Garrett Kelley

Another song that hits close to home is Kid Rock’s “When You Love Someone”.

I tell you it will shake the earth beneath your feet
The light that shines will redefine your old beliefs
What you reap is what you sow and so it goes
Where you plant your needs is where your garden grows
Before you think about yourself
Think of someone else, it will make you feel

Each day ain’t wine and roses
I doubt it’s meant to be
Always a cross to bear salvation don’t come free
A heart that beats is a heart that bleeds
And you know that’s true
So don’t deny yourself of something good for you
Before you do it for yourself, do it for someone else
That makes it real

‘Cause when you love someone
It don’t matter what you say
When you love someone
You will dance the night away
When you love someone
There ain’t nothing you can’t do
Ain’t that right
Yeah I want to love someone tonight

Will you believe in love or just sit around and judge?
Can you forgive someone or will u hold a grudge?
Cuz above selfishness there lies a bright blue sky
And wealth and happiness can be a long and lonesome ride
Yes it’s hard to steer yourself
Without that someone else to take the wheel
Take the wheel

Do you believe in the art of growing old
Do you believe that rock n roll can save your soul
Do you believe in everything you do
Cuz when you do that’s when it all comes back to you
Before you think about yourself
Think of someone else
Do it for yourself
And do it for someone else

I find it more difficult to forgive myself, than it is for me to forgive others. Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” just played in my playlist. Somehow, it rings so true for me right now. The lyrics are below:

In this farewell
There’s no blood
There’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies

So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

I’ll face myself
To cross out what I’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what I’ve done

Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty

For what I’ve done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I’m forgiving what I’ve done!

What I’ve done
Forgiving what I’ve done

“You know, it’s funny. Some of us will never, ever find true love. Like, take for instance, me. And I’m pretty sure that guy, right there. And that lady with the sideburns. And basically everbody at table nine. But the worst thing is that me, fatty, sideburns lady, and the mutants over at table nine will never, ever find a way to better the situation. Because apparently, we have absolutely nothing to offer the opposite sex.” – The Wedding Singer

Today I had to give a special purpose speech for my presentational speaking class. I chose to give an acceptance speech of the Nobel Prize in Physics as Doctor Emmett Brown. Doc Brown was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the flux capacitor.  I’ve included my speech in this post for your enjoyment. I must also point out that I was wearing my recently acquired BTTF/Dr. Who Woot shirt at the time of speech delivery.

It Came Out of Nowhere

As a student of all sciences, I have dedicated the better part of my life and my family fortune to science. Today that dedication is recognized. Ya know, the funny thing is, I almost destroyed the very discovery I am being recognized for: the flux capacitor – which, as you all know, is what makes time travel possible. The concept for the flux capacitor originally came to me on November 5th, 1955. I remember the day well. I was standing on the edge of my toilet hanging a clock, the porcelain was wet, I slipped, and hit my head on the edge of the sink. When I came to I had a revelation, a vision, a picture in my head, a picture of the flux capacitor.

30 years later, in 1985, I realized the vision of that day. The way I saw it, if I was going to build a time machine into a car I was going to do it with some style. Besides, the stainless steel construction of the DeLorean was the perfect conductor for flux dispersal. On October 26^th, 1985 I saw the success of temporal experiment number one. During which I was able to send my dog Einstein, exactly one minute into the future. Once I caught up with Einstein and the time machine a minute later I was able to verify that the molecular structure of Einstein and the car were completely intact. It was at this point I knew that the flux capacitor worked.

After a few more trials I recognized there was a significant downside to my initial design. The original flux capacitor required an immense amount of electricity – 1.21 gigawatts to be exact. The only natural source of that amount of electricity is a bolt of lightning. Unfortunately, no one knows when and where one will strike. My work on the Manhattan Project provided me with the knowledge necessary to construct a small nuclear reactor to facilitate the generation of electricity required by the flux capacitor. Unfortunately, you can’t just walk into a store and purchase plutonium. I ended up using plutonium which was ripped off from a group of Libyan Nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn gave them a shiny bomb case full of used pinball machine parts.

Today I feel proud that I am able to share this technology with the world. The responsibility of time travel cannot be taken lightly. The slightest change in history can have a catastrophic effect on future events. For this reason, I propose the creation of the Institute of Future Technology. This worldwide organization will govern all time travel activities and technologies.

To conclude, I would like to thank the science community for recognizing my lifetime commitment to the world of science by honoring me with this Nobel Prize in Physics. I would also like to extend a very special thank you to my friend Marty. Good day.

Hello all, let me apologize in advance for my lack of posting as of late. A number of things have been occupying my time. Most notably of course is school. Let me just say that I am not a fan of online classes. They are more work then they are worth.

Last Friday the renovation work on my Mom’s kitchen began. Which means I have been assisting with that project. I went shopping with Mom on Saturday for a new over the range microwave and dishwasher. Several hours and 4 stores later we settled on a Kenmore dishwasher and GE microwave from Sears. Overall, it is a pretty large project. The kitchen is being gutted with the wall between the kitchen and dining room being removed. The sink and dishwasher will now be in an island. New cabinets along with a pantry and broom closet will be installed. The carpet in the dining room is going and the hardwood floor beneath will be resurfaced. All in all it should be an excellent change for her.

My latest project has been the configuration of an AsteriskNOW server. I’m hosting the Asterisk server inside a VMware Server virtual machine. The server is configured to use SIP and I currently have 5 extensions configured for myself and a few friends. I’m using a Cisco 7970, my roommate a Cisco 7960, and another friend is using the X-Lite soft phone. The project has presented a couple of challenges. One is configuring phones outside of my local network to work properly with NAT. Secondly, the configuration for a 7970 is different than that of a 7960. The 7970s now use XML files for all of its configuration. Nonetheless the 5 extensions work and can call each other. The next phase of this project is to integrate the Asterisk box with my VoicePulse account. This will allow us to make calls on the PSTN and also receive calls from the PSTN. I’ll provide another update as to how that goes.

Sorry for the long post, I needed to bring you all up to speed on what I’ve been up to.