the miniature earth
July 12, 2008
“If the world’s population were reduced to 100, it would look something like this…” – miniature earth
Adam Bender
July 7, 2008
Adam Bender, 8, from Lexington, Kentucky plays catcher in Southeastern’s rookie league at Veterans Park. At the age of 1, Adam had his left leg amputated because of cancer. He does not wear a prosthesis and only uses crutches after he reaches base. He threw out the first pitch at Great American Ballpark on Sunday to his favorite player, Adam Dunn. This kid is simply phenomenal.
Happy 4th
July 4, 2008
Jacob Korir, an All-American runner from Eastern Kentucky University, captured 1st place in the Bluegrass 10K. Visa problems kept Korir from traveling home to his native Kenya, training for Beijing. He will miss the Kenyan trials, in which he believed he could have qualified for the Olympics.
“Korir will leave EKU as one of the school’s most decorated athletes. In March, he finished second in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championships, losing by only one second to Shadrack Songok of Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Afterwards, Korir was named an All-American, his first All-America honor in track and field.
Korir is a three-time All-American in cross country. In November, he finished sixth at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships, his highest placing in three tries. The finish capped a decorated cross country career that saw Korir named the 2006 and 2007 OVC Male Athlete of the Year, and the OVC Cross Country Runner of the Week a conference record 11 times.” – Steve Fohl EKU Sports
animoto
July 3, 2008
So I created my first animoto. I used a few of my pictures from my trip to New Orleans this past December. I just had to upload a few pictures, pick my music and voila!
Here it is.
Jott
July 2, 2008
A voice to text FREE service. Use your phone to call Jott and leave messages for yourself or friends in the form of e-mails or text messages, or both. You can also set up reminders, appointments and lists. Plus you can also listen to news feeds. You set up your preferences. I think this could be an amazing tool. I like to remind myself how cool I am every 4 hours. It doesn’t get much sweeter than that.
Check it out at http://jott.com
where the hell is Matt?
June 26, 2008
If you need a smile today, check out Matt – he’s at again, dancing away. Simply Awesome.
George Carlin
June 23, 2008
Comedian George Carlin passed away today, he was 71. – NYTimes article
“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.”
“The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not close enough to get the job done.”
“What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?”
“I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.”
“You know an odd feeling? Sitting on the toilet eating a chocolate candy bar.”
“Weather forecast for tonight: dark.”
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
“Always do whatever’s next.”
Tiger
June 16, 2008
After 91 holes Tiger Woods overcomes Rocco Mediate to capture the 2008 US Open title. The sudden death victory at Torrey Pines is Tiger’s 14th major championship. And he did it all on a broken leg.
Below is a week in pictures of Tiger at the US Open from the AP.
“This is probably the greatest tournament I’ve ever had,” Woods said.
It was filled with some of his greatest moments — a 30 on the back nine Friday to get into the mix, two eagles from a combined 100 feet and a chip-in birdie on Saturday to take the lead, and one of the biggest putts of his career when he holed a 12-foot birdie with the final stroke of regulation to force the playoff. – espn.com
Tim Russert
June 14, 2008
“Tim was a man of many passions – his family most of all, his faith, his country, political journalism, baseball and the Buffalo Bills.
As a working class Irish-American with a Jesuit education his range was wide and deep – from the sensibilities of blue-collar voters to the politics of the Vatican, from the power plays on Capitol Hill to the power plays on network television.
Almost all of our conversations – and they went on every day – ended with some version of, ‘Can you believe how lucky we are to be doing this?’” - NBC News’ Tom Brokaw
May 7, 1950 - June 13, 2008
Memorial Day
May 26, 2008
Returning Meaning to Memorial Day
Memorial Day is Monday. Some believe it shouldn’t be. While millions prepare to go to the beach or take a family picnic or just spend a day at the mall, veterans groups and others fret that the meaning of Memorial Day is lost amid the hubbub of a long weekend and the unofficial marker of summer. “Memorial Day is to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice,” says Joe Davis, a spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. “Its meaning goes way beyond the three-day weekend.” He and others fear that Memorial Day has become nothing but a vacation weekend. But it didn’t use to be.
After World War I, Decoration Day came to include all fallen American soldiers. In 1954, Congress renamed the holiday Memorial Day and eventually dubbed Waterloo its official birthplace. Through the decades, the date of May 30 remained fixed. But that changed in 1971 when Congress declared Memorial Day an official holiday and, much to the delight of the beleaguered American worker, altered its observance to the last Monday in May.
Over the years, Memorial Day’s new function as a holiday weekend has become a source of increasing concern for veterans and others. Creators of RestoreMemorialDay.com have launched a petition drive, which has picked up nearly 10,000 signatures, to return the day to May 30. Among the petitioners is a mother who lost her son in Ramadi, Iraq. “Should another mother have to endure the pain of losing a soldier in our fight for freedom, I want them remembered not for the parades and the picnics, but for the love and sacred remembrance they are so deserving of,” she writes. “Is it too much to ask we remember one day for them?”
Sen. Daniel Inouye feels much the same way. In 1989, the World War II veteran introduced a bill to Congress that would return Memorial Day to its original date. The bill stalled in the Judiciary Committee. In 2003, the Veterans of Foreign Wars passed a resolution at its 104th National Convention in support of the traditional Memorial Day holiday. It would amend Congress’s 1971 decree “to strike the words ‘the last Monday in May’ and insert the words ‘May 30.’ ” The VFW still supports the idea, because, “right now, the great majority of Americans view Memorial Day as a three-day weekend,” Davis says. Changing the date “recognizes the sacrifice of 1 million Americans who have died in uniform…to help free the world from tyranny.” But after seven years of war in Iraq, the VFW’s priorities are of a more pressing nature: such as improving healthcare for veterans and passing a new GI Bill.
Still, the fight remains. Inouye has continued to reintroduce his bill every new session. The senator believes “the true meaning of this day has been lost and that it should be a time to honor and reflect on the sacrifices made by the men and women who have worn the uniform of the United States,” says his spokesman, Mike Yuen. But it seems the popularity of the three-day weekend is winning out. Inouye has never even had so much as a cosponsor for the legislation. “This is something the senator is committed to,” Yuen says. “He may be a solitary soldier in this battle, but he’s a committed soldier.”
“…that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God, …and that government of the people by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth.” –Abraham Lincoln
