Blockheads 56: 2006

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Friday, December 29, 2006

Man, that's a lot of trac-hoes

From the Xanadu Sports complex in NJ. the photo is here at Engineering News Record

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Friday, December 22, 2006

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Some thoughts . . .

Steven Wright:

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
OK, so what's the speed of dark?
All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.

Willie Nelson:

It’s a good thing I had a bag of marijuana . If I had a bag of spinach, I’d be dead by now.

Susan Jeffers:

We cannot escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us on all our exciting adventures … Take a risk a day – one small or bold stroke that will make you feel great once you have done it.

Les Brownn:

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.

Frances Wickes:

To the rationally minded the mental processes of the intuitive appear to work backwards.

Linus Pauling:

Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Martin Ritt:

Art? You just do it.

Anais Nin

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Edgar Degas:

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Pedro Ferrucci:

How often – even before we began – have we declared a task “impossible”? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate? … A great deal depends upon the thought patterns we choose and on the persistence with which we affirm them.

Juan Gris:

You are lost the instant you know what the result will be.

Miles Davis

Do not fear mistakes – there are none.

Andre Gide:

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

What the hell is the woman's problem??? Man her ego is as large as her mouth, which is considerable. 1st the whole "ching-chong" thing last week, or whatever, and now this;

She wants to take over "The Price is Right" when good 'ole Bob retires . . . I don't even watch the damn show and even I realize that would be on big FUBAR.

Pinata Humvee

Man, this is just wrong. Somebody needs a 2x4 between the eyes!!!

Monday, December 18, 2006

Coincidence, . . . . or not?

Here's some strange stuff about coincidences from 2spare.com They call it the Top 15 strangest coincidences, strangely enough. Including these gems:

A British officer, Major Summerford, while fighting in the fields of Flanders in February 1918 was knocked off his horse by a flash of lightning and paralyzed from the waist down. Summerford retired and moved to Vancouver. One day in 1924, as he fished alongside a river, lightning hit the tree he was sitting under and paralyzed his right side. Two years later Summerford was sufficiently recovered that he was able to take walks in a local park. He was walking there one summer day in 1930 when a lightning bolt smashed into him, permanently paralyzing him. He died two years later. But lightning sought him out one last time. Four years later, during a storm, lightning struck a cemetery and destroyed a tombstone. The deceased buried here? Major Summerford.

Including the obligatory Lincoln/Kennedy stuff, even the Vice-presidents:

# Southern Democrats named Johnson succeeded both Lincoln and Kennedy (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Baines Johnson.
# Andrew Johnson was born in 1808, and Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908.
# There are six letters in each Johnson's first name.
# Both Johnsons served in the military. Andrew was a brigadier general in the Civil War and Lyndon was a commander in the U.S. Navy during WW2.
# Both Johnsons were former southern senators.
# Both Johnsons had urethral stones, the only presidents to have them.
# Both Johnsons chose not to run for reelection in '68.

Merry xmas 2

Over at Drawer Geeks, great stuff . . . .

MERRY XMAS!

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Nothing like millionaires fighting

Here ya' go . . .

Surprised it went on as long as it did.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

VW Ying-Yang

Beds for Silo's

Apparently some of the old Soviet cold war bases are becoming hot tourist spots and Americans are some of the tourist. From the article:

But with Latvia's membership of the EU and
'This summer we had a lot of visitors. People from the West really
want to see what the other side of the Cold War was like,' said Arn, is NATO giving the Baltic state a new sense of security, locals are starting to look on the country's 'ghost bases' as a potential tourist attraction. Knipsis, Zeltini's current owner.

Actually it seems like one hell of an idea. Take all the stuff that was once pointed at us and turn it into something Americans want to see.

Besides why else go to Latvia???

Monday, December 11, 2006

Why are these Squirrels so Happy?

Well they've made the front page of Yahoo News, that's why. It seems some important study has figured out squirrels are smart, clever little rascals. No Kidding!

Any poor sap with a bird-feeder could've told you that. I mean what the hell. How about this gem they've figured out:

What they've discovered is that the critters are downright crafty.
Start with their attitude toward other squirrels' food. They want it and won't hesitate to steal it.

Wow, brilliant, how much did this study cost? Those crafty scientist at U. of Illinois-Chicago. Here's another gem:

"They will try something new and eventually, if one gets it, the other ones will notice and they will figure out a way to thwart the bird feeder," Youth said.

Yep they got it figured out.

Excuse me while I go check my suet cages in the backyard.

A Long Time Ago

This would have been the view after breakfast walking back toward the Pilot House. From the early 80's. The ship is the Sparrow's Point and at the time it was part of the Bethlehem Steel fleet.

if i ever tell any stories about those days they're lies, or damn lies . . . I wouldn't believe a word of it. Especially Christmas in Eloise(sp?) Wisconsin.

Lana Cantrell

"House of the Rising Sun" , A 60's singer who could really belt out a tune. More on Lana.