The Wonder

Due to the wonder of modern technology, while I myself have moved spaces, you can always find me at www.getsoutmore.com

No matter where I actually am hanging my hat.

Which means, no more feeds, unless I work out a way to make one for the url. And right now? I can't even begin to imagine the undertaking.

Done

Kay, I lied. I worked it out. Although I'd liked to have a few more bright colors - it IS winter.

I'm working for 11 hours tomorrow so in a couple days, I shall come back and explain what the penguins are all about.

Messy

If you've been in here today, it's probably obvious that I'm working on a revamp.

I'm trying to make it fit in with my new 2007 life philosophy. The colors just aren't good though.

Be prepared for more changes as I cycle my way through old templates in the quest for new ideas.

Meme. Cause "Highlite & Italisize" Are About As Much Energy As I Have

Have you ever?
Via Pales In Comparison!
I've italicised the few that I'm guilty of. Oh, quite a few, then. I also kind of changed a few to be more general (ie: less US)

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said I love you and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped

11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper

21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight

31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all of the states/provinces/whatever in your own country

41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales in their natural habitat
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving

51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love/together
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football

61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class

71. Played D&D or any other fantasy game for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie/on TV
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo

81. Rafted any whitewater river
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason

84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a dwelling/house - about to ...

91. Been in a combat zone (does high school count?)
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in the Rocky Horror Picture Show
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds - put on a 100 ...
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane (but just for a couple minutes
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart

111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show or in a lottery (ie: more than $100)
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet

121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper - when I was six
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school

131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language

141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

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While Away the Hours #1

Well, here we are in the first of a series of 'things I do to pass the time / avoid doing other things (like emails, packages and letters, cleaning the house, feeding the spiders), when it's raining (like it has been for a month), I don't work a shift for five or six more days or I've run out of books to read.

Exciting, yes?

First up.. the NEW 7 Wonders of the World.

I'm not sure whether this is a bid to actually put more into 'saving' these sites or to drive even more tourist dollars (although some of them get a large majority of the world tourist dollars already) - or because the 'OLD' Seven Wonders are "non-visitable". Except I think, for one of them, which they've nicely included in the list of the NEW ones.

I picked the following (skipping over the 'old' one since, well, it's already a wonder of the world and I'm pretty sure it'll stay that way).

The Acropolis.
The Colosseum.
Easter Island.
The Great Wall of China.
Machu Picchu.
Petra.
Stonehenge.

There are 21 properties and the final list is based on voting.

Go on, then.