Rocket Jones

May 08, 2004

Michael Moore deserved an Oscar for Dr. Strangelove dammit!

What do you mean it wasn't real?

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HOA's, and how meteors don't smash into them nearly often enough

Paul had a little run-in with his HOA. I commiserated in his comments and asked if I'd ever told him the story of the meteor that almost crashed through my roof.

Turns out I had told that story here. Damn, I can't be running out of material already.

Posted by: Ted at 09:32 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Federal Government going after Hobby Rocketry

This appeared in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. Since they require subscription to access, the article is included below (in the extended entry) as posted on the Rec.Models.Rockets newsgroup.

The hobby rocketry community is small and active, so I've talked to most of the rocketeers or shopped at the hobby shops mentioned in the article. This is the perfect example of Homeland Security acting in a way that will not actually make anyone safer, but they can point to it as an example of ways that they're working to protect us. Justifying their existance is what I call it.

For the most part, the article is fair and reasonably accurate. The main point missed though isn't the cost of the new permits, it's the unreasonable storage requirements which are damn near impossible to comply with.

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Hockey History - Expansion

The National Hockey League had survived many years with teams being created and fading away, but the "original six" always survived. They were:

Boston Bruins
Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit Red Wings
Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs

In 1967, the NHL gambled on a major expansion and doubled their size to 12 teams. In the extended entry is a list of those teams, along with pictures of their original sweaters.

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May 07, 2004

Overheard

I caught this exchange between Mookie and my wife.

Mookie: "What is dad's problem? He just chewed me out for nothing."

Mom: "He's grouchy. Hockey playoffs are on, so he'll be short of sleep for a couple of months."

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Paperback Wisdom

Nic offered up this link: online Pulp Fiction Greeting Cards. Too cool!

Snippets from the covers of dimestore novels.

"Shock trooper in the battle of the sexes!" -- Lust for a Green Beret

"Chuck Merrick, private eye, and the girl with the .32 gun and the 36" chest." -- Girl In A Jam

"A novel of temptation - and primitive passions" and
"She was his property: to keep, to beat, to use." -- Cracker Girl

"Trapped on a planet of peril, he dared challenge its monster ruler" -- An Earth Man on Venus

"High-voltage sex and spying" -- I Was A Teeny-Bopper For The CIA

"She was as tough as the hoods she worked with - until she met a man who made her feel like a woman" -- Syndicate Girl

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I'm politically incorrect enough to laugh at this

Seen in a bathroom stall:

You can't beat good pussy.

Underneath, in different handwriting:

Sure you can, just ask Ike Turner.

For more assorted scribbles and scrawls on the restroom walls, go check out The Writing on the Stall.

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May 06, 2004

And the peasants rejoiced...

Rachel Lucas is making noises about coming back.

Spork, I'm speechless.

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Handy Tips for Men

This is a handy guide that should be as common as a driver's license in the wallet of every husband, boyfriend, or neighbor!!

DANGEROUS: What's for dinner?
SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?
SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: Are you wearing that?
SAFER: Gee, you look good in brown.
SAFEST: WOW! Look at you!
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about?
SAFER: Could we be overreacting?
SAFEST: Here's fifty dollars.
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that?
SAFER: You know, there are a lot of apples left.
SAFEST: Can I get you a glass of wine with that?
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

DANGEROUS: What did you do all day?
SAFER: I hope you didn't overdo it today.
SAFEST: I've always loved you in that robe!
ULTRASAFE: Here, have some chocolate.

Posted by: Ted at 11:54 AM | Comments (12) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Say Hey!

Happy Birthday to the greatest baseball player who ever lived - Willie Mays.

"The Catch". That's all I've got to say.

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Cap'n, there be whales here!

Science reported and discussed with a sense of humor:

The humpback whale is believed to sing its mysterious songs for the same reason generations of teens have started bad garage bands: to get girls.

The findings undermine long-held assumptions about humpback behavior, said whale biologist Phillip Clapham of the Northeast Fishery Sciences Center, co-author of a paper on the singing in the current issue of Proceedings Royal Society, Biology.

"It tells us whales don't read the text books, which is really annoying," he said.


Humpbacks have a range that covers eight octaves, from a bass so low that humans can't hear it to a magnificent soprano, Clark said. Their highly structured songs include multiple themes that are constantly repeated and even rhyme.

The songs last up to 30 minutes, and the whales embellish like jazz musicians, seeing "who can improvise in some attractive way better than the other (whale)," Clark said.


Everything I knew about humpback whales I learned from Star Trek.

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I had no idea Dawn worked where I do

ROFLMAO

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.0001% less chance of nuclear winter

Note: my link for this has expired. Here's an alternate that still works, but it references the same dead link I had. In the meantime, here a quote from the original source:

"Thus, if the Minuteman III ICBMs have to be used in some future nuclear war, their rocket motors will not pollute the atmosphere. EPA regulations do not apply in foreign countries, so no changes are being made to reduce the harmful environmental effects of the nuclear warheads"

That's right folks, Uncle Sam's ICBM arsenal is now more environmentally friendly because their propulsion has been reworked in order to meet EPA regulations.

Update: The 'dead' link works again.

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May 05, 2004

I'm getting a little tired of the same six Egypt shows on The History Channel

The Scream network. All horror, all the time. Sounds like 'must see' TV to me!

Thanks to Bad State of Gruntledness for the pointer.

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They fly like girls

But the important thing is, they fly.

Here's a nice newspaper article from King County in Washington state, talking about an all-girl team that's going to the finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge.

Those finals are being held on May 22, 2004 at Great Meadows, The Plains, Virginia. Open to the public.

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Continues to surprise

More cool archeological news from Mayan ruins. And it's from a different dig than mentioned here.

Posted by: Ted at 10:44 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

Another new blogroll member (updated)

Patton has been a regular in the comments over at the Ministry of Minor Perfidy for quite some time, and he seems like a reasonable sort, so it's nice to find that he now has his own blog.

Welcome.

Update: While looking at the ecosystem (for the first time in a long time) I found a couple of other 'rocket' blogs, so here ya go.

Republican Atheist Rocket Scientist Man - sounds like a bio.

Ok, so this guy has been on the 'roll for a while now. Give a visit, because we all enjoy a few extra site hits: Rocketsled to Hell.

Posted by: Ted at 09:57 AM | Comments (8) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

New Tagline

Over on the right column, just above the tagline archive. Sometimes I'm just too darn organized.

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May 04, 2004

Another great laugh...

... and this time, non-hockey fans will get it.

Thanks to Rodger, of Curmudgeonly & Skeptical fame, for this one.

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Blogging will be insufferably upbeat for the rest of the day

I interviewed for a new position Wednesday last, and have been waiting on pins and needles for word.

Yay Me!

No real details yet other than that I'll be staying with my current company, but working in another location.

And I need to do some digging and learn about Web Services. This is going to be serious fun.

Thanks for all the support, my friends. You people rock!

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