Ben's Blog

Shark!

This post is nothing more than to share this awesome game with you! Miami Shark (inspired by the web-reknown picture of a shark attacking a helicopter). It's awesome!

Dog & Pony.

Before you say it, before you begin to berate me for breaking my own rule of only one word titles (known as Rule #1, please reference Rule #4 - Rules are made to be broken or at least stretched. Which leads us to "Dog & Pony." I used this idiom last night in a message and afterward began to think about its meaning - at the urging of my wife - or more aptly her questioning my use thereof. So here is what ye grande olde Internet says: in reference to a smaller sized circus with fewer acts, customers would be treated to acts featuring dogs and ponies, instead of the more costly lion and elephants. Now it means a big show presentation, with little substance behind it < the definition I went for last night!

Carpet.

I'm not sure what it says about me, that the installation of carpet would bring so much joy into my life - yet it has. So take this time to rejoice with me (or mock me and my uneventful life). Yet now I can begin to move in all the "things" I moved out just a mere 2 weeks ago! I say things, because the items are not classified as junk...yet! That is phase II. I must say there is something cleansing about moving things around and discovering little insignificant bits of life you determine are no longer needed. So that space now belongs to bigger and better things I don't need. And now we've come full circle, so I think I will go lie down on my new carpet.

Foxes.

As in, the Fleet Foxes, as in the singers of White Winter Hymnal. I heard this song this morning on the radio - yes, the radio! Not an iPod or MP3 player or even super-special satellite radio, just good ol' FM, turn-the-dial, radio. (Live 100.5 in Birmingham, AL - BTW.) And, I love it! So much so, that it inspired this post. I love the music, the vocals, the video and the lyrics...especially the lyrics (as follows). "I was following the pack / all swallowed in their coats / with scarves of red tied ’round their throats / to keep their little heads / from fallin’ in the snow / And I turned ’round and there you go / And, Michael, you would fall / and turn the white snow red as strawberries / in the summertime."

Atlantis.

The Aquarium @ The Atlantis Hotel in The Bahamas

Topics.

Since I have removed my own internal limitations on subject matter...I guess the topic list is wide open. To give you some idea of what the blog may contain (not nuts for any allergic readers) here a few things rattling around today - 1.)Any music I am particularly fond of at the moment (Sam Cooke to Kings of Leon) 2.)Any cool advertisements (since I am in that business as a day job) 3.)Quotes. I am a quote junkie, and will throw a few of mine in there in hopes they get quoted elsewhere, I become super famous and then retire on my wit alone. 4.)My Wildest Dreams (see number 3). 5.)Baby Things. My wife and I are expecting #1, so I'm sure that will probably be top of mind more than not. *All topics subject to change / blackout.

Rules.

As in, internal rules for myself applied to this blog...and by rules applied to the blog I mean guidelines...and by guidelines I mean more the thoughts I am having right now about how I want this blog to work...and by how I want - just kidding. For instance, Rule #1: One Word Titles. Rule #2: Only One Paragraph Per Post. Rule #3: You Don't Talk About Figh...wrong list...sorry. Rule #3: No (more) bad puns or references to movies. Rule #4: Always list things in sets of 3 or 5. Remember, rules are made to be broken (or at least stretched a little).

Winner.

No, really. I won a free year of Typepad Plus via Twitter. Here is where @Armano made the announcement. So yea! What does that mean exactly? It means that now I have a blog on Typepad (a new format for me). I am accustomed to Blogger and Wordpress, but I am also excited about kicking the tires on here as well. Since the tab has been picked up for a year, I thought I would make this blog about anything and everything. Now I know that to have a good blog, "they" say to pick and topic and stick with it, becoming the expert or "go to" place for that particular disicpline. Well, I say...too bad! This is now an experiment, with me in the hamster wheel. I'll post what I like, when I like and that's the way I like (it). Thanks for reading...and away we go!