First it starts with an idea. A revelation.
Then thoughts turn to planning. Planning goes into reality.
Reality turns out great!
Now to do it, enjoy it, and feel great that you did it.
But there’s that little voice… maybe not such a good idea.
Great things never came from listening to that little voice.
Profound Thoughts of the day…
( #137 )
The Best of the Best…
The Greatest
The Mind
Get it? Yes? No?
Indecisive?
Brilliant!
Y’all have a great day…
and a better tomorrow!
For all you Disney fans:
A little fun and a little detective work. Go to the Disney Cruise Site and help them catch Stitch. He’s escaped and on the loose. Follow the clues and plan where to catch Stitch. Return everyday ( for 5 days) to get new clues. Earn up to 10 entries to win a Disney Cruise for 7 days… for 4 people! A little fun, and a chance to win.
Go to the site:
http://www.catchstitchsweepstakes.com/EnterEmail
Earn extra entries as you track Stitch & catch him.
Get your Special Agent Certificate & Badge
10 chances to win… hey… somebody’s gotta win.
7 Day Cruise for 4 people.
If I win I’ll consider taking you…
If you win, you’ll take me!
The Fine Print -Disclaimer: I said I’d consider taking you, not actually doing it!
Just a little funny… so if you win, 2 for you and 2 for us!
Just because we put you onto this great contest!
If we win, we’ll have to have a drawing
( can’t share two tickets with all of you )
Good Luck!
Sometime Classics should remain Classics…
sometimes not…
we will soon know which.
But one thing is for sure,
there will always remain the question…
why is the rum gone?
News Media... just how much of it is important news?
News Media... just how much of it is important news? Guess that's a personal perspective thing. As for me, not very much at all. Okay, first off, usually what might be important enough to affect me is usually bad and out of my control, it's just bad news to try to worry me. Then there's the speculation of bad things to come, to just worry me. Then there's the twisted, one sided, out of context bad news, which only serves to worry me. And the "holy shit" news that shouldn't worry anybody, but it sensationalized and dramatized so that we all feel that doom is imminent. Then there's the inflated crisis that will horrendously affect us all, so that we will concentrate in it, rather the cover up that's being perpetrated to conceal wrongdoings. Then the outright lies indented to deceive, for others personal reasons. Then the more important than anything else in the world non-issues that the media needs to simply exaggerate just to have an important story to report, or more usually, to incite one group against another, due to some great injustice, which really didn't happen. Then there's the nothings happening news, so lets just stir up trouble and see what happens news. Then the news about how some guy made a weapon, and the news tells you in detail how they did it so other morons will do it to. I use to think that politicians and lawyers were amongst the worst, and as a whole they are... need to ad the news media into the pot. So many useless, needless, stories twisted, sensationalized and dramatized, just to make the news more gripping. Perhaps they descended from carnies and other flimflam artists. Yep, the 60 minutes of news... 20 minutes of commercials, 25 minutes of how could it be any less important information, 10 minutes of outright incomplete stories ( only part of the news, the parts they want you to hear), 18 minutes of news intended to twist your perspective on the truth, 10 minutes of misconceptions told in such a way as to evade the truth, and another 15 minutes of just plain stupid shit. Sorry, no other way to express it... stupid shit. 20 minutes to incite worry or near panic. 10 minutes intended to muddy the waters, and to everyone's good spirit, a 2 minute truthful human interest story about something good that happened. But wait, that adds up to much more than 60 minutes... the bad stuff all overlaps... for dramatic effect.
But... It's News!
Summer Vacations at Disney… Family Fun? Making the best of it!
Observations of family vacations: Seems insane - Summer heat, very large crowds, very long lines, aggravation and reduced tolerance of issues... not a very good situation for family fun and enjoyment. If you are planning summer vacation at Disney, or anywhere else in Orlando for that matter, be mentally prepared for lots of trying moments. Your good demeanor and easy going nature aside, you will be tested beyond tolerable limits, especially if you do what most do, spend long days, everyday, in the parks to try to do it all. Perhaps I've been there during the off season too much and just can not believe the summer peak season as anything less then very trying and exceedingly aggravating. Things that usually run smoothly are now near chaos, and being too hot, and too crowded, and aggravations being pushed to the limit, guests being rude and inconsiderate, and sometimes argumentative… well... family fun truly comes into question. Facilities pushed beyond planned capabilities, namely counter service foods, guests walking around seemingly endlessly trying just to find a place to sit and eat the food that waited in long lines to get, now getting cold.... and when they do, it's at a dirty table that they are only too happy to finally get. Seeing families fighting and yelling at each other, hot and aggravated, kids crying, wives fussing, husbands yelling, teens with attitudes... fun family vacation? Idoeno... Throw in daily storms and rain, and things that just seem to keep going wrong, crowded buses, etc, etc, etc... wow... fun family vacation? So if you are planning a Disney vacation, or other area attractions in Florida, consider off season... or prepare yourself for how to deal with the alternative. If you must, the best way to even try to deal with it... only plan on ½ days in the parks and relax and pool time for the other half. Better to see and do ½ as much and somewhat enjoy it. Or just not visit in the summer. Just something to consider.
Here’s some tips to possible help.
Well, that’s the highlights of my tips for now… I may add more later. Hope this helps you enjoy your summer vacation a bit more. But for my money, and enjoyment level, come in the off season… stay away for the summer, and holiday weeks like Easter. We particularly enjoy the fall and the Halloween Season along with Christmas (early December). The weather is cool, sometime chilly ( take sweatshirts), way less crowds, but it does get dark earlier.
Ever increasingly huge storm systems…
So just why is everyone so surprised?
They call it “Planet Weirding”, as it pertains to weather, and changing weather patterns, changing from what we have known to something more severe. It’s the term used to describe the evolution of the Earth’s climate, as it evolves through the cycles that is has used for hundreds of thousands of years. Science has been researching this for decades, forecasting the changes, yet when the is a weather emergency, everyone seems to be astonished that this could happen.
The weather, as we have known it all our lives, will change following these same patterns… and us older folks are at the beginning of some big changes from what we grew up with. I myself remember 4 distinct seasons, of which now there is mostly only winter and summer, with the few odd days of fall and spring mixed among them. Gradual changes from month to month, even year to year may not be that noticeable… but looking back decades, the changes become more apparent. Science documents these changes, and based on the Earth climate cycles, predicts what’s ahead of us, and how fast things are gonna change.
Even with the start of the new century, patterns and weather are changing rapidly compared to the early to mid 1900’s. Weather will become more extreme and adverse conditions will last longer. It will be colder in winter, hotter in summer, dryer in droughts, and more floods when it rain. Storms will be bigger and more intense. Resources will become more stretched, and emergency response to situations will be inundated, and unable to handle the emergencies effectively. There will be more intense and frequent hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, tidal waves, eruptions, floods, drought, and famine. Sad to say, but as in the past, mankind is facing total or near extinction just like all the other 99% of living things that have been wiped off the face of the planet.
The movie version will someday be reality.
In the scheme of things, mankind is but a mere fraction of a second in Earths history, and even smaller influence as to our own fate when the changes to come. How soon will catastrophic changes happen?… hopefully not for several hundred years, if the changing Earth has it own time table for change. Eruptions on the Sun, near earth impacts, or a planet killing impact will hasten our demise. It’s not a question of “if” … but when. Only thing that is certain, there will be forthcoming weather and climate changes that will change our lives as we know it. Want to know more? The is plenty of research and science on the internet.
Great storms and droughts…
I don’t believe (gotta have faith and hope) that catastrophic changes effecting all of mankind will be in my lifetime… but there will be changes, and more natural disasters. I just hope not to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time. You can learn a lot from watching the documentary shows, even more by reading.
Explosions on the Sun’s surface…
There was a recent show about devastating explosions on the sun affecting everything electrical on the planet… as in total failure of anything electrical… effecting us for decades… nothing electrical or electronic. It predicts a total breakdown of society within 10 days. Can you imagine nothing electric or electronic working?
Movies… portray the future…
More violent storms…
uncontrolled wild fires..
Coastal destruction…
more and intense cold and snow…
Ice storms like never before…
destruction in every part of the country…
And the question… is not “if”… but “when”?
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Earth’s past cycle of history has shown a tilting of the Earth’s Axis, and reversal of the magnetic poles. This will result in global climate changes and a mass interruption in worldwide food production.
Not to mention a catastrophic impact with Earth, potentially wiping out life as we know it.
Wonder what the dinosaurs thought, if they had rational thoughts.
They were here for 200 million years, and then all gone in an instant.
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So what should we expect soon? It’s with all certainty, science predicts more severe and destructive weather conditions. More frequently, more severe, and lasting longer. Yet, I’m sure it will all come as a complete and shocking surprise… terrible and regrettable… yes! Unexpected… No! It’s coming. To what degree and severity is not so much the question… but how will governments and communities be able to cope… when will help no longer be available because everyone is coping with their own problems… and help doesn’t come.
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Just something to think about.
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But not to stay awake worrying, just try to be prepared as best you can. Most of it will be out of anyone’s control. And as the old saying goes… don’t loose sleep over what you can’t fix.
Some people have built underground life shelters, full stocked.
Seems like an extreme way to live… right now.
But… wouldn’t we be shocked if they were right.
Mankind has survived Ice Ages and most other catastrophes…
perhaps not all of mankind… science estimates 90% perish…
but enough so that man still walks on this Earth.
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The fate of man verses nature? Well, we no control over that. Overpopulation of the planet and the ability to support civilization… well… many have failed in the past in much less dire situations then us.
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The word of the present…
“PRECARIOUS”
Somewhat ominous… to say the least.
Another great day for “MU”… Monsters University.
The movie just opened to the public on June 21st.
Special students, Alumni, and Professors, such as ourselves,
got to see the movie on May 24th.
Needless to say, the movie is great for all monster fans.
We were sworn to secrecy about the movie,
so we can’t tell you anything about it,
except that’s its really good.
Okay… a little about the movie: But don’t tell anyone I told you…
It tells all about Monster University and how Mike & Sulley first met.
Campus Life and Tradition… with lots of fun.
Our Life on Campus.
As students we majored in Scary Photo’s and Graphic’s
and had lots of fun with Mike & Sulley
Lots of hard work and study…
somehow, it came easy to Sulley.
Mike was always looking for the spotlight.
Campus Life and Tradition
Campus News
Tradition… 700 years of tradition and pride.
The Main Scare Hall – 700 Year Tradition
Home Sweet Home
Sulley… I can’t study anymore.
Bunk Buddies… Life is sweet.
But there was always time to party…
and have monstrously good special goodies!
On a more serious note:
Our Major… Scary Photos & Graphics
With hard work and excelling in our major,
we became University Professors.
Quite the Honor - Scary Graphics and Scary Photos.
And it all started with a Monstrous Kick Off
and all night party on May 24 at Magic Kingdom.
Mike & Sulley spread the word everywhere…
Shelly made a new friend…
700 Years of Scaring Tradition.
Hope y’all enjoy the movie!
