HappY Pi Day: 3.14159265359

While for most uses people use 3.14 to calculate circumference or diameter of a circle, people have also calculated pito a million and trillion decimal places.

Many Americans let distaste for Mathematics fester from grade school or even through high school; we can hardly live without it.  Math can prove a harsh mistress as those many bank overdraft charges show; nevertheless with it, engineers and architects and programmers design our modern world.

Parents if you feel intimidated by your child's math homework, learn alongside them.  Old dogs can learn new concepts.  Teach your children well.

Celebrate mathematics!  Start today especially as it marks Super Pi Day: 3-14-15.

Iron Man Gives Bionic Arm to Boy

[Robert Downey Jr., who stars in "Iron Man" as Tony Stark, posted a two-minute video on Twitter of his meeting with 7-year-old Alex Pring, of Groveland, on Thursday. (View the video by clicking the link above)

"When I flew to Georgia, I had to stay in a hotel for about two days," said first-grader Alex Pring, who didn't know much, except that he was getting a new 3D-printed arm.

The clip starts with Alex and Albert Manero, a UCF aerospace engineering student, walking down a hallway on Saturday in Atlanta. Manero and his UCF group, Limbitless Solutions, produces 3-D printed bionic arms for children and designed Alex's first bionic arm in 2014.

Downey greets Alex and tells him he is another bionic expert. He then presents Alex with a matching Iron Man arm.]
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/find-out-how-robert-downey-jr-turns-central-florida-boy-into-iron-man/31757638

The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello): "Black Spartacus Heart Attack Machine"

Pink Floyd: "Us and Them"

Chuck Lorre Vanity Card: True but censored, #375

Censored because Republicans can't handle the truth.

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #375 (CENSORED):
[Forgive me a moment of political reflection, but I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss something that's been on my mind for a very long time. I've always understood the Republican Party to have, as its central platform, the idea that human beings should never be dominated by a monolithic government which tells them how to live their lives. I like that. It feels like a fundamental truth, and I can't imagine any right-minded person finding fault with it. I've also noticed that there are many in the Grand Old Party who insist on telling people exactly how they should live. For example: Alcohol, yes. Pot, no. Straight marriage, yes. Gay marriage, no. Jesus, yes. Others prophets, no. The death penalty, yes. Abortion, no. Capitalism, yes (by force if need be). Collectivism, hell no! Added to this is an inclination to find anyone who chooses these other paths to be deeply repugnant. All of which causes me to wonder, is there a middle ground? In fact, are there big political gains awaiting those of a conservative bent if they can figure out a way to celebrate individual freedom while simultaneously tolerating diversity of opinion and lifestyle? With that in mind, I humbly propose the following slogan designed to both embrace this paradox and ignite the general electorate in the coming presidential campaign.] emphasis added

Pink Floyd: "Money"

"In optics, a prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light."

Which Came First....

,,,the chicken or the genetically modified egg?

National Cereal Day 7 March

Honey Nut Cheerios Taste Great!  Oh wait, Frosted Diabetes Flakes useses that as logo.  Wonder if plain Cheeios with me adding sugar have less sugar than Honey Nut?

          This looks new.

The World Found My Town

Growing up in the 1970's in the paradise of Indian Harbour Beach, FL offered many advantages, not the least of which lies in geography; my town--affectionately known as IHB--made up one of a number of small towns on a barrier island stretching from Cape Kennedy in the north to Sebastian Inlet to the south.

In practical terms, my world felt bounded by Patrick Air Force Base to the north and Indiatlantic in the south as several cozy bars lay between those limits, with 3 causeways with bridges connecting mainland to the beaches, with by my count 5 separate police forces.  If these police see a car with more than 1 minority they figure it gang activity and pull over the car.

For geography and other reasons, this area remained relatively untouched by serious crime, murders especially, perhaps only 3 in maybe 4 decades.  Pot smoking generally keeps people pretty peaceful.  Sure, we probably have our share of minor bar fights, but certainly not assault with intent to commit premeditated murder, even if it were over stolen marijuana.

So it came as quite a shock to read about an attack with a crowbar that left a teen with skull fractures on both sides of his head.  On the same day online, the Today paper carried a story about a woman found dead at a construction site.  I have yet to read whether that pronounced a homicide, but all signs point to yes.

The homicide capped off a tough few days for the beach side city. Investigators arrested three teens for a brutal crowbar attack on another teen earlier that week allegedly over drugs.

PS: To wannabe felons or killers, don't talk about your planned crimr

Footnotes:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/cases-false-imprisonment/william-dillon

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/New-Suspects-Named-In-81-Slaying/1933324

Just Like Dan Hill's Blues

Ain't no bars on my windows
but chains 'round my heart.
(Repeat)

(Chorus)
Lawd, Jesus, help me be free.
Lawd, Jesus, help me be free.

Dem ole Philistines dey hunt me,
While I run and hide.  (Repeat)

(Chorus)

My Pharisee heart done lead me
down into my grave.  (Repeat)

(Chorus)

Livin' in my own grave so long
Can't climb me on out.

Jesus, You came for me to save.
Please help me from my grave.

Make this the year YOU discover a new destination

Vlad the Assasinator

Vlad' Putin orders investigation into killing he ordered

Law firm of Dewey, Cheatem, and Howe retained.

Happy Belated, Johnny Cash

On 26 Feb, he'd of...ah. Hell, guess you stop counting after a man passes.

So pull out your old vinyl "Live at Folsom Prison" or "American IV."

You'll Die Laughing

42 Most Hilarious Tombstones of All Time

Gone to Server in the Sky

Old People Can't Drive

Can tell y'all from personal experience old people can't drive, whether wheelchair or car.  Old folks just can't drive.

In the nursing home they contantly try to push their wheelchair right through my feet, especially my gout ridden, arthritic left big toe.  Damn, that hurts!

Have also gotten tboned when older gentleman tried to drive through me when I had the right of way in .my car.

Insane Meal

A Georgia man ordered a meal consisting of "two cheeseburgers, two large orders of french fries, lemonade, cherry vanilla ice cream, popcorn, cornbread and a salad made of boiled eggs, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, carrots, cheese and buttermilk dressing, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections."

A meal like that could kill you.

So good thing this came as Kelly Renee Gissendaner's last meal before the state of GA executed him.  maybe they should have saved money on legal fees during the appeals, just feed him like this all the time and let his arteries pop.

Happy Fat Tuesday!

I hereby give up giveing up things.  Wh ew, makes my life eaasier!

SNICKERS® - “The Brady Bunch”

Featuring Danny Trejo, who first came to my attention in the movie "Desperado"

Desperado

You can also find on a few episodes of Breaking the Bad, Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas, and played a kick ass lead character in Machete.



"Machete don't text."

I Got My Vacinations

I got all my vaccinations as a child in the 60's: polio, tetanus, and smallpox..  Born in 1958, society had yet to invent cures for some diseases such as measles--whatever 1 made you get spot on your skin.  When I got that, children from as far as 5 blocks came to play with my train sets, almost all of Milwaukee it seemed.

This got us all sick at the same time so the mothers could go back to 3 martini book and bridge clubs in the afternoons.  Seems to my memory now the pox had come upon us because red spots which itched bedeviled us, which we could not scratch.

Fun times.

Nevertheless, eradicating certain diseases through developing vaccines stands among the greatest achievements of he 2th century, akin to men landing on the moon.  Now--because of hubris, stupidity, idiots who believe anything they read on the Internet as gospel truth--such idiots have eliminated the benefits of herd immunity.

The United States experienced a record number of measles cases during 2014, with 644 cases from 27 states reported to CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD). This is the greatest number of cases since measles elimination was documented in the U.S. in 2000.  http://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html

These people have largely taken us back to the technology or lack thereof to the horse powered buggies of the Amish;'[In this country the [The US], the biggest outbreak is centered in the Amish community in Ohio, where many of the residents are unvaccinated, the CDC reported. In Virginia, two cases were confirmed earlier this month." http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/05/29/u-s-measles-outbreak-sets-record-for-post-elimination-era/

So hell yes, bn unvacinated kids from schools, ban 'em from boy and girl scouts, and ban them viewing parades.

I got my vaccines.

Go Packers!

End of NFC championship pained me as one born in Milwaukee; hurt, hurt bad, hur even more than Dolphins 8-8 finish.

Damn that sucked.

Oh well, go Packers!