Confucious
Chicken
Egg Rolls
12 Count
here's the kicker
Wal-mart.
And they actually taste really good.
Egg Roll Filling: Cabbage, Chicken, Carrot, celery, onion, seasonings [soy flour, sugar, salt, dextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, hydrolyzed soy protein, dextrose, sesame oil, spice, soybean oil, sherry wine powder [(maltodextrin, sherry wine solids, sulfur dioxide), corn syrup solids], garlic powder, chicken flavor, fermented soybeans, wheat, lemon powder, mushroom powder, ginger, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate]. NO MSG ADDED - except for the small amount found naturally occuring in autolyzed yeast extract.
Crust: Enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, salt, corn starch, potato starch, vinegar, soy lecithin, less than 0.1% sodium benzoate as preservative.
Fried in Vegetable oil.
I think certain people with allergies to eggs might just find they enjoy the egg rolls. ;)
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
Honest Paul
Stories within stories, wrapped around an idea in my head, and joys of memories and personal growths over the years.
I was working asphalt when I was given the nickname "honest paul". strike that, it was 7th grade P.E., I can recall being called that by my coach/instructor as he was asking if we'd done our stretches and push-ups/sit-ups, the kid who was supposed to get us doing it came out maybe a minute before the coach came out and got us into position. Coach came out and asked us if we'd stretched, etc., and everyone said yes except me. I said no, we hadn't. Needless to say he wasn't happy with everyone else, they weren't happy with me, but I was able to sleept that night.
Some years later, post high school and my second season into asphalt repair my foreman told me to tell the owner if asked that we had gassed up the night before and that we were already on the road to the job site. As we'd just pulled up I was gassing up while he went in to the gas station to grab some food, a drink, etc. The owner called, and I told him the truth, the foreman had asked me to lie and we hadn't done anything like we'd been instructed to and were more than an hour behind the schedule he thought we were on, which is the schedule our day was planned out with. Again I was called "Honest Paul" by the foreman with more than a hint of disdain during the remainder of my time with that company.
Can I lie? Yes, do I try not to? Yes. Especially when my honor is at stake.
"When men sin in silence when men should protest makes cowards of men." ~Abraham Lincoln
As a teen I was found to be both obnoxious and hot headed. Well, I'm still a little of both, but by and large there's dramatic improvement from my personal starting point, I say this from word of others, I'm still not happy with myself 100% but I know I'm closer than I've ever been in my adult life. My behavior drove people away. I thought it was because they didn't like Me, but the definition of a person goes beyond who they are and in to how they respond, and how they communicate (both transmitting and receiving).
It turned out I wasn't communicating what I really wanted to communicate. I would lash out, over react, and be furious over the dumbest things. I knew I wasn't happy but couldn't quite figure out why or how to change it. Perhaps I'm a tough love kind of guy, but I seem to recall mom saying to me that people didn't Want to be around me because of how I responded, because of how upset I would get, how I would respond, and that yes over all I was a good person but (this is my own metaphor following) even chocolate covered in enough cockroaches would drive Any person away. She was honest. Brutally and totally honest. Did it hurt? Yes. Absolutely. Was she right? Well, mothers aren't always right (No imperfect person is) but this time she hit the nail on the head, and it felt like it was hit by a sledge hammer. It hurt. Partly because how blunt she was about it, and more so because she was right, and there was no ifs ands or buts about it, she was right and the only way I could make things different would be if I changed. I had to change because I wanted to, because I had a drive a motivation leading me on to become something I wanted to see in the mirror, because I wanted to be able to fall asleep peacefully at night without quams or thoughts running through my head of what I'd done wrong and how to fix it, as with all things that aren't broken, if it ain't broken it don't need no fixin'. Yes, grammar issues intentional, and for your enjoyment, cause some times it's just more fun to say things the fun way.
Did I change? Well, I still am. It's an ongoing process, it always is and always will be until I don't have to think about it any more and it's just natural to respond in a calm collected manner when naturally I may want to scream and shout. It took someone being bitingly blunt, and my willingness to not only ask for help from those around me, but to accept that help as well and internalize the reality of fixing a real problem was my sole responsibility, and I was the one who would be accountable when all was said and done.
I was working asphalt when I was given the nickname "honest paul". strike that, it was 7th grade P.E., I can recall being called that by my coach/instructor as he was asking if we'd done our stretches and push-ups/sit-ups, the kid who was supposed to get us doing it came out maybe a minute before the coach came out and got us into position. Coach came out and asked us if we'd stretched, etc., and everyone said yes except me. I said no, we hadn't. Needless to say he wasn't happy with everyone else, they weren't happy with me, but I was able to sleept that night.
Some years later, post high school and my second season into asphalt repair my foreman told me to tell the owner if asked that we had gassed up the night before and that we were already on the road to the job site. As we'd just pulled up I was gassing up while he went in to the gas station to grab some food, a drink, etc. The owner called, and I told him the truth, the foreman had asked me to lie and we hadn't done anything like we'd been instructed to and were more than an hour behind the schedule he thought we were on, which is the schedule our day was planned out with. Again I was called "Honest Paul" by the foreman with more than a hint of disdain during the remainder of my time with that company.
Can I lie? Yes, do I try not to? Yes. Especially when my honor is at stake.
"When men sin in silence when men should protest makes cowards of men." ~Abraham Lincoln
As a teen I was found to be both obnoxious and hot headed. Well, I'm still a little of both, but by and large there's dramatic improvement from my personal starting point, I say this from word of others, I'm still not happy with myself 100% but I know I'm closer than I've ever been in my adult life. My behavior drove people away. I thought it was because they didn't like Me, but the definition of a person goes beyond who they are and in to how they respond, and how they communicate (both transmitting and receiving).
It turned out I wasn't communicating what I really wanted to communicate. I would lash out, over react, and be furious over the dumbest things. I knew I wasn't happy but couldn't quite figure out why or how to change it. Perhaps I'm a tough love kind of guy, but I seem to recall mom saying to me that people didn't Want to be around me because of how I responded, because of how upset I would get, how I would respond, and that yes over all I was a good person but (this is my own metaphor following) even chocolate covered in enough cockroaches would drive Any person away. She was honest. Brutally and totally honest. Did it hurt? Yes. Absolutely. Was she right? Well, mothers aren't always right (No imperfect person is) but this time she hit the nail on the head, and it felt like it was hit by a sledge hammer. It hurt. Partly because how blunt she was about it, and more so because she was right, and there was no ifs ands or buts about it, she was right and the only way I could make things different would be if I changed. I had to change because I wanted to, because I had a drive a motivation leading me on to become something I wanted to see in the mirror, because I wanted to be able to fall asleep peacefully at night without quams or thoughts running through my head of what I'd done wrong and how to fix it, as with all things that aren't broken, if it ain't broken it don't need no fixin'. Yes, grammar issues intentional, and for your enjoyment, cause some times it's just more fun to say things the fun way.
Did I change? Well, I still am. It's an ongoing process, it always is and always will be until I don't have to think about it any more and it's just natural to respond in a calm collected manner when naturally I may want to scream and shout. It took someone being bitingly blunt, and my willingness to not only ask for help from those around me, but to accept that help as well and internalize the reality of fixing a real problem was my sole responsibility, and I was the one who would be accountable when all was said and done.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
So I said to him, "Barack, I know Abe Lincoln, and you ain't Abe Lincoln."
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
......Abraham Lincoln
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
......Abraham Lincoln
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11 General Orders
1. To take charge of this post and all government property in view.
2. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
3. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
4. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guard house than my own.
5. To quit my post only when porperly relieved.
6. To receive, obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me, all orders from the Commanding Officer, Command Duty Officer, Officer of the Deck, and Officers and Petty Officers of the Watch only.
7. To talk to no one except in the line of duty.
8. To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.
9. To call the Officer of the Deck in any case not covered by instructions.
10. To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.
11. To be especially watchful at night, and, during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
2. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.
3. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.
4. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guard house than my own.
5. To quit my post only when porperly relieved.
6. To receive, obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me, all orders from the Commanding Officer, Command Duty Officer, Officer of the Deck, and Officers and Petty Officers of the Watch only.
7. To talk to no one except in the line of duty.
8. To give the alarm in case of fire or disorder.
9. To call the Officer of the Deck in any case not covered by instructions.
10. To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.
11. To be especially watchful at night, and, during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.
Anchors Aweigh
(verse one)
Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;
We'll never change our course, So vicious foe steer shy-y-y.
Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh. Sail on to victory
And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!
(verse two)
Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh,
Farewell to college joys, we sail at break of day-ay-y.
Through our last night on shore, drink to the foam,
Until we meet once more. Here's wishing you a happy voyage home.
Stand, Navy, out to sea, Fight our battle cry;
We'll never change our course, So vicious foe steer shy-y-y.
Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh. Sail on to victory
And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray!
(verse two)
Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh,
Farewell to college joys, we sail at break of day-ay-y.
Through our last night on shore, drink to the foam,
Until we meet once more. Here's wishing you a happy voyage home.
The Sailor's Creed
I am a United States sailor.
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me.
I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world.
I proudly serve my country's Navy combat team with Honor, Courage and Commitment.
I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all.
I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me.
I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world.
I proudly serve my country's Navy combat team with Honor, Courage and Commitment.
I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all.
Navy Mission
The mission of the United States Navy is to protect and defend the right of the United States and our allies to move freely on the oceans and to protect our country against her enemies.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
There has been doubt as of recent
I thought I would relinquish the doubt...
Does God get angry?
Is he the type of person with whom you may shudder and fear?
Does he get upset?
think on this and how often you may hear this reading the new testament...
"With whom I the Lord am well pleased"
What does that say about the people he's not "well pleased" with?
Well, by it self not much, but if you're LDS or have an LDS bible on hand turn to the topical guide and look up "please"
In it you'll find listings upon listings of "please" and times when the Lord was pleased with people and maybe 25% of them are times when he Isn't well pleased. Leave it to modern revelation to remove any doubt from what is meant by that.
D&C (Doctrine & Covenants) 63:11 reads:
"Yea, signs come by faith, unto mighty works, for without faith no man pleaseth God; and with whom God is angry he is not well pleased; wherefore, unto such he showeth no signs, only in wrath unto their condemnation."
"with whom God is ANGRY he is NOT WELL PLEASED..."
Does that mean he is angry with anyone he is not well pleased with? Not necessarily perhaps, but it does mean he does get angry.
Enough to the point that like Laman and Lemuel experienced he will allow a person to have visions and manifestations to their condemnation. What happens when a person has visions and manifestations of to that degree and they still turn away? outter darkness anyone?
Does God get angry?
Is he the type of person with whom you may shudder and fear?
Does he get upset?
think on this and how often you may hear this reading the new testament...
"With whom I the Lord am well pleased"
What does that say about the people he's not "well pleased" with?
Well, by it self not much, but if you're LDS or have an LDS bible on hand turn to the topical guide and look up "please"
In it you'll find listings upon listings of "please" and times when the Lord was pleased with people and maybe 25% of them are times when he Isn't well pleased. Leave it to modern revelation to remove any doubt from what is meant by that.
D&C (Doctrine & Covenants) 63:11 reads:
"Yea, signs come by faith, unto mighty works, for without faith no man pleaseth God; and with whom God is angry he is not well pleased; wherefore, unto such he showeth no signs, only in wrath unto their condemnation."
"with whom God is ANGRY he is NOT WELL PLEASED..."
Does that mean he is angry with anyone he is not well pleased with? Not necessarily perhaps, but it does mean he does get angry.
Enough to the point that like Laman and Lemuel experienced he will allow a person to have visions and manifestations to their condemnation. What happens when a person has visions and manifestations of to that degree and they still turn away? outter darkness anyone?
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Curioser...
There are some things in life I appreciate that I think make me odd, and some things in life that absolutely drive me nuts and I don't care what others think about how those things drive me nuts.
I appreciate people who do things well, whatever it is they're trained in if they do it well then I have a great appreciation for them, assuming it's a positive thing that they do.
I disdain those who try to do something because they're intrested in it and play it off like they're professional in it.
Canon does extremely well at making cameras, Nikon as well (yeah, bet you didn't expect me to put a plug in for a camera I prefer not shooting on but honestly I'd rather shoot on a Nikon than an olympus and a canon rather than a nikon and a mamiya over a canon and a linhof over a mamiya).
These two companies along with their uppers do very good at making cameras that do so much and make the life of the photographer much easier. The trouble is that it makes it so easy that some people who think they have the abilities of a good photographer but really don't, well, it makes them think they're professional. There are several people I know who have companies and extremely expensive gear and absolutely no education in photography, I returned a camera to someone and had used it in Manual when the person is used to using it in an automated mode...The person wasn't sure what to do with it really.
Photographers with companies who don't know what a histogram is, how to meter, how to expose, how to adjust depth of field, how to google "salt prints", aren't photographers, they're people with expensive cameras. A camera is no more a photographer than a person is a photographer, software isn't a photographer, neither is film (digital or analog). A photographer is someone with a creative eye and a scientific side that bends light to their own wants and needs. A photographer is someone who sees something how it could be, makes it that, and then makes it look even better (IN CAMERA!) than people thought it could look and then does very minor adjustments in either the digital or analog darkroom (for those who are still scratching their heads a digital dark room is photoshop, an analog dark room is what Ansel Adams worked in laboring for hours and days, at times even weeks before getting the one perfect print from a particular negative).
Those who photograph and charge for their photography and have no education in it and show no level of professionalism in the realm of the quality of their original captured images down the names of photographers that deserve better recognition from having earned it and flood the market with photographs that are undeserving of the price attached.
Sorry
That's been building for a while.
I appreciate people who do things well, whatever it is they're trained in if they do it well then I have a great appreciation for them, assuming it's a positive thing that they do.
I disdain those who try to do something because they're intrested in it and play it off like they're professional in it.
Canon does extremely well at making cameras, Nikon as well (yeah, bet you didn't expect me to put a plug in for a camera I prefer not shooting on but honestly I'd rather shoot on a Nikon than an olympus and a canon rather than a nikon and a mamiya over a canon and a linhof over a mamiya).
These two companies along with their uppers do very good at making cameras that do so much and make the life of the photographer much easier. The trouble is that it makes it so easy that some people who think they have the abilities of a good photographer but really don't, well, it makes them think they're professional. There are several people I know who have companies and extremely expensive gear and absolutely no education in photography, I returned a camera to someone and had used it in Manual when the person is used to using it in an automated mode...The person wasn't sure what to do with it really.
Photographers with companies who don't know what a histogram is, how to meter, how to expose, how to adjust depth of field, how to google "salt prints", aren't photographers, they're people with expensive cameras. A camera is no more a photographer than a person is a photographer, software isn't a photographer, neither is film (digital or analog). A photographer is someone with a creative eye and a scientific side that bends light to their own wants and needs. A photographer is someone who sees something how it could be, makes it that, and then makes it look even better (IN CAMERA!) than people thought it could look and then does very minor adjustments in either the digital or analog darkroom (for those who are still scratching their heads a digital dark room is photoshop, an analog dark room is what Ansel Adams worked in laboring for hours and days, at times even weeks before getting the one perfect print from a particular negative).
Those who photograph and charge for their photography and have no education in it and show no level of professionalism in the realm of the quality of their original captured images down the names of photographers that deserve better recognition from having earned it and flood the market with photographs that are undeserving of the price attached.
Sorry
That's been building for a while.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
I wish against wish
I hope against hope
that people would drop the AirForce bit and let me focus on Navy, it's still what feels right and no amount of persuasion will change the fact of what my prayers have led me to...
Unfortunately no one getting this is one of the people I'm referring to and I can't mention it to the people who I'm thinking of because there's a strong possibility we might be able to clear up the issue with my lack ot security clearance if I can play along with them for a bit.
Oh the politics of family life.
that people would drop the AirForce bit and let me focus on Navy, it's still what feels right and no amount of persuasion will change the fact of what my prayers have led me to...
Unfortunately no one getting this is one of the people I'm referring to and I can't mention it to the people who I'm thinking of because there's a strong possibility we might be able to clear up the issue with my lack ot security clearance if I can play along with them for a bit.
Oh the politics of family life.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Math does work out after all
So, two of the smartest people I know couldn't figure it out, but it's ok they're better with english anyway ;)
I figured it out though. You do need both the weight and the volume to figure it out.
First each gallon weighs 7 lbs, so you take 42 gallons and multiply it by 7lbs. = 294lbs
The tricky part is that it says each cubic foot is 52lbs. They're trying to trick you into associating cubic feet with lbs, but really they're two different variables being used for a conversion from one way of measuring a material like converting a persons pay check into hours and hourly rate over the course of a large time frame (large time frame being the 42 gallon barrel).
So, what's this mean? A 42 gallon barrel weighs 294lbs, but it's cubic feet is a percentage of that weight. 294/52, as it takes 52 lbs of material to compose 1 cu ft the correct answer is 5.7 as the math turns out the whole number is: 5.653846153846153846153846153846(infinitely in the 153846 pattern)
and because they rounded up the correct answer is A, 5.7.
I figured it out though. You do need both the weight and the volume to figure it out.
First each gallon weighs 7 lbs, so you take 42 gallons and multiply it by 7lbs. = 294lbs
The tricky part is that it says each cubic foot is 52lbs. They're trying to trick you into associating cubic feet with lbs, but really they're two different variables being used for a conversion from one way of measuring a material like converting a persons pay check into hours and hourly rate over the course of a large time frame (large time frame being the 42 gallon barrel).
So, what's this mean? A 42 gallon barrel weighs 294lbs, but it's cubic feet is a percentage of that weight. 294/52, as it takes 52 lbs of material to compose 1 cu ft the correct answer is 5.7 as the math turns out the whole number is: 5.653846153846153846153846153846(infinitely in the 153846 pattern)
and because they rounded up the correct answer is A, 5.7.
does this math seem wrong to you??!
One type of lubricating oil weighs approximately 52 pounds per cubic foot, or 7 pounds per gallon. A 42-gallon barrel will hold approximately how many cubic feet of such oil?
5.7
6.0
7.4
10.8
29.5
tell me if I'm doing this wrong.
7 pounds per gallon = 52 pounds per cubic foot.
42 gallons = 294 pounds and also = 2184 pounds per cubic foot....
I figured they got 6.0 as their answer by dividing 42 by 7, but that doesn't seem like the right answer in light of the given information, unless somewhere when they were talking about cubic feet they meant cubic inches...
5.7
6.0
7.4
10.8
29.5
tell me if I'm doing this wrong.
7 pounds per gallon = 52 pounds per cubic foot.
42 gallons = 294 pounds and also = 2184 pounds per cubic foot....
I figured they got 6.0 as their answer by dividing 42 by 7, but that doesn't seem like the right answer in light of the given information, unless somewhere when they were talking about cubic feet they meant cubic inches...
new toy i found
Canon is releasing a new toy on the amateur photographers market
Canon EOS Rebel T1i Digital SLR Camera (Camera Body
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/613611-REG/Canon_3818B001_EOS_Rebel_T1i_Digital.html#Memory
cool things about it?
shoots 1080p video. =) yup, the good stuff. It also shoots stills, 15.4mp per raw file.
Downsides? SD and SDHC only, no CF card compatability, CF is still faster and has larger sizes available than SD and SDHC, it also has a better success/failure rate than SD/SDHC has been known to have.
It is going to be released in May some time. So, technically right now it might be available since it's like 1:15 am on May 1st!
Oh, other cool thing? $799 new for the body. It's comparable to the xti/xsi for when they came out but it blows them away in both features and mp's.
Canon EOS Rebel T1i Digital SLR Camera (Camera Body
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/613611-REG/Canon_3818B001_EOS_Rebel_T1i_Digital.html#Memory
cool things about it?
shoots 1080p video. =) yup, the good stuff. It also shoots stills, 15.4mp per raw file.
Downsides? SD and SDHC only, no CF card compatability, CF is still faster and has larger sizes available than SD and SDHC, it also has a better success/failure rate than SD/SDHC has been known to have.
It is going to be released in May some time. So, technically right now it might be available since it's like 1:15 am on May 1st!
Oh, other cool thing? $799 new for the body. It's comparable to the xti/xsi for when they came out but it blows them away in both features and mp's.
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