Let This Soak Your Brain...

“Don't be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.”

"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't."

"A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion... this is the place to go now.
But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons."

Richard Bach
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Relativity

No... I'm not going to blog about my relatives.... there is not enough time in the day, enough days in the week, enough weeks in the year... enough years left in my life, to waste spend talking about my family.... I am NOT referring to my wife or my in laws... so STFU!

No... this is about where we live. People that live in the mountains deal with mud slides, land slides... on the west coast, basically the same, with the addition of earth quakes... up north, miserably cold weather and snow bound half of the year...
But the south... we have Hurricanes. I hate hurricanes... The only good thing about a hurricane is, you have plenty of notice that it's planning to drop 3 feet of water on your yard in 5 hours, or it plans on uprooting every tree within falling distance of the house. You don''t know which one it's going to do, or if it plans on doing both, but at least you know it's coming.

Meet Irene...
Irene is currently a Category 2 hurricane, which means it has sustained winds of 100MPH or greater, with gusts up to 110MPH... or greater...

Here is Irene's projected path...

At 2:00 PM Friday, it will be due east of where I live and predicted to be a Category 3 hurricane.. A cat 3 is, according to the The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, well hell... here's the abridged version of the SSHWS:
Category One Hurricane: Sustained winds 74-95 mph, 64-82 kt, or 119-153 km/hr).
Very dangerous winds will produce some damage
Category Two Hurricane Sustained winds 96-110 mph, 83-95 kt, or 154-177 km/hr).
Extremely dangerous winds will cause extensive damage
Category Three Hurricane Sustained winds 111-130 mph, 96-113 kt, or 178-209 km/hr).
Devastating damage will occur
Category Four Hurricane Sustained winds 131-155 mph, 114-135 kt, or 210-249 km/hr).
Catastrophic damage will occur
Category Five Hurricane Sustained winds greater than 155 mph, greater than 135 kt, or greater than 249 km/hr).
Catastrophic damage will occur
Ok... now... the difference between "Devastating damage" and "Catastrophic damage" is pretty much a moot point. To me it would be like the difference between zero degrees and 20 below... at some point, it's just F-ing cold... same with a hurricane, and some point, it's just F-ing dangerous.

So now the question is, "How far east will it be??

Your guess is as good as mine... I just hope the weather man is a better guesser that I am...

FYI...
Words often heard this time of year in the South...

HUNKER DOWN!!!

Ever Wonder....

Have you ever wondered why A, B, C, D, DD, E, F, G, and H are the Letters used to define bra sizes, but couldn't figure out what the letters stood for.

I think I have this riddle solved, or at least my interpretation:
(A) Almost visible.
(B) Barely there.
(C) Can't Complain!
(D) Damn!
(DD) Double Damn!
(E) Enormous!
(F) Fake.
(G) Get a Reduction.
(H) Help me, I've fallen and I can't get up!

Season of the Witch

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Emily has lost it's umph. Looks like she is just going to be a typical summer rain. But keep an eye on her anyway... just in case!!

UPDATE: Looks like Emily might swerve out to sea, or at least enough to do minimal damage...

Let me introduce you to Emily... she has recently moved into the neighborhood.

Stuff

Starting a new diet routine... watched a video where this guy lost 75lbs, just by juicing... not the steroid type juicing, I mean pulverized veggies and fruit.

Hopefully, when I'm done, I'll be half the man I used to be!!

Back to Work

You know.... you'd think that someone would pick up the slack while you were away on company business.
But NOOOOO.... my world stood perfectly still whilst I was away... well, not completely still. I was able to remotely log on to my computer at work, at night after the training classes, whilst others were sitting down at the bar, enjoying adult beverages and each others company.

I became intimate with my company issued laptop and the hotel login screen.

I really know how to party... eh?

Gone for a Week

I only went to Atlanta... for training for the company I work for. I learned things I never wanted to learn, but learn them I did. It will look good on my review for next year if nothing else.

While I was gone, the Space shuttle separated from the International Space Station (ISS), for the very last time. It left orbit after a day and landed back at not only it's former home, but it's future home, as it will be on display at the Kennedy Space Center after it has been stripped of anything technical (secret stuff). After that, it will be placed on a static display, where it will most likely be climbed all over by kids with sticky fingers, re-hydrated, dehydrated ice cream will be dripped all over it, chewing gum stuck on the floor, bird shit all over the windows.... not a fitting end for a great Space Ship.

Hopefully they will put it in a building, where it can be preserved and studied by future Astronauts.

OK NASA... you're up.

What is the new amazing piece of space hardware that will woo the crowd and once again leave them breathlessly awestruck?

Who knows, but what would really impress me would be this. Go back to the moon NASA. I think there's stuff there to be discovered. While you're there, how about building a space ship factory, that could launch rockets from the moon on a sled.... it might not cost 600 billion dollars for every launch...

Now THAT would impress me...