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Things that annoy me

Aug 24, 2006 by Jared Smith

I’ve been working on this list for some time. When something really annoys me, I’d add it here, mostly as a way to relieve pent up aggression.

SPAM
I get around 150-200 junk messages per day. Of course having over 10 e-mail addresses doesn’t help, but still. There’s a warm spot in hell for spammers. The artificial meat-in-a-can stuff is kinda annoying too.

Dora the Explorer
How could anybody with this type of fashion sense and ADD be entertaining?

Yet I’m subjected to watching at least one episode per day. And she repeats EVERYTHING three times. It’s annoying. It’s annoying. It’s ANNOYING!

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News Flash

Aug 16, 2006 by Jared Smith

I sent my favorite lightning photo from last night to the local news stations and they liked it too. It was shown on 5 different news shows for two networks, ABC and CBS, in the Northern Utah area.

I’ve put together a short video showing the coverage…

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Lightning Show

Aug 15, 2006 by Jared Smith

I’m a big fan of lightning storms at night. At the first hint of thunder, I usually shoot out of bed and start peering out windows to see where it’s coming from. Well last night was a doozy! Except for in Iowa, this is the most lightning I’ve ever seen. There were probably 1000 visible ground strikes within 45 minutes. While lightning was striking in all directions, I watched the main core of the storm travel across the valley, pass right overhead dumping about .5 inches of rain in a matter of minutes, and then slowly disappear into the mountains to the north.

There are many more photos in my Lightning Gallery.

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