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A taste of the other side

Ackkk!, I haven’t been updating in the past week. In case you have not noticed. I have had many a life changing situations happening and I just have been trying to deal but amidst all the turmoil, I have been keeping contact with a good friend of mine and we have been having our weekly political sessions. So I deemed it right that after all my stabbings at McCain and Palin that i put a link here to their site who has a bit more of a informative view on the opposite side.

I think it is very important at this point to be open-minded in a sense and look at the fork in the road. It’s part of being an adult and adopting to other people and their opposing opinions. No one is perfect. Who knows, you may learn something.

http://hesnotmypresident.wordpress.com/

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Our new neighbor

Recently, a new neighbor has moved into our neighborhood and thankfully, he’s not a “tweaker”. He’s a cute little marsupial (well, not that little). I have not named him yet but I have taken quite a liking to him and I think he is getting used it to me also. Tonight was the first time he was photogenic for me.


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Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Sierra Club Night Hike


Last night, Christy and I went on a night hike with the Sierra Club around my ol’ stomping grounds in Turtle Rock.

There’s something about the smell of the cypress and eucalyptus trees, the wild mustard accompanied with the sounds of the tree frogs and the remains of coyote poop on the trail that bring me back to the days of my youth. Although, most of the area is built up now with it’s multi-million dollar homes and pretentious occupiers, thankfully they have managed to set aside a bit of land for conservations sake.

Overall the hike was about 4.54 miles – Most of it being uphill! I’ve got the shin splints and a blister to prove it. It was pretty much a non-stop hike so I didn’t get to take as many pictures as i would have liked to. Overall, It was a great evening though. I have a few pics from my crappy camera phone below. Next time, I will bring a real camera so I can capture the awesomeness.

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Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Lightbulb ON!

“Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes” – Napoleon Hill

I received this email today and after reading it a few times and thinking it over, I thought…….Hey, not a bad idea. Also, this goes along my long conceived idea of “Why can’t we just print more money, It’s just paper after all”. (more…)

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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Fire, Fire…..cha cha cha!

I saw this video while radomnly scanning YouTube last night. People’s reactions to different situations whether it be life threatning or not, ’tis always amusing to me.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

  • Maybay uh dingo ate yo baybay!

  • UPCOMING PROJECTS…….

    Stay tuned,I'll be goin' on a prickly pear hunt. I'll post pictures and the recipe for cactus jelly real soon. Mmm mmmm good.
  • Today’s Quote

    You've been walking in circles, searching. Don't drink by the water's edge. Throw yourself in. Become the water. Only then will your thirst end. -Jeanette Berson
  • NASA IOTD

    Snapshot of the International Space Station

     
    On March 13, 2008, the International Space Station passed across the field-of-view of Germany's remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometers, or 122 miles, and at a relative speed of 34,540 kilometers per hour, or more than 22,000 mph. In contrast to optical cameras, radar does not 'see' surfaces. Instead, it is much more aware of the edges and corners which bounce back the microwave signal it transmits. Smooth surfaces such as those on the station's solar generators or the radiator panels used to dissipate excess heat, unless directly facing the radar antenna, tend to deflect rather than reflect the radar beam, causing these features to appear on the radar image as dark areas. The radar image of the station therefore looks like a dense collection of bright spots from which the outlines of the space station can be clearly identified. The central element on the station, to which all the modules are docked, has a grid structure that presents a multiplicity of reflecting surfaces to the radar beam, making it readily identifiable. This image has a resolution of about one meter (about 39 inches). In other words, objects can be depicted as discrete units--that is, shown separately--provided that they are at least one meter apart. If they are closer together than that, they tend to merge into a single block on a radar image. Since this image was taken, the station has expanded and is more than 90 percent complete, including a full complement of solar arrays. Image Credit: DLR
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