you simply must view the "average home boy" rapper video demo.
I'm not sure if I ever seen anything like this.
As a side note, my big brother david -also a white middleclass, muscular, fruit-loop eater, was also rapping during this era. Of course I am not suggesting any kind of uncanny resemblance. But I will suggest, that if *some other person* were to make such a suggestions, I would not find it to be completely ludicrous.
7/11/2006
7/09/2006
7/06/2006
6/26/2006
quick updates
FAQs
1) Yes, my dad really did eat a dog.
2) Yes, I am going to post pictures of the aforementioned "contraption", I just have to get my music done first or my employees will revolt.
3) Yes, you are allowed to send in your two dollars more than once.
see you soon!
1) Yes, my dad really did eat a dog.
2) Yes, I am going to post pictures of the aforementioned "contraption", I just have to get my music done first or my employees will revolt.
3) Yes, you are allowed to send in your two dollars more than once.
see you soon!
6/18/2006
"Dirty Healthy Rats!"
Isaac forward this article to me via e-mail, hoping that I would reverse the ban on toilet-play.
the article
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71185-0.html?tw=rss.index
the article
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71185-0.html?tw=rss.index
6/15/2006
isn't this ironicle
I've personally verified this Microsoft conspiracy to keep a republican in office:
If you're a Windows user, open Notepad and type in this phrase, without the quote marks and with no carriage return: "Bush hid the facts". Now save it and open it again.
source:
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1502576
If you're a Windows user, open Notepad and type in this phrase, without the quote marks and with no carriage return: "Bush hid the facts". Now save it and open it again.
source:
http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/index.blog?entry_id=1502576
a conversation between my dad and I
dad: "here's a picture of a dog we ate."
daniel: "wow! ...can you send me that for my blog?"
dad: "sure."
thoughtful pause...
daniel: "I can't believe you ate a dog!"
dad: "it tasted like beef jerky"
thoughtful pause...
daniel: "what kind of dog was it??"
dad: "a dog that made too much noise while I was preaching."
thick silence.
daniel: "is that *why* you ate a dog?"
dad: "I don't know...
it was just making a lot of noise.
Then it got quiet...
...Then later, we ate it."
note: out of fairness to Rev. Dr. Bill Rudd, this did occur in a different hemishphere on a medical missinos trip.
some people just need a hug
So, I met this guy.
He was one of those "just want to punch him in the face" kind of people.
Something about demeanor was very antagonistic...
...as if he had been placed on this earth, just to attract aggression.
I don't think anyone had ever given him a chance.
You know, treated him like a human being...
who needed to be loved unconditionally.
Sometimes a little love and understanding, can really change things.
It did for Bob.
my older brother Andrew happened to be nearby, ready to document this story with a camera.
you can read it here.
He was one of those "just want to punch him in the face" kind of people.
Something about demeanor was very antagonistic...
...as if he had been placed on this earth, just to attract aggression.
I don't think anyone had ever given him a chance.
You know, treated him like a human being...
who needed to be loved unconditionally.
Sometimes a little love and understanding, can really change things.
It did for Bob.
my older brother Andrew happened to be nearby, ready to document this story with a camera.
you can read it here.
6/13/2006
Language Skills: (cross post)
The boys are learning new ways to communicate.
They're mastering the essentials of sign language "more" "please" "eat" "cup"
They are beginning to verbalize many things.
Isaac is unable to say, "outside"
He can only shriek it (with exuberant delight).
But it is clearly the word "outside", accompanied by a race toward the door and wild pointing.
Will now shrieks too, not as recognizably, but we get it.
When Isaac sees a dog he points and says "doug"
When Isaac sees anything moving on the grass he points and says "doug"
Will likes to say Mama or derivatives beginning with M and ending with Mahh or Meee.
But what ever Will lacks in linguistics, he makes up for in passion and delivery.
He has all the non-verbals right.
He shrugs his shoulders and raises his open hands.
He nods his head to emphasize an authoritative syllable (this non-verbal will be hereafter represented by this symbol: ^).
Sometimes, in utter frustration, he drops his hands to the ground and lets out a huge sigh, synchronized with slightly rolling eyes. [I have had an UBELIEVABLY long day!]
****
Isaac loves to say "Hot."
I originally explained that he could not have my coffee because it was "hot." I put a little extra sizzle on the word "hot". I wanted "hot" to be clearly dangerous. As if the word itself might burn him.
Isaac loves danger. ...and so he loves to say "hot" --with sizzle.
Every morning he comes to the couch where I (and/or Andrea) have parked with my coffee.
He points to the coffee and says. "Haaaaaaaa ot!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee"
Isaac: "Hot daw ee"
Will: (waddling over with outstretched pointer finger)
"Ma.. Mammeeee!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee" (with a little more emphatic enunciation)
Will: "Ma.. MAAMEE!" (with corresponding escalation)
Daniel: "Good job will, try again: 'Hot Coffee'
Will [with some serious passion, and forceful pointing]:
"MAAA! MAAAMEEE!"
^ ^^ ^ ^^
He'll argue with me until lunch if I let him.
****
At lunch a few days ago, I came up from my office to find Andrea working with Isaac on "apple sauce."
Andrea: "Apple Sauce"
Isaac: "daawwwce"
Andrea: "APPLE ...sauce"
Isaac: "ANdle daawwce"
Will [clearly annoyed with Isaac's ineptitude, and punctuating each sylabil with a severe and rhythmic tilting of his forehead.] :
"maaaw MAHHH!"
^ ^
They're mastering the essentials of sign language "more" "please" "eat" "cup"
They are beginning to verbalize many things.
Isaac is unable to say, "outside"
He can only shriek it (with exuberant delight).
But it is clearly the word "outside", accompanied by a race toward the door and wild pointing.
Will now shrieks too, not as recognizably, but we get it.
When Isaac sees a dog he points and says "doug"
When Isaac sees anything moving on the grass he points and says "doug"
Will likes to say Mama or derivatives beginning with M and ending with Mahh or Meee.
But what ever Will lacks in linguistics, he makes up for in passion and delivery.
He has all the non-verbals right.
He shrugs his shoulders and raises his open hands.
He nods his head to emphasize an authoritative syllable (this non-verbal will be hereafter represented by this symbol: ^).
Sometimes, in utter frustration, he drops his hands to the ground and lets out a huge sigh, synchronized with slightly rolling eyes. [I have had an UBELIEVABLY long day!]
****
Isaac loves to say "Hot."
I originally explained that he could not have my coffee because it was "hot." I put a little extra sizzle on the word "hot". I wanted "hot" to be clearly dangerous. As if the word itself might burn him.
Isaac loves danger. ...and so he loves to say "hot" --with sizzle.
Every morning he comes to the couch where I (and/or Andrea) have parked with my coffee.
He points to the coffee and says. "Haaaaaaaa ot!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee"
Isaac: "Hot daw ee"
Will: (waddling over with outstretched pointer finger)
"Ma.. Mammeeee!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee" (with a little more emphatic enunciation)
Will: "Ma.. MAAMEE!" (with corresponding escalation)
Daniel: "Good job will, try again: 'Hot Coffee'
Will [with some serious passion, and forceful pointing]:
"MAAA! MAAAMEEE!"
^ ^^ ^ ^^
He'll argue with me until lunch if I let him.
****
At lunch a few days ago, I came up from my office to find Andrea working with Isaac on "apple sauce."
Andrea: "Apple Sauce"
Isaac: "daawwwce"
Andrea: "APPLE ...sauce"
Isaac: "ANdle daawwce"
Will [clearly annoyed with Isaac's ineptitude, and punctuating each sylabil with a severe and rhythmic tilting of his forehead.] :
"maaaw MAHHH!"
^ ^
Language Skills: (cross post)
The boys are learning new ways to communicate.
They're mastering the essentials of sign language "more" "please" "eat" "cup"
They are beginning to verbalize many things.
Isaac is unable to say, "outside"
He can only shriek it (with exuberant delight).
But it is clearly the word "outside", accompanied by a race toward the door and wild pointing.
Will now shrieks too, not as recognizably, but we get it.
When Isaac sees a dog he points and says "doug"
When Isaac sees anything moving on the grass he points and says "doug"
Will likes to say Mama or derivatives beginning with M and ending with Mahh or Meee.
But what ever Will lacks in linguistics, he makes up for in passion and delivery.
He has all the non-verbals right.
He shrugs his shoulders and raises his open hands.
He nods his head to emphasize an authoritative syllable (this non-verbal will be hereafter represented by this symbol: ^).
Sometimes, in utter frustration, he drops his hands to the ground and lets out a huge sigh, synchronized with slightly rolling eyes. [I have had an UBELIEVABLY long day!]
****
Isaac loves to say "Hot."
I originally explained that he could not have my coffee because it was "hot." I put a little extra sizzle on the word "hot". I wanted "hot" to be clearly dangerous. As if the word itself might burn him.
Isaac loves danger. ...and so he loves to say "hot" --with sizzle.
Every morning he comes to the couch where I (and/or Andrea) have parked with my coffee.
He points to the coffee and says. "Haaaaaaaa ot!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee"
Isaac: "Hot daw ee"
Will: (waddling over with outstretched pointer finger)
"Ma.. Mammeeee!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee" (with a little more emphatic enunciation)
Will: "Ma.. MAAMEE!" (with corresponding escalation)
Daniel: "Good job will, try again: 'Hot Coffee'
Will [with some serious passion, and forceful pointing]:
"MAAA! MAAAMEEE!"
^ ^^ ^ ^^
He'll argue with me until lunch if I let him.
****
At lunch a few days ago, I came up from my office to find Andrea working with Isaac on "apple sauce."
Andrea: "Apple Sauce"
Isaac: "daawwwce"
Andrea: "APPLE ...sauce"
Isaac: "ANdle daawwce"
Will [clearly annoyed with Isaac's ineptitude, and punctuating each sylabil with a severe and rhythmic tilting of his forehead.] :
"maaaw MAHHH!"
^ ^
They're mastering the essentials of sign language "more" "please" "eat" "cup"
They are beginning to verbalize many things.
Isaac is unable to say, "outside"
He can only shriek it (with exuberant delight).
But it is clearly the word "outside", accompanied by a race toward the door and wild pointing.
Will now shrieks too, not as recognizably, but we get it.
When Isaac sees a dog he points and says "doug"
When Isaac sees anything moving on the grass he points and says "doug"
Will likes to say Mama or derivatives beginning with M and ending with Mahh or Meee.
But what ever Will lacks in linguistics, he makes up for in passion and delivery.
He has all the non-verbals right.
He shrugs his shoulders and raises his open hands.
He nods his head to emphasize an authoritative syllable (this non-verbal will be hereafter represented by this symbol: ^).
Sometimes, in utter frustration, he drops his hands to the ground and lets out a huge sigh, synchronized with slightly rolling eyes. [I have had an UBELIEVABLY long day!]
****
Isaac loves to say "Hot."
I originally explained that he could not have my coffee because it was "hot." I put a little extra sizzle on the word "hot". I wanted "hot" to be clearly dangerous. As if the word itself might burn him.
Isaac loves danger. ...and so he loves to say "hot" --with sizzle.
Every morning he comes to the couch where I (and/or Andrea) have parked with my coffee.
He points to the coffee and says. "Haaaaaaaa ot!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee"
Isaac: "Hot daw ee"
Will: (waddling over with outstretched pointer finger)
"Ma.. Mammeeee!"
Daniel: "Hot Coffee" (with a little more emphatic enunciation)
Will: "Ma.. MAAMEE!" (with corresponding escalation)
Daniel: "Good job will, try again: 'Hot Coffee'
Will [with some serious passion, and forceful pointing]:
"MAAA! MAAAMEEE!"
^ ^^ ^ ^^
He'll argue with me until lunch if I let him.
****
At lunch a few days ago, I came up from my office to find Andrea working with Isaac on "apple sauce."
Andrea: "Apple Sauce"
Isaac: "daawwwce"
Andrea: "APPLE ...sauce"
Isaac: "ANdle daawwce"
Will [clearly annoyed with Isaac's ineptitude, and punctuating each sylabil with a severe and rhythmic tilting of his forehead.] :
"maaaw MAHHH!"
^ ^
6/06/2006
Let's Clear the Air
I hate rumors so let's just address them straight on.
1: Yes, I have been walking around my neighborhood wearing a large wooden structure with two children attached to it.
2: No, I do not believe (nor have I been proclaiming) that God has any immanent plans to destroy the earth with a flood. (I even saw a rainbow this morning).
Now that we've settled this, let's move on to some important business.
You may want to review this just in case.
1: Yes, I have been walking around my neighborhood wearing a large wooden structure with two children attached to it.
2: No, I do not believe (nor have I been proclaiming) that God has any immanent plans to destroy the earth with a flood. (I even saw a rainbow this morning).
Now that we've settled this, let's move on to some important business.
You may want to review this just in case.
5/30/2006
WWWJC -- What Weapons Would Jesus Choose
pictured above, an actual screenshot from the game
Here's an interesting article on the new "Left Behind" video game. (courtesy of rick p.)
My favorite excerpts:
**
For Christians, the idea of salvation isn't a game.
Unless, of course, they're talking about "Left Behind: Eternal Forces," a much-anticipated Christian video game in which gamers battle the bad guys with tanks, guns and prayer.
**
It's been in development for three years, and 40 computer whizzes are honing the game for its release. It includes 500 interactive Manhattan city blocks - "Probably the best representation of New York that's ever been in a video game," Frichner said.
Frichner won't say how much the company has spent creating "Left Behind." But, in an industry where making a top-notch game can cost $10 million or more, Frichner and Co. are banking on "Left Behind" being the best- selling Christian video game ever.
**
**
"From the New York Times review: Combines Tom Clancy like suspense with touches of romance, high-tech flash and biblical references."
*************************
This reminds me of the spam I received last week from the "Crusader Christian Financial Group." Why religious organizations continue to highlight the darkest hours of church history in their names and mascots, I just can't understand.
For that matter, I wonder what other nations (especially those we occupy) think of all our highschool mascots that have to do with warlike-barbarian-conquest (Warriors, Norsemen, Vikings, etc...)
hmmmmmm
don't believe me? Check out the games official site: http://www.leftbehindgames.com/
5/24/2006
wow
angela daniel david andrew
James Bean donates this treasure from his hard drive. How it came into his possesion I do not know. You can probably only imagine how "special" my childhood was...
5/20/2006
Isaac the Tiger & Willasaurus Rex:
It started about a month ago when will Started growling while wearing his dinosaur pjs.
The game evolved (as did the depth of Will's roar) to:
Mom or Dad: Oh No! It's a Willasaurus!
Will: Roar!
Mom Or Dad: Ahhh! {with frantic movement} SO SCARY!!!
Now Will Roars the moment he hears: "Oh NO, Oh, Scary, Scare, Saurus, etc..."
Isaac decided to get in on the game a couple weeks ago.
His roar isn't as advanced as Will's but it's coming along. We call him Isaac the Tiger.
Tony Petty captured this well and put it on his photoblog (see below)
It started about a month ago when will Started growling while wearing his dinosaur pjs.
The game evolved (as did the depth of Will's roar) to:
Mom or Dad: Oh No! It's a Willasaurus!
Will: Roar!
Mom Or Dad: Ahhh! {with frantic movement} SO SCARY!!!
Now Will Roars the moment he hears: "Oh NO, Oh, Scary, Scare, Saurus, etc..."
Isaac decided to get in on the game a couple weeks ago.
His roar isn't as advanced as Will's but it's coming along. We call him Isaac the Tiger.
Tony Petty captured this well and put it on his photoblog (see below)
Willasaurus REX
and here's a good picture of Isaac
(although not roaring, he is wearing stripes)
(although not roaring, he is wearing stripes)
5/18/2006
quick update 4 my homies
sorry for more silence.
it's been hectic.
Will went to the ER last night/this morning.
Auntie Aimeee RN made this easier (she was working third shift), but it was still very traumatic for our poor little "Saurus".
He's got some kind of respatory infection.
We go to the doctor tommorow.
Andy, Jaelyn, and Addison visited last week to welcome Maya.
This was wonderful (but we missed Lynn).
Grandma and Grandpa Lampiris are now settled in Muskegon.
World Domination Headquarters (in my basement) is buzzing with activity as we recently redesigned www.stock20.com, and our preparing for our 6month anniversary.
This is now a viable company, but I am yet to get a paycheck (soon).
it's been hectic.
Will went to the ER last night/this morning.
Auntie Aimeee RN made this easier (she was working third shift), but it was still very traumatic for our poor little "Saurus".
He's got some kind of respatory infection.
We go to the doctor tommorow.
Andy, Jaelyn, and Addison visited last week to welcome Maya.
This was wonderful (but we missed Lynn).
Grandma and Grandpa Lampiris are now settled in Muskegon.
World Domination Headquarters (in my basement) is buzzing with activity as we recently redesigned www.stock20.com, and our preparing for our 6month anniversary.
This is now a viable company, but I am yet to get a paycheck (soon).
5/11/2006
interesting article
sorry for the silence. I think I've lost interest in bloggin (as a writer--I still like to read though).
Anyway, here's an interesting post from an interesting author:
health in the us vs. the uk
Summary:
Report shoes that Americans have significantly more health problems than their socio-economic counterparts in the UK.
It's suggested that this may have to do with work-habbits/stress etc...
I think we need to find better (and slower) ways to live & share our lives.
Anyway, here's an interesting post from an interesting author:
health in the us vs. the uk
Summary:
Report shoes that Americans have significantly more health problems than their socio-economic counterparts in the UK.
It's suggested that this may have to do with work-habbits/stress etc...
I think we need to find better (and slower) ways to live & share our lives.
5/04/2006
ok, it's safe now
I'm allowed to talk about my amazing niece.
Maya arrived. She is beatiful, pefect, intelligent, and has a great sense of humor.
Angela and Ryan are clearly wonderful parents.
I'm so happy.
pics here
Maya arrived. She is beatiful, pefect, intelligent, and has a great sense of humor.
Angela and Ryan are clearly wonderful parents.
I'm so happy.
pics here
5/02/2006
retraction
nothing exciting has happened. If you read something exciting here earlier today, please forget you ever read it.
We have our people everewhere and we know who you are. Tell no one!
We have our people everewhere and we know who you are. Tell no one!
4/11/2006
4/08/2006
Miscellaneous Updates and Funn-duggery
Sorry for the Silence:
last week was "birthday week" - had to spend lots of time celebrating, then catch up on work.
No More Budget Parenting Tips:
sorry, but the public outcry over newsprinted bottoms was too great. We can't handle that kind of negative press.
However, if you want to get rid of junkmail, try swapping credit card applications in return envelopes. Send Visa the Mastercard Info. They'll pay for the postage, They'll pay somebody to open them up, and they'll pay for the time it takes to figure out it's for the wrong company. If everyone does this, they'll eventually stop trying to enslave every american in debt.
Make Your Own SUV Commercial:
Chevy would like you to go to there website and help them advertise their gas-greedy, luxurious, vehicles.
You make your own commercial (through their website) and e-mail it to your friends.
I like the commercial made by our friends at Rocketboom.com
Rocketboom's Chevy Tahoe commercial (watch here):
note: I wouldn't be surprised if Chevy removed it soon.
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