http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon No spiders or Visigoths allowed Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:08:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Who said RBDN wasn't instructional? Well, here is a video that might save your life one day, complements of our buddy Tyler: [flashvideo image="video_blogs/barfight.jpg" width="320" height="240" filename="video_blogs/MVI_0507.flv" returnpage="http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/7/23/so-lets-say-youre-in-a-bar-fight/" /] bottle break video (larger) http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/07/23/so-lets-say-youre-in-a-bar-fight/ On a walk today at work, we discovered a massive ant war on the sidewalk fought between two colonies of ants. Many of the competing ants were locked in deadly embraces. Obviously, I lay down on the sidewalk and videotaped the event. I'm kind of bummed I didn't have a ... http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/07/21/when-ants-attack/ On Friday, a few co-workers and I ran an operation freedom (meaning we ditched work and watched a matinée movie.) The selected movie? Why The Dark Knight of course. Some people think that movie reviews shouldn't give away details to avoid spoiling the film for others. Well I disagree. If ... http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/07/21/its-simple-kill-the-batman/ Something possessed me to wake up at 6:00AM yesterday and drive to American Fork to run their Steel Days 5k. (Yes, I finished.) After the race, I wandered over to Main Street and took in a bit of the parade. I snapped a few pics for you to enjoy: [album id=5251] http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/07/20/american-fork-steel-days-parade-08/ Rampant, ridiculous rumors have been circulating about claiming that I had been commissioned to design a meticulously-crafted, imposing, life-sized Roman solider from discarded lumber. I would like to immediately disabuse my readers of any such notion, unless, of course, the rumors were referring to this: http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/07/13/a-little-something-for-the-study/ Busy with work and life? Here are a few good upcoming weekend events you don't have to plan-- just show up and enjoy. They're great for people watching and fair food. I've listed them in calendar order for ya: American Fork Steel Days -- July 14-19 Spanish Fork Fiesta Days -- July ... http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/07/08/utah-city-celebrations/ The military charges that back in 2002, a certain Mohammed Jawad tried to kill two of our soldiers in Afghanistan by throwing a grenade at them. Mohammed, 16 years old, was captured and flown to the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Mohammed has been locked up in solitary confinement ... http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/07/06/still-proud-to-be-american-but/ Way back in January '07, with much inspiration from EDS, I solicited the blogosphere to Ask Ryan Stuff. Sadly that blog comment thread devolved into an argument involving swearing and commas (thanks William.) Fortunately we're back on track. Here are a few of your submitted questions and my ... http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/06/29/ask-ryan-stuff-1/ It's true, I like art. For the third year in a row, I've attended the Utah Arts Festival in downtown Salt Lake City (see 2007 Utah Arts Festival and 2006 Utah Arts Festival.) Honestly, though there are some impressive artists, my favorite part of the event is not the artwork, but ... http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/06/28/2008-utah-arts-festival/ Back in January I reported that my simple Diamond Boycott Petition had grown to over 100 signatures. I was excited that this important message was spreading. Now, nearly 40,000 visitors later, we're approaching 1,000 signatures (921 as of this posting.) The idea for my boycott first came from reading the book ... http://www.ryanbyrd.net/rambleon/2008/06/22/blood-red-diamonds/