Really Cool Thing #999 Getting choked up at the end of It's a Wonderful Life

I mean come on, if you don't get a least a little teary-eyed at the end you must be made of stone. I also find it interesting that for a Christmas movie, very little actually happens during Christmas. And other than the feel-good message, it has very little to do with Christmas. But hey it's corny, sappy, and anyone who doesn't like it must be a Commie.
It's one of those movies that everyone can quote a few lines of. You get extra points if you remember the awesome 1986 Saturday Night Live sketch that shows the "fabled Lost Ending" where they find out that Old Man Potter actually had the $8,000 and they all go over and beat the tar out of him.

1,000 Really Cool Things

So I found this really cool website called 1,000 Awesome things. It's a fun little blog where the guy posts something awesome every workday. He is slowly counting down from 1,000 and is currently on #614 (When you tune the radio station perfectly so there's absolutely no static). The items aren't profound, but they are usually funny and probably a good way to start out the day.

Lately I've felt that I haven't had a good direction for this blog. So I'm going to copy his idea. Blatantly. I'm ripping it off. Now I may never get to 1,000 and I definitely won't post every workday. But whenever I come across one of Life's really cool things, I'm going to post it.

So, to start it all off I'm starting with #1,000:

The perfect Egg Peal

I start off most mornings with a yogurt and a hard boiled egg. It's a good nutritious breakfast and my stomach seems to do better with a high protein meal to start off the day. So when my egg shell comes off in large-ish chunks, taking that tough, leathery membrane with it and leaving behind a smooth, alabaster ovoid of embryonic chickeny goodness, my day seems to go just a little bit better. And if the egg has been cooked correctly (raw eggs in cold water, bring it to a boil, cover, remove from heat, let rest for 15 min, run cold tap water into the pot to cool) then the white is tender and the yolk is moist. Add a little salt and you have a very delightful experience.

Contrast that with the times you have to pick the shell off in microscopic fragments. And then the white, which is pitted and cracked from your pealing efforts, is rubbery. I won't even mention the evil thoughts that go through my head when I get to the yolk and it is coppery green and tastes like sulphur. Yuck!

So, to sum it up. Good egg = good breakfast = good start to the day. (after that it's up to you)

If you have any suggestions for my 1,000 really cool things, let me know and maybe I'll ramble on about them too.

Really Cool Aggies!! (what else)

So enough about the cougars. Oh wait, just one more thing,

71 to 62!!!!

Way to go Aggies!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry cougar fans, you've just fallen victim to the Spectrum zone!!