http://www.edpham.net Experiencing and seeing the world, one post at a time... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:45:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY] If you haven't seen this before, it's pretty cool. Definitely one of my favorite videos on YouTube in 2008. A guy travels across forty-two different countries, dancing at various cities and the people join along. Also, he's from Seattle too. http://www.edpham.net/2009/01/01/where-the-hell-is-matt/ 2008 was quite the year. It was eventful to say the least. But as we could see a lot of triumph and victories, we also saw a number of defeats and losses as well. As I look back on this year, there were a lot of things personally that touched ... http://www.edpham.net/2008/12/31/bye-2008-hello-2009/ In the U.S., we have all these leagues for our sports. NBA for basketball, NFL for football, MLB for baseball, NHL for hockey. I follow pretty much all four leagues for the most part. But over the course of this past year, you start hearing things of teams being unlucky ... http://www.edpham.net/2008/12/12/fixing-professional-sports-leagues-in-the-us/ It's been several days into the Christmas season. And what does that mean? The thing that while we love getting from others, but we also dread finding for them: Gifts. I still wonder where the concept of giving gifts during Christmas comes from, but regardless, it's there. As I've been ... http://www.edpham.net/2008/12/10/the-reality-of-christmas/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l25bkqWPAQI] This is pretty impressive. (Originally take from CNNSI.com) http://www.edpham.net/2008/11/19/dribbling-skills-from-a-five-year-old/ I recently received an e-mail with regards to the field-use fees in the city of Seattle. Apparently, the City Council is looking to increase the costs for the fields for the upcoming year. One of the largest soccer leagues in the area, Co-Rec Soccer, sent this note to all the ... http://www.edpham.net/2008/10/23/speak-out-against-the-proposed-field-use-fee-increase-in-seattle/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_VQ8I7g6I] For anyone that doesn't know how the electoral process for determining the next President of the United States works, this is a great explanation that takes under five minutes and is in layman's terms. Two weeks until the election. Remember to vote! http://www.edpham.net/2008/10/21/explaining-the-electoral-process-in-less-than-five-minutes/ This was a while back, but this was a random conversation with a friend of mine about how he'd deal with a potential zombie attack: (4:01:47 PM) Benji: I think it'd be kinda fun just to lay on a rooftop and snipe zombies walking around (4:01:51 PM) Ed: lol (4:02:06 PM) Ed: yeah... (4:02:18 ... http://www.edpham.net/2008/10/11/how-to-deal-with-zombies/ I admit. I got curious and started wondering about my past a bit. Given the amount of free time that I have in between studying for GREs, soccer, being a part of and serving ministry, and work, I start thinking about it. And usually, when I think, it's like giving ... http://www.edpham.net/2008/10/11/questioning-the-past/ Another regular season is about to end and thus that means almost the end of fantasy baseball. For some teams, they're still vying for the league championship, and others, the season has already finished. Playing in the past three years, I've started to learn a lot about tricks and strategy ... http://www.edpham.net/2008/09/25/fantasy-baseball/