JamesSavik

Oh noes! It's the 4 cats of the apocalypse! Mr. Senator, the Defense budget needs moar tuna! Too late.

Damn- Now I know that I had my paddle just a minute ago...

Irritable1- major depression is a very different matter. The difference is that one is an attitude. You can change that if you want to. The other is an illness and you do need help with that. I've got no issues with that.

Are you tired of everybody's shit? Can you just not be bothered with your friends infantile drama? Are you sick of turning on the TV and seeing idiotic bickering politicians pandering to the worst sort of thugs and the country going up in flames? Then you might be ready for Fuckitall! Fuckitall is an industrial strength happy drug. Your life may suck but you won't care anymore. With Fuckitall your life will be strawberry fields forever... at least as long as you can afford the prescription. Ask your doctor if Fuckitall is right for you. JUST STOP ALREADY! Who told you you would be happy all the time? Who told you life was fair? Sometimes life sux. Wear a helmet. You eat the cookie, smoke the butt, have an orgasm but wake up the next morning and go to work! You don't need a pill. You need a hobby! Get a cat, join a gym, go bicycling, go hiking, look at the stars, find a cool rock, grow a garden, read a book, watch a game, take a class, take your camera to the woods, walk your dog, build a deck, change your oil, feed the cat, climb a big hill, barbecue, go swimming, eat out or take a nap. Life is what you make of it. NOW GO MAKE SOME!

Boots and pants...

Apparently they only care what the cute teens think.

Monday I go back to skool after all these years. I got my computer science degree in 1986. There have been a few developments since then that I need to brush up on. I'll be learning about the finer points of next generation fiber optics, ip/pbx systems and other new hardware. I have plans and the certifications on the new gadgets will help. Imagine that- an old geezer like me in school again. I wonder if the freshmen are as dumb as they used to be...

Let's go to the beach they said. It'll be fun they said. Try a little tequila they said.

I can't say that it helps.

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Arches National Park is sorta full of them

Massive Storm Observed on Uranus (opportunities abound for low humor) Aug.7, 2014 Daily Galaxy: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2014/08/wow-factor-massive-storm-observed-on-uranus-1.html “Even after years of observing, a new picture of Uranus from Keck Observatory can stop me in my tracks and make me say Wow!,” said Heidi Hammel, a member of the observing team. In the past few days, astronomers were surprised by a multitude of bright storms on the planet, including one monstrous feature. Weather on any planet can be quite unpredictable. As hurricanes threaten the Aloha State, astronomers working at the Keck Observatory on the island of Hawaii were surprised by the appearance of gigantic swirling storm systems on the distant planet Uranus. During the Voyager encounter with Uranus in 1986, only a scant handful of dim clouds were seen in its atmosphere. When the planet approached equinox in 2007 (i.e., when the Sun stood high above its equator), large storms developed on the planet, yet most of these faded. “We are always anxious to see that first image of the night of any planet or satellite, as we never know what it might have in store for us,” said Imke de Pater, professor at UC Berkley and team leader. “This extremely bright feature we saw on UT 6 August 2014 reminds me of a similarly bright storm we saw on Uranus’s southern hemisphere during the years leading up to and at equinox”. Since the 2007 equinox, Uranus’s northern pole has been coming into view, and the south pole is no longer visible. The bright feature de Pater refers to was known as the “Berg”, because this feature was visible just below the polar haze, and resembled an iceberg peeled off an ice-shelf. The Berg oscillated in latitude between southern latitudes of 32 and 36 degrees since 2000, and perhaps dated back to the Voyager era (1986). In 2004 it became much brighter; in 2005 it started to migrate towards the equator and became a very powerful storm system. In 2009, when it came to within a few degrees of the equator, it dissipated. The present storm is even brighter than the Berg. Its morphology is rather similar, and the team expects it may also be tied to a vortex in the deeper atmosphere. From near-infrared images taken at 2.2 micron, the team already determined that the storm must reach high altitudes; they will conduct calculations to determine the precise altitude, but based upon its brightness at those wavelengths the team expects it to reach altitudes near the tropopause. As hurricane Iselle gains in strength with Julio in tow, it will be interesting to see how these storms continue to evolve.

I'll miss him. He was one of the good guys. If you know me well, you know I don't say that about just anybody.

It's hotter than heck here and I want a cold drink for breakfast. Iced tea for me please.

That's up around Arches and Canyonlands Nations Parks- NE Utah. Moab, Utah sits in between them. Both are awesome and you could spend a month at both just hiking around. Don't worry- there are many more and larger formations just like it. Brice Canyon is full of them as are Zion and the Grand Canyon. Sandstone columns at Bryce Canyon Natl Park North Rim of the Grand Canyon looking south toward the San Francisco Mountains which are near Flagstaff, AZ This pillar is in Bryce Canyon. Notice how different layers of rock weather at different rates. Some layers of the sandstone are more resistant to weathering effects than others which makes the columns uneven.

The Music: The ride: The Place- Shaggy's on Biloxi Beach: Shaggy's: Da Lunch:

Really depends on the situation. Scenario 1: Babe- I'm just not comfortable with your cosplay as a Gestapo officer. Scenario 2: It's not me, it's you. You are worthless and weak and the sex is bad. Scenario 3: I think anyone that gave me the clap because they are sleeping around should understand... GTFO! Scenario 4: I know you are sleeping with my friends because you called me BRAD in your sleep. GTFO! I could go on but...

See this little guy? He's a trilobite. His family of marine arthropods first appeared in the early Cambrian era (520 My). They formed the class Trilobita and flourished in all the worlds oceans. They flourished for millions and millions of years in all the worlds oceans. There were a dizzying variety of trilobites- numerous species and sub-species that adapted and specialized in their local environments. Suddenly at the Permian extinctions, they were gone. One of the most successful marine arthropods in fossil record was gone almost over night. Perhaps there's a lesson for us to learn from the humble trilobite. Things can go bad enough to press you to extinction if you can not improvise, adapt and survive.

My dad liked James Garner. They were both Korea vets but my Dad was older because he had been in the Army in WWII.

Cold War era bunker collapse ain't it. These holes aren't a collapse. They are the result of an explosion. Note the ejecta scattered on the surface. The force is going up and scattering that stuff around the crater.

There was a time when the Soviets thought they would have to fight the Chinese in Siberia and built the types of infrastructure there that they thought they would need. To avoid making those facilities group 1 targets, they were built underground and hidden. I suspect that the types of structures that were there were diesel and aviation fuel bunkers. Those fuels are stable and long lived but Russia would have had use for them since. Once the containers were empty, without the internal pressure of liquid to balance the structures, they began a slow but accelerating collapse in which corrosion played a part. Abandoned Soviet revetments for aircraft in Siberia. Abandoned Soviet sub pen on the Pacific above the Arctic Circle. Note the ice.

Oh yeah- they're back. And yes WL- they would be glad to have you.

As a geology geek, I've always wanted to see it. There something really unique about the color blue of Crater Lake. View from the South rim. Phantom Ship Rock. Waterfall fed by Crater Lake

My dad punched me so hard I crashed into and broke through the dry wall. I was kept inside without contact with anyone for weeks except for church. Just church- no Sunday school or social stuff. Tell the truth, I don't want to think about it anymore.

Middendorf's is a sea food legend just outside New Orleans on I-55. Here it is riding out Katrina. da gumbo da soft shelled crab