What I Learned This Week - 9/27/13

1.  The facial expression on my wife when viewing Ylvis' video, "the Fox" is ten times funnier than the video......and the video is hilarious.
2. The best way to break the Yom Kippur fast is with a 5k dusk run for a charity…followed by pizza and beer.
3. If your stomach makes similar sounds to the Yellowstone mud caldera just before you venture out for a 7 hour drive, you will not have a good time.
4. According to my middle child, trail mix is actually just a bag of M&M's with obstacles.
5. I’m still the person that will make a snack while waiting for the original snack to cook. I have learned I don’t HAVE to eat the cooked snack when it’s done…..but I do.
6. Cowbells ring off of canyon walls in Moab, UT a lot louder than one expects.
7. Some people don't like being cheered for with cowbells and will become visually annoyed. the best course of action is to follow that person in a truck full of kids ringing cowbells until they smile.....or hit your truck.
8. Colorado distillers make Bourbon – I was misinformed that Bourbon could only come from one county in Tennessee. 
9. Some Colorado distillers make some pretty ridiculous bourbon.
10. There is a universal giddiness when purchasing fresh produce from a road side farm stand.
11. Twenty pounds of pears in a cardboard box + 200 yards to the car + raining cats and dogs = 20 pounds of pears all over the back of the car, covered by papier-mâché.
12. Moab has given me yet another reason to dislike the San Diego Chargers. I really only needed one.
13. There is no correct answer to the question, “Are you ticklish?”
14. Years ago one of the successful sales pitches used to convince conservative council members to agree to a Boulder Bike Pathway system was that they might help mitigate flood waters in the event of a flash flood. Bright side - It worked better than expected.
15. There is a distinct feeling of remorse when the chain breaks on your mountain bike - climbing up on a ridiculously steep incline made of granite - and your feet are snuggly clipped in to the pedals.
16. It’s actually way easier to carry your bike a mile and half on the Slick Rock Trail, than it is to ride it on your bike. 
17. There is nothing “slick” about the Slick Rock Trail.
18. I can find time to make really dumb things happen – as promised last week: http://travellingtroopers.wordpress.com/ - you're welcome. Thank you Ken for the barrage of photos to get me moving. Now I have to get some action figures of my own. If anyone wants to contribute to the site, you know where to find me.
19. October is next week. I’m so not prepared.
20. Star Wars actor Mark Hamill turned 60 this week. He looks more and more like Yoda.
21. One of the most exciting and amazing America’s Cup races in 167 years, got virtually no media attention.  Probably because it turned into a nerd fight. Down 8-1, the Americans rallied to win 7 races in a row to tie the Kiwis forcing a tie-breaker race on Wednesday. Amazingly, new rules allow the teams to modify boats throughout the regatta on down days. Engineers modified the U.S. boat to shave off over a minute and a half per leg. Yes, they ended up winning the Cup. Go Geeks!
22. A massive, 7.7 magnitude quake struck south-central Pakistan on Tuesday afternoon, raising a new island, about 30-40 feet high, off the coast. I’m timing to see how long it takes Google to update their map. No it wasn't updated today.
23. No matter how many times I'm seen the movie, "Up", the opening scene brings a tear to my eye.
24. There are plenty of ways to enter a pool – the stairs is not one of them.
25. If a street performer makes you stop walking, you owe him a buck.