Cutest Comic

Cassie and I just love the Rose is Rose comic strip and this is one of my favorites!
You can find Rose is Rose on the internet at comics.com

My Technical Blog!

I have my technical blog up and running and I love it! I absolutely love WordPress now. I got really frustrated before because my hosting service had a link to install WordPress and it never worked so I got really frustrated a long time ago. I have since then uploaded the latest WordPress to my server and it runs and looks great! I really like how it runs compared to blogger. I still like blogger but I feel that WordPress is a bit more professional. I am really excited to put all of my geeky nerdy knowledge there that will hopefully allow me to provide for my family in the very near future.

Pedestrian death in Rexburg crosswalk

It is another mournful day at Rexburg, ID as another pedestrian has died and another is injured. Local news 8 and news channel 6 report on the incident. Rexburg is experiencing growing pains and it doesn't help that most of us are egotistical and self-absorbed. I am not just flying by the seat of my pants when I say this either. There is a reason why our country drives slower than other countries and still has more accidents and deaths than others. We have got to change our way of thinking. Driving a motor vehicle is a substantial and consequential PRIVILEGE. I am not singling any one out. I am the first to step up and say that I need to be more attentive and rush less. How did we become so self centered that we think it is OK to risk the lives of others around us to get to a destination 15 seconds faster or a minute? Is some body's life worth being on time? Are you willing to give up your life or your working hips and legs for some one who is a couple of minutes late for work or class? Think about it.

I sat and pondered for a few minutes about the anguish and turmoil such an accident would cause in my life from either side of an accident. Personally I don't think I could have the strength to bear the burden of taking an other's life, or loosing one close to me. Take a few moments the next time you go to start the car and see how it effects your driving.

Definition of drive: operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.
hmmmm... no where in that definition do I see the words texting, ipod, music, cell phone, or earphones. So I guess driving is called driving for a reason.... [sarcasm]
If you think you are one of those people who are good enough to drive and try to do something else you are wrong.

Please, from the bottom of my heart, drive carefully. Use your God given, state authorized privilege to drive wisely and make the world a better place starting with the one person you really have control over, yourself. You can make a difference!

Date night

Cassie and I had a fun time tonight grabbing a jamba juice and then
heading over to the Rex for a night of bowling. Cas did really well
and she bowled two strikes in a row on the last frame! Cassie totally
rocks! We were also able to get a lot of homework done but it still
wasn't enough. Arggg! We also saw the first snow of the season stick a
little bit.

Snow = Reduced traction = No motorcycle = Withdrawls for Michael

I am really sad the snow is going to be here in Rexburg already. I
just hope that the snow doesn't stay so I can get a few more days of
ridding in. I am going to have to figure out the best way to winterize
my bike. I am not sure it is a good idea to drain re fuel tank or not
because of rust issues. I will have to do some research. Untill then I
will keep ridding till the snow doesn't let me.

Sponge Bob?!

It seems that one of our pictures is getting some attention on Google images. Unfortunately it is not one of my own but a picture of sponge bob that is creating the buzz. On a post we put up over Memorial weekend I included a picture of sponge bob because Cassie watched "Sponge Bob the Movie" while we were driving. Last I checked the picture was about the 7th picture when "Sponge Bob" is searched for in Google images and has elicited almost 400 visits.

Blog from scratch

I know that not everyone will appreciate this but I am really excited about it so I am going to share it anyway. I am wanting to build basically a resume online by building up MichaelGrace.org I also wanted to create a blog tied to my site at blog.MichaelGrace.org Instead of customizing a blog from a free blog service like Blogger or WordPress I have decided to create my own blog completely from scratch.

I am really excited about the progress that I have made already. Working on this endevor has really helped me learn a lot about connecting databases to web pages throug php and developing dynamic web pages. I still have a great deal to learn, but I look forward to the challenge and the growth.

229?!!!!?!!

Wow! I can't believe that we have 229 blog posts since we have started. I must really like to ramble some times. I am excited to be able to take what I have written in this blog and turn it into a book using blurb.com. Cassie and I are also currently working on getting our book put together from our San Francisco trip and we are excited about that also.

No More Tech - On This Blog

I really enjoy the technology that God has blessed this world with. While I enjoy it and find it absorbing I understand that most of my family that fallows our blog doesn't want to wade through a bunch of code and jiberish every time they visit our blog so I am moving all of me tech stuff to another temporary blog at http://geek.michaelgrace.org until I get my official blog up and running at http://geek.michaelgrace.org. It as all part of building up my name for the future. I have michaelgrace.org and I am thinking about getting michaelgrace.info

Rexburg Hazmat Visits BYUI (Ricks)

Recently as I was leaving class one day from BYU-Idaho (Ricks) I noticed the local hazmat firetruck with their hoses running over to the current construction. I don't know why they were there but it was interesting to learn that we even have a hazmat team in this area.