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Rubber Duck Regatta – Ernie’s day out!
Are you from Cincinnati? Have you ever heard of the Rubber Duck Regatta? I hadn't until this year. While driving up I-71 North a few nights ago I look up at one of the office buildings on the west side of the highway and notice something different. I see the largest, yellow, inflatable duck EVER! This duck is the ultimate ducky... I am scared to think what our orange friend Ernie would do if he ever laid eyes on this duck.
You remember Ernie, right? He’s the little orange guy from the shorts of 'Bert & Ernie' from Sesame Street? Of course you do. Ernie is the one who sang 'Rubber ducky, you're the one... you make bath times so much fun!...' Everyone knows and loves the song.
Anyway... I saw the big duck on top of an office building, and also received a number of emails at work about purchasing ducks. So my roommate, Sean, and I decided to go ahead and purchase some.
Before I get too much further I guess I should probably explain what the Rubber Duck Regatta is, to those unfortunate enough to be out of the Cincinnati area this time of year. The Rubber Duck Regatta is a fundraiser for the Free store Food bank. 100% of the money raised from the Rubber Duck Regatta goes to feeding the hungry. The ducks cost one for $5, or six for $25 (Sean and I now have six lucky ducks!). On Sunday, September 2nd at 2pm, all the ducks will be released over the side of the Purple People Bridge for the race of their lives. The first duck to cross the finish line gets a brand new, 2007 Honda Civic! I think the next 4 or 5 ducks to cross each get $1,000. Not too bad... unfortunately for my chances (but fortunately for the free store food bank) there are thousands of ducks that will race.
There is also one National City Million Dollar Duck that will race. I think the duck is randomly selected for a random person that has a duck. And if that person is one lucky duck (yes, they have beat that pun into the ground)... they get $1,000,000. But don't get your hopes up, first you have to be lucky enough to be selected... then you have to be lucky enough to win... yes, I know, I'm not holding my breath.
Overall this seems like it will be a fun and entertaining way to help some people out. I enjoy running races that give proceeds to charities, but this is something different that will be fun as well.
If you are interested, I am sure they won't limit your participation to living in the Cincinnati area, you can order online, or by phone I believe... here's some info below.
http://www.rubberduckregatta.org
Phone: 513.929.DUCK (3825)
http://www.freestorefoodbank.org
Have a good weekend! I'll be out on the lake tomorrow with my Dad, time for nice long morning fishing!
The aliens did it! I saw them do it! (a little note about technology)
There's no good way to address this topic... so I'm going to take one of the most obscure ways possible. I have already written this post almost two full times in this notepad only to do a Ctrl+A and Delete. The topic that I would like to discuss today is this: Do we rely too much on technology?
First let's define "technology". One definition of technology that I found from Google is: The application of knowledge to meet the goals, goods, and services desired by people.
I liked that definition and thought is was general enough to be considered valid. However, under the standards of that definition we could consider everything from nuclear warheads to sporks... technology. Why don't we for sake of argument use the word technology in reference to computer technology? We'll use the phrase computer technology in reference to things such as... nuclear warheads, computers, alarm clocks, microwaves, cell phones... you know, that sort of thing.
All so let us begin. I don't want to address the topic of the previously stated question directly, because well... there are too many arguments that go in so many different ways that it would be very difficult for me to concentrate and write a post that takes less time to read than the Old Testament. I want to rearrange the question a little bit to ask something completely different, but in essence, get the same answer.
How would your life change if tomorrow, aliens with strange little guns on their spaceships came down into our atmosphere and sucked up all our telephone poles which carried our electricity, and the electricity wire that are buried under ground, AND all our batteries? Basically... we have no power! Ok you folks with solar panels... hush up... I was just trying to come up with a creative way to say we lost all power to everything.
First off and probably the most detrimental thing to everyone would be the fact that they wouldn't be able to check and read my blog! But seriously....
Let me just talk about how my life would change for a bit. First off, I have one candle in my possession, and the wick is already burned all the way down, so I would need to get some light. I would have to go to the store, during the day (so I can see what I'm picking out) and buy some candles. But when I get to the store I would realize that I am very low on food, cause everything in the freezer/fridge would now be spoiled. But even before this I wouldn't have been able to get to the store very quickly cause my car wouldn't work!
Here are some of the things during my day that wouldn't change. I would still have a nice sleep in my nice comfy bed. I would still have my books to keep me company. I would still have friends that live close by to keep social. What else... what else... ummm... I have a game of cornhole and a frisbee. Needless to say, my life would be flipped completely upside down. If I lost power to everything, I might be late to start driving... I mean walking to work in the morning because I would have no alarm clock to wake me, and no watch batteries to even know what time it is. I would get to work and just stare at my cubicle wall... cause my entire job description is programming and testing software for computers. I would assume that I would probably get more sleep at night though. When it gets dark out, if you have no other light, what else is there to do but sleep until the sun comes back up?
What about you? Would your life change drastically without power?
Is our world evolving into a people that rely too much on tools of our own creation? Should we use these tools such as computers as much as we do now? I wonder if back when someone invented the wheel, or when our ape-looking ancestors figured they could throw rocks at things to kill them for food, someone said... NO NO NO, you can't rely on this technology too much. We must still kill a bear with our own hands... put that sharpened stick down! I really don't think so. I believe our world is evolving and sure we rely on technology a lot, but it is a necessity to evolve even further. Who wants to be stagnant? That's when moss starts to grow.
I would imagine that after the aliens came and stole all our power... everyone on earth would be sad. I can just imagine everyone in Silicon Valley sitting on the curbs with the elbows on their knees and chins rested on the hands... just moping. Then of course Google would make an announcement... its OK everyone! We just invented power that isn't power!
...and Google wins again...
The Japanese Motorcycle Man (minus one limb)
Did you hear about the Japanese biker guy who while attempting to cut a tight turn got too close to the guard rail and amputated his own leg?!? If that's not enough to believe... he then rode on for 1.2 miles without even realizing that he lost his leg!
haha... moron...
Seriously, when you accidentally slam your finger in a door, what's the first thing you do? You look at your finger! Everyone does it, its not a by chance sort of thing. The article states that this guy 'felt excruciating pain, but did not notice that his right leg was missing until he stopped at the next junction'. So he felt the pain, but somehow he just didn't take the second to look down and realize his leg was missing.
And to make the story even better...
The one-legged motorcycle businessman has a friend who was out riding with him. This friend took the responsibility of being a good buddy and after seeing the gruesome scene stopped to pick up the leg.
Let me do one of my favorite things... let me paint myself into this picture...
[**Insert dreamy wafting away music here**]
My roommate Sean and I are riding our motorcycles down the highway. He's up front and I'm bringing up the tail. We're cruising, its a beautiful day with the sun shining past a few clouds keeping us warm with the cool mosquito-filled breeze rushing past our ears. We're going a little over the speed limit, but who wouldn't? It is gorgeous outside and we love to go fast. A sharp turn surprises the both of us. Sean, while trying to compensate the direction change gets too close to the guard barrier and slams his leg against the metal. He doesn't crash, but appears to be a little shaken. Then from out of nowhere something comes flopping and bouncing right at my bike. I swerve to avoid the UBO (unidentified bouncing object) and quickly realize that object was wearing a shoe... it was Sean's leg! I look up only to see a narrow stream of blood making a trail behind Sean's bike that would make Hansel and Gretel proud.
I quickly double back and pick up the dismembered limb and zip off in chase of my friend short of one leg. As I speed up doing my best to catch up, I am yelling his name as loud as I can and waving the bloody hunk over my head! Finally, after 1.2 miles of disbelief, Sean slows down only to realize that he's not going to be able to prop his bike very well at the stop. I catch up and when in close enough proximity kick him in the back with his own leg before just looking at him and saying... you moron!
[**Enough of the dreamy wafty music… you can stop humming now**]
Haha... seriously, how can you not realize you just amputated one of the thickest bones in your body!
I really do love finding random news stories like that... do you have any to share that you have found lately? Please do!
If you lost the sense of….
If you had to lose one of your five senses, what would it be? A friend and I were discussing this not long ago and we came to the conclusion that the easiest two to lose would be your sense of smell and your sense or your sense of taste. For those who may have skipped that day of first grade, here are the five senses we are talking about...
- Taste
- Smell
- Sight
- Touch
- Sound
I, as usual decided to put more thought into the question than was completely necessary and decided that I would rank my senses in the following order.
Touch --> Sight --> Sound --> Smell --> Taste
Where as touch is of course at the top of the list of importance. Sure it would be terrible to not be able to see or hear anything, but if you can't feel anything with your hands... you don't know what a penny feels like, you don't know the heat of a campfire, you don't know the softness of a blanket, you don't know the comfort of a hand... it would be very depressing.
So my friend that I was discussing this with is already lacking one of these senses, lucky for her it is second to the bottom of the least important, the sense of smell. It is sad though, she can't smell flowers or a home cooked meal!
Let's remove each sense and see what a typical day would be like.
[no taste]
You would go about your day in normal fashion without the pleasures of tasting food. The upside is you don't taste some foods, which are not too tasty. You could eat all the healthy / nasty foods you like and wouldn't bat an eye. Overall, you wouldn't suffer too much, you would get used to it. Our world does not revolve specifically around people with a sense of taste.
[no smell]
Throughout the day you wouldn't notice anything out of the ordinary. The only time this lack of sense would really come into play is when others are around you commenting on a smell. It would be only then that you would realize what you are missing. I love the smells of different things, so it would be rough knowing what you are missing, but same as taste, our world doesn't revolve specifically around people with a sense of smell. You would survive just fine
[no sound]
Without being able to hear anything, we start delving into the senses that would really impact your life. Without sound, you have a much more difficult time communicating. You would have to learn to read lips and sign most likely. Watching TV or a movie, you would always have to watch with captions. Phone conversations would be out, but you would still be able to text message. If someone calls your name from the other side of a room, you wouldn't know. Going to a symphony concert would leave you feeling empty, as you can feel the vibrations of a crescendo in you chest, but no epiphany from a grand major chord would be reached. Our world does nearly require a sense of sound. It would be very difficult to go any time without being able to hear.
[no sight]
Plain and simple, lacking this sense would be terrible. Every day life would be made very difficult. Just think about everything you have seen just today, and then think about not having seen it. How different would your life be? You wouldn't be able to drive, you would need assistance from some form of apparatus whether dog or cane to just move about. Our world is not designed for a person who cannot see, period. Jobs would be very limited. Going to a zoo would be pointless as you wouldn't be able to see the mane of a lion or the stripes of a zebra. You would just smell the elephants and probably be rather miserable.
[no touch]
From a life long standpoint, a lack of the sense of touch would be the most terrible in my opinion. You can live everyday and be fine without being able to see or hear. You have comforts in other things. You could still hug a stuffed animal, or cuddle with a loved one for a movie. Without the sense of touch, you could still do that, but it wouldn't have the same impact. Someone comes up from behind you, placing their hand on your shoulder... you wouldn't know until they made known their presence. There have been studies about people with dogs. Petting their dogs brings comfort not only to the dog, but to the owner as well. If you had a dog, would the same comfort be had from the company kept and petting the dog?
Pretty much lacking any one sense would not be all too much fun. Lacking more than one at a time would be just plain rough.
But what do you think, which of the senses do you consider the most important? Which one would you think would be the easiest to give up?
That’s all for now, this is turning into a very long week…
- Jason
(ps... note the tag for this post... hah, i thought it was funny)