July 23, 2009 Category: Life in General, Travel No Comments »
So by now all my friends are sick of hearing about the “Best Job in the World” that I applied for. As fate would have it, however, I didn’t end up getting the job (or making it to the final cut for that matter). I did end up getting a weird surprise out of the deal though. For whatever reason a tiny clip from my application video (check it out here if you missed it) made it on national news in a spot announcing the lucky guy that did win it. Check out the video below. In the part of the spot where it starts showing clips from other applicants, watch for the guy hanging off a cliff with a snorkel mask on (it’s really quick, so you’ll have to be paying attention)… Hey! That’s me! 
Funny stuff. A friend of mine actually saw it on TV and was telling me about it… he’s somewhat of a joker though, so I didn’t believe him. I did some Googling though, and sure enough… there I am!
I guess my next question is this… if everyone gets their 15 minutes of fame, does that count as mine, or can I just chip away at that 15 minutes over the rest of my life?
– Dan Thompson
P.S. Thanks again Paul N for pointing this out to me… even if I didn’t believe you at first
June 15, 2009 Category: Life in General No Comments »
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Holly and I recently got back from our vacation to the American Southwest. This trip was much anticipated by both of us, and we ended up having a great time! We traveled across three states, and stopped by several National Parks and Indian Reservations along the way. I wrote a full review of the trip over on thealbinobowler.com if you’re interested in checking it out (Part 1 and Part 2). I also contributed some reviews on tripadvisor.com of a few of the specific places we stayed in case you’re thinking of making a similar trip. The places I covered are The Extraterrestrial Highway, Antelope Canyon (pictured left), and The View Hotel at Monument Valley. Otherwise, the pictures are up in the Photo Albums section of the site… check’m out and let me know what you think!
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May 3, 2009 Life in General No Comments »
Some friends of mine and I were sitting around not too long ago and had the notion that it would be pretty cool to do some rock climbing with a helmet camera on… seemed like a pretty cool idea but with one obvious problem… none of us had a helmet cam. After doing some [...]
February 7, 2009 Life in General 2 Comments »
So, if you’ve missed my rants on Facebook… or been completely under a rock and didn’t see it in the headlines, Tourism Queensland in Australia is offering up what could very well be the best job in the world (other than the job I currently have, of course… Love ya Paul!). Here’s the scoop; [...]
January 12, 2009 Travel No Comments »
For our big trip last year (2008), Holly and I decided to go to Australia and New Zealand… I can’t say enough about how awesome it turned out to be. Both are very cool places. Brisbane, Australia So this was really a New Zealand trip that turned into an Australia AND New Zealand trip. It turned out [...]
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