I pass by this building going to and from work all the time, so it's kind of cool to see the transformation.

The Stadium of Fire people are asking the general public to suggest who they would like to see perform. Overall it's kind of a cool idea, but when it comes right down to it I'm a bit suspicious, only because I really wonder if they can pull off getting the top choices. So I'm thinking are they that arrogant thinking that they can get the type of names that Joe Public is going to vote on for a Holiday like the 4th of July (their saving grace might be that July 4, 2010 is on a Sunday, and Stadium of Fire is in Provo, Utah, which means that it will be held on Saturday, July 3, 2010 or Monday, July 5th, 2010 so I would guess that the "talent" would be a little more available than they would be on the 4th), or it's something to gather more publicity, or it's a combination of both.

It will be officially Autumn, soon.  Which means like it or not, the Holiday Season is fast approaching. This is a great time to start some family traditions, or to continue some that you may already have.  We have some in our family that we very much enjoy. There were also some that we had started at old employers, that hopefully are continued on. One of the things that we can all do is donate a few hours or our own time to something.  I'm sure that there is something that we're interested in that we can donate time to somewhere. No matter your current situation in life, you can always give a little of yourself and I promise that you'll feel a little better and whether you call if Karma, Blessings, or whatever you will find that you will benefit from it in someway. Whether you do it yourself, with your family, a Scout Pack/Troop/Team/Crew, for a Wood Badge Ticket, whatever it is volunteering especially this year at this time of year is something that we can all do. Check out the Volunteer section of 211ut.org for opportunities in your area.

One of the things that I'm seeing more and more is irritating me more and more. I realize that it's a silly little thing, but it's still something that I think is a bit ridiculous. When I see able bodied people walking up to a set of doors (office building, grocery store, etc.) and specifically going out of their way to walk over to the door with the Disabled access button and pushing the button. You know which one I speak of.  The one where you just push the button and the door opens for you automatically, rather than manually opening a door. It's not that they are using a technology that is specifically there for the disabled members of society to use.  The odds of this piece of equipment, not working when truly needed because others have been using it are pretty slim. No, what bothers me is that people are really becoming that lazy.  I understand using it if your arms are full and you just can't open a door by yourself, but to just walk over push the button and wait for the doors to open because you're too lazy is inexcusable.

Okay, so I don't usually rant and rave about Politics.  I have opinions, but a lot of the time I keep them to myself or share them sparingly.  It's just who I am, and I think that it's mostly because I hate the current state, which I see as mostly finger pointing and name calling and not enough problem solving.  Which usually throws logic and reason out the window. There's been a lot in the media lately about the speech delivered by President Obama this morning to the school children throughout the country.  It's caused quite an uproar, which I think is ridiculous. I completely agreed with my friend Nichole's comments here (and even my own response to her post).  What a great chance to talk to your children and to this schools that opted out.  Your students missed out on a great chance to hear the President of the United States speaking directly to them, the youth of America. You can see the text of his speech here (looks pretty controversial doesn't it?).

I tend to grow my finger nails out longer than then typical male does.  I do it mostly because if i cut them short I find that they tend to tear and break which only causes lots of painful hang nails and such.  So I leave them a little longer, but this is a bit long for me. I feel bad that she lost them, but think about the freedom she now has.  I can't imagine the issues that they must have caused in her life.  I also don't understand how things like this don't cause people to go broke.

This is an interesting concept and I would imagine that Mass Transit is probably trying to do everything that they can to get people to ride. It's certainly much better than it was when I was a teenager, you basically couldn't go much of anywhere without going to downtown Salt Lake first, which was great if I was riding the bus to my Grandmother's house, but if I wanted to go most anywhere else it was a royal pain.

I wonder if she'll make it through the entire program. Something tells me that she won't but then again I've only seen her on TV and don't know her personally.  Hopefully I'll be proven wrong and there won't be some scandal that will come out about her in the somewhat near future that causes her to quit or be fired.

To me this is pretty impressive.  I've always wanted to do something like this.  Maybe not doing 100 things in 100 weeks, but doing something big like he is. Anyone have any ideas on things that I should do?  Maybe we could do it together. You can check out his website here.

Well at least he was polite, as he robbed the credit union.  I'm sure his mother always told him that when he was a young man that whenever he robbed anyone that he should always thank them for doing a good job. I can see his lawyers closing arguments now.  "And in closing, if convicted we feel that my client should receive a reduced sentence because he was polite and thanked the tellers for doing a good job".