tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113443932012-01-30T01:41:18.564-08:00A South Dakota boy blogging about life and stuff in Ridgecrest, a small town in California's upper Mojave Desert. <BR> Ridgecrest is not the end of the world. But when the wind blows just right...<BR>you can smell it from here.Davidnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-26647862323819687122012-01-27T12:32:00.000-08:002012-01-27T12:33:30.084-08:00

How Thick Is Your Bubble? » Quiz Maker

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Why has not one word of this been spoken by the main stream media in this country?In mid October, at the end of his bus tour our President had this to say to the firefighters and emergency workers:"A fair shot for everybody; a fair share from everybody. That's the principle that built America."Does that sound at all familiar? Maybe a little something like:"From each according to his ability; to

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Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language and co-creator of the Unix operating system, has died aged 70.I took my first C class in 1990. Prior to that I had done a lot of programming in Basic and Pascal, but really enjoyed programming in FORTRAN. Since that class I have done a lot of C programming, but still pretty much think of myself as a FORTRAN programmer.Learning C wasn't

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Og over at the Neanderpundit challenged his readers to pull out their pocket knife and post a picture of it. I've been carrying the same tool around for over 35 years. I've never really thought of it as carrying a knife. It was always just a tool in my pocket. Through the years I've used it to cut rope, string, thread, tape, cardboard, paper, plastic, plants, etc. I've dug splinters out with

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The TV is reporting that there was an earthquake near Washington DC. Reports of widespread damage and chaos are pouring in... I shamelessly stole this from my friend Dan Smith, who lives up in the Bay area.

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OK, this list is compiled by NPR, which I normally don't pay much attention to. I voted in their survey which was slanted in the first place because they gave us a list of what their panel of "experts" decided were the best Sci-Fi/Fantasy and let us vote for our 10 favorites. It was tough to vote for only 10. It was even tougher that books that would have easily been on my top 10 list were not

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This story is kind of a follow-on to my last posting. But it belongs more in the the NSTIW catagory. When I was in 5th Grade, way back in the 60s in Rapid City South Dakota. We had a career day at school. In my class a Doctor, a Fireman, and a Police Officer came into the class to speak to us. The Doc went first and he was pretty interesting. After him came the Fireman. He was a lot more

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Members of the Santa Rosa Police Department at a recent community event allowed several children to examine and handle some of their SWAT weapons. And the posie sniffing, tree hugging, guns are evil whack jobs that infest that area are having conniption fits over it. Attila Nagy, a Community organizer was quoted "My main concern is for kids who handle these things. They're fascinated by them

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I samelessly stole this list from here The total employment of these agencies is over 350,000 and they all get salary, medical and a pension. What will really torque you off is that everytime anyone mentions cutting our budget the only thing that our illustrious state legislatures can think to cut is education, police, fire, prisons and libraries. Someone needs to print and staple this list to

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The Cheyenne Police Department will present a seminar specifically addressing the changes to state law regarding carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. The program will specifically highlight the changes to Wyoming Statute 6-8-104 that becomes effective on July 1, 2011. Additional discussion will address how the new law will affect those who already have a concealed weapon permit and

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Hey will somebody please tell our President what year it is!I see a new staff position being created - Secretary of Time and Date

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Great, fantastic. Its about time.Congratulations to the Navy Seals who pulled off this raid.As much as I hate to say it - Congratulations to President Obama, it only took him over two and a half years to finally do something Presidential. Now can he follow-up on the this and not turn this into a "See what I did for you when the Republicans couldn't" moment?I'm glad the bastard is dead. But in

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I scored a perfect 11 out of 11, but honestly had to guess on a couple questions. At least I was able to narrow the guesses down to two choices which increased my odds.Current Events Quiz

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There are two kinds of people in the world - Those that finish what they start,and

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Speaking to editors and publishers from Hearst Magazine our dear leader said:"I just miss - I miss being anonymous,"Well guess what Mr. President - the rest of us miss you being anonymous also.If you truly miss - "I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I

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Ok, so I haven't done too well at the world traveling stuff. visited 3 states (1.33%)Create your own visited map of The WorldDetails of Canada travels -visited 5 states (38.4%)Create your own visited map of Canada My lack of world traveling is not due to lack of desire. Early on when I had the time and opportunity to travel - I couldn't afford it. Later when I could afford it I was so busy

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I did at least two thirds of this traveling before I was 23 years old. You drive a bus or equipment truck for a drum corp for a couple summers and you end up covering a lot of territory. Especially when the vehicles keep breaking down and you get left behind with it. You find some different routes around the country in order to catch up to the drum corp caravan that kept traveling without

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100 years ago, March 29th, 1911 - the United States Army officially adopted the John Moses Browning self loading pistol design of 1910.Manufactured by Colt's firearms this new military sidearm became the Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, model of 1911.For a 100 year old design this old warhorse has stood up pretty well.Granted mine is not a Colt. But it is a mil-spec model 1911A1. Its not very

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With apologies to Monty Python - "I'm not dead Yet". Sure it may seem that way since I only seem to be able to post on this blog about once a month. I want to write more, really I do. So why don't I write. Its not like I have a lot to say right now. Its just that most of what is going on in my head is so jumbled up that it never makes sense when it shows up on the screen in front of me. The

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The United States Space Program sucks. We were the first nation to put a man on the moon - 41 years ago. But the last 30 years we have had a hard time getting out of low earth orbit. Now after just two more space shuttle launches we won't even have a way to get up into low earth orbit.Now I know why. NASA - the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. You know them, the guys in charge

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John Wooden, the iconic coach of the UCLA basketball program in the 60s and 70s has passed away at the age of 99.In the interest of being honest I am not a basketball fan. I have never been a basketball fan. It would be putting it mildly to say that I pretty much hate everything about the game. So I really hate to admit that I get a lot of my coaching inspiration from a basketball coach.

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I stole this from Wicked Thoughts. I guess its going to be one of those kind of days...Jack was sitting on the plane when a guy took the seat beside him. The guy was an emotional wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear. “What’s the matter?” Jack asked. “I’ve been transferred to Detroit , there’s crazy people there. They’ve got lots of shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, poor public schools,

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IGN has released their list of top Westerns of all time.They claim their list was generated on the basis of each films:popularity and longevity with audiences, their impact on the genre, their basic coolness quotient, and their quotability.Here is IGN's list:1. Once Upon a Time in the West (Sergio Leone; 1968)2. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood; 1992)3. High Noon (Fred Zinneman; 1952)4. Shane (George

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For those of you who are not familiar with the term, Plinking is the shooting for fun. More often than not shooting with a .22 at soda cans. I grew up going plinking at the landfill near our cabin in the black hills. This open pit garbage dump was full of can, bottles, glass jars and mice. All just waiting for a kid with a .22 and a box of ammo to wander by. Best targets of all - old aerosol

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Forgive me, I'm going to play the proud papa for a while.My oldest daughter was named the Burroughs High School Female Student Athlete of the Year today.I'm smiling as loud as I can right now.

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Democrat Representative from Ohio just held a press conference to announce that he is going to sacrifice everything he has believed and fought for over the last 10 years and firmly attach his lips to Nancy Pelosi's butt.In announcing that he is going to vote for the health care bill that he opposed the first time.During his speech he said something that should have everyone of you shaking in your

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Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-42574164077914311592010-02-25T14:45:00.000-08:002010-02-25T15:01:42.003-08:00

It's official! The California State Assembly has lost their freaking minds. And that is being kind, I am assuming that most of those twits had minds to lose in the first place.Today, our illustrious State Assembly voted to make the first week in March a "Cuss Free Week."WHAT THE HELL?????Our state is spirialing down the crapper with almost no hope of recovery. We are massively in debt,

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Democrat Representative John Murtha from Pennsylvania died today due to complications from gall bladder surgery. In keeping with what my Grandma taught me about speaking evil of the dead, and if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all. That is all I have to say.

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According to boxofficemojo.com the top 20 movies of all time - based on total dollars of ticket sales - adjusted for inflation are:Rank Title1 Gone with the Wind2 Star Wars3 The Sound of Music4 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial5 The Ten Commandments6 Titanic7 Jaws8 Doctor Zhivago9 The Exorcist10 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs11 101 Dalmatians12 The Empire Strikes Back13 Ben-Hur14 Return of the Jedi15

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It's no Gitarzan but I like it anyway:

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Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip for his shipbuilding company on Aug. 6, 1945, when a U.S. B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He suffered serious burns to his upper body and spent the night in the city.He then

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A little Christmas music for you...

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"You have both sides criticizing it, which means that we did what we had to do, we compromised in a fair way,"Senator Barbara Boxer speaking about the Senate Health Care BillJust how stupid is our Senator Boxer - the only fair compromise she can imagine is one that pisses off everyone? I have bricks laying in the dirt in my backyard that are smarter than this woman.

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I grew up in South Dakota and Wyoming. I have been surrounded by country music my whole life. I have never like it. I really hated it as a kid, mostly because that was all that was on the radio. The last few years country music has changed, and in many cases is almost indistinguishable from pop music.But I finally found a country song/video that I like:

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Excuse the replays here, I was telling a friend about our spring desert flowers and this was the easiest way to get them online for her to see what I was talking about. Rademacher Hills South of Ridgecrest Flowers Along Hwy 395 Closeup of the desert flowers More desert flowers along the highway

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First watch this video:My apologies if you are not a queen fan.Now! Watch this video:

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I am thankful for my family, those here and those away. For my dear, kind, understanding wife who puts up with me, even when the stupid starts showing. For my children.I am thankful for my volleyball club. I have had a lot of hobbies in my lifetime, but this is by far the most rewarding, most fun, way to spend my time I have ever found.I am thankful for everything I have - freedom, house, job,

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I feel like I should say Thank You to all the veterens of our Armed Forces out there who throughout the generations have defended our freedom. But somehow, it seems like nothing I could ever write here would be enough.I have two nephews - Adam a former marine served several tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thank you Adam. Chris is still in the Navy, Thank you Chris.My father served in the Army

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If anyone every asks you why you should wear eye protection while you are shooting If you ever start thinking that you do not need eye protection while you are shooting.Just remember this picture.This is the safety glasses I was wearing when the two hot loads went off in my M1911A1. The smudge the arrow is pointing to is not a smudge. It is a chip in the polycarbonate lenses of the safety

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I have never had a gun go KaBOOM on me before. Before today that is.I don't know if this qualifies as a full KaBOOM. First off it wasn't a Glock that I was shooting. Secondly, my gun still seems to be intact, more or less. But I figure anything that destroys a mag, damages the remaining bullets in that mag, splatters gun powder residue all over my hands, and face, draws blood from my cheek

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Eight Years Ago....I was 43 years old. Today, I'm over 50, feeling it, most days. I keep getting junk mail from AARP (which I don't even open). What used to be a daily list of aches and pains that annoyed me have become a regular part of my life. I have officially now lived over half my life with aching knees.Eight Years Ago....My oldest daughter was in 5th grade, the twins were in first

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From Tim Hawkins :

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As some of you may know that last weekend the State of California held a giant rummage sale in order to try and raise some money for their budget crisis. I don't think it worked. Because there are a lot of wildfires burning in the state right now. I figure if the rummage sale idea had worked the Governor wouldn't be trying to burn down the state for the insurance money.

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While puttering around on the patio the other day we discovered a grasshopper shell laying under the table. Looking over and up just about a foot we discovered a spider web that had the fresh new grasshopper caught in the web. The grasshopper was frantically trying to free itself while the black widow spider was doing her thing. We watched for a while, until the grasshopper finally stopped

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The ruling class democrats in Congress are trying to capitalize on the death of Ted Kennedy in order to reverse the American citizen's free falling support for their rotten health care insurance scheme. Robert Byrd actually said:"In his honor and as a tribute to his commitment to his ideals, let us stop the shouting and name calling and have a civilized debate on health care reform which I hope,

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The phone rings this evening and my son answers. He listens for a moment then walks over and hands me the phone. A pleasant sounding, polite female voice verifies who I am then says that she is from the Republican National Committee and would like to ask me a few questions. Normally this is the point where I say "Sorry I'm busy right now and hang up. But out of curiosity I agreed to answer a

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Senator Edward Kennedy died last night at his home in Hyannis Port. I'm sure that there are many people out there who are grieving and will miss this man. They have my condolences for their loss. As for myself ...well ...Grandma always said "If you can't say anything nice ...

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I stole this from Jay at MAroonedYou know you're getting old when you see a cute, approximately-teenaged girl walking down your street and your first thought is,"Hey! I wonder if she's old enough to... babysit?"

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This is a little long. But well worth listening to. People keep asking who is the next great Republican leader? I don't know if this guy is it, but he certainly should be in the picture somewhere. Oh, did you see his teleprompter? No? That's because there isn't one.The government run media likes to talk about what an inspiring speaker obama is. Obama is a great reader. This guy is a great

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I never shy away from any opportunity to point out just how two faced almost all of our elected officials in the country are. I have always had a fairly low opinion of most politicians. But some of them are just too duplicitous to believe. Take for example Texas Democratic Congressman Gene Green. From the website OnTheIssues we find that Congressman Green has twice voted against requiring

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If you like cheeseburgers, and I do like cheeseburgers. Then you need to take a look at this site:Granted this is an advertising site for Wisconsin Cheese. But what they heck, thirty receipes and 30 days in the month. What more could a guy ask for, except maybe a triple bypass after trying all these delicious looking burgers.

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Og over at the Neanderpundit thinks that the "success" of Cash for Clunkers program will lead our neophyte president to to model his new health care program the same way.You need a service from your health care provider you will have to trade in a codger in order to get that care. Og suspects that they fee schedule may be:Heart surgery? Two geezers.Colonoscopy? one geezer or two dogs.Boob job?

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If you are one of the few citzens in California who still thinks that your state assemblycritters are working in your best interests I have some bad news for you.The CA legislature's latest stunt is reminiscent of a child breaking something that belongs to their parents then trying to hide it so Mommy and Daddy will not find out who did it.So what happened? The CA Legislature passed a budget to

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OK, if you didn't already know it, I'm a Sci-Fi fan. Some of my favorite shows have been Babylon 5 and the Star Trek series of shows. Now I am not going to get involved in a who would win argument here. As I said, I'm a fan, not a total geek. Besides everyone know that the Star Wars ships would win. OK, so I do have my total geek moments.Regardless this is a great little fan video.

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At work we have pretty rigid rules about passwards in our computer systems:Our passwords must be 27 characters long and contain:- at least 2 capitols (state capitols, not countries), - two special olympics contestants middle names, - 7 numbers (3 odd numbers and 4 even numbers, none of the numbers can be a multiple of 3) In addition we have to change this password every 4 days and the system

Davidnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-12929087935177227132009-07-08T21:31:00.000-07:002009-07-08T21:47:15.895-07:00

It has been a while since I last posted. The club volleyball season is over and I am just starting to get back to a normal life for a month or two. But more on that later.Our state legislature has officially lost it's mind, gone bonkers, jumped the shark, total lost all focus, pick your euphemism of choice. These people, if they ever knew in the first place, have completely forgotten why they

Davidnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-38886128522461008782009-06-17T06:37:00.000-07:002009-06-17T08:41:53.458-07:00

It must be time to go to the Starlings Nationals Volleyball Tournament in San Diego.How can I tell?Each year the landscaping in my front yard changes when it is time to go to Nationals. Now I would never try and implicate the dear sweet young ladies on MY team of such devious behavior. But the culprit of this heinous act actually wrote their names on one of the signs. So we are off to Nationals

Davidnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-66267497491290194082009-05-30T10:54:00.000-07:002009-05-30T10:55:51.747-07:00

A friend sent me a link to this little gem from Sinks Canyon up above Lander Wyoming.

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For the first time in 24 years of voting in California I feel like I didn't waste my votes yesterday. Everything I voted for - passed. Everything I voted against - failed.Oh crap! The one time I go a perfect 6 for 6 and I waste it on a special election ballot instead of a lottery ticket.

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-3866598688100726102009-05-20T06:45:00.000-07:002009-05-20T07:11:29.119-07:00

The voters in California yesterday went to the polls and sent a message to our state lawmakers.The folks I have talked to have all said pretty much the same thing.STOP Spending Money on things we don't want or need!We don't trust you to actually make the tax increased temporary.We don't trust you to actually attempt to control the spending.Unfortunately I don't think that our RINO Governator got

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-3084943066060328382009-05-17T11:07:00.000-07:002009-05-17T11:09:48.494-07:00

I stole this from the Boston HeraldBoy isn't that the sad truth.

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President Obama is putting forth a 2010 budget of $3,600,000,000,000.00But after a brief bout of fiscal responsibility he has reduced that number to$3,583,000,000,000.00I don't know about you but I feel much better knowing that this move will probably save my great grandchildren about $1.37 in taxes.

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-80127870729394540692009-05-15T09:37:00.000-07:002009-05-15T10:11:03.719-07:00

Students from Lawrence Technological University in Troy Michigan built an 800 square foot "shining example of the green movement -- a completely independent solar-powered house with no gas or electrical hookups"This technological marvel had only two little problems:1) it cost over $900,000 dollars2) it didn't work.That's right, $900,000 dollars. That is $1,125 per square foot. If I was to build

Davidnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-67955590565387008372009-04-28T10:54:00.001-07:002009-04-28T10:57:00.283-07:00

Comment on a blog in the midst of a long discusion about Operating Systems on PCs.The OS wars are over and the Web Browser won.Boy isn't that the sorry truth.My entire Windows Operating system treats everything I try to do like it is a stupid website.

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Well the lunatics are definitely in charge of the asylum in California. At least they are in Contra Costa County. According to the San Francisco Chronicle The Contra Costa County District Attorney Robert Kochly has announced that due to budget cuts his office will no longer prosecute:Misdemeanors:assaultthefts burglariesFelony Drug cases involving:less than a gram of methamphetamin or cocaine,

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-89774075510527885382009-03-27T17:24:00.000-07:002009-03-27T17:34:20.245-07:00

The soft headed, earth first, save the planet folks over at Vote Earth 2009 are encouraging everyone to turn off all their lights tomorrow night (3/28) from 8:30 to 9:30 PM.Their website claims that turning off your lights is a vote for earth, or leaving your lights on is a vote for global warming.Personally I intend to turn on a couple extra lights. Call it a vote for reason, sanity and freedom

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Last month our glorious Attorney General stated that in order to reduce the escallating violance in Mexico we have to start banning the sale of guns here in the United States.I have tried several times to put my thoughts about what a ridicuously foolish train of thought this is. But as I was trying to find the right words, one of my favorite bloggers did it for me. Mostly Cajun said it this way

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-24692655162251951812009-03-24T22:52:00.000-07:002009-03-24T22:54:29.172-07:00

This may be fake, or maybe not, but its entertaining none the less.If this is real I think the London 2012 Olympics Committee should hire these guys to do their opening ceremony

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Attorney General eric holder announced today that the obama administration will attempt to re-enact the expired 1984 assault weapons ban.Holder says that putting the ban back into place would help stem the flow of US weapons into Mexico where violence between the government and the drug cartels is escalating daily.So, our esteamed attorney gnereal wants to help our neighbors to the south stop

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A satellite that was supposed to measure green house gases in order to help governments continue to use scare tactics to further repress their citizens develop global climate change policies crashed after take off in California today. A payload fairing that covers the top half of the satellite during launch failed to seperate so the launch was unable to reach a sustainable orbit. The satellite

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-77114575467212241002009-02-19T06:55:00.000-08:002009-02-19T08:44:39.882-08:00

The Sacramento Bee has a new tax calculator online to help you figure out how much our new State budget is going to cost you.Tax CalculatorWarning: If you don't like the numbers you see when you do this don't blame me, I'm still cleaning the outrage off my monitor from when I finished.

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-54104893561393978632009-02-19T06:43:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:45:11.859-08:00

California Senate approves long-awaited budget

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The Sacramento Bee is reporting that state legislative leaders and our RINO governor have reached a deal to solve the state's budget crisis.In a nut shell the deal boils down to bend over grab your knees and kiss your butt goodbye. They are going to fix our budget crisis by taxing the hell out of every honest working citizen in the state.The deal includes:$15.8 billion in spending cuts, $14.3

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-57579649986257003462009-02-10T21:38:00.000-08:002009-02-10T22:42:22.297-08:00

Wow it has been almost two weeks since I last wrote something. At least since I wrote something here. I have been busy. The club volleyball season is in full swing and trying to be a good coach for one team and a good director for two others is keeping me very busy. This last weekend I had to substitute coach for the 16s team on Saturday and then coach my team on Sunday. It was fun spending

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-53294133667535433842009-01-28T06:56:00.000-08:002009-01-28T10:19:22.583-08:00

At 8:39 PST on January 28, 1986 the Challenger Space Shuttle Exploded 73 seconds into its flight. Killing all seven astronauts.I had been working as a young engineer here in Ridgecrest for only about 2 months when this happened. Several of us wanted to watch the launch, so we were gathered around a small TV in the projection room of one of the conference rooms in Mich Lab. The projection room

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Mostly Cajun had this up, and I'm looking for an excuse to put off working on my volleyball club website. Which I need to do, but am just having a hard time getting started.1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:30 AM2. Diamonds or pearls? Other than my wedding ring I don't wear jewelry. But my dear wife is partial to diamonds.3. Last movie you saw? Soldier of Fortune with Clark Gable and

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John Moses Browning was born January 23, 1855 in Ogden, Utah. He was a remarkably prolific weapons designer. From his first rifle, a single-shot falling-block design through his last, the Fabrique Nationale GP35 which is more popularly known as the Browning Hi-Power. JMB was awarded 128 patents in his career. He also developed at seven different cartridges for use in his weapons. JMB passed

Davidnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11344393.post-35727311480430237972009-01-21T06:45:00.000-08:002009-01-21T12:02:41.853-08:00

A wigged gunman walked into a class room at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis TN and ordered the 18 students and 1 professor in the room to turn over their wallets and purses. No one was hurt, but the campus was locked down and classes were canceled for the afternoon.All I have to say is HOW DARE HE? Doesn't that evil gunman know that college campuses are gun free zone. Boy he better hope the

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California's Controller, John Chiang, has announced a 30 day delay on tax returns and other payments, beginning on Feb 1, because the Golden State is running out of money. OK, being a little snarky right now, but I haven't gotten a refund from the state for almost 10 years now. I always owe them something, no matter how much I have deducted out of my check each month, it is never enough. But

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Over at Curmudgeonly and Skeptical there is a thread discussing favorite comedy movies. One early comment pretty much describes my opinion of my movie theater experiences the last 10 years or so:I got tired of spending the entire contents of my wallet on a small popcorn and two hours of Suck. - AWM

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Welcome to 2009! Does it look, feel or smell any different than yesterday? Other than your hang-over, I mean?My 16 year old daughter had a New Years Eve party last night. She had 7 friends over, two of which had to go home before midnight. So five of them slept over. My dear wife and I stayed up till midnight to welcome in the new year, share some bubbly and a new year's kiss. Then she

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OK, so maybe this is just wrong, but its still kind of funny.Shoe ThrowingBesides, I scored a 15

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I took my son and oldest daughter to the range this afternoon. The main reason for this trip was to try out my Christmas Present - a RIA 1911-A1 45 auto. I had a chance to try one of these several weeks ago at the range thanks to a generous stranger who let me shoot off a mag of his ammo. So I was anxious to see if I liked my own as much as I liked his. I did. It needs a little work though.

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Merry Christmas from my family to yours.

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Our New CA State Legislature was sworn into office just this month. This new legislature faces a huge problem - a 28 billion dollar deficit, that by some accounts is a low estimate. Of course all the Democrats in office and our RINO governor all want to fix this deficit by simply raising our taxes. Fortunately the conservatives in office are fighting that tooth and nail.Right up front I want

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Our lovely spend till your ears bleed congress is nearing a deal with the Detroit Automakers. I don't know why this bailout pisses me off more than all the other bank bailouts Congress has been dealing out. But it does.I have always owned American made cars, mostly Chrysler products. I started my driving life with a used '51 Oldsmobile. From there I worked my way through a used '67 Plymouth

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My whole family got up today and headed for Santa's Art Shop.While there I saw a sign that was the perfect definition of a boy.Boy (noun) - Noise that has dirt on it.

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Are you as sick and tired as I am of the media and all the Democrats flaunting the big O's election to the presidency as such a world changing event? Are you as sick and tired as I am of hearing about how great it is that we finally elected our first black president? Well I am. I always assumed that we would eventually have a black president. I just thought that it would be a principled

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Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid finally let his constituents and the rest of us peons here in America know what he really thinks of us. "In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true."That's right. Harry Reid things we all stink. He is very relieved that the new Capital

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When I was 10 or 11 years old my father let me shoot his Springfield Model 73 trapdoor 45-70. He sat me down, showed my how to load the weapon then stood back with my Uncle and laughed his ass off when the recoil rolled me over onto my back.My son has heard that story for years. Yet that has not deterred him from wanting to shoot that 45-70 also. Yesterday I gave him his shot, so to speak. We

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Mostly Cajun started it....

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Here is the before and after pictures of my contribution to this afternoon's Thanksgiving feast.If you have never had fried turkey, shame on you. My dear wife told me about her Cajun relatives frying turkeys when she was a kid. We tried it about 10 years ago and have never gone back. The time frame between the two sides of this picture is about 45 minutes.

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What am I thankful for this year?I am thankful for my dear wife. It makes my brain hurt trying to find the words to explain how important she is in my life. So I have to cop out and use an old cliche, I just can't imagine life without her.I am thankful for my three kids - Chaos, Noise and Destruction. I may have to rename them someday. I have been calling them that for years. But they are

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Hey my family has finally made the big time. We're famous now. We have finally been recognized on a National level. My family has always been unknowns. We're not famous, we're not big shots. We spend our lives laboring in obscurity. I have been doing family genealogy research for many years now and as far back as I can track our heritage we have been farmers, shop keepers, laborers, etc.

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Guess what? We all woke up this morning as co-owners in Citibank. Do you think maybe we will be able to get better service at the counter now?Don't hold your breath waiting for it.CNBC has this list of bailouts that our wonderful elected officials have been doling out: (numbers are in Billions of Dollars)The first two columns are from the CNBC article. I added the third column which is how

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