Made it up to Aspen this past weekend to catch a little bit of the Winter X-Games. We actually ended up in the athlete parking lot with a $10 persuasion. Got to see the Mens Superpipe Elminations and the Snowmobile SnoCross Finals. After Zach taught a kid a lesson for him and his pals throwing snowballs at us we headed down the hill and into town for the free Common concert. It was sweet. From there we had to carry our host back to his place. As warm as Wild Turkey 101 will keep ya, it will also inhibit your mobility after a set amount.

Good times.
-Matt

Go to Google and search for “miserable failure“.

Awesome. I love the Internet.

See this page for an explanation.

UPDATE: Google “fixed” it. It used to pull the presidents bio on whitehouse.gov as the top hit. Link.
-Matt

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So I debated for a while about posting this, but after checking my traffic stats here at SLB I think it’s OK to disclose the following to the 4 of you (Hi Mom!) that actually visit.

Bahumtree was an unwelcomed guest in my house over the holiday season. Sure, it had it’s charm, but in general it absorbed half my living room, got pine needles everywhere, and was more hassle than holiday cheer. I spose it’s only fitting it went the way it did.

We secured it in the back of the pickup for it’s final ride to the eternal christmas tree resting place in the sky; the dump. While on the highway we noticed the clouds part slightly above at which point the hand of god descended on our F-150 to free bahumtree from it’s prison shackles. It was at this point that bahumtree seemed to float, almost mystically, above the bed of our truck for a split second before it was ripped from its captors at 70MPH onto the cold hard concrete.

Don’t worry… we called it in, and on our loop back no one had harmed bahumtree, or vice versa.

-Matt

I wanted to a take a moment and discuss some of my favorite websites that are out there. I love the internet. From it’s ability to freely share information and connect people and ideas from around the globe, truly bringing us closer to a unfied global society, to also housing some of the strangest, even disturbing, content found anywhere. It’s got it all…

Fazed

Fazed.org has got to be my favorite site on the Internet. It’s the best content site on the planet in my opinion. It’s layout is similar to other “link” sites out there, like fark.com and others. What set’s Fazed far apart from the others is it’s simple layout that isn’t cluttered with ads and it’s community. After viewing a link or posting on the front page you can actually read the comments without be bombarded by 14 year old flame wars and childish ramblings. The users often offer insightful comments with follow-up posts and information… albeit this is still the internet we’re talking about here and you’ll always have that edge of disdain, sarcasm, and wit.

It’s a content site, but unlike fark who mostly has articles they mainly focus on videos, images, games, and noteworthy news items. Their forum, aka the “Slorum”, is also one of the best around, so head over that way for enlightened (or not so enlightened) discussion on just about everything. I post under the nickname blam so look for me there.

Woot

Woot.com has the most genius marketing srategy ever comprised. They sell 1 product a day, launched at midnight CST, for typically well below market value and it’s always $5 shipping, no matter what. They’ll sell the product until they run out of stock or it hits midnight CST of that day at which point they launch the next days product. Depending on the cost/popularity of the item things can sell out very quickly. Then there’s the woot-offs. Man I love woot-offs. This is where they’ll sell a product until they run out of stock and they’ll immediately launch the next product. Some stuff will sell thousands of items in minutes and be gone and some stuff will linger a few hours. You can tell it’s a woot-off if there’s flashing orange sirens and a progress bar on the main page below the item. During these events I can be found staring at woot hitting the F5 key to constantly refresh the page anticipating the next item.

There’s plenty of other sites that are worthy out there, but the above 2 are the only ones I’d say I visit daily. Google has a plethera of other services, tools, and toys on their site that alot of people might not know about; me, I’m a google whore. Check their more section for all kinds of goodies. Check my links section on the right for some other gems.

-Matt

So I have to give credit where credit is due, and in this case it goes to Zach who introduced me to the secret. In a nutshell The Secret is essentially the Law of Attraction―you know, like attracts like. The belief is that if you can sustain positive thoughts of what you want and desire that the Universe will manifest it for you. I’m not really gonna delve too much more into it here, but I’ll be damned if I’m not a believer. Find out for yourself. They’ve got a DVD out that everyone really needs to see. It’s the same folks, so it would seem, that brought us “What the Bleep do we Know“―which is a great flic on its own right, though the philosophy of The Secret is much more interesting. It’ll change you life for the better―that is what I know for sure. If none of the options below appeal to you, drop me a line and I’ll send ya the DVD―offer valid for family and friends only Once you know The Secret there’s nothing you can’t do and you can do everything you could possibly imagine. Yeah… you need to see it that bad.

Watch the 90% or so for free that’s up on Google Video.
Google Video Links

Watch the whole thing, continuously, online for $5 via Vivadas
Vivadas Link

Buy the DVD.
Home Site | Amazon

-Matt