Longer Than a City Bus

I've never been too bothered by snakes. I don't often encounter them unless I am at the zoo, and then there is glass in between us. Since we all know that Harry Potter is a fictional story, I'm not too worried that someone is going to speak in parseltongue and make a snake come after me. I've even "pet" snakes before- a very strange feeling. But when I saw this snake I was glad that is is extinct. I would not want to meet up with this fellow...
http://news.aol.com/article/fossil-of-massive-ancient-snake-found/329070

Seriously

Want to see some crazy men? Click on this link: http://www.fanhouse.com/news/more-sports/tough-guys-get-down-and-dirty/328180
Seriously, why would anyone sign up for something like this? I don't even know what else to say about this...

Music

This weekend I was in the car for a few hours with a friend, and to entertain ourselves we quized each other on music. It started with us singing some lyrics and the other person having to identify the song and artist. Well, I am not the best singer, so that transformed into listening to the music on the iPod. At this point I realized that I haven't been listening to much music lately. Por que no you ask? I don't know...just haven't thought about it. So, with this new-ish year (no longer as new, because it is now February, one month down already-crazy!)I am going to start listening to the music again. Thus, the addition of the music on my blog. I hope you enjoy. If not, turn down the volume.

The Biggest Loser

Well, with the new year the time has once again come for people to make the resolution to lose weight. At work they are having a biggest loser competition, with weekly weigh-ins, motivational lunches (at which I am sure they will only serve celery sticks and water) and other such things. One of my co-workers signed up and I took a look at all the stuff they would be doing and decided to join as well. For $12 I can handle it. And it isn't a bad thing, right? What is the worst that could happen, well, not losing weight I guess. No, actually gaining weight would probably be the worst...
To be honest, I don't have high expectations. I already had goals to be healthier this year, and have been working on those, and I imagine that as I continue to work out and eat better I will just replace fat with muscle, and since muscle weighs more than fat, I will probably end up weighing more. Sigh...woe is me. Anyway, that is one of the recent little developments in my life. Not too exciting, but I will call it a development nonetheless! :)

Birding!

No, I am not an ornithologist. But I did go bird watching with a few people I work with at the temple in...November I believe. Of course these pictures are months old, I am really behind in posting things. This was my first attempt at bird watching, it was pretty fun actually. And the day we went was so clear and beautiful! Well, just check out the pictures and you can see for yourself.