Brain Dump

Brain Dump

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Alright, so I couldn’t find a single blog of mine (I have a bunch of different topiced blogs) that would allow me to express the wide variety of thoughts that I’ve had today…actually, this whole week. Therefore, I’m going to Brain Dump here and make sense of it all later.

Before I start I have to say that I’m online almost all day long. I go from one job to the next and EVERYTHING is online. The word WIRED came to my mind today as I sat and had a small break from everything.

I didn’t know that I could actually FEEL an emotion called wired. Well, I had that feeling today and with some of the things I’ll talk about here, I actually welcomed that new emotion, with some reservations of course.

Technology

I get so excited to learn of the new ways to interact with information on the web. I’m very intrigued by RSS Feeds and the multitude of ways that I can display them. I’ve got a ticker streaming across the bottom of my Firefox browser that lets me see the headlines of sites that offer RSS feeds. This allows me to do my work and every once and a while see something of interest without having to stop and go to another site to keep checking headlines.

Right now I have streaming my blog, so pretty soon I’ll see the title Brain Dump cruising across my screen. I have web topics from WebMasterWorld and world topics from NPR. I’m pretty excited about it all.

I LOVE Firefox and the extension that I can add onto it. If there’s something that I want my browser to do, I can probably find a plug-in that does it. Anything from allowing me to see more information about a website, to putting controls to my media player right in my broswer. IE is funny, smart I guess, but because I don’t really like it, funny. They’ve all but copied Firefox’s entire layout in their newest browser update. Dirty rats…anyhow.

Health

I’ve been getting more and more excited every day about the great possibilities in the heath industry. I feel that there are leaps and bounds to be made with diagnosis, brain imaging, and altogether keeping very close tabs on our health.

A while back, maybe 8 months or so ago, I drafted up some plans for a personal health monitoring system. Tied to a vast database of disease information. The idea would be to monitor key bioinformatics and compare them against the rhythms and patterns of a healthy individual. If one began to show patterns of higher than expected blood sugar levels, blood pressure, or any number of other key measurements there would be a notification set up, an alert to a potential disruptive health issue.

Yeah, lots to still think through, but I CAN’T imagine with all our technology why we’re not catching things before they happen.

Family

Melissa’s got a new photography site and family blog.

Mindy’s having a baby and just sent us ultrasound images.

Christy’s moving off to AZ, just threw a going-away for her Sunday night.

Talked with Dad about politics. Seems that we share some of the same views.

Just for Laughs

Canadian Geographer

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So, I was riding in the car with a new Canadian best friend. It just so happens that I work with a Canadian too. I asked him once where he was from and he said Alberta, or maybe it was Ontario. Oh well, either way, I then asked him where that place was. He continued to give me a Canadian Geography lesson. I was pretty stoked to say the least. Seems that I know all about Canada now. They’re pretty much the coolest people ever. I mean look at ’em! What other country can boast of having bands as cool as Bare Naked Ladies and Arrogant Worms? Um, none I think. Canada’s the only place.

Alright, down to brass tax. I know I kinda hinted at it in the previous paragraph, but I am feeling a strong urge to tell you flat out. I’m a Canadian Geographer. There, I said it. I know that some may mock, but never can I say that I didn’t follow my convictions.

Now in saying that I started the Canadian Geographer’s Club I want you to know that I can’t claim Canadian citizenship. I can only hope that someday I will be extended honorary citizenship, knighted, or even just given some plain tickets to the great white north.

Anyhow, let it be known that the Canadian Geographer’s Club is in session. Dues are not required, unless you’re not a Canadian OR a Geographer. In which case, you can’t join, sorry.

Oh, PS. Strange Brew makes me laugh. And if you do a search for “Rehpargeog Naidanac”, I’ll be number one. I’ll bet on it.

Faith, Words

Thoughts & Feelings

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Tears fall and like rivers flow
Bitterly your life does bite
Stirrings within do covet those stings
Meant to teach the soul

The sky cannot hold your lofty dreams
Nor the oceans drown your faith
On the wings of wind your fears do flee
And light burns within your breast

Passion, that fuel which feeds imagination
Rises to conquer mountains of disbelief
Your heart speaks as a dear friend
Listen: gentle, quiet, mild

All through your days heaven looks upon
And in your darkest moments
You are not forgotten. You are not alone
For inside you lives the divine

Dreams, Runner's High

Runner’s Update

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Smiling….

So I’ve got this silly/crazy idea in my head, yeah? I read the other day about two clubs that set a goal to run a marathon in EVERY STATE. One does every state plus DC. The other is all 50 States minus DC. So, I was curious when I caught up to a guy at the end of the St. George Marathon and he had a shirt that said he had done that. I talked with him a bit while we ran. He said it was something like his 230th marathon….can you say “SU-WEET”? Uh, cuz I can.

I’ve set my training program down for the Salt Lake Marathon on June 3rd, but I am just thinkin’ that I may do one before that too…as well as one after that. I’ve looked into some races in CA and AZ. But the race that is consuming my mind more than others at this point is our 12 man, 170 mile relay! WA-HOO. So, people are gettin’ on our team and we’ll soon have the full 12. That will be a sweet day. Some good friends are running it with us, so I’m very excited for it, even though it’s at the end of June.

Other news: Murph Dog created a running club at BYU and the coaches there are actually setting out the training schedule for several different levels of running groups. They’ll bring in pro-runner speakers for seminars and some other cool things. There’s already 75 members as of last night and it JUST BEGAN! Nice.

Well, that’s it for now friends. Thanks for all of your emails about how you’re doing. I really appreciate them all.

Luf,

Ry

thoughts & musings of a would be king