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My new favorite Solar Eclipse image.

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Cloudy Solar EclipseI never had the math skills when I was in school to pursue a higher education in one of my favorite sciences, Astronomy. I struggled through high school algebra - calculus would have killed me.

But the movement of celestial bodies has always facinated me. Especially when those movements readily visible to the naked eye occur. Like the solar eclipse that happened yesterday over Asia. We in North America could not witness this rare event. Fortunately, lots of people who did witness it had digital cameras and snapped some very beautiful images.

My personal favorite image is this one.  The brown and sepia tones of the clouds obscuring the crecent of the sun just visible behind the moon yields an image that is dark yet warm to me.

BTW: If you like the image, feel free to click on the thumb and download the full size version ( 1024 x 768 ).

If eclipse images fires your rockets, then you need to check out the Picfog photo aggregator.

 
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Where The Wild Things Are - The kids and I are amped!

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The kids and I were watching a lot of kids videos on YouTube a little while ago and much to our delight we saw that the childrens book 'Where The Wild Things Are' is going to be released as a movie this October 16th.

I don't know who is more excited - the kids or me. 

After watching the trailer we had to stomp around the room while we roared our terrible roars and gnashed our terrible teeth and showed our terrible claws!

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 July 2009 14:46 )
 
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DC Comics Lobo gets a new treatment from Anthrax's Scott Ian

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Scott Ian and LoboThe first time I heard Anthrax jump out of my stereo, mosh across my room to dive boot first through my ears and stomp around inside my grey matter - I was in love. Not like that 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day' variety of love either. This was that balls-to-the-wall-appetite-for-destruction kind of lust that only gets appeased by a generous helping of army surplus boots, chains, stained torn denim and leather.

The music and words of Anthrax never overtly condoned violence. But it sure made it a point of yelling 'f**k the system and the horse it drug in with it' at the top of your longs before diving into human miasma of slam dance at your local 'ard core show.

I listened to their music a lot - especially while reading comics. Their music always seemed like a fitting soundtrack for the life of Lobo - aka The Main Man.

I read a few minutes ago that Scott Ian - rythmn guitarist and co-founder for Anthrax - is writing the DC Comics two issue Lobo mini-series that is scheduled to rip and destroy it's way into your local comic book shop this November.

Long time comic geeks will no doubt know exactly who Lobo is. My first encounter with him was way back in the DC title, The Omega Men. My first thoughts were 'WTF?? A sadistic clown in orange and purple tights? He should consider therapy.' As his character festered and fermented within the DC universe Lobo traded in stupid spandex for leather, chains and a meat hook, He started to personify all the angst and longing for rebellion that many fans reach to comics to see dealt with in a way that would be completely inappropriate and totally illegal in the real world. If it were not for comics and characters like Lobo - I suspect scarey people with rifles would find themselves atop college bell towers more often.

He got cooler despite his make up being compared to something James O'Barr would have created. There was no tragic emo like drama about Lobo. He is what he is and at any given moment he is going to 'f**k the system and ride off with its horse'.

I am really looking forward to seeing the treatment Scott Ian gives to Lobo. His performance with the band has never left me disappointed or bored. I hope he brings the same creative rebellion to add new chewy pulp and guts to one of DC Comics greatest rebels.

Last Updated ( Friday, 17 July 2009 22:36 )
 
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Bumper Fail

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Bumper Fail

I found this gem of intelligence in a parking lot here in South Florida this weekend. I guess the owner of this car thought the price for a new bumper at the auto shop was a little steep and went to the wood shop to get the repairs done.

I submitted this photo to FailBlog. Let's see if it made their front page.

 
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Happy Fourth

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It's Independence Day here in the United States. All you US citizens who are looking to celebrate and have a good time, please be smart about it.

I know it's hard for those of you are Darwin Award hopefuls to resist the temptation, but try the best you can not to becomd a statistic today. Use some commen sense and fireworks safety.

Last Updated ( Monday, 06 July 2009 07:58 )
 
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