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here’s yet another attempt to embed a youtube video…

when entering the following in the ‘code’ mode of posts:

the following would appear after the save:

however, this was before the upgrade - i recently upgraded wordpress and now i think it’ll actually work!!! (fingers crossed)

and apparently the <code> stuff doesn’t work too well, cuz the code stuff i did put in, is not showing up as ‘code’… oh well. i’m now able to display youtube videos… you should all be 1) happy or 2) scared or 3) both.

regardless, the KITH skit above is a personal favorite of mine and i’m so glad i was able to find it… ahhh jacque and francqui, iz good to see you old friends.

okay, so i’ve now got beef with wordpress… why can’t i embed a video or a flash file?? someone help me outs here…

This is what i wanted to embed along with the comment, i’ll drink tap water over bottled water any day of the week

any help with the embed issue??

so a couple days ago a bridge in Minneapolis collapsed. it was all over the news, you might’ve heard about it - so far 5 have died and some 90+ were hurt (a couple still in the hospital). i wasn’t anywhere close to the bridge and luckily, nobody i know (at least i’m not sure of anyone) was on the bridge when it collapsed. My boss here at work went over the bridge about 20 minutes before the thing fell.

i didn’t even hear about it until katie told me to turn on the TV at home… i was doing some fantasy football podcasting on the way home from work - i watched it in amazement for a while, but then the media kept dramatizing it and that irked me. katie, however, watched it until Top Chef came on (our program of choice - and mine since the new season of The Office hasn’t started).

i got a bunch of phone calls - people asking if i drove over the bridge,  some relatively frantic calls even. nope - don’t even get close. i’m otay and so is all the peeps i know.

things like this will make you stop and think.

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Now playing: idobi Radio
via FoxyTunes

i think i need to setup surveillance surrounding my house… cuz weird al has OBVIOUSLY been watching katie and i… don’t know what i’m talking about? if you gots some time, check this shyt out!

and a follow up: for all my teacher friends… this is for you!

i know i’ve been quiet lately, don’t hate me for it - this kat be crazy busy. but i had to share this lil nugget with yas… i giggled extensively.

well, it’s a beautiful day outside - mothers across the land should be pleased. Hope all you mothers have a wonderful day. i took the cocoa outside today to take some photos for the future mother of my childrens (which won’t be for a couple years, btw)… and well, i didn’t use any of them for the photo-card i made for her (from cocoa, of course) because i found a better photo to use and i’ll post it after she gets the card tonight… but i did want to put one of the photos of cocoa up - so ya’ll’s can see what our precious puppy be lookin like these days.

Cocoa on Mother’s Day 2007

and photos of the fitness center and new equipment are coming…

by the way, this wordpress blogging tool… pretty darn spectacular! it manages images for ya and everything. me likey!

i’ve been toying with the idea of playing football again this year - this time with a GPFL team, the St. Cloud Fighting Scots. and after many conversations with the wife and with myself, i’ve decided this year it’s just not going to happen. not an easy decision to make, but after i thought about it, well, it just isn’t that difficult to see what the right decision is - it’s just not the favorite decision. this is one of those times when the right decision is not the same as the favorite decision. i’ve just got too much on my plate right now, with wurk, the fitness center, the other ’side jobs’, spending time with the wife and dog and just life in general. i’ve been looking at the pros and cons and i even made a pseudo-list (i didn’t write it down, but i did have the list in my head). there were only two pros on my list: i get to play football and i have something to write about on my blog every week (that last one really isn’t that big of a deal, cuz as you can see - i’ll blab about other stuff). the cons however….

• time - playing in st. cloud takes a bunch of time, even if practices are only once a week
• money - with gas already at $3/gal, this summer’s road trips are not going to be cheap and right now katie and i are working hard to get ourselves completely out of debt (save the house mortgage). this would put us right back into the spending rut.
• safety - i’m no spring chicken and i’m not completely sold on the solidity of the OL and the ability to keep myself from compromising situations on the field. i don’t recover nearly as fast as i used to and i’m not in the best of shape right now (sure, i’m stronger in the weight room than i think i’ve ever been, but that’s only part of being ‘in shape’, i’m greatly lacking in the cardio endurance).
• family time - last year was extremely tough on katie and my relationship, she liked that i was doing something i liked, but at the same time, she spent a lot of the weekends working while i was out playing. that’s not fair to her and we didn’t get to spend nearly as much quality time together as we should have as husband and wife.
• cocoa - with both katie and i working full time, cocoa is kenneled up during the day. i don’t care for that and neither does katie (i’m sure cocoa doesn’t like it too much either). not playing this summer would give me more time to spend with my hunting buddy and continue to work on her training
• weekends - playing football is fun, but it also depletes every weekend during the season. i haven’t been fishing nearly as much as i would like and bird-hunting season in the fall has also been limited. a couple days out on the golf course would be nice and spending time with friends and family has been so rare it’s not even funny.
• business(es) - hey, i’m a small business owner - that takes time to run. the fitness center is going pretty good. we’ve got a lot of things planned in the next year and we’re still getting our methodologies worked out. that combined with the fact that i’ve got wedding photos that i took in february that need to be finished (i HATE red-eye) and a couple website projects that i’ve had to turn down because i just don’t have the time. even less time with the addition of a football season.

there might be more that i’ve got on my list that i just can’t think of right now - and that’s a by-product of not writing down my list and trying to have everything in my head - but you get the idea… my priorities have shifted. it’s not just me i’m thinking about here. i F’ing hate it, but it looks like i’ve grown up - NO MEGUSTA! but at the same time, it’s not all bad.

i’ve got pictures of the new equipment for the fitness center, tis most excellent and we’re all really excited about it (including our members, which is a good thing). i’ll post them later tomorrow (i promise).

i didn’t post on frid - cuz i was busy. katie and i left frid night to visit some friends down in des moines. a very relaxing and muchly needing great time! not only that, but sister was in des moines for the drake relays, so we got to spend some time with her on saturday night along with the ‘rents (who were down for the meet and to see sister as well). ahhh good times had by all.

today, i worked from home because i needed to head on over to the fitness center as we got our new equipment! very exciting, i must say. two new ellipticals, 2 new treadmills, a recumbent bike and a multi-gym-type-deal… very top-of-the-line and brand, spanking new! now, we’re starting to separate us from the rest of the fitness centers in the area. i call that progress. i forgot to bring the camera, but i’m prolly gonna head over there tonight, so i’ll snap a couple shots and put em up later times.

AM REPORT: box squat towel bench (10-8-6) - box squat i dropped from a 2 box to a 1 box (as i stated last week) - wow, what a difference an inch or two makes… still broke some records, but i was definitely feeling it. towel bench was pretty alright as well. broke some records there too!

i’ve a handful of online comics that i read in the morning (tons better than the crap in the paper these days). and one of my latest favorites is xkcd. this is a higher-level thinking type of comic - and if you’re keen on the math and computers you’ll prolly laugh a bunches if you read through the archives. the author of this site is pretty much a smart cat and i giggle most everytime i read this comic and this morning was no exception. my ‘train of thought’ is very similar:

this weekend, i did a lot of relaxing and work. i’ve been slacking on the latest bit of wedding photography as of late. but i got a good bunch of work done on the plethora of photos i took. and i was also working on some more of this site (check out the about T section). i’m planning on getting the rest of the site back up (updated of course) in pieces - as well as getting the

AM REPORT: towel bench and box squat 5-3-1. this week is our ‘max out’ week in the BFS program, a set of 5, a set of 3 and a one-rep max (or more). always a fun week! this morning was pretty good for me, i was well rested after the weekend. towel: 355×5, 390×3, 405lbsx1 - that one was pretty tough (i actually tried 415, but that wasn’t happening this morning). box squat: i’ve been using a ‘2′ box for a while and today it was quite apparent that i should be using a 1 box (different height). so i’ll be switching up next monday. i had a lot of weight on the bar today - to the point where the bar was bending pretty extensively just sitting in the squat rack. this morning: 605×5, 675×3, 725lbsx1. records were broked today!

i was pretty darn close to losing it, cuz i thought i’d lost all of my posts previous to the ones i’ve been writing about since the upgrade - well, for a while there, i did lose everything - not sure why or where they all went, but i still had a version of them on my local machine, so i was able to export and upload them here - now all the gloriousness of the past is once again searchable and viewable on this here site - i hope this doesn’t happen again, cuz that was just annoying.

last night i was volunteered to help out at the Ladyslippers banquet. the Ladyslippers is an all-ladies chapter of Pheasants Forever which was started by the ladies at the national office (where i works). as always, it was pretty fun - however, my table wasn’t able to make it (side note: for the last two years, i’ve been the ‘cabana boy’ for a table of ladies who are just a hoot. we have plenty of good times, i get them drinks, watch their silent auction items, help them read their raffle tickets at the end of the night… it’s fun), so i had a different group at ‘my table’. let’s just say, i’m going to be calling the girls from previous years and get them back for next year.

Katie and i are getting ready to head out to Let’s Dish. if you haven’t heard about this, you should really check it out if there’s one in your area. it’s pretty slick. basically for about $5 a plate, YOU prepare some pretty darn good dishes, stick em in the freezer and when you’re looking for something to eat for din-din down the road, take it out and read the cooking directions. some pretty stellar stuff has been eaten by katie and i through this program… uh oh, i’m starting to get the evil eye cuz i’m not getting ready… better roll!