Veterans Day

There was the thunder of drums as the color guard moved
forward. We were at the Lightsey Chapel at Charleston Southern University. It
was a Veterans Day musical celebration. Images of that symbol of America, the
eagle, were flashed on the overhead as the band played The Star Spangled
Banner. It brought a tear to the eye of true Americans. Throughout the
performances of patriotic music I thought of those men honored on this day. Oh,
sure, there were the generals and admirals honored for great accomplishments,
but what about the rest of us? Not career soldiers but regular guys who heard
the call to go to the aid of their country? Men that were mechanics,
carpenters, farmers, and laborers. The measure of the true backbone of our
defenses, indeed the measure of American manhood. And some, some would make the
supreme sacrifice. I have always been proud of my own military heritage. My
ancestors have never been admirals or generals, but soldiers and sailors. They served during the American
Revolution, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War and Viet Nam. I have a son who
continues to serve in the US Navy. All returned but one. The video is homage to
Uncle John.

Twisted

I've just watched Twisted. This movie stars Ashley Judd, Andy Garciam and Samual L. Jackson. It's a cop drama, a so-called film noir. But there is very little darkness and no one has a trench coat and there is no voice over. It is still a good flic. Just enough sex and violence to make things interesting. Judd plays a newly promoted police inspector and Garcia is her partner. Jackson is her mentor. Everything is cool until men she has slept with - almost every male in San Francisco - begin getting killed. Therein lies the mystery. The acting is great and the views of San Francisco bring back memories. I think maybe I saw Waldo, one of my favorite sea lions, at Pier 49!

The worlds fastest car

The SSC Aero is one bad automobile. It has a top speed of 256 mph right out of the box. This is not some fancy exotic eurotrash, it's made in the good old USA. It's not powered by a 12 cylinder engine or boxer style engine or a W-16 but a good old American V-8. No ABS, traction control or automatic transmission on this hot rod. It's a drivers car with a six-speed manual transmission and will smoke the tires at any time. There is one downside to though. The gas tank will only hold 32 gallons. At top speed you can only go about 30 miles between fill-ups. The Aero burns four gallons per minute. But you can go in a hurry. See the Jay Leno video at: http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/4289707.html?page=2

Tinker time too

I have just loaded my first
View Larger Map Google map into my blog. This will be very helpful when describing our vacation trips in the future. Also I should be able to do overlays of the properties in the family and it would be an addition to my S.O. Young Video if i can transfer these images to video. But I've done that already in the video of plantation video.

Planet Terror

I've just watched the Robert Rodriguez movie, Planet Terror. This movie was made to look like the pulp pictures of the 50's and 60's. It has all the scratches and distressed marks of a film damaged by having been shown hundreds of times. Rodriguez carries the trend further with the plot and story line. A green gas escaped form the army rendering locals as zombies. But have no fear there is a one legged go-go dancer with a machine gun prosthesis as heroine. There is a lot of blood and guts and gore for everyone. Bruce Willis makes an appearance as a bad guy. It is a fun flick,( if you like your fun bloody) on the level with Sin City, but is not for the squeamish.