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So I was looking at some NFL draft information and came across some heights and weights for prospective players. I’m currently about 6′2 (rounded up) and ~195lbs. This got me to wondering what kind of positions I could play if I were a tad more athletic than I am now.

If I had a mean streak in me, I could play Safety as I found a couple of players listed at roughly 6′2″ and 190lbs.

If I added more muscle, I have decent height to play WR as there were a few wide receivers listed around 6′2″ and usually 210lbs. Also if I couldn’t catch anything, I’d also have a good height/weight for a cornerback.

I would also be able to play my favorite position of quarterback. Most of the prospective players were around 6′2″ to 6′4″ and usually around 200lbs. Even Drew Brees who’ll be playing in the super bowl tomorrow is listed at 6′0″, so I have a good height for a QB though maybe a tad on the shorter end.

Running back is also possible but most of the listed RB’s were a little shorter and a bit heavier (more muscle).

So it looks like the NFL could be in my future! Too bad I’d probably get killed the first time someone attempted to tackle me.

So over this past Christmas holiday, Mazie and I did a little bit of decorating to our house. We’re still slow in the whole decorating aspect, but we’ll get there eventually. Anyways, we were thinking of what to hang on the walls, so Mazie came up with the idea of framing some photos that I’ve taken.

I think I’ve taken over 20,000 photos in the past few years, so there had to be some good ones to hang up. One issue is that a large majority of my photos are typically of people, specifically of the YG. It might be a little weird for someone to walk into our house and see a huge portrait of a YG kid. So anyways, after sorting through a ton of photos, we decided to start by printing and framing the following photos.

So we printed these three photos to start with and hung them up. They actually came out looking pretty good printed in black and white. Nothing too spectacular, but we enjoy them nonetheless.

So I put together this collage to show off a few photos from 2009. I think you should be able to find most of these in either a post I made or in the photo albums. Anyways, Happy New Year everyone!

Thanks to the Chen’s for hosting this year’s YG Christmas Party. I put together an album from the evening. Here are a couple of photos from the evening.

Don’t forget to check out the album!

So this past weekend, Mazie and I took a quick trip out to California with my parents and brother to see some family and to visit my grandparents grave. While there, we were also able to visit the Getty Museum and take a walk down Rodeo drive. Lots of expensive shops and fancy cars. Here are two photos from the weekend.

Which one looks more like the statue?

Rolls Royce anyone?

So last week I was performing my civic duty by going in for jury selection. This was the first time that I had ever been even selected so I really didn’t have any idea of what to expect. Since I had already postponed my jury selection once, I was unable to do so again, so my call number was one of the lower ones, pretty much ensuring that I would have to go in.

So when I got to the county courthouse, I found out the details of what would be going on. I would be going through jury selection on a civil trial. Fortunately, I had also brought a book that day since I was doing a lot of waiting. When our group was finally called into the courtroom, the judge, attorneys, and their clients were all there and the judge described the case to us.

There were about 40 or so potential jurors also seated in the room waiting to see what would happen next. The clerk went and randomly drew names to see which 18 I believe would be seated. The case was related to a car accident that occurred over two years ago. The plaintiff was basically suing the defendants over the accident. The defendants were already found liable, so I’m guessing they got a police ticket at the accident.

After the 18 jurors were seated, the lawyers for both sides went through the process of questioning the jurors about the case. They asked all sorts of questions were even the smallest detail could relate to the case. Whether a person knew the doctors who performed surgery, whether a person had been treated at the same hospital, and so on. This went on for around an hour before the lawyers went to the back to select the eight jurors to listen to the case.

One thing that I thought was interesting was the purpose of the jury was to basically determine how much money the plaintiff would receive in the end. The jury would be putting a monetary value to what they believed was the price that the plaintiff paid in pain and suffering. The amount that the jury could come up with could be anything since it was completely up to the jury to decide. Maybe the plaintiff’s pain and suffering was only worth $100, or maybe it was worth $1 million. It would’ve been interesting to have been a juror on the trial to be one that decides how much someone’s pain and suffering is worth. Not only do you control how much is paid, but the jury can possibly put the defendant into bankruptcy with a large enough number. Since I wasn’t seated/selected, I have no clue how the case ended, whether the selected jury came up with a big number, or a small number.

I’m not quite sure I agree with all the litigation that’s involved in the country nowadays where people sue others left and right to try and make a quick dollar. However, this could easily change if I were involved in a situation where I need to sue someone else. Is someone’s pain and suffering really worth a huge amount of money? Hard to say. What if the jury came up with a small value, would their pain and suffering be any less than if the jury had ended up with a large number? Maybe I should’ve been a lawyer instead of an engineer, especially since I didn’t think the defendant’s lawyer was really doing that good of a job from what I could tell.