Tuesdays with Muerte

I've been without health insurance for 2 years, now? I was fine until 4 months ago when I hurt my back in a freak trampoline accident. Now I have been looking into various health care plans. 1. One is a general coverage for those who qualify [like me] for only $50/year. 2. Another option is to wait until I'm a student again at USU. 3. My most recent discovery is this new DGH Health Care Plan. The bottom line is, none of these options works with backs. So I'm going to reach out to BYU Volleyball player, Mat Taylor 's dad, who is a local spine specialist. I met the Taylor family in China just after I began this blog 2 years ago. Mat and I played volleyball together for the first time this year just this week at the Carriage Cove court. I suspect I'll be seeing more of him now that Carriage Cove has replaced the old, nasty cement-sand with new, plush sand.

To make this: Just download this .png file: I share this for three reasons: It's provocative. It's patriotic. It illustrates the fun I'm having learning ADOBE Photoshop.

Joss Whedon What were all the shows that Joss Whedon either wrote, produced or helped to create? TV: Dollhouse (2009) Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog (2008) Serenity (2005) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Animated Series (2004) Angel (1999-2004) Firefly (2002-2003) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003) Roseanne (1989-1990) Movies: Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) Titan A.E. (2000) Alien: Resurrection (4) (1997) Toy Story (1995) Who is Andy Roddick Married to? After seeing this girl in Roddick's family and friends box at Wimbledon, I wondered what happened to his past girl friends: Mandy Moore, Maria Sharapova and that other girl from Texas. When Roddick won in the Quarterfinals round, he attributed his professionalism to being an "old married man." Did the "A-Rod" of Tennis finally settle down? Brooklyn a.k.a. Brooke Decker That was fast! Andy certainly has confidence and determination if he has anything going...

Making Sure Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He’s not breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his cell phone and calls 911. "I think my friend is dead!" he yells. "What can I do?" The operator says, "Calm down. First, let’s make sure he’s dead." There’s a silence, then a shot. Back on the phone, the guy says, "Okay, now what?" Submitted by Gerald Doka Click HERE to read the rest of Reader's Digest's Ultimate Top 10 Jokes.

Analysis paralysis! I'm approaching the 4th week of P90x, which is scheduled as a "rest week" in my workout regimen. Shall I take a photo at the beginning of that week or after the true 30 days?

As of 2009, these are the TV shows I have digital copies of: 24 30 Rock Arrested Development Better Off Ted Burn Notice Castle Chuck CSI Miami [Only 1st Season] Daybreak Dollhouse Flight of the Concords Fringe Glee [Pilot] Harper's Island Heroes House Kings Lie to Me Life Life on Mars Lost Mental Mind Freak My Own Worst Enemy Parks and Recreation Pretender Prison Break Pushing Daisies Reapers Scrubs Star Trek TNG The Beast The Ex List The Hustle [BBC] The Mentalist The Middleman The Office The Real Hustle The Unit The Unusuals Trust Me Worst Week If I were to only have 2 of these shows available to me on a deserted island, my top picks would definitely be  24  and  Star Trek . Why? Value! Both shows offer 7 seasons and are very different from each other. One is an in-the-moment-action thriller and the other offers moral-based metaphors with each episode.

I snapped this picture just after climbing a steep trail up to a waterfall naturally paved with very pointy rocks. I wanted to challenge myself as hiking the .5 miles was not nearly manly enough. Hoping that the two weeks of searing the bottoms of my feet on my apartment complex's new volleyball sand had calloused them enough, I felt confident that I would succeed. And I did! After a lot of chanting: "I am at one with nature, I am at one with the rocks. The rocks do not hurt me. My feet and the rocks are one." And so on. These are the legs of a dullard who doesn't know when to quit playing in a grassy field swarming with mosquitoes. I've captured both sides of each leg for your viewing pleasure [read: schadenfreude]. Fortunately, my legs stopped itching after the third day.

Samurai Warrior vs. 93 MPH Fastball I fancy myself a fruit ninja . I can do [something like] this, on my first try!  A couple months ago, I was bet a pizza that I couldn't slice an apple clean in half with a kitchen knife. The only condition was that I had to get at least 40% of the apple on each half in a single stroke. After about 3-5 minutes of kneeling in meditation, focusing on ujjayi (victory) breathing, I stepped up to the challenge. Tossing the apple up with one hand and bringing the knife down swiftly with the other. The apple was cut right down the middle. Pizza earned! p.s. Ryan, if you read this blog, please email me the video you took of it on your phone.

I was invited to play cricket with my Sri Lankan friends yesterday, for the first time. It was really fun! I discovered that I am a terrific batsman, a great fielder and a less-than-mediocre-bowler. I also bruised my knee and got 27 mosquito bites. Why Cricket is better than baseball Everyone gets to play every position. It's a sport that is not exclusive to the USA and other, small, island nations. It's simple; there aren't many rules. You could play with as few as 2 players on each team. There is no batter's box; you try to block "home plate" with your body. It's very satisfying to see the bails dramatically fly off the wickets. The bats are MUCH cooler looking. Why Cricket is worse than baseball A really good game can last five days or more. The airfare is incredibly more expensive to play against international competitors. (Those costs are passed on to the cricket consumer.) You can really jack up your hands trying to field...