Rubiks Cube

Well, in my 2014 summary I mentioned that I was into Rubik's cubes. So I would like to blog about that. Oh and in 2014 swimming was AWESOME!!! I set plenty of new times and had a ton of fun, especially because now I'm in a much higher training group than before. Anyway, I have an interest in cubes now and I expect to keep it. I own and know how to solve the following puzzles: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, and the 3x3 Void. Now the Void may confuse you. It is the same as a 3x3, except that it has no centers. The centers on a cube mark the color of that side and cannot change positions. The Void, with no centers, is harder because you don't know what side to build your colors on, and results in a very hard solve. With the 4x4 and 5x5, you have to build the centers out of center pieces, and then build your edges, while on the 3x3, that's already done for you. If you would like to see me solve these puzzles, I have videos on my YouTube channel (CubeTuber) where you can watch me solve them in time-lapse or real time. I encourage you to subscribe to that channel.

Anyway, teaching myself how to solve these cubes and finding out speed tricks for them has taken a lot of time, but it pays off and they are really fun to solve.

2014 Summary

So. 2014. I have started to blog less but at least I keep it going. Anyway 2014 started out great as far as I can remember. (Hey I am trying to remember what happened over 365 days ago.) Ryan had his snow-shoveling business rolling and made plenty of money. I don't remember if we went to fish lake or not when the snow was still out. We have simply been there so many times I can't remember. Anyway the next thing I remember was June. We had two birthdays to celebrate, Ryan and Riley, and so it ended up being a busy month even though it was summer break. I do remember counting the weeks until school. Next was July. We had been to fish lake by now and were up there again. The Seals and Grandma and Papa Baker all went to Europe. They'd been there once but I think that was for vacation and this trip was church-related maybe. Anyway they were there for a month and well I wanted to go to Mexico so I could finally get out of the U.S. for once. August was awesome cause we went to Family Camp at UPBC. Oh I meant to say that we went to camp during July and had a lot of fun! Anyway right before Family Camp I got into magic tricks and continued it through October. I kinda slowed down on it but I still know some of my tricks and still think it's fun, but I'm just not too big on it anymore. Anyway November was cool. We went to Livonia for Thanksgiving and had a good time. December turned out great, and Christmas was awesome. Now I'm into Rubiks Cubes and do snow-shoveling with Ryan. I make plenty of money and all is going well. 

MOR

Mission: Eliminate the snow A.K.A that white stuff. 

Objective: Eliminate the snow A.K.A that white stuff. 

Reward: No snow A.K.A that white stuff. 

This is called MOR. Mission, Objective, and Reward. For most people these days, it's all about snow. Get rid of it. Now. Well, let me apply MOR to something else. Today I decided to come up with a formula for quick weight measuring. Now there are already plenty of these in today's world, but I had never developed one and had never seen one. So I was measuring weight the hard way. And I wanted to be able to convert tons into ounces easily. So I did a little math and figured out that every ton equals 32,000 ounces. 

Mission: Develop a weight formula. 

Objective: Develop a weight formula. 

Reward: Quick weight measuring and converting that uses tons and ounces. 

Notice that Mission and Objective must be the same. So you may be wondering, "Wait. Why doesn't he just say MR?" The answer is simple: there is no correct way to say MR. So MOR just works better. 

Now. You may also be saying, "Lecture time kiddies! Let's go home before the scary lecture guy bores us!" Please don't say that. I just want to say that MOR can be applied to anything. 

Mission: Invent a hovercar. 

Objective: Invent a hovercar. 

Reward: $$

Mission: Figure out how the world became like this. 

Objective: Learn about creation. 

Reward: Salvation

That's one of the very extremely rare things you can apply MOR to where Mission and Objective are NOT the same. 

Blog Change

NO.

I am not creating another blog to replace this one. After all this time, I would not do that. Just letting all the people of the world know I changed how my blog looks. That little black bar at the left of the screen when you are on my main page is not a bad virus your precious phone has. It just shows how to follow me by email and to see the Things I Like bar and translation and stuff. If for some alien reason you do not like it just write in the comments and I will change it. Thanks. 

P.S. Can someone tell that Bruce Baker dude that I am not sure what his name is? Thanks guys.

C.A.K.E.

Cake is something that I call cake. Yep. Believe it or not. I call cake cake. Now don't get the wrong idea here people: I am completely normal. Wait. Was that the wrong idea or the right idea I just stated? Probably the wrong idea. Let's try this again.

Cake is something that I call cake. Yep. Believe it or not. I call cake cake. Now people, don't get the idea that I am not normal. At least, that's what most people would think. "Oh wow, he calls cake cake. He ain't normal." But really. I am totally normal. You might think otherwise because most people (Yep, even you Papa Baker!) call cake C.A.K.E. Now don't get fussy or criticizing. I know that cake and C.A.K.E. have a very very very very slight similarity, but they are NOT THE SAME. You see, cake means yummy bread that tastes like chocolate or carrot or whatever you want it to. Frosting is optional. But C.A.K.E., well that is a whole different thing. It means Cupcakes And Kibbles Etc.

See the difference now? The whole time, over all these years of good food inventing, we were saying the wrong thing. Good thing I found a solution. Silly people we are. Man we are weird. Why in the world would we call cake C.A.K.E.?

A Puzzle

Well I didn't like how the other font looked so I'm going back to the old one. Anyway this blog will be a puzzle so I will type some sentences and you can see if you can find out what is wrong with them, or I will do a pattern with how I am typing it.


This one will be quite easy for you to figure out, and I really mean it too. Hopefully you notice something is wrong.

Thiis oone wiill bee eaasy tooo.

P.S. you might want to type your answerz in the comment boks.


insIde a houSe thErE was a Yucky Octagon with a pUppy. P.S. There's more than one sentence there! 

P.S. The P.S. right before this one (and this one) are not puzzles.


Well, I hope you figured all that out. Now for a riddle that I won't let you cheat on by watching The Hobbit. Remember when I mentioned Bilbo Baggins? He spoke a wonderful riddle that is so hard to answer correctly even my dad won't remember it! (Or will he?)


Thirty white horses on a red hill,
First they champ,
Then they stamp, 
Then they stand still.

What's the answer? Here's a hint: It is not outside, and just imagine it happening. It's also not inside.
 

You Got Courage?

"I feel stretched, Gandalf, like butter over too much bread." -Bilbo Baggins, first hobbit to possess the One Ring

"Remember to give glory to the One who authored nature." -Robert Boyle, founder of modern chemistry

"...one is completely stunned by the resourcefulness of the creator." -Carolus Linnaeus, the man who tried to classify all living things

Which character didn't have a brain? The scarecrow. Which character didn't have a heart? The tin man. 

Which character didn't have Courage?

Not only does the answer of that question apply to a lion with an extremely human face, it can mean everyone. Most people these days don't have a lot of courage. They like it when other people take the lead. When other people are brave enough to sacrifice things, or even themselves so other people can be safe or happy. The sayings above made by those people (though one never really existed physically) are totally, well, not courageous. But it doesn't matter what they said that made them courageous, but who they were and what they did. All three of those people needed a lot of courage to do what they did. Would you be willing to play a game with an insane creature in the dark that gives you a 50/50 chance of life or death? So you could be able to help other people be happy? Would you be willing to spend most of your life experimenting with chemistry to help the world advance after you died? Or write many books just classifying things that live for a very long time? Just some things to think about.

Summer Recap Part 2

After Boys Camp, we went home for two weeks before Family Camp. One weekend we went up to Livonia to pick up Daisy (she had been staying with Grammy and Papa Don while we were at camp). We played lots of card games there and visited Greenfield Village for the last time of the summer. When we went home, it was nice to be back for a while. We relaxed that week before heading right back up to UPBC. We saw lots of friends there, went to nice scenic places and I even participated in the talent show for the first time to do magic tricks. There were campfires every night and I ate lots of ice cream.

After Family Camp, we went home for the remaining weeks until school started. This would be Ryan's freshman year in high school, my 7th grade year and Megan's 5th grade year. Summer was fun and we made many memories.

Summer Recap Part 1

Well, last time I posted was at the beginning of summer. Now it is over. The last blog said we put in the boat lifts at Fish Lake. This blog says we took them out yesterday. This blog also states that there will be two parts to my summer recap, and this is part 1.


After the last blog post, it was about a month of summer vacation at home. Then I went to UPBC for Adventure 13, and at the same time Mom and Megan went up with a few friends for Girls Camp. Adventure 13 was very fun and tiring and included hiking, mountain biking, and seeing sights that were very cool. I lost my retainer that Wednesday and still am waiting for a new one. One or two kids went to the hospital for injuries that included a badly sprained ankle and a nearly dislocated knee. After Adventure 13 I went straight into my last week of going to Boys Camp. I decided to do riflery and challenge course activities. We did CTF almost every day and on Wednesday we prepared for the day away. Most of the cabins went on the hiking trip (A.K.A the trip that is barely a mile of hiking) but my cabin canoed against the waves across Lake Au Train and then spent another four hours canoeing down Au Train river. Along the way a friend of mine stole my giant cookie i was slowly eating as my only food until 8:00 PM. Dinner was okay, but I cracked a frozen hot dog before I could cook it. The message from our speaker every day was very good, and it kept me awake during chapel.

First two weeks of summer

Well, I went to Fish Lake a bit ago with the Seals and Grandma and Papa Baker. It was a lot of work! We put in the boat lifts, the boats, and a lot of other stuff. We got ice cream too. (Sorry, I don't expect this blog to be too long, it is my first one in a while.) Anyway, it was a lot of fun too. On Thursday, Grammy and Papa Don came over to visit. Papa, Ryan, Mom, and I went for a bike ride later. We went to DQ (Hmm... a two-consonant restaurant...) and got a snack. Grammy and Megan stayed home and watched a movie. (Let it go!) Yesterday, they went with Mom to a store and got some pop. But Megan got the good stuff! (No free advertising allowed)While Ryan and I got Buffalo wing and cookie dough flavored pop, she got (Nope. Can't sa-WOULD YOU GET OUT OF HERE YOU BLOG INTRUDER?!) Coke. Good old Coke pop. I don't know, but the picture thing isn't working.