So I had a previous post where I mentioned that I have had a gun pulled on me.  In that post, Denise asked me to explain more.  So here it goes:

My Dad used to own a furniture store.  The power went out, and when it came back on it caused the alarm to trip out and go off.  When the alarm goes off, my Dad was always the first one to be called.  He asked me to go with him, so I did.  We didn’t leave the house right away, so by the time we got to the store, we thought the Police had already come and gone.  Next, we went into the store and checked it out.  Dad did some things on the computer there at the store.  After that, we locked up the store and got into the truck.  I need to mention that the whole building was glass, so you could see through to opposite side of the building. And it was pretty dark out side at the time. 

Now comes the fun part…

As we were backing out we saw through the building what appeared to be a light of some sort.  More specifically, it looked like a spot light from a police car.  There were not any overhead police lights going, so we could not tell for sure.  My Dad was pretty certain that it was a police car.  He told me to run over there and tell them that everything was okay. That is exactly what I did.  However, when I got to the other side of the building, I remember a police officer pulling his gun from the holster.  The next thing I heard was “Freeze, Don’t Move.  Put your hands in the air!”  In was a matter of seconds, but what seemed like eternity, my Dad drove to my side of the building.  When he got over there, the police were grilling him, and he had to prove that he was the owner of the store. 

Moral of the story: Do not run towards a police officer in the dark, even if nothing is wrong.

Neal tagged me, so here it goes. 

All about me — Alphabetically!
A. ATTACHED OR SINGLE? Attached
B. BEST FRIEND? Krissie
C. CAKE OR PIE? Devil’s Food Cake
D. DAY OF CHOICE? Saturday
E. ESSENTIAL ITEMS? Clothes, LOL
F. FAVORITE COLORS? Red and Blue (in that order)
G. GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS? Sour Worms
H. HOMETOWN? Boise, Idaho
I. INDULGENCE? Not really sure
J. JANUARY OR JULY? January
K. KIDS? Not yet
L. LIFE ISN’T COMPLETE WITHOUT? Dr. Pepper & Fat Bowl of Mongolian BBQ
M. MARRIAGE DATE? July 29, 2006
N. NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS? 2 sisters, 1 brother, 3 sis-in-laws, 2 bro’s in law, 1 step bro and 1 step sister.
O. ORANGES OR APPLES. Oranges
P. PHOBIAS OR FEARS? Fear of loosing my wife
Q. QUOTE: “Hey I tell you what.  You can take a good look at a T-Bone by sticking your head up a butcher’s ass, No wait, it’s gotta be your bull” (Tommy Boy)
R. REASON TO SMILE: My Wife
S. SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN? Wonder Woman
T. TAG 5 PEOPLE: Well since Mike is the only one who reads my blog on a regular basis, then I will tag Mike.
U. UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME: I had a gun pulled on me by an Ada County Police Officer.
V. VEGETABLES? Salad with Catalina Dressing
W. WORST HABIT? My worst habit would have to be not taking anything seriously. I like to tell jokes.
X. X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND? Don’t Know.
Y. YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Depends on my mood. Right now, it is Mongolian BBQ
Z. ZODIAC SIGN? Aquarius

For those of you who know me, this might not be a surprise. For those of you who don’t know me, I am a big fan of stand-up comedy. This is a video that I came across, and thought was also pretty funny.

I was reading some news online, and came across a post about a dude selling Tiger Woods’ half-eaten apple core on ebay for $36,000:

“I was at the US Open this Friday, following Tiger Woods down the 12th Fairway, after his tee shot, he was eating an apple, 30 yards from his ball he discarded his apple core in the rough, I asked a photothe to kick it over my way, and he did, I never touched the core, Scooped it up in a empty beer cup, as not to disrupt the DNA, Ive got lots of witness’…all moneys go to my daughters college fund.” 

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I found this video, and I think it is pretty dam funny….

I don’t really know where to get started, but once I do, Mike and Denise will both have comments to make about what I say.

In case I have not mentioned before, I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Today, in Sunday School, we had a lesson about righteous governments.  The lesson started off pretty well, and had some pretty good discussions.  However, as it progressed, some people said some things that made me think a little bit deeper. Somehow, it got to where someone mentioned that “as members of the church, we are in fact a minority”.  I thought about this, and thought that this is in fact very true.  Since I have been a member of the church my whole life, I have never given that much thought.

Then someone mentioned that there are two most hated groups in America.  He said the #1 hated group are Homosexuals.  And the #2 hated group is Mormons.  I don’t know if that is necessarily 100% true, but I think that we are up there.  This leads me to my next point that no matter what the issue is, whether good or bad, membership of the LDS Church or Mormon Church is brought up.  When Mitt Romney was still in the Presidential race, his religion was brought up all the time.  I don’t know what his beliefs or his church had to do with him running for office. Usually, that is not brought up with other candidates.  During other Presidential races, I have rarely heard anyone make a big deal about what religion they were.  However, just because Mitt Romney is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, then people don’t want him as President.

I was sorting through some old emails, and I came across this little funny joke.  If you are ever having a bad day, and want to get a good laugh, just follow these instructions

How to start the day with a positive outlook!

1. Create a new folder on your computer.
2. Name it “Hillary Clinton”
3. Send it to the trash.
4. Empty the trash.
5. Your PC will ask you, “Do you really want to get rid of “Hillary Clinton?”
6. Firmly Click “Yes.”
7. Feel Better?
8. Tomorrow we’ll do Ted Kennedy.

I don’t know if that is an appropriate title for this post, but that is the first thing that I thought when I saw this picture.  On Thursday May 22, I was driving over to my Mom’s house to go camping, and I saw this van.

I spent the last couple of days, and all night tonight trying to figure this out, and finally figured it out.  So, I figured that this deserves a blog posting about it.

Let me mention a couple things first to kinda set up the rest of the story.  My Internet service is through Clearwire, which is wireless Internet.  It works off of towers similar to cellphone towers.  Sometime ago, I rearranged my apartment, and moved my router and modem to the other side of the house by the window, because they added a tower to this area.  With clearwire, you are supposed to get the best signal by a window; however, this did not used to be the case.  Before they added the tower, I got the best signal across the room.

To make a long story short, I had moved my metal filing cabinets over to the window.  I have used them as a stand for some parts to my network.  I am using a Netgear Router, a Belkin Network USB Hub, and a Western Digital My Book World Edition (w/ a network interface).  All the sudden, my wireless router kept dropping signal.  Well, I figured out that if you have the router near large metal surfaces, that it can degrade the wireless signal.  To solve this problem, I switched my little bookcase with the filing cabinets, and I have had no problems since.

The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending your tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it’s releases. 

1. A billion seconds ago it was 1959. 
2. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. 
3. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. 
4. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet. 
5. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it. 

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