Marriage Contract

As Valentine's Day was just earlier this week, this is a great follow up.

How is it that 2 people come together and make unlikely combinations? Well, when in the event of two parties combining to form a more perfect union, a contract must be established. A contract must be established, in the which, both parties reach an agreement upon the responsibilities and duties of one and another. Might I suggest the following contract which I obtained several years ago during a visit to the east coast.

I happened to be in Salisbury, Maryland at Salisbury University to present some research that I had been doing. I traveled there with several other students from the University of Utah, including 2 others from the same lab in which I was conducting my research. Salisbury, while a very cool place, very green and lush, is not near the beach and is not near anything else really and is pretty much boring. Ok, so it basically sucked. The only thing going on was the research conference that I was at (I can't stand research nerds with their glasses and research!). So in our search for something to do we found that we needed to go to Kinko's and make copies of the posters we were to present. It happened that I was using the computer to pull up something that we were going to print while the others were looking at copy paper (you know, looking for a good time). Next to me was a strange, middle-aged black man. Being from Utah, I don't see many black men, but that isn't what made him so strange. I'm a pretty friendly guy and so when he started to talk to me, I responded and we had an amicable conversation going when he just sort of trailed off mid-sentence and looked at me rather serious like and asked if I was single. Thats sort of a personal question but being unashamed of my bachelorhoodness as I am I said yes. The next question caught me totally off guard because he then wanted me to come look at what he was looking at on his computer. I sat there and analyzed this for a minute.

1. Strange man (black)
2. Wants to know if I'm single
3. Has something on his computer that he may or may not have shown if I was married.
4. I am no longer in Utah
5. He was looking pretty eager
6. But we're in Kinko's

So what was I to do? I was a little scared of what this man was trying to print and what he was trying to get me to see but I'll confess that my curiosity, and my not wanting to upset a black man of any size, got the better of me and I looked at what he had. The result was this marriage contract, which is pretty ridiculous. He'd had 3 women already agree to sign the contract and I think he was prepping it for a 4th.

Check it out because your own day of reckoning will come one day and this may just be the prenuptial you need.



 

Happy Valentine's Day

To my first true love.

I will always love you though someone will probably take your place.

Spencer

This is my brother Spencer. He is an Orthopedic surgeon at Dartmouth - Hitchcock Medical Center. I'm so proud.

Street Art

I haven't lived in Phoenix for all that long, but it didn't take long to notice that there is a lot more graffiti here than in Salt Lake. There is actually a very strong art community here, not comparable to LA or New York but come on, I don't live there, and it has spilled over into the streets. I enjoy some art, actually I'm pretty particular about it. My eye is really drawn to street art (at what point is it graffiti?). Most of it is pretty bizarre but you can't deny that some of those guys are pretty dang talented. Anyways, because there are so many murals and tags here, and because I really like them, I have decided to document the street art of Phoenix (and I suppose the surrounding areas as well). There are definitely some pieces that I like more than others and I will make sure to let you know which ones those are.

This first one is on the corner of Grand Ave. and W. Polk St. I pass it almost everyday on my way to school or Scottsdale or anywhere really. For a long time I thought it was a church. I don't think that anymore but I don't have any better ideas so its still the Paper Heart Church in my head.

Just up the street from my house, on 15th Ave. and McDowell, I found these 2 down an alley. There right off of 15th behind a donut shop and a Mexican eatery (both of which have gone under thanks to the economy, I'm sure).                                                                                                                                                    

The last one for the post is one that I really like, you can probably guess why. Its on Grand Ave. and Laurel Ave. Its on the north side of a building across the street from a cocktail lounge.

Vids 4

Check out this band. They may be new to the scene or maybe not but at least they're new to me. And they're pretty rad! Plus look how much fun Kim is having.
Matt and Kim - Block After Block

No better way to teach about the problems with our government's idea of budgeting than to knock off a couple of zeros.

Birdy is a young, but she's got a great voice.

And lastly, this video has been huge in the last little bit and rightly so. I include it because in a few months it will be totally forgotten. Such is the way of the Youtube machine. Here is Walk off the Earth.

The original, by Gotye, is also very good.

Inspiration

In case you needed a little more "umph" to get off your couch and go for a ride, swim, or run.

Sedentary lifestyle leads to lots of health problems when you are older, least of which is severely decreased muscle mass. Via Sweat (should be Sweet) Science 

http://sweatscience.com/the-incredible-unaging-triathlete/