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Music to orbit the Earth by.
I am a HUGE Jethro Tull fan. So much so-I am scheming to get to one of their performances when they tour the US this summer. So I found this unique video made with Ian Anderson and Astronaunt Cady...
View ArticleMalevolent surgery
ma·lev·o·lent? ?/m??l?v?l?nt/ –adjective 1. wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful. 2....
View ArticleWhat should have been…..and never was.
Our future in space, stunted in its youth-because Americans, as a whole are pretty stupid. We went to the moon, in an aggressive fashion, and then pretty much stopped. When I think about all the money...
View ArticleTax Time
I just finished my taxes-after having to take a time out to do some research on one particular set of deductions and non-deductions. I even ended up calling the IRS-where a very helpful lady helped me...
View ArticleOld School
Or why I am a dinosaur when it comes to on line courses. I am in the throes of taking a 16+ week class from one of America’s major universities. They have an on line program for the subject matter I am...
View ArticleThe Guv wins again!
Shintaro Ishihara, Tokyo’s flippant governor-easily won re-election last week. Ishihara ran as an independent but was effectively supported by the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito. The...
View ArticleThe truth about Ayn Rand………
“[Rand] had a habit of exaggerating her own suffering, and she often forgot to credit those whose ideas she borrowed and who helped her in more material ways. She humiliated her husband. She could be...
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Spring Day!
Today is a beautiful spring day. Time to play some golf! This will be the first time I have played golf since last October. Big scores on the horizon I fear. For those of you doing your taxes...
View ArticleIf you’ve lost McMegan…
Then you know a movie really sucks. Megan McCardle-the dumbest economics writer BAR NONE-hates Atlas Shurgged: I wish I could report that the movie holds out the same kind of promise that the first...
View ArticleWho said on line courses are easy?
These bastards are serious. The work load has really ramped up. So my blogging level is going down. Six Sigma blows! There was a reason I hated statistics in college (even though I was a math major)....
View ArticleUnderstanding Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen was in Washington DC two nights ago, I read about the performance of his so called “Torpedo of Truth” tour-and I felt sorry for the man. Lots of people are expressing the same emotion,...
View ArticleGood Friday
I have nothing really to write today. Today is Good Friday-the centerpiece of the Christian calendar and the event that made Easter occur. I could write something glowing and reprint an excerpt from...
View ArticleEaster Bunny
I got nothing. Body pump, lunch, shopping, mind numbing on line lessons about Baseline Sigma and Histograms. The whole time it was on-this was what I was thinking about: PICTURE DELETED ON REQUEST.
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A traveling man
Is a happy man. Flew out to the left coast today. The weather coming into the airport out here was very clear-and I had a window seat. So I could see the transition of the land and houses from empty...
View ArticleWake up call
Only in America. Only in the Whining States of America-can a moron like Donald Trump get time on the political stage to spout his nonsense. Imagine my shock and amazement to wake up this morning to see...
View ArticleBack to the world……
The power is out at Chez Skippy,,,,, but the airport is open. Go figure. It may be a while before I can post again. Today I go back to the land of no power.
View ArticleWhile the lights were out…..
The lights are back on at Chez Skippy-but not on elsewhere in the greater Metropolis of Shopping Mall. Thank goodness! For us it was kind of a blessing-we were given an excuse to clean out the...
View ArticleBin Laden
“Victory only has meaning in its effect on the events of the future”-Herman Wouk Remember this phrase as we discuss the events of Sunday Night. As we were laying in bed-the sun having gone down long...
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Some Cinco de Mayo
The S.O. had her knee “scoped” today. So I am sitting at home trying to keep her from getting up off the couch. And drinking Margaritas. She can’t drink them-I need to: But doing it …..safely!
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