasion (probably once per quarter or so) to divide my life into the “roles” that I fulfil. That is, to ask the question, “what am I?” Some of those might include being a husband, a businessman, a computer programmer, a musician, etc… When examining the individual roles, I can ask myself if I’m a “good one.” Am I a good husband? Am I a good businessman? Am I a good musician? Taking the time to figure out what it means to be “a good one,” and then planning how I can become better allows for great introspection, focus, and planning (and sometimes, I realize that I’ve taken on a role that I don’t really want or need, and having defined that, I can abandon the role).
So ask yourself, “What am I?” “Am I a good one?”
Are you a cyclist? Be a good one.
Are you a cook? Be a good one.
Are you a teacher? Be a good one.
Are you a mother or a father? Be a good one.
And so on….
Remember, anything worth doing is worth doing incredibly well. If it’s not worth doing well, than it may not be worth doing at all. We should never accept mediocrity from ourselves – we can be better.
“What-e’er thou art, act well thy part.”