Possible Things To Look Forward To In The Near Future.

I don't know if anyone would even care but I've been looking at doing my own YouTube Video Blog or Vlog to others. I have been writing down ideas over the past month or so of what I want to cover and talk about, how the "show" will go and possible co-hosts that cycles through different people.

The Vlog will mainly be about gaming. Duh! lol, but I will be talking about other things. In the approx 10-15 minutes I'll have, things about games the host are playing, games we are looking forward to, our thoughts on upcoming video game related things and so forth. We will also be talking about gadgets new/old, basically the ones we use. We might jump into some personal things on our own lives but that will depend on if it's brought up in conversation or is related to a conversation we are having.

For those who regularly listen to podcasts, think of it as a mix between The Rooster Teeth Podcast, Major Nelson Podcast and The Indoor Kids Podcast. Two of the three have swearing, but I'm not sure if I want it to be PG-13 or 13-PG (13 profanity words guaranteed. lol)

Now, before you get all excited, I just have to do a couple more things before I can for sure say if I can do this or not. One, I have to make sure my Kinect works with my home computer, if not, I'll have to get a web cam and mic. Two, I have to see if my computer can handle recording on it. I did get it all fixed up, but it is about 7 years old. (Yes I know I need to get a new one but it does what it needs to right now.) And Three, if the first two works, then I'll have to make a backdrop to have behind me, and do research and write up a list of things I want to cover. Also some test recordings will work too.

If anyone has any ideas that could help, feel free to email me at JohnnyBlazezBlogz <at> gmail <dot> com
Or if you want me to cover specific things, let me know.

If things go as I plan, hopefully I'll have my first video up before the end of the month.




Stay saucy my friends...

~ JB

Back At It Once Again

I'm going to try to get time at least once a week to blog, if not more. I've been chewing around the thought of just deleting this or try another go at it. After months or thinking, I decided to go with it and still blog.

So whats new....Well, life is way different then last time I blogged. I'm training at work to run our new laser, learning new programs and such. I'll also be going to Chicago next week to learn the new laser in depth there. Only going to be there for 5 days, but I'm going to make the most of it.
I now also have a dog. His name is Dozer. He is 4 months old today and about 4 times the size of when I got him. I last weighed him on the weekend and he's now 39lbs. yikes.

Now to gaming. I've gotten a few new games since the last time on here but not sure what ones really. I have a lot now. I did finally pick up a PS3 that came with Uncharted 3. I also picked up The Last of Us, which so far is a fuckin' awesome game, and the reason I finally picked up a PS3. And since I was blowing money away, I picked up the G155 Sentry Personal Gaming Environment. If you don't know what that is, Google it. I'll be posting a review over the next day or three. (I'll be using all or most of my half assed review I did on seasonedgamers.com)

Well, that's all I have for now. Stay tuned for my G155 Sentry Review. And maybe look forward to another horror movie question challenge coming in a couple months. Not 100% sure if I'll be doing this again, I'll have to iron out a few things first.

"A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice." - Bill Cosby


~ JB

Blah and chickens....

Well, I know I was saying I was gonna do a Horror Movie Quiz again this year but it's not going to happen. Unexpected things have happened in my life that's not letting me have the extra coin for a prize. Sorry for those 3 people who read these...lol I also don't have that much time to be watching a couple dozen horror movies and then write a crappy review about it.

What has been happening in my life? Well, my new place is still coming along. Still about half way left of organizing. It sucks when you have no storage room and the place is small. I am also doing a 13 financial class. I hope this helps out with me being able to start a solid savings and emergency fund for those expected things in life.

Yesterday I reached level 28 of my life. This is my own way of me coping from getting older. Life is like a game...live it. lol

I've been playing lots and lots of Borderlands 2. I don't think I put another disc into my XBox360 since the game came out. I am almost done the game with my main single player, the assassin, and I have the gunzerker and commando as co-op players. Haven't started the siren yet, but I will soon...I hope.
 If anyone wants to game with me on Borderlands 2, add me to XBL but message me first saying you found me on my blog. SG Weasel <--- my gamertag.

Well, this is all I got to write about today I got stuff to do at work and my break is almost over.


Life is like a box of chocolates, some sweet, some bad, and the occasional nut...lol


~ JB

I'm still here

I know I haven't actually made a blog in the past while but life has been crazy busy.
I just moved the end of last month and I now do not have a computer at home. Well I do but it wont turn on for some damn reason. I gotta try to see whats wrong, but this might be the push to have me buy or build a whole new one. But that wont be too soon because about 9 boxes of my possessions that I had in storage ended up betting damaged so I now have to buy all my kitchen stuff again. Yay me. :/

I will try to keep up with the blog from time to time, I hope once a week but I am not promising anything. Plus I will be doing another Horror Movie Quiz in October. I just hope I can get internet again soon at my new place sooner then later so I can start watching more and more horror movies. I was gonna do one in December for Christmas movies but its Christmas and I'd rather spend my extra money on my family then random people on the interwebs.

Today is a very special day for me, well, more so for my daughter, today is her 8th birthday. Life has changed so much in the past 8 years. It has been up and down but this journey has been very joyful.

So whats new with me besides moving and loosing lots of my stuff...well, I've been playing a lot of Minecraft for XBox360, I finally started playing Saints Row The Third after having it for over 7 months...lol I picked up Lollipop Chainsaw and played the shit outta that for a few weeks. Fun game, but can get old fast.
I am looking forward for only 3 games this year. Borderlands 2, Assassin's Creed 3 and Halo 4. I have all of them pre-ordered and I'm getting the most expensive deal for all of them. That is setting me back around $400+. I know crazy eh?! That is pretty much keeping me from purchasing the Halo 4 special edition XBox 360.

Well, I'm heading to finish up the last 2 1/2 hours of work. Lots of jobs in. Most are rush jobs like usual from this one company. And like I said, I will try to keep up with my blog even if I talk about me not having anything to write about. Hell, I might post tomorrow about dating...or money....or a small pick rabbit....lol


>Insert witty comment/joke here<


~ JB

A Letter In A Lost Wallet

Now I don't know if this story is true, but it can show you that God has made someone special for each and every one of us, and even if it takes you 60+ years to find that person, God will make it so, all you need is faith.

 

 

As I walked home one freezing day, I stumbled on a wallet someone had lost in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some identification so I could call the owner. But the wallet contained only three dollars and a crumpled letter that looked as if it had been in there for years.

The envelope was worn and the only thing that was legible on it was the return address. I started to open the letter, hoping to find some clue. Then I saw the dateline--1924. The letter had been written almost sixty years ago.

It was written in a beautiful feminine handwriting on powder blue stationery with a little flower in the left-hand corner. It was a "Dear John" letter that told the recipient, whose name appeared to be Michael, that the
writer could not see him any more because her mother forbade it. Even so, she wrote that she would always love him.

It was signed, Hannah.

It was a beautiful letter, but there was no way except for the name Michael, that the owner could be identified. Maybe if I called information, the operator could find a phone listing for the address on the envelope.

"Operator," I began, "this is an unusual request. I'm trying to find the owner of a wallet that I found. Is there anyway you can tell me if there is a phone number for an address that was on an envelope in the wallet?"

She suggested I speak with her supervisor, who hesitated for a moment then said, "Well, there is a phone listing at that address, but I can't give you the number." She said, as a courtesy, she would call that number, explain my story and would ask them if they wanted her to connect me. I waited a few minutes and then she was back on the line. "I have a party who will speak with you."

I asked the woman on the other end of the line if she knew anyone by the name of Hannah. She gasped, "Oh! We bought this house from a family who had a daughter named Hannah. But that was 30 years ago!"

"Would you know where that family could be located now?" I asked. "I remember that Hannah had to place her mother in a nursing home some years ago," the woman said. "Maybe if you got in touch with them they might be able to track down the daughter."

She gave me the name of the nursing home and I called the number. They told me the old lady had passed away some years ago but they did have a phone number for where they thought the daughter might be living.

I thanked them and phoned. The woman who answered explained that Hannah herself was now living in a nursing home.

This whole thing was stupid, I thought to myself. Why was I making such a big deal over finding the owner of a wallet that had only three dollars and a letter that was almost 60 years old?

Nevertheless, I called the nursing home in which Hannah was supposed to be living and the man who answered the phone told me, "Yes, Hannah is staying with us. "

Even though it was already 10 p.m., I asked if I could come by to see her. "Well," he said hesitatingly, "if you want to take a chance, she might be in the day room watching television."

I thanked him and drove over to the nursing home. The night nurse and a guard greeted me at the door. We went up to the third floor of the large building. In the day room, the nurse introduced me to Hannah.

She was a sweet, silver-haired old timer with a warm smile and a twinkle in her eye.

I told her about finding the wallet and showed her the letter. The second she saw the powder blue envelope with that little flower on the left, she took a deep breath and said, "Young man, this letter was the last contact I ever had with Michael."

She looked away for a moment deep in thought and then said Softly, "I loved him very much. But I was only 16 at the time and my mother felt I was too young. Oh, he was so handsome. He looked like Sean Connery, the actor."

"Yes," she continued. "Michael Goldstein was a wonderful person. If you should find him, tell him I think of him often. And," she hesitated for a moment, almost biting her lip, "tell him I still love him. You know," she said
smiling as tears began to well up in her eyes, "I never did marry. I guess no one ever matched up to Michael..."

I thanked Hannah and said goodbye. I took the elevator to the first floor and as I stood by the door, the guard there asked, "Was the old lady able to help you?"

I told him she had given me a lead. "At least I have a last name. But I think I'll let it go for a while. I spent almost the whole day trying to find the owner of this wallet."

I had taken out the wallet, which was a simple brown leather case with red lacing on the side. When the guard saw it, he said, "Hey, wait a minute! That's Mr. Goldstein's wallet. I'd know it anywhere with that bright red
lacing. He's always losing that wallet. I must have found it in the halls at least three times."

"Who's Mr. Goldstein?" I asked as my hand began to shake.

"He's one of the old timers on the 8th floor. That's Mike Goldstein's wallet for sure. He must have lost it on one of his walks."

I thanked the guard and quickly ran back to the nurse's office. I told her what the guard had said. We went back to the elevator and got on. I prayed that Mr. Goldstein would be up.

On the eighth floor, the floor nurse said, "I think he's still in the day room. He likes to read at night. He's a darling old man."

We went to the only room that had any lights on and there was a man reading a book. The nurse went over to him and asked if he had lost his wallet. Mr. Goldstein looked up with surprise, put his hand in his back pocket and said, "Oh, it is missing!"

"This kind gentleman found a wallet and we wondered if it could be yours?"

I handed Mr. Goldstein the wallet and the second he saw it, he smiled with relief and said, "Yes, that's it! It must have dropped out of my pocket this afternoon. I want to give you a reward."

"No, thank you," I said. "But I have to tell you something. I read the letter in the hope of finding out who owned the wallet."

The smile on his face suddenly disappeared. "You read that letter?"

"Not only did I read it, I think I know where Hannah is."

He suddenly grew pale. "Hannah? You know where she is? How is she? Is she still as pretty as she was? Please, please tell me," he begged.

"She's fine...just as pretty as when you knew her." I said softly.

The old man smiled with anticipation and asked, "Could you tell me where she is? I want to call her tomorrow." He grabbed my hand and said, "You know something, mister, I was so in love with that girl that when that letter came, my life literally ended. I never married. I guess I've always loved her. "

"Mr. Goldstein," I said, "Come with me."

We took the elevator down to the third floor. The hallways were darkened and only one or two little night-lights lit our way to the day room where Hannah was sitting alone watching the television. The nurse walked over to her.

"Hannah," she said softly, pointing to Michael, who was waiting with me in the doorway. "Do you know this man?"

She adjusted her glasses, looked for a moment, but didn't say a word. Michael said softly, almost in a whisper, "Hannah, it's Michael. Do you remember me?"

She gasped, "Michael! I don't believe it! Michael! It's you! My Michael!" He walked slowly towards her and they embraced. The nurse and I left with tears streaming down our faces.

"See," I said. "See how the Good Lord works! If it's meant to be, it will be."

About three weeks later I got a call at my office from the nursing home. "Can you break away on Sunday to attend a wedding? Michael and Hannah are going to tie the knot!"

It was a beautiful wedding with all the people at the nursing home dressed up to join in the celebration. Hannah wore a light beige dress and looked beautiful. Michael wore a dark blue suit and stood tall. They made me their best man.

The hospital gave them their own room and if you ever wanted to see a 76-year-old bride and a 79-year-old groom acting like two teenagers, you had to see this couple.

 

 

 

 

 

"Love is best when shared."

 

~ JB

The Professor and the Student.

I seen this shared on Facebook by another blogger I follow, Lauren Out Loud. I read it and liked it. I think its a must read to everyone. Please read all the way to the end. You will be surprised whom the student was.

Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
 
(Student was silent.)
 
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
 
 (Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?

Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.

By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.






Einstein was one of my inspirations growing up. I have a love for math and science that because of it, I am proud to call myself a geek. I never went to college or university but I do have a motto that I live by every day of my life...


"Learn at least one new thing every day, because if you do, you know that day was not wasted."


~ JB

Video Game Project

Wow, two blog posts in the same week. Whats going on????
Well, I'll tell you...only because why else would I be doing back to back blogz....?
Since the title of this blog is "Video Game Project", its not hard to figure out what its related to.

Since I was knee size to a grasshopper, I've played video games. Started off with a Nintendo Entertainment System, moved on to the Super NES, N64, with a gameboy somewhere in the mix. My N64 got stolen from my sisters so I ended up getting a PlayStation that following Christmas. I had that for a few years and played the shit outta that. Then my friend introduced me to the XBox. I fell in love. A few years later, I bought my own. I didn't have the money to get a XBox 360 when it came out so I just stuck with my XBox 180. I got a Nintendo DSi about a year or two after that. Then, I ended up buying a Nintendo Wii next, more so for the new cool way of playing games...that only lasted a few months....then I got bored of it. 2 years ago I finally got my XBox 360. Only thing, it was used and a modded one. I ended up trading my buddy to borrow his, since he doesn't play on XBL. Then last September I got the new XBox 360 Slim with the 250 Gig HD and I gave the 360 I had back to my friend and told him to keep my modded one since I wont be using that one.

That basically has been my gaming history. I now only have the XBox 180, Nintendo Wii and my XBox 360s. I do have my DSi still, but that has broken since then. Over the next few years I will be going out to find any and all the gaming systems. Working or not. Preferably working though. I might already have a plans to obtain a Playstation and a Playstaion 2. *fingers crossed*

So that's my plan. To obtain all video game systems that I could find. This will be an adventure in itself.

I'll be looking out for any and all yard sales I can find to look for those hidden gems. So wish me luck.
And if anyone that lives in or around Windsor Ontario and are wanting to get rid of some old systems, please let me know.


"I do have a life outside of Facebook...I just cannot remember the password."


~ JB