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Finally, what I have been telling my mother since I got a nintendo when I was 13 years old has come true. Playing video games is really better for your brain then reading. We had that argument several times during my Junior High days.

But really, there is something to video games. I see high school kids everyday playing Pokemon. And, it's not just boys either. Everyone loves Pokemon. They know the names of all the pokemon, and what they do. If they knew half as much about math, (or spent half as much time on it) they would all be in Calculus as Freshman. It's not surprising though, they have been playing their whole life.

Now, if you'll excuse me. I downloaded Dead Head Fred for the Playstation Portable to do some research.

My bio

Hello, I'm Ryan Adams. I grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, home of the Jayhawks. Although I got my undergrad from the University of Wyoming, I consider myself a Jawhawk because I lived there so long. (Plus, my sister is the assistant rowing coach). But now, even though I am at UCD, I need to start cheering for the Metro State Roadrunners because my wife teaches English there.

I teach at Green Mountain, so now I am a Ram, but last year I was a Prairie Hawk. From 1997 to 2003 I taught at South Junior High, so I was a cougar. But, I coached at Lawrence High, so I was also a Lion. (The cool thing is it's "Chesty Lions" not just lions. Michael Feldman from NPR's "What do you know" made fun of it, once)

As you can tell, I live my life though mascots. At home, we are the Yellow Labs and the mascot's name is "Barley." We run her around the apartment complex when ever something good happeneds at home and yell, "Wooo We're number one!!!!" If I were to have a personal mascot, it would have to be a killer whale because while playing "sharks and minnows" with the LHS swim team, one of the athletes said, "Wow, coach, you move just like a killer whale." I think if I was a little skinnier he would have chosen dolphin.

I have learned my first thing about posting on Blogger, the pictures end up on top of the text. I'll leave them there to serve as an example to you all.