Sword Swallowing To The Hilt: June 2009

Just watched America's Got Talent - Great! Now watching Law & Order, and saw a friend, one of the Ukranian twins from America's Got Talent!

New Ceili Rain CD "I Made Lemonade" out July 1! I've heard some songs live, and they're GREAT! Get it at http://ping.fm/B5KuH

New Ceili Rain CD "I Made Lemonade" out July 1! I've heard some songs live, and they're GREAT! Get it at http://www.ceilirain.com

Spent today trimming trees & taking kids horseback riding while a bunch fished. Now sticky wet, itchy & dusty. Enjoying a cold A&W & a bath!

Looks like it's gonna be another hot one today. Supposed to have Horsin' Around at 6 but weatherman says T-storms all afternoon. Sunday nap?

Bringing home another 12,000 lbs of hay. That's 24,000 lbs today! My allergies are acting up, eyes are swollen & itchy. Gee, I wonder why?

TWO Sword Swallowers duel it out on Freak Sideshow

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Two world record holding sword swallowers, Halfdan Dan Meyer and Tommy Breen Gozleone duel it out on 999 Eyes Freak Sideshow at Super Happy Funland in Houston TX on December 1, 2007.

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Alabama Man eats Glass Lightbulb on WGN

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Sword Swallower Dan Meyer eats a real glass lightbulb on WGN Radio's Nick Digilio Show at the WGN Studios in Chicago on Friday the 13th of February, 2009.

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Wow, what a day! Still can't believe we lost Michael and Farrah on the same day. Sure makes you think...

Wow, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, and my 401K all gone in one week! What's next?

Wow! I can't believe Michael Jackson just died of a heart attack! He's younger than I am! What a shock!

No Juggling Around tonight at the farm - too many folks out of town, high humidity, & chance of rain. Will try again next week.

Important Safety Tip: Always make sure the ornamental bush you pee in is NOT a 12' poison ivy bush!

Done with reading, e-mail and Twitter, ready to face the humidity! Another day full of opportunities!

Enjoyed watching my friends Moe Lanham Mr. Backward Feet, & Brad Byers with hook & drill on America's Got Talent. Last act was awesome!

Getting ready to watch America's Got Talent 09. Wondering if they have a sword swallower and it looks like they might!

Enjoying mango pudding at Sitar Indian restaurant in Huntsville with Pres of Huntsville Int'l Society. Delicious! (The pudding, that is!)

Heading to Sitar Indian restaurant in Huntsville for lunch with Pres of Huntsville Int'l Society. Looking forward to it! Yum!

Tonight is America's Got Talent 2009 debut. Wonder if there's gonna be any sword swallowers this year? Anyone else gonna be watching? #AGT

Heading out the door looking forward to a beautiful day full of great opportunities! Anybody else?

Slept HARD last night after taking Benedryll to dry up poison ivy. Need more coffee to get rid of grogginess and get going! COFFEE!

Enjoying a nice balmy 95* morning doing chores and moving horses.

Reminder: Follow America's Got Talent Sword Swallower Dan Meyer @Halfdan on Twitter at http://ping.fm/qc2du

Reminder: Follow America's Got Talent Sword Swallower Dan Meyer @Halfdan on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Halfdan

Happy Father's Day to all you fathers out there! I'm so thankful for my Dad! Happy Father's Day!

Just finished my first meeting in Nashville w VP of Ripley's and had the CEO of Vanderbilt Medical Center remove a sword for his birthday!

Done with reading and working out on a liesurely Sat morning. Feeding kittens, then getting to a list of chores this morning. Ah Saturday!

Am sitting on top of my Icelandic horse Otra and twittering while trying to "break" her. So far so good. Not gotten thrown while twittering!

Dryer repairman finally came (coulda been dry outside @98*!). Back to finish feeding horses, get haircut, & work on new sword w/ Blacksmith!

Waiting for dryer repairman after waiting an hour for driveway grater to come at 7. Trying to get back to finish feeding horses at 2nd farm.

Heading to Finnegan's in Huntsville to enjoy some good Irish music with Slip Jig & the Mashburns. Got my whistled & swords with me!

Lady WHIPS Sword out of Sword Swallower at Science Festival

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Italian Science Festival Festival Della Scienza President Manuela Arata WHIPS sword from the mouth of Ig Nobel Laureate Dan Meyer using a whip at Festival della Scienza, Genoa Italy, October 24, 2008. WARNING: This is an EXTREME FEAT - Do NOT try this at home! For information on having Dan at your next science or medical event: http://www.blue-n-gold.com/halfdan/scimed.htm

Sword Swallower swallows 7 swords in 2 minutes!

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Sword Swallower Dan Meyer swallows 7 swords swords in 3 minutes at Vanderbilt Juggleville, with a unique finale you've got to see to believe! Do NOT try this at home! http://danmeyer.org http://danmeyer.tel

Kittens fed, reading done, heading out to water horses - Gonna be a hot one today! Praying for Lisa who's taking a 4 hour contractor's test!

Brought home Roo-dog & the kittens. Kittens are fed, catching up on news, twitters, and reading before hitting the sack early.

Allergies are acting up - sneezy, itchy.. Sounds like a commercial, but I'm not enjoying it! Maybe Benadryll will kick in soon.

Day has improved - still no electricity at the house, but car is fixed, Internet is back at the farm, and mother-in-law found her keys! Yeah

Already cleaned up debris from all the branches down. Might as well walk into town!

It's 1 of THOSE days: Elec still out, Internet's down, car's in the shop, mother-in-law lost her keys, BlackBerry's acting up. What's next?

Still without power this morning after bad storms last night.

Done w feeding kittens, quiet time, excercise, checking email, weather, news, tweets, & making my list of things to do. Whew! Time for work!

Just woke up from Sunday nap & couldn't remember what day it was or why I was on the bed fully clothed! Took a minute to remember it's Sun!

Kittens are fed, chick is fed, heading to band practice at church while Lisa goes to farmer's market to find more chicks for our orphan.

Now we're bringing not only Roo-dog & the 2 kittens from the farm tonight, but also a chirping chick who has been chirping all day=No sleep!

Waited til 11:01 to get http://ping.fm/WNgEk but hesitated a second too long and ended up with http://ping.fm/Rsjey

Waited til 11:01 to get http://www.facebook.com/dan.meyer but hesitated a second too long and ended up with http://www.facebook.com/halfdan

Adventures in shopping at WalMart...

Wow! My episode of America's Got Talent just aired in UK a few minutes ago! Getting lots of Tweets & calls! Exciting, even if a year later!

Ok, BlackBerry users - What are your favorite BlackBerry apps that you use the most?

Ok, Twitter users - What are your favorite Twitter apps, directories, graders, and search engines? What Twapps do YOU use and like most?

If you're on Twitter, follow me at @Halfdan or at http://ping.fm/giZ8I

If you're on Twitter, follow me at @Halfdan or at http://twitter.com/Halfdan

Wow! I'm at 299 Twitter followers already! Who is going to be 300?

Getting ready for band practice. That means acoustic guitar and pennywhistles tonight instead of keyboards and synths. Should be fun!

Heading home to bed!

Feels like I'm leading a double-life - Sword swallower who doubles as farmer - I often feel like Oliver from Green Acres trying to fit in!

At Farmer's Co-op buying grass carp for our pond that is turning VERY green. Bunch of good-ol-boys here in bibs. Yee-haw!

Feels like I'm leading a double-life - Sword swallower who doubles as farmer - I often feel like Oliver from Green Acres trying to fit in!

At Farmer's Co-op buying grass carp for our pond that is turning VERY green. Bunch of good-ol-boys here in bibs. Yee-haw!

Roo-dog is doing much better after getting kicked in the face by a horse yesterday. He's sore & swollen, but more like his sweet self today.

Taking care of Roo who was kicked in the face by a horse last night. He's our sweet Australian Shepherd/Border Collie, is doing better today

Waiting at the end of the line for my nephew to get Ted Dekker's autograph. Ted's been signing hundreds of autographs for over 4 hours now!

Illusionist @brockgill just made red water appear out of empty containers... over and over again at the Gathering! Awesome!

@brockgill just DID the bullet-catch and survived! The loud BANG about made me jump out of my seat! Woah! Awesome!

Watching my friend @BrockGill perform at the Gathering at the Factory in Franklin. Awesome!

Feeding kittens and running chores on a beautiful Saturday morning!

Today is Dead Duck Day! Don't forget to celebrate!
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Follow my friend magician @magicurt and America's Got Talent Soldier singer @danieljens #FollowFriday

Roofers pounding on roof again at 6:30am, and kittens crying for bottle all night = I'm tired this morning! Up and at 'em!

Tired after a long hot day. Time for a little reading before I hit the sack...

TWO Sword Swallowers duel it out on Freak Sideshow

Alabama Man eats Glass Lightbulb on WGN

Lady WHIPS Sword out of Sword Swallower at Science Festival

Sword Swallower swallows 7 swords in 2 minutes!

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