Archive for May, 2012
Doc Watson
. 89 years is a long time to be on this planet. It’s great to see someone live a long life and create something so wonderful for the public.
Memorial Day 2012 ~ A Short Film Offering
A short film I made in 2008 – My way to honor those serving … Yes – That’s Ed Murrow … The narrator you do not see is Spencer Tracy.
Happy Birthday Robert Moog
What would you do if you turned a corner one day to become nose-to-nose with someone who had a great influence on your life as well as many others? That happened to me with Bob Moog … Surely Bob Moog is in the top ten list of people in history that had the greatest influence […]
Life is a Wagging Dog
I enjoy being half a century old. Youth is overrated … Now that I’ve been around the oak tree a few times, I can finally boil life down into one or two lines. Life is just like an unfamiliar dog wagging its tail at you. It may bite you anyway.
May 22nd, 1968
. The USS Scorpion went down on this day in 1968 … The Submarine Service pushes the envelope of technology and science. Submarines are important to keep our nation strong. We should always keep the crew of the USS Scorpionand their families in our hearts and prayers. Allen, Keith Alexander Martin, FTG3(SS), USNR Amtower, Thomas […]
Breaking the Speed of Sound
. Growing up in the ’60s in northern Florida, it was common to hear sonic booms from fighter planes from the Air Force bases that were some distance away. Not long after, they were forbidden to break the sound barrier except for over the Gulf of Mexico. I can vividly remember the awesome sound. So […]
The 1967 Electric Mini Bike
. Don’t think that electric vehicles are something new … 100 years ago, gasoline was a “waste product” from refining oil. Oil refiners would dump gasoline in large pits and burn it. It wasn’t worth anything to anybody. It wasn’t stable enough to lubricate or burn slowly in a lamp – but not volatile enough […]
Submariner Movie now at Museums across the USA
. “Submariners: The Men of the Silent Service” Now available at – Pearl Harbor Memorial ~ Hawaii US Submarine Force Museum ~ Groton, CT … and many other fine museums across the USA We also have several “spoken word” projects coming out over the summer. I use the term “spoken word” because they are not […]
A Cowboy’s Secret to a Long Life
. A tough, old cowboy from Texas counseled his grandson on how to live a long life. He explained to the youngster that to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gun powder on his oatmeal every morning. The grandson did this religiously to the age of 103 when he […]
Top Gear Korea VS the other flavors –
Top Gear Korea is now in its 2nd season. A great improvement over it’s first season … everything is all “warmed up” – . . I still can’t enjoy the “American” Top Gear version. Mainly because the producers apparently cannot understand what makes Top Gear so popular. It is mainly the interaction of the three […]
Economical is great – but so is Performance !
Do Something … Get ‘er done … stop talking about it and do it … I promised myself I would stay away from posting anything political – that’s hard to do. I can remember gas at 28 cents a gallon … folks would freak out when it went over 30 cents. If you think about […]
Are we The Jetsons Yet ?
… What a strange time to be living in … Who would think back in 1979 that the average American home in a couple of decades would have their own big screen cinema in their own living room with better sound than the most advances theater to be found anywhere? Also – people would have […]
Picasso On Computers
. “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” – Pablo Picaso I can dig that … Computers are like a hammer … some swing ’em better …
Was Old Math Better Than New Math ?
. As a side question – Why isn’t there any more brilliant comedy made like these ?!? . And now a little “new” math … The problem with this is you can’t divide by zero …
The Duty of All Americans
“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” – Thomas Paine
A T and T is evil and abuses their customers
… We became victims of A T and T when they bought out CINGULAR a few years ago. We have been free from A T and T for several years and doing great with a great carrier – which I will not mention because this is not a commercial … This article is posted because […]
Succeeding
… “If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.” – Joseph Addison
An Honorable Way out …
… Grandad told me to always give a man an honorable way out. The man may be no way honorable – but give him a choice to do what is honorable when you catch him in his dishonor or you may have him show up on your doorstep with a shotgun in the night … […]
What’s the difference between north and south … ?
I keep hearing folks asking what’s the difference between North Korea and South Korea … It’s as simple as it is complex – Here is my best way to illustrate it: A typical girl group in North Korea – A typical girl group in South Korea – That just about makes it pretty simple, huh? […]
What make was the tripod ???
… Shot at 30 fps and mastered at 24 fps ??? Probably shot at the max fps and then jacked up in post production no doubt. I want to know what fluid head tripod they were using … VERY smooth … I get pans like that using the old “rubber band trick” … I’m sure […]
Just good enough
… Is it just me – or is this attitude toward work out there make you sick also? What ever happened to QUALITY ?!? How long will your business last if you just slap things together and get it out the door? The American car industry fell into bad times years ago because of the […]