2012 has started off with several new memes. One that is to making the most traction, particularly on Youtube, is a video series that starts with Sh*t_______ People Say. The _____ is filled with some type of or a certain group of people. Listed below are a few of the ones that I have found:

Sh*t Yogis Say:

Sh*t White Girls Say To Black Girls:

Sh*t Skiers Say:

Sh*t Vegans Say:

2012 is going to be a GREAT year!

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Doc Brown is about to meet SkyNet's finest.

The Internet is the place to go for ridiculous videos and fan-fiction, so why not take both and put them into a single awesome trailer? The website How It Should End does just that. They take your favorite movies and change the lame sissy Hollywood endings for something… shall we say more interesting (sometimes).

There may be nothing better than to see the over-milked world of Marty McFly and Doc Brown crossover into the over-milked world of the Terminator franchise. I know what you’re thinking, do we really need another bastardization of Robert Zemeckis’ classic Back to the Future? Or perhaps you’re thinking, I can’t believe people still identify with Aaaahnold even though the orignal Terminator came out before most of the kids today were even born. Regardless, I say remake all the 80s and 90s franchises you want, but only if you add ass kickin’.

When the terrible Aaaahnold impersonator says Biff’s line at the end, it seems like my past was altered into a new timeline where that was reality; the Terminator had always spoken that line… even though he sounds stupid when he says it wrong. But then again that can’t be his fault, he’s just a machine.

What’s next? The Matrix meets Big Trouble in Little China? Try and wrap your head around that superb piece of flash-cinema glory.

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My dad sent me this link to an ABC News clip claiming that US cities are hiring Chinese instead of American workers for building projects. I’m pretty moderate in most ways, but in this one I’m a hard liner and I can’t believe the citizens are allowing this kind of pathetic decision making to take place.

YES! I blame the citizens! It is our own apathy that allows this to occur. Some decision maker somewhere is thinking about how to cover his ass and asking questions like:

• How fast can we get this job done? Because if it drags on and on, people are going to have my ass!
• How much is this going to cost? Because it it’s too much, people are going to have my ass!

It’s no wonder they choose a cheaper, faster workforce that is state-owned, who don’t pay workers very much, and without as much regard for their workforce’s safety! In every way the decision maker will be judged, it saves their ass!

Except one…

The citizens need to make it 100% clear in no uncertain terms that:

• They don’t care if it costs a little more.
• They don’t care if it takes a little longer.
• They are willing to do the work, and do it in a quality manner!

The economics are very simple, and by keeping these projects and jobs within our economy the money spent has a huge multiplier effect. On top of that, even if the US companies are slower and less efficient at the moment, after they complete one or two of these projects they’ll get more experience and be up to speed on the next ones!

The bottom line is, if you keep farming out our projects to people who might be better at them today, we’ll become entirely dependent on them, lose the skill set, and never be able to win one in the future!

The argument that we lack skilled workers is absolute crap! Even if that was the case all it takes is one special visa to allow them to come here from other countries and we’d solve it in about 1 week.

Does this piss you off as much as it does me?

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With all the of things that President Barack Obama has to take care of, you wonder how he can keep so calm. Well it likely has to do with the help of his anger translator.

Where’s My Mayo:

Obama Loses His SH*T:

Martin Luther King Day:

Michelle Calls Barack:

Key & Peele On Comedy Central. Great Duo!

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With the Super Bowl coming to Indianapolis, Indiana in a less than two weeks (I live just south of Indianapolis), there are many a commercial that are submitted to get played during the Super Bowl.

A local film making group headed by David Ward got one of their commercial submissions rejected for the Super Bowl. However, they are spearheading an effort to get the Super Bowl Committee to reconsider:

They have my vote! :)

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Living in Central Indiana my entire life, I have numerous close calls with driving on ice while in traffic. In fact, I had a person spin out literally in front of me during a snowstorm here in Central Indiana back on February 5, 2010:

Fortunately, that all happened in slower speeds. However, a few weeks ago in West Virgina, this incident below happened on an interstate with much higher speeds and true zero visibility. In this case, the results for the driver of the camera fortunately were good, but not for the guy trying to stop right next to him:

Keep in mind, this was during just a brief snow squall. Those things can be exceptionally dangerous in that they are so brief and it usually clears up quickly after they pass.

But folks, this winter has been a bit on the unusual side when it comes to snowfall, especially in the Eastern Part Of The Unites States. The winter is NOT over yet! Please be careful out there!

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All the grandparents I had growing up were quite cool to be around. This kid’s grandma though takes the cake as she is RAPPING with him to music from the group Rack City:

Go Grandma, Yo Yo :)

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Check out this amazing activity that is done at this Lithuanian Water Park where you literally climb into these pods if you will in a sitting position. Once you pull yourself up and start to move, you literally can walk on the water!

Jesus would be proud :)

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With the many different views during and after the attacks on the World Trade Center, I truly thought I had seen every angle, view, video, etc. However, recently I was made aware of a much different view of the attacks on the World Trade Center: From The International Space Station:

Amazing that it looks so very small from up there and yet is one of the worst disasters in world history.

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I’ve seen Santa Claus in many places over the years. I’ve seen him on top of floats during parades, used to visit him on the coal train that used to go through the town I used to live in years ago, Holiday World In Santa Claus, Indiana has their own resident Santa.

But recently I got to see Santa in a truly different way: Riding A Motor Cycle!:

He don’t need no reindeer these days ;) Holiday Holidays All!

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Notorious B.I.G. was a well known rapper until his death on March 9, 1997 via a drive by shooting. For all of the hits that he was known for, chances are he probably never thought that his music could help in this very unique way as shown in this video.

The parents of this adorable baby that they named Rachel would simply not calm down when really upset. However, they would start playing the music of Notorious B.I.G. and almost instantly Rachel would stop crying!!

Amazingly, my kids would calm down when they were babies too but not from B.I.G.’s music, but by me singing softly to them he he :)

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There have been many close calls over the years when it comes to storm chasers being near large tornadoes. For instance, these chasers were too close to one of the worst tornadoes in United States history was bearing down on them near Moore, OK on May 3, 1999. This tornado had winds recorded just over 300 m.p.h.:

Or this tornado that Andy Gabrielson got on August 8, 2010 near Breckenridge, Minnesota that produced EF4 damage. This photogenic tornado broke Andy’s front and back windows, left glass in his back, but he still managed to record this incredible twister and check in on the people who lived there. Fortunately, the elderly couple that lived there were not in the house but only 1 mile away from their house that was totally destroyed:

Andy Gabrielson was out in the field once again on November 7, 2011 near Tipton, Oklahoma. Once again, a large tornado producing EF4 damage was but a short distance away from Andy and several other chasers (Including Reed Timmer from Storm Chasers On Discovery Channel). Storm chasers Aaron Brodie And Chad Cowan got this amazing footage of this tornado close up only to also get on video a vehicle that was flipped on its side. Amazingly, Andy was in that vehicle and what at first was thought to be caused by the tornado was actually caused by a driving error on a very narrow road. Fortunately, Andy was okay:

Incidentally, the closest I have ever been to a tornado was on June 5, 2010 near Limestone, IL when this tornado producing EF1 damage was only 4 miles away from me:

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We have all played with magnets as a kid. I know I used to have quite the collection of them as a kid. However, the one type of magnet that I never had as a kid are the variety known as rare earth magnets. Now, rare earth magnets are used in a variety of things. For one, they are even used to propel things such as launched roller coasters. The magnets absorb the energy created by the stators on the coaster track to help propel these vehicles at times in excess of 100 m.p.h. One of the first ones to do this was the Superman Escape From Krypton Roller Coaster At Six Flags Magic Mountain near L.A.:

These type of magnets are used in what are known as Zen Magnets. With Zen Magnets, they are so strong that you can put them together with other Zen Magnets and do all kinds of interesting creations with them. This video below shows just how much this one person alone was able to do with them:

Very Very Cool!

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With all the things that storm chasers, researchers, and the public have recorded tornadoes hitting have been more than one person can truly fathom.

However in storm chasing circles, the one thing that has been talked about recording on video is of a tornado near a Wind Farm. With the large amount of wind farms in the plains, the possibility of being seen is fairly high but never really had been recorded on video. On November 7, 2011, when a supercell produced several tornadoes (One rated EF4 in Intensity near Tipton, OK) one landed near a Wind Farm in this video. In fact, one of the twisters, went right over several of the windmills and even totally wrapped it up in its circulation. Amazingly, the windmills came out undamaged!

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“How long is one year?”

What’s the answer to that question? Most of us would reply, “365 days,” but we wouldn’t necessarily be correct. While we’ve been trained and told to round to 365 days, the measurement of a year is much more complex than a simple number. First of all, how do you measure it accurately? It’s not as if we can put a line in space and keep a stopwatch until we get to it again. We’re not on a stable, measured track. In fact, the question, “How long is one year,” only gets more complicated the further we dig into it.

What about leap years? Most of us recognize that ‘one year’ is not exactly 365 days, but is in fact a few hours, days and minutes longer. Rather than adding this extra time every year, however, we compile it into a leap year – really a leap day at the end of February – once every four years. This primitive jury-rigging of the gregorian calendar might nudge it back into place, but it still doesn’t answer the question, “How long is one year?”

I know what you’re thinking. If this doesn’t fix it, then why do we have leap years? How do we fix it? Simple answer: we can’t really. Because a year is not exactly the same every year. There are so many factors that go into our travel around our sun, that the most honest answer would probably be, “We don’t have an exact number.” Luckily, the video below explains the intricacies of calculating one Earth year.

Science videos have become more and more popular on YouTube as students search for ways to augment their textbooks. Many students prefer visual learning, watching an explanation on YouTube is a natural solution. Additionally, as many students turn to their old friend Google for answers videos like this will help guide them to the correct, science-based, answers.

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Even has a kid, I can remember making incredible jumps before on my bicycle and such. And I also knew many a people that would do sick jumps on skateboards, cars, etc etc. However, when I saw the jumps being done in this video clip, I was truly floored.

What especially caught my attention was the jump made at the end of the clip. This jump was literally done from a height even above the Troposphere with just a standard parachute to slow the man down! Even more amazing was that he stated like it didn’t even feel like he was falling until he got into the Troposphere and felt the air roaring by him:

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I’m neither for or against the “Occupy” movement, but I am definitely a supporter of the US Constitution which guarantees:

…the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances…

Yesterday, police at UC Davis demonstrated that they don’t value that particular edict established by the people when they turned a can of riot control pepper spray on a peaceful group of students sitting on the ground. The entire event was captured on video and in photos.

The man responsible for the attack on these citizens is UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike.

Take a look:

Here is a second angle on that event:

As Xeni Jardin from BoingBoing put it:

In the video above, you see a police officer [Update: UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike] walk down a line of those young people seated quietly on the ground in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience, and spray them all with pepper spray at very close range. He is clearing a path for fellow officers to walk through and arrest more students, but it’s as if he’s dousing a row of bugs with insecticide.

What I find most egregious is that after spraying the students, the police still had to handcuff, arrest, and move them. None appeared to be resisting in any way, and I’m sure there are lawyers lining up to represent them in what is sure to be a huge wave of lawsuits.

Also of note, the UC Davis professor who helped organize the protest is calling for the resignation of the Chancellor of the University. In his words, here’s why:

Police used batons to try to push the students apart. Those they could separate, they arrested, kneeling on their bodies and pushing their heads into the ground. Those they could not separate, they pepper-sprayed directly in the face, holding these students as they did so. When students covered their eyes with their clothing, police forced open their mouths and pepper-sprayed down their throats. Several of these students were hospitalized. Others are seriously injured. One of them, forty-five minutes after being pepper-sprayed down his throat, was still coughing up blood.

I have no problem with the police doing their job. If they need to clear the path, they have the power to do so. But they forget that their power is derived from the people, and we want to see it executed judiciously. There is case law which suggests these actions were in no way appropriate.

Here is a significant Ninth Circuit case regarding the constitutionality of pepper spraying peaceful protesters:

HEADWATERS FOREST DEFENSE v. COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT:
Characterizing the protestors’ activities as “active resistance” is contrary to the facts of the case, viewing them, as we must, in the light most favorable to the protestors:  the protestors were sitting peacefully, were easily moved by the police, and did not threaten or harm the officers. In sum, it would be clear to a reasonable officer that it was excessive to use pepper spray against the nonviolent protestors under these circumstances.

Here is a California law directly related to deployment of this kind of weapon:

California Penal Code Section 12403.7 (a) (8)
(g) Any person who uses tear gas or tear gas weapons except in self-defense is guilty of a public offense and is punishable byimprisonment in a state prison for 16 months, or two or three years or in a county jail not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, except that, if the use is against a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, engaged in the performance of his or her official duties and the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is a peace officer, the offense is punishable by imprisonment in a state prison for 16 months or two or three years or by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment.

Thanks to Steve Garfield for bringing this to my attention, and Louise Macabitas for the photo.

What do you think about this?

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Stephen Colbert Sings Friday

Oh, and keep your eye’s peeled for the bee keeper, the Abominable Snowman, and a guy in his underwear.

And after you enjoy those, here is a nice little photo collection for you to remember it by.

Happy Friday!!!

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One of the most incredible, but also one of the scariest sights to see is a large chemical fire. Not knowing what is exploding and burning leaves many folks to wonder what might go up in flames nearby, plus the after-effects from a health standpoint.

However the chemical fire in this video showed us some truly unique aspects that one may not expect to see. In this large chemical fire in Wacahachie, TX on 10/03/11, the fire was so intense along with its powerful explosions that it literally created micro scale weather events happen at the site of the fire! The first one you will see is what is known as a Firenado. This small, tornado-like whirlwind forms when you have rapidly rising air above a large fire. In this video, the fire is so intense that it literally gets wrapped up into the circulation with incredible speed!

What’s even more unusual in this video is that the rising hot air actually rolls the air horizontally into the updraft/plume of the hot rising air to the point where the horizontal roll actually rotates into the updraft and tightens enough to form a landspout funnel cloud aloft!

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Kids really do the cutest and some of the strangest things. From the things that they say and do, no matter how simple or how complex. For instance, here’s my youngest daughter last year being cute acting like a Cowgirl:

But this video below is by far one of the cutest videos I have seen of a baby being totally random and getting a spoon stuck in a very unusual place. Yes folks, this baby had a spoon stuck in its diaper right towards its behind!

Moments like this with our children are truly priceless. They really do grow up fast. So the next time your baby gets spooned, or is riding their horsey, just remember before you know it, they will be graduating high school and having your grandchildren :)

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