While I enjoy both shows about surviving alone in the wild, Bear is a little more engaging than Les.
When you compare the two I think you have to give Les an edge in dedication because he is filming everything himself and is truly alone. But this also can take away some of the drama from the viewers. Les must do many things twice, such as climb a hill or walk across a landscape so he can set up the camera. This means he can only do stationary camera positioning and can’t follow his actions.
Bear has a crew which films him, but not help him so the shots can be more exciting. Even though you always know he could be getting help from the crew you suspend your belief and assume he doesn’t. For some reason Bear seems to catch more food than Les and he certainly eats and drinks more disgusting things than Les does, which is always fun to watch.
To prove my loyalty to Bear I even created a Bear Grylls Squidoo lens all about him.
If you like nature shows and seeing something unscripted (reality tv) then you can’t go wrong with either show, but I think Bear will draw the larger crowd due to his personality on the show.
I added this video to youtube.com because I liked the peaceful freefall when Bear drops onto the island. Fun to watch.
From my experience when it comes time to take your oldest child to college you can’t begin to imagine what emotions you will feel. You literally run the gamut starting with the night before when eating your “last supper” as a family and ending with he drive back from college the next day one person short. In between you try to savor each experience and burn it into your memory.
I just took my daughter to college for her freshman year and even though it was three days ago I’m still a little shellshocked. The last evening, before driving her to college, was surreal. I knew we would see her again and she was only a call or an email away, but still this was a life-changing event for her and my wife and I.
Kissing her good night for the last time as a child in our home, waking her up to get ready the next morning, seeing her in the rear-view mirror as we drove up, carrying her belongings to her dorm room and finally hugging her good-bye and watching her walk away were all moments like in a dream. You see them happening but you can’t stop them, you can only watch as if you were outside your body.
I am very happy and excited for my daughter and I know she will do well; we have prepared her for life and now it is time for her to start experiencing things without the close protection of Mom and Dad. I worry for her, I hope for her and most of all I miss her. But that is now and I know the ache in my heart will lessen and life will go on, but until that happens I do think of all the lost moments and look back with small regrets as most parents do. I should have spent more time with her, I should have read to her more, talked with her longer, been a more attentive parent, etc. Of course this kind of thinking is of no value and I push these negative thoughts away. Instead I look forward to the woman she will become and I am excited to think of the wonderful possibilities her life holds. I look forward to the story she will tell and the experiences she will have as she begins her life outside the home she has known for 18 years.
I know she will return for holidays, summers and special occasions, but one day even those won’t be guaranteed visits as she starts a career and possibly a family. I will cherish the visits even more knowing she will be gone again before I know it.
I realize I should be passing on experience with this post and so far I can only offer this: Do the best job as parent that you can so when it comes time for your son or daughter to leave, you can feel confident you have given them the heart and mind to be the person you know they can become. Then you pray for them and worry all the same.
I know one day I will look back fondly, without sadness, to the wonderful years I was a full-time Dad. My wife and I will live the life of a couple without children soon (my son is 2 years from beginning college) and I do look forward to rediscovering the couple we used be and will be again. But for the next few days I think I’ll be little more quiet and let the memories flood over me cherishing every hug, every story good night, every precious hand-hold and conversation we had. Time will soon ease the melancholy I feel so I might as well enjoy it while I can.
Update 2: Well, it has been two months and our daughter came home for the first time. The good news is my wife and I enjoyed seeing her very much and as time went by the pain of missing her was replaced by an excitement to see how she was doing at college. There is indeed life after your child goes to college and guess what, it starts the day after you drop her off.
From my experience ginger pills with ginger root are an excellent home remedy for an upset stomach and sea sickness. I saw an episode of MythBusters that did a test to see which remedy (other home remedies and over the counter medicine) worked the best for sea sickness and ginger capsules won hands-down. It was the only cure that worked without side-effects. So I decided to try it on my first week long cruise and it worked wonderfully. Since then I have taken 2 ginger pills (1,100 mg) whenever I begin to get an upset stomach or feel nauseous and without fail the ginger pills have taken care of all the symptoms.
I have convinced my family of the effectiveness of ginger pills and they take them at the first tummy pain. Give them a try, I highly endorse them. I can’t recommend a brand other than Nature’s Way, because that is all I have ever taken. You can find Nature’s Way Ginger Root if you want to try ginger pills for yourself. They can be hard to find at local shops.
Read more here to see why ginger root works. Of course wikipedia has an entry on Ginger.
From my experience last night at a concert featuring Styx (who didn’t play Mr. Roboto, see lyrics), Foreigner and most importantly Def Leppard I learned that bands from the 80s are still giving great concert performances. True, not all the original band members are part of all the groups, most of the core members were, except for Dennis DeYoung, who I thought was the only band member I really missed from all three groups.
That notwithstanding, it was a excited atmosphere with at least 3 generations in attendance. I saw ages from 13 – 60. I know some people age 60 were there as my parents were in attendance across the stadium (Nissan Pavilion in Bristol, Virginia) from my wife and I.
While all the bands were very entertaining, Def Leppard stole the show without a doubt as the final act, climaxing with a superb performance of the song “Pour Some Sugar On Me. See live video footage at the end of this post. It was as if I had been transported back to the mid-eighties when they hit their height of popularity. Adrenaline and high-octane energy were in abundance from the crowd and the band members. You can see in the image to the right, from my mobile phone, that Vivian Campbell is ripped and in shape as all the members appeared to be, from all the bands, for that matter.
From my experience releasing a press release about your business relationship with a company you are working with without written permission can seriously jeopardize that relationship. Check with the company you wish to write the press release about, even if you are casually mentioning them and especially when you are introducing them as a client.
Most businesses spend years perfecting and then protecting their brand awareness and aligning your company with them in the media, by writing a press release, without their express written permission can be seen as a breach of trust that can easily cause you to lose the client.
Never assume and always ask first and then get it in writing. It will save you writing letters of apology, making phone calls asking for forgiveness, asking for retractions and generally consuming your time you should be spending to cultivating new business. Even if they say no, they will respect you for taking the time to ask. And who knows, they may even say yes and give you a quote.
From my experience the teenage years are there to help loosen the apron strings and help everyone accept a child leaving the house to start their own life. If they stayed as sweet and as lovable as they are when then are babies and toddlers you would never want them to leave.
As it is, teenage years of growing independence set the stage for the final exit into the world and as a parent you are usually more than ready for it by that time. Keep that in mind parents and future parents, the teenage years do have a purpose, trust me on this.
From my experience Paradigm speakers are the best bang for the buck you can get for your home theater! Over the years I’ve owned many different brands of speakers including Cerwin Vega, JBL, Infinity and Bose. Yet none of these can compare to the price and sound quality of my current Paradigm home theater setup. And to top it off, the Paradigm’s cost less than my previous Bose speakers. I currently have the Mini Monitor system, except that I opted for a larger center & surrounds.
The first time I heard Paradigm speakers in the showroom, I fell in love with their rich, vibrant & authentic sounds. But it wasn’t until my Mom was visiting and said, “Wow, I can’t believe how good this sounds, it’s better than the theater,” that I truely marveled in how good a value they are. It takes a lot to make people, like my mother, who normally say they can’t tell a difference in sound quality take notice of how good something sounds.
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When you compare the two I think you have to give Les an edge in dedication because he is filming everything himself and is truly alone. But this also can take away some of the drama from the viewers. Les must do many things twice, such as climb a hill or walk across a landscape so he can set up the camera. This means he can only do stationary camera positioning and can’t follow his actions.
Bear has a crew which films him, but not help him so the shots can be more exciting. Even though you always know he could be getting help from the crew you suspend your belief and assume he doesn’t. For some reason Bear seems to catch more food than Les and he certainly eats and drinks more disgusting things than Les does, which is always fun to watch.
to help with letting go. I haven’t read it but it got good reviews at Amazon.
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