Archive for October, 2011
Google has lost its soul / Bing is becoming King
… I know Google shuffles the deck from time to time … it’s to be expected. But I’m not the ONLY ONE to notice their latest shenanigans ! They have really lost their soul at Google … they have lost what made Google what it once was when they toppled Alta Vista off the top […]
The Submarine Movie ships this week
… SUBMARINERS: The Men of the Silent Service – It’s been a long road. There’s a lot of work to produce a movie – much more getting it onto a DVD set. All the final parts and pieces are coming together. Discs are authored. Parts are shipping in … machines are wizzing and buzzing … […]
Robert Heinlein – American Patriot Genius
… The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973) (text from wikiquote.org) Quotations from Heinlein’s address at the U.S. Naval Academy (5 April 1973), published in Analog : Science Fiction/Science Fact, Vol. 94, Issue 6 (1974), and in Expanded Universe (1980) * In this complex world, science, the scientific method, and the consequences of the scientific method are […]
Tex Avery was a Genius (pardon the aspect ratio)
My all-time favorite cartoon since I saw it when I was a little kid … The wrong aspect ratio is not my doing … I can’t stand this era of incorrect aspect ratios !!! I have quite a rant about idiotic aspect ratios – like the “HD” channels that merely take 3×4 and stretch it […]
Alien Pranksters
… Some people have a lot of time on their hands to come up with this stuff … (Canadians of course) You couldn’t pull off this prank where i grew up – due to buckshot at the ready … Yep … where I grew up there’d be bullets a’flyin’ … this can only be pulled […]
We need Free Trade between the USA and South Korea
… It is a great and historical moment to have U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (the Republican of Ohio) to invite South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to address a joint session of Congress next week. Korea (the real Corea [properly spelled with a “C”] – not the communist hyjacked part to the north) is a […]
Congradulations Paul – She’s a Lovely Girl
… Maybe Paul’s politics won’t be so screwy now that he is blessed with a good companion. You found out you were wrong about Obama so hopefully you are correct with love. They finally tied the knot … An American girl from a family with a good financial foundation. Cheers to true love at any […]
Roger Williams left the planet today
… Talented pianist and songwriter Roger Williams passed a few hours ago. He had just turned 87 a week ago. Roger was a long time friend of Ronald Reagan for over six decades when they met when Roger had a radio show in his youth and Ronald was trying out as a sports announcer. It’s […]
I miss that great Jazz-Rock Fusion from the 1970s
. Jean Luc Ponty was among my favorites. I still have my vinyl copy of “Imaginary Voyage” … Ponty played on a lot of important musical ventures including Frank Zappa’s stuff and even Elton John (Honky Chateau) and Al Di Meola just to name a few – .
Admiral Rickover’s Frustrations with Defence Contractors, Lax Public Education and Lazy People
… With researching Admiral Hyman Rickover for my Feature Submarine Documentary Movie “Submariners: The Men Of The Silent Service”, I have become quite enthralled with his reputation of being demanding and “salty”. He especially ran contractors ragged. He was passionate about his work and it is so very fortunate for America to have such men […]
Hate Him or Love Him – This is a Great Documentary
Ralph Nader is one of our more interesting nuts that hangs from our American tree. It sometimes doesn’t matter what the subject matter of a documentary is if you see it from a nuts-and-bolts viewpoint. And yet – it’s the subject matter that the public see a doc for in the first place … so […]