My Top 20 favorite wrestlers

20: Fire Ant

Born: Unknown 

Weight: 172 lbs

Promotion: Chikara

Finishing moves: Beach Break (Belly-to-Belly Piledriver) and Burning hammer (inverted death valley driver)

19: Kurt Angle

Born: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanian 

Weight: 235 lbs

Promotion: TNA

Finishing moves: Angle slam and the Ankle lock

18: Mr. Anderson

Born: Greenbay, Wisconsin

Weight 243 lbs

Promotion: TNA

Finishing moves: Green bay plunge and the Mic check 

17: Shawn  Michaels
Born: Chandler Arizona
Weight: 225 lbs
Promotion: WWE Legend (retired)
Finishing moves: Sweet chin music, Figure Four Leg-lock

16: Terry Funk
Born: Hammond Indiana
Weight: 247 lbs
Promotions: WWE, WCW, ECW, WWF, Independent, Japan Pro
Finishing Moves: Spinning toe hold, Texas Pildriver, Sleeper hold

15: Batista
Born: Washington D.C
Weight: 290 lbs
Past Promotions: WWE, Ohio Valley Wrestling
Finishing Moves: Batista Bomb, Spinebuster, Spear

14: Bret Hart
Born: Calgary, Alberta
Weight: 234 lbs
Past Promotions: WWE Legend, WCW, New Japan pro-wrestling
Finishing Moves: Sharpshooter, Piledriver

13: Kane
Born: Torrejon de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
Weight: 323 lbs
Promotion: WWE
Finishing Moves: Chokeslam, Tombstone Piledriver

12: Brock Lesnar
Born: Webster, South Dakota
Weight: 286 lbs
Promotion: WWE
Finishing Moves: F-5 and the Kimaura lock

11: Ric Flair
Born: Memphis, Tennessee
Weight: 243 lbs
Promotion: WWE Legend (retired)
Finishing move: Figure four leg-lock

10: Edge
Born: Ontario, Canada
Weight 241
Promotion: WWE Legend (retired)
Finishing Move: Spear, Edgecution

9: Jeff Hardy
Born: North Carolina
Weight: 210 lbs
Promotion: TNA
Finishing moves: Twist of fate, Swanton Bomb, Whisper in the wind

8: Chris Jericho
Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Weight: 226 lbs
Promotion: WWE
Finishing moves: Walls of Jericho, Codebreaker

7: Chris Benoit
Born: Montreal, Quebec
Weight: 220 lbs
Promotions: WCW, ECW, WWE
Finishing Moves: Diving headbutt. Crippler crossface

6: Cm Punk
Born: Chicago Illinois
Weight: 218 lbs
Promotion: WWE (Formerly ECW)
Finishing Moves: Go To Sleep (GTS) and the Anaconda Vise

5: Mick Foley
Born: Bloomington Indiana
Weight: 287 lbs
Promotions: WWE Legend, ECW, WCW
Finishing Moves: Mandible Claw, Double arm DDT

4: Undertaker
Born: From Parts Unknown
Weight: 299 lbs
Promotion: WWE
Finishing Moves: Tombstone Piledriver, Hell's Gate, Old School, Choke slam, The Last ride

3: Steve Austin
Born: San Antonio Texas
Weight: 230 lbs
Promotions: WWE, ECW, WCW
Finisher Moves: Stone Cold Stunner

2: Sting
Born: California
Weight: 250
Promotions: TNA, (Formerly WCW)
Finisher Moves: Inverted DDT, Scorpion Sting

1: Rob Van Dam
Born: California
Weight: 237
Promotions: WWE (formerly ECW and TNA)
Finishing Move: Five-Star Frog Splash

My digital footprint

Because I'm bored :P

                                                                 

                                                                                           

My Reading Survey

 A Creative Writing Piece By: Brendan Bretecher

As a reader, I have grown more spiritually than anything else. I don’t read for escapism, don’t

read to further my skills or abilities, I read to further my spiritualtiy and my perspective on life. I

read to open my eyes to new view points, ideas, and even different theologies. I used to read

for pleasure, but now I read so that I can find a deeper, more meaningful way to express my

mindset and my thoughts. When I search for a book, I often look into the author’s biography,

trying to find out where the author is coming from when he/she writes the book (something I

never used to do.) I often search to see what the author’s ideology or theology is so I

understand their perspective better than if I was an outsider looking in. I rather enjoy reading

non-fiction books about someone who has an experience that was life-changing for them, an

experience that changed the way they looked at the world and how we live in society today. I

still enjoy fiction, but I would much rather read about someone’s viewpoints than read about

something made-up. 

Currently, I have been reading books on how to persuade people, books like Split-Second Persuasion have really opened my eyes to how certain people use words or actions to manipulate everyday people that we see. The book was very powerful and made me appreciate all the little things that people do in order to get what they want. I have also been reading more of my bible. I used to read it because I liked being pretentious, reading a “morally correct” book, and I also like reading it because I like being the counter-culture child, being the person who is opposite to everyone else. Nowadays, I read the Bible when I’m looking for a spiritual awakening and when I’m looking for guidance or morals that I can follow.

I have a Blackberry curve with 'questionable' access. I use the word questionable because I’m not actually too sure how much it's going to cost me to keep using the internet access on my phone. I do not have a device that I could bring to class on a daily basis. I also do not have the money to purchase one for this semester. I guess I’ll just have to stick to good ol' pen and paper!

I don't have an e-reader, if I have to read something that requires internet access, I’ll use Adobe reader on my computer. I do in fact have a twitter account, I really only use it to follow my favorite wrestlers, and that's pretty much it. I did have a blog a long time ago. I didn't really post anything of substance (usually random comic strips or video game-related posts) so I stopped using it. 

I think it would be beneficial and important for the people in this class to start using technology in the class room. This is important because in post-secondary, you have to and can use any resources that you have at your disposal to help further you in your studies and knowledge. I think overall technology is important and should be integrated into the way we learn because its presence is becoming known everywhere, especially in our society and culture.