Great stories

I'm always browsing the web at interesting news articles. I have been finding so many lately, but here are some that I think anyone will find interesting.

• Exploading Toads
• Scientists say humans can read minds
• Scientists create mythological creature

A good use for condoms

I always hear so many interesting stories from India. Here is the latest.

Toys and more toys

I finally took the plunge and rode my bother-in-laws motorcycle. I have to say it was pretty fun. Although, I only road it around my neighborhood block about 3 times, I was nervous the whole time. Well, actually, only every time I had to turn. I know that when you ride a bicycle, you have to "lean" into the turn, but on a motorcyle, it feels like I'm gonna fall over or something. I guess it is just something you get used to.

Also, I got a 30" Sanyo HDTV and the picture is really good. I know that I've read a lot of reviews that say that the screen size isn't big enough to give you that feeling of "being there" that you get from the larger HDTVs. That's ok for now. I'll just wait until that communications act goes into affect and everything is HDTV.

Blogging for the sake of blogging

Hello everyone. I don't have much to say. I have been busy fixing up our house and doing yard work. Nothing big. I am going to start learning on how to ride a motorcycle. My brother-in-law, left it with us after he moved, so I thought I'd take it for a spin. Hehe. I need to buy a helmet though first.

Another friend lost

I heard the news that a friend of mine from high school lost her life on Wednesday, March 30, 2005. Her name is Miroslava Barrera, more commonly known as Miros (pronounced Mee-dose). She died in a car wreck in California. She was a good friend of mine for all 4 years of high school even though she went to another high school in another town close by. We met at a local church and that is how we became good friends. We actually we together (boyfriend/girlfriend) seriously for about a month. Unfortunetly, we didn't ever keep in touch after high school graduation in 1995 (except for a couple of emails we sent briefly to each other in college). I have a lot of good fun memories with her and the friends we shared. We all will miss her.

Hello BIG TV...goodbye, BIG TV

Well, I got word of my bonus from work the other day, so I decided to go buy a big screen TV I wanted. I had been looking for some time because I wanted to buy one with my huge tax refund I got (having a house and dependents pays) this last month. Well, that didn't go so well, as I had some credit card debt that needed to be paid. So I thought, "alright... bonus time then!!!" Well, so when I heard about my bonus, I jumped the gun and got this TV. It is a Panasonic 43-inch lcd projection HDTV. DVD's look really good on it and most digital cable channels look good too. Although, the SD channels on the low end (channels 4-20-ish) look a little blurry.

I haven't had a chance to see what HDTV looks like yet, but it seems as though I won't for a while. I'm gonna return this prized beauty tomorrow and be a responsible person and use most of the money for bills. College loans, credit card debt, that new A/C had to buy for the house since the old one went out last summer... it sucks to get rewarded and not really see much come out of it.

Sure I'll be closer to being out of debt, but while everyone else I know (especially in my line of work), is getting nice houses, nice cars, big tv's, multiple computers, pda's, game consoles, high dollar food, I must put up with my old stuff for a little longer. Although, I'm gonna at least buy some parts to upgrade my computer just enough so I can at least play some modern computer games on it. I will probably buy this 30" widescreen Sanyo TV from good ol'Wal-Mart later too. It was only $560 (or so). As much as I hate the idea of big corporate America, I have to admit that having Wal-Mart helps gives us poor folk a chance. Damn you college loans!!!!!!!!