A Man With Bread

Quote, Teddy Roosevelt 1907

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American..."

"There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

-- I saw this today. I guess 1907 was not so long ago...

I may be old but...

An elderly man in Louisiana had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back. It was properly shaped for swimming, so he fixed it up nice -- picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees.

One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a five gallon bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end. One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave!"

The old man frowned, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked." Holding the bucket up he said, "I'm here to feed the alligator."

--Moral: Some old men can still think fast...

1,500 Venezuelans Pose Nude in Public

CARACAS, Venezuela - More than 1,500 Venezuelans shed their clothes on a main city avenue Sunday to pose for American photographer Spencer Tunick, forming a human mosaic in front of a national symbol: a statue of independence hero Simon Bolivar.

As Tunick shouted commands through a megaphone, nude people of every shape, size and skin tone gathered on the avenue and stairs in front of the statue just before dawn.

"There are some people over there with clothes, get them out of there!" said Tunick, an artist from Brooklyn, N.Y., who has been documenting groups of nude people in public places around the world since 1992.

--What is up with this naked people thing?

A new day dawns!

Well the kids can now ride bikes!! It happened so fast! Suddenly Cady was a bike riding fool. Gray was not far behind. Buying this cool new bike helped too!

It is going to be so much fun this summer. The world just expanded. I can't wait for vacation. We are renting a cabin in an awsome park that has excellent biking paths!

--And it was only $27.99 ASSEMBLED!!

Another Summer Movie Schedule is Developing

V for Vendetta - Portman Peachfuzzed!
Basic Instinct 2 - Hotter than the first.
Mission: Impossible III - Big Effects
The Da Vinci Code - My expectations are too high.
X-Men: The Last Stand - X-Men Extravaganza!
Cars - Kids and Cars and Pixar Rocks.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - The last one was so good.
Ghost Rider - Great Comic.
Sin City 2 - Dont know if this will be worth it.

Cheerleaders Dispirited by Limit on Panties

Ten minutes before the big game, the beribboned Baylor University cheerleading squad tumbled, twisted and flipped in a cramped backstage practice area of the cavernous American Airlines Center.

The team scrambled to tone down its routines for the Big 12 Conference tournament this weekend after a national cheerleading safety group restricted the wearing of thongs in response to a frightening related fall from a 15-foot human pyramid a week earlier. The changes went into effect days before a slew of college basketball conference tournaments around the country.

"Basically, we have been practicing this whole semester for nothing. One incident has caused us to have to rework everything," said Heather Cunningham, Baylor's cheerleading captain. "We are going back to middle school stuff."

--Hey! What is it with guys and cheerleaders?

Teen Killed By Sword Falling From Bedroom Wall

A teenager died after he was slashed by a sword that dislodged from the wall of his bedroom while he was playing ball with his siblings, authorities said.

The sheriff's office said 15-year-old Joshua Hershberger was sitting on the floor of his bedroom Monday night, bouncing a ball with his 9-year-old sister and 14-year-old brother. The ball bounced up and knocked a 29-inch sword off the wall where it was displayed.

The high school sophomore was slashed in the shoulder and neck and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Brandon, a Tampa suburb.

The death is being considered an accident and no charges are expected to be filed.

--My friends know me too well when they send me these articles!!

DVD Action!

Today I am transferring a pile of video tapes to DVD. What a hoot! The kids are so funny chubby and little. This project has been put off for far too long. I can already see how the VHS tapes have degraded.

Today is the straight dump to DVD.

One day I will make cool Vids for the kids to embarrass them on their wedding days!

--Yes. There is dancing naked footage!!

Post Secret

There is this weekly website I love called PostSecret.

Basically people send postcard confessions in the mail. Yes that right, snail mail. People actually still use it for stuff beside bills. Every week there is really excellent, artful, heart felt content.

--There is also a coffee table book!

Terry Gilliam is cool about Piracy

Cinematical had a really interesting piece about director Terry Gilliam. Long story short, he doesn't care if you pirate his movies, as long as the quality of your rip is high. Basically he's fought with studios so much, he doesn't have a problem with people ripping them off.

--Gilliam can say what ever he wants. He will always get my money...

Fatal Terrain by Dale Brown

"Masters and McClanahan return in the latest addition to the wonderful Dale Brown series...China is determined to retake Taiwan after they declare independence. So determined, in fact, that they wage uninhibited nuclear warfare against Taiwan and the U.S....Now the Megafortress must fly again, with stakes as high as the Old Dog's original mission, because failure could mean a nuclear apocalypse...A chillingly realistic thriller..."

--Highly Technical, Fast and Fun.

To Darkness and to Death by Julia Spencer-Fleming.

"Taking a cue from the smash hit television series, 24 Hours, the thrilling plot of her latest plays out over a single day. An early morning missing persons report sends Chief van Alstyne scrambling to one of the last great Adirondack summer estates. One of the heirs to a fortune is missing amidst evidence of foul play."

It wasn't bad, but you really have to swallow some huge bad decisions that no person in their right mind would make.

--Not bad though.

It says a lot about these days...

One Huge Ass Cave Has Been Discovered in Southern Venezuela

This picture shows the size of the cave. Note the two helicopters parked on the cave floor.

A cave so huge helicopters can fly into it has just been discovered deep in the hills of a South American jungle paradise.

Actually, "Cueva del Fantasma"—Spanish for "Cave of the Ghost"—is so vast that two helicopters can comfortably fly into it and land next to a towering waterfall.

It was found in the slopes of Aprada tepui in southern Venezuela, one of the most inaccessible and unexplored regions of the world. The area, known as the Venezuelan Guayana, is one of the most biologically rich, geologically ancient and unspoiled parts of the world.

This is the first geographic report and photographic evidence of such an immense cave. However, researchers say, it isn’t really a cave, but a huge, collapsed, steep gorge.

--When do you think they will film Survivor there?

Bush: U.S. on Verge of Energy Breakthrough

Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would "startle" most Americans, President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil.

"Roof makers will one day be able to make a solar roof that protects you from the elements and at the same time, powers your house," Bush said. "The vision is this — that technology will become so efficient that you'll become a little power generator in your home, and if you don't use the energy you generate you'll be able to feed it back into the electricity grid."

--I believe this will happen one day. We have the technology. As long as it makes someone money... It'll happen.

What Americans Want

For the last several days this photo has been in the top ten most viewed and emailed photos on Yahoo News.

It has all the components we love.

It has the video game connection, the Hollywood movie connection, the hot woman with huge breasts and bulging cleavage, powerful hand guns, skimpy outfits and come hither eyes...

The only thing it's missing is a gas hungry SUV, fast sportscar or a crotch-rocket motorcycle.

--This is definitely the look for Brenda!

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

A friend of mine loaned me a DVD of pure goodness.

The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh.

This was at one time my very favorite TV show ever! It was part of Walt Disneys Sunday Night series. It came on right after Mutual of Omahas Wild Kingdom!

It starred Patrick Mcgoohan as the Scarecrow.

--Pure Cheesy Goodness from 1965!!

This post is NOT about Poop...

It seems like every blogger I know and read has a weekly post about poop. This entry is NOT about poop, it's about the side effects of Pepto!

Every now and then I get this weird ass stomach-indigestion-belch-o-rama thing happenin. I will be sitting someplace, minding my own business when I suddenly realize I have belched every 15 seconds for like the last hour. I'm serious. It's like I have swallowed four Alka Seltzer tablets whole and they are boiling in my belly. If the belches didn't vent this evil chemical action in my belly, I'm sure I would simply explode eventually.

I can see the headline now, "In a freak accident a Virginia man exploded today killing eleven."

Anyway, back to the part of this that is NOT about poop. The best, fastest cure for this weird ass stomach-indigestion-belch-o-rama condition is to chug a bit of cold Pepto Bismol right out of the fridge. Two minutes later, before the taste is gone from my mouth, the belching stops. This is why I love Pepto and always keep it on hand. Pepto has an odd side effect though. All matter processed on my gut is turned into very dry, very black, charcoal briquettes. I am talking VERY black. The need for TP is completely eliminated.

--So the next time it snows outside and you forgot to get TP. Go for the Pepto!!

My Wife

So today I was writing yet another letter to my wonderful wife.

While I was being bored during lunch in a training class, and I found the card that I gave to her with the rocking chairs. With the stuff that is happening today it got to me suddenly. So I wrote her a letter, and then another and another…

--I love you Brenda…