Stop-motion holiday Lego fireplace

 

[VIDEO] We're now at that time of year and on this Christmas Day I want to share with you the talent of Kevin Parry who's hands you see here set up the shot for the Lego fireplace. Duration is one hour although I also hope you spend time with someone you care about on this day.

Over at Shedd School you may want to check out another fireplace video from DC Comics.

Artistmac: Chicago Union Station Xmas tree

 

[VIDEO] Now I wish there was somewhere for me to take a train to so that I can see this wonderful Xmas tree for myself. This tree has logos from a number of historic railroads which includes Chicagoland's commuter rail service Metra and of course Amtrak. For travellers I'm sure seeing this makes their trips more festive hopefully.

Enjoy.

The man in the arena

This should be my charge going forward seen and heard in a number of places. This was a quote used when Extreme Championship Wrestling went bankrupt in 2001. Posted to the ECW website by owner Paul Heyman.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.  

What will be your charge in 2017?

This is a quote from a speech made in 1910 by former President Theodore Roosevelt considered one of our greatest presidents.

Resolutions

It's that time of year and while Christmas is always fun, I always look forward to New Year's. Now more than ever that day is representative of new beginnings.

That's what that means now more than ever. Since last year I've resolved to find another job, but it seems this past year I can't help but run into some type of disappointment. It's still a resolution that is achieveable this year and it just means that there's a way to make it happen.

Is that the only? Of course not, as there are other goals I hope to achieve this year.

Being healthier for one thing and that means better maintenance of my body in more ways than one. Healthier eating, more exercise and a trip to a doctor couldn't hurt either.

Also going back to the job, what do I expect to achieve. Benefits and better pay that will always be important to me. And something that has been elusive unfortunately.

Also, is it time for me to go back to school? At the very least learn some more skills that I hadn't learned in my years at a community college and at Morehouse. It's time to consider taking some business course starting with some accounting at least.

There are other resolutions that I may come up with as the time comes for New Year's. I do sincerely hope that you will resolve the many goals you may have for 2014.

Dave Ramsey: 20 things the rich do every day...

I wonder if this is true. The list you will read at DaveRamsey.com, does the rich truly engage in these many behaviors? Better yet, I would wonder if this has less to do with your income as the individual. Successful people engage in these behaviors from the day they were born wether or not they grew up poor or wealthy. To be sure this list is certainly one way to start with making your New Year's resolutions.

I know it's Christmas so, hopefully you would consider this your early Christmas present.

VIDEO: Bill Tull's Budget Holiday Tips

[VIDEO] As per usual when Conan O'Brien shares his Budget Holiday tips for 2013, hilarity ensues. How do they come up with this stuff. "Yule tide", a "snowman", a "silent night", or even "tinsel" man stuff you can never imagine but this makes for good comedy.

I just hope you all don't even attempt to procure a bag of cocaine & stick a carrot in it.

Still this is worth a good laugh!

Time for News Year's resolutions

Well I mean what do you expect It Is "My Mind" we're talking about. While I talk about a lot of things here at this blog sometimes I delve into the personal. Usually about my educational background but not much more.

Now that my birthday has passed it's time to look into New Year's resolutions. If you follow me on Twitter I have only hinted at that. Next year there are some goals I hope to accomplish. Most of them are from 2011 that I never realized.

Perhaps 2012 will be a better year for me. Perhaps up until New Year's Eve, this will be further fodder for this blog. In fact, perhaps there will be a New Year's resolution for this old blog as well.

You will have to stay tuned to find out.

Oh and Happy Holidays to everybody. Merry Christmas! :)