As evidenced by this image, I am easily able to multitask.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
For those who missed it, a new Miss America was crowned last night..
In this photo, Teresa Scanlan, the new 17-year-old piano playing Miss America.
Teresa Scanlan, Miss Nebraska, competes in the swimsuit competition during the 2011 Miss America Pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 17-year-old pianist from a tiny town in Nebraska was crowned the 90th Miss America, inheriting the coveted title in an iconic but beleaguered pageant that is striving to regain its prominence.« Read less(AFP/Getty Images/Ethan Miller)
DAMAGE 'IN MINUTES'
A new study released by scientists is claiming that gene damage occurs from smoking within minutes..
MORE: A first few puffs on a cigarette can within minutes cause genetic damage linked to cancer, according to the study..
Saturday, January 15, 2011
The promised “January thaw” lasted about 50 hours at the beginning of this month.. a promised ‘warm up’ was to come late this month. My latest forecast for this deep dark neck of the formerly economic bastion of growth in the coal region of the United States is calling for snow or ice 95% of the forecast time.
….The thaw is coming. As is Christmas.
Welcome to Brazil.
It’s not pretty. As a matter of fact, it’s quite deadly..
From NBC:
Desperation, criticism grow following Brazil floods
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Juice Newton — Playing with the Queen of Hearts
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The promised “January thaw” lasted about 50 hours at the beginning of this month.. a promised ‘warm up’ was to come late this month. My latest forecast for this deep dark neck of the formerly economic bastion of growth in the coal region of the United States is calling for snow or ice 95% of the forecast time.
….The thaw is coming. As is Christmas.
Saturday evening hits earth..
You may feel yourself uneasy over the future..
You may find yourself in another part of the world..
You may find yourself looking at this website, grappling with whether to bookmark…whether to follow..or maybe even whether or not you should look away and go to another location on the vast information superhighway—a highway filled with locations you dare not travel and others you want to stay.
Here’s hoping you’ll decide that CoalSpeaker.com is a website to see.. or not.
And as always, this website is taking questions and comments: Ask me anything
Come fly the futuristic skies..
NASA reveals the flight of the future
And it looks very strange..
The agency unveiled passenger plane designs for 2025 .. the wave of the future will look much different from air travel of our current era..
Some aircraft may even have double cabins..
Eugenics never died: New York City Schools Chancellor says that 'birth control' is the solution to schools being overcrowded..
A wise crack that wasn’t wise.
A joke that didn’t hit the mark..
And perhaps an example of the continuation of a new form of eugenics..
Eugenics never died: New York City Schools Chancellor says that 'birth control' is the solution to schools being overcrowded..
Take a grain of salt with this, but it's interesting nonetheless..
Matt Drudge, who seems to be able to read tomorrow’s New York TIMES today almost every day, reports this on his site today:
NYT PLANS SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE ON ORIGINS OF ‘STUXNET WORM’, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE INFECTED IRAN NUKE PLANT… DEVELOPING
It will be fascinating to see the TIMES’ write up on it, and details behind it.. truly an interesting and somewhat frightening story ..
Friday, January 14, 2011
Beware the earth wobble..
After research and thought, I may have finally figured out whether or not my sign has changed from Virgo to Leo..
Shine from Yahoo! actually helped me with this tonight:
What this means to you: If you follow astrology that is linked to the constellations, your sign would go from say, a Gemini to a Taurus. You could even have a 13th sign, Ophiuchus, which you may have read about
So I think after all of this confusion, and after all of this wondering as to what my real sign is, it’s safe to conclude I can sleep easier this Friday night knowing, that after all this, I am probably still a Virgo.
The Yahoo story concludes:
In short, if you follow the Sidereal astrology, the Eastern branch, your sign may have shifted. (And most likely, no surprise to you at all: This news is hundreds of years old).
So if I follow neither, which I do, then I’m fine. Sleep easy Virgo the Virgin, you’re not a Leo after all!
Wait!
Maybe my zodiac didn’t change! I may STILL be a Virgo! I’ll look into this later..
So many worries after a long week..
Just when I thought the zodiac change wouldn't hit me
Coming to the realization that I’m now a Leo and no more a Virgo is earth changing. But I’m not nearly as upset as people who has their zodiac sign tattooed on their body.. Boy I bet they’re perturbed at the sudden new sign..
Baby clothing is awesome
No, really, it is.
My wife’s job threw a baby shower for her yesterday.. Her coworkers are saints. Believe me, they are.. some of the most adorable clothing I’ve ever seen in my life.
It’s almost here.. Ayden Morris is just about to step foot on the planet earth with his own two feet… Counting down the days now.
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This song makes me think of Tioga County, PA, on a summer night with a cold can of beer and a warm fire burning in front, with smoke rising up to the star-filled night sky filled with dreams of humanity. Goodnight earth. Enjoy the last waking moments of your week..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Thursday, January 13, 2011
A must read story for anyone who puts their photos online and sometimes worries about them: What would happen if Flickr fails?
And the same could potentially go for Tumblr, Posterous, Google Blogger (Never Google though) or any other site that relies on ad revenue to survive.
The safest thing to do for those whom worry of their web creations surviving: Constantly back them up. Somewhere.
My God, maybe even on PAPER!
A must read story for anyone who puts their photos online and sometimes worries about them: What would happen if Flickr fails?
Link: Galaxies identified as most distant yet found
And I ask.. how can this not mean anything but the chance that life is out there.. somewhere, and maybe everywhere!
The BBC puts it this way:
Cosmos-Aztec3 has been described as a “metropolis in the making”, because such clusters are believed to grow like cities, absorbing outlying villages
I suppose it's just another typical Thursday night in Philadelphia...?
A car was found floating in the Schuylkill along Kelly Drive near Fountain Green Drive about 11 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
No one appeared to be inside the car, but investigators were unsure whether a driver or anyone else was in the river
I suppose it's just another typical Thursday night in Philadelphia...?
A story of a tragic-heroic at the age of 13
Jordon Rice’s name is now known worldwide tonight for saving his brother’s life.. however he is not alive to share in the limelight on earth.. he is in a hopefully better place.
Jordon and family were being swept away in Australian flood waters when Jordon asked rescue workers to save his brother, Blake, instead. They did, and Jordon and his mother were swept away in the flood waters..
Jordon Rice’s father said,
"I can only imagine what was going on inside to give up his life to save his brother, even though he was petrified of water. He is our little hero."
The world needs more heroes. Sadly, this hero is not with the world anymore…
A story of a tragic-heroic at the age of 13
My God I think I'll have to stop watching this..
A kid just got a spider bite on INFESTED on the Animal Planet, and he went into a great amount of detail about the green puss comng from the open wounds on his arm..
INFESTED..
This may be, without question, the most frightening reality show on TV.. And it’s on the Animal Planet! NOTHING on the Animal Planet, with the exception of zebra being devoured by lions, should be frightening. But this show is.. Very much.
Fueling worries
Unemployment figures today were less than great news, and now this: OPEC and the world watching oil prices as they near $100 a barrel..
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Good morning.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Tiny dwarf packs a big hole
Scientists have spotted a relatively tiny galaxy (3,000 light years wide as opposed to 10,000 light years for the Milky Way).. but the minuscule galaxy also has a gargantuan black hole..
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It lingered. But it had to.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
If anyone is looking to get me a really late Christmas gift, I’ll take this sweater..
Credit sky-habit:
This is the coolest “lame” sweater ever
The Loughner news continues to intrigue..
We found out today that police stopped Jared Loughner only hours before his shooting rampage in Tuscon, and now this: Police visited Tucson suspect’s home before rampage…
BUT»>
Sheriff won’t release reports…
The police were apparently there on more than one occasion and the reasons, Pima County officials say, are under review..
Evidence of an old winery in Armenia
Yes, I’ll have a bottle of your oldest dry red. Try 6,100 years young.. Vintage..,
Evidence of an old winery in Armenia
The state of the union is..
Snowy. 49 out of the 50 United States now have snow in the ground..
The odd state out still has then 49 other states’ oranges happily growing..
Officers stopped Jared Lee Loughner on the same day of shooting!
Officers stopped suspect on day of shooting…
AP reports: Jared Lougher ran a red light but was let off with a warning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, the Arizona Game and Fish Department said. The officer took Loughner’s driver’s license and vehicle registration information but found no outstanding warrants on Loughner or his vehicle
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Goodnight earth.
If Bonnie Tyler still hasn’t found she is looking for.. none if us will..
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Yes, life can sometimes be rough..
Thinking about Martin Luther King Jr. made me also think of this song, and I am not truly sure why, as it has no geo-political or social message besides Bonnie Tyler losing someone she loved.
But nonetheless… here’s Bonnie Tyler — It’s a Heartache
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Regular or decaf?
Shopkeepers salvage a coffee machine from their flooded shop in the Brisbane suburb of Milton January 12, 2011.… Read more »REUTERS/Mick Tsikas
Murder never has to happen.. but for some reason this case particularly touches my heart
Florentine Dejesus-Lopez moved from Queens NY to the Harrisburg, PA area. He wanted to own his own business and be his own boss—everyone’s dream. And he was just about to get realization of the dream..
However, a teenage or 20-something-year-old gunman entered his store, shot him with a rifle five times, only to get an empty register..
And now Florentine Dejesus-Lopez is dead.
Murder never has to happen.. but for some reason this case particularly touches my heart
Maybe my favorite photo from the storm..
Our NBC News setup in Conn. Cameraman Mike Herron a real trooper!!! (Via @JeffRossen)
First dead birds, then dead fish ... now crickets
Jiminy Cricket!
A virus has killed millions of crickets raised to feed pet reptiles and those kept in zoos. Some operations have gone bankrupt and others have closed indefinitely until they can rid their facilities of the virus.
First dead birds, then dead fish ... now crickets
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Sarah Palin fights back ..
Click here to view the full text
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Juice Newton — Playing with the Queen of Hearts
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Top of the morning
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The music you put on here is horrible you think you'll ever change that?
My God! It’s horrible? The music I choose is horrible!? I am sorry to offend your ears.. to make miserable your life… to make awful your existence.
As far as changing it? Nope.
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Don’t go over the borderline.
Goodnight earth.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
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