Be safe out there and make sure to take a couple aspirin and drink lots of water before going to bed.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Happy New Year To All.....
Another year has past us by. Thank you to all who have stopped by and enjoyed my blog.
Be safe out there and make sure to take a couple aspirin and drink lots of water before going to bed.
Be safe out there and make sure to take a couple aspirin and drink lots of water before going to bed.
Do You Use Your Computer or Laptop at Night?
Check this out... I down loaded it yesterday and it makes a huge difference.
It automatically adjust the color pattern of your screen to mimic the time of day.
I first read about it here:
MARKSDAILYAPPLE
Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?
Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.
It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.
Get it and more info HERE
I like it so far with the limited use I have given it.
It automatically adjust the color pattern of your screen to mimic the time of day.
I first read about it here:
MARKSDAILYAPPLE
Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?
Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?
During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.
f.lux
f.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.
Get it and more info HERE
I like it so far with the limited use I have given it.
Today's Motivational Song....
We see the light of those who find
the world has passed them by
Too late to save a dream that's growing cold
We realize that fate must hide its face
From those who try
To see the distant signs of unforetold
Oh... oh, take hold
From a haze came a rage of thunder
Distant signs of darkness on the way
Fading cries scream of pain and hunger
But in the night the light will guide your way
So take hold of the flame
Don't you see life's a game
So take hold of the flame
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain
(From: http://www.elyrics.net)
Ride, to a place beyond our time
Reach, for the edges of your mind, and you are there
See, that the light will find its way
Back to a place where it will stay, make it stay
Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you
With the air of freedom the flame grows bright
We are the strong, the youth united
We are one, we are children of the light
So take hold of the flame
Don't you see life's a game
So take hold of the flame
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain
the world has passed them by
Too late to save a dream that's growing cold
We realize that fate must hide its face
From those who try
To see the distant signs of unforetold
Oh... oh, take hold
From a haze came a rage of thunder
Distant signs of darkness on the way
Fading cries scream of pain and hunger
But in the night the light will guide your way
So take hold of the flame
Don't you see life's a game
So take hold of the flame
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain
(From: http://www.elyrics.net)
Ride, to a place beyond our time
Reach, for the edges of your mind, and you are there
See, that the light will find its way
Back to a place where it will stay, make it stay
Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you
With the air of freedom the flame grows bright
We are the strong, the youth united
We are one, we are children of the light
So take hold of the flame
Don't you see life's a game
So take hold of the flame
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain
A Journey Of 29,200,000,000 Miles...
The earth travels approximately 584,000,000 miles on it's yearly travels around the sun.
as of today, I have been around around the sun 50 times.
as of today, I have been around around the sun 50 times.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Here Ya Go Boys and Girls.. Raise Your Mug Of Frosty Beer and Sing Along...
..this will be stuck in your head all night.
h/t to "Biscuits"
h/t to "Biscuits"
Saturday, December 29, 2012
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
How Come The Alarm Goes Off.....
...just when they are opening the tray of Chicken Parm?
( Don't Ask, I have no idea either where that came from either)
( Don't Ask, I have no idea either where that came from either)
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Monday, December 24, 2012
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.....
A Visit from St. Nicholas
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds;
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,
With a little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blixen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;
So up to the housetop the coursers they flew
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too—
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.
His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”
Are You Getting Alot More Spam Lately?
I hate the thought of putting that stupid word verify thingy in the commenting process of my site because it is such a pain in the ass. Lately though I'm getting lots of spam I have to weed through to get to the comments. Are you seeing the same thing? I know some of you have added the word verify, did it help?
I might add is for a bit to see if it cuts down on the crapola....
I might add is for a bit to see if it cuts down on the crapola....
Sunday, December 23, 2012
CGI is getting to the point where you can't tell if it's real or not...
In the summer 2011 ILP was awarded a massive sequence
for the upcoming Norwegian feature film "Kon-Tiki" directed by Joachim
Roenning and Espen Sandberg. The film is about the legendary explorer
Thor Heyerdal's epic journey crossing the Pacific on a balsa wood raft
in 1947.
Our sequence takes place during a major emotional peak of the movie,
as the crew struggles with internal conflicts while facing a critical
situation involving white sharks. ILP delivered 58 shots in total, with plenty of hero shots and some extremely complex fully computer generated scenes.
This is a VFX breakdown giving you a closer look at some of shots we made.
So Tawana gets to go on with her life.....
Tawana Brawley is living in Virginia under a new name, still
owing money to a New York lawyer she accused of raping her 25 years ago,
the New York Post reports.
The Post reported Sunday that the 40-year-old Brawley lives in Hopewell, Va., has a young daughter and works as a nurse in Richmond, Va.
Brawley was 15 and living in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. when she said six white law enforcement officials abducted and raped her. Brawley is black.
The allegations spurred a national racial controversy before a grand jury decided they were false.
The Post says Brawley never paid a $190,000 defamation judgment owed to one man she accused.
She told the newspaper she doesn't want to talk to anyone about the episode.
There was no answer Sunday at a possible phone number for her.
The Post reported Sunday that the 40-year-old Brawley lives in Hopewell, Va., has a young daughter and works as a nurse in Richmond, Va.
Brawley was 15 and living in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. when she said six white law enforcement officials abducted and raped her. Brawley is black.
The allegations spurred a national racial controversy before a grand jury decided they were false.
The Post says Brawley never paid a $190,000 defamation judgment owed to one man she accused.
She told the newspaper she doesn't want to talk to anyone about the episode.
There was no answer Sunday at a possible phone number for her.
Saturday, December 22, 2012
The Managerial State’s Media and Medical Lapdogs
A headline
on the Huffington Post blared: "Comfort Dogs Sent To Newtown
From Chicago Area To Help Community After Sandy Hook Shooting."
CNN’s top dog Anderson Cooper followed – or led the pack; who cares?
– with a similar segment about insourcing dogs to comfort the afflicted
community of Newtown, Conn.
One day after the massacre of 20 children and seven adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, "a group of golden retrievers from the Chicago area made a cross-country journey to … Newtown."
Woof, woof, or barf, barf?
Are there no companion dogs in Newtown, Conn.? Must expert dogs be brought in to properly minister to the mourners? Apparently so. Even the neighborhood dog is now unqualified for the big time.
READ THE REST HERE
h/t to reader wild river.
One day after the massacre of 20 children and seven adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School, "a group of golden retrievers from the Chicago area made a cross-country journey to … Newtown."
Woof, woof, or barf, barf?
Are there no companion dogs in Newtown, Conn.? Must expert dogs be brought in to properly minister to the mourners? Apparently so. Even the neighborhood dog is now unqualified for the big time.
READ THE REST HERE
h/t to reader wild river.
Can "It" Be Stopped...
("it" being the direction this country is going.)
I hope you get the gist of my thoughts here. I was journeying through the deep thought section of my brain last night ( I don't do it often because it hurts) during my nightly hour or so of insomnia.
We, at least half of us if not more, of the country, believe we are headed in the wrong direction. Everyday the news is filled with negative stories about things that are detrimental to the future survival of this country as we know it. I understand that this is what sells and they do it for profit but still it is there and it is in the news. Then the bloggers that pay attention and try and get the information out there post the stories on their sites and we all read them and share them. One recent one is all the pork in the Hurricane Sandy Bill. This one example shows that it's business as usual at the government. The other one which is much more in our face is the horrible tragedy in CT at the school. The first thing they do is make it about guns and the need to take them away. It will be the same after the next mass shooting. Other items that always are being written about are: The Debt, Fiscal Cliff, Unemployment, TSA, Obamacare, Obama this and Obama that, EPA, Islam, Radical Muslims, Iran, Israel, Syria, Lybia, Greece.......etc. etc. etc.
I can go on and on but I think you understand.
The past is the past, there is nothing that can be done except to learn from it and hopefully not repeat the things that were wrong. Again, many millions of us feel that "something" is coming. We have all read the stories about gun sales. What does that one thing tell us?
Now to my point. Can "it" be stopped? What will it take? I have already been reading articles that the midterm elections are needed to stop this. So another couple years of waiting to see what happens. The left is going to want more power and Right will try and stop it. What happens when we wake up on the morning of those elections and it's not what we expected?
At that point another 2 years will have gone by, there will be more mass shootings, unemployment,terrorist attacks,most likely major war, and more and more of the fiscal crisis.
Then do we start to talk about 2016 elections? How many more rights will be lost by then?
It seems that there is no way to stop this on a large scale. The people that are too busy "pulling the wagon" are being crushed under the burden of trying to provide, while the people "riding in the wagon" are voting to keep their seats. This can't continue. Sooner or later the wagon will
not be able to be pulled and it will stop.
How do we fight against the liberal media? The libtards in Hollyweird? and the libtard entertainers? I chose to turn them off and not watch them but millions of others hang on their every word.
It seems no matter what happens it is inevitable that we are headed for the Iceberg.
Can anything make direction change? How or what will it take? The complicit media shovels shit to the sheeple and tens of millions are getting handouts from "Uncle Sugar". It can't continue like this. Since the future is always an unknown I guess we will have to wait and see what it brings.
Meanwhile there will always be a beautiful sunrise somewhere:
I hope you get the gist of my thoughts here. I was journeying through the deep thought section of my brain last night ( I don't do it often because it hurts) during my nightly hour or so of insomnia.
We, at least half of us if not more, of the country, believe we are headed in the wrong direction. Everyday the news is filled with negative stories about things that are detrimental to the future survival of this country as we know it. I understand that this is what sells and they do it for profit but still it is there and it is in the news. Then the bloggers that pay attention and try and get the information out there post the stories on their sites and we all read them and share them. One recent one is all the pork in the Hurricane Sandy Bill. This one example shows that it's business as usual at the government. The other one which is much more in our face is the horrible tragedy in CT at the school. The first thing they do is make it about guns and the need to take them away. It will be the same after the next mass shooting. Other items that always are being written about are: The Debt, Fiscal Cliff, Unemployment, TSA, Obamacare, Obama this and Obama that, EPA, Islam, Radical Muslims, Iran, Israel, Syria, Lybia, Greece.......etc. etc. etc.
I can go on and on but I think you understand.
The past is the past, there is nothing that can be done except to learn from it and hopefully not repeat the things that were wrong. Again, many millions of us feel that "something" is coming. We have all read the stories about gun sales. What does that one thing tell us?
Now to my point. Can "it" be stopped? What will it take? I have already been reading articles that the midterm elections are needed to stop this. So another couple years of waiting to see what happens. The left is going to want more power and Right will try and stop it. What happens when we wake up on the morning of those elections and it's not what we expected?
At that point another 2 years will have gone by, there will be more mass shootings, unemployment,terrorist attacks,most likely major war, and more and more of the fiscal crisis.
Then do we start to talk about 2016 elections? How many more rights will be lost by then?
It seems that there is no way to stop this on a large scale. The people that are too busy "pulling the wagon" are being crushed under the burden of trying to provide, while the people "riding in the wagon" are voting to keep their seats. This can't continue. Sooner or later the wagon will
not be able to be pulled and it will stop.
How do we fight against the liberal media? The libtards in Hollyweird? and the libtard entertainers? I chose to turn them off and not watch them but millions of others hang on their every word.
It seems no matter what happens it is inevitable that we are headed for the Iceberg.
Can anything make direction change? How or what will it take? The complicit media shovels shit to the sheeple and tens of millions are getting handouts from "Uncle Sugar". It can't continue like this. Since the future is always an unknown I guess we will have to wait and see what it brings.
Meanwhile there will always be a beautiful sunrise somewhere:
Friday, December 21, 2012
Neat Pictures of Volcanic Plugs....
A volcanic plug, also called a volcanic neck, is a volcanic landform created when magma hardens within a vent on an active volcano. A natural monolith
is a mountain or large rock formation consisting of a single massive
stone. Both types of these geological structures are similar in that
they are often steeply rising above the surrounding terrain. The unusual
appearance and the buildings which are often located on these
structures, amaze visitors and attract them to come back again.
HERE
H/t to Bosco
HERE
H/t to Bosco
Happy Winter Solstice...
It appears the world didn't end over night. I guess that's a good thing given the fact that I still
have to finish up some year end work for my customers. Once that's done I'll have no problem with whatever the end of the Mayan calendar had meant. Maybe they just ran out of space on the stone they were carving it on?
Meanwhile, at another neat location of our ancestors....
have to finish up some year end work for my customers. Once that's done I'll have no problem with whatever the end of the Mayan calendar had meant. Maybe they just ran out of space on the stone they were carving it on?
Meanwhile, at another neat location of our ancestors....
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Those Dirty Little Mutterfarkers......................
I leave my cast iron pan with my bacon grease stored on the grill at work. Today is going to be steak and spinach salad for lunch. I went over to light the grill and when I opened the lid to move the pan what to my wondering eyes should appear?
It seems that some fuzzy little rodent has taken a liking to MY Bacon grease!!!
He just signed his own death certificate....
IF you look closely you can see the teeth marks around the edge and there is one paw print.
It seems that some fuzzy little rodent has taken a liking to MY Bacon grease!!!
He just signed his own death certificate....
IF you look closely you can see the teeth marks around the edge and there is one paw print.
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