DB Cooper Skyjacking Case About To Be Solved?

Not that I'm a fan of crime, I do admire a piece of ingenuity and genius when it comes to solving a problem...like, how to get a few hundred thousand from the FBI and jump out of a plane and live.  The DB Cooper skyjacking is a piece of genius work - if the skyjacker lived.

The skyjacking occurred out of here in Portland, Oregon (A beautiful airport if you ever go, and is rated has having the lowest and most friendly incidents of molestation by TSA in the USA!) on a Northwest Airlines flight, and supposedly he jumped up near Lake Merwin in Washington, and not too long ago a parachute was found near Amboy, Washington spiking interest in the case.  But after massive manhunt searches.....some of the largest....nothing.

There've been a lot of frauds on the case, but none of them are DB Cooper and the FBI's debunked them.  It only makes sense that none of them have been DB Cooper because.....well.....I'm DB Cooper. 

I'm also Zorro.

And I'm the droids you're looking for. 

Anyways, the FBI should be here in a minute after posting this, as well as some Mexican officials looking for Zorro, and possibly some storm troopers - I'll let ya know how that goes.

 Here's two interesting news stories on the case, one about the DB Cooper Day celebrations that take place up near Lake Merwin (Nice place to go if you ever make it up there, Cougar Washinton is pretty scenic as well while you're out there) and here's a wikipedia article on it.  Gotta be honest about it though, I can't imagine finding the guy being worth anything at this point.  I almost hope they don't in one sense because we got bigger criminals in our White House right now and nobody's making an effort to stop him, who cares about a Hijacker from about 40 years ago?

Oh, and here's a gratuitous animated gif image of DB cooper jumping out of the plane with the money:

FREE PORN!

Psyche major becoming a doctor of psychology with an emphasis in psychosocial addictions and sexual deviance here.

I just saw an ad on Yahoo that in my tired state I could have sworn said "FREE PORN!"

Which got me to thinking about a bunch of things....

1) Why would you pay for it on the internet?  There's enough out there to get for free - you're an idiot if you're paying for it - let alone paying for it to be into it.

2) Porn sites are about the most dangerous on the internet for your computer in terms of tracking, viruses, spamming....I can't even imagine giving my CREDIT CARD NUMBER to something like that....where it is forever logged....along with countless other government officials' credit cards who were only there for entertainment official government purposes.

3) Does paying for it REALLY make it better? I mean, really?  Is it - you get what you pay for? 

What about "FREE NOT-PORN!"

Here's a breakdown of a pay site that Google brought up for me very quickly for entainmenert research and illustrative purposes.

$84.95/1000minutes = $5.04/HR for porn. Or, the lowest value, assuming you know exactly what you want and know right where to go to get it and can find the right scene and get yourself done in 15 minutes or less, is $15.80/hr ($3.95/15mins) minus the wonderful joyful time you spent all "worked up" and excited to punch in your credit card number anticipating your whirlwind tour to access your porn you're going to pay for so you could get SERIOUS and do the job. 

Maybe you could click the customer service number and talk dirty to them for free.

Just wondering.....

Some Say Its A Poltergeist........

Some people insist this is poltergeist activity.  *I* say that it's groceries committing suicide by jumping out of the cupboards.  I think the maker of the film should be fined for not looking to the safety of his groceries by: A) closing the cupboards so they can't jump B) Putting grocery-proof locks on the cupboards so they can't escape and C) for filming what he knew was going to be a suicide and then broadcasting it on the internet shamelessly exploiting the deaths and suicides of the groceries.....making him an accessory.....tsk tsk tsk

TAKE THIS! CURSES!

A mistranslation from Damn You Autocorrect.....brought to life....here....

Sweet! I like it!

I still take cell-phone pics, though I'm already scoping out my next cell phone to take pics with.  However, with a higher resolution or whatnot, I'm entering the realm of a full blown camera.   I read something about trying damaging a camera's film to see what pics it produces (a disposable camera), one guy tossed it in a swimming pool, another froze the film, another scratched the edge of the lens to produce some unique pics.

Anyways, I saw this and just had to share.  You can't have gotten this without: a) two people b)a tripod (or something like it) or c) three arms.....I suspect the guy had 3 arms.....

Anchors Aweigh!

I had another dream that I was back in the Navy again last night, only remembering it now.

I loved our Fine Fine United States Navy.   Some may call me "Swabbie" but the Navy patrols and fights where no other can even think to - out at and under the sea.

what I was on last night.....at least it wasn't a carrier.....this time...

At any rate, this time I was on an Aegis class Cruiser  We departed from Portland Oregon.  I thought we'd be home by dinner, but I didn't realize I was being recruited from Portland but we were to be home-ported out of Long Beach, California. 

I had a few phone calls to make after we got into port.  

Washing your clothes - your civvies - on a ship is always a pain in the butt unless you're friends with one of the SH's, or Ships Servicemen who do the laundry.

All I really remember was we were running heavy and low in the water, but very maneuverable and had a female skipper and we were running through some ROUGH storms.....and I wasn't going to see my family for a long long time once we cast off and set sail.   Even though it was a dream, I did enjoy being on ship again for a while.

Americans Caught Sneaking Into Mexico!!!!!

Just kidding, but apparently the economy is better in Meh-hee-ko so many illgals are leaving and heading to their native homeland for work now.

Guess that means they won't be voting in 2012 either.

i remember on the day the hispanics all protested and refused to shop one day back a few years ago to hurt the American economy.  I went to Winco to go grocery shopping.....nothing but white people.  Everyone spoke english.  The store was clean.  No kids pilfering candy.  I spent more money just to celebrate!  

Beautiful people, love the culture, hate the illegal aspect.

Guest Commentary: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Alexis Skoufalos, EdD
Associate Dean for Continuing Professional Education
Jefferson School of Population Health

Thursday, July 21st was sunny and stiflingly hot – one of the most brutal summer days we’ve experienced in Philadelphia in many years. And yet, over 150 of JSPH’s colleagues came together on the Jefferson campus to share with us their thoughts about important issues in population health.

In an odd way, it was a birthday party of sorts. July marks JSPH’s birthday month – it was only 3 years ago that we toasted the beginning of our journey to create a new school dedicated to educating leaders that would help us improve the quality of health and health care in America.

In that time, we’ve developed new academic programs, published two books, convened multiple conferences, conducted cutting-edge research, added stellar new leaders, faculty and staff to our team, and encouraged some of our most valued colleagues as they moved on to new endeavors.

In 3 short years, we have assembled a diverse and talented team with a passion for making meaningful change. The challenges we face have only become more complex in the last few years, and the stakes have never been higher.

While we have much to celebrate, there is so much more to do. And we can’t do it alone; we need to hear from you about the type information you need, the challenges you face that we can help address, and the programs we should focus on in the future.

We are committed to making a world of difference in health care. Let us know how we can help you by contacting any one of the leaders listed below.

JSPH Program Contacts:

Caroline Golab, PhD
Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs
(215) 503-8468
caroline.golab@jefferson.edu

Joseph D. Jackson, PhD
Program Director, Applied Health Economics and Outcomes Research
(215) 955-4755
joseph.jackson@jefferson.edu

Kathryn M. Kash, PhD
Program Director, Chronic Care Management
(215) 955-9549
kathryn.kash@jefferson.edu

Mark Legnini, DrPH
Director, Center for Value in Healthcare
(215) 955-0427
mark.legnini@jefferson.edu

David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Dean, Jefferson School of Population Health
(215) 955-6969
david.nash@jefferson.edu

James Pelegano, MD, MS
Program Director, Healthcare Quality and Safety
(215) 955-3888
james.pelagano@jefferson.edu

Rob Simmons, DrPH, MPH, MCHES, CPH
Program Director, Public Health
(215) 955-7312
rob.simmons@jefferson.edu

Alexis Skoufalos, EdD
Associate Dean for Continuing Professional Education
(215) 955-2822
alexis.skoufalos@jefferson.edu

Do....whatever you want. Dorian Gray.

If you haven't seen the original movie, this is the remake, 2009, of the 1945 movie "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is based on the novel by Oscar Wilde (1890).

The 1945 movie is pretty well done.  In some ways the earlier classics really do catch a bit more of the drama than today's movies, but movies being cultural events based on a knowledge of the time period and events depicted, might find a lot of people "out of the loop" on a lot of the nuances - such as the young lady who loses her virginity to a bet and a dare and then commits suicide.

In the 1890's a world existed where phrenology was not yet entirely dead, and it was still said that the mark of a man or his character could be seen in the features of his face - indeed this is true today though we don't say it now.   Dorian, a kind, innocent and naive young man, is corrupted by a "friend" older than him and then finds a way to escape the effects and consequences of his sins and live eternally yet miserably in his ill-maintained youth and seeks to be free of himself - yet finds the only way to truly be free is to suffer the consequences of his actions rather than spending his existence running from them while hanging on to only his youth and looks.

At any rate, the 2009 movie is well done, though rated R because it does try to capture the sensuality and orgiastic abandon with which Dorian lives his life, free from all consequences on his outward appearance, but not on his life or those around him.

My favorite quote?  As he speaks to his housekeeper about living his life in pleasure seeking and his youthful looks: "I assure you, pleasure is very different from happiness....some things are more precious because they don't last."

Youth is wasted on the young they say - and growing old and having the marks of a life lived?   Carries its own rewards.

Dedication! Motivation! Teamwork! PRIDE!

I like these - For those not in business but who may have played sports, you spend as much time honing your positive thinking skills in business as you do sports in order to succeed. You visualize yourself reaching your goals, visualize the goals, write them down, all that stuff - why? Because success is mentally exhausting, the obstacles are numerous because you're talking about leaving the mainstream and carving a new path that's never been trod before. 

Christopher Columbus, at dinner after his success in the new world was asked by a detractor whether he thought it wasn't possible that someone else could have discovered the new world and accomplished what he had.  He then invited everyone at the dinner table to stand their boiled eggs on end on the table, which all tried and failed. After they failed, he took his egg and smacked it onto the table flattening the end and it then remained standing up.  He then told everyone, he had to come up with the solution first, which no one had, but after that, it was nothing but simple for everyone else to follow in his path.  

Even the most stunning successes in the world didn't happen overnight nor do they keep it without believing.......

For my family and loved ones....

Ever feel like this?

I wanna say something like this, but by the time I'm able to I don't think I'll be interested....

Is this sign racist?

I saw this at the dentists office today.......is this sign racist? 

 Is THIS racist?  (Just for comparison and contrast).

Okay - what about this?  (Please note its being said by a black man African American in a hit movie and its a hit actor AND he's a criminal, not some uppity businessman, in the movie!)

Just wondering.......

Good luck with that......HURRY! HE'S GETTIN AWAY!

Late Night Pics....

careful when you vacume....the carpet has a tendency to run off....

Just hanging out....

Dietary Guidelines for Americans, My Way

I just saw this on BoingBoing.  Simple but true. 

This image was created by Adam Fields. 

The people who design government dietary guidelines are gagged by the fact that politics and business are so tightly intertwined in this country.  Their advice will never directly target the primary source of obesity and metabolic dysfunction-- industrially processed food-- because that would hurt corporate profits in one of the country's biggest economic sectors.  You can only squeeze so much profit out of a carrot, so food engineers design "value-added" ultrapalatable/rewarding foods with a larger profit margin.

We don't even have the political will to regulate food advertisements directed at defenseless children, which are systematically training them from an early age to prefer foods that are fattening and unhealthy.  This is supposedly out of a "free market" spirit, but that justification is hollow because processed food manufacturers benefit from tax loopholes and major government subsidies, including programs supporting grain production and the employment of disadvantaged citizens (see Fast Food Nation).

HEROIN DAYCARE PROVIDERS! NEAR YOU!

Walking out through the neighborhood, rounded the corner to see a bunch of news vans in the neighborhood.  Wondered what the hubub was.  One of the reporters out there was the one who came out to report my brother in law's disappearance.  I generally dislike news reporters.  Anyways, I live in the most crime ridden part of Beaverton, Oregon, Vose Neighborhood.  And now it turns out we have heroin right around the block from me.  Not just heroin.  Heroin DAY CARE.  http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/breaking/story/Beaverton-day-care-provider-arrested-for-locking/tVSmK1O0BEe_56qdr4u6Lw.cspx

Anyways, then you get stuff like this going on in your house and, as much as you may like watching the movie "Pulp Fiction," living it isn't as much fun.   Trust me.  I know.  I arrested enough people who totally destroyed their lives and watched the regret while they sat in jail or went out to clean up the mess.  Its not glamorous.

Unless of course you're just looking to tell the story of how you got to plunge an adrenaline needle into some chick's heart....

Injuured? Maybe a TEA BAGGING WILL HELP!!!!!!

With people watching.

On TV.

And his friend approves.....

Travis Walton.....UFO Abduction...

This is pretty interesting...I used to read about a lot of stuff like this before my formal religious conversion.  I suppose the one thing I got out of it all religiously speaking is that there is a possibility for things that we don't understand or know and I don't think God has told us everything. Where do "aliens" fit in with everything?  I have no clue.  Do they exist?  I believe there are other worlds besides ours, and I believe there's certainly the possibility of beings even from our world having advanced technology, but as for the UFO phenomenon?   No clue.  But there seems to be enough stuff out there indicating something's still unexplained in our world.  Do I worship them?  Worship what?  What's to worship???? We don't even know what "they" are or even if there is a "they" but hey, here's the guy's website: http://www.travis-walton.com/   If you wanna read some super creepy stuff late at night, read about Clinton Road in New Jersey - or just poke around on google for it.

Interview on Super Human Radio

Today, I did an audio interview with Carl Lanore of Super Human Radio.  Carl seems like a sharp guy who focuses on physical fitness, nutrition, health and aging.  We talked mostly about food reward and body fatness-- I think it went well.  Carl went from obese to fit, and his fat loss experience lines up well with the food reward concept.  As he was losing fat rapidly, he told friends that he had "divorced from flavor", eating plain chicken, sweet potatoes and oatmeal, yet he grew to enjoy simple food over time.

The interview is here.  It also includes an interview of Dr. Matthew Andry about Dr. Loren Cordain's position on dairy; my interview starts at about 57 minutes.  Just to warn you, the website and podcast are both full of ads.

Swift Boat Officer Stripped Of Silver Star....(AND CHILD PORN!)

The officer was a spokesman for the Kerry campaign in 2004 and who called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth a bunch of liars and Nazis.

He's currently in prison for possession of child pornography but has been stripped of his Silver Star.

I do have one question about all that though - having been a police officer and had to go through some horrific stuff to get to the bottom of things.  Nothing like having a sobbing woman in front of you and talking with her about what sexual position she was in when she did what and her history of sexual experiences and how she got into prostitution while she ends up blowing her nose on your sleeve and falls apart.  I read the papers in the article and the descriptions in them meant that someone had to VIEW several hours of child pornography to pursue the case.

This reminds me of the Seattle police pursuing the case where the tapes were found of the beastiality parties on a farm that were like 120 some hours or however long of people having sex with farm animals and they reviewed them all just to make sure no crimes were committed.

So, if you want to see child porn....legally......go into law enforcement?

Or go to a Middle Eastern country where pornography is illegal under Islam unless you're a government ruler or your name is Osama Bin Laden. 

I hear the fat lady singing.....

I hear the fat lady singing....for Representative Wu's career that is.

Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden called for Rep. David Wu to resign after the sex scandals involving (a?) young girl.  Wu has announced he will resign.   Scandal aside, that's gotta be hard.  I mean, at work, you just slip out, 20 people know, you go find a new job, whatever, it's over.  Resign from congress, makes the headlines, the entire world knows, its a mess.  He does get to keep his congressional healthcare package though and retirement I believe.

At this point the resignation does one thing: it doesn't flare up into a media circus against the democrats.

Heck, how long was Charlie Wrangle fighting to keep his standing?  

At any rate, if they are looking to nominate someone to the U.S. House of Representatives to fill his spot, I'm openly available at this time for it.

A diet of Viagra and water and exercise......

And now, everyone's breaking into that shop hoping to get "caught" breaking in and "taught a lesson" by the martial arts wielding, Viagra dispensing hair-salon worker.......wait.....this DID happen in Pulp Fiction but to a guy by a guy and Viagra wasn't invented yet....


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2013870/Robber-broke-hair-salon-beaten-black-belt-owner-kept-sex-slave-days--fed-Viagra.html

And remember....if it lasts over four hours, see a doctor....(just what the doctor wants to see.....great....do you see a male or a female doctor with this one?)

Minecraft Addiction

My family is totally addicted to this game.  They sit on the computer and play it for hours.  People seem mesmerized by it. Next thing you know they've been "digging" for 4 hours - 6 hours - ONE FOURTH of a day!

Anyways, its supposedly addicting.  Apparently so because they all get on the computer and sit there and pretend to dig....for hours.....but as for me?  I haven't started...didn't get it when I tried it after 10 seconds of failed instant gratification....as well as watching others be hypnotized by the darned thing.....so.....it doesn't have a hold on me.  As much as many of them have stated that they didn't think it would be anything but got sucked into it.....so.....

Debt Limit - Quotes

Sent to me by Dan

March 2006

“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America ’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure.... It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better. I therefore intend to oppose the effort to increase America ’s debt limit.”

--Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.--HYPOCRITE

And the thunder rolls.....

Just had a MASSIVE lightning strike right here right now that shook EVERYTHING here.  I about wet my pants.  Scary how my mind goes back to my military training trying to determine if things are okay or not.  I *HATE* lightening because its fairly random.  Mortars and such usually "track" meaning I can figure out where they are coming from and how long until they get here or whatnot.   I prayed things were okay but then the screaming started from down the hall from both kids.  That was less than a couple hundred feet away though I saw no flashes. 

Meanwhile I could only think of just HOW powerful God is and that "you aint see nothing yet" in terms of his power" and I don't want to get on his bad side.  Anyways, the worst one I remember hit the street in front of my house and our neighhbor's tree across the street.  One zapped the streeet and with that 1970's shag carpet, it all stood up so it looked freshly vacumed, and all the magnetic cupboards flew open, the dog yelped and took off and.....I was on the bar stool in the kitchen going "Wth?"

I hate that electric feeling in the air that comes and the electromagnetic release that comes when the lightening strikes nearby.

WU WUUUUU! Bend over! Pelosi wants to examine him...

So Pelosi's calling for a probe into David Wu's sexual escapades with (an?) underage girl.

First, I've published letters here from him.   I thought he was a nut.

Second, Pelosi's more than willing to let a fellow Dem go down since they are already the minority in the House anyways - especially if it distracts from the budget battle and makes it look like the Dems are doing something important.

When have the Dems ever aggresively pursued one of their own unless it suited some purpose?  Its a diversion - a distraction, that's all folks.  If I get elected you'll know but for now....nothing to see here..move along, move along....these aren't (No really, they aren't) the droids you're looking for.

Apprentice (Novice) Poltergeists........

True Devotion...

The woman's husband had been slipping in and out of a coma for several months, yet she had stayed by his bedside every single day.
One day, when he came to, he motioned for her to come nearer.  As she sat by him, he whispered, eyes full of tears, "You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times. 

When I got fired, you were there to support me. 

When my business failed, you were there. 

When I got shot, you were by my side. 

When we lost the house, you stayed right here.

When my health started failing, you were still by my side. 

And you know what?"

"What dear?" she gently asked, smiling as her heart began to fill with warmth.

He drew in a breath and looked deeply into her eyes as he held her hand and began to speak "........I think you're bad luck."

The Other Day.....I Saw A Bear.....

My wife asked me yesterday to make a wooden duck for a baby present for a baby shower......up for the challenge, I went home and began whipping one out.

However, the usual debate ensued where it was not decided yet what kind of duck it would be.....and whether it would be cute enough or how to make it cute looking.....baby-ish!

I finally got a pattern drawn freehand she liked and got it cut out when she came racing in and asked that if it wasn't too much of a pain if it was too late to make a bear instead.

....!

She explained how she just found out that it was a "bear themed" baby shower (???) (I'm not up on baby showers, and I don't know a guy that would hold any such type party, let alone to declare a theme for people to abide by) and that if it was possible if I could make a bear instead?  PLEEEEAAAAASE?   Okay, she didn't say please, but I saw it in her eyes.

Not wanting my wife to feel like the odd-duck out (har har) she supplied a bear template and just to show I could do it, I then set about making a bear instead.

For just whipping it out and no real plans or anything, it came out pretty cute.  She still has to tie a ribbon to it for it to be pulled by.  I used a woodburner to do the face and fur on its tail and paws, but here it is. But I did find that a spray on lacquer (Lacquer - not liquor) causes wood pores to expand on some things like the little wheels I cut with a circular cutter drill bit after I sanded them very smooth and got them all prettified, but anyways. Here's my work just playing around.  It looks better in person than it does in the pictures though...

more late night photography.....a picture is worth.......

Late night pics....and a quote or two....

and the ski boots....?

airport long term exposure