Flying Penguins

I was watching this show the other night about cool things you may not know about, and one of the things they had on there was this flying penguin. The idea was that these things were very efficient as they were modeled after how penguins work underwater. Basically they were just giant autonomous flying helium balloons that happened to be penguin like. They were computerized to be smart enough to avoid obstacles and each other.

But where is the market for these things? Personally, if I was in the front office of the Pittsburgh Penguins, I would have already been on the phone ordering these things to fly around my arena during games. Just paint tuxedos and a logo on them and they'd be ready to go. Got a better idea?

Worry

If I let myself, I could get really worried about a lot of things. Our food is full of chemicals, are homes are created with carcinogenic compounds that cause things like Mesothelioma Cancer. There is plenty out there to be worried about.

Most of us don't think about this stuff very often. Especially people without kids. Once you're a parent however, the world can seem like a very scary place as you try to keep your kids safe from every possible harm you can dream up. I'm worse than most in that I often get made fun of for being too safety conscious, but I can live with that reputation. My kids safety is more important to me than worrying about what others think.

New TV

I really want a new TV. I seem to be the only person left on the planet that does not own a nice HD flat screen TV. Clearly I'm not and I'm just being whiny but I do really want one, and have for a very long time. My hope is that soon we will be able to finish our basement and when we do I can put in some nice home theater seating and a really huge TV.

That will provide a really nice spot to watch sports and movies and play the Wii and I really look forward to the day that we have all that done. In fact I need to make some calls soon and figure out how we can make that happen.

Time Change

Honestly, I never really noticed the time change before this year. If you noticed my dark circles under eyes lately, it's probably because I have had a hard time adapting to daylight savings time this spring.

I honestly don't know why but for some reason it has been a very hard adjustment for me this time around. Normally it's one night of a little less sleep and then I forget all about it but that just hasn't been the case this time around.

Oh well, I'll get used to it.

Hard Work

The main reason that a lot of people choose to stay overweight is because losing it is not much fun. Exercise can hurt and wear you out and it's just easier not to do it for some people.

Obviously, if you have made the commitment to get in shape you want to maximize your results for the time you spend in the gym. Why go through the pain and discomfort if you aren't getting the best bang for your buck?

So what is the best fat burning exercise? Well first off, it isn't just one. Frankly, there is not one holy grail movement. If you tried to do the same thing all the time, your body would eventually adapt and you would get nothing out of it. You have to train with a wide variety of movements, and change them up often. Also don't minimize your rest breaks. Keep yourself moving, and keep your heart rate up. Circuit training and boot camp classes are great for this.

Tiger Is Back

Reports are saying that Tiger plans to return to golf at this year's Masters. Not terribly surprising given his love of the majors. I am a little surprised that he is not playing a warm up event first but as I thought about it more it makes sense.

Remember Martha Burke? You probably don't because the grand poo-pas at Augusta squashed her like a bug. She was the last person to try to create a media frenzy around The Masters that didn't involve golf. It didn't work. The head honchos there are like accutane for reporters.

So given that, it would seem that starting at The Masters will help cushion Tiger's landing a bit. It will be interesting to observe his and Steve Williams' behavior now that they are not demigods anymore though.

So what is the difference between a personalized gift and a regular gift? If you are buying the same thing for multiple people then I get the difference but what if you are buying one thing for one person? Doesn't it then qualify as both.

As usual this is one of the great questions of the universe that flood my brain for, literally, nanoseconds before I move on to the next one.

Clearly a great thinker of my caliber should spend my time solving the world's great problems like this. It's my way of giving back.