If you grew up or spent any time in central Indiana, you'll probably be familiar with Sammy Terry! I found this on Youtube and had to post it here...wow! This really brought back a lot of good memories. Just over 22 minutes in length, if you've got the time, take a stroll back to when the world was a better place!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Government coverup?!
Have you heard about all the recent UFO sightings in Texas...particularly over the Erath county area? Hundreds of people have been reporting sighting unknown objects in the night sky. Some have reported seeing objects that they estimated to be one mile long, and a half-mile wide. As soon as these reports started coming in, The Air Force said that they have had no aircraft in that area.
Well, now they've reversed their position on that, for some reason. Here's an excerpt from a CBS affiliates website:
Texas UFO Mystery Solved?
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ―
The mystery of the Stephenville UFOs might have been solved.
Today the Air Force Reserve said on the night of January 8, ten F-16 fighter jets were conducting training flights in the area. Many of the suspected UFO sightings took place on that night.
Originally, the 301st Fighter Wing at the Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base said none of its jets were in the area that night.
In a statement today, a Wing spokesman says they made a mistake and that jets were flying in the Stephenville area that evening. The Air Force no longer investigates UFOs.
What's with the sudden change of story?! You can't tell me that the Air Force doesn't know where their F-16's are flying at all times. This looks to me to be classic government cover-up well after the fact.
Well, now they've reversed their position on that, for some reason. Here's an excerpt from a CBS affiliates website:
Texas UFO Mystery Solved?
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ―
The mystery of the Stephenville UFOs might have been solved.
Today the Air Force Reserve said on the night of January 8, ten F-16 fighter jets were conducting training flights in the area. Many of the suspected UFO sightings took place on that night.
Originally, the 301st Fighter Wing at the Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base said none of its jets were in the area that night.
In a statement today, a Wing spokesman says they made a mistake and that jets were flying in the Stephenville area that evening. The Air Force no longer investigates UFOs.
What's with the sudden change of story?! You can't tell me that the Air Force doesn't know where their F-16's are flying at all times. This looks to me to be classic government cover-up well after the fact.
Man on Mars?
Here's a photo recently taken by one of the Mars Rovers. It looks like a "person" walking. I've read no official word from NASA about the photo though. I don't really believe that the rover caught a photo of an actual living being on Mars...but I do believe that there's always the possibility that this could be a statue, which if it was would be definitive proof that not only did life exist on another planet, but that it would have been "intelligent" life!
Hopefully scientists at NASA are planning on sending the rover that direction to take a closer examination of this to definitively tell what we're seeing. If it's just a rock formation that has a humanoid shape, it's certainly the most humanoid looking rock I've ever seen!
Hopefully scientists at NASA are planning on sending the rover that direction to take a closer examination of this to definitively tell what we're seeing. If it's just a rock formation that has a humanoid shape, it's certainly the most humanoid looking rock I've ever seen!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Life after people...
Life After People
Premieres January 21 at 9/8C
(120 min.)
This upcoming special on the History Channel looks totally cool! I'm looking forward to it. I've always been a fan of "post-appocolyptic" stories, and this looks to be along those lines, although in more of a scientific vein.
This also makes me believe more than ever that it's possible that an advanced civilization of beings, (i.e. not necessarily human) could have existed here on Earth millions of years ago, and that is why in our time we see no evidence that they existed...or that we see some crumbled evidence, but that we don't recognize it's significance due to our own insufferable egotism.
Premieres January 21 at 9/8C
(120 min.)
The human species appeared on Earth about two million years ago and has been changing it ever since. What will Earth look like in the days, weeks, months, years and millennia after humans are gone? How long would it take for our edifices to crumble–all traces of us gone, to be replaced by primordial forests, wild boar, rare cranes in pristine marshes? The clues to the future are right here in the present but are illuminated when we look through the lens of history. Experts from all fields of science will paint the picture, and the destructions and resurrections will all be animated by the magic of George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic. (Genres: Science & Technology, Special)
This upcoming special on the History Channel looks totally cool! I'm looking forward to it. I've always been a fan of "post-appocolyptic" stories, and this looks to be along those lines, although in more of a scientific vein.
This also makes me believe more than ever that it's possible that an advanced civilization of beings, (i.e. not necessarily human) could have existed here on Earth millions of years ago, and that is why in our time we see no evidence that they existed...or that we see some crumbled evidence, but that we don't recognize it's significance due to our own insufferable egotism.
An addictive new game to waste your time!
World Golf Tour
The above link will take you to the "beta" demo of World Golf Tour. An in-browser game that may be the biggest time-waster of 2008...a fun time-waster though! Some ingenious people have designed this game so that you can play it in your browser without having to download any executables. The game uses high-resolution photographs of golf courses, rather than traditional 3-D graphics. The demo is 9 holes of "closest to the pin". Which basically means you get one shot at each hole to get as close to the pin as possible.
The closer you are to the pin on each hole, the lower your score will be. Score under 500 points to rank semi-pro, under 350 points to rank pro. I just sat here for an hour and played through about eight or nine times, it's very addictive. By mid-year 2008, it should be an entire 18 hole golf course, fully playable, with more golf courses to be added eventually. The game will be mostly free from what I understand, with the makers getting their money through advertising and possibly extras that may cost extra.
The above link will take you to the "beta" demo of World Golf Tour. An in-browser game that may be the biggest time-waster of 2008...a fun time-waster though! Some ingenious people have designed this game so that you can play it in your browser without having to download any executables. The game uses high-resolution photographs of golf courses, rather than traditional 3-D graphics. The demo is 9 holes of "closest to the pin". Which basically means you get one shot at each hole to get as close to the pin as possible.
The closer you are to the pin on each hole, the lower your score will be. Score under 500 points to rank semi-pro, under 350 points to rank pro. I just sat here for an hour and played through about eight or nine times, it's very addictive. By mid-year 2008, it should be an entire 18 hole golf course, fully playable, with more golf courses to be added eventually. The game will be mostly free from what I understand, with the makers getting their money through advertising and possibly extras that may cost extra.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
It's raining, it's pouring...I'm sick of it!
I've never liked rain, and I definitely don't like it now! I'm beginning to wonder if it will ever stop. All summer long I read headlines about water shortages in the South, yet here in Indiana we had nothing but non-stop rain, or so it seemed. You know, water flows south, so some of all this rain has to be getting there!
Friday, January 04, 2008
Huckabee?
I've been saying for probably two years now that the worst thing that could happen to this country would be to be stuck with another Republican president for another four years. I now find myself in the strange position of thinking that I like the idea of Huckabee being our next president.
What could be causing me to possibly reverse course? Recently hearing Huckabee's idea of getting rid of personal income tax and invoking the "fair" tax. A 23% federal sales tax sounds high at first...but I did the math and when you consider that last year I paid in about $3500 in federal taxes...that would be like getting a $3500 pay raise since I wouldn't have to pay that into the government off the top of my paycheck. I'd still end up paying in about the same amount of money, but at least I'd be doing it by "buying", which in turn would stimulate the economy. Also, with a federal sales tax, all those illegal aliens, drug dealers, pimps and others who don't report their income, would be helping to support our government.
I still don't understand the whole "pre-bate" part of the fair tax, but then again, I don't understand how our tax system works now!
There's still plenty of time left before the elections this November, and Huckabee may not even be on the ticket by the time we get there...but he's made me pay closer attention to what's being put on the table by the various candidates, and I've still got time to decide where this countries future would best lie.
What could be causing me to possibly reverse course? Recently hearing Huckabee's idea of getting rid of personal income tax and invoking the "fair" tax. A 23% federal sales tax sounds high at first...but I did the math and when you consider that last year I paid in about $3500 in federal taxes...that would be like getting a $3500 pay raise since I wouldn't have to pay that into the government off the top of my paycheck. I'd still end up paying in about the same amount of money, but at least I'd be doing it by "buying", which in turn would stimulate the economy. Also, with a federal sales tax, all those illegal aliens, drug dealers, pimps and others who don't report their income, would be helping to support our government.
I still don't understand the whole "pre-bate" part of the fair tax, but then again, I don't understand how our tax system works now!
There's still plenty of time left before the elections this November, and Huckabee may not even be on the ticket by the time we get there...but he's made me pay closer attention to what's being put on the table by the various candidates, and I've still got time to decide where this countries future would best lie.
Thursday, January 03, 2008
First blog of the new year...
Well, it's January 3rd and I'm finally getting around to posting the first blog of the new year. Brrrrrrr! When I woke up this morning about two hours ago, it was a whopping 4 degrees outside! That's farenheight here in the states. I can't stand it when it gets this cold out. The house starts making all these weird popping, snapping noises as the framework starts expanding/contracting, and I've got to leave a stream of water running in the bathroom sink to keep the water line from freezing.
Thankfully this is only supposed to be a short-term freezing snap. By the end of the weekend it's supposed to be back up into the upper 40's. I'm off work the next couple of days and wanted to take that time to go see "I am legend", but with temps like this outside, I'd rather just stay in and try to keep warm!
Started out the new year a little rough at work with "cold weather" related problems to deal with, but that's nothing new. I do maintenance on a large retail building and you get used to this sort of thing after as many years in the field as I've got. I work with a great crew, which makes it all the more easier. I'm not the kind of person who makes New Year's resolutions, but I guess you could say that this year I have set a "goal" for myself to achieve...I've set myself a goal of paying one of my credit cards down to a balance of less than a thousand dollars. If I can do that, I'll have put myself back into a financial setting that keeps me out of trouble. I think that's do-able, so I'm going to see if I can stick with this one!
I hope everyone out there is starting their new year off right, keep trying and don't throw in the towel, there's always tomorrow!
Thankfully this is only supposed to be a short-term freezing snap. By the end of the weekend it's supposed to be back up into the upper 40's. I'm off work the next couple of days and wanted to take that time to go see "I am legend", but with temps like this outside, I'd rather just stay in and try to keep warm!
Started out the new year a little rough at work with "cold weather" related problems to deal with, but that's nothing new. I do maintenance on a large retail building and you get used to this sort of thing after as many years in the field as I've got. I work with a great crew, which makes it all the more easier. I'm not the kind of person who makes New Year's resolutions, but I guess you could say that this year I have set a "goal" for myself to achieve...I've set myself a goal of paying one of my credit cards down to a balance of less than a thousand dollars. If I can do that, I'll have put myself back into a financial setting that keeps me out of trouble. I think that's do-able, so I'm going to see if I can stick with this one!
I hope everyone out there is starting their new year off right, keep trying and don't throw in the towel, there's always tomorrow!
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