Do the Japanese translation where you yourself are strange!

Step 1:

Open internet browser and go to http://babelfish.yahoo.com/.

Step 2:

Enter a phrase or quote of your choosing into the "Translate" box.

Example: (English in the "Translate" box)

That is one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind.

Step 3:

Open the menu below to choose a "Translate to-and-from" language.

Step 4:

Pick "English to Japanese".

Step 5:

Press "Translate".

Step 6:

If done correctly, your English should now be translated to characters of Japanese in a thin box above the place you entered your original phrase or quote. Highlight the text and copy/paste into the "Translate" field over your original phrase or quote.

Example: (Translated and copied over)

それは人のための1つの小さいステップ、人類のための1の大きな飛躍である。

Step 7:

Open the menu below to choose a "Translate to-and-from" language.

Step 8:

Pick "Japanese to English".

Step 9:

Press "Translate".

Step 10:

If done correctly, your Japanese should now be translated to Engrish in a thin box above the place you entered your translated phrase or quote. So, laugh and rejoice.

Example: (Translated to Engrish)

That is big leap of 1 for step and the mankind whose one for the person is small.


Merry Christmas,
Donny

It came hence from the hot oven

I had been looking for a good recipe for bread, and I think I found a good one, finally! It's one of those all day recipes, because it's a double-rise yeast recipe, and with mixing, kneading, rising, rising, and baking, it takes about 3 hours. It's good, though, nice and crusty, but soft in the middle. I think the total cost for all ingredients might have been a dollar.




Where did the recipe come from, you ask? Well I'll tell you: My mom's "Betty Crocker's Cookbook" with the "red pie" cover, dated 1969. That's right. A 39-year old recipe is still the best ever.

Donny

Sandra was tagged

Hey everyone,

This is Donny. Sandra isn't here, so I will act halfway in her stead and will post only 3 lesser known things about myself. This might take a while because as everyone already knows, I LOVE to tell stories.

1. I can say the alphabet backwards in less than 4 seconds.

I learned in 8th grade I could do this when the teacher challenged our whole class to learn it, and while all the other kids were sitting there trying to get it right, I mastered it (and I won the candy bar).

2. I drowned to the point of unconsciousness when I was 5.

My brother and I were playing in a pond behind the house in Etoile, TX we lived at. This pond was pretty big, about an 1/8th mile circle, and we thought for the longest time that the pond was a lot deeper on the backside edge of the circle. I think our reasoning, as little boys, lie in the fact that the back of the pond was the furthest point away from the house and our mom, therefore in the event of an accident, it would prompt the slowest response time. Without going into greater detail, we generally avoided the far side of the pond. But one fateful summer day, my brother and I were chasing each other and I ran towards the back thinking he wouldn't follow me. Well, he did, and so I went further towards the back, and my feet hit a slippery rock, and I couldn't balance on it because I really couldn't swim then. So I sorta flailed on this algae-covered rock before falling over and sinking like a stone into this deep water that we had theorized was there. I remember seeing the sun through the translucency the water's surface created, and the sun getting dimmer and dimmer and dimmer and then: lights out. I was resuscitated and upon awakening, my chest felt as if it was made of lead. I shortly found out that all the water in my lungs was to blame, as I heaved it up for what seemed to be an endless amount of time. Then, I took a nap.

3. I can unicycle.

Not like a pro can, but I can get on them and ride for a considerable amount of time. I was at a friend's house and he pulled a unicycle out of his garage which his son started riding around. I said, "That can't be that hard". Well, I have never hurt myself riding on the one-wheelers, and still can ride them pretty well.

There ya go. I tag my wife to write the other 3.

Donny

Proposition 8

This is Donny. I will probably get some bad responses for this, but I have to get this off of my chest.

I don't particularly believe that homosexuality is right.

Another thing I don't agree with is our Church meddling in state affairs and thousands of members donating millions of dollars to state affairs. It makes me a little uncomfortable to realize this.

If our church lost it's Tax-Exempt status, it wouldn't hurt us at all. I believe the member's donation was misguided and this is shedding an awful light on our church, which already faces enough bad press without this addition.

I don't agree with the decision to support this initiative to the fullest, and I apoligize to anyone who takes my words as blasphemous or insulting.

Craigslist is like Wikipedia.

The majority of the time, you have to be a bit careful about "good deals" on Craigslist. I don't know about this one... I think my weariness is due to the link he posted up. Hmmm... Anyone else see how this doesn't add up?

http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/ele/907842676.html

-Hathorn

Guilty!

I accidentally did something terrible today. My poor husband is in Denver drilling with the Navy Reserves and is now probably curled up is his hotel room bed snoozing away near an alarm clock set two hours earlier than it should.
The phrasing "spring forward, fall back" for some annoying reason makes me think the exact opposite of what is intended. My thought process: to spring is to gain, to fall is to lose. But that is just not how it is. I am so sorry to my sleep deprived husband, hopefully you will listen to my message (Donny always has his phone on silent) early tomorrow morning and easily fall back to sleep.

He just really liked my car's bumper

A gentleman driving behind me today, I believe, really wanted me to understand that he is an ex-Military servicemember, because it looked as if his plates were mounted higher than normal, and he was viciously tailgating me.



This picture represents his immediate future, providing he continues in these same habits.

Chocolate Avenger, Pt. 2

Need I say more?

What Are You Guys Talking About?

I sincerely thought the fellas at work were merely taking a jab at me regarding my financial institution of choice, seeing as how I had heard strange remarks (for a few weeks) from various members of my shop about this certain financial institution (that I happen to do business with). I heard the horrific tale unfold on the radio, yet I persisted: It's got to be a joke. The guys in my shop as well as 3 different Disc Jockeys on 3 separate Denver radio broadcasting frequencies know that I am somewhat paranoid in this time of economic turmoil, $700 billion bail-out plans, and a left-wing congress, not to mention the death of the Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore.

Rose... bud...

Current Value = $0.16 per share.

Ps: For those that missed the final moments of Citizen Kane, it's the name of a sled he had as a little boy.

Fun with Food

So there sat Sandra, Maddie, and I, peacefully on the bed, eating Golden Oreos. But not the normal ones that are 'golden', the ones that are chocolate-filled with vanilla cookies. Maddie extended her hand, as if to say, "Father, might I have a nibble of cookie?", and as we all know, a 1 year-old in want of a cookie could melt the heart of the Abominable Snowman (it's about a 15 on the 10-scale of cuteness). I held out for as long as I could, which happens to be the approximate time it takes light to travel 1 foot (science guys and gals, here's your chance to reply with the ACTUAL TIME it takes light to travel 1 foot), so needless to say, she received a cookie in short order. I turned to talk to Sandra about how wonderful our daughter is whilst our dearest began consuming the cookie. We turned back to Maddie and saw the following:





This took every bit of the time it takes light to travel 932625 miles, which happens to be about 5 seconds. I was stunned. Zero to cookie smear in 5 seconds. This girl has got to be extra-terrestrial.

Or maybe, just maybe, she is Human, Evolved. (Wo)Mankind 2.0, if you will.




No one can resist the snaggle-tooth smile...

...Or Chuck Norris.

Funny Face

One of Maddie's favorite baby books shows a baby opening and closing his eyes. After reading it one night, she just started blinking to make me laugh. What a funny girl!

A House of Order

Madeline has found a fun, new game. She fills containers full of toys or other household objects and then dumps them out on the floor. From playing this game, she has become interested in our clear recycling bin full of cans and cartons. Needless to say she enjoys knocking this bin over to examine these treasures more closely. Today I opened the pantry to find all of the empty Gatorade bottles neatly placed back in the pantry next to the full ones. I don't know if being a neat freak is genetic, but I would not be surprised.

Baby Book

I am finishing the last page in Maddie's baby book today. It is kind of exciting and kind of sad at the same time.

Madeline's One!

Hello All! Since I have never posted before, I guess Madeline's Birthday is as good time to start. Donny got to stay home from work (yeah!) and that means we have a car! We started out the day with a yummy breakfast, after our first attempt at baby cereal pancakes failed. The pancakes sounded like such a good idea when I read it on the side of the cereal box, but Madeline was not fooled. She wanted the eggs and pancakes Donny and I had. After getting dressed and naps, we opened presents!

Baby Cereal "Pancake"



Breakfast and the Classic Maddie Point!



She loves her Baby Ballerina from Grandma!



Modeling some new swag

I sold the truck.

I sold my 1998 Tacoma yesterday. I loved that truck, but it was time for it to go. I keep justifying it, but it still feels strange, not having it around. I must've made 20 trips up to MD to see Sandra before we were married in that truck, and we left the church in Frederick, MD on our "honeymoon" (we got a hotel room in Frederick and watched T.V. for our first night as a married couple) in that truck. Lots of good memories were spawned from that truck... Offroading, road trips, driving really way too fast in a truck with oversized tires, teaching Sandra how to properly work a clutch (VERY good time, full of laughs)... Every time she stalled it, she would panic, and say, "I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I didn't break it, did I? Is it ok? Donny I don't want to do this I'm nervous... I'm gonna break your truck." She did learn very well how to drive it, and when I came back from being out to sea for a month, she was great at clutch driving. She still is, too.



She's a Beaut, I tell ya. But she's someone else's, now. And their money was a Beaut, and it sure is mine, now, as well.

Check this out...












Just wanted to let everyone see updated pictures of the Bean.

Donny

Just lounging around.

Whatever you do in life,

Remember these simple rules:

1. If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.
2. There is no 'ctrl' key on Chuck Norris' computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
3. Apple gives Chuck Norris 99 cents every time he listens to a song.
4. Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
5. Chuck Norris CAN eat just one Lay's potato chip.
6. Chuck Norris is suing MySpace for taking the name for what he calls everything around you.
7. Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table of elements because he only recognizes the element of surprise.
8. Chuck Norris is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
9. Chuck Norris doesn't shave; he kicks himself in the face. The only thing that can cut Chuck Norris is Chuck Norris.
10. Contrary to popular belief, Chuck Norris, not the box jellyfish of northern Australia, is the most venomous creature on earth. Within 3 minutes of being bitten, a human being experiences the following symptoms: fever, blurred vision, beard rash, tightness of the jeans, and the feeling of being repeatedly kicked through a car windshield.