Tuesday, March 27, 2012
This site so many times focuses on the world, and many times the universe, but neglects the news of my locality. The name is “coal speaker” for a reason.. this is based out of the deep dark mines of Pennsylvania. And today, those deep dark mines had a tragedy.
An eight year old escaped through a window.. but four other souls have gone..
The thought of so much loss happening so fast.. is something I cannot grapple with.
Thoughts tonight with the people hurt and hit by this awful event.
Some old theories on how the moon formed are still around.. but we know this: We don't really, truly know how exactly the moon formed
…and that is both frustrating and amazing all the same
Some old theories on how the moon formed are still around.. but we know this: We don't really, truly know how exactly the moon formed
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Wake up everyone. I am, so should you…
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Monday, March 26, 2012
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Did you get abducted tonight? Hope it wasn’t the grays..
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This is a massively big story for many reasons: Microsoft employees, accompanied by United States marshals, raided two nondescript office buildings in Pennsylvania and Illinois on Friday, aiming to disrupt one of the most pernicious forms of online crime today — botnets, or groups of computers that help harvest bank account passwords and other personal information from millions of other computers
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It was 1971. I was 9 years away from being put on earth.. Elton John had … hair? .. Strange colors of brown and orange mixed.. Nixon wasn’t caught yet.. and people had cars that looked like trucks..
Fast forward.. 2012: TINY DANCER still is a hit. Timeless tale of … what
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Coast to Coast AM suddenly made me feel scared again
It’s been a while since the late night radio show Coast to Coast AM was able to get under my skin and penetrate deep into my mind.. freak me out.. and make me look over my shoulder when I’m in the woods. Typically George Noory doesn’t have the ability that the great Art Bell did when he hosted full time..
The show revolved around the odd disappearance of people in national parks—people vanishing for over 100 years. At times clothes are found with tiny bones left and no blood.. at times dogs get too scared to keep sniffing for victims.. at times people are found dry after being in snow or rain.. and a vast number of people who vanish are children. Making the scenario all the creepier, the government seems to get very edgy when people start to ask questions.
The show was an instant classic and should you be able to listen or have the chance to, it’s worth the four hours of your time.
And it may change your mind about going camping this year, too.
News of the day...
*Must listen to George Knapp coast to Coast AM program* … odd stories of missing persons …strange tales that spans decades..
New powers of detention revealed for Chinese police.. (as though they need a law to snatch people in China anyway..)
Earth had global warming—in Medieval times!
Close shave as two asteroids pass by earth..
The Japanese tsunami ‘ghost ship’ adrift towards Canada..
Madonna.. just trying to stay relevant? ..critics say she is endorsing ecstacy during her shows..
National attention in Florida.. Martin family will get answers, says investigator..
Trayvon Martin killing divides country..
Protests across the country..
Shooter Zimmerman says he was punched before fatal stabbing..
Was the Pope escorted to Mexico by a UFO!?
The sky is glowing! The sky is glowing. Odd glow in New Jersey sky blamed on excessive gas..
Did he find Pandora? James Cameron goes deeper than anyone ever on earth..
Romney's cousin speaks out: "Mormonism is a fraud"
Mitt’s cousin’s name is Park.
And he looks a lot like Mitt.
The longer we have Romneys in the spotlight the more we are definitely going to get strange first names…
Romney's cousin speaks out: "Mormonism is a fraud"
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Well that got tense.
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IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SLEEP BUT CAN'T, STOP SLEEPING AND JUST GET CREEPED OUT
Coast to Coast AM, tonight hosted by George Knapp, delves into the strange stories of people who are vanishing from national parks and forests.. no one quite knows why, the government doesn’t comment, and we are left to speculate. And look behind us if we’re in a park or forest, too.
Knapp’s a classy guy. Show is listenable when he hosts.. monotone voice and all.. Worth a listen if you’re sleepless in Seattle, San Diego, Sharltesville, or anywhere else coast to coast and around the world..
Sunday, March 25, 2012
I went to Roadside America today in Shartlesville, PA .. if you look close at the photo posted you can see me holding my son Ayden underneath a large but miniature waterfall..
Everything at Roadside America is miniature. Towns, churches, trains.. waterfalls, farms.. The past.
And that was the striking part. The past celebrated.. the time of peace and prosperity in America seemingly celebrated as though it is long gone.
My wife may say, “Sure take a great day and analyze it.” So, as true to my pattern and habit, I will.
My wife Tara was a child attendee of Roadside America. My mom tells me I was as well, though I don’t really remember it.. Nonetheless, it would appear that nothing, absolutely nothing, has changed at Roadside America since it was created.. And speaking of when it was created: 1935 by Laurence Gieringer in Hamburg, Pennsylvania
When we arrived today, we were just in time for the artificial sunset over the artificial giant indoor town.. As the lights in the room slowly dimmed and finally went black, the wall was illuminated by a flowing American flag and a large portrait of Jesus Christ.. all the while “God Bless America,” the old version, Kate Smith style, filled the entire building.
I felt immediately like Dwight Eiseinhower was President, like people were scared of Martians and Commis.. I wondered, to myself of course, if this fake town had the problems of today? Did dad just read the newspaper while mom cooked? The kids playing somewhere outside not worrying about predators.. Because some think that the world of Roadside America was quaint and perfect.
I don’t.
I think it had just as many problems, many covered up and hidden away, tucked nicely into the closet along with the ghosts of race relations of the past…
I don’t say this because I didn’t like it there. Quite the opposite. I loved it. It was like a step back in time.. where I imagined just what was going on in each and every house, church, block.. farm house.. train.. trolley. Those days are gone. I loved the atmosphere and it all worked. Americana and Christian mixed together as though the founders intended it, though they really didn’t.
But what I really wondered was this: Will someone, like my son Ayden, think that the 21st Century is worthy of creating a brand new ‘world’s largest miniature’ indoor town?
And what will happen to one of the last vestiges of the 20th Century: Roadside America?
Before we left today, I dropped 50 cents into the player piano and Ayden happily moved his arms and danced to the ragtime music, while the town once again “went dark” to the sunset and Kate Smith played God bless America. Jesus was proudly on the wall again.
The past is gone.
The future is now.
And forever generations will debate as to who had it best.
And arguably, no one did.
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