Jul 19 2008
This is amazing. A lion is raised as a cub by a couple guys and then released back into the wild. They reunite with him later in the wilds of Africa, all accompanied by a Whitney Houston song. Sorry, but I’m a sucker for this kind of stuff…
Jul 18 2008
Finally, an explanation of the creeping oil crises that makes sense to me. Gary Thayer, Senior Economist of Wachovia Economics Group, says “It is impossible to say for sure, but it appears a great deal of the jump in oil prices during the past few months is related to the growing concern that Israel may attack Iran in order to stop Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. Israel even staged practice flights designed to show Iran that it is capable of making such an attack. In addition, there were reports that Saudi Arabia might not oppose an attack.
However, it is important to remember that a country seldom reveals its intentions this clearly if it is really getting ready to make such a strike. Instead, these efforts could be designed to get Iran to negotiate rather than be attacked. If Iran gets the message and signals that it is serious about negotiations to limit its nuclear program, oil prices could decline. Moreover, Israel and Syria appear to be working toward a peace accord that could neutralize one of Iran’s biggest allies in the region. This could also lessen geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, allowing oil prices to retreat.”
Jul 17 2008
This is an interesting story. The sons of Wayne Gretsky, Joe Montana, and Will Smith are all attending and playing football for the same high school. Do you think the cheerleaders might have an interest in Nick Montana? A handsome kid and the son of a famous multi-millionaire.
Jul 17 2008
Just because your business is small doesn’t mean you have an excuse to not run things better than a big company.
“Small is a weapon, not an excuse”.
Jul 16 2008
I thought my daughter loved this song before seeing this video. She’s gonna lose her mind when she sees Feist’s Sesame Street version of her hit song 1,2,3,4.
Jul 16 2008
When’s the last time you’ve seen some good news from the energy sector? To celebrate this historic moment, I’m having an Oil Party at my house this weekend. We’re going to make plastics, run generators, and do Dyno tests on 70’s muscle cars.
Congratulations to humanity!
Stocks soar on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report - Yahoo! News
Jul 15 2008
The other night I witnessed one of the greatest sports moments I’ve ever seen. Former drug addict, baseball wunderkind, Josh Hamilton, turned his life over to Jesus Christ a few years ago when he was at his lowest point and is now one of the best baseball players in the world. Now he is a hero to young and old for his powerful message of hope for those who are tied up in drugs and alcohol.
In the first round of the All-Star Game’s Home Run Derby on Monday night, he blasted a record 28 home runs. The next closest guy had 8. What made this event extra special was that it’s the last year of the great Yankee Stadium. This stadium has seen Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson, etc. Hamilton mesmerized the crowd of 55,000 New Yorkers and had them chanting his name. Folks, this DOES NOT happen in New York. They’d boo their own mothers for being too slow to get to first. It was a magical moment for everyone watching. As one writer later said, “It was the house that Ruth built, but the house that Hamilton brought down.”
Enjoy the video…
Jul 12 2008
I was going to add a folding couch into our furniture budget for the year, but….
Jul 12 2008
Jul 10 2008
This really touched my heart. The little girl in this video is 5 years old and was born blind. She was abandoned by her parents and adopted by a loving family. They discovered that she had a natural ear for music at 3 years old and started to teach her how to play piano. She can now play Mozart. Her ear is so good for music that she can hear a song once and play it.
What an amazing gift from God she is to us. Every life is special to God.
Jul 05 2008
This elephant painted a self portrait. He lives in Thailand. This kid’s good.
Jul 04 2008
This guy is right on the edge of blowing up. Just wanted to document that I like him before everyone else gets on the bandwagon!
Jul 04 2008
EO Newsroom: New Images - Smoke Plume
Can you guess what is shown in this photo? What is the plume extending upward from the ground? Why is the top of the plume brighter than its bottom? What is the bright object in the lower righthand corner of the picture, and what is the dark, cone-shaped feature that seems to be leaving the plume and converging on the bright object? Examine the picture carefully, look at the high-resolution version if you want to, and see if you can figure out the answers to these questions. Then, read the caption below to test yourself.
What is the Plume?
This is a photograph of the Space Shuttle (STS-98) launch on February 7, 2001, at 6:13 p.m. eastern time. The whitish plume is the pillar of smoke and steam left behind by the solid rocket boosters. Looking carefully, you can see a very bright dot at the top of the column of smoke, which is the flame still visible at the base of the solid rocket boosters. Even as the Space Shuttle is blasting into orbit, lower-level winds have begun to twist its pillar of smoke.
Why is the top part of the plume brighter?
This photo was taken near sunset, when the sun was relatively low on the western horizon. In the photo, you are looking eastward. The top portion of the plume is much brighter because it is being illuminated directly by sunlight, whereas the bottom portion of the plume lies within the Earth’s shadow.
What is the bright object?
The bright orb in the lower righthand corner of the picture is the full, sunlit face of the moon which has already risen above the eastern horizon.
What is the dark feature?
The dark, cone-shaped feature extending downward and eastward from the pillar of smoke is its shadow, known as the Burgeron Effect (not uncommon when launches are around sunrise or sunset). The shadow exists in the air because there are aerosol particles in the air that reflect and scatter sunlight everywhere except where the sunlight is being blocked by the pillar of smoke. Thus, that part of the sky appears darker.
Why does the shadow point at the moon?
Because the launch took place on the evening of a full moon, any shadow cast would have to appear to end at the moon since the Earth, moon, and sun were naturally in alignment. Remember, you are looking eastward at the moon and the sun is above and behind you in this perspective.
Photo courtesy Patrick McCracken, NASA Headquarters. This photo was taken using a Kodak digital camera with a 2X telephoto lens.
Jul 02 2008
I had a request to publish this online. This poor guy didn’t quite stick the landing.
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