Thursday, February 3, 2011
The joys of the jobless?
Money quote from this article:
But really, once you stop working you realize that you don’t need a whole lot of money. I mean, I think that when you start working, you’re essentially trading your leisure time (i.e. happiness) for money. And then when you’re working and miserable, the natural impulse is to try and reverse that transaction and buy some of your happiness back. So you become a compulsive shopper
The joys of the jobless?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Hopefully we’re not on the Eve of Destruction.. Just maybe we’re only on the eve of an early spring..
Be positive.. right? … as Australia’s Cyclone churns and Egypt’s Cairo burns.. and even the Jordon River has bodies.. but tell me over and over and over again my friends… that you don’t believe we’re on the eve of destruction
State Department says US government flights out of Egypt after Thursday 'unlikely'
…take the message as it reads. It’s a game changing day..
This television is rated FS for freaking scary.. Dramatic scenes are unfolding on live TV and real time Internet. But living through history never was pleasant, these events included. Prayers for Cairo and Egypt as battle lines get drawn and rational protest gets drowned out by madness in the streets..
The world is on fire
Watching live coverage on Msnbc with Brian Williams and Richard Engel .. They are broadcasting live from Egypt in what was once a safe location .. on CNN Anderson Cooper is hovering inside as his location got more dangerous.. The disintegrating situation in Egypt appears to be spinning out of control for the entire world to see
Woman grows 24-inch long fingernails because she wants to meet Oprah.
Yes because that is exactly what Oprah wants to see.
Woman grows 24-inch long fingernails because she wants to meet Oprah.
UFO in the holy city?
A mysterious orb of light caught in camera dropping from the sky over Israel..
At this point, no plausible earthly explanations besides trickery of some kind—but even that is doubtful with multiple videos of the ball of light being existent.
Maybe we're looking for new real estate?
There are about 50 or so planets mass thinks are good for life..
Moving from your home is one thing, but would you ever consider moving from your planet?
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Case in point on the journalist attacks in Egypt, and as mentioned on Coal Speaker earlier today, here is the video of Anderson Cooper in the midst of an angry crowd around him in Egypt..
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There can be no way we are alone..
NASA says there are over 1000 potential alien planets… and probably a lot more than what our cameras can capture..
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The Ballad of Mona Lisa — Panic at the Disco.
Good evening folks.
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Just as a point of reference..
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina’s peak winds were about 175 MPH or so, and caused vast destruction.. The storm being seen in Australia at this moment may have winds in excees of 183 mph… This storm is larger than Katrina and stronger as well..
Live coverage of a worsening situation in Egypt as violence escalates
…even Anderson Cooper felt it, being punched in the head 10 times by what reports are describing as ‘Mubarak supporters’
Live coverage of a worsening situation in Egypt as violence escalates
Yasi has "unprecedented ferocity"
Australian report on Yasi reads like this:
Cyclone Yasi is building as a storm of unprecedented ferocity - the likes of which hasn’t been seen since 1918.
Yasi is on track to make landfall between Innisfail and Cardwell about 10pm (AEST) on Wednesday, with authorities confident they have the site within a 30km range of accuracy
Yasi has "unprecedented ferocity"
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Rise and shine.. It’s Groundhog Day!
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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It’s my hope all you out there are well this evening.
Be safe no matter your location or temperature.
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Source claims that Borders may file for bankruptcy later this month!
Books are in the red in the book store. Thank progress.
We’ll miss paper one day.
Source claims that Borders may file for bankruptcy later this month!
Do you like throwing weather out of proportion? -bill
Thanks for the feedback.. And my official “follower” Freddy gif thanks you too.
"Great" question "bill" .. I don’t know what exactly you mean "throwing"
the weather out of proportion? Perhaps you meant “blowing” it out of proportion. And no, I don’t. I really don’t like it at all.. but “bill,” when you have a massive Cyclone named Yasi that is about to strike and cause human life to be lost, and when you have a storm taking up a vast portion of a continent with snow and ice, I think that is very important and meaningful. And really, it is going to affect a lot of people. 100 million here.. And while I’m not quite sure how many in Australia, I’d venture to say quite a few.
And Bill, they care. I care that my power may go out with ice.. Chicaco cares since they are crippled due to a massive blizzard.. people that have to take shelter at the Red Cross care.. And Bill, I trust you’re somewhere warm, perhaps a beach or a desert, and maybe you have a nice clear sky above your safe home, tucked away in no man’s land. But guess what, Bill, a lot of other people don’t. And since they don’t, the news becomes important.
Hence: The links, the photos, the stories. And so long as I have this little Tumblelog on the net, I will put forward what I feel is important. Even if people think I ‘throw’ it out of proportion…
ALL THE TROUBLE IN THE WORLD.
As the great 2000 Mile of 2011 Blizzard strikes the United States with over a foot of snow in places and inches of ice in others, the other part of the world is nervously awaiting fate as Cyclone Yasi churns.. While people will be hunkering down within the next few minutes to hours, authorities are amplifying the fear by telling Australians: Don’t panic if the roof comes off. Other dire warnings include $500 mil or more in damage to sugarcane growers. Devastation is coming, they say, for banana growers. .. Island paradise turns into island fear.
And besides the fear over how much money will be lost in farms, other immediate concerns turn to human life itself. How many people are prepared for this storm? The onslaught is due to be challenging at best and life threatening for hours at worst..
People in Australia are bracing for drenching rains and ferocious winds. Cyclone Yasi has achieved an unthinkable but very real Category 5 status tonight, tomorrow their time…
And this to a nation that has been ravaged by floods and true horror over the past several weeks.
IMPACTS…SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO
THICK ACCRETIONS OF FREEZING RAIN.* WINDS…EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE VALLEYS…AND
SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH ON THE RIDGES. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
WEST ACROSS THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN`S IN THE
WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…AND INCREASE TO 15 TO
20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATER WEDNESDAY.
…Snow is one thing. Freezing rain for hours upon end are quite another. And a half inch of ice with 40 mile per hour winds is going to be possibly disastrous for a whole lot of people.
Latest AP update on the massive cyclone down under
AP reports:
Thousands of Australians were urged Wednesday to gather their loved ones and flee a monster cyclone that strengthened overnight and threatens hours of terrifying winds and torrential rain for the northeast
Latest AP update on the massive cyclone down under
Latest AP story on the massive winter storm rolling across the nation -- and causing misery as it travels
This storm, if no other, is the best reason we should begin naming winter storms.. This may be one of the most massive colossal systems in recent memory of the lower 48 ..
Latest AP story on the massive winter storm rolling across the nation -- and causing misery as it travels
The Katrina down under: Australia ready to be impacted by massive cyclone the size of 2005 American storm Hurricane Katrina..
For those paying attention to earthly disasters, Australia has been impacted by significant flooding over the past several weeks.
Cyclone Yasi promises to be a potentially devestating storm is causing orders for 30,000 to evacuate the city of Cairns... There are fears of flooding, a storm surge, and massive wind gusts from Yasi..
Lots of people make lots of accusations about big-Pharma.. But this one is quite possibly breaking new ground
Man claims Glaxo drug made him ‘gay sex addict’
And not just gay sex but also a gambling.. And all he wanted to do was treat his Parkinson’s..
The protests continue in Egypt, but are now attracting not just young, but also old, not just poor but also middle class
The unrelenting cry for Hosni Mubarak to leave is not stopping.
The protests continue in Egypt, but are now attracting not just young, but also old, not just poor but also middle class
Walk like an Egyptian
Interesting developments occurring in Jordan: Jordan’s King Abdullah II, bowing to public pressure, fired his government on Tuesday and tasked a new prime minister and says he will give Jordanians more say in the government..
And while we may not appreciate the weather that IS falling, we perhaps should respect it
The storm is hitting about 2,100 miles in length of the United States with over a foot of snow, and there is a large radius around that 2,100 miles that will be burying people under heavy snow and a dangerous amount of ice.
Living through history typically means you’re living through something bad. And this storm is historic in its affects.. Which means it won’t be fun in the least..
Greetings from a snowy East.
Ice and snow abounds..
Slush covers the grounds..
Misery in your town.
A rhyme is the best I can come up with to deal with the misery of yet another storm.. this time affecting over 100 million Americans. The future radar of my area is appalling, frightening, and yet mesmerizing. If what they say will happen indeed happens, it appears there will be a massive ice storm that by tomorrow will have over 1 inch of ice in parts of the dark coal region of Pennsylvania and many other places too. That is a prospect sure to cause fear.. power outages.. no heat during a cold storm that has snow, ice, and rain all mixed together.. It may be nasty.
Hopefully not. After all, the staple of the great winter storm, the frozen pizza, won’t be able to be made without power..
We are slaves to modern life, aren’t we?
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Tonight, Tonight — The Smashing Pumpkins.
May you’re night be filled with mid-1990s memories.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
I have had it..
Enough with snow.
Enough with ice.
Enough with cold.
And hopefully it’s all gone by the time my child decides to tell my wife he’s ready to come out..
We're only alone if we stop looking for others
More and more planets are being discovered.. NASA images are going back in time. If you’re amazed with space and time, it’s an amazing moment to be alive on the planet earth.. even if you’re not, you’re being hurled into a vast unknown.. A time when doubt is abundant and answers are not. This is the future. And the future is now.
DISCOVER MAGAZINE is reporting that scientists are taking a very active role in trying to answer one of the many age old questions: Is there anybody out there..?
Discover reports,
"We still have no idea whether any planet beyond Earth harbors life, but that could soon change too: Scientists are increasingly optimistic that they will find evidence of biological activity on an alien planet within the next few years. In collaboration with the Thirty Meter Telescope and the National Science Foundation, DISCOVER invited four top researchers in the field to discuss how that extraordinary discovery might unfold"
…In a vast land of galaxies and who knows what else, the thought that we are alone seems foolish. Now what the other versions of the “us” would be is cause for …concern.
Double rainbow! ... strike that. Double solar flare.
NASA cameras had a front row view to an amazing scene in space, as solar flares erupted two sides of the sun at the same time..
NASA placed images of the solar eruption on its website with some context behind in. NASA wrote,
"This still (below) from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) caught the action in freeze-frame splendor when the Sun popped off two events at once on Jan. 28, 2011. A filament on the left side became unstable and erupted, while an M-1 flare (mid-sized) and a Coronal Mass Ejection on the right blasted into space. The movie (above), taken Jan. 26-28, 2011, shows several other flashes and bursts from the active region on the right as well. Neither event is headed towards Earth"
Perhaps the last sentence in their press release is the most reassuring. Neither eruption is poised to strike the little blue planet..
At least not these eruptions.
Speculation has abounded for years that we are going to go into a period of dramatic solar activity—activity that could potentially hit a high point in 2012, according to experts that have been quoted in stories over the past several months.
These two flares, perhaps more than anything, are warning shots and messages of the sun’s power.
NASA also placed a six-second video on their website of the solar activity.
While the solar flares that were visible to the world didn’t sear the world, the images are seared into the memory of all who watch the sky and wonder, one day, if that massive ball of light will turn on the planet it warms..
Sunday, January 30, 2011
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Who, or what, is out there?
No matter the threat or vision of space and time gone mad, enjoy your rest. And hopefully you get some.. Goodnight world.
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It's going to be a long week
While I am not a typical ‘run to the store to get bread and milk!’ excitable kind of guy, the latest weather forecasts coming out from various model runs are giving me cause for concern.. A major winter storm, with blizzard conditions possible in many areas, and an nasty ice storm in others, is forcing me to evaluate and .. perhaps get to the store for a 2 to 3 day haul of food. Just in case.
It may be good to do if you’re in any of the areas tonight on this National Weather Service warning map in the blue or pink colors…Which is a vast and expansive part of the United States of America.
An interesting perspective from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: He writes that Tunisia and Egypt are the first countries experiencing a 'food revolution'..
He writes,
The surge in global food prices since the summer – since Ben Bernanke signalled a fresh dollar blitz, as it happens – is not the underlying cause of Arab revolt, any more than bad harvests in 1788 were the cause of the French Revolution.
Yet they are the trigger, and have set off a vicious circle. Vulnerable governments are scrambling to lock up world supplies of grain while they can. Algeria bought 800,000 tonnes of wheat last week, and Indonesia has ordered 800,000 tonnes of rice, both greatly exceeding their normal pace of purchases. Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Bangladesh, are trying to secure extra grain supplies
An interesting perspective from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: He writes that Tunisia and Egypt are the first countries experiencing a 'food revolution'..
You know the big storm that is set to impact 100 million Americans in time for Groundhog Day?
Well, news just got worse.. it could end up being a significant ice storms in a lot of places by Wednesday.. With a half inch to an inch of set set to fall after several inches of snow, it may potentially be chaos by Wednesday morning .. I was hoping for a pure snowstorm if anything.. an ice storm is surely not something anyone wants to experience.
While Shaq doesn't play for the Lakers anymore...
After today it appears he also doesn’t play for the Celtics..
Other matters of significance and somewhat-importance from the world at large.
Massive storm will affect 100 million Americans by Groundhog Day..
A cyclone is poised to strike parts of Australia that have already been ravaged by floods!
Closely watching Yellowstone: If an eruption occurs, it could make two-thirds of U.S. land uninhabitable. It could also disrupt thousands of flights and force millions of people to leave their homes.. And recently, as reported here and many other places, the ground has swollen 10 inches in places..
Mystery “solved” .. 200 dead cows killed by… sweet potatoes!?
Where are all those Atkins Diet books now? New information suggests that carbs actually help someone lose weight
Competition: Wikileaks rival launches new site “OpenLeaks”
Will the real billionaire please stand up? The real Mark Zuckerberg made cameo appearance on Saturday Night LIVE last night with Jesse Eisenberg as host..
*And for a change, SNL was funny..*
Video
Charlie Sheen’s porn party friend speaks..
'I looked after Britney's kids'
Sheen clean: Speaks out: I’m fine..
Bruno Marks pleads guilty to cocaine possession..
4-year-old girl dead of ‘extreme’ alcohol poisoning..
Angry Birds is becoming the new Super Mario Brothers..
Cars of the future: Big brother will decide.. The vehicle will decide if you’re too drunk to drive..
Claims: Images of “Mary and the Baby Jesus” on the moon frighten people in India..
THOR script leaked online..
Slash starts his own horror movie production company..
After mixed reviews at Sundance, Kevin Smith says he may edit RED STATE before American release..
*RED STATE did premiere at Sundance and was greeted by protests and a media circus*..
KING’S SPEECH appears to be headed for Oscar victory..
Just a quick note..
Either my intelligence was completely insulted and my brain turned to mush watching Debbie Gibson and Tiffany be eaten by steroid-injected animals, but I thought Saturday Night Live with Jessie Eisenberg was one of the more creative and funnier shows in recent memory. That, or the past few shows have been so dismal. But I was pleasantly surprised.. Even the awkward and strange cameo of Mark Zuckerberg had humor, although I’d still rather watch Andy Samberg play Zuckerberg than Zuckerberg himself.
Egypt update
Gangs in Egypt free militants as foreigners flee..
Iraqis watch with sense of irony..
Cairo standoff..
Obama and Clinton watch..
Political tsunami..
Protesters say they won’t stop until Hosni Mubarak is gone..
State Department reduces staff..
Israel watching..
Dubai shares fall the most in a year..
Will there be market chaos?
United States advising Americans to leave the nation..
Business as usual on Suez Canal..
But there are worries over the Suez, along with stock fears..
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Best still. And goodnight.
Five Satins - In the Still of the Night
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