All smiles.. At first.

FIRST DEBATE. SHOWTIME.

DEBATE NIGHT! Who’s watching, who’s playing drinking games, and who do you think will win?

Sometimes life can be beautiful despite the horror

Winter storms will now be named ... What about those duds

I have been a long proponent of winter storms being named. They deserve it. The blizzard of 93 would sound much more frightening if it was named El Diablo, after all.
There may have been divine intervention now as the Weather Channel has decided this year to NAME WINTER STORMS!  So they are only as official as the Weather Channel. Not the NOAA. Not Accuweather. Just the Weather Channel. And that’s fine. I bet it catches on. It take son to start the ball rolling.
But here is the problem.. And the Weather Channel answers none of these issues: Is there a difference between West Coast and East Coast, Midwest and South storms? What if the storm turns out to be a dud..? Will the storm be named AFTER it strikes or before? We all know computer models show storms in the winter time that never become a storm.. So what then? cancel the name and start from scratch?
What about the possibility that nationwide there are more than 26 storms?
What constitutes a named storm? Wind? snow potential or actuality?
The Weather Channel, narrated by Al Roker, explains why it will be naming storms.  I can’t help but thinking the channel is trying to get some attention and press before tomorrow’s 2012-13 Accuweather winter forecast is released..
So my final question, since I am near some areas that get those lake effect snows, is this: What about the snow squalls that dump 20+ inches? Shall we name squalls?
And are cold fronts next?
I have long hoped for a naming of storms. But now when I think about the logistics, I ponder how in the world this naming process will go……

I could watch this for hours

FINAL FAIR NIGHT. UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BLOOMSBURG FAIR, IT'S BEEN REAL

The harvest moon is bright in the sky.. you can see your breath as it rises into the night air. Amazing time to be alive.. an amazing time for a fair.

There is something special about a little fair in Bloomsburg, PA. It’s actually quite a big. It’s a fair with flare. And tonight, as the chill of autumn descends over a landscape that was recently burdened with summer and sin, it’s a much nicer landscape to view.

All the food has been fried. And people are fried, too. It’s been a long week for carnies and ‘freaks’ and geeks with sneaks. But it’s been real, that’s for sure.

And reality stays the same at the Bloomsburg Fair. What was there in 1940 is pretty much there today. That is the amazing part of it all. It’s like each year picks up where the previous year left off..

I recall older days when a fuller family went to the fair. I remember warm afternoons under the sun and cold nights—I even remember a late 1980s night when my cousin and I jammed ourselves into a phone booth to stay warm. Yes, those phone booths are gone now. Replacing them? Mind-numbed zombies watching their phones instead of the surroundings.

The fair doesn’t change much. The people who go to it do, however.
But..
In the nighttime air, under that harvest moon, families still walk together, children still laugh in awe at the sights and smells and sounds. And lovers still embrace by a gate, leaving the fair, glancing back, and saying ‘see you next year’ with a wink and a smile.

Bloomsburg Fair 2012. END.
To be continued.

Ben Franklin at the Bloomsburg Fair (carved pumpkin version)

Speaking of the fair today is the perfect day of fall weather to say goodbye to the best week of autumn in Pennsylvania..

Champagne supernova in the sky. Is the sun going to go wild?

Just read a very interesting but unscientific article on a website claiming that the sun was getting whiter brighter an hotter than ever before.. There weren’t any findings within the text of the story that back up the author’s point of view but there were rather vague memories from when he was younger.. He recalls a time when the sun was more yellow and less heated, according to his generic recollection of events..

It’s an interesting thought, plus one that others have spoken about in recent years. There seems to be a fear that the sun is going super nova.. It’s the newest end of time end of the world conspiracy concern—and has little to no hardcore evidence backing up that theory..

But I traveled into my own memories … I recall, as well, a bright orange yellow sun. I remember hot days that were not oppressive.. Whether what the author of of ConspiracyHQ’s story believes is a real fear or not, my memory also had me thinking of a kinder and gentler period of time for weather on this planet..

So I’d be curious of thoughts from readers out there. Do you believe that memories can make a mind believe the past was better than it was or is the sun going wild and ready to burn a hole right through the planet earth?? I would love thoughts from all..

Binge on liquor, but an enema is quicker

But the idea of placing an alcohol enema directly into your rear end seems to go be directly opposed to every form of common sense. What about the old days of ANIMAL HOUSE like behavior where at least one would enjoy the taste of the liquor .. But the enema maybe is quicker.

Forget about beer pong and bongs..hello anal lubrication with an onslaught of alcohol.. And now parents have something new to worry about: Binge drinking with a new angle.. And the angle all takes place in the ‘back of the house’ so to speak..

This is just downright amazing

What you see here is an image of the universe, about 500 million years after the big bang 13.7 million years ago. You are seeing a universe in chaos. You are seeing the past. And we’re just getting a glimpse of it now thanks to the Hubble Telescope, with it’s new “extreme” view of history, peering deep into the past like no other piece of technology that has existed— at least that we know of.

If you sit and contemplate this image long enough, you won’t be able to not just sit in amazement at the big picture of this picture. What are we ? who are we ..? and WHY are we? All of those questions are now present in my mind as I see this mixture of galaxies and other objects.

Absolutely amazing.

Your ration of news. Choose to accept it.

Every day is scary. Today seemed to be one of the scarier. Don’t know why. Maybe it’s that change of weather .. that new cycle of autumn? Maybe just something in the air tonight.. 

The news of the world. All that is fit, and unfit, to print. And then some:

Security forces on high alert as Iran test fires a missile designed specifically to hit warships..

Court rules that mororists can be detained for paying cash at toll booths!

6.2 mag quake strikes the Gulf of California..

4.5 shakes Northern California..

3.1 tremor near Southern California..

Hurricane threatening Baja, California..

Another “super typhoon” set to strike.. this time Jewlawat targets Pacific island nations..

A dock from the Japanese tsunami has now washed ashore in Oregon..

Salt cavern below sinkhole has failed!

US bees vanishing at an alarming rate—still—19 crops are now at risk from Colony Collapse..

Russia suspends Monsanto corn!

A key US weather satellite used for monitoring the East Coast of the United States has gone offline..

A newly discovered comet, C/2012 S1 (ISON) is now located beyond the orbit of Jupiter.. it is set for a close encounter with the sun in 2013. And after that, the blind naked eye on earth may be able to see the comet in the night sky.. Will it fizzle like another Elenin? Or be visible for months in ‘13? Time will tell. All eyes on space, watching and waiting..

Hubble goes extra deep back in time..

This was our night.. The little Ayden just couldn’t sleep . . Nights like that happen.

Does Tumblr own satellites too? East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used

Does Tumblr own satellites too? East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used

Majestic fall nights. Melancholy memories. Streetlights named desire losing their light. All that tonight in my autumnal thoughts

If you are in the Northeast part of Pennsylvania, you already know tonight is the perfect fall night. Maybe it is where you are too, should you be absent the Pennsylvania skies.. 

There are a tremendous amount of stars visible tonight. Maybe it’s the fresh cold air that got rid of the chemtrails and smog.. maybe it’s just that right time of year to be outside—or maybe it’s due to the fact that the street light in front of home base is down for the count, unlit for days , actually nights, now..

Nonetheless, I gazed a bit at the stars while I had the chance. The breeze that was blowing was the kind that sent a cool chill down your spine but reminded you of the cold shivers that are on the way.

There is just something about fall that makes your heart get both melancholy and vibrant all at the same time.

My wife commented to me tonight that the smell of fall is both awesome but depressing. She’s right.

The Bloomsburg fair is going on right now. It’s a happy time of year filled with memories. I recall fondly being a teenager at the fair.. even younger.. in my 20s.. and now 30s. And coming full circle, this year my wife and I brought the little man named Ayden to the fair. We are parents. And by God, we are keeping traditions alive and hoping to create new ones.

But that is what surrounds my mind tonight: That creeping feeling that traditions, for as much as one tries to fight for them to survive, don’t. Often a death in the family ends them all. Think about it.. Christmas dinner may be something of the past one grandmother passes away.. Or just like as occurred in Ashland, PA a few years ago, if a town chooses to cancel an ABA Labor Day parade, hundreds of families and thousands of people won’t have a party. Traditions can end in a heart beat.

I have a vivid memory of my childhood. It’s one of those ‘bits and pieces’ type of recalls.. one where you know your surroundings but weren’t sure what was going on.  I remember walking towards the front door of my house in Centralia, PA, when  I was probably about 4 or 5. It was around this time of year because I fondly recall the biting wind, a Frankenstein window dressing on the door, and laughter. It’s amazing and frightening how fast time blows on…

I was talking to a friend this evening who I didn’t see in much too long of time. He and I were quite shocked through the text messaged we exchanged when we realized  it had been a DECADE since we saw each other, talked to each other, and shared a drink and memory. We have Facebook, of course. People live vicariously through that. Vigorously vicarious as a matter  of fact. But I think I’m entering a stage in life when I want to abandon the virtual for the real again. I want to rid myself of the holiday Facebook cards and instead go to someone’s house, pay a visit, stay for a warm drink…

You know. Real stuff. Actual things. Not virtual.

We did that about ten years ago. Incidentally that is about the last time I saw a great friend. And where, really, did the past ten years get us? You answer that one.

MONDAY MORNING .. STUFF, with a Fiano Apple mugshot included.

Penn State plans to bring in the man who ran the Sept. 11 victim fund and other major compensation programs as it attempts to settle claims by Jerry Sandusky’s child molestation victims..

California Governor Jerry Brown signs bill that allows nurses to perform abortions..

Maybe my mom was sad during pregnancy? New information suggests that women who suffer depression while carrying children end up having shorter kids..

India retail worried about its future.. Walmart on the horizon..

New Monsanto studies claims that GMO corn causes tumors and organ damage.. other scientists quickly became critical of the study as ‘below standard’..
And now Monsanto goes into damage control..

Facebook raises new fears with ad tracking plans..

Feed prices going through the roof.. the farmers’ response? Feed the livestock gummy worms!

Riots break out at Foxconn factory in China—the factory housing 2,000 people that make iPhones..

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day checks into rehab after iHeart radio breakdown..


Singer Fiano Apple arrested on drug charges..

Animal abusers may be tracked in new online registray in NYC..

Are the houses of Parliament haunted?

New JK Rowling book only for adults..

AMERICAN HORROR STORY loses bid for Emmy.. was it punished?

Gerald Celente says to get off the grid, eat better, and lose weight..

Should we ‘abandon the idea of hell?’

The face of fun. Ayden Morris having a blast at the 2012 Bloomsburg Fair.

Just days after iHeart Radio concert meltdown, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong enter rehab

Just days after iHeart Radio concert meltdown, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong enter rehab

New study finds that apes love slapstick humor

So really me and all other typical males are not that far advanced from apes. I want to find a good monkey and sit down and watch the NAKED GUN movies.

New study finds that apes love slapstick humor

Topless women become warriors: A boot camp now started for global feminism

One told the London GUARDIAN:

We are taking off our clothes so people can see that we have no weapons except our bodies. It’s a powerful way to fight in a man’s world. We live with men’s domination and this is the only way to provoke them, the only way to get attention.

We don’t hide our bodies, we don’t hide our faces, we confront our enemies face to face. We look them in the eyes and we have to be well prepared physically for that.

Indeed it may be.

Topless women become warriors: A boot camp now started for global feminism