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Book Review: Eden

jasonknepp — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:14:18 +0000

I hardly ever read, so this is the first book review on my blog. I first heard about the fictional book “Eden” written by Andy Merritt on www.StevanSheets.com. Stevan read the book and said it was great. I told Stevan I am not much for recreational reading. Then I ended up reading a few sample pages from the books site. I was fully hooked after reading just a few pages and ordered the book on the spot. I couldn’t stop thinking about those few pages I had read and couldn’t wait for the book to come in the mail box.

Once into the book, the pages just fly by. The words are common, nothing big and fancy. It took me 2 and half days to read it…. and I had a busy schedule during those days. I think I would of read it in one day had I gotten it on a day off morning! I would rate this book a 10, and will definitely order anything that Andy puts out there! I don’t want to give away to much on the book, so if your even a little interested in it, check out the books website by clicking HERE.

What in the world is “Happy Holidays”?

jasonknepp — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:16:15 +0000

I had someone the other day say, “have a Happy Holiday”. Made me think why don’t they just say, “have a Merry Christmas”? Well, I believe its because the stores have trained people that you shouldn’t say “Christmas”. All the stores are wanting to be so politically correct that they don’t dare say “Christmas”. They love the fact that we will spend 450 BILLION (thats the real number, not an exaggerated one) this year on buying gifts for the 25th day of December- Christmas! They play “Christmas” music in the stores. They decorate for Christmas with Christmas trees. They hang Christmas lights. The run sales and ads up until Christmas. They have specials on shipping, that if ordered by a certain day, you will have it in time for Christmas! Yet, they want to change the name to Holidays? Holidays (plural) would refer to Christmas and New years day right? Whens the last time you got a gift for “Happy New years day” under your “Happy new years day tree”?

It just drives me nuts. I will say Merry Christmas, and when I do, I mean that I hope you have a great Christmas day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Oops, I said it, the word “Jesus”. That is whole new topic and blog post for another day!

Merrell Shoes ROCK! I got new kicks!

jasonknepp — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:08:58 +0000

I am short on time tonight, but HAD to blog this quick like. About 2 years ago I bought some really nice hiking shoes (Merrell Brand). They have been great shoes, but the other day I tried kick starting my dirt bike…. it would not start, so I got mad, and kept trying, and trying, and trying. To hard of kicks that were to hard tore off a lug on the bottom of my shoe. Oops. Other than that, these shoes wore incredibly well and didn’t look more than a month or two old. I called Merrell to ask if I should caulk the hole or what, and they said that that should not of happened. The really nice lady at Merrell (who by the way is in Michigan and I can understand her!) tells me to mail em back and MAYBE once they inspect them I will either get my shoes back or a new pair. She says it will take 3-4 weeks if they decide to replace them.

Here is the timeline. I talked to Rachel at Merrell on wed. Mailed the shoes out on thursday. I called on Tuesday cause I am curious, and they tell me they ARE replacing them with a slightly newer/better model and I even got to pick the color! She says she can have them to me NEXT WEEK! Do I get them next week? NOPE, got em THIS week on Friday! Thats 6 business days that I was without Merrell’s!

Long story short, I think I paid about $115 for the first pair, the new ones retail for $130. I will definitely buy more in the future if/when these wear out. Oh, and of course, both pair are very comfortable. You can see my new kicks by CLICKING HERE.

New Puppy!

jasonknepp — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:24:01 +0000

Here is Noka…. our new Chocolate lab. Picked her up today at a breeder in Silverlake, IN.

We were looking for a name, and Gary thought Godiva would be cool because its expensive (like a dog) and chocolate (like our dog).

Well, I think Godiva is a lame name for a dog… BUT, there is GOOGLE! And a quick search tells me that Noka chocolate is in the top 5 most expensive chocolates in the world! It is over $800 a pound! That makes my dog a bargain at 13lbs and cost MUCH less than that!

Bryce 8th birthday party video!

jasonknepp — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:27:32 +0000

Here is some video footage of Bryce and his buds partying down.

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Whew! Summer is busy!

jasonknepp — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:18:42 +0000

I am realizing more and more that I really should not have a blog. I am to busy to update it, and really, who reads it anyway?

Anyway, I will try and do some real updates soon.

Things I could of blogged about today: Saw “Up” the other day with the kids, got icecream after, that was good. I want to see “The Hurt Locker” when it comes out. I have a great friend 1 Srgt John Woodson serving in Afganistan right now… I am proud of him and all military peeps…. everyday, not just on the fourth of July. According to the news, we could get nuked by North Korea in two days on the fourth.

As Forest would say, “Thats all I’ve got to say about that.”

Help keep me out of jail!

jasonknepp — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:06:08 +0000

Help keep me out of jail by donating some money by CLICKING HERE.

Thanks for your help! It means a lot to me.

Survive This…. With Les Stroud!

jasonknepp — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:44:12 +0000

This looks REALLY cool… so cool, I wish I was a teen again. READ HERE to find out why Les Stroud will NOT be doing his show Survivorman anymore.

This is truly inspiring!

jasonknepp — Sun, 03 May 2009 00:43:19 +0000

This reminds me of my motorcycle “trials” days. This is a video of Danny MacAskill in April 2009. I saw this video on my buddy www.StevanSheets.com blog, and I just had to copy it. It is truly unbelievable and unthinkable what this guy can do on a bicycle!! Make sure and watch to the end…. it gets better the whole video.

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