Happy Thanksgiving! November 27, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , 4 commentsHappy Thanksgiving to everyone! The last few months of my life have had their ups and downs, and the last few weeks in particular. But I’ve definitely come out ahead over all, and with my job going well (more on that in a future post), I have a lot to be thankful this year. I’m thankful that I’ve avoided any major financial crises during my leaner times this past year. That includes being thankful for my health, my home, and my car. I’m thankful for my family and their on going well being, and for a supportive network of friends who have been there for me when I needed them. I’m thankful for my personal relationships, which have brought me more joy and more pain this year than I’ve ever felt before, and I’m thankful that I had the chance to experience both. This year taught me how important the little things in life can be, and I’m thankful I had the chance to learn that lesson.
And finally, I’m thankful that I had the chance to celebrate the holiday with a group of wonderful friends. Wonderful friends and a deep fat fryer, which produced the most tender, juicy, delicious turkey I have ever tasted. Not to mention the Oreos, Twinkies, Snickers, bananas, ice cream, cranberry sauce, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pickles that we fried up later.
Your thoughts?I’m going to see dinosaurs November 20, 2008
Posted by Niels in : Personal , 4 commentsScientists announced today that they’ve succeeded in retrieving most of the woolly mammoth DNA sequence from frozen hair samples. I’m predicting now, on November 20, 2008 (actually I predicted it yesterday, but just got around to posting this), that I will see live dinosaurs before I die. We have most of the genetic information, the technology will come, and the monetary incentives for bringing a dinosaur back to live are just too high to be passed up. It’s a shame Michael Crichton isn’t around to see this. Jurassic Park, here we come.
Your thoughts?