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I know I should be working on posting more pics and whatnot, but I just haven’t felt the inspiration lately. And I’m trying to stay away from politics for the most part – it’s more depressing than most things in my life and I’d just as soon try to keep my blood pressure down if you get my drift. So I hope y’all don’t mind if the place slows down just a bit. Of course, Kath or Glenn could post something too Anywho, I actually did have a couple of things to share with y’all real quick that are really rather suited to the technogeeks out there but I figure they might come in handy for everyone First is memorari.us. Memorari is a simple website that will automatically send you a reminder about anything you want via email, text message, or a few other means. Just put in the date, the transmission method, your contact info, and a message and it’ll show up where and when you want it to. The message and all info about it are destroyed for good as soon as the message has been sent. Downright useful, that is The second site is downforeveryoneorjustme.com which can be rather helpful at times. Have you ever tried to get to a certain website, but can’t and you don’t know if it’s just you or if the site’s actually down? Just go to this site, put the website you want to check in the search box, and it’ll tell you if it can be reached by that web server or not. Now you’ll know who to call if you can’t get to this site That’s it for tonight – have a great day I’m finally getting around to going through some of the boxes in my apartment and I’m finding some pretty cool stuff
 26 July 2010 - Hogjaw, Area 51, Road Runners Internationale, and former black projects
And then I remembered all the space I have on the walls of my cubicle at work Some of these patches are rather rare. For example, you can only get one of those CIA patches from the CIA gift shop. Thankfully, I’m an associate member of the Road Runners Internationale and the CIA is rather close to our group due to the history of the Road Runners’ projects like the U-2 and A-12. The CIA is so kind as to bring their gift shop to our reunions which means I get to shop where very few can The rest of the patches on this wall have something to do with the CIA, the Road Runners, or black projects in Nevada. Take the 547th Intelligence Squadron patch – these are the men and women who exploit foreign technology that’s been “acquired” by various means. The Road Runner feature prominently – check out their website for some really interesting Cold War secrets
 26 July 2010 - Jimmy Buffett, NASA, Cape Hatteras, and the USAF represented here
It’s not just Road Runners and CIA that I’ve got on display. There’s plenty of NASA and USAF patches here, too. I may have to pick up a few more when I get the chance to fill in the wall a bit more Let’s not forget that I’m still a Parrothead and you’re probably going to find some Jimmy Buffett items around
 26 July 2010 - Thanks for the OBX stickers, Kath
Gotta love the bumper stickers
 26 July 2010 - Road Runners Internationale - In God We Trust - All Others We Monitor
Ah, the good ol’ Road Runners 8) This is key tag is pretty appropriate when you consider that they were responsible for the U-2, A-12, SR-71, M-21, and D-21
 26 July 2010 - Who here can pick out the most black projects and symbols in this patch? I paid quite a bit more for this patch than I normally would for most. It’s a very limited edition and very cool – if you know your Groom Lake history Anywho, that’s about it for now. Have a great day Blogging – it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Sorry for that, but work this past week was anything but relaxing or invigorating. We had a few outages which meant I was busier than a bartender in Vegas on New Years Eve. After work I just want to go home, decompress, and get some sleep. OK, enough of that – here’s the pics  23 July 2010 - Guido & New Frontier Armory's new "deuce and a half" military surplus truck  23 July 2010 - Guido & New Frontier Armory's new "deuce and a half" military surplus truck I headed on over to New Frontier Armory / Infinite Arms after work after not darkening their doorway for two whole weeks  23 July 2010 - Geocaching vehicle travel bug I haven’t been geocaching in quite a while, but I still recognized this for what it is – a travel bug decal on a vehicle If you haven’t heard of geocaching, check out geocaching.com and see if it’s something you might like. All you need is a GPS receiver and a computer, but a pencil helps as well sometimes  23 July 2010 - Heading home under the desert sun It will likely come as no surprise that it’s been HOT lately here in Las Vegas Last, but not least I have a video for a change That’s it for now Racism. Works both ways. Today was the last clinical day and I cannot say HOORAY loudly enough to make it clear how glad I am that pediatric clinicals are over. Now, back to the title. I was at a day care again today. Day care in general tries my patience, because there is zero discipline at them. Little Billy could bite Little Susie’s ear off and he’d get a “stern talking to”. They can’t even stand the kids in the corner for misbehavior anymore and boy, those shitheads rays of sunshine know it. Today was a bit different than the other days, as I was at a different facility. It was an amazing place- amazing in the fact that only the little white kids did wrong. Seriously, during the entire day, all of the children acted like drunken squids, but only (and yes, I do mean ONLY) the little white kids were called down for their behavior. I raised an eyebrow at that about one hour into the day. Susie & LaQuinettaLaShequaDominiquatisa could have been doing the same thing & Susie was the one to get her ass reamed out over the transgression. All of the kids were suffering from EXTREME Hickory Deficiency, but the kids doing some of the worst things were overly praised, while others were chewed out for “smacking while eating”. I was not amused. I heard a lot of interesting stuff though, especially when it was “Learning Time”. This month’s theme is Africa, The Greatest Nation. (I shit you not. One child mentioned Hawaii & the “teacher” said, “We’re not talking about Hawaii & anyway, Africa is way better than Hawaii!”.) I learned some new stuff today and although I might be racist, not only in the way I mention it, but by mentioning it at all, here goes- 1) Africa is made up entirely of islands. There are no countries, just islands. 2) There is (and this is a real quote) “not a lot of climate over there because it’s too hot”. 3) Africans are famous for their paintings and contest dancing. 4) There is a “good Africa” and a “not good Africa”. In “not good Africa”, the houses all have skraw roofs. 5) Chickens and hens are not related to one another. 6) In America, we celebrate New Years Day with fireworks everywhere. 7) They have a different heritage of police. ??? 8 ) Their favorite game to play is chest. 9) African jury is made with two colors. (Jury=jewelry) 10) Two lakes run through the entire country, not continent. At this point, the “teachers” began to argue. The 2nd one said the first one meant Oceans, not lakes. They argued for a little while until I suggested they both meant RIVERS. Now I feel so much brighter. I cannot believe that all the geography teachers who taught me over the years were so stupid! Hope you feel brighter, too. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go soak my head in the toilet for a little while. >.< From a friend of Jeff and I. Pay close attention to it, folks. It does make sense. And is a laugh, in a sick and twisted way. Because it is so painful as to be almost funny. I will not divulge the name. Give me all the hell you can. I don’t care. I have had cancer and lived through it. You may not be familiar with Coal the Cat, but I’m going to miss him. If you want to read the previous posts up to this point, they’re here, here, and here. Coal showed up at our front door around midnight on 10 December 2008. I heard meowing when I went to get a drink and saw him outside through the window. It was seriously cold out and it took only a bit of coaxing to get him to come inside. Cindy and her niece Stevie had seen him earlier that night while doing the nightly walk around the storage facility she managed and we lived at but figured he’d go back to his home. He didn’t have any tags and after getting a better look at him it seems he was out on his own for a while after likely being abandoned due to a home foreclosure. I woke Cindy up after he came inside and everything seemed pretty good when he crawled into bed with Stevie. We eventually gave him to Stevie as a Christmas present  Coal the cat - First day in our home  Coal the cat - He sure was skinny!  Coal the Cat - Even when he was skinny and hungry he was curious  Coal the Cat - He wasn't sure about much at first...  Coal the Cat - He didn't want to stand still for pictures, either  Coal the Cat - Look at those big, yellow eyes 8) He was curious, but skittish which was understandable considering his circumstances. He didn’t like to be picked up much, but he’d come and want to be petted and loved after he figured out that we weren’t going to leave him like someone else had. Eventually he moved down to Arizona with Cindy’s sister and her family and then back up to Vegas a while later.  Coal the Cat - I last saw him on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 The last time I saw Coal was on Thanksgiving Day last year when I went to Cindy’s sister’s place for dinner. He was the same cat I remembered and he seemed to remember me as well I got word today that he had to be put down earlier in the morning. He’d been losing weight and not doing too well for a while so Cindy’s sister and her family took him to the vet where he was diagnosed with cancer. From what I understand, there was nothing they could really do for him and he’d only get sicker and hurt more over time so they did what was best for him and let him go. Coal had been abandoned at one point and we didn’t have him for all that long, but I’m glad we had him while it lasted I’m going to miss him.  DC-10 Fire Bomber Conversion done by Evergreen at Marana, AZ. Normally the field there is a boneyard, where airplanes go to die. But Evergreen has a large facility there doing maintenance and conversions. This is the most interesting conversion since the Aero Space Lines 377 Guppy and Super Guppy. It is a serious fire bomber. But don’t look for the California Forestry Department to use it. We have the governator and the moonbeam still screwing things up. But it is just a neat airplane! Victorville, Southern California Logistics Airport. Used to be George AFB.  Las Vegas weather - hot, dry and windy! It’s that time of year again here in fabulous Las Vegas, NV. The time of year you’d swear you live in a blow dryer. Take a look at those figures and try to imagine them all together. 109°, 12% humidity, wind 20 gusting to 28 mph. Those conditions mean that no matter what, you won’t feel cool outside. There’s nothing cool in the breeze. You’ll dry off in a heartbeat if you do get wet. I think I’ll stay in the air conditioning I would’ve written this last night, but I was a bit busy getting some of the pics for the post  16 July 2010 - 0736 hours and it was already 95° when I left for work Summer’s in full swing and we’ve got an excessive heat warning going here in town. It’s this time of year that I desperately miss the ocean and the fog back in San Diego. I love the climate there, but the laws and taxes suck. If I had to choose (and I actually do), I’ll deal with the summer here in Vegas.  16 July 2010 - Yes, that's a $500 bottle of tequila  16 July 2010 - I thought the bottle was pretty cool 8)  16 July 2010 - Free product tasting at Lee's Discount Liquor After a very long and trying week at work, I figured I’d stop by Lee’s Discount Liquor. They’ve got lots of cool different beverages there and sometimes free tastings. I left with a bottle of the New Amsterdam gin  16 July 2010 - 1750 hours on my way home and the car shows 122° This one was taken on the trip home from Lee’s. The official temperature at North Las Vegas Airport was somewhere around 110° but I wouldn’t doubt this temperature on concrete and asphalt in town. A bit later on, I noticed some interesting returns on the weather radar for my area. They were a ways off to the north, but not all that far away…  16 July 2010 - A passing car on a highway in The Middle Of Nowhere, NV  16 July 2010 - Thunderstorm in the desert a ways north of Las Vegas, NV  16 July 2010 - Thunderstorm in the desert a ways north of Las Vegas, NV I’m a sucker for thunderstorms One thing I wanted to make sure to tell everyone was just how incredibly dark it was out there  16 July 2010 - Rain in Alamo, NV  16 July 2010 - Now that's my kind of contest  16 July 2010 - Is it just small towns that have things like this? My drive took me all the way up to Alamo, NV where I found this gas station. The lights were all on, but the doors were locked. Oh well, I could’ve used a snack but I lived. I thought the green dinosaur was pretty cool 8) You always see one on the sign for Sinclair gas stations, but this is the first time I’ve seen one standing out front as a mascot  16 July 2010 - Cool old truck at Moapa My last stop of the night was at the Moapa Paiute Travel Plaza for a “nature break” and maybe a snack. OK, so I picked up a few feet of cannon fuse while I was at it – wouldn’t you That’s it for now, but I hope you enjoyed the pics The additional 7 states are (in no particular order): The state of Confusion, the state of Disarray, the Lowly state, the state of Anarchy, the Welfare state, the Nanny state, and the State-ist. Borrowed with permission from Christopher Burns. Face book acquaintance. I gotta hand it to him on this one. I could not have done better. For all my liberal relatives with no clue. And then there was Sheila Jackson-Lee and saying there were still two Vietnams. That ends today’s political stuff. Or maybe not. Thought you all might enjoy this one! Oakland, CA isn’t a place I’d want to live. I’m sure the climate’s OK and Fisherman’s Wharf, Ghiradelli Square, and the Palace of Fine Arts are right across the bay, but the politics aren’t exactly my speed. The crime rate and reactions to unpopular court decisions aren’t the greatest either. Now the city of Oakland has decided that they might need to cut 80 police from the force and stop responding to some crimes in person to save money. From NBC Bay Area:
My question here is why bother with the cops at all? If they’re not going to do what the Citizens need from you aside from handling the serious crimes such as murder and arson, why even bother? I know ways to stop loud music, especially if the cops won’t come out on a report of interfering with or injuring a power line |
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These websites might just save you some aggravation someday 
Well, Guido who owns New Frontier Armory just got a new toy and I couldn’t pass up getting a pic of it 
I took this picture while heading home from NFA/IA when it was about 114° or so and yes, it’s just as hot as you’d imagine. At least the humidity’s down near 10% so it’s pretty livable