Too often, many of us who are beneficiaries of those who made the ultimate sacrifice ignore memorial day. Thank you, all that served, those who are maimed in heart or body, and those who sacrificed themselves for my peace and freedom.

Do not stand at my grave

Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.

I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.

When you awaken in the mornings hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight,
I am the soft stars that shine at night.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die.

Mary Elizabeth Frye (1904-2004)

Charter Communications—my ISP unfortunately—is testing a plan that will monitor customers’ web surfing habits. The informaion will be sold to NebuAd, a sleazy spam company.


"Enhanced online experience" my ass. There are several problem I see with this assuming they go beyond their test market.

1. You don't opt-in, you have to opt-out. I can tell you a thing or two about Charters "opt-out" because every year I have to opt-out of email spam from Charter as well as deny them permission to sell me email addy to third parties. There are a lot of hoops I have to jump through just to get this done, and then it has to be renewed all over again every year.

2. Once this gets into their main market I don't see them telling the rest of their customers that they are going to be sending them spam. I don't want Charter customers visiting any of my blogs or forums and ticked off at me because they see annoying ads on my page.

3. The experience I have had on forums and blogs displaying legitimate ads is that the big ad companies get high server load and slow down page loads. Not to mention muck up the bandwidth with high content ads and flash content.

4. Although the ads won't originate on my page, they are inserted into the data stream by Charter as if I put them there. With no legal background I still have to wonder about Charter or anyone else tampering with the data I send to my reader's browsers, few though they may be.

Well I don't intend to take the heat for ads that Charter places in the stream from this or any of my sites. A team at the University of Washington in Vancouver has developed Web Integrity Checker. If you click the link the page will tell you if the stream has been tampered with on it's way to your browser. They have also developed a bit of code that administrators can put on their site to warn the reader as well as send the offending info to the administrators email. It's called a Web Tripwire Toolkit. If you have a website and don't want your pages rewritten, I would highly recommend using it.




Charter is out to make a buck anyway they can, and rumor has it that they have operated at a loss last year and the first quarter this year. Their stock has been in the tank, and they almost got de-listed on the stock exchange. I may have to drop Charter and check out AT&T DSL.

 
Today the 29th of April is Ben & Jerry's 30th annual FREE CONE DAY!

Head over to your nearest Ben & Jerry's scoop shop location and treat yourself.

Age 15, height 1ft-11in, weight 11 pounds. Wow! That's about half a pound per inch. She sure is a cutie though. I could take her home and put her on my nicknack shelf. ;)

In the picture below on the left the 13 month old boy is bigger than she is. On the right is Jyoti and her classmates.

While Children Watched. How gruesome.

 
Coincidence or God's hand?

This is quite a story, and a true story of Holocaust survivors Herman and Roma Rosenblat. It is a true story, and a movie is being made by Atlantic Overseas Pictures based on the events. The the young lad pictured below is of young Herman. The other is a recent picture of Herman and Roma. The story starts below (you may want to grab a tissue).


Thanks to Celia Farber at Dean's World.

 
My apologies for the light posting recently. Well very light, as I haven't been a heavy poster for a couple of years anyway.

The reason for the lack of posts is that I've been quite busy. I have been developing Invision IP.Board forum skins. However I hope to have a little more time soon.

Personally I think the world needs more moms like this. Jane Hambleton placed an ad and sold her 19 year old son Steven's car after finding booze under the front seat.


Steven said it was a friend who left the booze in the car not him. Tough luck I say. Mom and her son received offers to do a show from Good Morning America, Oprah Winfrey, and Ellen DeGeneres.


The mom was perfectly with in her rights to sell the car because she bought it for him to begin with at Thanksgiving time, and set forh two rules. No Booze, and Keep It Locked.

 
You could take Saddam Hussein's old 256 footer out and kick the tires....





....If you have an extra $34 million to splurge that is.

But hey, it has "bulletproof glass, closed-circuit television, storage space for a large cache of weapons, including heavy machine guns and surface-to-air missiles, and a secret passage that runs the length of the boat for easy access to a fast patrol boat and a mini-submarine pod for emergency exits."

 
Recently I answered a post on one of the many forums I haunt for a person who had computer problems after a power failure. The person wanted to know why his surge protection had failed, and what kind to replace it with.

Because I spent most of my life working in electronic equipment repair (I'm retired now) I have seen tons of damage done either by poor or worn out surge protection, or the lack any surge protection to start with. For what it's worth I'll repeat the information I posted on selecting a surge suppressor.

Unless you are going to spend a lot of money, like over $100, your surge suppressor will most likely be what is known as the MOV (metal oxide varistor) variety of protection. If you pay less than $10 it's still uses MOVs, but probably poor 1-way protection. More on types of MOV protection later.

Some people erroneously think all power strips are surge protectors. Unless the UL label says "transient voltage surge suppressor" the UL rating is there only to rate them for their performance as an extension cord. If there is no UL label at all it's likely junk regardless of what else the package says, so don't buy it. However the UL label only means that the item has been rated to meet minimum standards.

All MOV surge protectors have three ratings, clamping voltage, energy absorption and response time. All of these ratings are very important to protecting your electronic equipment.

Clamping voltage - This tells you the voltage at which the MOVs kick in to conduct electricity, shunting it away from your equipment. In power strips there are three UL ratings for clamping voltages. These are 330V, 400V and 500V, with 330V being the best. Because this is the voltage that the MOV clamps at, it is also the voltage that will be allowed through to your connected equipment until the surge passes.

Keep in mind that your nominal 120 volt AC house current is measured as a RMS (root mean square) voltage. The actual peak of the constantly changing AC voltage, which is the important factor here, is substantially higher around 170V, and somewhat closer to the clamping voltage of a 330V MOV. Modern switch-mode power supplies in todays electronic equipment will compensate spontaneously to this temporary increase allowed by the MOV, protecting the delicate circuits they supply.

Energy absorption - How much energy in joules (watt seconds) the surge protector will absorb before it fails. The higher the number here the better, but it should be at least 400. I would recommend at least 600 or more. Higher energy absorption surge suppressors either have physically larger MOVs or multiple MOVs wired in parallel.

Response time - There is a slight delay as an MOV responds, or begins to shunt to the power surge. This rating is in nanoseconds or picoseconds. Look for one with a response time of < 1 nanosecond (billionth) or better yet picoseconds (trillionths). The longer this delay the longer your equipment will be exposed to the full unclamped the surge.

Another very important factor to look for is the type of protection. You may have read packages that say 2-way or 3-way surge protection (if it doesn't say it's probably only the minimum 1-way protection). If this sounds confusing, it simply means how many ways the incoming power lines are protected, and is also a factor in price. Chances are if it's less that $10 it is only 1-way low energy absorption protection. Still 1-way is better than none.

1 way (Hot to Neutral) - Good
2 way (Hot to Neutral, Hot to Ground) - Better
3 way (Hot to Neutral, Hot to Ground, Neutral to Ground) - Best

MOV surge suppressors have a finite lifetime and will always wear out. When is determined by how many, and how large the surges are that your surge suppressor is exposed to. Generally you will not know when they wear out unless they short, which commonly only happens from lightening damage. Your equipment will still work after they wear out, but you just no longer have any protection. As a rule of thumb the higher the joules (energy absorption) rating the longer the surge protector will last. At any rate it's a good idea to replace MOV type surge suppressors every few years.

Most people know better, but I have seen some people use those three prong adapters. They are mostly used by people in older homes not up to code, but don't use them. Using one will open up the ground, effectively removing the all surge protection from the circuit. Fastening the wire coming out of the adapter under the outlet plate screw won't help because the screw often either isn't grounded properly, or worse, is made of PVC or some other material that is either a poor or non-conducting material.

 
I recently ran across a blogger with a great writing style and keen knowledge of UN history. It isn't that i deny that the UN has done good in the world, it has, but to see the good without considering the other side of the scale is an abstraction to reality. A view that makes excuses for Despots, gives money and aid to our enemies, allow our country's image to be muddied, and generally promote socialism.

Although I've excerpted a fairly large piece it's just a small portion of this sagely written post. Please read the whole thing right here.


Source: The Assistant Village Idiot

This article was written by, Warren "Bones" Bonesteel, posted at his request!

Please feel free to share this with our mutual friends and acquaintances. Also feel free to share this with those who are ready to take the next step in their very own 'Hero's Journey.'

The cycle of The Hero's Journey comes around, once again.

The End of the 'Beginning.'

Part One.

Keep well in mind that each one of us first embarked upon our own Hero's Journey at the very moment of conception within our mother's wombs. As we mature physically, mentally and emotionally, however, most people repeatedly refuse or ignore the "Call to Adventure," thereby losing the opportunity to grow, to learn, and to change the world for the better for all of us. Some few among us do, finally, accept that Call. Most of those who do accept that Call are seldom known by their peers, especially in their own lifetimes. Instead, once they have accepted that Call to Adventure, they effectively have no more peers. At first, you, as Hero, will truly learn what it means to be alone in a crowd. In the end, you will learn that there is no such thing as loneliness. There is only peace.

Within the context of our personal Heroes' Journeys, we are, or can become, the Mentor in someone else's Journey. We can also be the Trickster, the Gatekeeper, the Goddess, the Ally or one among many other archetypes. Thus, without other people, even our former peers and those who've refused the Call to Adventure, the completion of each of our personal and individual Hero's Journeys is endangered. We absolutely need one another in order to become capable of completing our Journeys and then returning with the 'boon' that will benefit others.

From the outside, or even from the 'inside,' The Hero's Journey doesn't always end with the Hero living happily ever after...or even being known or acknowledged as a "Hero." In many stories, the "Hero" is never known by other characters as having contributed anything to society, although, within the context of the story, he may have saved and/or transformed their very lives. In fact, once you read enough of those stories, you'll find that most "Heroes" in most stories never had a normal or 'happy' life to begin with. No matter their social status, they were usually dissatisfied or disillusioned with their 'normal' lives and/or with their 'normal' cultures and societies, if, indeed, they were not previously abused by them.

In most Hero's Journeys, at the very end, a 'sacrifice' must often be made. This often means that the Heroes, themselves, will die a natural or supra-natural death. This is often a death in combat or some other type of struggle, ala Achilles, Socrates, etc., or an undignified death at the hands of the Hero's enemies, in which his/her enemies succeed only in defeating themselves. The movie, "Braveheart," offers a telling example of the latter. In the end, even death has no victory over the "Hero." Death holds no fear for him. He or she has literally and/or preternaturally transcended death. At that point, the Hero will have learned no more or less than what all of the wisest of mankind's Avatars have tried to teach us for thousands of years.
On the plus side, the Hero becomes capable of doing things that most people only ever dream of, at best. He leads a rich, fulfilling, interesting, even adventurous, if often dangerous, life. He is no longer of this world and the world is no longer in him. In the end, his own life experiences, knowledge, education, wisdom and insight far exceed those of his former peers. In the end, for the Hero, the Veil between this world and the next becomes transparent.

Had he refused The Call to Adventure, had he chosen safety over the unknown, or the familiar over the strange, the Hero would have never known the opportunity to grow, to learn, to overcome his own limitations, and then, at last, to share what he has learned with others.

Part Two.

In years past, several good men and women were my own mentors, gatekeepers , advisors, supporters and counselors. Among several of those who absolutely changed my own life were George, John, and Rodger. (Ruth Ann has been my metaphorical "Goddess." Without the "mystical weapon" which she provided, this last cycle of my own Journey could not have been well-begun, let alone complete...)

Most of those men and women, my own Mentors, are now gone, having 'sacrificed' themselves for the sake of others. In an almost mystical fashion, the accounts of the final moments of each of them are nearly identical. In the end, they each and every one left this world with a final gesture, a small movement or wave of the hand, seeming to offer blessing or peace and comfort to others, then, quietly closing their eyes, they left this world behind. In my own mind, they are, each one of them, Men and Women who stand among the pantheons of the world's greatest Heroes. Without regard to time or effort, t.hey changed the lives of many others for the better. Few among men remember their names. Few among men will ever know of them. They are the men and women who helped to transform my own life, for the better. Unacknowledged and often despised by their peers and their 'betters,' they changed the world for all time to come, for all of us. They were my own Mentors. Among those who issued me my own "Call to Adventure," they are, were, and remain, my personal Heroes.

As with nearly all Hero's Journeys, in time, the Mentors in my life left me, the Hero in my own Journey, much too soon. Why didn't they 'take better care of themselves?' Why didn't they do 'this' or 'that' or the 'other?' At the time, the answers to those questions were, to me, incomprehensible. A conundrum! An enigma! I was lost without them, the best among men, my Mentors! How could I ever survive without them? Now, I know the answer; at least, in part.

Their own lives were constrained by their own Hero's Journey. In retrospect; and having spent many hours and days with them, I learned that their own lives were subject to a similar 'fate' as my own. Many things that other people simply take for granted were not even a part of their "decision tree." Any alternative to what these Heroes did in life was unthinkable or else simply unavailable to them. The 'mission' of the Hero, or Hero as Mentor, is never about himself or even about what he wants, needs or desires. Such selfish needs and desires, especially those of his former peers, are nearly incomprehensible to him.

The Mentor also knows that sacrifice is necessary. In time, the Hero also learns this Truth. Indeed, the word 'sacrifice' no longer has any meaning to the Hero or to the Mentor. Suffering is no longer suffering. Sacrifice is no longer sacrifice. Giving is no longer considered to be 'taking' something from one's self. At the very end of his Journey, the 'normal' world is no longer a place where the Hero (or the Hero as Mentor) is comfortable. The world, his previous 'normal' life, is no longer comfortable with him. Plus, in all Hero's Journeys, the Mentor must eventually leave, or else the Hero whom he has mentored in his turn, will never grow, learn, and then transform the world as he himself has been transformed.

As some of you may have noticed, over the last few months, my own cognitive functions are failing me. My communications with most of you have completely stopped or else become short comments attached to larger 'cut and pastes.' Such communications as the one you now read no longer take minutes of my time. They require hours upon hours of intense effort. This one has taken more than sixteen hours, with numerous 'breaks.' My short and long term memory has also begun to fail. (How many times have I asked you to repeat something that you've just said? Not that I couldn't hear, but because I couldn't remember, let alone focus upon what you'd just told me.) In any case, my cognitive functions are not what they were even a year ago. My physical health has diminished and with each day that passes, additional signs of such failing health are revealed to me. Getting out of bed has become a physical, painful struggle. If I walk a mere forty or fifty feet, I must then rest and catch my breath. Sitting at the computer has become a physically wearying process. Eating a decent meal has even become tiring. I also find that I must lay down and 'rest' several times during the day. Although physical pain has become a constant companion, at present, it is nothing more than many little pains added together, which is .distracting, at best. ;O)

So, although I'm not an old man; for me, what others would call a premature death is now almost assured. A few weeks or months, or possibly a couple of years longer, and I must leave you. The final climax of my own Hero's 'Great Cycle' approaches. At this point in my life, I have few regrets. Those few regrets that I still harbor are often a torment to me, even knowing that objective hindsight reveals that I could have acted no differently with the resources available to me during the periods in question. Indeed, many avenues of action that others take for granted were closed to me. In short, my life has been chock-full of unsolvable paradoxes and catch-22s. The Hero's Journey is often more like that than not, really. If this were not true, the Hero would never become transformed into the man or woman they eventually become; an individual capable of transforming not only himself or herself, but capable of transforming the world around them, with the lone caveat, "Let those with ears to hear, hear."
For me, the Veil between this world and the next is literally becoming transparent.

Part Three.

Although, in some ways, I am like a little kid who wants to 'stay up late' just to see what happens next in this ol' world, my curiosity about what's 'on the other side' has been growing for quite some time. I have also well-learned that this present world is, indeed, Maya. An Illusion. The 'scroll of heaven,' unrolled. A very fine-grained simulation or virtual reality, if you will. I think that I am, at long last, almost ready to experience True Reality. A place beyond our present considerations of power. A place beyond deception, corruption and self-interest. A place beyond danger, fear or temptation. So, in the end, no matter his life or death, heaven, or paradise, if you will, always awaits the Hero.

For me, my time among you is growing short. For those who have relied upon my own meager and inadequate attempts to Mentor and Counsel and Advise, you must gather your strength and take the next step in your own Hero's Journey. Some things I have not yet shared, for you are not ready for them. Others, you will have to learn for yourselves, in any case. There are some things that no one else can teach you. They are things which can only be learned, not taught. Other 'lessons' have been beyond any ability of mine to properly convey. There are many things which you, in your turn, will learn and discover that would never have crossed my mind. As similar as each of our Journeys are, they are never exactly the same. Each one of us is different. Each of us is unique and special. We each have an ability, a talent, a gift, an insight that no other can offer. If you accept the Call to Adventure, in time, you will learn what your true gifts are. Then, and only then, others will be drawn to you, as you will be drawn to them, to Mentor and to be Mentored.

You have all been my Mentors, my Allies, my 'Goddesses,' and even my friendly - or not so friendly - Tricksters. Without each one of you, my own Journey could never have been complete. For this, I am sincerely grateful for your time and consideration as well as for your patience. Whether you know it or not, I have learned much more from you than I was ever able to teach.

Here, near the end of my own physical Journey, constrained by my personal 'destiny' and the patth that I, alone, must walk, and looking beyond this present life, the only question that remains is: "Which way lies perfect freedom?" or, more aptly phrased, "How do I complete the delivery of the 'boon/elixir' in the most effective manner possible?" 'Self-Sacrifice' and/or an inglorious death at the hands of my enemies? or preternatural peace? Either way, I still 'win. Either way, so do you. In the end, whatever the rest of the world might say or think or do, whatever the outward appearances or the 'spin,' the true Hero never, ever loses.

The viral memes and narratives that I've worked on - daily, for two months shy of seven years - are now beyond anyone's control. They will continue to grow and to spread. In most respects, those memes and narratives never had my name attached to them. They never did. I freely gave of what was freely given to me. Most of the people with whom I've interacted over the last seven years are not even aware that they have been 'infected.' Thus, a new Journey for humanity has begun. My own mission in life has, finally, been accomplished. I'm kinda excited about that. My next 'mission' should be very intriguing, and, perhaps, even challenging. I'm looking forward to it. My own, personal, Jubilee is almost here.

Life, you see, is only the beginning.

I am the whisper on the wind.
The fire in your soul,

I, the will that cannot bend.

Unquenchable coal,

I'm the blaze of freedom's mend.

S.


Warren "Bones" Bonesteel

Author and Researcher

Sgt USMC 1976-1983

55 Crestview Drive Rapid City, SD 57701

(605) 348-2830

wrsteel@blackhawke.net

 
Ok guys and gals, here is a chance to help hospitalized veterans and the troops in the field. Help Gina Elise with her posters and calendars "Pin Ups for Vets" project.

1. The calendars would be sold to raise funds for our hospitalized Veterans.


2. The calendars would be delivered as gifts to our ill and injured Veterans with messages of appreciation from the donors.


3. The calendars would be sent to our deployed troops to help boost morale and to let them know that Americans back home are thinking of them.

Pin Ups for Vets News Clip



With Gina's online purchase forms your can have them sent to veterans, active duty troops, or order them for yourself.

Via Grandpa John's.

THE FUTURIST Magazine has published their selections for the annual Top Ten Forecasts. Here are the predictions. Read the article linked above for the details.


I think that #4, counterfeiting currency, the most likely prediction, and #8 that Africa will have a 70-fold increase in floods the most unlikely. Mainly because I don't think sea levels will rise that much with global warming, or that much if they do. The most fascinating for me is #5, that the earth is on the verge of a significant extinction event. I'm not sure why, because I don't fear it, nor discount it.

Which do you find the most likely? The Most unlikely? The most fascinating? Post your responses in the comments.

One would think that Arabs wouldn't have much to do with Israel, unless it was to get some territory back. However enemies appear to be able to put their differences aside in one area: to watch porn.


Ah yes, porn, the international language.

Need a lawyer? Fees are going up: way up, like the far side of $1000 an hour billing for top firms. Is any lawyer really worth that much? Probably not unless your on death row, and think they have at least a slim chance of getting you off. Or possibly a large companies and corporations.


In my case the "vomit point" is reached long before half that.

 
About one and a half to two years ago I was given a Hoa Quynh plant that bloomed last night for the first time. And no, I can't pronounce it let alone remember the name of it. I just call it my Viet Nam plant like many other people. Probably because they are very common there, and many servicemen brought them home. This is a member of the "Night Blooming Cereus" family and sometimes also called "Queen of the night."

I was expecting it to bloom around midnight as per rumor, so I was quite surprised to find it fully open when I checked at 10:30PM. Fortunately I already had my camera set up on the tripod in closeup mode because I was busy setting up a forum most of the night. From the look of the blooms I may also missed the fullest opening of them (you can darn near watch them open). By 2AM the only two blooms on the plant (which is already over 6 ft tall now) were showing signs of wilting. By around 4-5 AM they were closed and wilting away.

Anyhow here are a couple of the pictures I took. Click either picture for a larger view (opens in a new window or tab).





In this second picture I couldn't get a proper angle to get both in the picture with the bloomed flower facing the camera. The stems are a pretty flimsy and delicate so I can't move them around too much. But I included it to show you somewhat how the rest of the plant looks. Maybe I should say bush or tree instead of plant. The slender dark stalk to the left of the blooms is a leafless shoot that sprouted up in the last 6 weeks or so, and is the over 6 foot part of the plant. The older part where the blossoms are is a little over 3 feet.





If you find one of these plants they are very easy to care for. In fact it's rather hard to abuse them even if you forget to water it. Probably because it is a member of the cacti family.

Also anytime a leaf, breaks off (usually if I accidentally smack it), I just stick it in another pot and in a few months you have another one growing. The friend who gave me this plant had a piece of stem left from pruning hers. She cut it into four pieces and planted them. They all grew.

If you are in the Janesville, WI area and want one, I have half a dozen started now so leave me a comment below (or email Sandi on the navbar). I've given at least four or five of them away in the last year or so.

Up until now I have been pretty happy with the Google Browser Toolbar add-on for FireFox. However after trying the Applian Media Toolbar Applian Media is one of the worlds leaders in stream capture recording tools. I've uninstalled the Google toolbar add-on now, and doubt I will miss it. About the only element of Google's toolbar that I used very often anyway was the handy "Search this site" feature.

The Applian toolbar also has "Search this site," but a few other features that I find useful, leaving Google in the dust.


Click to see my Applian toolbar normal size (new window)



One feature that I like is a "Record Anything" button with a drop-down menu with options to capture stream, convert and burn, turn any stream into MP3, make screen capture videos etc.





Another great feature if you like music like I do is the Radio Player. It comes with more than a dozen stations preset but you can add as many as you like. Presently I have mine set to 50s 60s 70s oldies.

 



A habit I have had for sometime is checking the weather and temperature often. Weather Bug and other desktop or browser add-ons were unsatisfactory at best. The Applian toolbar has weather built in. The temperature, customizable to most popular cities, is always displayed on the toolbar after the radio player or privacy button (popup blocker).



Clicking on the Temperature will bring up the local 3 day forecast. Further information is available by clicking on one of the 3 days in the forecast.





Right now I can't report on the popup blocker (shows as "Privacy" on the toolbar) because I haven't had it installed long enough to form an opinion. As far as the rest of toolbar, it works great. And there are more features than I've shown you that I find little interest in, like toolbar buttons for a media guide and Applian News. You can find more about them at the Applian website shown in the link at the top of this post.

Last Thursday I posted a clip "The Boy Who Sees Through Sound." It's a CBS clip I found on YouTube after watching a documentary on the cable TLC channel called "the boy who sees without eyes."

The documentary tells a more complete story than the CBS clip, including Ben's refusal to use a cane because he doesn't want pity, or to appear handicapped. Ben learns the value of the cane at the end when Dan Kish—another who is blind from birth—takes Ben and others on a mountain hike.

After more searching I found the entire documentary broken up into the 5 segments below. This is a must watch.

The boy who sees without eyes [1/5]




The boy who sees without eyes [2/5]




The boy who sees without eyes [3/5]




The boy who sees without eyes [4/5]




The boy who sees without eyes [5/5]

Dan Kish, who helped Ben Underwood in the last couple clips runs a website called World Access for the Blind, with methodology, instructions, workshops and videos.

Yesterday I watched an amazing documentary on the cable TLC channel, of a boy who had his eyes removed at age 2 because of cancer. Soon after Ben learned to see using sound instead of light. He makes clicking noises, and uses echo location like a dolphin or bat. This may be old news to some of you because he has been on Opera, CBS and other shows. However I'm not a fan of either.

Ben can shoot hops (and he's good), skate in the street seeing and avoiding traffic, rides a bike, plays video games, and trounces people with sight at foosball.



Or read the CBS article about how Ben conquered the darkness with echolocation.