Wow from around the Net: Positive feelings

Have you ever have one of those days where you just wake up smiling and just feel all around good? Today I am having a day like that, sure I didn’t want to leave my warm bed but I Just have a strong feeling like nothing can go wrong today. Even if things don’t work out the way that I like I know that I will take it in stride or at least that is how I am feeling this lovely Friday morning.

 This morning when I was getting ready to start the day I decided that it was going to be a tea day instead of a coffee day. It is strange how the universe works sometimes because shortly after that decision was made I found an image that pretty much expressed how I feel. Finding this picture actually made me smile a little more than I was before hand.

Last night while I was killing some time browsing the internet I found this video that I think expresses my feelings for today. Over the course of my life I have said many people say something about how if you put out positive energy you will get positive energy back. This video is a visual representation of the idea of what goes around comes around and is very well put together in my opinion.

When I look back on who I was a couple of years ago I realize that I was a young man who was filled with rage. I have learned in the last while that the more negative energy you put out in the world the more that comes back on you. Today is one of those days where I feel good about whom I am and I look forward to where I am going.

The future holds so much for me today and I will not let all the negativity get me down.

Sincerely Urban Yeti

PG Adventures: Thanksgiving Family Time

For my “Tablespoon of Geek” post this week I talked about how I was out of town last weekend and therefore did not get a chance to cook. I will explain a little further for thanksgiving this year my Wifey and I made the nine hour trek from Calgary to Prince George. It is best to be around family during the holidays and when you get to see Family you normally do not get to see during these holidays it becomes special.

To get from where we live all the way up to Prince George is quite a long trip but totally worth it in the end. I have a strong belief that everyone should enjoy the journey just as much as they would the destination. Driving through the Rocky mountains is quite an experience, watching all the beautiful landscapes as they pass by the windows tends to leave me at a loss for words. It is so stunning it really makes you realize not only how amazing this country but how outstanding the world can be.

Once we got there landed in the country side house it was essentially family visiting non-stop and I am actually pretty ok with that. It was nice sometimes being a fly on the wall and watching as this family interacted and laughed all the time. One thing I can say for sure is that Wifey’s Grandma made sure there was no possible chance for us to hungry. There was delicious food everywhere all the time and sticking to a diet plan was actually impossible but that is ok because it was totally worth it.

Being out there it was essentially like radio silence, sure we had our phones on us but for the most part they were off. We had so many other things to occupy our time that the lack of social networking wasn’t really missed all that much. Wifey and I didn’t get a lot of time to just the two of us and that is to be expected when you are visiting family.

Even though our lack of couply time was severely in lacking out there we did get the opportunity for a little us time. Her Aunt and Uncle were very gracious to allow us to take out their side-by-side Quad out for a ride through all the back country that surrounds there lovely home. Just as the drive up there carting around the wooded hills was beautiful and getting to look out at amazing views was very romantic, even if we both had on giant helmets.

On Sunday we all got together and went out to the golf course for the first ever family golf tournament. Bear in mind that I have not held a golf club in just about ten years and therefore promptly suck very hard. Luckly I was not the only one without any skill in the Scottish game of hitting a little ball into a little hill hundreds of yards away. We were devided into teams with all the couple separated and the terrible un-experienced golfers were also split up. I learn from this experience that I have a very good short game and that unlike most people with a driver in my hands I can hit the ball higher up than I do farther.

Every night after a large dinner everyone would gather around the table and play a large game of yatzee. Due to the size of the group it was a guys vs. girls game with everyone laughing and egging each other on. This isn’t the first time that I have gone up there for a visit so I am well aware of the yatzee tradition, but unlike last time I finally rolled a yatzee and brought my team to victory, on duces no less.

All in all it was a pretty good family weekend and I am glad we got to go out there this year.

Sincerely Urban Yeti

Tablesppon of Geek: the Almost Thanksgiving Turkey

Thursdays have started to mean something to me as of lately, they mean showing off my ever developing kitchen skills. With the Canadian Thanksgiving this past Monday I had hoped to use that as an excuse to learn how to make a turkey. Things were however a little out of my control in the kitchen as I was not in my own kitchen for this Thanksgiving.

My plan initially was to have my Wifey’s grandmother teach me how to cook up a plump bird while we were visiting. However by the time I asked her to show me the tricks of the trade she had already begun and said that she didn’t need my help with it. Oh well as they say ‘the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray” and I will always have next year to learn how to make a proper cooked turkey.

While Grandma Prince George was busy cooking in the kitchen the family all gathered around the table to play cards and chat. Apparently this is normal in the family for good ol’ Grandma to cook while the family keeps her company. At least she is not all alone in the kitchen and any time someone would try to help with any part of cooking she would quickly thank them and then kick them out of the kitchen.

This weekend I am going to see about trying to make a ham at home, or maybe try my hand at one of the many pumpkin recipes floating around the internet this time of year. I do apologize for their being no recipe two weeks running I had really hoped to be able to get one for this week but things happen. This weekend I think I will try and make a few things to back log a couple of recipes for later when life is complicated like this.

Sincerely Urban Yeti

WTF!: Pokemon vs. PETA

In this world there are very few things that actually ruffle my feathers in such a way that I become beyond infuriated. One of these uncommon occurrences is actually a very large organization of hypocritical stupid people, PETA. I know that I have already posted once before about how maddening the vegan animal lovers are, but they are just so self-righteous it drives me nuts.

 On Thursday of last week the long anticipated Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 were released here in North America. It has been five whole days and I still have yet to go out and obtain a copy of the newest installment in the franchise. The Pokemon franchise was a signifigant part of my childhood growing up from toys and TV to videogames and trading cards I had it all.

Those two topics may seem unrelated but trust me I have found something that has linked the idiots at PETA to the Japanese cartoon. With the release of the new Pokemon game the nut jobs over at PETA decided to launch an “Awareness” Campaign. 

Check it out here: PETA’s Pokemon Black and Blue

That link that I posted above is to a viral game that is put out by PETA about how all of the creatures in the Pokemon universe are abused. The simple minded activists are taking their limited knowledge about a game but are only scratching the surface level of what the game is truly about. The Pokefans are reacting in an up roar and if there is one thing people underestimate it is the power of geek rage. 

PETA is a big bunch of fun wreckers who half of the organization have no idea what they are even fighting for or against. It almost seems to me that when people stop eating meat they become stupid and lose some of their reasoning skills. I think that I will be going out and getting the new Pokemon game this Friday not just because I was going to get it anyway but out of spite of this group of stupid individuals.

Sincerely Urban Yeti