Utraslo.com has a ton of cool, super slow motion videos. From guns being fired, to explosions, to boxers connecting on punches. All really cool to see. But they also have a section for water balloons, and the slow motion video of what happens when the balloon is popped. All amazing videos. But for whatever reason, I see this water balloon video as the greatest ever. I’m sure you will agree.
What’s strange is after about the 8th or 9th time you view it, you don’t even see the water balloon anymore. Odd.
-Dave Q.
Today I got some disheartening news. I found out that my Grandfather is suffering from advanced prostate cancer. I know nothing about medicine, but that doesn’t sound good to me. From what I understand, he is going to have surgery this week. Until we hear the results of this, all we can do is pray for the best. Making matters worse, my Grandmother isn’t doing to hot either. She has a bad elbow and recently fell hurting herself. She is in the hospital awaiting her second suregery. Both of my hurting grandparents are my Father’s parents.
My grandparents live in Costa Rica. Geography has kept me from having close relationships with family there. In recent years, I have been able to communicate with them much more frequently thanks to technology, but my grandparents are old school, and never got into any of this. But that’s no excuse for me to not call more often. My Spanish being pathetic at best doesn’t help the situation. Phone calls are difficult because of the communication barrier. I regret not being a better Spanish speaker.
I have a trip to Costa Rica scheduled this summer. Needless to say, it just got a lot more significant. I want to get there as soon as possible and see them, along with all my other family. No doubt there will be a good amount of soul searching on this trip. In more ways than one.
-Dave Q.
It’s June. And so far it’s been an okay year for me. Nothing to complain about, but nothing to go crazy for, yet. Just an “OK” year. But if I compare my year to the year my little sister is having, then it becomes significantly less impressive. My little sister is on a roll! Allow me to elaborate…
For the last couple of years, my little sister, Olga, has been working hard to finishing her degree. Well, late last month she received her masters degree in some field that I feel sould be kept quiet since it sounds like she will be working for the feds in the near future. Nice! But before that happened, Olga and her husband Neal moved to North Carolina, and recently bought their first house. Again, nice…
As if that wasn’t enough, the week before her graduation, Olga announces to my family that she is pregnant! Outstanding! And to close out the month of May, my brother-in-law Neal, who is in the military, gets promoted. Damn! For God’s sake, buy a lottery ticket!!
Come to think of it, all that happened in the last 60 days. Jeez. I think 2010 is going to continue to be a great year for them. If anyone deserves good things to come her way, it’s my little sister. And I know if she decides to buy a winning lottery ticket that she will forget all those times I terrorized her when we were kids. Right, Olga?…. Right? … (crickets)…
-Dave Q.
I just heard that the Miss USA pageant was this past Sunday. That’s cool. I had no interest in it. That is, until I saw all this! Yowza!
Apparently someone had the truly awesome idea to make the 50+ participants of Miss USA sexy with this photo shoot. The theme here is “Waking up in Vegas”. Always a good place to wake up at. I don’t recall a beauty pageant ever achieving this level of sexy… ever! And wait until you see the pics! Especially Miss Virginia and Miss Wisconsin. Damn! I know a few people who will be getting new desktop wallpaper because of this. Anyway, the sad thing is of course that women all over the world are going to start pulling the sexism card… again. Also sad, they probably weren’t actually be dressed like this for the actual pageant. Oh well.
Despite all that, I applaud you, whoever it is that runs Miss USA (Trump?). Your move, Miss Universe.
-Dave Q.
I’m just going to come right out and say it. The Swedes love me! Don’t act like you’re not impressed.
The video takes a few seconds to load, so be patient. Trust me when I say it’s worth it. Oh, so worth it…
-Dave Q.
So I went to a happy hour last night. Which then turned into happy hours. Having a good time, shooting pool, downing a few drinks, enjoying the company of friends, etc. Everything you need to result in a good time! Of course as you have a drink or two… or several more, the urge to relieve yourself hit you. So after losing what was probably my 4th straight game of pool, to a girl, I decide it’s time to pay a visit to the men’s room. As soon as I walk in there, I look over and think to myself, “dammit”.
I’m not a fan of bathroom attendants. When I go to the restroom, I just want to take care of what I need to take care of and that’s that. I don’t need anyone there to turn on the faucet for me and squirt soap in my hands. And of course they do this and expect a tip for it. Jeez. Half the time I’m not even carrying cash. When it comes to tipping a waitress or bar tender, I put it on my credit card. I don’t want to have to ever plan for bathroom attendant tips. I think I will boycott any bars that have bathroom attendants from here on out. Am I the only one that is annoyed by these guys? Do they have a female version in the ladies room??
This got me thinking about other annoying professions. So I ranked my top 5:
- Bathroom Attendants (still pretty freshly annoyed from last night)
- TSA Employees (seems like they all have a chip on their shoulder)
- Car Salesman (just back off and let me look at the car, will ya?)
- Telemarketers (no need to explain)
- Tech support that can’t speak English (these guys make me want to punch something)
I intentionally left out politicians since that is an obvious one and by default nobody likes those imbeciles. Did I miss any?
-Dave Q.
Here’s a new twist on those boring flight safety videos. Yeah, it will get your attention, but not for too long. Once you realize that the females in body paint aren’t exactly “body paint” worthy, (not to mention that no one wants to see dudes with no clothes on), then you would probably go back to reading your book, or sleeping, or praying, or whatever pre-flight ritual you’ve claimed as your own. Mine is the praying one.
Now if they had this Delta chick in body paint, that’s a different story. Hell, I might take a flight just to watch the video. I love the way she wags her finger at you. Like she’s scolding you for having naughty thoughts. Don’t judge me. I know I wasn’t the only one.
-Dave Q.
I snapped this pic over the weekend. Nice car. But that Dominos sign on the roof of it can’t help when it comes to the ladies.
I get that some people are consumed with status symbols. But to be forced to deliver pizzas because of it? Come on, man. Sell the car. Drive something a little more modest. And then you won’t have to take that part-time job just to pay your car note. You also won’t have people taking pics of your fancy car delivering pizzas. What’s so hard about living within your means?
I didn’t take into account that it could be some spoiled rich kid who got the BMW for their birthday and their parents forced them to get a job. In which case I applaud the parents. But let’s face it, chances are if you’re buying your kid a BMW, then they don’t need a job to get some cash. They have mommy and daddy for that.
I almost feel compelled to get Dominos delivered when I watch the Spurs-Mavericks game tonight in the hope that I get this guy as the delivery driver. If I see a bimmer parked in the street when I open the front door, not only will I give him his $3 tip, but I’m also gonna give him a pat on the shoulder. And maybe an “I’m sorry”.
GO SPURS GO!!!
-Dave Q.
