Day 234

Happy Mardi Gras awesomites!! Ok, so maybe its happy for you, you don't have to work all day.

its ok, it won't be that bad, I'll be off by 11. So, I go to Joe's this morning to carpool, and what do I see? I see Joe getting out of the shower, showing me how awesome his hairy back is. He tells me I should make it the awesomosity. So I do.

I hope you enjoy Joe's hairy back and don't throw up a little in your mouth like I did.

Have a super duper day!!

Day 233

Awesomites! Welcome!

What a grand day. All I am doing today is editing video. That's today. Tonight includes way too many way too drunk people, then putting everything remotely breakable upstairs before a doozy of a day tomorrow. But I'm not going to think about that now, now I will be thinking of how much I enjoy editing video.

So, since I'm so busy, I'm just going to point you to an incredibly awesome blog (thanks for the link @taquida!), of which I have found nothing not awesome (did you follow the intentional double negative there?). Check out Things My Beard Can Lift!

So, here's the quick story. This guy has been growing a beard since August of 2008. Now he has a very nice facial byssus, and he has realized the immense power and resposibility that come with such a thing. So, he is raising money for a charity in Chicago that helps keep kids off the streets. Good stuff.

So every week, he raises money, then lifts something equal to 10% of how much money he raised. So far he has raised $1500, so tonight he will be lifting something 15 lbs. Last week, it was a 10 lb. Millenium Falcon model. How awesome is that.

Definitely go check out the site (you can also join his Facebook group) and see what he will lift next, donate some money, and check all the other ridiculous awesomes that are all over the site. For instance, this was posted sometime last week:

BEARD SONG! - watch more funny videos

Ok everybody, back to editing video! Have a great day!!

Day 232

Good morning Awesomites!! By the way, that is what I think I will refer to my faithful readers as from now on. Awesomites. Feel free to comment other suggestions, if I get some good ones, maybe I'll post a poll. Otherwise, Awesomites you are.

What is awesome today? Well, it was awesome last night, and it will be awesome again tonight. So, what happened last night that will happen again tonight? Here's a hint, it has to do with sports. And I'm writing about it, so, anyone care to take a guess?

There ya go! It's the Blues!! Yes, we played last night (heartbreaking 4-3 loss vs. the Blue Jackets), and we are playing again tonight (in Nashville, big game). So, they play 80 other games all year, what is special about these? Well, last night (and hopefully tonight) I watched the game online for free. Totally free. The folks at NHL.com will show you any game you want to see for $80/year, but I'm poor. So, I looked up some stuff, remembered this site called Justin.tv (very cool site) where I have seen Blues games online before. But they weren't broadcasting last night, but I did find a very awesome link.

ATDHE.net has all sorts of free programming, including a lot of sports online for free. I don;t know how they do it, only that I got to see the FSBlueJackets broadcast of the game. Totally check it out, they have a bunch of sports and TV shows you can watch for free, and it streams pretty well, which just helps make it more awesome.

So, go watch the Blues game online for free tonight (7pm Central)! You better watch!!

Here I am sneaking a picture at my early morning business meeting. Have a fantabulous day!!!

Day 231

Good morning faithful awesomites!

Today's awesomeness comes from something I was working on late last night. I finally finished a video about our trip to Haiti, and I was requested to post it. So, I went to YouTube and began the long, tedious process. Then, they told me that I couldn't do it. YouTube was apparently experienceing some kind of ridiculous problems. So, I went to Vimeo.

Vimeo is incredibly awesome. WWAAAAYYYYY better than YouTube in my opinion. It was very easy to sign up and even easier to upload my video. It gave me a graphic displaying how long it would be until my video was ready, plus I think the embedded video looks better. What do you think (of the look of the video, and the content of the video)?

First Free Haiti Vision Trip from Ben Muehleisen on Vimeo.

I think this looks better than a YouTube video. So, therefore Vimeo is awesome.

Just to keep you up to date on Twitter, @MCHammer is crazy. Literally, I think he has lost it. I am now following @RainnWilson and his evil doppleganger, @chocolaterainn. Once I started following them, I got a notice that @John_Krasinski is following me. I also now follow @johncleese and @drhorrible. Twitter is fun, you should totally check it out if you are not on there yet.

Have a great day everyone!!

Day 230

Great morning to you all, I am glad you are reading my blog. Hopefully, you will feel a little more awesome after this.

Today's awesomeness comes from a friend of mine's wife (she is also a friend of mine) who happens to be the newest addition to my blog roll, "Other Sweetness". She also has, in my opinion, the best name of a blog, Kellogues. Her name is Kelli, get it?!

Anyway, I just started following her blog, and I came across a post with something really awesome, especially since my friend Joe is always saying he is very smitten with some new girl. I present you with, Smittens!

Yes, they are mittens you can wear in cold weather and still hold hands with your smitten one. Awesome.

Here is a picture of me in my pastor Kevin's office. I am here because I need to digitize some footage, but I have to use the camera I shot with, which was at church and needs to remain here. So here I am. Have a great day!!!

Day 229

Ok, its gonna be a quick awesomosity today. First, check out Lerryn's narcissistic blog, it's great (HI LERRYN!!)

So, the other day when I was blogging about MC Hammer, I ran across this video.



Yeah, I think my favorite part is that he talks in falsetto the whole time, I am assuming to try to be like MJ. Awesome. Even more awesome? He sells these DVDs on his website. Yeah, you too can be like Napoleon Dynamite.

Like I said, busy day, so I'll be seeing you all soon, have a super awesome day!!

Day 228

A fine Sunday to you all. I hope you are enjoying your day as much as I am. It has been a great and productive day for me, even though I am sick and tired (not of anything, I do not feel well and haven't slept much lately, I am sick and tired).

I just got home from a great lunch with my lady friend and my bestest friend in the whole wide world, Brian Corstange. It was fantastic. I haven't seen Brian in a few months, so it was good to catch up on some things. As usual, we made some plans for the future, including a Cubs-Cards game at Wrigley this summer, and a Tigers-Cards game at Busch. We both want to go to the Cincinnatti Master's Tennis Tournament and see all the big stars play. We'll see what comes of all of that.

So, what's awesome today? O'Connells Pub. It is located at the corner of Shaw and Kingshighway, just South of 44. In my opinion, they have at least one of the top 3 burgers in town, and its just $5.75 with cheese, which is pretty cheap. Today I had the roast beef, which is also highly recommended.

So, go visit O'Connells sometime soon, preferrably with some good friends (I may be available, just let me know).

Ok, nappy time, then off to Llywelyn's to finish off this ridiculous week.

Have a great day!!