Monthly Archives: July 2009

7-20-1969

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Thanos

7-20-1969 On that day I was 12 year old boy, visiting my Great-Grandfather for what was the last time in Bull’s Gap Tennessee. We had stopped to see him on our trip from  Ft. Bragg in North Carolina to Ft. … Continue reading →

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The Value of Life – What I’ve Been Doing

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Thanos

My friend and I were getting out of Winter, set on a mission to escape the island of Fairbanks gripped in it’s vast ocean of arctic snow with immense depths of cold in the skies above it. So New Year’s we got a wild hair, packed a few things, and started driving South down the Alcan highway in a beater Vega station wagon with a couple of jerry cans of Gas in the back Continue reading →

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Maoist Machinations

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Thanos

Maoist Machinations The World Bank has been feeding the Maoist cadres of Chairman Prachanda (or Prachandra, both spellings appear ) in Nepal as part of the peace accords, but ceased that today when they found that the numbers were being … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Gulch Alaska

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Thanos

Hurricane Gulch Alaska Here’s a photo of Hurricane Gulch Alaska, it’s not the greatest quality since  it was taken through the window of a moving train. I had to get this because on our many spur of the moment roadtrips … Continue reading →

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Natal: Coming to an Office Near You?

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Thanos

Natal: Coming to an Office Near You? . In an earlier post I speculated upon the future uses of Microsoft’s new full body motion detecting system, Natal, which is coming for the X-Box. I took the sensor from the X-Box, … Continue reading →

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Obama: The Fail Part II, Nothing

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Thanos

Obama: The Fail Part II, Nothing I’ve been among those saying that there’s plenty to slam our President on without making stuff up as some kookspiracist bloggers are prone to do, and you don’t need to wish him to fail. … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform Costs Visualized

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Thanos

Health Care Reform Costs Visualized 1000 Pennies is at it again, this time showing how much health care reform will cost in visual terms.

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60

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Thanos

60 The NRSC has launched a new Youtube ad, 60, which highlights the power the Democrats control now and how the Republican hopes of the balance voters effects coming into heavy play in the 2010 elections. With Campaign kitties low … Continue reading →

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Carwash Terror

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Thanos

Carwash Terror Kasey gets terrified when the rollers go over the car in the carwash…

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Of Kings and Queens and Freedom

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Thanos

Of Kings and Queens and Freedom Driving across the plains a couple years back I was musing while returning home from visiting my son and soon-to-be daughter-in-law. Rolling through the countryside across gentle hills and through green valleys I marveled … Continue reading →

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