Unfortunately Ayden has a fracture… And a series of XRays, a cast, and memories to suppress… The little man turned into a ferocious tiger…
Friday, May 18, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Here's one to make you wonder: A mystery object nearly caused a mid-air collision
The object didn’t show up on radar..
Maybe it was a bird.
A drone?
And it brings up the question in my mind: In the future, how many people are going to believe that the drones that are about to fill the sky are actually extra terrestrial craft? And in the past, how many people already thought it…
Here's one to make you wonder: A mystery object nearly caused a mid-air collision
A stroll down amnesia lane
My wife and I looked back through old photos tonight.. Way back to those retro days of *gasp* 2005. Yes, it doesn’t seem like a long time ago.. but wrinkles add to the days and stress and weight add to our ways.
It is just strange when you stop for a brief moment and look back at yourself.
Sometimes the events captured in pictures isn’t even fresh in the mind anymore..
Time sure can be fleeting.
I think a new goal, as of now, is to live a little more like every day is the last. Strolling through photos illustrates just how rapidly it all goes.. but where does it go?
I picture Langoliers happily eating the past.
And you thought texting while driving was bad.. try this one on for size
Perhaps NATURAL NEWS titles it best:
Mindless pedestrians walk right into traffic while texting, talking on cell phones
What is happening in this nation, and world? …and street corner. People increasingly unaware of what goes on around them.
We are tuned in to Twitter and Facebook. We are streaming live.. we are Netflixing up life and Skyping until the sun sets.. we are setting up our iPads and iPods and iEverythings at the side of our bed.. ready to search and lurk at a moment’s notice. And yes, even some are putting iPods into their skin so they will vibrate with every alert.
This is our society.. Tuned in but tuned out at the same time.
A similar note, perhaps: The IQ level of the world is a fascinating thing. The listing can be found here .. Highest: Hong Kong. Where is the United States? 19th.
Find that on your Twitterfeed. Just don’t walk into traffic if you decide to click the link…
Texting.
Sexting.
Wexting (Walking while texting.)
What will be next?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
There are times I really hate the summer.. one reminder of the on again off again relationship occurred today
Seriously. Summer can be great. Weather often beautiful.. long days.. warmth. Sunshine. All that romantic stuff of summer nights. Fourth of July.. Barbeques.
Oh..
And blood sucking ticks.
Yes, ticks.
For all of its beauty and wonder, there are times I despise the summer season. A few reminders occurred in the past few days: My niece unplugged a tick from her neck. My wife got one off her stomach, one we subsequently found crawling in our laundry. My dad had one on his hand. And today while driving my son home from his doctor’s appointment, one little disgusting vile creature was crawling on my arm.
I know the tick season will be worse this year because of the warm winter. Which is another reason I actually LOVE COLD AND SNOWY winters. Get the logic now?
How is tick season where you are?
Interesting story from George Knapp in Vegas: Death in the desert.. bodies buried perplex investigators
Knapp has been ferociously working missing persons stories lately.. his Coast to Coast AM show about strange disappearances in National Parks around America still resonates with many who heard it.
Great story from Knapp..
A whole new way of looking at a desert: A vast graveyard topped with sand.
Interesting story from George Knapp in Vegas: Death in the desert.. bodies buried perplex investigators
Something few in the world are paying attention to right now.. but if it happens, the world will notice: A possible Euro split coming?
Merkel warns.
Greece scorns.
Euro splits…
Call it quits?
Stocks dash.
Hope no crash.
Be aware.
The Euro’s square.
Something few in the world are paying attention to right now.. but if it happens, the world will notice: A possible Euro split coming?
The future is now: AP reports: One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.
As though we needed another reason to understand that the autism generation is growing up.. and when they do, will they have the chance that others did? Or will they be tossed aside by a society that doesn’t value the gifts they have?
This is a big story.. 1 in 3 is a lot. Just as 1 in 88 is, too.
The future is now: AP reports: One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.
PLANETS GONE ROGUE? WHAT IS BEHIND NEPTUNE?
According to one astrophysicist, something lurks behind Neptune: A rogue planet. A new entry to our solar system maybe? The newest theory of a dark icy planet yet undiscovered comes from Rodney Gomes of the University of Brazil. As expected, it sparked quite a controversy after world media picked up the story and circulated it across the planet.
And also as expected, theories abound.. is it Nibiru, the famed planet X that so many officials say isn’t existent at all?
We know this: If this planet exists, it is about four times the size of earth, according to Gomes. He also theorizes that if it’s there hiding behind the known Neptune, it was kicked out of its star system and picked up into orbit by our own sun.
Dramatic theories from an observation yet unproven, of course.
But consider this: Kepler is finding, constantly, planets. Some massive. Some possibly able to harbor life. Some maybe water. Some with two suns. This universe is still unfolding. We are tiny spokes on the wheel of something grand. Are we even aware we are on a wheel as we spin into infinity?
Gomes’ theory of another planet remains a debated theory. If it would pan out into science fact it would be spectacular, but also perhaps not overly exciting. Who knows what else lurks out .. there.
Science is often slow to embrace new truths, anyway. The educated community of people with esteemed degrees is giving the third degree to Gomes’ ideas today all over the net.
Bunk.Unreal.We have 9 planets.All that they say.
If we had a tenth, it could certainly throw off a great deal of fact we’ve been taught.. plus would lead to the inevitable ripping up of science textbooks.
And if it’s Nibiru? Well then, as imagined, all bets are off.
Something else to be scared of, something with a scary name: The "Devil's Breath"
It can block free will.
Wipe memory.
Create ‘zombies’ out of victims.
It can kill.
It is being dealt on the streets of Columbia and … well, as most drugs do, will most likely make its way around the world.
But no fear, governments are no strangers to the ramifications of the drug:
In modern times, the CIA used the drug as part of Cold War interrogations, with the hope of using it like a truth serum.
However, because of the drug’s chemical makeup, it also induces powerful hallucinations.
The tree common around Colombia, and is called the ‘borrachero’ tree – loosely translated as the ‘get-you-drunk’ tree.
Something else to be scared of, something with a scary name: The "Devil's Breath"
Some news stories are cautionary tales to remember youthfulness doesn’t equal invincibility. But it would be very unfair to label George student’s Aimee Copeland ordeal that. After all, she wasn’t really doing anything dangerous.. but still ended up through the freak laws of nature contracting a rare form of a flesh eating disease..
The story has received a lot of worldwide attention. It’s scary to think.. zip lining with friends one minute, in a hospital after the water had germs that got into a cut and gave her a flesh eating virus. She lost a leg already.. She may lose her fingers. And her family has yet to tell her about her condition…
Something seems so wrong about this in the grand scheme of things. She is on a hospital bed going through an intense ordeal of human suffering, she has not a clue as to the ramifications of what happened to her, and yet the rest of the world reads about her situation.. The rest of the world is only connected to her by words and brief seconds on nightly news shows.
Yes, indeed, something just seems unfair about life sometimes.
The section from the ABC story that hit me the most:
"Aimee appears to have normal brain function at this time, which is something I’m celebrating because within Aimee we have a very compassionate heart and an incredible mind of intellect," said Copeland’s father, Andy Copeland.
Aimee Copeland was riding a homemade zip line near the Little Tallapoosa River May 1 when the line snapped, causing a fall that cut open her left calf.
Doctors at a nearby hospital cleaned and closed the gash with 22 staples, but bacteria that burrowed deep into the wound caused necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but deadly infection that claimed her leg one week ago.
Copeland’s family said she’s coherent and able to nod and shake her head, a gesture she used to pick the Grateful Dead over the Rolling Stones Thursday, according to her sister Paige.
"I just told her if she keeps improving like this, she’ll be out of here in no time," said Paige Copeland.
I just cannot fathom going through this. But even more cannot fathom watching someone else..
Thoughts are with this person. I hope to hell that the universe gives her as good of a spell of luck as it did give her bad luck. How unfortunate..
If you pray do it. If not, do it anything. She needs something.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
How the FBI takes servers. And then reinstalls them
"I thought they were Jehovah’s Witnesses, but I joked with people on the call that it was the FBI," he said. Moments later, it was no joke.
How the FBI takes servers. And then reinstalls them
Here’s our cover this week, featuring a rainbow-haloed Barack Obama—America’s first gay president!
I’m surprised NEWSWEEK couldn’t find someone who would offer to breast feed the President to combat TIME’s Playboyish cover shot..
And in seriousness, it really should be Joe Biden on the cover as he forced the issue. Just saying.
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