Tin Foil Soldier

so I had kevin take me to the emergency room on Thursday and I’ve been in the hospital since. The guys from work brought me my iPod touch today so I can finally post an update, but it’s still a pain to type on even though I am slot faster than I was earlier [...]

Ian’s Shoelace Site - Shoe Lacing Methods
Criss Cross Lacing
This is probably the most common method of lacing normal shoes and boots. The laces simply criss-cross as they work their way up the shoe.
Friday’s run in the woods turned into a run in the fields, which turned into a climb through the woods to get back [...]

frontline: assault on gay america: how ‘homophobic’ are you?
In 1996, as part of his study on homophobia, Dr. Henry Adams and his colleagues at the University of Georgia developed their own “Homophobia Scale” by modifying scales used by other researchers in earlier studies. It’s a 25-item questionnaire “designed to measure your thoughts, feelings and behaviors [...]

Harborfest 2008, Oswego, New York
I went to Harborfest on Satuday with Kevin and two friends. It was fun for the most part, and even walking in the pouring rain was fun in its own right. I mean, it sucked walking in the rain, but ya don’t get to do it that often so [...]

I spent Wed eventhing through Saturday camping with my roommate’s family at Westcott Beach State Park.
We went to Henderson for a beer at what they call “the bakery” which is really just an awesome bar / brewery that I simply don’t know the name of. Back to the campsite where I started reading Snow [...]

Your Money - A Primer for Young People Starting Their First Job - NYTimes.com
So below, I offer a proper primer on health insurance, taxes and retirement plans for employees starting their very first jobs. Please pass it out with my regards.
When I first started, it was all confusing. I needed someone to tell me [...]

Olympic Lanes Bowling Center - Rochester, NY - AMF Bowling
We went bowling last night at around 11:15, because we had things we were doing earlier, and because the website said they were open until 2am.
We get there, bowl a bit, then go to the snack bar to get a snack.  All the lights were on, [...]

I tell my friends everything and anything. I can’t keep secrets about myself for long. Whether or not they wanna know, I will tell them, forget and tell them again (wink wink).
One of the reasons I tell people my secrets for strength in resolution.
When people know, there are no go backs
It can’t be [...]

Bristol Mountain Resort -
Trail Conditions
SNOW SURFACE: Machine Groomed-Packed Powder-Frozen Granular
ALPINE BASE DEPTH: 18-44″
NORDIC BASE DEPTH: 2-12″
NEW SNOW: 1-2″ in past 24 hrs
I finally managed to get a friend to go skiing with me.  It gets boring fast to go by myself, so we are leaving “early” today to try to get a bunch of skiing/snowboarding [...]

defective yeti:
Dear Sirs,
Please consider augmenting the USAR Official Rules Of Racquetball with the following:
I am against the proposed rule as I would probably lose games constantly because of it.  At least today when Kevin and I played, it was pretty awful.

Ski New York! Bristol Mountain Ski Resort, Bristol NY
I bought a student season pass, its my last year that it doesn’t cost a fortune so I figured, what the heck.
I went yesterday and it was awesome.  If you wanna go just let me know.

New York State Fair | Gotta be there! | August 23 - September 3, 2007 | Syracuse, New York
We (kevin, Brian and I) went to the fair today.
it was hot, but mostly fun.
the weirdest thing was the cows that had no udders cause they were just milked, and the cows that had huge udders cause [...]

I’m flying out to Colorado to hang out with Jake and see the Grand Canyon today.
I will be back Wednesday evening.

Scientists calculate how much money it costs to buy happiness | the Daily Mail
Marriage increases happiness levels by the same amount as earning an extra £54,000 a year, although, surprisingly, living together was worth more, at an extra £82,500. Meanwhile, chatting to your neighbours on a regular basis would make you as happy as getting [...]

Casino Royale (2006 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Casino Royale is the 21st film in the James Bond series and the first to star Daniel Craig as MI6 agent James Bond

I liked Casino Royale. It wasn’t really that good of a “Bond” film, but it was still a good movie, especially the Parkour at [...]