Happy Birthday Katrina!

Today, October 18th our little girl turns 18 leaving behind kidhood and entering young adulthood. I am so happy for her. She is growing up to be an awesome young woman. I am very proud to see what she has become. I am excited for what exciting and cool things await her future. Her dad and mom will always be there for her. I love Kat so much and hope it is a great birthday! We are going to Bengstons pumpkin farm then to Aodake for her birthday dinner.



Happy birthday sunshine! I love you!

Al was right

I actually heard this today on the radio that was beyond lunacy. Before I say what it was, bear in mind that I am not a liberal nor conservative. However, every so often it is amusing to journey to the liberal FM radio stations and hear some real wacked out stuff. On the other side you can really hear some goofy stuff on conservative radio too. Conservative radio people are easier to be made fun of - maybe because they do have more colorful and popular personalities. Rush Limbaugh is the king of the conservative idiots. I was scanning the radio and arrived to his show hoping to hear his amusing take on Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize (which I don't get). Instead, he had this bizarre topic on the subject of global warming, which he doesn't believe in. Well, I am not sure about it either. However, I do know that putting chemicals in the air that come from man made sources can't always be good. He was actually quoting some science guy, who is supposed to be repudable (maybe he is, maybe he isn't), that said that putting the carbon dioxide/monoxide emissions in the air actually helps the environment. And further, that by reducing the emissions it is actually harmful to the environment! What?? If he was tongue-in-cheek here he did a good job of hiding it because it was a real enough rant he had on the show. It helps the environment??? Wow, so, I guess we can tell God: hey Lord, you really messed up creation the last few billion years (or 6000 years - depending on your point of view) by not creating cars and factories,etc. from the beginning. Turns out God was hurting the environment by not having all that crap go into the air since the beginning of time. Yeah, right.

And Limbaugh was using this as just another piece of evidence to back up his opposition to environmental causes that come up in Washington. Look, a lot of those Democrats are screwed up (so are Republicans) but that doesn't justify that stupid statement he made. And what is more scary is that the Limbaugh faithful who believe everything he says (which is scary and bizarre in its own right) will go right along and support this crap.

C'mon Limbaugh. Get real. You really are one big fat idiot.

Muse - the Resistance

Anyone who knows me also knows that my favorite band is Rush. Even through years when I left the prog rock scene (late 80’s – 90’s), Rush has always been there with their music. Also ranking up on my Top Bands' list are artists like U2, Pete Yorn, Triumph, Collective Soul, and Stereophonics. However, I think my most favorite band of this era is Muse. I just love their diversity in styles and how they constantly take new avenues with each new CD (not too different from Rush in many ways). I just picked up their latest, The Resistance, and am really digging it. This one has a bit more orchestrations than in some of their past CD’s, most notably the concluding trilogy, “Exogenesis”. Their Queen influences really come through in many of the tracks. You will pick it up right away in “The United States of Eurasia” and in the guitar solo (in style, not sound – no one can imitate Brian May’s sound!), of “Guiding Light”. I also really like how “MK Ultra” moves as well as the opening track of “Uprising”. I don’t know how many Muse fans are reading this but even if you aren’t, check it out!