So what are my thoughts? Well, I seriously need to do something about my waking up. Since Holly is now going to school early I am left to fend for myself and my bed is way too comfortable. Although I have to admit getting extra sleep is nice for me but bad for my employer. I think part of it is I need to go to bed earlier. The other part is probably my sedentary lifestyle. Now I know I have gained 4 pounds in the past couple of weeks, so according to my moderation diet I need to really fast to get back to where I was. If I nip it in the bud I can prevent a "fat bloom" as I call it. The question is, how to get back to stasis. I have weighed the same plus or minus a pound for almost a year now. That in my mind is success.

Exercise, though, can be detrimental to your health. When you have a system that is in stasis you are fine because it is not changing or is changing very slowly. When you cause it to be off, like through exercise, where your body goes through tons of chemical and cardio vascular changes you introduce a variable of change into the system. In the past I have proved that whenever there is a big change such as diet and exercise, primarily exercise, there is a defense mechanism that the body goes through. Sure you can lose weight and feel healthy when you are exercising, but the second you slow down the snapback occurs and you gain it all back. That is why people who slow down end up gaining it back plus some. The goal is to only do things that you will do forever and I have yet to figure out what it is.

Then you have your base eating tendencies. The reason why I was able to maintain it for so long was because I recognized that the weight I was at was the perfect weight for my eating habits. If I want to have a pizza and burgers every week I have to be able to use that amount of calories during the week. I have to diet at lunch to eat whatever I want at dinner. Being fat enables me to do so, as long as I don't overindulge. The bigger you are the more calories you require to maintain your figure. So the bigger you are the more you can eat and stay the same weight. At some point you get to be happy with your diet and happy with your weight, if you do not think in an esoteric sense but a calorie consumption sense. Honestly I could say that I can eat pizza and burgers every week and not gain weight. That is awesome. I was at the perfect weight. But now something has happened. I think maybe it is age but I now need to adjust things more. I guess I have discovered that there is no perfect stasis. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. Time to join the Y.

So on Thursday I said goodbye to Wichita Falls. I went there to sign the papers to sell mom's house. Before I left I had a snafu with the documents. I had lost important one required for me to sign the mortgage away. Luckily the internet came to the rescue. I went to a lawyer site, downloaded the document for $10, filled it out and had mom sign it in front of a notary. To think lawyers charge like $120 for that service. If you ever need legal documents like wills and stuff, get them online at a trusted source and fill them out yourself. It will save you lots of money and is perfectly legal.

The person who bought the house got a good deal because we didn't want to fix it up. I think it was the pool that sold that house. Mom should not have to worry about money for a couple of years, which is a relief to her kids. Most of the trip was spent driving. Along the way I thought about the memories of Wichita Falls. I had some good ones, but for some reason the bad ones kept overriding it. Growing up in a broken home with an evil stepdad can do that to you. So I stopped and visited the house I lived in before that time in the rundown section of Wichita Falls. Although nowadays I'd say 85% of Wichita is run down. It was actually fixed up with a new coat of paint, a new car in the driveway and a bird bath in the front yard. That was a good sign. It was kind of cathartic.

So after I signed the papers I went to Sikes Center Mall. It changed a little. I liked the changes but it was still a glimpse into the past. For some reason at all of these places I felt taller. Maybe because I was shorter when I was there. I thought about seeing a movie but I knew I had a 2 1/2 hour drive home. So I got an energy drink and went home. On Friday I took the day off and watched contractors give us a new kitchen island. It is oak with a granite top, very nice. I am now watching them finish on my phone cams. Anyways, I said goodbye to my hometown. I am glad to see it go. I have always looked forward in my life and rarely look back. Life is good. Peace to all.

No post for today. Going to Wichita Falls for the last time ever tomorrow.... Will speak of things next week...

Time to release some bitterness. So Facebook has stolen my idea by introducing "Places". The people at Netflix who also own Placebook have stolen my name. I came up with those concepts and even the name many years ago. I remember when I was out of work for a while I was going to go at it on my own. I started developing PlaceBook. I even have part of it already developed. It integrates into the RideSearch model very well. I even had some clients who wanted to get in on it. Ah, the promise of a deal with Southwest Airlines and the deal with a Comedy Club circuit. Those deals just fell into my lap. Then I had some universities who were interested. The problem was I had not developed it fully yet. I had ran out of time and I had ran out of money and had to go back to work. I guess I am destined to be the guy who says "I invented that, but can't prove it."

I suppose it is a lesson to jump on things, but I am always not sure if I want to make a commitment like that. Should I develop and patent my "Shock Socks" to wake me up? I need it now that Holly is at work when I am getting up. Should I jump in on my Breakfast Courier idea - where people order breakfast from me and I go to restaurants and pick it up and drop it off? Or how about my Social Kiosk service for malls where I set up peoples blogs, social network profiles and family website photo albums? Or how about my home networking software that sets up on demand video chat with all devices? Mark my words, in the next year video chat will become commonplace. Right now AT&T and other services are trying to stall it as much as possible because it represents a slowdown in the entire internet when it takes off. The problem is, with Skype, Facetime and Fring the genie is already out of the bottle.

I can keep coming up with these ideas because it is easy. They are all the next logical step in a progression of business ideas. For me it is easy to see and I think others see it as well. I was ahead of the curve with placebook though. That was going to be the service that launched RideSearch into the world. The funny thing is it is picking up more and more people on its own without me lifting a finger. Every day I am getting over 25 people signing up. I wonder if I can ride the tail of location based services anyways? Eh, I should just forget about it all. I need to sell this site before it hangs on me like a reminder of what could have been. I don't like bitterness.

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This weekend we hung around the house. I took care of Brennon on Saturday and Holly went and visited her mom who is recoupering quite nicely. Saturday night I watched the Cowboys play. It looks like they still have problems tackling. Romo also looks like he is having a hard time being on target. I hope the Cowboys are just pretending to be bad this preseason. Hopefully they will show up when the real season begins.

Brennon has officially taken some steps. I saw him take one step on Saturday. When you try to walk with him and let go he knows what you are trying to do and he goes limp. I think he has some of the Bass stubbornness in him. He chooses to crawl even though he knows how to walk. I think though I can trick him into crawling. More tests. He turns one next month.

Sunday I slept in. I think it takes alot of effort to get the baby ready to go to church and then it is a long day for him as well. Even though I didn't go to church I have always had it inside of me. I did go by mom's to her church service in the afternoon. Church at 2pm is pretty good. Although, this time something happened. The Prestonwood minister did not show up. As they were all looking I felt compelled to get up and give a message. I have all of the ones I did for the homeless on my iPhone. It was one of those times that you just let God take over. I think it was good cause I got alot of claps at the end. Anyways, you never know when you will be called to do something. So I felt good about it at the end. Life is good.

When I was a kid I wanted to be superman. I pinned a towel around my neck, wore my superman underoos and ran around the house pretending to jump over tall buildings. I loved the thought of flying through the air. It was more than that though. I wanted to never lie. I wanted to save people. I wanted to be a hero. I would even dream of being a hero in real life by becoming the President and helping those who are in trouble. In return I would get lots of praise for my heroic acts and everyone would love me. To me that was the ultimate fantasy. But now let us go back to reality.

Now that I am older and we all are older reality hits us a little harder. Ethics are not as black and white as not lying. Ethics are not even gray like they were up to 1980s. Now with computers and decisions that are offhand meaningless, ethics are now in color and are harder to see. Take my iPhone. Now that jailbreaking has been declared legal I can say that I have jailbroken all of my iPhones since I got them. All it does is make it to where you can have complete control over every aspect of the phone and you are able to install apps that are not approved by Apple. Back in the day I wanted to stream my TV over 3G with a slingplayer and the only way was with a jailbroken phone. Nowadays the only reason I wanted it was to run Netflix on it, which it does quite well. I am just adding functionality to my iPhone. I am not stealing or copying anything.

But there is an evil side to this open source world. There is an app that can download appstore apps and itunes music without paying for them. "Download me" says the Tom Tom app that normally costs $50. This is a matter of personal ethics, of which we all have a certain degree of. No one will know. All it is is copying a pattern of 1s and 0s over to another device. But then you think about the concept of a store. Say Best Buy opened its doors and has no one in the store. There are no cameras recording anything. You can walk in and take anything you want and no one will ever know because the item you take magically reappears in their stock. Do you do it? Most people say no, that is not right. But in the digital world things are even more obscure. You can download movies illegally, you can download music illegally, you can look at unsundry things that you never even thought of, and no one will ever know. We all have freedom, but it is what we do with it that matters. Can you go to bed at night with a clear conscience? Can you wake up and not worry about Gods or others judgment, legal or otherwise? Has hypocrisy ran so rampant that the switch in the brain that figures out right and wrong is malfunctioning?

Not only in this colorful world is there a blurred question of illegal or legal, but there is a question of right and wrong morals. The lines are blurred again. Is it right to have gay marriage? Is it right to hate mosques? Is it right to have abortion? What if it is 1 day after or 7 days after or 7 months after? Is it right to have pre-marital relations? If everyone does it, does that make it right? Is it ok to be wrong? Bottom line is there is no one out there who has a right to tell you what you should do, but there is your conscience and if you are saved there is the Holy Spirit. I deleted that app that downloads apps. I did it because in my mind that is the right thing to do. I can sleep at night without worrying about repercussions about anything I have done. Granted I am no superman, but I still try to be. As I have gotten older I have realized ethics should not be about selfish ambition or getting what you can get away with. Ethics should be about looking to the whole picture of the effects of our decisions. If we all really wanted to stop and think, made a wise and responsible decision, and tought others about it our world would be a much better place. We would not go down dangerous roads and paths that lead to destruction if we just stopped and thought about the long term effects.

If everyone downloaded apps illegally there would be no more apps because there is no incentive to make them. If everyone could get married then there would be no such thing as the definition of marriage which is commonly known as being restrictive. If everyone hated mosques like the tea partiers then we would eventually have another holocaust. If everyone could have an abortion then there would be more potential murder than the holocaust even had, all because the science can not tell you if it is right or wrong. God can, but science can't. If everyone had premarital relations then why get married? If you read the Bible you can see that when the two becomes one flesh is when marriage really takes place. Our manmade definitions are obsolete compared to the truth. But, we are not the judges. We are not the jury. We are not the executioner. I cannot tell anyone what to do as I am a sinner myself with a large board in my eye. We are all hypocrites. But what if we all tried to not be one? Let us all admit we cannot achieve that perfectness, but let us all strive for it and make this world a better place. It all starts with making the right decisions. Then everything else will follow. That is the path to a better world. Peace to all.

Lets see. Holly is back at school and I am waking alone. It is ok, but I won't get to see Brennon as much cause he was the one who would wake me up. Even Holly won't get to see Brennon as much as he is now going to his baby sitter during the day. I hope it doesn't adversely affect him. I know in some ways it is good that he has more interaction with others and he will have exposure to Spanish. But in other ways he will probably have a little separation anxiety. I suppose that it is better now than when he is 5 and is kicking and screaming when we drop him off at school. But I wonder if it will make him have a harder personality than a kid who is helicoptered?

You never know what affects a kid. I think there is no general rule. I think it is all specific to that individual child. For instance I don't think spanking needs to be done on any sensitive children as that could scar them, however if they are not sensitive than that might be a good learning medium. Kids who show higher aptitude for learning should be given more to learn. Kids with lower aptitude should be given less. I think that is a problem with schools nowadays, they don't take into account each child's differences.

I think it is a matter of time before the complicated becomes simple. What I mean is that a computer could analyze a person's potential and tailer a learning plan in accordance with their aptitude. Artificial intelligence has been around a while and keeps getting better. Although at what age is a kid's aptitude determined? You never know. It kind of reminds me of the move Gattaga. I still feel like I am learning at age 35 and think I will continue to learn till I die. It is in my nature. I am much smarter now than I ever was in high school and college, even though my memory of redundant facts is gone. Or am I smarter? More tests... or less tests...

So I just started watching Netflix on my iPhone. I knew it was just a matter of time before someone figured it out. Basically you have to jailbreak your phone and run the ipad version. It is a bit more complicated but if you follow the instructions on the net it can be done. I have to say the video quality on an iPhone 4 is top notch. Now you say, what about the data plan? Well, I found a fix for that as well. Considering I am halfway through my month and have already used almost 4 Gig of data or $45 I need an alternative. So I found a service called Clear iSpot. It is a little wireless hotspot for iPhones and iPads that you pay only $25 a month for unlimited data. I ordered it yesterday. It should save me hundreds in the long run. Sorry AT&T, data should be unlimited. Your limited plan hearkens back to AOL in 1995. I remember having to limit what I did back then on a 14K modem. Wow, I am old.

I have also jumped ship a little on Windows 7. The other day I installed Ubuntu on my laptop. It is so much faster than Windows ever was. It is a little harder to understand and you have to learn how to set it up, but once you do it is very powerful. I also think I can start developing non-app store iPhone apps on it. That should be fun. It is like there is all of this technology to play with, yet I don't have much time to learn and play. I am still setting the house up with programs. Sometimes I wish I could stop time and develop all of the ideas I have because I know eventually I will be finished with them. It is like it will take at least a couple of years to get up to speed with new technology and by then there will be something new. Oh well, it is fun when I have the time.

I do feel sorry for people who don't know or understand the power of computers, the internet or programming. I think not just smart people need to learn this stuff but everyday people. Take for instance Brennon's netbook. I got it on eBay for dirt cheap and it was sent with stuff on the hard drive. Apparently it was a girls laptop with "I love the jonas brothers" stuff on it and her name, email addresses, picture and friends email addresses. Imagine if I were a hacker? It was not completely wiped so I had to go in and delete it all and reset it all. If a malicous person would have had it they could have even extracted all the deleted files from it. So knowledge is power, but not having the knowledge can be dangerous. Maybe I should teach a class...

So this weekend was eventful. On Friday I had the maids come over and clean the house. One of the great things about having cameras in the house is I can watch them on my iPhone. I can always see how they are doing. The place looked great. Then on Saturday we had our Sunday School swim party. This time it was a pot luck so Holly and I didn't have to do much. The house was clean and the food was brought. We had around 30 people in the house, half of them kids. They all loved the pool. We had pizza and then they got in the pool again.

Sunday we had a long day. Holly had to teach the 4 year olds at Sunday School so I was put in charge of Brennon. Of course I got there late. I find with a baby you have to prepare farther in advance. You need to pack up the diaper bag and make sure he has food. Then you have to get the stroller and put it in the car. All the while you have to watch Brennon and put him somewhere safe while you do these tasks. I can see what alot of people just stay home. Anyways, we went to Sunday School. Then I went to mom's to drop off some stuff for her.

Then it was off to the country to my brother's place. It takes about an hour to get to his house. It was a surprise birthday party for him. He is doing well. I went swimming in his pool as the heat is just too much. I feel old too because his kids have all grown a foot since I have seen them. Even Khai, the youngest, has started walking. Brennon played with him a little, but was mostly cranky. Later that night we drove home and I had to stop by my mom's to turn her tv on. Then Holly went to spend the night at her moms. Her mom is having Roux-en-Y surgery today. I think that is where they bypass the stomach completely. Holly is there at the hospital with her and will take her home when it is done. I think it is a one day safe laproscopic thing, but it is the recovery time that is most important.

So a lot is happening. Tomorrow Holly starts school and then it is back to me waking up solo. I have found during the summer that the best alarm clock is having Brennon put on top of you. My fatherly instincts wake me up as I watch him and make sure he is safe. I guess I am going to have to program the house to scream at me and flash all of the lights on and off. Time to dust off my idea of the Shock Socks and get it working. More tests...

Since yesterday was our anniversary I surprised Holly with flowers when I came home. I made sure to get some pink ones cause that is her favorite color. In it I had a card that said "on Friday, prepare for a team of maids to come and clean the whole house up." That is a nice practical gift. We had Nikki come over to babysit so last night we went out to a Brazilian Churascura called Texas De Brazil. It is very similiar to Rafain's. The flavor is good too. Their filet wrapped in bacon is tops. I always liked the house special - which is garlic picanyha. I had an anniversary coupon for a free meal so it was a no brainer. I still felt full this morning. It was good.

As part of our current couples study we had homework to go through the alphabet and compliment each other. Like she would say you are very altruistic. Then I would say you are very beautiful and so on. It is good to compliment each other. I know for some reason we never got many compliments growing up, so we are learning how to do it now. I think the art of the compliment is a lost art. We should bring it back.

Afterwards we watched our wedding video and honeymoon video. It is weird to think that we got married only 3 years ago. So much has happened since then. RideSearch was released and we went to LA to promote it while I got on TV. Then we both got new cars when ours died. Holly got her masters degree. Then we had Brennon. Then we got a new house. I think our lives have went from kind of wishy washy to being really defined in these past three years. There will still be some changes in the future, but hopefully we will be through with the big ones soon.

Our wedding was huge. In the video it was good to see my cousins and family that I haven't seen in a while. It is amazing how many people we had at the wedding and even in the wedding. Funny parts of the wedding include Emma swinging around during the ceremony and Tommy having a plastic snake with him. At the reception the band was top notch. The food was great. The cake was awesome. Everyone had a good time. Our honeymoon was terrific as well. At a five star hotel in Maui it was paradise. We chilled alot and just enjoyed the scenery. I told Holly if we went back with Brennon things would be different. Brennon would be wanting to move around and keep us busy. It would still be fun though. Times have changed. But we are still the same.

It was a normal Sunday.
I brought the bologna and cheese,
You brought the chips.
Together we spread the good news
And gave the homeless food
And life saving tips.

Years later as I look back,
I can see that God put us together.
No one can see that as much as I do.
How someone so similiar,
And so familiar to me,
Was made before I knew you.

The ties of teaching were bread into me.
The ties of temperance were part of my style,
And you had these same ties from when you were born
And I know you made God smile.

And now as we have gotten older and wiser,
I can surely see.
That God's plans for us include more
Than we can ever be.

To have a family that is strong.
To spread our love to the masses.
To be kind to one another all the day long.
To be a member of the Basses.

I have a child who is strong to me
I have a family that I am surely proud
With you in my home and Brennon in my heart
All of these days will make me bowed.

I can surely see and I can surely tell,
That your love for me is real.
That your love for our family is forever,
And that you can always feel.

So to Holly, my love, I want you to know
That I will always love your way.
I will always love your heart
on this Happy Anniversary Day!

I guess I have been thinking about good vs evil alot lately, so I am going to give a lesson in todays post. I have been thinking about it probably cause of the movies and also because of the news about nine eleven protests and tea parties. I have been reading realcourage.org. - http://www.realcourage.org - It is a good site that exposes the hatred everywhere in the world. It shows that we in America have some growing to do. First, as a Christian I have to say that those hate groups do not represent my religion at all. Westboro Baptist Church is not Baptist and is not affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. There are other supposed Christian hate groups around Dallas. They are the ones who protest at mosques and hand out pamphlets calling others sinners first and foremost. It is sad that their pamphlets do have some biblical truth in it, but there is no temperance in its delivery. Salvation is glossed over just to point out sinners. It seems to me that extremists are getting louder. I think it is time for non-extremists to get louder. I think it is time for a revival of morals, ethics, decency, humility and respect for others.

As a Christian who follows the Bible we have to understand that we are not supposed to inflict our own will upon others. We are supposed to be humble, respectful, loving and pray for our enemies, not attack them. I know as an evangelical we would be jerks if we didn't warn others about the burning afterlife to those who don't believe, however we need to do it with love not hate. Instead those rabble rousers are giving normal Christians a bad name and putting others off of coming to Christ. I doubt anyone is being saved by being harassed. I leave with 1 Peter 3:13-17. This passage is clear that we are not to prostelyze in anger or an in your face attitude. Peace to all.

13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

So this weekend was a movie weekend. On Friday Holly's mom came and watched Brennon while we went to go see Inception. It was a pretty good movie. I like sci-fi so I could get into it. However, understanding what was happening was a little hard to follow. It was all about people jumping into other people's dreams. It reminded me of the early 80's movie Dreamscape. It also reminded me of the Edgar Allen Poe poem Dream Within A Dream. I wrote a song about that poem in my first band, Red Krovvy. It was one of my better songs. Had it been famous it could have been on the soundtrack. Anyways the movie was good even though I always get Matt Damon and Leo Dicaprio mixed up.

On Saturday I continued the movie watching by watching a show called "The Box". It was another sci-fi about an alien that gives people a box. If they push the button on the box they get a million dollars and someone they don't know would die. It made me think about how some people think more for money than for others. The next movie was a drama about a holocaust boy who is friends with a german boy. It was better than shnyders list, although I never liked that movie. That made me think about hatred. Hatred is the worst thing that happens to mankind. We in America need to be thankful we don't have as much hatred as other parts of the world. Are we really doing enough to stop hatred? I have a feeling that whole mosque two blocks away from the rubble indicates we do have alot of hatred in America, it is just pent up. To make the day seem not depressing we watched Annie. The sun will come out tomorrow. That is the story of a rags to riches girl. I remember when I was a kid my sister got us to see that movie and I got us to see Return of the Jedi. That was when we were leaving Alaska. Ah, memories.

Sunday Holly slept in after taking care of Brennon and I went to Sunday School. I announced a pool party for next Saturday. It should be fun. I ate there and then went to mom's church. I told her the good news that we are now under contract for selling the house. Hopefully there won't be any snags. After this I may never go back to Wichita Falls again. Woo hoo. Maybe I might go one day years from now to show Brennon where I grew up. Who knows. Mom is doing better. She is not as sick and I can see her as very cognitive. She just has some memory difficulties, but has all her wits about her. I think that is just getting old. She helps out people there read their church programs. Anyways, I ended up watching the Dallas Cowboys win. I am glad football has started. I am a fan.

So last night was guys night. It started off like any other guys night. Doug came over early cause he got off work early. I got home at my usual 6:30. I started playing with Brennon and he got very close to walking again. Doug said, "let's go to Chili's" I was like, I guess. Jason said,"I have a gift card for the one in Frisco." So we proceeded to the restaurant. Our guys nights conversations usually involve talking about our other halfs and various subtopics of Star Wars and trivia.

When we get to the restaurant Doug is on the phone and we get seated at the front of the restaurant near the door. He comes in and sits next to me in a booth with Jason sitting in front of me. Then I see this girl walk in dressed as a heart and carrying balloons. I say to Jason, look over there, uh oh, you know what they say about balloon people. We watched a show about "looners" the other night. So as I go into this diatribe the balloon lady starts walking up to the table. Apparantly Doug was pointing behind me for her to come over there. The balloon heart lady comes to the table and says "Is Brian here?" I say "yes" and in the back of my mind I am thinking - this is funny because I am probably the wrong Brian.

Then she bursts into song "L is for the love for you. O is for the only thing for you." and other such lyrics. While she is singing she is dancing and making a scene. Let me tell you the whole restaurant was watching. I could see the people waiting at the door watching. They even turned off the background music for her little act. Meanwhile I am conscious of one very important thing. Doug is sitting next to me. There are no girls at our table. People thought we were a gay couple. My face was bright red. Near the end of the singing telegram she sings like "I am happy to be your WIFE" and I think then people are like, ok. Then she sings "Happy Anniversary to You!" and says "one more time! let's all sing" and the people at the restaurant all sing "Happy Anniversary to You!"

So I am laughing and red in the face at the same time. It was sweet and embarassing at the same time. Holly had gotten me a singing telegram for our anniversary next week. I never knew they still existed. Apparently it was all setup last week and Doug and Jason were in on it. I will never forget this. Oh yes.....

So today is Hawaiian shirt day. I decided to wear my coolest shirt ever - the Jimi Hendrix picture shirt. For those who have seen it you know how cool it is. Of course everyone else was wearing Hawaiian shirts. Seeing as how I don't own one this will have to suffice. Also it is pot luck day. Now most pot lucks around here are really bad. People bring in healthy stuff and stuff with seasonings on it. There is not much selection. So I said, why not bring something I can eat? So before the pot luck I went to McDonalds and got 40 nuggets. Let me just say they are all gone now, although I probably at 6 of them. At least people bring cookies to those things.

So how is my weight and health? I would say they are the same. Of course I did get tired in the afternoons and on the drive home till I discovered the joys of Red Bull, although last night at 4AM I awoke with a caffiene headache. My diet has been working for a whole year now. That is a big acheivement. I have not gained any weight in a whole year. That was my goal. It was easy to obtain and has served me well. I could probably stay like this for the rest of my life. I don't need to go worrying about my weight and go trying all these weird diets. I just need to be happy with it all. I realize there are some health implications, but being able to maintain more important than losing in my opinion.

Anyways, life is good. Got a great wife and great kid on my hands. In a week will be our 3 year anniversery. What is that one? Tin foil?

So I am looking at the induction magnometer of the latest sun storm:
http://137.229.36.30/haarp/scmag/latest-12h.html

It is rather interesting how it rises when the solar flare hit us. I am first to say I have no idea what is going on, yet there are people much smarter than me who know alot about solar flares and its effects. I do like seeing pictures of the Northern Lights generated from it. I remember seeing them in Alaska when I was a kid. There was a weird neon green glow in the sky. From what I read in the 1800s there was a big one that caused all the telegraph lines to spark. It does make you think about how impossible it is for us to be here by chance and about how possible it is for us to not be here in the blink of an eye.

I think we are now on the fifth trumpet of the book of Revelations. It is rather interesting how I can tie everything together. Of course I don't believe it, but I wonder what would happen if you convinced someone to believe it? That is the problem with us as followers, not researching what is told to us. Take the trumpets of Revelations. Now if you make one assumption that the numbers are off, like a third of the Earth, then all of this can fit. Back then their Earth was rather small. So a third of that Earth might be equal to a third of Europe, which would fit.

1 Land - there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
- This references the Icelandic volcano
2 Sea - something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- This references the BP oil spill
3 Rivers - a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-- the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people died from the waters that had become bitter.
- This references the giant meteor that spanned across the whole USA in May.
4 Sun a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night. 8:12
- This references the Solar Eclipse that took place in the beginning of July.

At this point the Rapture took place. Last Friday all traffic in Dallas was easy going as there were no one on the roads. Apparently I was left behind.

5 Abyss - I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss. And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the earth.
- The first part of this is the solar storm we are experiencing now. I have also noticed there a way more bugs around here.

Next on the list is something that happens at the Euphrates river. We shall see. I would love to tie this all together. Then I could start a religion of post apocolyptic people with football shoulder pads, leather clothes and motorcyles.

Today I shall talk about social networks. People often wonder what is the deal with Twitter. There are alot of people who just don't get it. Yet, companies have jumped on the bandwagon and now they put their Facebook address along with their Twitter account. Twitter gives the world instant access to anything you have to say and it gives you instant access to what the world has to say. Think of of it like Facebook without the apps. But it is even more. I know I post to Facebook maybe once a month. I kind of have stopped using it just because no one is saying anything interesting anymore. It is like when you first meet an old friend you catch up with them and then after that you are like ,soo, ummm, what's new? Facebook has that awkwardness about it.

Now I have just been getting into Twitter. Not for what I can say, but for what others say. You can follow anyone on Twitter, like politicians, news sources, famous people or people who share the same hobbies and desires as you do. You don't have to say a word. You can just read what they have to say. It can happen in real time as well. If there is instant news you can see it as it posts. Twitter is a way of having status updates on everything. In order to get real time updates you have to "Follow" a person. For instance my Twitter ID is FreeVerge. If someone follows me then they will get the messages I tweet on their page.

I like following tech news sources because that is what I am into. Like I follow techcrunch, forbestech and cnn. I follow star wars and mst3k. I follow Brent Spiner and Leo Laporte. The more people you follow the more status updates you see. It is fun to see what other people say. It is like Brent Spiner(played Data in Star Trek) is my friend. I think that is what the appeal of Twitter is. Most people who don't "get it" have never tried playing with it. Both of them, Twitter and Facebook, have their uses as a comminication medium. To learn to use them is very empowering. And that's all I've got to say about that. For now.

This weekend went too quick. I wish I had more time off. Now that the temp is above 105 even walking the dog is hard. Friday night we went bowling while Holly's mom watched Brennon. I remember when prices were $3 a lane. Nowadays they are $30 a lane for an hour. I guess that makes you bring people to offset the costs. I think my top score was a 120. That is a far cry from the 227 I got on the Tech Bowling Team. I think that skill I lost. Actually I never had it. I just got lucky 6 times out of the 100s of games I bowled at college.

On Saturday I did take Brennon swimming. He enjoys it. I just have to lather the sunscreen on him. Of course I hold on to him at all times, although the occaisonal toss up in the air makes him laugh. Saturday night we watched "Extract" made by the guy who did office space. It was ok, not great but not bad. Sunday was a busy day. Holly watched the 4 year olds in Sunday School while I stayed at home and took Brennon to the 11am service. I went to sunday school and brought the donuts. Sunday evening Holly, Brennon and I went to mom's place and ate at her cafeteria. Brennon is a star of the home with all of the old ladies gawking at him. He loves the attention, although he was a bit crabby.

Last night the power decided to fluctuate in our house. The power turned off at 4AM. I couldn't breathe because my sleep apnea machine stopped working. When the power turns off everything in the house starts beeping. The smoke alarms, the old alarm systems, even the refrigerator. Of course I don't know how to stop it from beeping. So I was up for a while. Eventually the power turned on again and I was able to sleep. I hope my computers are ok. I think it is a result of the recent solar flare that is going to hit us directly tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more electrical disturbances. So be on alert. That is all.