Swings on the beach

At the pier in fairhope, AL

Ala-f-ing-bama!

Came to visit Yaz, Lauren, and Ella.

Bad news for the ski industry . . . . And humanity

Holy shit!

From the draft national climate assessment report.  The lowest projection is if drastic measures are taken, such as global EMP to fry all auto circuitry (or equivalent).

http://ncadac.globalchange.gov/

2012 final numbers

Made the running - abysmal on biking and swimming.

New goals for 2013:
Running: 600 miles (decrease)
Biking: 1500 miles (increase)
Swimming: TBD

New Years quote of the day

Katy, after spending about 90 minutes of quality time with the toilet from partying a bit too hard:

"Fucking Two Thousand Thirteen"

Way to go Africa!

They are still probably better than our leaders

Great opening scene

Opening to the movie Love, set to a civil war siege of a union fort:

Capt. Lee Briggs:  "They say, when you hear sounds of devils, all else is quiet. My general question to that is: how do you know that what you are hearing is the work of such devious beings? I would venture to say that most devilish noises occur when large numbers of men decide to force the hand of mortality upon one another. And I'd say further, that on such occasions there is not just one sound, but many. It is a quiet orchestra of death. It is also possible that the man who wrote that saying might've just had some broke ears . . . I had been moved from one wiped out regiment to the next, witnessing countless moral follies.  I met General McClain in the last summer of the war.  Peculiar man  . . . "

General McClain: "Captain Lee Brigss."

Captain Lee Briggs:  "Sir?"

General McClain:  "Man of nine lives.  You have any idea how many divisions have us pinned here?"

Captain Lee Briggs:  "No sir."

General McClain: "Let's just say, enough to make fate unfavorable . . . . Now, well, I've got a job for you, Briggs.  It has come to my attention that an object of the grandest design has been discovered east of the Colorado basin.  Given the undeniable truth that we here are on a collision course with destiny . . . neither I nor my men will be able to give witness to this object.  Someone ought to see it . . . . I reckon it should be you.  Sole survivor of the 22nd Connecticut . . . ."

General McClain:  "Even one man alive is homage to the rest.  Keep a record of your journey, Briggs . . . . . "

Captain Lee Briggs: "To be given a pass, to watch all others go, is perhaps the most troubling thing to one's being . . . "

One of the best opening scenes I've ever seen.  The rest of the movie is a little drawn out, but the first scene rocks!

Ready to work from home

The desk lamp is set up, have a fosters oil can, and the raspberry pi lurks in the shadows . . .

sums it up

this pretty much sums it up . . . .

Finally, some thing they agreed on

Now if we could remove these two lunatics from office, we may get somewhere

Mystery solved

His blood lead count was off the charts:

Name the movie: "you don't think it was the bullets?"