At least it wasn’t bananas.

16 DAYS 21 HOURS 3 MINUTES… Not that I’m counting. It’s moving 111,600 mph (very roughly) to catch up to a planet moving 107,000 mph (mean orbital velocity – it changes a lot).  Not sure how fast that planet is moving at the moment, but whatever it is, it’s fast.  Mercury is aptly named.  Earth [...]

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Not optimal.

Don’t mind me folks.  Just not running optimally well the last few days. Hope to be of more value this week. I will say this  – went to “Build A Bear” with my kids yesterday…  one of the other fathers turned to me and said “Gee, they sure have some racket going here, don’t they?” [...]

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I Admit I was Curious…

Update: MESSENGER status per JHU/APL… as of just a few minute ago.  It’s going to be EPIC.  Huge amount of propellant is going to be expended to get the orbit right (66% – down – down – down – —> 9.5%) .  There’s not a huge amount left over.  Choices range between “Oops, bye bye, [...]

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Taking the Ball Home?

If ever I needed an endorsement to help me decide about Obama… this is it.  On Drudge… GADDAFI: ‘OBAMA IS FRIEND’   **** Is that right, all you Wisconsin Democrats who love rules when you win but when you lose you get pissy and take your ball thwaight home? Well, you go right ahead and [...]

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It was Spooky-Funny and Weird.

Ok, go have fun with Obama debating Obama. Saw the reference to it in the Patriot Post.

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People of Christchurch, NZ…

Aw geez… those of you in Christchurch have heartfelt sympathies of many many people around the world. May as many people as possible be saved. If you haven’t heard, those who are around the world, you can go to youtube and find for yourself many examples of ordinary people doing heroic things to help those [...]

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WHY is the world not listening?

Benghazi (Libya) doctor asks on the news, speaking of the killings of innocent protestors, why the world is not listening. It is much like the community that sadly witnesses a woman that time and time again chooses abusive men to live with.   For whatever reason she doesn’t think she can do better or self-deludes herself [...]

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Memories…

This was years and years and years ago.  Pub in Ashland, Oregon, drinking a pitcher or three of Rogue River Ale. The Shakespearean theater there is terrific.  Saw Faustus there and it was really really good. Ashland is so liberal the trees are sticky with sap, but it’s still a cool town.

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Found in the Wild…

I saw this on FaceBook… OMG – WARNING: Tomorrow Facebook will change its settings to allow zombies to come into your house while you sleep and eat your brains with a sharpened spoon. To stop this from happening go to Accounts / Home Invasion Settings / Cannibalism / Brains and un-check the “Tasty” box. Now, [...]

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Good thing they are bias free.

Update: Darn you, Mitchell. (and Stoaty)  Darn you to heck. I bought the Messiah:Studio5 software… I will be testing the Cornell Box scene and applying all the applicable textures, reflectance models, ior’s, alphas, recursions, dispersion, lighting, etc. so we can compare apples to apples at least with respect to the final renders. There’s a lot [...]

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He/They Do NOT Own My Money.

Just when I think Obama couldn’t possibly piss me off worse. The only way to truly tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find it, in domestic spending, defense spending, health care spending and spending through tax breaks and loopholes.  – President Obama confusing not taking my money with spending Heard that [...]

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Worth Viewing.

Link sent to me by The Dude.  Worth viewing even if it is enough to make you cry.

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Men really are pigs.

This came from somewhere.  Not me.  But I just love the progression. It illustrates the lesson I hope to instill in my daughter before she finds out the hard way. **** And some men are more pig than others. You won’t see me use this word in the main post very often, but… If Obama [...]

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