Coolest themepark ever?

In my web surfing today, I found something that made my jaw drop with pure awesome. Männerspielplatz is German for "men's playground," and that's exactly what this themepark is.

It costs about $280 per day, but after that, it appears that the possibilities are near endless. You can off-road in a Hummer or Land Rover or four-wheelers, you can play with giant construction equipment like front-loaders, backhoes and dumptrucks, skydiving, flying airplanes and standing on the skids of flying helicopters, ride in a speedboat, go rafting or sailing, spelunking (explore caves), or go through spy/secret agent training.

So basically, how cool is that? What would you want to do there if you could? What other ideas do you have for cool stuff they could offer in a manpark?

Success!

The songs of the moment are now working.

Also, the car is now registered, so there's a big weight off our shoulders.

Also, I'm tired of the snow now. Seriously, I think we've been hit with more than a foot today. Why? When will it end? Should I think about going to med school in Arizona or Texas instead of here in Utah? Goodness gracious.

Glad it was just a dream

Two nights ago I had a dream. It wasn't really a nightmare, per se, but I was sure glad that it wasn't for real. On the front right-hand side of my neck I have a dry patch. It has been there for a few weeks, but it's nothing serious and putting lotion on it helps. (No Kelli, it really isn't a hickey...)

In my dream I looked in the mirror and saw something else on my neck instead. I had one of these:

For the uninitiated, that is a cutaneous anthrax lesion, meaning that the person has an anthrax infection in skin. Now, this isn't life-threatening, but it sure had a strong effect on me. I kept on checking my neck once I woke up, and continued thinking about it during the day. Sure glad that it's just a dry patch. Maybe I had to study too much for my Infection & Immunity class? You be the judge...

Some Christmas songs of the moment

The two that are up right now are a couple of my current favorites. They both happen to be by the same band--Barenaked Ladies, or BNL. Now, before anyone takes offense, there is not a single woman in the band, nor do they sing about anything inappropriate, nor do they do anything naked. They invented the name as a joke while at a Bob Dylan concert. They are one of my favorite bands, and I invite you to give them a listen. Most of their stuff is very light-hearted pop/rock.

That being said, the first song features Michael Buble and the second features Sarah McLaughlin. Good stuff, and they get stuck in my head frequently at this time of year.

I got tagged

7 things I can do...
Read fast
Talk loud
Laugh a lot, even at things other people don't find funny
Sweat like crazy
Make Jeopardy with Powerpoint for my Infection & Immunity class
Drive a stick-shift
Grow microbes

7 things I can't do...
Eat peanut butter
Eat fast (says Jess)
Understand Polish
Handle lots of heat (temperature)
Wrap my legs around my head
Shop for longer than half an hour (unless it's electronics)
Surf

7 things I always say...
"Yuppers"
"Awww yeah"
"Sweet"
"Excuse me"
"Ehf"
"Mmmhmm"
"daddy-o" (in reference to my father)

7 things I always eat...
Chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate.
Sandwiches. I can eat anything in a sandwich. Minus peanut butter.
Chocolate. Seriously, I love it enough that it merits two spots in this list.
Leftovers. Jess usually won't touch them, so they fall to me.
Pizza. One of my favorite foods. I could probably eat it every day and not get sick of it.
Dollar menu items. The new double-stacker at Wendy's is a new favorite. Carl's Jr. has more "foody" food than Wendy's on the dollar menu (and in general), though.
Water. I love having a bottle of cold water on hand at all times. Mmm.

7 tags:
I don't think I even know seven people. How about these:
Merry Christmas
Happy Birthday
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Ben Folds SoM

The new song of the moment is You Don't Know Me by Ben Folds. This comes from his most recent album, Way to Normal, and Regina Spektor joins him on this song. I'll be honest, it took me a couple of listens to enjoy it (because it's kinda different from some of his previous stuff), but now I really like it quite well.

As I was listening to NPR on the way to school this morning, someone gave a review of the album (and sort of Folds in general), which has led to this song receiving the coveted title of Song of the Moment. As a warning, the CD version drops the F-bomb (unfortunately, would it be Ben Folds without a little potty language?). I have edited that out for our listening convenience. At some future point I think I may have a "Best of Ben" post where I share some of my favorite songs of his. We'll see.

Also interesting, my SIL posted about this very song a couple of weeks back. We don't always have congruent taste in music, so it's nice to have a song that we both like a lot. Even if she thinks he sounds like Kermit the Frog...

New song of the moment

Ok, I'll admit that I'm not that surprised at some of the responses that I've received in regards to my poll. As a result, I've put up a new song tonight. It's by The Weepies, and it's called "The World Spins Madly On". It's a nice laid-back acoustic tune, and the band was recommended to me by a buddy in my ward. Tonight I listed to two of the albums that the band has released, and it was calm and relaxing. I may give another listen through to find one more tune to put up.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the feature, but I will try to update it more often (by popular request). Kelli: how can I make it clash less? I can change the colors on the player fairly easily--what colors would you recommend?