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Night of the Grizzly

Yesterday my father forwarded me this email from his good friend and colleague Nolan Olsen. Nolan lives about 5 minutes outside of Waterton Lakes National Park. The incident occurred a few nights ago at his neighbor's home. The email better describes what actually happened:

This happened very close to home. Probably within 15 miles of our house. Linda
Tim Hamilton is my neighbour in Waterton. Last Monday morning he came out to find the inside of his 18 month old Toyota Sequoia trashed. A grizzly bear had somehow got a door open (easy considering the way the handles are) and once inside got trapped when the door shut behind him. Probably the wind. The Toyota was a platinum edition, all the door panels were ripped off, the headliner torn to pieces, all headrests, the leather seats, the dash shredded. The steering column was twisted sideways. Two of the six airbags went off, the other four the bear ripped to pieces. You can imagine a trapped grizzly being hit with an airbag in an enclosed space must have figured he was in for the fight of his life. When the bear ripped off the door panels he clawed all the wiring harnesses out. Toyota figures every wire he pulled or clawed at resulted in bells, voices or sparks. The head mechanic at Calgary Toyota doubted if they had the expertise to put it back together. To add insult to injury the bear took a big dump in the back of the SUV and then broke out the rear window. Fish and wildlife officers have inspected the damage and figure it was a 3 year old griz. From blood left behind the are doing DNA. The vehicle has been written off, cost new over 70,000 they stopped counting repair costs at 60,000

If I were king of the world I would be a grizzly bear.

Summer

This past summer was great. It is sad to be moving into the cold weather time of the year. 

If I were King, it would be summer year round 

Cool.

I frequent the National Geographic website, and these are some of the radical gems that I have stumbled across.

If I were King of the World, I would take equally cool pictures.

What if a Woodchuck Could Chuck...?

I am not one that claims to be an artist or even to be that creative, but lately I keep catching myself wanting to design and build things out of wood. I have always enjoyed woodwork and I absolutely love and respect good workmanship when I see it. For some reason wooden works of art catch my attention. Whether it be a rustic and rough or polished and smooth, wood can be beautiful. I have begun to look at every piece of furniture and cabinetry that crosses my path with a highly analytical curiosity. Each piece is broken down in my mind to decide what works and what does not. I have been contemplating why or what has triggered this vivid curiosity for some time now, and have narrowed my keen intrest in woodwork to few poignant truths (this has brought out the hippy in me, so do not be surprised at my kooky outlook on wood):

• There is life in wood.  Think about the steps that are taken to have a piece or wooden furniture. A tree must first be grown, sometimes this process takes hundreds of years! A chair takes on a whole new meaning if you think about it growing from a tiny seed to face season upon season of wear and tear from the elements on the slope of some hill far far away. You may be resting on something that has stood for over a century! 

• The process that encompasses the life of this tree from seed to chair is also really quite amazing. It is cut down, shipped, milled, kilned, treated, and more all before it reaches the hands of a carpenter. It is then in the carpenter's hands that beauty of the wood is molded into something that takes on another meaning for those who use or admire it. The fact that a chunk of wood can be transformed into a useful and aesthetically pleasing object is magical. 

• True workmanship can harness the strength and longevity of a piece of wood in such a way that it might last a couple more centuries or so. Think about the handcrafted antiques that become cherished heirlooms and contrast them to the processed garbage that you might find in the put it together yourself section of your nearest hardware store. I have nothing against pre-made furniture, but, from what I have experienced, such items usually don't last. My disappointment with such furniture might be another reason that I have begun to formulate and design my own heavy duty furniture that can last the test of time. 

I love wood. If I were King of the world, I would have a gigantic wood shop with an endless supply of the finest wood that this earth has to offer. I think I want to build this soon:

King

If I were King of the world I would update my blog.

Hot Dog

Hot dogs are delicious.

If I were the king of the world, I would own my own hot dog brand and they would rock your world!

Robots

Here is something to help you read the blog. Press play and follow along:

Remember the year 2000 when everyone was freaking out about their computers not being able to handle the change from 99 to 00? What was that all about? I fear that mankind has far too little confidence in their robotic creations. On the other hand, do we have too much confidence in our mechanical friends? There is a thin line between the two and I intend on presenting both sides of that line!

Robots are our friends: There are plenty of great examples out there of robots and humans getting along. Take for example the computer you are infront of right now, without that computer where would you be? You'd probably be bored. Robots

do so much for us, like cleaning our floors and tease our cats (as seen here with the Roomba):

Robots tell us what time it is and connect our phone calls. They are responsible for life support machines in hospitals and they cook our frozen burritos and nachos. Think of how much work we would have to do if we couldn't rely on machines! We would be stuck in the dark ages with who knows what kind of diseases! Robots like R2D2, C3PO, WALL-E, Stephan Hawking, the Terminator, Inspector Gadget, the Tin Man, the Canada Space Arm, toilets, automated telephone operators, wrist watches, Optimus Prime, the iPod, your mom's mixer, Mega Man, and Dr. Emmett Brown's robotic breakfast machine from Back to the Future are all patriots of a friendly and long lasting relationship between humans and the mechanical world. For the most part it is also important to note that robots never ask for anything in return. What have you done for a robot?

Robots are evil: Although it is difficult to find hard evidence that evil robots do exist, there are still a lot to speculate about. Like how many limbs, heads, or digits have been lost

at the "hands" of a machine? Most of the time it is the fault of weak human minds and flesh that such accidents happen, but on the rare occasion an evil robot may be to blame! Rouge robots can cause a lot of problems, just look at Hal from 2001: a Space Odyssey (right).

Or how about Dr. Octopus (Spiderman 2, 2004), or the Matrix, or even the Borgs? We just have to face the facts: There are and probably always will be evil robots out there that are bent on making humans suffer. Maybe we are to blame, who knows? I mean we try and push technology to the next level year after year, but when is it going to stop? The answer: Probably not until a robot has ripped the roof off your house and stolen your children to use as power sources to run their complicated machinery! Only the simplest of robots can be truly trusted.

For now it is probably enough to just know that there is a possibility that robotic uprising could occur in the future, little more thought or action is required beyond this. I like robots. Do I trust them with my life?? That depends. Do I think that robots will take over? Well, that also depends. As long as I have the upper hand I think that me and robots will get along just fine. I am excited to see what is coming next. What the heck is the next iPhone going to look like for example? I hope that it can fly. If I were the king of the world, I would definitely get robotic extendable arms.

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PPS: Also try this robotic journey!

Space

I have always been interested in outer space, you know, that endless abyss that exists beyond our atmosphere. The mystery of what is out there kind of boggles my mind. I am completely okay with the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. After all, Alf was one of my favorite aliens growing up!

I can only hope that there is more life out there like this hilariously lovable creature! Most aliens probably aren't so bad. They're probably a lot like us, there's good ones and there's bad ones. I just wish we could get out there easier to do some real exploring.

I was always a little skeptical about the lunar landing. It just didn't make sense to me that we only landed a handful of men on the moon over thirty years ago. With doubts in hand I did what any would-be scientist would do, I investigated. Amid the piles and piles of conspiracy theories out there I found the proof I needed and I embraced the truth, "WE LANDED ON THE MOON!"- Lloyd Christmas. The thing that bums me out the most is that the US government spent all that time, money and effort to land on the moon and they didn't leave a better mark! Come one guys! You land on the moon and all you do is plant a tiny little flag!! Where's the creativity? You are smart enough and creative enough to design rockets, landers, and all sorts of other neat space stuff, yet your best idea to make you mark is a tiny little flag?

You can do better than this NASA! I realize the difficulty involved in getting to the moon and that you may not have room to care materials required to truly leave you mark, but there are options. Just think back to your childhood, if you wanted to leave your make you used what materials you had at hand, be it paint, mud, rocks, pee, ect. I think of the moon as this highly misjudged asset that is at our disposal to help fulfill some of our wildest dreams. I am afraid that the moon is being taken for granted! If I were the king of the world, I would fly my private space ship up there and really leave my mark!

There's a new kid on the block!

I realize that you have all been waiting in great anticipation for this day to arrive, but you need not wait any longer! I have found my way onto the interweb. Let me introduce my main goals to you:

For starters I am not overly fond of the idea of blogging. I have little to no experience with blogs, I have read few and have not even considered looking at most. For me I have two interests when reading over some of the nonsense that is out there, having a laugh and being amazed.

Secondly I feel like the blogging world has been run by stay-at-home moms and "hip" college girls for far too long (I have nothing against either I just think there should be some representation from a different demographic for a change: MAN).

Thirdly, I thought it would be nice to have a place where all your wildest dreams come true and where imaginations are free to roam the endless possibilities that await us!

Lastly, I have no agenda and I don't want to prove anything. If I can get a smile, a chuckle, or even a sigh of relief, then I will feel like my work has been done.

If I were king of the world, I would pat myself on the back and say, "You did it man, you're king of the world! Let's go get some nachos!"