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An Animated History of Aviation

Jake — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:28:42 +0000

Many of you know of my love for all things aviation if so you’ll realize why I liked this animation so much.

My Flying Car is Coming Very Close to Reality

Jake — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:28:03 +0000

Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn … then lead

Jake — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:28:15 +0000

A great Ted talk about changes in leadership over time and how it has evolved in the digital age.

A little trouble getting in the Spirit

Jake — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:00:10 +0000

I have to admit that this year I have had trouble getting in the Christmas Spirit. Not with the true meaning and spirit of Christmas the birth of Christ but just with I guess the secular Christmas stuff you might say? I am having trouble expressing this thought so before I twist this around to where no one can understand it let me just say it this way

The birth of Christ our savior I am good with.
The spirit of giving this time of year I am good with.
Everything else large and small in between I am just kind of blahhhh.

I can’t really explain why I have been blah this Christmas. The blessings that my family and I have received this year are truly too numerous to count. Maybe I am just tired and really need the next 13 days that I have planned off we’ll see. (but back to the point of the post)

Then we get to today, when I received the video below in an email today from a friend. It just made me smile and just kicked me out of my Christmas Blah.

So if you are experiencing the Christmas Blah this year I hope it does the same for you.

Thanks Kathy Smith for yanking me out of the Christmas Blah.

Merry Christmas!

Jake — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:03:37 +0000

Today is 3 years

Jake — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:20:24 +0000

Yep its hard to believe that three years ago today we moved into what was then our “new house”. Since then we have remodeled the entire house finishing up the inside during my vacation in October of last year. Which was not all that bad when you think about all the days I have been on the road. Technically we have been in the house 1095 days and of those days I have spent about 225 nights on the road. So if you do the math I have been gone 20% of the time that we have owned the house (29% of the time if you just count business days).

Enough math now the important bit. Like any good homeowner I have before and after pictures showing all the work. Sure I could just post the pics but a movie is always better enjoy!

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Very Proud Of My 4.0 Wife

Jake — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:21:16 +0000

It is my pleasure to present to you my summa cum laude wife Mrs. Jessica R. Stapleton.

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Merry Christmas From the Stapletons

Jake — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 05:14:29 +0000

Greetings and Salutations Faithful Stapleton Blog Readers!

With everything going on this month it appears that my domestic engineer failed to send out any Christmas Cards. (She had some surgery excuse or something like that.)

That being said we would like to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas and thank you for the prayers and support that you have sent our way. Although this has been a turbulent year we never fail to ultimately appreciate the many blessings that have been bestowed upon us. As you go forth to celebrate Christmas today and the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ may safety, love, and peace be your company.

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Look a politician that can take a joke and poke fun at themselves.

Jake — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:37:54 +0000

I think this shows pretty conclusively that Sarah Palin can take a joke.Â The only thing I can say is "Man I hope she has the opportunity to run for President herself someday".

Apologies

Jake — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:13:50 +0000

Sorry to everyone on the email notice list. I neglected to turn the email notice feature off while I was troubleshooting the blog. It appears that my shameless self promotion posting on 09-01 made the site not work with Internet Explorer and since 42% of my users use IE that was a problem. (Yes I really have that statistic, I can also tell you that 33% of you access the site using a cable modem, that I have 77 unique visitors, and that currently people in 5 countries read my blog and that is just some of the information but I digress )

So sorry for all the email tonight but the video does now work with all the major browsers at this time.

Enjoy

Re-posted Shameless Self Promotion Entry

Shameless Self Promotion

Well that’s all this is but I am just proud & excited about the intro that I
built for the church’s website videos. It’s the first time that I have
tried something like this, sure I edit video to chop it up for time but this is
my first time blending several elements into one. I am thinking about starting a new ministry “Nerds for the Lord”. I think its catchy.

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Cracks me up

Jake — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:10:16 +0000

Ok maybe this is just funny to me because I work in the Financial Technology sector. But this really just cracked me up.

The perfect Pledge of Allegiance

Jake — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:23:06 +0000

Maybe I am just old fashion, but this perfectly describes my feelings about the United States.

It is unbelievable to me that so many people today do not believe in American Exceptionalism. This is the greatest country on the face of the earth! Sure sometimes we can get a little too involved with ourselves but that’s just being human. However when are mobilized for greatness and with purpose there is no stopping the juggernaut that is the USA.

We owe so much to the American solider that stands sentinel around this planet. We owe so much to the factory worker that keeps the economy moving. We owe so much to the miner that helps to power our country. We owe so much to every American that has said “I will work and do my best everyday to carry out and live the American Dream”. Finally we owe so much to our Lord the one and only God who has bestowed so many blessing upon these United States of America.

(Hat tip to Nancy for sending me the link.)

The memory is a funny thing . . .

Jake — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:32:23 +0000

It’s hard to believe that it was 19 years ago the last time an Indiana Jones movie came out. That was the summer of 1989 when Batman (with Michael Keaton), Lethal Weapon 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, & Star Trek 5 (ok 3 out of 4 were really good) all came out. Isn’t it odd how a movie or a song can bring back your memories so vividly of where you were and what you were doing? For instance I remember that The Last Crusade premiered on a Wednesday Night and mom let me go see it with Willie even though it was a school night. Willie was either working at Circuit City or was living in Wheeling (can’t quite remember that). We went to the 9:45 show and the Cinema Theatre downtown (before it was split up into 4 different theaters) I even remember that I bought the movie poster in the lobby. That was to be our last Summer with Dad and I was leaving Junior High and going to High School. Just take a moment and think about what was different back then. There was no World Wide Web, PC’s were definitely a luxury item, no DVD players, most phones in your home still had a cord, cellular phones cost a few thousand dollars, you got your news from a newspaper, and there was no Wal-Mart in town. Let’s also not forget the fact that I had more hair, was at least 60 pounds lighter, and my future wife was 11. Think about all the things that you use and have in life today that were not around then. Sometimes we may think that change is slow and time is creeping along but in reality it goes by far too quickly.You may ask Jake what brought all this up? Well I found a trailer for the new Indiana Jones film in my RSS feeds today and it made met think and reminisce a little. The trailer is below may it assist you in your walk down memory lane.Enjoy!