I walked to the car shop to pick up my car after getting fixed (a great way to get in my exercise for the day) and the wind was blowing 30 mph. It was crazy. That reminds me that I used to be so confused when the wind felt like it was blowing in all different directions within the space of a few minutes. From the movie Mary Poppins I learned that it takes a long time for the wind to change direction and I was always so confused about how they could be so wrong. Then I finally grasped the concept of fiction.

In honor of me getting a bite on an application I turned in, not a job, but someone actually requesting more information from me, I will show you how excited I am.



Then here I will show you what he was really singing before they dubbed him:) Well really, it is college humor doing their version.

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Doesn't it sound like you would imagine Mr. Bean sounding like?

The British have not had luck with their cattle. Along with the mad cow incident a while back which prevented me from donating blood for several years, in 1860 they also had a cattle plague and had to kill thousands of cows. That is when Americans "took over" making cheddar from them.
I have also learned that the pastuerization laws in the U.S. prevent us from coming up with famous cheeses and having some of the best cheeses imported here.

I guess I'll just do a brief update. I still am unemployed. I have been holding out until new semesters start at various schools to see if I get teaching job of some sort at some college. I have applied at various schools in Utah. If I don't have one by May I will look elsewhere. I have considered doing temp work in the meantime, but I haven't signed up for any yet. I read Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics by Its Most Brilliant Teacher and it was really interesting. A good exercise for my math and physics-challenged brain. I have also read Cheeses of the World. I also finished The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. I am now officially tired of novels written in the 1930s and 40s and will be moving on to some other era. I have gotten a chance to do some random things for my visiting teachees lately and I am really enjoying my ward activities.

Since it is the day after the celebration of all things Irish, I thought I would join the fun. Since for me Irish=U2, St. Patrick's day is pretty much U2 day for me. But since when have I ever needed an excuse to post anything having to do with U2?
Here is a live acoustic version of a great U2 song. It is basically the same theme as the beginning of Isaiah 6. It is a really great plea to God.

During my avoiding my thesis days, I joined the whole craze surrounding Lost. I watched seasons 1-5 on hulu (which you can still do, by the way, if anyone else is avoiding the thesis) and now am in suspense waiting weekly for all the answers to come. I stumbled on this site where a guy has made a bunch of funny t-shirts for Lost. I will post my favorite one below.



And yes, I am ashamed to admit to all this.

I just watched one of the coolest shows on TV: Who Do You Think You Are?. It is about celebrities finding out who their ancestors were. Apparently it is a take-off from an original British version. It is clean, inspiring and so unlike anything else on TV. Very refreshing. This first one is about Sarah Jessica Parker, who I find ironically played a witch of the Salem Witch Trials in the kid's movie Hocus Pocus and then finds out that her ancestors were involved in the real thing. From the previews it appears that her husband Matthew Broderick, who played in Glory, has ancestors that fought in the Civil War.
Here is the link to this episode.

Here is a small clip from one of my favorite songs by John Gorka, a folk singer. I wanted to play the song from the album, but I couldn't find it, so here you go.

I've been invited to a Mad Hatter tea party this Saturday before we all go to see Alice in Wonderland, and I decided to try some things mentioned in the story. I'm going to make a treacle tart and bring comfits. In trying to find a recipe for a treacle tart I discovered that many Harry Potter fans have tried it as well. I found the ingredients at Harmon's and we'll see how it turns out. The movie looks a bit crazy, but I wouldn't expect anything less from Tim Burton. Here's a preview.

So Alice in Wonderland was disappointing. The story was clunky and not as interesting. The atmosphere was great though. The Mad Hatter tea party was fun and I am not a fan of treacle (at least the version I made).

I really, really like this song by Cyndi Lauper. It was on a Bones episode:).



or a live acoustic performance one (it is not that different, but i like it better).