Civic Literacy Test

Hey you should take this test. http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

When you finish please let me know your score.

The national average is 49% for the average Joe. For college educators it is55%

my score was 66.67% Becky's was 48.48% Stephen's was 81.82%

Tkank you for your time.

Tagged by the Irish

I was tagged by Mike of http://blogoftheirish.blogspot.com/
I must list six random things about myself

I understand ms dos better than my e-mail( I can re-format a computer using ms dos, but when trying to attach things to e-mail I call Becky)

My favorite book of the Bible is Genesis

The longest walk I've taken in one day was a little over twenty miles.

I would like to eventually get a woodworking shop(but tools are quite expensive)

The book I last finished was "I kissed dating goodbye" by Joshua Harris

I will eat anything(some things are more palatable than others)But I can still cook pretty good if I do say so myself.

I tag Roy of http://zbestblog.blogspot.com Mom of http://cowmomba.blogspot.com/ And Stephen ofhttp://sgj3030.blogspot.com/


The Rules:• Link to the person who tagged you.• Post the rules on your blog.• Write Six Random Things about yourself.• “Tag” six-or-so other people at the bottom of your post.• Leave comments on their blogs, letting them know they’ve been tagged.• Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve written the post

Contact

I have been contacted by the people at the Concho Pearl movie.I was called eariler and was asked if I was still intrested in working on the pearl,and I was. They said they need stage hands ang gave various positions.(I suppose I will find out what all I will be doing later)Before I was called I had given up hope that I would be contacted,despite the fact I have been kept up to date on movie progress via email.

I will keep you updated as the situation develops.

Ever feel like you need a new way to hurt yourself?

Today Stephen,Becky,Tyrel,and I were wandering around the Buffalo Gap flea market and Becky and I went 50/50 on a new toy.A unicycle!!! After we bought it we got a few comments from other people wandering the flea market.
When we got back to the truck I had to try my hand at unicycling.
Using the truck for balance I managed to stay on two or three seconds before it came out from under me. It turns out that I had people watching me, I know because they started clapping and laughing.

After getting it home I got it adjusted, and have been finding my balance and can almost ride it.

In other news, lately I have been hearing a bit on getting on with the wind farms. I had been kind of hoping to commit to one in Australia for two years but you have to be twenty one to go overseas for them.I may or may not be able to join on here in the states, I will be looking into it.

Oh yeah the old method of hurting myself was nunchucks. I can manage to not hurt myself with them so i should be able to conquer the unicycle

New Gun

This morning I was garage sailing in Ballinger and I found me a new toy.A Savage model 10 in .243 win. Well I had to talk Stephen into it's mine even if you saw it first. I need a hunting rifle.He accepted my offer,and suggested that I try to talk the price down from $275 to $200-$250. So I offered $230 the guy said the lowest he could go was $250. Sold.

When we got home the first thing i did was head off to test my new rifle I set up a target started pacing out 100 yards and found a fence at a little over 75 yards so I set up at 75 yards instead.I got down on the ground, found my target,fired and couldn't find my shot.I worked the bolt,got back on target,squeezed the trigger and another round hadn't gone into the chamber(likely because I'm not used to the rifle and hadn't pulled the bolt all the way back).It was about this time that i noticed that I was laying in the midst of fire ants, I noticed because one bit me on the leg getting my attention.So I got up, pulled my boot off pulled my pant leg up and started shaking the stupid ants off of me. After I was satisfied that I had got them off of me I decided to move to a place with less ants hanging around. I got set back up and fired off two more rounds that were equally as unsatisfactory as the first(as in not on the target at all)and decided to come in and write about it because my leg was really starting to hurt.

So later I will be going out again with Stephen as a spotter to sight my rifle in.Also I think I will avoid laying in ant beds for a while.

The library I don't have

I have a list of books I would like to get,or at least read.But they cost money, and I'm attached to my money and have other priorities.Plus my list of wanted books just keeps getting longer.I am tempted to join the conservative book club to get them, it may be worth it. Here is the list so far.

America Alone. By Mark Steyn

If Democrats Had Any Brains They'd Be Republicans. By Ann Coulter

Liberal Fascism. By Jonah Goldberg

The Case Against Barack Obama. By David Freddoso

The Audacity Of Deceit. By Brad O'leary

The Obama Nation. By Jerome Corsi

Real Change. By Newt Gingrich

The Global War On Your Guns: Inside The UN Plan To Destroy The Bill Of Rights. By Wayne LaPierre


That is the list of ones that I haven't read yet. There are ones I've read that I want to buy.

Colorado Trip

Earlier this month I was one of a select thirteen members of the house church I go to, to go backpacking in the mountains of Colorado for a week. I was representing the Jones' as a photographer,and I did my job there, but the camera memory stick messed up and my best pictures are gone.There were two I got without the memory stick in they were first day, first hour.(I will post them later)

The crowning achievement of the trip (according to me) was topping Conejos Peak.It may have only been a day hike, but it was probably the best day.12 of 13 members reached the peak(one of us stayed behind at camp for reasons of their own). Some of my best pictures were from Conejos Peak.It may turn out good for me the pictures are gone or I might be staring at them constantly.I learned this when I Googled Conejos Peak and just stared at where our camp was, and the route to Conejos Peak.

I will try to post more on this later but right now the best I have to say is "I'm ready to go back."