I know a guy

If you take a gander at "websites of choice" section, you'll see California John. John has been a great friend of my since my birth in the AF. I was training to be an F16 mechanic, he was to be an F15 mechanic (a.k.a crew chief). Though the AF tried hard to keep him in, he was determined to follow his passions. His passions led him to Full Sail college in Florida. It's one of the best schools in the country for all things film and media. He completed that and made his trek to California.


Since there he has done photography and film for several different productions. Here is one example of his work. It's for Car-buffs. He showed me the graphics and video last year when we were on vacation. While the original idea was pitched for a TV series, it ended up being a website/blog instead. (The graphics are awesome, though, John!) He's currently writing his first feature film and I'm anxious to see the finished product.











We're pumped that we'll see him again next week.










Nice background pic, John!

Falkor the Luck Dragon

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Dreams change? In this case to nightmares

I heard our President speaking yesterday to the NAACP. During his speech, he said his goal was for every American to be given the opportunity to have the American dream. He defined the American dream as having affordable health care, being provided affordable college, and a job, among other things. Note the word "provided."

The American dream isn't that everyone has two cars plus one "fun car", owns a 2000 square foot house, makes $60+ a year, earns a Bachelor's degree, has a 40" (or bigger) plat panel HDTV, has a brand new bedroom and living room set, takes extravagant vacations each year and provides a cell phone for everyone in the family over the age of 10.

A dream like that is called Materialism. And that ain't a dream, it's voluntary slavery.
And to quote John Foreman "That ain't my American dream."

So, seriously, how do you define the American dream?
Can you get that dream without borrowing money?
Is your American dream based on happiness derived from amassing stuff for yourself or your children?

For a laugh

I got this from my mom, who got it from someone else. I love these.

Dangling Participles
- The burglar was about 30 years old, white, 5' 10," with wavy hair weighing about 150 pounds. - The family lawyer will read the will tomorrow at the residence of Mr. Hannon, who died June 19 to accommodate his relatives.
- Mrs. Shirley Baxter, who went deer hunting with her husband, is very proud that she was able to shoot a fine buck as well as her husband.
- Organ donations from the living reached a record high last year, outnumbering donors who are dead for the first time.
- The dog was hungry and made the mistake of nipping a 2-year-old that was trying to force feed it in his ear.
- We spent most of our time sitting on the back porch watching the cows playing Scrabble and reading.
- Hunting can also be dangerous, as in the case of pygmies hunting elephants armed only with spears.

Couldn't hold this one back.

I've been keeping my political opinions to myself lately (except around my bride). I think constant complaints about certain heads of state being morons (Biblical term is "fool") annoy others. I try not to annoy others.

A good friend just put this post up. Thank you FPF for the laugh. No one pours sarcasm on a plate of tom-foolery like you!

But FPF's thoughts provoked me to share some of my own on recent research. I disagree a little, though. We'll probably end up with some Chinese vehicle crammed down our throat since we owe them $700,000,000,000. I have to count the zeros, too. It's a big number.

I read somewhere that if one owes money to another, the borrower becomes servant of the lender. Take a second to consider that word - servant. In a country that is familiar with slavery, picturing servitude isn't difficult.

Well, congratulations We The People! We are now servants to a communist country that we've been openly opposing for almost eight decades.
1. Masters don't usually put up with dissension.
2. Masters usually have major influence on what servants do and where servants go.
3. Servants are in no position to call the shots.
4. Servants receive mercy when the Master feels like it.
5. Some Masters show no mercy (see history for indications about our current Masters).

The future should be interesting.