Inscribed upon the wall of the mens bathroom in the Fine Arts Building�

Why do Seagulls fly over the sea?

Because if the flew over the bay they would be called Baygulls.

Another fine specimen of jokeness�

What�s brown and sticky?

A stick.

And yet more stick related humor�

What do you call a boomerang that doesn�t work?

A stick.

I know this isn�t much of a post, but I am technically really busy right now and shouldn�t even be taking the time to write anything for my site. Yet I am. I hope you are all happy about being responsible for my procrastinating tendancies. Sheesh, my rants are getting consistenty less ranty. I know that ranty isn�t a word, and you know that ranty isn�t a word, but they don�t realize that!

Many jobs are not neccesarily good. Money is good, being busy is OK, but being busy and then attempting to stack more jobs on top of that is not a good course to persue. Just my own two cents. No wait, you can�t have those, give me my two cents back! I really need that money for tuition.

My words of wisdom for the day, �If you are going to be several minutes late to anything, be consistent and make sure you are late to everything, that way people are not surprised.�

It�s a good thing these chairs have cushions. We�re hitting hour number 8 of day 2 on the 1st annual Wintereenmas LAN Party. Since many of my friends are woefully ignorant of the gamer subculture here is a definition of what a LAN party is. Right now we are at 6 people, not very big but some people leave, others join as we progress. The two games we have been playing are Counter Strike and Soldier of Fortune 2. There is nothing quite like the fast paced action of a first person shooter to take up a few days of your life. Wish me luck, I dont think I am going to sleep between saturday and sunday. Enough blogging, time for more gaming.

It�s after 2 in the morning, and I have just rolled in from the cold blowing snow. I was busy tonight at the radio station, my show went pretty well especially since I had a live performer. My good friend and future fraternity brother Brock plays guitar and sings quite well so I had him come into the studio in order to serenade us all. After that Brock, myself, and his guitar playing posse all went to chill at Dalight Donuts. There is something about donuts in the early hours that really hits the spot.

Today was a snow day of sorts, the university refused to cancel classes yesterday so I think all the students rebelled and decided to take today off from class. The campus really was empty today, and I think attendance was down all around. I of course went to some of my classes. After I took a nice long nap anyways. The campus crusade meeting tonight was pretty hectic, all of this stress almost makes me wish I was back in the live television production business again. Perhaps this summer I will experience more of that. I suppose that working at a TV station is a possibility for an internship again. Right now I am really trying to persue two different companies that are fairly close by. SonBurst, and ArchRival both of which would offer me some sweet experience in the field that I am looking at for a career. I may also apply for internships at some of the larger TV stations in the region.

I am very tired right now and I am having difficulty typing so I think I should go to sleep. It is very unlikely that classes will be cancelled for Friday.

As with many things, my blog undergoes a continuous change in intensity. One time I will post some quasi-deep metaphysical exploration of the human condition, and then I will throw out a short blurb that makes no sense has no point. It�s all about the highs and the lows, the peaks and the valleys, the apex and the chasm. Plotted graphically my rants would be very similar to the graph of my bank balance. Oh, how I do enjoy being an impoverished college student.

You can tell that the semester is off to a great start when I am already deluged by little tasks and assignments for just about every class and each of the many organizations that I have responsibilities for. The only reason my to-do list doesn�t grow much longer is because I am too busy to take the time to put my tasks on the list. It probably doesn�t help that I spend more time engrossed in web-design for something that is not a pressing concern and is not even really my responsibility. Some day the things that I enjoy doing the most will be the things I get payed to do. I hope.

I find it interesting examining the exact function of a blog in my life. I think that web journaling serves a unique role in many peoples lives. If you blog regularly you will discover that it is a great way to blow off steam about something that is stressing you out. It is also a great way to develop thoughts that may be bouncing around in your mind. So, blogs are just like a diary? No, they also serve as a great personal communications tool one step removed from email. Let me outline the communications hierarchy as I see it.

  1\. Real Life Person to Person - the closest and most direct form of communication

  2\. Phone Call - still close and extrememely convenient

  3\. Instant Messaging (IM) - a little disconnected yet still efficient

  4\. e-mail - ideal for business and organizational communication

  5\. blog - open to the public yet still contains elements of personal communiation

  6\. Annual Christmas Card - no personal interaction and little risk of unwanted personal communication from others 

Switchin tracks a little I must tell you my interest in getting a small USB flash drive, also called a jump drive. I was looking around at them and spotted the wrist watch USB drive. These little gadgets are awesome, I need a new casual watch too so it seems like a good fit. Then I started thinking of what else USB flash memory drives could be hidden in. Shoes? Oh yes my friend, I just may decide to go ahead and make my own USB memory shoes. Perhaps even with a spring loaded reel for the USB cable so you don�t have to take the shoes off to plug them in. If you don�t feel like browsing the web for USB shoes right now you could just go and check out the Spam Fan Club. I assure you it is fun for all, and I might suggest that you download the screensave there, apprantly it�s guaranteed to tikle you any of several shades of pink.

Sometimes I Get Really Ticked off at my Teachers, and sometimes I Just start Capitalizing the First Letter of Every Other Word in a Sentence for no Particular Reason. Film at Eleven.

P.S. Jon is a traitor, do not trust him and his double spacing evil, he will lead you all astray from the true path of writing for the web with his sacriligious &nbsp�s.

Are there modern day adventures? That is the question posed by a friend during a recent conversation. With the obvious implication that we live dull uninteresting lives I would dare to say that we do not experience adventures in the way that popular fantasy tales describe adventures. The great and perilous oddesey with heroes and villains are either things of the past that the vast majority of us will never see, or they are just tales that are entertainment with no basis in reality.

The epidemic that is sweeping through our society is not some virus or bacteria rather it is the infectious disease of passivity. Many people have no purpose in their lives. I can tell you that there are many college students that have no idea what they are here for, they live their lives one weekend to the next, one drink to the next with no idea where they are heading in life. With no goals or direction to your life you end up drifting and it�s pretty easy to go from lucky break to just plain broke in this world.

So my friend has decided after two and a half years of school that he still doesn�t know what he is here for, or where he wants to go. Not being in school this semester and with no real job to tie him down he is seriously considering setting out on a modern day adventure. Hitchiking across the nation may not seem like the most glamorous way to go on a great adventure, but I have no doubt that a journy like that will turn into a truly interesting journey. I feel sorry for those that are still searching, the answer seems pretty obvious to me, I am living for the big man, J.C. After that everything else seems pale and worthless. Yet, there is still nothing wrong with seeking an adventure. The need for adventure is pretty deeply rooting in each man�s personality. It�s seen as a sort of escape from the mundane pressures of reality. People realize that they are stuck in a boring life that isn�t going anywhere and then they go see Lord of the Rings on the big screen and they feel all warm and fuzzy inside because they all of a sudden think that the world is an exciting place where great feats are possible and good always triumphs over evil.

My own life isn�t as exciting as an epic tale of bravery, but I am not dissapointed with where I am or where I am going. I have a good job, a great boss, lot�s of other activities to keep me busy, such as my weekly radio show, and also my involvement with Campus Crusade. And of course we cannot forget to mention my lovely girlfriend Becca who always makes my life more interesting and exciting. With the addition of my responsibilities to the fraternity to that list of commitments it�s a miracle I have any free time left at all. What little time I have left over can be sunk into the many hobbies that I enjoy so much. Honestly I think that juggling all the elements in my life is plenty of adventure already. But there certainly is something tempting about the image of a man on his own living for his own purposes and being obligated to nothing and no-one. The renegade is truly an image of the opposite life to what most men in this society experience, and therefore it is desired, on some level, by all of us.

With the start of a new year, I decided it was time to once again post. &nbspThe semester is starting out busy with things like interviews for internships and applying for grad school. &nbspLuckily, I’m taking the tough class of Bowling to balance things out. &nbspThe other class my Bowling professor teaches is Walking for Fitness. &nbspHow you become a professor for that is beyond me.

I think it is time know to play worst case scenario.

The question is: What is the proper way to eat a rat or mouse?

A)Cut off the head. &nbspGut and hang the mouse upside down to bleed, then cook it at high temperature.

B)Skin it, cut off its head, feet and tail. &nbspSoak it in saltwater, and then roast it.

C)Cut off the feet, gut, and skin it. &nbspPound the remainder, including the head, until the bones are ground up enough to eat, then boil it.

Hopefully I’ll never be in a situation where rat is the only thing on the menu, but the Worst Case Scenario game I got has given me the knowledge of what to do if it is. &nbspIts also given me insight into what to do if the bubonic plague strikes or slightly more practical advice about what to do if a bear is about to attack. &nbspIn fact, I think the only thing the game does not answer is the age old question of how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

The last thing I have left to rant about is that I wish I saved me receipts! &nbspThere is a way of getting back the sales tax you pay on your textbooks. &nbspOne of my friends is getting back well over $100 on receipts from the last 3 years. &nbspIf only I was more organized :(

Note: Notice the correct use of two spaces after each period in the above rant.

Strainght from the radio booth on my campus, I am writing this rant. I have the 10 to 1am shift for the Campus radio station. Tonight is my first night on the air and I must admit that I am having a little bit of trouble learning the theory behind good radio content. I have no theme really to speak of, I have played techno remixes, some pop-rock, a couple punk-rock songs, and pretty much anything that I enjoy listening to in no particular order. I hope that as I become more comfortable with the whole broadcast idea I will be able to talk without actually boring all 3 of my listeners to death. This is a lot harder than I first thought it would be. I am having trouble keeping up with the whole fast paced world of live production. I am used to being a low man on the totem pole, not the main director. At least I know that a few people are listening because I keep getting requests on the phone.

My hope is that soon I will be able to have my show broadcast from a streaming server over the net. This could be done a few seperate ways. Right now I am working on a lot of possibilities with my business Level 1 Media. I guess there is nothing quite like poverty to make one work harder to get a small business started up. Apart from that i actually have a lot of stuff I could be working on right now, several websites etc. Or I could be back in my room watching the last 2 episodes of 24. The show I have really been watching for a while.

Time has flown by while Iwas sitting here messing around with the radio station. After my first experience on the radio I must say that I am really looking forward to next week. If you are in Kearney make sure you tune in to 91.3 KLPR, hopefully I will have my playlist set out a little better next time.

This is DJ Timbly Signing Off

[play national anthem]

The fun thing about life is that even though I never know what to expect next, I am never totally surprised by the outcome. I am a fairly disorganized person, and I have recognized the necesssity of a certain amount of forced organization. Through use of my PDA and Outlook I manage to maintain a certain grip on the events that spin around me. Some people have more responsibilites than I, and also have better toys- ahem, �tools�- to manage their time with, such as Aaron and his posession of a Tablet PC, as well as access to a wireless network at home and at work. For this I may never forgive him. Others, such as my buddy Mike across the hall tend to live life with no more than a half-hour of planning or forethought. Surprisingly this method of calculated indifference works really well for him.

I certainly have my own identity, the specifics of that identity are somewhat vague and I do not really feel like elaborating on my own nature, but suffice it to say that I am not a person that goes �shopping�. I have been known to browse some aisles at Best Buy if I am near one and have nothing else to do, but clothes shopping is completely out of my character. Yet, yesterday I was walking through the mall here with my girlfriend, mostly for her sake rather than through any desire I had to look at stuff in the mall. But, not only did I stumble across an article of clothing that I really wanted to purchase but I actually made the purchase. I have never owned a leather jacket, I am a geek and am not exactly obsessed with fashion, but I found a really sharp black leather jacket for half price. I feel really fricken cool in a leather jacket.

With a new leather jacket comes a much more important change in my personal style, the ownership of a new domain name. timbly.com is now up and running, so click away to reach either my blog, which you have already reached if you are reading this, or my portfolio. The interesting thing about owning this new domain name is watching the statistics for visitors. A couple guys I know were looking at my video work and jumped my bandwidth up to 45MB in one day, all the rest of the days had bandwidth usage measured in Kilobytes.

Well, I have some recording secretary type work to be done today and must get on that before I can hit the old counter-strike addiction again.

Well, I�m patching Windows yet again and have just gotten the message that I need to restart my computer. It�s times like this that I long for the loving embrace of Linux. Unfortunately Linux doesn�t fit in with my computing lifestyle at this point, unlike Aaron who enjoys the freedom of several computers all in his office, one powerful machine for Windows, one little crappy iMac, and now a little old Linux Box for his exploits in the land of Linux server administration. Ah the memories about my first linux experiences� anyways, speaking of lifestyle and personality I must admit I am a little disturbed by this article.

I thought I had finally found a place where I really belonged, that being online. The internet community seemed to be full of geeks like me who abhor the majority of society and seclude themselves from the prying eyes of �they�. But now it seems that the internet is not filled with �loner geeks who spends hours of their free time on the Internet and rarely engage with the real world�. What happened? Can we not have any safe refuge from the rest of the non-geek population? Why must I browse and chat along with so many people who �spends more time engaged in social activities than the nonuser�. Dang, what happened to my internet. I still dream that congress will enact a bill to require liscences and regular exams before someone is allowed online. As a tech support helpdesk schmuck this would make my job much easier. I cannot tell you how many people call in because the cannot connect to the network, and I go out there to find that they are trying to use a phone cord and their modem with the ethernet jack on the wall. A majority of the problems I deal with are quite simple. Well, they seem simple to me anyways. I realize that most people do not have enough interest in technology to take the time to learn all that I have. I can accept that, but some days users are more frustrating than other days.

I thought I would warn everyone first that this is an advertisement from a satisfied consumer. It�s not exactly spam, but I thought that SPAM would look funny in the title. I�m not getting paid for this either, but if I did, that would be awesome.

Tonight I desired to consume food. I went and got a bag of popcorn from my room, a bag I had received as part of a Christmas present from some of my relatives. It was an ACT II Mini Bag, advertised as being able to pop more quickly, but oh the experience was more than that. I stood by the microwave and waited for the popping to slow instead of just letting it pop on its own�this prevents burning. I pulled out a bag of popcorn that was not burned and contained only three old maids. I was amazed. This product is ideal for low-power microwaves, that in my experienced have a habit of burning. I have yet to try it in a high-power appliance, but I assume I would get similar results. There is less popcorn in the bag, but it was enough for me eating it all myself. Oh man, I was so happy.

As you can see from Tim�s previous rant, he came to visit me and Santa got into an accident. Strange things happen when you get a bunch of guys together.

This is an urgent message from the room of Jon, he has kidnapped me and is conducting experiments that would harrow the most twisted of souls. Please rescue me from his awful machinations. He and his cohorts have already killed santa.

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Please save me soon, or else they will kick me out and not let me eat their cold pizza and use their high speed internet access. Umm� a video report of the santa killing will be coming soon.