Well, in ten minutes it will be tomorrow, so I’m sure by the time anyone reads this it should say, “yesterday I turned 24.” But no one reads this anyways, so it doesn’t matter.

24. I’m practically dead at this point. Might as well buy a burial plot and make sure my estate is all in order. What? Over exaggerating? See if you can follow my logic: 24 is one year from 25. 25 is half of fifty. Fifty is a decent age, but more so, it’s half of 100, which is dead for most of us. So I’m only 3 degrees from dead. That’s intense. Time to take stock in my life.

No but seriously, it’s funny what 24 does to you. I genuinely feel like I’m out of the “Young Adult” range, and have hit “Adult.” At least in the age sense. School is no longer talked about, careers are being set in motion, um, I don’t like MTV anymore. Oh who am I kidding, I’ve hated MTV for a long time. Oh crap, I just realized I watch VH1 more than MTV. I am old.

I still feel completely lost as far as my purpose in this world. I guess everyone feels that way. I imagine that’s something I’ll be struggling with when I’m 80. Better that than, “I’ve done what I was meant to do in this world” I suppose.

I’ve got nothing deep or enlightening to say. I suppose I just felt I should say something. Not sure why. Whatever.

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There’s really nothing I can say that this video doesn’t say itself.

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Half-Life 2 easily has some of the most impressive physics of any video game out today.  Garry’s Mod has become the best place to prove just that.  I’ve tried it out myself a few times, but I just don’t seem to have the creativity to really do cool things with it.  I’ve seen people make dramatic photos, entire comics, and recently, insane, otherwise impossible Rube Goldberg devices. 

While I’d normally embed the videos, you really do want to see these in a larger size.  This one is great, and this one is downright rediculous.  Almost makes me wanna download Garry’s Mod again and give it another try.  But I’ll probably just play around for 30 minutes and then give up.  Sigh.

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Yours truly will soon be entering the podcast race. This Thursday I will be sitting down and recording Gopal Swami and Brian English as they record the premier episode of…well, we don’t have a name for it just yet. But when we do, you’ll know. The podcast will be focused on the NFL, which is not something I’m really into, at all, but I am interested in getting into the podcasting game. We will launching a blog alongside it, which I will be designing and administering. So you won’t hear me in the podcast at all, as I’ll be behind the scenes of it all, but none the less, I’m excited. So If you happen to like football of the American variety, I’d suggest you give it a listen. That is, when it exists.

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Today my brother in-law took off for Iraq. He will be stationed there for one year. There’s not a whole lot I can say that really comes close to being worthy of saying. I’m proud of him, and I am in awe of his willingness to serve our country. He leaves my sister and his 5 month old son, Sam, in North Carolina. If you get the chance, a little prayer would be gracious. Thanks.

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So I sit at my computer, stomach full of grilled cheese sandwiches, a beautiful woman at my side, just waiting till it’s time to head out for church. Last week the wife and had our 2 year anniversary, it was Monday if I remember correctly. Spent a couple of days on St. Pete Beach thanks to the Grand-inlaws. The wife took this picture of me. I always feel kinda weird posting pictures of myself. Don’t wanna look vain. But I’m always so astounded when a picture of me looks anything other than bad.

A lot’s been going on lately. I quit my band, Never Ithaca. I wasn’t even really sure why when I did it, but it all seems to be making more and more sense as time passes. I really did it because I just had an overwhelming feeling it was something that needed to be done. It’s been my experience that when God wants to do something in your life, He tends to ask you to take the first step. So I think my first step was quiting the band I was in. Oddly enough, it was only a couple days later that a drum set almost literally just fell into my hands. My friend Juan was helping a guy move, and they found a drum set in the garage, the owner of which moved away long ago. “It’s your’s” Juan was told. Juan doesn’t drum, but he does have a friend/partner in crime that does. (I’m talking about me). Of course, now I have to figure out a place to put this thing, and I have no idea when I’d actually be able to play it, as I live in an apartment with an especially nasty neighbor. Who knows. We’ll see. Fact of the matter is I’ve been wanting a drum set for a long while, and this seems to be an answer to that so I’m not going to complain.

Well, it’s abotu time to head off to church, so I’m going to sign off here and appologize for the rambley post. You’ll just have to deal with it.

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God bless The Daily Show for saying something about Net Neutrality. I wonder how many of it’s viewers depend daily on the net, yet know nothing of the issue.

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I just found this via digg. It’s the senator from Alaska, talking about why there should be no net neutrality.

I just the other day got, an internet was sent by my staff at 10 o’clock in the morning on Friday and I just got it yesterday. Why?

There’s even an mp3 that’s ten minutes long that full of this man’s insane rhetoric. These are the kind of people who are going to decide what the internet looks like in the future.

You may be wondering what the heck I’m talking about. I’m speaking about net neutrality. The idea that everyone gets the same internet. The Telcos want to charge Google money, because Google uses up so much bandwidth. The idea is, if Google doesn’t pay up, they get slowed transfer speed. Or let’s say, Vonage, the Voice Over IP compnay, wants to have a phone service over the internet. But the Telcos have a similar service. So they charge Vonage money for high bandwidth, but what, will they charge themselves for the same high bandwidth usage?

The internet is a utility. it’s like h\gas or electricity. No net neutrality is like is the Gas company release their own brand of Mac & Cheese, and if you tried to cook Kraft Mac & Cheese, they would give you less gas to do it with. Is that fair? Hello no it’s not. It’s a monopoly. And it will destroy the internet as we know it if we let it happen.

If you want more info on all this, check out savetheinternet.com. They’re a great resource for all the info you need on the subject. Until then, go listen to that mp3 and be in awe that people who have no idea what the internet is, will decide on how it’s used by YOU.

They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck. It’s a series of tubes.

Oh God, save our internet.

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