************************************** ************************************** Here is the hilarious "JOHNNY OPTIMISM" comic strip, created by Stilton Jarlsberg, M.D., for today, Monday 01 April 2013 - - - ,
For a larger view that's easier to read, please click on the comic strip.
*********************************************************** *********************************************************** Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:
Boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, it's time to watch a movie!
Well, ACTUALLY - - - ,
It's NOT really a "movie", but instead, it's a television show.
Under
Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair
use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching,
scholarship, and research.
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. ___________________________
So, gather 'round your young'uns,pop some corn, send out for some pizza, grill some hot dogs, pour some frosty mugs ofice cold root beer, snuggle up on the big comfy couch, dim the lights, and - - -
"ROLL 'EM ! ! !"
Pass the popcorn, please. ___________________________
Do you notice the extra white tape, located just above the white name tape, on the right breast of the trainees' fatigue uniforms?
Because of the constant threat of a spinal meningitis epidemic, that extra white tape identified our unit, as mine said, "D-3-1", and also because of that same threat of an epidemic, we were completely isolated throughout our training, never being allowed to mix with other platoons,leave our company area (unless marching in formation), go to a movie, or go to town.
This show was apparently filmed at Fort Ord, California (which no longer exists) during Summer months.
But, I had MY(!) Basic Combat Training at Fort Lewis, Washingtonin the dead of Winter, doing everything in rain, sleet, or snow, with some of that training being done in total darkness!
In the film, they mention that participation in the Confidence Course was voluntary.
I sure as Sam Hill don't remember ever being given a "choice", and/or "volunteering" for anything!
I just simply went and did whatever I was told, although occasionally grumbling and growling my opinionated protestations rather grudgingly.
After completion of my Basic Combat Training, I was sent to Fort Gordon, Georgia to be trained at the Southeastern Signal School as a Field Radio Relay and Carrier Equipment Operator (MOS 31 M 20), from whence I was given additional specialized training in Field Radio Relay and Carrier Equipment Repair (MOS 31 L 20).
(Uh - - - , don't bother trying to research those MOS codes - - - , as the MOS and/or the equipment were obsolete many years ago, and thus, no longer exist.)
This dangerously illegal and immoral subversive underground resistance message is being surreptitiously monitored by the Beaming Internet Government Broadband Radio Oscillation Telecommunications Hearing Electronic Reconnaissance (i.e., B.I.G. B.R.O.T.H.E.R.) as part of a coordinated official clandestine domestic surveillance investigation, in cooperation with the National Administration of Zealous Interrogation (i.e., N.A.Z.I.) and the Commission On Message Monitoring Investigative Electronics (i.e., C.O.M.M.I.E.).
Serious felony criminal charges are pending, with extreme penalties yet to be determined!
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Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:
Gosh, gee whillikers, I sure wish you folks could be here RIGHT NOW (!), THIS VERY MINUTE (!), to also enjoy this spectacular vista of a brilliant full moon in a clear sky being reflected off the waters of the Mississippi Sound on the Gulf of Mexico, adjacent to the scattering of colorful distant night lights in nearby Biloxi and Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.
I wish my
camera was capable of adequately recording this scene, but unfortunately, it's merely an obsolete Kodak "Easy Share" Z710 zoom lens digital camera, so it's just too inadequate for the job.
Boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, but you should really SEE this!
Totally nifty, huh?
Please excuse me for a couple of minutes while I step outside and bay at the moon.
I think it's a sort of "guy"
thing, bred into our basic feral instincts from very ancient times,
because I ain't never seen a female of our species publicly indulging in this wondrous ritual. But, for us guys, it's actually a rather basic metaphysical requirement.
CHORUS: When the full moon Climbs over the mountain Shining cold And lonesome up above: Like a lone wolf Howling through the darkness, My heart aches For a woman I can love. Hear that locomotive Cross the desert As it wails And thunders through the night: And I know It's time to wander onward; Find the love Who'll make my world all right.
VERSE # 01: Somewhere out there, Beyond the far horizon, Lies a destined Answer to a prayer. There's a woman; Lonely, lost, and looking For someone to come And rescue her out there.
VERSE # 02: In a plane, I'll fly across the heavens. In a ship, I'll sail across the sea. Through hot jungle And the freezing tundra, Fight my way To true love's victory!
VERSE # 03: It's not right To live without a woman. No one knows The lonely tears I've cried. So, I'll search, As all the world I wander, Until at last, My true love's by my side. _________________________
*************************************** *************************************** Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:
Here, for your artistic enjoyment, is a seventy-two kilobyte (72KB) color photograph, in JPEG format, of a very famous painting, "REFLECTIONS", by renowned artist, LEE TETER.
To view the full sized (1280 X 720) version, please click on the photograph.
I don't know where or how I found this on the computer Internet, for I saw it a loooong time ago, and had completely forgotten all about it.
However, I'm currently using it as my personal computer's desktop wallpaper, and you might wish to do likewise.
If, as I do, you're using your large, wide screen television set as your computer's monitor, then here, step by step, is how you get the picture to COMPLETELY fill out your television screen. _____________________________
First, after downloading the photograph of "REFLECTIONS" onto your computer's hard drive, OPEN the picture, and then, put your cursor on the picture and RIGHT CLICK with your mouse.
When the menu pops up, select "SET AS DESKTOP BACKGROUND".
Or, another, possibly much simpler option, would be to simply click on the picture at this web site, and after it opens up, RIGHT CLICK on the picture, followed by selecting"SET AS DESKTOP BACKGROUND".
Next, RIGHT CLICK with your mouse anywhere on your computer screen.
When the menu pops up, select "PROPERTIES".
After the "DISPLAY PROPERTIES" menu appears, select the "DESKTOP" tab.
You'll notice that the word, "REFLECTIONS", is already highlighted, with the "POSITION" window indicating "CENTER".
Change "CENTER" to "STRETCH", and click the "APPLY" button, followed by clicking on the "OK" button.
You will immediately notice that the "REFLECTIONS" picture now totally fills your television screen.
As a personal preference, which you may or may not wish to emulate, I hide my desktop icons and my desktop taskbar, in order to better enjoy looking at ONLY my chosen work of art.
To do this, RIGHT CLICK anywhere on your television screen, and when the menu pops up, select, "ARRANGE ICONS BY", and UNCHECK the"SHOW DESKTOP ICONS" option.
Your desktop icons will disappear and remain hidden until you decide to once again check the"SHOW DESKTOP ICONS" option.
To also conceal your TASKBAR, just put your cursor anywhere on the TASKBAR, and RIGHT CLICK with your mouse.
When the "TASKBAR AND START MENU PROPERTIES" menu appears, check the "AUTOHIDE TASKBAR" option, click on "APPLY", and finally, click on "OK".
The taskbar will drop out of sight, below the screen.
To retrieve your taskbar, just move your cursor down off of your screen, and the taskbar will reappear for your convenience.
If you have difficulty reading this photograph of the document, then pleaseclick on this LINKto access the Portable Document Format (i.e., "PDF") version(which you can then view in "FULL SCREEN" mode) provided to the public by the official web site of the Federal Bureau of Investigation archives digital vault(which also has made available numerous other similar documents on this same subject).
Greetings and Salutations to All my Kith and Kin and All the Ships in Outer Space:
Guess what I just now saw?
Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera set up.
In fact, I wasn't even dressed, for I was fixing to to take a shower.
But, I heard the train coming, so I figured I'd take a quick look, even though I wasn't wearing my glasses.
It was two (02) Union Pacific locomotives, North bound from New Orleans, Louisiana to Mobile, Alabama (and points beyond?) pulling a mixed manifest freight, mostly consisting of autorack cars.
At the very end of that long freight train was - - -
This student film project was posted at the YOU TUBE web site on Sunday 26 April 2009 by Aldrin Gamos. ___________________________
COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER
Under
Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair
use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching,
scholarship, and research.
Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing.
Non-profit, educational, or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. ___________________________
***************************************** ***************************************** For the best effect, please be sure to enjoy watching, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, my homemade amateur video recording of ME (!) strumming my guitar and singing one of my favorite songs, "SOMEDAY SOON", composed by the legendary genuine working cowboy,IAN DAWSON TYSON.
There's a young man that I know. His age is twenty-one. Comes from down In southern Colorado. Just out of the service And he's lookin' for his fun. Someday soon, Goin' with him someday soon.
My parents can not stand him 'Cause he rides the rodeo. My father says that he Will leave me cryin'. I would follow him right down The roughest road I know. Someday soon, Goin' with him someday soon.
When he comes to call, My pa ain't got a good word to say. Guess it's 'cause he's just as wild In his younger days.
So blow, you old Blue Norther. Blow my love to me. He's ridin' in tonight From California. He loves his damned old rodeo As much as he loves me. Someday soon, Goin' with him someday soon.
Iinitially saw this at the AMERICA ON LINE web site, where it wasreported by the HUFFINGTON POST web site. ____________________________ A veteran of the United States Marine Corpswas able to stop a man early Tuesday 12 March 2013 from nearly kicking a woman to death.
It happened near 102d Street and
Lincoln Avenue, and Wisconsin’s concealed carry law made his efforts possible.
Thirty-two year old Charlie Blackmore, Jr. was driving home from working a twelve hour shift at 0430 Hours along
Lincoln Avenue when he saw something on the sidewalk.
Blackmore didn’t
realize it was a woman on the ground being kicked in the head and
stomach until he got closer.
That’s when he jumped out of his car and sprung into action.
Blackmore told the MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL newspaper that the
suspect,forty-three year old Kenneth Harris,who he estimated stood more than six (06) feet tall and weighed abouttwo hundred and twenty (220) pounds, proceeded to taunt him, reportedly saying, "Shoot me, then."
"I said, 'Stop!',and he starts coming towards me and that's when I drew
on him.
He started getting closer and I said, 'Get down on the ground!", Blackmore said.
Blackmore held his gun on the suspect and called West Allis police.
According to WITI-TV 6, audio of Blackmore's 911 call reveals the suspect tried to walk away when confronted.
"There’s a black male that just beat up a female in the street.
He’s
walking away from me.
I told him to stop", Blackmore said on the call.
"If you come at me, I will shoot you", he told the suspect.
He says several times while waiting for police to arrive, the attacker
moved toward him.
"I mean I've already made it up inmymind that if he came at me I was
going to have to take him down and I told him that.
I warned him
multiple times not to come towards me because he was a big guy and I
wasn’t playing around and he didn't seem like he was playing around", Blackmore said.
Blackmore says police eventually showed up and had to force the
suspect to the ground.
They then asked to see Blackmore's concealed
carry permit.
"I put my hands up turned around and said, "You can grab it out of my
wallet.'
Checked my permit, gave me my wallet back, and then interviewed
me for their paperwork", Blackmore said.
"She had a really big laceration by her eye and it looked like her nose was broken", Blackmore said. Blackmore didn't catch any names either, but said the victim told him the man is an ex-boyfriend.
"She was not with him anymore and he had stalked her that day or
something and he attacked her on her way to work", Blackmore said.
Kenneth Harris, is charged with Substantial Battery and could face up to threeand a half years in
prison if convicted.
Blackmore says situations like this are why he supports Wisconsin's concealed carry law, and the rights of gun owners.
"We do good things.
Not all of us are bad or crazy gun nuts.
There are good people", Blackmore said.
The West Allis police chief says these types of situations really are
judgement calls for gun owners.
While they don’t encourage this
behavior, they appreciate citizens watching out for each other as long
as they do it legally and are willing to accept the consequences.
He
said everything "worked out well" in this situation.
"He stopped the assault.
No shots were fired.
He wasn't hurt and the
victim was treated," he said.
"We are grateful it turned out the way it
did."
Milwaukee County SheriffDavid A. Clarke, Jr. praised Blackmore
Wednesday, issuing a statement that read, in part, "I want to get to a
day when acts like this are viewed as a citizen doing their civic duty.
Criminals have got to be reassessing things right now.
They have to be
asking themselves if it is worth it anymore, might they face resistance
or be shot?
I always see cops on Lincoln (Avenue), but none drove past then", he said.
Guns have been part of Blackmore's life since he was young.
At age eight (08), he fired his first BB gun.
At fourteen (14), he shot his first deer.
In 2005, just before he entered theUnited States Marine Corps, Blackmore was
outside a Milwaukee club that was closing for the night when two drunken
men were denied entry.
The men started bickering with Blackmore and one
of the men went to a van, pulled out a gun and opened fire.
Blackmore
ducked behind a parked truck and was unharmed.
He now owns eight (08) guns and carries one regularly.
