Dione, Tethys, and Pandora

The Cassini spacecraft photographed these three moons while passing Saturn. I was taken aback at the incredible clarity and alignment of the moons so had to share it. (besides, I am sick of bitching about everything on my blog) hahaha

Happy Birthday to Me...

Ok, Thanksgiving was my birthday. I am 38 years old. I am thankful for my family. I am thankful for my friends. I am thankful to have a nice house in a nice neighborhood. I am thankful for everything in my life.

Isolationism

I say "Fuck 'em and feed 'em fish heads!"



Leave the world to its own devices. The only reason we deal with the rest of the world anyway is to make money off of them. We need to buckle down and take care of the people here in the USA.

It seems a strange coincidence (I don't actually believe in coincidences) that my last post was regarding the terrible thing that happened in America during the Reagan administration, the killing of John Lennon, who was a man the government was afraid could give backbone and a voice to those who disagreed with our world policies. Now, we have Bush and his administration at least, going to war in Iraq under false pretenses, and at most, creating the whole 9/11 abomination as an excuse to tackle anything they declared to be terrorist or supporting terrorists. I am just sick to my fucking stomach every day I read the new news...what is going to happen next? When do we start to be honest with ourselves, the United States, with a government for the people and by the people. What fucking people? The rich motherfucking bastards that benefitted from the beginning and who refuse to let go for the next generation of humans. The world that my children are going to live in will be much better than the world that I grew up in believing what was taught to me. I am glad that now when my kids ask questions, they will have access to the truth, or at least many different versions of what may be true and not just take what the American government gives them through school and the media. Now the media is bugging me too here in America. Back in the beginning of the war in Iraq, I remember hearing Tony Blair talking to his parliament about wanting to get more of the rebuilding dollars to companies in the UK. I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT MONEY OVER HERE IN AMERICA. THAT IS BECAUSE HALLIBUTON DIDN'T WANT US TO THINK THAT ANYONE STOOD TO MAKE MONEY ON THIS FUCKING WAR. I am ready for a change and cannot imagine waiting another 3 years for this bitch bastard George W. Bush to end his term in office. It is time to impeach this lying sack of shit and replace him with someone who cares about more than money. FUCK YOU GEORGE BUSH AND FUCK YOU DICK CHENEY!!! (a couple of whining pussies) Have fun in Hell, and when you get there be sure and brag to the devil how you deceived an entire country into a war that was only for MONEY.

(click the title link re: Isolationism)

(also see this: http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/htm7.html)

(one more: http://911research.wtc7.net)

December 8, 1980

"I heard a voice in my head saying, 'Do it, do it." Mark David Chapman recounts, "and as he passed me, I pulled out the gun and aimed at his back and pulled the trigger five times in succession."

Chapman said that his compulsion to kill Lennon began one day in his apartment in Hawaii where he was sitting on the floor looking at The Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" album. His animosity began to consume Chapman.

"There was a successful man who kind of had the world on a chain, so to speak, and there I was, not even a link in that chain, just a person with no personality," Chapman said, "and something in me just broke."

~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~"~

The album, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, is my favorite of all time. I have had some very meaningful experiences while listening to it but never imagined that it could mean different things to different people. The album is more than just music. It is more than just a story. I cannot understand what in it drove this Mark David Chapman to kill John Lennon but hope that the parole board keeps this man off of the streets.

Sgt Peppers one and only lonely hearts club band.

I cannot tell you but I know it's mine.

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore, waiting to take you away.

I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time - it can't get no worse.

And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong, I'm right, where I belong.

Fun is the one thing that money can't buy.

A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

When you've seen beyond yourself, you may find peace of mind is waiting there.

Indicate precicsely what you mean to say, yours sincerely wasting away.

Give us a wink and make me think of you.

Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here.

We'd like to thank you once again.

Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

That is, I think it's not too bad.

Very strange...

 

A Very Good Grade

Now I have my son Joey showing me up...
I remember getting some A grades and even some A+'s.
I NEVER remember getting an A+++!
(like the one he got on his Hohokam pottery artifact project)

The teachers note says, "Out of This World, Awesome!"

Good Job Joey!!! - Dad

What would you do with a brain if you had one?

"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore" -Dorothy to her dog Toto

The separation of church and state is no longer of any concern to the school board there. I am very sorry to see this happen. As if George W. Bush was not an embarrasment enough, now Kansas goes and strikes Darwins theory from what is taught to children. I believe in God and am alive because of his blessings and plan for me. I do have the freewill to live my life and the more knowledge I have of this world that I am a part of, the better my life will be. I cannot see who or how anyone will benefit from the evolutionary theory being omitted from scientific teachings. I see that the religious right thinks that Darwins theory is full of holes. I see science without Darwins theory more full of holes...

I see the backers of this legislation as people who refuse to let go of what they learned as children, that God created the Earth and the heavens in 7 days... I like the story and understand that you had to explain things a little more simply a few thousand years ago so that people could understand and grasp the theory. I cannot understand how some can be so blind to the fact that we are constantly evolving. If evolution were not true, no one would ever get the flu again. The trouble is that a flu bug we immunize for evolves into a flu that can survive the attempts to eliminate it, and so on and so on. (Funny how the influenza evolution may be the end of mans evolution. The way things are looking we may be in big trouble when the bird flu goes human to human.)

We can also understand better now how long it actually took God to create the heavens and the Earth. We know that a day to an Earthling is 24 hours, and a day to a Venusian is 5832 hours long, and a day to a Jupiterian is only 9.9 hours long. Can't we easily see that a day to God may not be 24 hours long? Can't we easily see that a story told to people 5000 years ago, cannot be as scientifically exacting as we need it to be in this age of information? Can't we all just keep our religious beliefs, or lack of them, to ourselves and those interested in discussing them? I think that school is not the place that I want my children learning about God. I want my kids to have the same opportunity for learning that I did and not have anyone elses religious beliefs get in their way.

A fifth hole haiku

aim left slice right
dimples cutting through air
two-putt for par

 

Having Bush as President seems similar...

But thank God that Bush is now finally getting things straightened out. I am just sorry that they were never educated on the fine art of Ethics before they got their Jobs Leading Our Country...

 

Suns Beat Lakers in L.A. (122-112)

You Tell 'em Mike!

So we lost our home season opener to Dallas Mavericks in double overtime. It was nice to then travel to the City of Angels and beat the Lakers in their season home opener. The boys (LA) just could not get that triangle to work for them last night. I wonder if Phil Jackson is going to last there longer than Rudy Tomjanovich did...

 

A Cool Morning Bike Ride...

No, not this cool. I just didn't have another picture.

I took the bike out today (5am) for a ride around Dobson Ranch Golf Course. It took about 20 minutes and had me breathing heavy. I really think that bike riding is going to be a great way to spend some high quality time with the family and also to get some high quality time with just nothing but the wind in my ears, connecting with the day in the early morning hours before the city is even awake.

 

The next Lance Armstrong?

No, not hardly.
Just a man who rides the same brand of bicycle, Trek. I got a 24 speed mountain bike today to expand my exercise routine from the treadmill and eclipse machines to some outdoor biking. After seeing a streetbike accident in my neighborhood, the desire for a crotchrocket has diminished but two wheels still call my name so....here I am with my new bike!

I came home from the bike shop and showed my wife who instantly asked where hers was. I turned back around and took her back to the shop. She wanted one in red,which they have to assemble, so we will have to go pick it up later tonight when they call to advise us it's ready.

My kids are stoked that we can now go on family bike outings. I am stoked to have some solitary biking time without the motorcycle risk and get some good exercise in at the same time.

I guess the saying still stands though...'Keep the Wheels Side Down'.

 

This is only a test...

OK, did you figure out the trivia question? The answer seems pretty obvious when you hear it but here it is anyway...

Shaquille O'Neal missed all eleven of his free throw attempts against Seattle, December 8th, 2000.

 

Basketball Trivia

On November 4, 1960, Philadelphia's Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record for the Most Free Throw Attempts in a Game with None Made when he missed all ten of his tries against Detroit. Who broke this record?

The answer tomorrow...

(oh yeah, the Suns lost to the Mavericks in double overtime by 3 points. the loss sucked but we got lots of game, almost 4 hours of TV time on TNT) 

Tim Duncan...

...enough said.

 

Whoo Hoo!

All Right Now! It is time for some NBA action and I am ready for some good stuff from the Suns, even without Amare for a while... I saw the Mavericks Airliner at Sky Harbor on my way downtown today and I have been itching to see the game ever since then... Tonight at 8:30pm begins the season and hopefully all the way to the finals!!!

GO SUNS!!!