Did you ever have to watch this?

This is a training video from the 80's. Any of you work for Wendy's? I think my brothers Tony and Andy did. This is exactly how I would like all learning to take place...through rap!

What the?

I have no idea. Enjoy

Brrr!

It is cold...I wish! This guy found a place to take a dip in the icy waters, you can see more photos of his merry group here. I want to try taking a dip in frozen lake or river sometime, wanna go with?

Animal love

I tell you this rat loves it some cat. Enjoy the interspecies adoration.

Can your fingers do this?

Just watch this, I can't believe some of the stuff people can do with their fingers...it is at times amazing. Also from the site I found this on, YouKu Buzz (a site for commentary in English about the Chinese video sharing site YouKu), and they say that the percentages are for the number of people who cannot do what is about to be demonstrated. Enjoy

A new hobby?

I think this should be my new hobby. I would totally love to try this kind of flying fun. I think this year I need to do a sky-dive and then graduate to this...man it looks like fun. You can watch this below or go here to see it full screen in your browser. Sweet

This could have been my room, kinda.

This poor guy really gets it from his cat. Ooti, my youngest, gets under the sheets and sleeps all night. Lilly is kinda like this cat, always prowling around and then needing attention. This poor guy needs to get his cat some kitty prozac or something. Enjoy!

Hate your neighbors?

Then get one of these roosters, they will really love you...not!

In Dallas...

...for the night.

Cousins in town

My cousin Gretchen and her husband Brett and kids stopped by for
breakfast on their way through OKC. Nice to see all sorts of family
while here.

Happy 2009

From Ol'Granny and Grandpa!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Have a Happy and Peaceful New Year!!!

Peace,
vg

Having fun...

...playing games!

Visiting priest

Look who stopped by for dinner...it's Fr. Matt.

The Galier group

Time for sopapillias...yummy!

Mexican food

Chilaquiles y cerveza. Me gusta mucho!

In OKC

I'm in the OK!

Kids

The local goats had some kids and they are C-U-T-E! Enjoy the few pictures I could get before they ran off.

Gladys Kramkowski

While up at Georgia National Cemetary for the burial of PV2 Joseph
Meadows we went by Gladys' grave. May she rest in peace!

Xmas...yuck! Part oh my look at this!

Xmas...yuck! Part XII, XII, XIV

I have left the best/worst for last...enjoy!



"Hey kids, lets hip-hop!" arghhhh!!!




Why do people even put these videos out there?

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And finally, The King comes singing for THE KING!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas to all...and to all, go to bed!!!

Xmas...yuck! Part XI

This is just too much to take...

Xmas...yuck! Part X

Nothing says Birth of the Savior like microwaves playing a familiar tune!

Xmas...yuck! Part IX

You know it must be xmas when The Hof is singing in German, you do of course know that The Hof is a huge celebrity in Germany. Behold!

Xmas...yuck! Part VIII

I am sure on a sugar and caffeine high this seems like a really cool idea...yeah, not so much.

Xmas...yuck! Part VII

Do you see where the slippery slope of xmas gets us??? Now India gets involved.

Christmas Decoration

After the 11am Mass we had a swarm of folks come in to help us with setting up our tree and other Christmas decorations. Many hands made light work for all who were are part of the setup. Thanks to all, and to those who will come and put the finishing touches on the Church and Narthex. Peace!

Xmas...yuck! Part VI

I am not opposed to light shows, head to Newnan if you want to see a nice one done by a member of St. Matthew, but the dance version of Amazing Grace, I only have two words to say about that...Puh & Lees!

Ferris Wheel

This would be fun to play around on, either in the buckets or jumping about powering the thing. Sweet!

Lets try that again...

...this time with some emotion! Drew really could have shown some more excitement don't you think. You be the judge.

Xmas...yuck! Part V

Charo and Pee-wee Herman? Arrrrghhhh

Really stuck that landing!

Poor cow gets a beat down from the pilot. Enjoy.

This Boston in one smart pooch.

I like how he uses his tongue to open the cage. I think he is not so much freeing his friend as wanting to take what is in the other dogs cage.

UPDATE: Lets try that again with the correct video!

Lagos Nigeria

I stumbled upon this story (from siphoning off a few thoughts)and just had to let you read it, I laughed heartily at this one. Enjoy

About a year ago I shared a story about a crazy experience a friend of a friend had at the airport in Lagos, Nigeria. Here’s another one! This morning, at the airport in Brussels, I was chatting with a retired Scottish aid worker. He told about his friend who got on a flight in Lagos to find it completely full…plus one. One person was standing in the aisle with no seat. The flight attendants went through and checked that everyone had a boarding pass, which they did. (Apparently someone had a forged pass; welcome to Lagos.) The staff then made an announcement that everyone was going to de-plane and that they were going to check everyone’s boarding pass carefully.

As soon as the first person stepped off the plane, the staff slammed and locked the airplane door, despite the person’s cries and banging on the door. Problem solved.

Germans as well?

We all know that the Japanese have some crazy TV, but this one is from Germany in the 70's. It starts off ok...and then is weird really quickly. What do you figure is going on with this one?!1!!

Great book

This would be a great book for kids of all ages. I love the work especially OPQR. Enjoy

Xmas...yuck! Part IV

This is just too much, I mean really, come on now...Tom Jones this is just sad.

Xmas...yuck! Part III

Don't these people have anything better to do??? Like trying to fix the economy or something? Again Xmas reigns supreme...arghhhh!

Tumbleweeds

I used to go to a place called Tumbleweeds to dance when I was in college. This has nothing to do with that except for the thing featured in this video is a sweet tumbleweed tornado. Enjoy

Xmas...yuck! Part II

Who thought this would be a great idea? I can remember seeing this years ago and thinking it was a bad idea...seems I have not changed my mind on this one over the years.

They think we have forgotten

They even know how to treat humans when they abuse us. You have been warned.

I threw up a bit

After the penance service tonight the Fr.s took me to see the xmas
lights. "I enojyed it so!"?

Xmas...yuck!

Really I loathe xmas...really I hate it. Love Advent and Love Christmas, but hate xmas. Case in point.

Advent

This is why I loathe secular "chr'mas" Xmas. It is a slippery slope and we all know that there is where it can lead. Enjoy Advent and then when Christmas is ready to be celebrated, we will shun silliness like this (although you know I love cats and Christmas) and enjoy the birth of our Saviour Jesus!

6:27PM

It was on December 15, 1986 at 6:27PM that I remember seeing my father take his last breath. The time has always stuck with me. Last Friday 12DEC my dad would have turned 70years old, seems odd that thought. Dad was 48 when he died of complications with lung cancer, but mom was there by his side and most of the family had a good chance to say goodbye before he died. Although I have lived more time without him than I have with him, that is all just a farce, he is still with me in my heart and life, I see traces of him in myself and my siblings at times. Seems odd 22 years later 6:27 is still there in my head.

This is why I love Japan

Forget all that nonsense that I put up about how crazy they are in Japan (although they are crazy over there) this is the stuff that I love about Japan. I know I have posted about the bike parking before this is a great video showing the process of parking a bike. Enjoy!

Police Academy

My nephew Greg Foust graduated from the Oklahoma City Police Academy this past Thursday. NewsOK covered the graduation, but here are some family photos of the event. Congratulations Greg!

Mom and Dad with their graduate.

Grandma Rita, and Ol' Granny and Grandpa proud of their graduate.

Uncle Tony and the Galier children (fresh from school) were in attendence as well, quite proud of their nephew and cousin.

Feline Elevator

Like they say; dogs have owners, cats have staff!

This is really cool

I am just not so sure about the wildlife in the river...other than that, hang 10 dude!

An act filled with grace...

Did you hear about the Marine plane that killed four people in San Diego? Well did you hear what the guy who lost those four, all members of his family, had to say about it? Pure grace! Lets keep all those affected by this tragedy in our prayers. Peace

Next year???

Maybe we can get this guy to come play for our St. Matthew Basketball team, well wadda'ya think?

Forget Cute

This mouse is far and away smarter than those cats from that last video. I don't know how you get a mouse to do this but it is impressive. Bonus credit to the video for having equally as cool music...Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland. The song is Olympic Fanfare and Theme by John Williams. Behold!

UPDATE: My older brother Tony told me I was wrong so I have updated the above for your deeper understanding. Sorry for the mistake. Peace

The cuteness will hurt.

This video is cute, but the music makes it. Enjoy

Advent Concert

We had a great Advent concert on Saturday night. Choirs from St. Matthew, Holy Trinity and St. Gabriel sang. It was wonderful and we had a nice crowd join us. I forgot my camera early on so not a ton of photos but here is what I got.

I also took a few videos, this is the only one that came out kinda okay-ish. Oh the out of sync clapping...ask Deacon Jim ;-)

Hosts

We don't use this company (we have in the past) but this is still kind of neat to see. Warning my least favorite song Bad to the Bone is in this video, yuck!

Fat Dog

Getting Fatter




FWIW, I love bean burritos from Taco Bell!

Two titles

Either: This cat needs some love, so give up the love NOW! or I really need to sell my yoga videos and I am committed to that cause "you bettcha!"

This will make you cry

This wonderful story of a dog looking out for another dog, quite touching. Enjoy

Over at HuPo there is a nice article about animals and this video in specific.

I can't make much with Legos

This guy built a machine the can solve a Rubik's Cube...man this is depressing.

Bet you can't guess where this guy is from...

His face is being sent little electric shocks and it makes his face dance funny to the beats of the music, weird and neat all at the same time. Oh and of course he is Japanese.

Willy Wonka?

Does he need to escape your flight as well? Why does he not take his glass elevator? Why does he not have his hat off while on the plane? What is he doing on this flight safety card?

He shoots...

...well you know the rest. Enjoy

What phobia does this dog have?

Or do you think it just dosent' understand that the cans can easily be moved...still really cute! Enjoy

Redneck Science

This is really cool and weird. Make sure to watch the whole clip, that dad speaking at the end lets you know that this is a redneck family! Too much fun. Enjoy

boviphobia?

From puppets to cows...poor girl.

W E I R D

I guess this kid is pupaphobic. Definitely kinda weird, wouldn't you say? Enjoy

Wanna itch all night?

Then follow this link. Consider this your warning, you will feel creep after looking at the photos.

Looks tasty?

Just watching this made my arteries harden just a bit. Enjoy

This made my brain hurt

Need to be able to imagine 10 dimensions? Watch this, warning it will make your brain hurt.

Reaction time

Can you beat 0.235 on this reaction test?

UPDATE: So after speaking to a few people I need to clarify this post. I am wondering if you can beat 0.198 average time and 0.178 as best time for one click. Before I had posted my average time, so now lets see average time and best time for one click. Peace

This is really neat

Not sure if this is real, but it is neat, enjoy!

You think your job stinks

Could you imagine doing this type of work? This guy is amazing: balance and strength WOW

Star Wars, Japan style

I guess this bird is really into Star Wars. I guess that bit at the end is Japanese for, "No. I am your father"

Japanese game show

This is just too much...enjoy!

That chimp is back

and today he is eating with chopsticks. What is up with this food delivery system? This I can understand but a slide for noodles??? Really Japan, Really?????

When to use the mobile phone...

You know you should not be on the phone at a concert...well I hope you know that, this guy found out the hard way. Enjoy!

Neeedz coumfortablenesss

Poor little guy, need a bigger bed or a better definition of comfortable.

Come on Japan

Give me a break, we never let our animals control our segaway, please stop it already, someone could get hurt!

Would you remember a stanger for long?

Watch this video and see if you think you would do better than these folks did with remember who they were talking to, some people geesh!

Would love to try this...

Although I have not ever been on a ramp, this would be loads of fun to try...eeeekkkk!

Trippy time

Enjoy the uses of new technology!

Sweet nunchuck skills

I know this is an ad but it is FLIPPIN' S-W-E-E-T!

If only we had this at Delta

If only US CEO's operated like this, think where Delta could be???....

Say it ain't so

I hope this is not the truth because these are my favorite candy around this time. What do you think?

A mother's love

This one of for my sister Angela (and all who are mothers and all who like giraffes). You can just see the love of the mother (yes I know I am anthropomorphizing a bit) in this stunning photo. This is Sarabi nuzzuling her new baby at the Memphis Zoo. There are more photos here. Enjoy

Too sad...

This is just too sad for words...if you watch the video be careful, you might just cry a bit.

Publish or die?

Well beyond this blog I have been published in the Georgia Bulletin. Here is my letter to the editor...does this count as being published?

Nature

It appears in nature everything works itself out...enjoy!

From boingboing: "Minuscule it is a co-production of French national TV and the Disney channel. It's a combination of real world sets and CGI insects, sans dialog. Personally, I think the lack of dialog makes the creatures more humane, and adds incredible opportunities for visual humor. Few opportunities are missed, and few fail."

This is great to watch

This kid has a 19th birthday and the luckiest day all in one. enjoy!

Excited

This little dog sure is excited. Poor thing looks quite old, no teeth and cataracts. But he is excited. I bet you cannot watch this and not giggle a bit...if I had this dog I would have to give it treats each time it got excited, just too cute!

Fr. John Dear, S. J.

I am at a talk by Fr. John Dear, SJ this evening. It was wonderful. He is
on a book tour for his new book, an autobiography.

UPDATE: After the talk Fr. Bryan and I accompanied Fr. John and some
of his college friends for dinner and a beer, it was a great night!

Turtle Hunter

This is a really unique video. I enjoyed watching it. Amazing how some people loose their teeth, especially the way this guy did. His yell is something to behold. I have to admit that I was secretly wishing one of the turtles would get a bite on him, oh well...enjoy.

Breaking on through, to the other side...

...of the speed of sound, POP!

(From the flickr stream of Mark Kelly)

Tons of fun

This would be some kind of fun...wish I had a kayak! Make sure to watch the video at the end, AWESOME! Here is the video.

Chickens come to help

When there is fight between rabbits the chicken police come to help keep the peace.

This is amazing

Maybe this is more than anyone can/should do, can you believe this stuff???

Slinky cat?

I think if these people just scratched their cat now and then it would not need to do this...although it is quite funny. Enjoy

This is wonderful

I can ride a unicycle, but not like this...it is amazing.

WE WON!!!!

These photos were from a previous game, but we won out game today against St. Gabriel!!! The final score was 44-43...we almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, but we held them off for the win. I only scored 3 points but at least I scored. Also there was an article in the Georgia Bulletin this week and your humble blogger got a mention. Also our great fans were mentioned as well. Way to go team! Oh this was our first win of the season and only our second win (last year we won because of a forfit...still a win).