I have been busy, and enjoying it!

On the quest for 1001

I am cutting my post short this week (a day) because my wife and I are moving into our new house in River Falls, WI!  The Minnesota insurgency comes to an end tomorrow morning.  Well, at least in terms of residency…work continues at the University of MN.

Back to the list!

Artist - Album (Favorite song)

Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (Up the Stairs)
Incubus - Make Yourself (The Warmth)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Here Come’s the Sun)
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief (2+2=5)
Madonna - Ray of Light (Frozen)
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lovely Rita)
50 Cent - Get Rich or Die Tryin’ (Heat)
Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (Gentlemen)
Kid Rock - Devil Without a Cause (Only God Knows Why)
Alice in Chains - Dirt (Angry Chair)
The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Nowhere Man)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Wish You Were Here)
Def Leppard - Hysteria (Pour Some Sugar on Me)
The Beatles - Revolver (Elenore Rigby)
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (Purple Haze)
OutKast - SpeakerBoxx / The Love Below (Ghetto Muzik/ Valentine’s Day)

1) About a month or so ago, I ran over something in the road that punctured my right rear tire and lightly damaged the wheel well in my car.

2) Last week Thursday, I hit a deer on the way in to work.

3) Last night, at 5:15PM, I was stopped at a stop light on Capital Drive in Shorewood, minding my own business, and BAM!!! I was rear-ended. The woman was likely travelling around 35MPH.

I have some minor whiplash and slightly-bruised ribs. She was fine, as far as I could tell.

My seat broke, and the back of my car is pretty much junk (broken taillight brackets, busted trunk, crumpled bumper (under the bumper cover) and damage to both panels in front of the bumpers). All of that stuff is fixable, so I’m not going to sweat it. We both have insurance, so that will get put to good use.

I’m just glad that baby Bri wasn’t in the car with me at the time. (I dropped her off about 20mins before the accident)

“It could be worse.” I’ll call that my mantra.

Pictures after the break…
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For weeks, Steve Kearns and I have been talking about this Wego Kite Tube that he purchased, that I was going to attempt to tackle this weekend at Steve’s cabin in Shawano.I have decided, though, after hearing the tragic story of Gregory Bykowski of Delafied, that I am not going to even attempt to get big air on the Kite Tube. Mr. Bykowski died after flying up in the air and crashing down to the water. Reports have stated that he was anywhere from 2 feet to 40 feet in the air before he crashed to the water below.

I wouldn’t want my daughter to witness her father’s death. And the way things have been going lately, (more on that later) I wouldn’t be surprised if something really bad happened to me.

Not Kite Tubing is the responsible thing for me to do - though I think it would be fun.

BTW, I am pretty sure Wal*Mart has stopped selling this product. As of my last check, every mention of the Wego Kite Tube has been removed from their website. A search for “Wego” turns up “Lego” products, but says there is no product available named “Wego.” I know it was there last week, because I was showing all of my friends how “cool” the Kite Tube is, and directing them to the Wal*Mart website to see the video.

From the MetroSource News Wire:

(Lansing, MI)  –  Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is saying no to a community which wants to use water from Lake Michigan for drinking water.  The application from New Berlin, Wisconsin would be subject to a federal law requiring the approval of all Great Lakes governors for any water diversion from the Great Lakes.  The state of Wisconsin has not formally requested permission from the region.

Apparently it is okay for the MMSD to dump millions of gallons of untreated or partially treated human waste into Lake Michigan, but don’t even think about letting a community with high radium levels use that water for drinking.

Ridiculous.

Don’t mess with Bob Saget. “He’s the illinest mthr f’r in a cardigan sweater.”

The best part is at the end when he says, “goodnight Michelle.”

I really hope this doesn’t ruin the original. I don’t know how you could make a sequel to Old School, but I’ll plop down my $17 to see it.

… and I’m not talking about Howard Dean.

From Musings of a Thoughtful Conservative:

You can almost see the left’s collective lip quivering as they foam over a report that General Casey projected that the number of U.S. troops in Iraq would decrease.

Once it happens, a troop pullout will be referred to as “political pandering.”

Rush Limbaugh was caught with a bottle of Viagra that allegedly wasn’t his. You would think that after all that he put himself through during pain-killer-gate, that he would make sure to have a prescription for even his asprin.

Choose your favorite ending to this story:

1. Apparently, not breaking the law is HARD for Rush to do.
2. Rush was HARD pressed to get a hold of his attorney.
3. This is HARDly anything for Rush to worry about.

So, now I’m making boner jokes. I could just stop and grow up. But it’s so HARD. Bwahahahahahahaha….

I would never consider myself a ‘reactionary,’ but I am very conservative when it comes to the protection of our great nation. That being said, if one terrorist sneaks through the FBI’s or CIA’s grasp due to the publishing of yet another secret anti-terrorism measure, Bill Keller of the New York Times, as well as the executive editors of the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post, should be arrested and tried for treason. If found guilty, they should be put to death in front of the firing squad.

They can hide behind the Freedom of the Press all they want, but publishing top-secret military and intelligence tactics is treasonous.

They won’t really have to worry about the Freedom of the Press when their city is incinerated by a nuclear bomb that they helped sneak past our defenses. Whether their intent was malicious, or simply agenda-driven, they should be held accountable for their actions.

Truly despicable.

Before I purchased my home, I pulled up the awful, icky, disgusting carpet in each room to check for hardwood floors. Both bedrooms had great looking hardwoods that were protected by a really thick padding. The kitchen, however, appeared to have this seriously disgusting carpet pasted to a subfloor.

The other day, my buddy Brad and his girlfriend Ericka stopped by. Ericka, a big fan of HGTV, said that she thought it was really strange that I didn’t have hardwood floors in my kitchen as well. She urged me to check again. So, I did, and low and behold - underneath the carpet is a layer of gym floor laminate tiles, and under that layer is a beautiful hardwood floor! (well, it will be beautiful when I’m done with it! )

Now I don’t have to worry about tiling, and I get to experiment with refinishing a hardwood floor! I guess it pays to take a second look.

Thanks Ericka!

Tyrants, dictators, commies beware! We’ll be armed with a Switchblade!

 

 

On the quest for 1001

I have decided to hold off and do weekly postings or maybe 1/2 weeks…because posting 3 albums a day is just too much work for me =)

Artist - Album (Favorite song)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club (Run Baby, Run)
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (Straight Outta Compton)
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamesse Dream (Geek USA)
Metallica - Master of Puppets (Welcome Home, Sanitarium)
Justin Timberlake - Justified (Cry Me A River)
The Fugess - The Score (Ready or Not)
Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill (Ironic)
Led Zepplin - IV (Stairway to Heaven)
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (Points of Authority)
Green Day - Dookie (Sassafras Root)
Ice Cube - The Predator (Check Yo’Self)
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium (Cicatriz ESP)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (Scar Tissue)
Limp Bizkit - The Chocolate Starfish and Hotdog Flavored Water (My Generation)
Jimi Hendrix - Axis:Bold as Love (Bold as Love)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (The Day I Tried to Live)
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction (Paradise City)
U2 - All That You Can’t Leave Behind (Beautiful Day)
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar (Irresponsible Hate Anthem)
U2 - Achtung Baby (The Fly)

There is a commercial on the radio that makes me chuckle every time I hear it. The commercial is for a builder that talks about these lavish homes with extravagant accountrements. At the end of the commercial, the owner says, “a Christian-based company.”

I like the thought of having an indoor pool, an indoor basketball court, or even his and hers master bathrooms. I don’t, however, think that Jesus would build a 4,000 sq. ft home with an observation tower. (though he would deserve it)

By the way, this is not slam on the builder. I like the delivery of the commercials, and I have been in their homes - they are beautiful. I just think the commercial is ironic.

I am posting this from a UNIX machine on the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) campus.  Working hard in my Comp Sci 1902 class, I have found time to write a post while waiting for my BubbleSort program to compile and test.  Oh yeah.

Of course, I went UNIX a long time ago, when Mac did =)

I’m feeling pretty good, I have actually written (with a little help) a complete sorting function that works.  I doubt I will get to the level of *nerd-dom* that Fuzz is, with programming, but at least I will be able to understand his *go-to* jokes.

With the amount of coverage the mainstream media is giving him lately, I am really starting to believe that Congressman John Murtha is a terrorist. Basically, if you took the words that spew out of Murtha’s mouth on a daily basis, and placed them in the mouth of an Al Qaeda terrorist, they wouldn’t seem out of place.

For the sake of our soldiers, our country’s morale, and our country’s position in the eyes of the world, Murtha should shut the hell up and crawl back into his cave. (or he can just take up arms with the enemy and we’ll do to him like we do to the rest of the worlds’ terrorists.)

You know you’re a non-traditional student, when you walk into a lecture hall full of ‘kids’ and realize you have a Nuk in your pocket. Ugh!

My dad turned me on to the web-(in-a-box)publishing software called, SandVox. I have been playing around with it a little, and in a little under 5 minutes, I created this website: http://brianna.fuzzmartin.com. I should say, it’s pretty slick! There are a great amount of designs to play with, and if you own a Mac, you can have your own website up and running in little or no time at all!

Today, I go to court to battle my “alleged” speeding ticket from May 10th. On my way to work this morning… I tagged a deer. That’s my 4th in 11 years. UGH!

One good thing did come of this. There was Harley rider right behind me. If he was in front of me, he may of hit Bambi’s mom, and that could have turned out to be tragic.

The damage to my car isn’t “that bad.” I mean, the hood is dented and the light is pushed down some, but it looks like I can pound it out.

Count your blessings, right?

On the quest for 1001

3 more from an afternoon of re-designing websites and print pieces.

Artist - Album (Favorite song)

Slipknot - Slipknot (Eye Less)
Pearl Jam - Ten (Porch)
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (Warning Sign)

I have to say that the Slipknot album is great, I have liked these guys since this album came out.  I am even more impressed by the fact that they are from Iowa.  Having lived in Iowa during my elementary and middle school years, I am quite surprised that this type of music/talent came from there!

On the quest for 1001

3 more down after yesterday and this morning’s bus ride to my programming class.

Artist - Album (Favorite song)
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (Bombtrack)
Dr. Dre - The Chronic (Nuthin’ but a G Thang)
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (Get it Together)