Thoughts, ponderings, reflections.

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Archive for the ‘Just for Fun’ Category

2010 Camaro Test Drive with a Mulleted American

Saturday, June 27th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun, Transportation | No Comments »

This video is awesome. A friend of mine has been rocking a mullet for charity. He somehow finagled a test drive in a 2010 Camaro with the designer, Tom Peters. Hilariousness ensues. Read more about the test drive and consider supporting ...

Freezing Bubbles in Minnesota

Monday, January 26th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun, Science | 2 Comments »

After vaporizing water a week or so back I thought I should try another cold weather science experiment. This time? Freezing bubbles. It was only -7 this morning when I tried it, so not as cold as it could be. ...

I Have An Abundance of Caution

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »

Thanks to the flubbed oath on inauguration day, President Barack Obama retook the oath of office yesterday out of "an abundance of caution." That's an awesome phrase. I'm not the only one who thinks so. So we should have a T-shirt: I ...

Vaporizing Water in Minnesota

Thursday, January 15th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun, Science | 6 Comments »

I've always heard stories about it being so cold you could throw water into the air and it would vaporize instantly. Since it was 20 degrees below zero in Minnesota today, I thought I'd give it a try: Vaporizing Water in ...

Breakfast Time Twitter Poem

Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in Just for Fun | 3 Comments »

Wow. That's about all I can say. At least one person found poetry instead of weirdness in my daily digest of Twitter posts (which I've already deleted). And he turned it into a poem about breakfast and Billy Graham, among ...

Protest Photos & Flickr Stats

Sunday, September 7th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun | No Comments »

On Tuesday last week I posted 345 photos from the peaceful RNC protest in St. Paul to my Flickr account. My traffic skyrocketed, as you can see. I always think traffic stats are fascinating. My photo views went from an ...

Vice Presidential Frenzy

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Politics | 2 Comments »

I've been getting kind of weary of the vice presidential speculation and frenzy. How many times can we talk about how Barack Obama is going to text message his choice and you can be the first to know? I heard ...

Me on the Something Beautiful Podcast

Friday, July 18th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun | No Comments »

You can hear nearly an hour of me on the Something Beautiful podcast. For some reason Jonathan Blundell thought it'd be fun to talk to me, so there I am. We talk about a wide range of issues, including: Church Marketing ...

2 Weeks After Shaving the Head

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Style & Fashion | 1 Comment »

Two weeks ago I shaved my head. I just let everything grow back, but after a week I had to shave my neck and face for a wedding. So the mustache, goatee and the rest of my head are two ...

Bald Video

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Style & Fashion | 3 Comments »

You can now watch me be bald: The Bald & The Beautiful (short version) from kevinhendricks on Vimeo. Video by Josh Lewis! The long version offers the mullet, the biology teacher and the mustache: The Bald & The Beautiful (long version) from kevinhendricks ...