BenSpark Family Adventures

Okay so I tried this religion quiz. Apparently I am best suited for is Buddhism. Interesting. I wonder how they compile the answers given. So, what religion are you best suited for, according to this quiz? Leave me a comment with your answer.   You scored as Buddhism. Your beliefs most closely resemble those of Buddhism. Do more research on Buddhism and possibly consider becoming Buddhist, if you are not already. In Buddhism, there are Four Noble Truths: (1) Life is suffering. (2) All suffering is caused by ignorance of the nature of reality and the craving, attachment, and grasping that result from such ignorance. (3) Suffering can be ended by overcoming ignorance and attachment. (4) The path to the suppression of suffering is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of right views, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right-mindedness, and right contemplation. These eight are usually divided into three categories that base the Buddhist fait...

This morning Allison, Dan and I went to Filenese for our annual wait in line for Buffett Tickets. We dispersed ourselves among the line and got our tickets. My number was 426 the number called was 422, Yeah! That means that everyone after 422 is closer to the front of the line. I gave the ticket to Dan and headed back to the house to get tickets online. Blasted Ticketmaster, may you wait forever and then tell you that since you have two sessions open you can’t buy tickets. Evil I tell you Evil!!!! Is it my fault that I want to get tickets for both days and there is no option to buy tickets for both days. I tried every single number combination on each day and now luck! Arrgh! Arrgh! I was not able to get tickets online from ticketmaster. I hate them and their crappy system! And their high fees and crappy service. Allison and I saw this great license plate on our way to Filenes. Except it was a New Hampshire one. Update: Dan was 3rd in line and only able to get ONE ticket!! One ticket. ...

If you have been reading The Mows web comic strip daily then you probably already know. Jay Dyke’s cat Tigerlily passed away on March 16. Tigerlily was the inspiration for the character of Tigey in the Mows web comic strip. We want Jay to know that we know what it is like to lose a beloved pet. You are in our thoughts. Puma will look out for Tigey now. He can play with Kip too. Hug your pets. Donate to a local animal shelter.

Google has opened the floodgates on their new e-mail system. G-mail had been at beta status up till the other day and the only way to get in was through an invite. Well now it is open to everyone. I got myself a G-mail account. If you act fast then maybe that name that you’ve been searching for may still be available. Go to www.google.com. Also you may have noticed that I added a couple of new web comics to the webtainment links section. I added two comics by the same guy, one is called Shortpacked and it is about toy collecting. Allison figured that the guy just followed me around and wrote down what I did. The second is called It’s Walky. Basically about a couple of roommates in college. Both are funny. Enjoy. I’m also adding another one called Martin’s Misdirection. It is about a struggling magician. The first 55 strips are not online anymore. They were collected into a book and are now being sold on the site. From a business perspective that is good because if you are someone who n...

Ah, that Corned Beef and Cabbage. My favorite meal a year. I think I look so forward to it because I know I will only have it once a year. This year the corned beef was once again excellent. I don’t think you can possibly screw it up with a crock pot but what can I say it was good. And the cheapest piece ever, and it was the leanest piece of corned beef I’ve yet made. A 4.1lb point brisket for $4.11. Add to it some carrots and cabbage and potatoes and we are talking a $12.00 meal that fed Allison, myself, my parents, my sister and her husband, and there were left-overs. Fantastic. Dad picked up some Guinness and some Harp and Allison got a soda bread from the Depot, what a great meal. I was so excited to eat the meal that I didn’t even get a picture of it. Sorry Derek.

Hello Everyone! Saint Patrick’s Day is here! It is one of my favorite holidays. Does everyone have their green on? I certainly hope so. It’s gonna be hard to concentrate whilst thinking about corned beef and cabbage for dinner tonight. Allison and I set up the corned beef brisket in the crock pot this morning and are letting it go on low all day. It has become our Saint Patrick’s Day tradition. And Allison just checked in, she has set the crock pot on low. Boiled corned beef awaits me for dinner. Yeah! Here’s a Food Network recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage. Also, today is my cousin Nick’s birthday! Happy Birthday Nick! (I’m going to try and be good about remembering birthdays and anniversaries here on the blog.)

The Vatican has appointed Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Archbishop of Genoa and a possible successor to the Pope to be the official debunker of the Da Vinci Code. Didn’t that book come out TWO YEARS ago! Disclaimer: I mean no disrespect to the Vatican but I want to point out that the response was how shall I put it, speedy. I personally liked the book. It was entertaining, but not something to base your faith on. I suppose that a response needs to come out officially because there are alot of stupid people out there that take a work of fiction at face value. I mean, look how many people died while looking for that necklace that the old lady dropped into the ocean at the end of Titanic. That was a true story right? Actually I know of no one searching for the necklace from Titanic, let alone dying but I wouldn’t put it past some people to try.