Stories of the week have been posted...check them out here

I also plan on posting a Wii review sometime soon

James Kim....

On November 25th the Kim Family (James, Kati, Penelope (4), and Sabine (7 months)) were traveling along the Oregon coast headed to Gold Beach to make a stop on their way back home from visiting Family in Oregon for Thanksgiving. On Tuesday, November 28th James did not return to work at Cnet and by Wednesday authorities were notified.

During their week of hell, they exhausted all their rations. Kati kept the children alive by breastfeeding both of them in order to keep them alive. During their week of being stranded they had burned the tires on their car for warmth after the fuel had run out.

On Saturday, December 2nd after being stranded for over a week, James set out to go and find help. With him, he brough a pair of sweat pants, two lighters, and several items of clothing. Throughout his travels, he had left items of clothing along the way, presumably as markers for any rescuers. He had traveled over eight miles before finally succombing to the exhaustion and weather.

On Monday, December 4th, Kati, Penelope and Sabine were found at their car, after Kati had used an umbrella to flag down rescuers. They were taken to the local hospital and have since been released. They are with family.

Today (December 6th) James Kim's body was found in the Oregon Wilderness. Helicopters with SWAT members on board were brought in to remove the body.

This is a very sad and tragic event.

He was just doing what any rational person would do, try and protect the most important thing in the world to him: his family. And for that he is a Hero.

This from the Twit.tv forums, Thanks to Dreadnought for posting this:

if you'd like to contribute feel free to go to JamesandKati.com and make a donation.

R.I.P James

So My brother got up today and went to Toys R Us for a Wii, and was able to get one.... so I'll be playing that for a while. I still need a couple of classic controllers. We've got Wii Sports, Zelda, and Excite Truck... so we'll see what other games we get.... I'll give a full review in a few days.

My thought when walking out of my house today... this is a quote from Band of Brothers....
"Where are we?"
"It can't be hell, it's too damn cold".

Oh, how true for day.

I've posted the Stories of the Week.... check them out Here Some good funny stuff this week.

So it's Thanksgiving again... and here's my list of things that I'm thankful for.

My Health, not always the best, but it's all I've got.
My Job, despite having it's downsides, it helps me get through the days.
My Family, weirdest group of people I've met
A great group of friends that keep me laughing, and who I manage to make laugh without really trying. Particularly the news ones I've met over the last year...
JS, KW, and most of all, JM.

So tonight confirmed that after this class I will not be taking any Cisco classes in the spring... despite wanting to get my CCNP over with, I don't think I can handle them anymore... but oh well... I'll take computer forensics instead. Sounds more interesting anyway

I've made a new logo for the website... Let me know what you think Here

I took a quiz.... here were the results...

I have four days off... which will be nice.... I don't have much planned, except for Saturday... which is North Beach with B. Sunday (Possibly) buying a Nintendo Wii, and hanging out with Jen S. on Monday, (I still have school monday night.... oh well).... It'll be nice to have the time off....