Ewe Cant All Ways Bee Write.

…or is it ‘You Can’t Always Be Right?’  Either way, you were still probably able to read the title of this blog post.  It amazes me how much people get away with misspelling words on signs, brochures… and even on TV.  I know that we all make mistakes, but sometimes, there is no excuse.

There are funny signs out there all the time.  If you see a sign or something else that’s misspelled or funny, you might want to send it in to English Fail.  English Fail is a blog site that posts pictures of ways that the English language was not meant to be seen.  The site even accepts user pictures… If you have one, you can send it in.

Some Healthy Tips

I was suring around on the internet and I noticed my friend has posted a link for an article about “The Worst Places for Your Health.”  I’m not one who buys into the whole ‘healthy’ lifestyle.  I try to get exercise when I can, but it’s not something I stress over.

Here’s a link to the article… Click Here.

Some of the things they address include where to sit on an airplane, where to keep your toothbrush, the worst place to pick up a prescription, and the worst place to keep medicine.  Check it out.  It’s definitely worth 5 minutes of your time.

Successful Geocaching…

I went and searched for a total of 4 different caches on Tuesday and guess what… I found them all.  I searched for the Hillbilly Cache again.  This time, I searched on the right side of the stream… and it was there.

After that, I drove back home to Pittsburgh.  My friend and I went caching in Moon Park.  (Moon Park is located about 4 or 5 miles away from the Pittsburgh International Airport.)  We searched for three of them when we were there and found all three.  Two of those three included coordinates to a final cache.  Luckily, I had already found the third one with the 3rd set of coordinates about a month ago.  So, with coordinates in hand, we’ll head back out today or tomorrow to see if we can find the bonus cache.  Before I do that, though, I have to figure out how to get that location into my GPS.

Well, that’s my success story.  Hopefully there’s more to come! 

CD Releases (Week of April 29, 2008)

There’s a lot of new CDs out this week, including the long-awaited Madonna CD.  We’ll get to those in a minute.  First, though, I want to talk about the band Local H.  Most people didn’t know who Local H was but most people know their only real hit.  The funny thing is most people think it’s called ‘Copasetic.’ It’s not… It’s really called ‘Bound for the Floor.’  Either way, they have a new song that’s being released this week.  It’s called ‘24 Hour Break-Up Session.’  I haven’t heard the song yet, but I really want to.  (I just can’t right now because our engineer is in the studio and we’re not allowed to listen to streaming music!) So, I was able to sneak a 30-second sneak peak in and it sounded okay.  My first impressions on music normally aren’t the greatest, however.  I’d need to listen to more of it to get a good impression.  That brings me to the next song…

It’s by a band called ‘City Sleeps.’  The song is called ‘Not an Angel’ and I really didn’t like it at first.  After listening to it a bunch of times, I came around.  I actually think it’s a pretty cool song now and it’s worth checking out.

Let’s get to it, though.  It’s new CD time…

Madonna - Hard Candy

Augustana - Can’t Hurt, Can’t Love

Steve Winwood - Nine Lives

Cherish - The Truth

Phil Stacey - Phil Stacey

Mark Chestnutt - Rollin’ with the Flow

Martina McBride - Martina McBride: Live in Concert

One Flew South - Last of the Good Guys

Chris LeDoux - Classic Chris LeDoux

Dumpster Diving

I just got an advance screening of the package that Missi Matthews did focusing on dumpster diving.  Apparantly, a group of students at Penn State save a whole lot of money each year by getting food, transportation, and other good stuff from dumpsters.

It’s amazing to see some of the things that these students find.  You can see the entire story tomorrow at 5:00 PM on Channel 6 News.  It’ll also be online sometime after it airs.  You can visit www.wjactv.com for the full story once it airs tomorrow afternoon on Channel 6.

More Geocaching + Pictures

The weather has been fantastic over the last couple of weeks.  Temperatures have warmed into the 80s and we’ve seen our fair share of sunshine, especially for the month of April.  That allowed me to get outside again and do a little more geocaching.

Here’s some pictures from my geocaching adventures…

Boos and Ruus

The Pittsburgh Penguins just won their 2nd game of the series against the New York Rangers by a score of 2 to 0.  It’s a big win for the Penguins and it forces the Rangers to come out and play a crucial game three in New York.  While watching the game, I noticed a lot of chanting going on in the stands at Mellon Arena.

Watching the game got me thinking about booing and ruuing.  Here’s my take on the whole situation…

How Accurate are Meteorologists?

I just found an article done by a guy in Kansas City.  It talks about the accuracy of meteorologists.  Follow this link to the Severe Weather Team Blog for all the details.

http://wjacweatherblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/how-accurate-a-study/

CD Releases (Week of April 22, 2008)

It seems like we’re throwing back to some older groups with the new releases this week.  We have Blind Melon, the group that sings the song ‘No Rain.’  Also, Goldfinger is back.  If you remember, they had the song ‘Here In Your Bedroom.’  If you like country, there’s a new CD by Phil Vassar.  If you’re more into rock, you might want to check out Story of the Year.  If you like lip-syncing, check out Ashlee Simpson.  (Was that a low blow?  If so, sorry Ashlee!  We still love you.)

Without further ado, here’s the list of new CDs…

Ashlee Simpson - Bittersweet World

Phil Vassar - Prayer of a Common Man

Blind Melon - No Rain

The Cat Empire - So Many Night

Goldfinger - Hello Destiny

Story of the Year - The Black Swan

Optical Illusions and Online Music

I was searching the internet for cool website tonight and I stumbled upon a couple of cool sites that’ll probably keep your interest for at least 10 minutes or so. 

The first site kept me occupied for a little while.  It was full of optical illusions.  Most likely, you’ve seen some of the illusions before, but you probably haven’t seen them all.  The one that I really like is called the ‘magic zoomster.’  It involves circles that appear to move as you move forward and backward.  There are a lot of cool illusions.  Click here to check it out.

Another cool website that I just found is called songza.com.  It can be categorized as an online search engine and jukebox.  Basically, you type the song or artist you want to listen to in the search box.  It’ll bring up a bunch of different options for you to choose.  When you pick one, you have the option to play it, add it to your playlist, rate it, or even embed it into your website or blog.  I did a search for some of my favorite artists and it seemed to do a decent job.  It’s still in beta, but it is worth checking out.  You can do that by clicking here.