Santa Claus with the wonderful Elves of the Mannington Fire Department for Christmas

Santa Claus meeting kids with the Mannington Fire Department

The Adams family tree

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My father is Rev. R. V. Adams, son of Obie Frank Adams,son of Albert E. Adams, son of John Adams with links to Christian County Ky in the 1800's. It turns out many of the family married into the Dunning, Cansler, Lansden, Fox, Dunn, family area and have links to Caldwell Co, Trigg Co Adams family members near Adams Cemetery Road at Cerulean, and Cansler Cemetery near Crofton in Christian Co with Adams Cemetery near Adams Store Road near Poole Mill bridge over the Tradewater River in an area west of Crofton and east of Pennyrile State Park. The Fox's are in Dunn Cemetery north of Dawson Springs and Albert E. Adams is buried in Rose Creek Cemetery.

Crimestoppers of Hopkins County Inc.

www.hopkinscountycrimestoppers.com
President Tim Thomas conducts monthly meetings of the Hopkins County Crimestoppers program designed to have anonymous rewards provided for tips by calling 270-825-1111 to get rewarded for information to solve or prevent crimes. It is designed to keep the caller safe as a paramount concern and to have a means of rewarding with cash those tips that solve crimes. Intelligence gathering is at the heart of most law enforcement in investigations and citizens help is of vital importance to keeping a community safe and a decent place to live.

William Blake Page

William Blake Page

I heard the reading of The Lamb used at a funeral service by Rev. Loescher from St Mary's today with a mockingbird singing in the tree above the grave site. Blake works so well for that setting and time.

Photos from my childhood at Mt Washington

Photos taken from the trunk I found with photos of party's from Mt Washington. I have been testing Picasa photos and their ability to be emailed and blogged from my upgraded computer capability. Live long and prosper.

Mt Washington parsonage photos from my childhood

Photos taken from the trunk showing a summer at Mt Washington parsonage when I was a little tyke and my Mom's parents were there for their party.

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Photos taken from my Mom's dad's trunk showing photos at Mt Washington with the cake plate Mom glued back together. I was working with Computer Knights my excellent computer support firm in Madisonville to get photos, media, and speakers configured right today. I am on the board of Crimestoppers and made it to the meeting late from working on events for hours today. Getting printers to print wirelessly and download drivers is time consuming. Live long and prosper. These photos are of some of the happiest days of my childhood and I looked up to Albert Loily Parkest my name sake very much.

Woodmen of the World History

Reading about the history of monuments some I have seen in cemetery areas in Western Kentucky I was inspired to find this link on the history of the organization. Woodmen of the World History

The Horse | Out-of-Competition Testing Set to Begin in Kentucky

A source of articles I follow regularly on horses including Ky legislation to protect the health of horses in the world games and a link even to sources of free horses and rescue horses. The Horse Out-of-Competition Testing Set to Begin in Kentucky

Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog: Tombstone Symbols of Fraternal Organizations

This is a blog I follow regularly and had a very interesting article on Woodmen of the World and their organization. My grandfather was a member and sold insurance and had belt that had a ceremonial axe on it in the lodge. One of my forestry friends Don Lam from the Mayfield Post is lying in Deaconess hospital recovering from injuries in the line of duty when a burning log ran over him. Keep inspectors and forestry rangers in your prayers tonight. Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog: Tombstone Symbols of Fraternal Organizations

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A good reason to think about slowing down and enjoying the moment. LZTQM.jpg (1209�360)

Bill Millin, 88 - Piper Played on D-Day - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

Another part of history passing, but a good memory of the kind of men that made WWII veterans so special and really so young when they took that beach. Bill Millin, 88 - Piper Played on D-Day - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

YouTube - Edgar Allan Poe : Annabel Lee (narrated by Marianne Faithfull)

Moonlite Sonata behind the reading of Poe's famous romantic poem with his goth touch. Poe is also a major influence on the detective story. YouTube - Edgar Allan Poe : Annabel Lee (narrated by Marianne Faithfull)

YouTube - Marianne Faithfull reads Edgar Allan Poe's "Alone"

A very interesting mix of the poem and visuals to get an effect. Poetry can also be visual in the imagination. YouTube - Marianne Faithfull reads Edgar Allan Poe's "Alone"

YouTube - Robert Frost "Mending Wall" Poem Animation Movie

Our Great Books Discussion group covered this poem recently. This is in Frost's own voice. YouTube - Robert Frost "Mending Wall" Poem Animation Movie

YouTube - Robert Frost "After Apple-Picking" Poem Animation Movie

This is in Frost's own voice reading his poem with rural vision and everyday life. It is one of the reasons I like Frost's work so well. YouTube - Robert Frost "After Apple-Picking" Poem Animation Movie

YouTube - Charles Dickens "Autumn Leaves" Poem Animation Movie

Charles Dicken's famous poem ready by Charles Bryant. YouTube - Charles Dickens "Autumn Leaves" Poem Animation Movie

YouTube - George Bernard Shaw "Spoken English & the Gramophone" Literary discussion animation

George Bernard Shaw's own use of Edison's invention to leave a recording of his actual voice. YouTube - George Bernard Shaw "Spoken English & the Gramophone" Literary discussion animation

YouTube - Walt Whitman "O Captain, My Captain" Poem animation

A well done reading of a famous poem written, rewritten, and rewritten by a creative genius. YouTube - Walt Whitman "O Captain, My Captain" Poem animation

YouTube - The Rat Pack Live (1965) - Birth Of The Blues (HD)

These guys were having way too much fun. Fred Claus emailed me this link to enjoy. YouTube - The Rat Pack Live (1965) - Birth Of The Blues (HD)

YouTube - "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats (poetry reading)

I remember this from my high school days. This is read more melodically than my reading in the book. I always loved the artifact since I have a minor in anthropology and like archaeology. YouTube - "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats (poetry reading)

YouTube - "To A Cat" by Hartley Coleridge (poetry reading)

This is a poem that attracts me since I have a cat written by a son of Samuel Coleridge who could never quite match the genius of someone who could write Kubla Khan.YouTube - "To A Cat" by Hartley Coleridge (poetry reading)

YouTube - "The Tyger" by William Blake (poetry reading)

One of my favorite childhood poems. YouTube - "The Tyger" by William Blake (poetry reading)

YouTube - "Gunga Din" by Rudyard Kipling (poetry)

One of the great poems of Kipling read aloud. YouTube - "Gunga Din" by Rudyard Kipling (poetry)

YouTube - Rudyard Kipling "if" Poem Animation

The best poem in Kipling's own voice for anyone that is a First Responder, a Fireman, a Policeman, or Environmental Response Team member, a Fire Marshall, or a an EMT then this is your poem. YouTube - Rudyard Kipling "if" Poem Animation

YouTube - George Bernard Shaw "Spoken English & the Gramophone" Literary discussion animation

Technology issues are nothing new. This is George Bernard Shaw in his own voice talking about how to play a record at the right speed. YouTube - George Bernard Shaw "Spoken English & the Gramophone" Literary discussion animation

Geocaching in Kentucky

The sport of Geocaching I found by teaching some kids Clifty Creek water sampling. Upstream on the creek in a tree root area was a park geocache. The game is kind of a GPS hide and go seek with treasures that mutate with finders and notes left for the next player. Its a kind of group activity. My Great Books Discussion Group and I talked about it last time and based on Mrs. Hardy's recommendation I have bought Sarah's Key a book about French police ordered to send Jews under the Vichy government to Germany which is how many ended in concentration camps. On my friend at a laboratory's recommendation I also got from Amazon the series The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo etc. to start reading for the first time. One good thing about loving reading is to find new authors. Geocaching in Kentucky

Meet The Staff :: Trover Health System

I can recommend the Green River Hospice staff as being useful to anyone facing life and death decisions. It is a lot more than just in the last 6 months of a person's life, it is all about making a person have compassionate, kind, caring people to support you in what could be a very lonely period of your life. Teresa is someone I think of as Big Heart who was there for me in conference when I most needed someone to talk to in a crisis for Mom's care. Hospice was there for me in heart and mind and I can recommend them to anyone. It is the only non profit service for hospice in our area and universally kind to anyone that comes to them for care in the physical and most importantly the emotional side of life. Dying in hospice is more about life affirming quality of respect for a person than just getting to the last heart beat. It is all about treating a person the way you would want to be treated if you were the patient. Meet The Staff :: Trover Health System

Horse Show Hopkins County Fairgrounds 2010

Getting Sparky tacked up at Trinity Stables Quickly

Sparky is a grandson of Secretariat and the horse I take riding lessons on at Trinity Stables in Robards Kentucky where I am taught by Michelle Adams.

Cable channel buys Roy Rogers' stuffed horse, dog - WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather, and Sports |

I drink coffee from a Roy Rogers fan club mug that has the 10 things you should do like be kind to animals, listen to your parents etc. Cable channel buys Roy Rogers' stuffed horse, dog - WKRN, Nashville, Tennessee News, Weather, and Sports |

Curry Spices Reduce the Methane Found in Cow Farts by 40% | greenopolis recycling rewards

This also raises the idea that it might be that spices like tumeric being studied for anti colon cancer issues might also help the digestion of some folks burdened by digestive issues. If there are "10 million cows in UK producing 125 gallons per cow" per the article -I would not have used gallons as a unit- then this research might also help folks who have digestion efficiency issues. Curry Spices Reduce the Methane Found in Cow Farts by 40% | greenopolis recycling rewards

Hopkins County, Kentucky - part of the KYGenWeb

There is a lot of information in the links to Hopkins County history and ancestor data.Hopkins County, Kentucky - part of the KYGenWeb

Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog

A lot of good history from an expert on history in western kentucky. Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog

FEMA: Plan Ahead

In any season when emergency times can hit from natural causes or man, it is safer if you have thought out and planned ahead. FEMA: Plan Ahead

Ten Signs of a Fear-Based Workplace - Yahoo! Finance

One key to a happy career for me was I got to work under quality supervisors my whole career, cared about all my coworkers, had a healthy respect for each other, and knew how to work while being positive with each other. I used to enjoy going to work and in the field office I was lucky enough to work at some of my best role models in life were folks I worked with and for like Don Hayes, Charlie Basset, Phil Murdock, and John Martin at Earlington. Later I was able to have younger folks come in to my life like Jackie Logsdon, Greg, Ryan Hammack,Mark Lamar, Leland Steely,Gaye Brewer, Ed Carroll and Allan Kidd as coworkers and that gave a lot of happiness to my life. One thing was we were there for each other. We have sat up with each others kids, been to funerals, weddings, divorces, and dating phases in our lives and pulled for each other. I know any organization can mutate into what this article talks about, but the key is to put folks first, enjoy technology and use it to your benefit and make the goal of the group more important than any tool. All good folks that folks want to work for are people people who can be successful. There is a famous line about General Marshall, in West Point, where an officer was asked to judge Marshall as a cadet. He summed it up with the very apt line, "He is the kind of officer I want to serve under." I was very lucky in my career to have that feeling with the folks that helped me be a better employee, but most importantly a better person. Ten Signs of a Fear-Based Workplace - Yahoo! Finance

YouTube - William Butler Yeats "Sailing to Byzantium" Poem animation

As an old retired dude this poem gets more meaningful all the time. YouTube - William Butler Yeats "Sailing to Byzantium" Poem animation

5 celestial lights to brighten July's nights - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.com

A great story for July sky gazing.5 celestial lights to brighten July's nights - Technology & science - Space - Space.com - msnbc.com

Home Invasion Statistics | HomeownersInsurance.org

One reason to have good security is the statistics are not in your favor if you do not have a plan, a good lock, a good safe room, and a good alarm system. Home Invasion Statistics | HomeownersInsurance.org

The Horse | Videos

Videos on horse equine science from poisons in pasture land to how the eye of a horse allows it to see. The Horse | Videos

The Horse | Poisoning/Toxicity

Articles from UK on pasture poisonous plants to horses etc. One example is Johnson Grass if during a drought year, water hemlock, or dry year cocklebur plants. The Horse | Poisoning/Toxicity

50th Anniversary of Famous Harper Lee Book, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - ABC News

This was one of my favorite books when I was in school, but more to the point the movie is also one of my all time favorites. Atticus Finch is actually on some polls in the top of heroes in the movies and that includes the action heroes. Peck could radiate the kind of integrity this role needed, scout's actress in her only role I think was just a perfect child and one of the smartest characters as a child in any movie. The movie was an early one for Robert Duvall one of my favorite actors even before Lonesome Dove. 50th Anniversary of Famous Harper Lee Book, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' - ABC News

Living Will :: Florida Estate Planning Lawyer Blog

A living will comes up in Florida as much as it does in Kentucky. One important thing in Kentucky to think about is when should you make sure your will is current? An example if you are married, have a divorced son whose ex wife has custody of your only grandchild, then you might need to be thinking about how your will needs to be if both grandparents were killed in the same car wreck. I have a good friend whose only daughter was killed by a drunk driver and left underage children he will now have to raise. His will changed that day in effect for real practical reasons. If a will has been in the drawer for years at least you have one, but if things have changed in your life or the folks you wanted to leave things to, your best chance to do it right is to go to your lawyer that does your family business you trust like I go to Randy Teague locally, and make sure its current. and on file. Living Will :: Florida Estate Planning Lawyer Blog

Kentucky: Attorney General Jack Conway - Living wills in Kentucky

It is also good to know about living wills since you might find you need a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Issues to help in things like blood transfusion decisions separate from a Durable Power of Attorney for financial issues. A living will has a more specific coverage so your health agent is not burdened with some decisions if you are unable to speak or needing hospice care and making the decision to go into hospice for pain control instead of curing that which cannot be cured. It is wise to have it worked out in advance so when stress times come, family folks have it organized for them and simplified. If your patient is lucky enough to be sharp and communicative and able to make all health decisions for you then it does take a burden off the care giver, but one sudden post surgery stroke could unexpectedly change that status and you would have more hassles. Ideally its in writing so there is no confusion at the end. Kentucky: Attorney General Jack Conway - Living wills in Kentucky

Medicare

When taking care of elderly folks it is wise to know as much about Medicare as you can since any supplemental insurance unless you bought an extended coverage policy, will pay only if Medicare pays. Medicare

Power of Attorney

When dealing with health and estate issues it is important to have paperwork that lets you talk to insurance company folks and sign papers. A common thing folks get shocked at when taking care of a patient is Social Security will not accept a power of attorney in Kentucky and probably most places. What you do is hand the patient the phone, let them authorize talking to them that day for that question and then do your SS business. If you the patient were to be unable to communicate or react to the questions over the phone from the SS office to let you talk, you have to get the doctor to fax to the SS office a guardian appointment for the POA person handling business and that SS activation is valid only so long as the doctor says they need a guardian looking out for them. It is wise before you get sick to: have your will signed and ready, a durable power of attorney covering the needs you have, and perhaps a living will on file ready in case you are unable to speak for yourself leaving out guesswork. It is also wise to review with your attorney if family conditions change to make sure its kept current. A good attorney like I have is a wonderful asset to your family's well being. I would not sign a lease without my attorney looking it over first. A fee to have it right the first time can save endless agony later. When handling the affairs of a sick relative or an estate, my best advice is to always strive to keep it moving forward in a smooth manner, use your outlook scheduler intensely for dates and deadlines, and always keep in the loop the case worker for Medicare you are dealing with in the hospital. Homework and doing communications so the case worker knows your situation and thinks of you as a person first and not a case number can make things move much more smoothly. My local attorney is Randy Teague and having someone like that in your corner made handling my estate issues so much easier and less stressful. I also recommend if you enter a hospice mode, go to the funeral home and pre-plan everything you can so its ready and at a most stressful time you do not have to deal with issues. If you can have the rock up already where only a death date has to be added it can help later, and if you have it down to the music and type of memory card you can think much more clearly when its not the day after being up all night in a hospice room. Most funeral homes now have a link that helps you preplan a funeral on line and you can use that as a guideline or outline of things to talk over when you meet in person. I did that with Barnett Strother funeral home and it helped me immensely, plus they were as good as gold to me. and made Mom look better than I dared hope after such a long illness. Power of Attorney

Credit Card Hackers Visit Hotels All Too Often - Yahoo! Finance

Internet security can also be linked to where the attack is located. It is easy to relax going to a high transitory population site on vacation when you are trying to relax. As always the security is only as good as the weakest link. Credit Card Hackers Visit Hotels All Too Often - Yahoo! Finance

YouTube - poetryanimations's Channel

A version of Charles Dickens reading his own work. A good way to relax after watching a Vlog from hickok45 on You Tube and a day getting paperwork straight at three downtown offices. YouTube - poetryanimations's Channel

Port Royal State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have visited this site with a very good historian working the site. It is part of the Trail of Tears and I was able to walk the bridge, see the flood impacts from May when the museum was an island, see the washed out old bridge, and get a history of a site where the Cherokee stayed on their trip. This was a settlement in the early days of using the rivers as superhighways and even back in Mississippian culture with trade routes all the way to Cahokia. Port Royal State Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

YouTube - poetryanimations's Channel

This is a very interesting channel blessed with actual sound recordings of some poets and using animation of photos to recreate the impact of a poet reading aloud his works. Thoreau, Dickens, Kipling etc. in their voice or a Ben Johnson or John Donne from an actor doing the reading. YouTube - poetryanimations's Channel

YouTube - Qigong: Eight Piece Brocades Chi Kung

This is an ancient art form of movement that helps Tai Chi and is also good for stretching out after a work out at the gym I find. YouTube - Qigong: Eight Piece Brocades Chi Kung

Cottingley Fairies - encyclopedia article about Cottingley Fairies.

As a student of Sherlock Holmes I have always been interested in how Conan Doyle a master of logic for his detective and who solved real mysteries was an advocate that these were real and I have always found it interesting that his father an artist who had mental issues advocated the reality of the fairy world. I have wondered for a spiritualist impacted by the death of his son in WWI, could this also been a son himself sticking up for his father? Cottingley Fairies - encyclopedia article about Cottingley Fairies.

Big hunks of carbonate rock on Mars at last - The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society

Isn't science something that can be fun!Big hunks of carbonate rock on Mars at last - The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society

Your Ultimate Brain-Power Workout

Tai chi is listed as a way to help folks over 40 retain their sense of touch and kinesics awareness which can help with fall prevention. Your Ultimate Brain-Power Workout

Picture Show: The 37 or so Ingredients in a Twinkie - Picture Show - GOOD

I found this a really good use of photographs to cover teaching how a Twinkie is made which I once saw on the Food Channel and found rather interesting. I had a friend tell me its used on the Iditorod race with sled dogs because the fat content kept it from freezing.Picture Show: The 37 or so Ingredients in a Twinkie - Picture Show - GOOD

The Drum Major Instinct - Martin Luther King

A selection being studied by my Great Books group tonight.The Drum Major Instinct - Martin Luther King

Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Lest we forget what our grandparents, uncles, and parents did for us. Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com

The Old Corral at b-westerns.com

This is one of my favorite webpages for relaxation and I constantly learn new things when reading it. I had missed that Pernell Roberts of Bonanza fame was the last Cartwright to go for example. The Old Corral at b-westerns.com

D-Day June 6, 1944

It is important to remember at Memorial Day and this time period the importance of D Day in all our lives. D-Day June 6, 1944

A sense of humor helps keep you healthy until retirement age

Since I regularly do things that require you to have a sense of humor, this may give me some hope! A sense of humor helps keep you healthy until retirement age

Frequently Asked Questions, Ask an Expert, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Birds that might be impacted by the Gulf oil spill of BP is an obvious topic now and this has good data on it.Frequently Asked Questions, Ask an Expert, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

YouTube - Zombieland Survival

I got the biggest laugh in weeks watching a Tn teacher called Hickok45 have a very serious discussion of zombie hunting in the woods and tactical training. It was so well done and so serious it got funnier the longer I watched it. He also seems to be as good a shot as my Uncle Marlin which is high praise. Zombies are no fun so keep an eye out for them in your defensive plan. I actually found on the net a gaming forum called Day of Defeat Source where zombie Nazi's attack WWII GI's who have to defend themselves with garands etc. in period costume and settings. Evidently the Zombie Apocolypse is more common than I knew! ;^) Sometimes its just good to have a sense of whimsy even in something like a shooting sport. As a teacher you can see he is a born communicator. YouTube - Zombieland Survival

What Causes “Eye Floaters”

I always enjoy biological what causes stories and this is a pretty good one common to humanity. Recently I was discussing with friends, the difficulty in reading a book where I know too much about the author's life and it can get in the way of the story on its own merits. Its similar to a human reaction I had with Starlight a mare that moved in the fence next door and began to pick on Leroy the donkey to the point I really had to work on myself to not actively put human motivations into an animal. I know better, but I struggled to like the mare. She seemed to be almost a bully to Leroy, then Dash the handsome gelding moved in and made my mare go into heat, Starlight bullied for three days and suddenly on the third day, she was number 2. Then I got on her to ride and found out she was insecure, herd bound, and when Dash was ridden out of site she was constantly screaming for Dash and not paying attention to her rider well. It opened up insight on her motivation, I began to feel a little more that it was due to insecurity that she over reacted towards the donkey, and I forgave her better. I have been reading a book with short stories from the Great Books series and one was a story called "11" which was written by a French author who was wounded in WWI three times and his health ruined. He became a pacifist which was not a great surprise after being in trench warfare, lungs impacted, and wounded that many times. What was a big barrier to me was he became in love with Stalin, moved to Moscow, and eventually died writing a biography of Stalin at a time the Gulag and purges were going on. Based upon what other writers were saying about him, he was not doing it to survive, but because he really was for the cult of personality that Stalin began. Now when I struggle with a concept, I read up on things, I think about it, I clean a stall and think about meanings, and I mow yards and think about literature multitasking. As I was mowing looking at the sky worried about a storm brewing on my Toro, I was thinking about how many authors I enjoyed for their craft and their life. I for example admire Isaac Asimov and have hundreds of his stories, I enjoy Allan Dean Foster novels and adaptions and Pip series but know not as much about the author. I really enjoy Ellery Queen and Nero Wolfe's Rex Stout who was a very interesting multifaceted person. I think Byron and Shelley were good writers, but I would have not wanted to hang around with them too much in an age before penicillin. I very much enjoy Sherlock Holmes, read a lot about Author Conan Doyle, and admire many of his traits while being fascinated that he could be so logical, and yet be fooled by photos faked showing faeries with little girls that should have been obvious that they were faked. It was almost as if the emotion of wanting to believe like Peter Pan could over ride the logic part of his brain and yet I think he would have been a fine fellow to have iced tea with on the veranda. One thing about thinking about literature, you can get insight into things the author does not intend. Shakespeare might have been a genius, but might also have been a practical minded man trying to come up with plays that would sell out too. Mark Twain once talked about the autobiography of Ben Franklin who was one of my childhood heroes and fussed about what a complex it could give a fellow reading it and thinking what have I done with my life compared to Ben's. Yet the one thing in Ben's book you never read is that Ben was a first class genius and might have had to struggle with the problem of what do you do when you are the smartest man in the room no matter where in France or England you go. Ben writes about all he does in a matter of fact way and never says, "Oh by the way I am a genius." Newton on the other hand was a flat out math genius that I will never be in the slightest and yet spent hours and hours in seclusion trying to find meanings in numerology such as how fate could be told by adding up the letters a person's name. I think its far more interesting that Mark Twain could be born and die on the return of Halley's Comet. I think its interesting to me that I studied history in school and learned things about WWII era listening to commercials for radio programs for Sherlock Holmes and the Shadow that had references to such things as having a program to have urban 16 year olds work in farmer's fields due to the shortage of labor due to the draft. I had never heard that in school. It is one of the reasons why I get nervous when history books get edited by modern readers with the prejudices of the moment. I think Teddy Roosevelt would have been one of those folks that would light up any room he was in and no one would be bored while he was around even at a dinner party. I read some of his stories of his life and found he was far more interesting the longer I read about him. Yet I had thought in school that some Presidents in the past were simple failures and not the ones you would remember, yet I found one president had a tumor at a time when the country was nervous and to keep things calm he had surgery on his boat at sea to hide the fact that he was gravely ill. Courage that puts country before self was a far more admirable trait than he had been given credit for in history books. Its very similar to those books that do What IF history, such as Hitler is successful as a painter and never gets into politics or America is not attacked in WWII, remains in isolation, and the Nazi army takes England and America is alone in the middle between two expanding cultures. What would happen? In some ways the old Star Trek story of going back in time and letting a woman get hit by a car who if she lived would delay entry into WWII allowing Germany to win is one of those stories. Its human to wonder what if, and its human to struggle to like an author whose work you do not like or to like a story when the author is a hard person to like. Yet something in me tries to see a story on its own merits even when its a struggle, but I have to be honest sometimes and question myself on whether I like the work on its story or in spite of what I know about the author. The opposite can be true in that I liked Annabelle Lee by Poe whose work I admire. Yet once I knew he was an artist at the bedside of a beloved wife dying of consumption and helpless to save her, I have always felt deeper about the poem and The Raven. I was once lucky enough to hear Vincent Price lecture at my university. The more I knew of him the more I followed up on his work like The Bat and being The Saint on the radio with Peter Lorre as a friend. Once I found his life interesting, I followed up on him more. I have seen on You Tube a video history channel in some ways his version of reading The Raven in that Price voice. And I have seen one where he was on the Muppet Show doing a Muppet version of the Raven and its just as good in its own way. Sometimes knowing more behind the scenes can add to a story and not subtract. But sometimes when a horse snakes its head to drive a donkey off from its feed, its still hard to not get irritated at a mare. Its just easier to understand when you know more about how that mare doesn't want to be number 1 and is insecure. In literature the more you know the better I think no matter where it leads you. Its one reason I don't burn books, or twist history to the whims of the moment. I once worked a spill where I knew what happened, who did it, how it happened, and was listening to the plant spokesman from the back of the room. Then when I read the story in the paper the next day, I could hardly recognize the incident as written with what I knew had happened. Since then when I hear news from a distant land with different cultures and languages, I take it with more than a grain of salt. You can edit a video or have a bad interpreter too easily confuse an issue. In a news cycle pressed for a deadline or a writer who never had a science course in a journalism major trying to explain what was happening, I have to also try and be understanding if someone struggles to get across to a reader a day later just what really happened. If you put yourself in the place of someone handed a hard job, and believe me writing a story from scratch that can sell can be hard work, then I try and give some slack to any story or author trying to do something creative. It may fail, and it may win, but there is a kind of good in trying to be good. When I read a story I bring all of my life story with me to the story. The best example I can give of the other side is when I read Harry Potter's second book I looked up at the clock when I got to the last page and realized I had read til 2 am straight through and I had to go to work the next day, but I was there so completely that the rest of the world had faded away and I had to turn the next page. That is why I think good writers in our era will still be read two hundred years later. It may not be a Mickey Spillane, but it might be. The tastes two hundred years from now might be similar or different. It may be that the Red Badge of Courage may be studied in school with Lord of the Flies, or it may be someone will study Perry Mason in a classic book series. Its hard to know in our age what will endure. Sometimes I go only by when I read the book, did I get immersed in it, escape troubles of the day, and have fun and learn something. If I liked it, the rest may not matter in my bookworm life. If I do not like it and someone else does, who is to say I am right. I can only know what I feel when I read a story. I am reading a book by Yang on Tai Chi Sword and how each sword is different and what you do with the hand not holding the sword can be as important as how you grip the sword in your fighting hand. Yet if you are trained in a police department to shoot one handed with a dominant eye, in WWII they taught you to have the empty hand tighten up and balance out the shooting hand to be more accurate in the OSS. Two cultures, two warrior moments in two different centuries using two weapons not a thing a like, and yet how the warrior internally manages body kinesics is still important. And some times I read a story about what makes shadows in your retina, and just find it kind of fun to read up on it. Reading technical stuff can simply be fun sometimes for its own sake. I have drifted around topics tonight free flowing, but what got me started on thinking about stories, authors, and works, can be a game in itself and I like gaming. In the story by the way of 11, a narrator has a patron that takes in 10 pheasants who are given at random the pleasures of luxury for the palace, they have no special merit, and when their time is over they can never come back, and you never find out how it changed them for the better or worse, since the story is really about the narrator having to shut the door in the next one in the line, the 11th, who varies, is sometimes not any worse than the ten in front or better, but who has to watch the door close in front of them. The story can be thought of as the effect of this decision on the narrator who eventually asks his master to let him have a different job. You never really know the master, you don't know what he gave the job to the narrator, or what the ten coming in for a brief time is really about, but the look in the 11th's eyes is what haunts the narrator. The story has merits, but when you also think about the author loving Stalin and what we know about Stalin now, it impacts me like Starlight snaking her head to the donkey. I struggle to understand how one can be in the other. In fact I wonder is the author in his mind, the master, the narrator, or could he think of himself as the 11th. In trench warfare you at random sometimes dodged the shell, and ate breakfast with a comrade killed by supper and had to wonder about why one dies and one lives. I wonder if that had an impact, or was the author blind to Stalin's purges, or petty enough to want to write a puff piece to a potential patron, or was he oblivious. I will never know, but thinking about books while mowing, can lead you to strange thoughts as lightening clouds gather at the horizon. What Causes “Eye Floaters”

Memorial Day Quotes, Famous Memorial Day Quotes, Memorial Day Quotations, Sayings Decoration Day

I spent yesterday touring Hopkins County cemetery sites to show respect like my family has done for years to all the loved ones in memory and all of the relatives who served our country so well. I sent this link in an email because its important we not forget. I always visit the grave sites of my family, my friends, and coworkers because they mean something to me still. It is a time of remembering Mom putting flowers on her mother's monument, and our family repeating it yesterday. Of trips where Uncle Buford would tell me stories about the folks he knew under various monuments, or my scraping grass clippings hiding a veteran's brass foot marker date away so it could be in the sun again. So many did so much and we can do so little now for them, but I try to keep them warm in memory still. Memorial Day Quotes, Famous Memorial Day Quotes, Memorial Day Quotations, Sayings Decoration Day

Tailored Defense Incorporated - Welcome to Tailored Defense Incorporated

I found in an era where citizens have to be proactive, knowledge can help prevent damage, and good folks can be safer thinking out a plan before a robbery or assault on your home or person that going to professionals of this quality really helps. I am a great believer in Crime-stopper programs, church efforts to change people for the better, and networking to learn from the best. Its a comfort locally to have access to folks that can help you think through any weakness in your planning and upgrade and keep skill levels high. Finding out the staff are people friendly folks, it really helps learn to be proactively safer for your loved ones. Having been robbed in broad daylight where a rock was pitched through a deadbolt locked door and they walked in the hole in the glass, I have learned to use layers. I have a neighbor watch, locked gates at the driveway, intricate monitored burglar alarms, and folks that will come to help me. I was someone without any item that would have made me a special target. But having someone go through your sock drawers and throwing things around while carrying my Axe inside my house in their hands from multiple rooms was not a comforting thought. Having professionals and specialists to draw upon their knowledge is a real comfort. Since this is Memorial Day weekend and my mother's anniversary where she was thrown into Coiltown Lake on her wedding night, its a special weekend. This would be a good weekend to see a veteran and tell them how much you appreciate them or buy a soldier or National Guard fellow a cup of coffee. I had an uncle in Patton's army that helped liberate a concentration camp, an uncle that was in Germany in the military police, and an uncle who fought in Guam and the Philippines and I can't buy them a cup of coffee now that they are gone. We are about to leave to put red, white, and blue flower arrangements on their graves and I wish I could. I also worked with some quality folks that were in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam and in their memory, its a good time to hug a veteran. Tailored Defense Incorporated - Welcome to Tailored Defense Incorporated

History

Numerous articles linked to Harold Utley through the years including battles at Browning Springs. History

The Harp Brothers: Webster County Kentucky Tourism

Harold Utley also wrote for Webster County history about the Harp brothers. The Harp Brothers: Webster County Kentucky Tourism

Welcome to the Kentucky Historical Society Web Site

Where Harold Utley was a board member of the Kentucky Historical Society and who will be missed even there. Welcome to the Kentucky Historical Society Web Site

Early Underground Mining

Harold Utley's history of underground mining in our area. I have worked cases in my career linked to some of these mines. Early Underground Mining

Frontier Justice

Another good article from Harold Utley who will be missed greatly. His article is about the Harp family of serial killers who were involved with Cave in Rock the site used in the Davy Crockett movie with Fess Parker and which really had pirates. The hunt for the Harp's criss crossed areas I used to inspect and I have been to Dixon near Harp's Hill. Frontier Justice

Early Strip Mining in Hopkins County

A history of mines in Hopkins County. I worked on getting reclamation to improve water quality at Magic Coke and Dawson Daylight Road. Early Strip Mining in Hopkins County

Lonesome Dove, Hopkins County Connection

The Lonesome Dove connection starting from Hopkins County to Texas where Oliver Loving came from Hopkins County. A piece written by local historian Harold Utley. Lonesome Dove, Hopkins County Connection

Remembering a True Historian

Harold Utley connections as historian locally and great resource to the community. Remembering a True Historian

Battle of Sacramento History by J. Harold Utley

Harold Utley our local historian died today after his long bout with cancer with arrangements being made at Harris Funeral Home. Battle of Sacramento History by J. Harold Utley

Norton Tamper Protection and Open Process Token - Norton Community

I have this frequently happening at a time in a multiplayer game where it locks up the game. I think even using CCleaner program it still has the token hanging out there. Its an interesting conflict when you think about it from two major Internet players. Norton Tamper Protection and Open Process Token - Norton Community

Battle of Sacramento, KY

We went today to see the end of the week where the white canvas tents covered the fields and ladies in hoop skirts dodged around horses on a scorching hot day. We found Will Frost with his partner left for Nortonville with little on him and his saddle broken. We ended up watering his horses, getting his gear hauled for him to the Springer Road lean to he was staying at with the horses, and tomorrow he will head out to Reno's Tack store to get his saddle fixed. We gave him our supper and water and I brought him back to Diana holding the horses and gave him $60.00 to ensure he was safe and he had earned some helping put down tents and help folks pack for leaving. I did get to visit with my EMA friends from McLean County who were helping out along with the fire department. I ended up falling on straw near a hidden tree root trying to help Diana get the horses off the picket line and ended up busting my right hip on someone else's straw trying to help someone. I am black and blue and off to a hot shower. No good deed goes unpunished. Hopefully he will be safe as he next heads to Evansville on his way to an Indiana battle reenactment somewhere in two weeks. Hopefully my tithe went to a good cause. Battle of Sacramento, KY

Purina Animal All Stars

Every now and then an animal exists just to make you laugh. Purina Animal All Stars

Stellar DSLR Time Lapse of a Space Shuttle Launch

Science can be fun to watch too. Stellar DSLR Time Lapse of a Space Shuttle Launch

What makes people happy? – Religion - CNN.com Blogs

Concepts involved in what does it take to make a person happy. With Jeffery Paul Prow waiting on a kidney for Riley Hospital in Indianapolis to help him heal which may include needing a pancreas while on an insulin pump in his young age, having good health is important. I am lucky to take horse riding dressage lessons on a grandson of Secretariat from a family that will be leaving all their material possessions behind and moving to Italy to be missionary workers for two years with their child. It takes a strong person to give up all their comforts and only live to give to others. Trinity Stables in Robards has always been a good influence in the area and helped many horse people, so one thing you might say is folks that put others before themselves tend to be happy people while in the battle to make things better. A good missionary is never a wimp. A good person tends to be a sheepdog. I read a quote recently that some folks are sheep and never expect a crime to impact them, some folks are wolves and take from weaker and enjoy the power or may lack empathy and swat a person like a fly, and some folks tend to be sheepdogs and get in the game to make things better while being situationally aware of their surroundings and reading body language of folks around them like reading a horses body language. Today my lesson was on keeping your hands still, and legs still, and turning with core muscles to weave Sparky in and out of barriers. Mowing with a 360 Troy mower from Stanley and Sons in Nebo today I thought while I was mowing that I lean into the tree trunk on a hill the same way to balance the mower. I know several folks in nursing homes that cry in the night and want to leave this planet and escape living in a 6 by 8 nursing home bed they will die in and some are still happy when they see their kids, get ice cream, or can interact with a nurse and smile. You can be happy in a cave or a place, be miserable with things, or unhappy with stuff, or be filled with joy smelling the honeysuckle on my fence or watching the rabbit run by the cat in the back yard hiding out as I went by him. He is a calico orange and white that I have caught on a the wildlife camera before. We are in his range. There were indigo buntings on my bird feeder, I was able to help some folks I really like recently, and of all things bringing peanut butter cookies to a teacher in her 90's meant a lot to me seeing her smile. Sometimes doing tai chi in a pasture while the goat watches as I warm up for horse lessons or doing Repulse Monkey form while the donkey Leroy watches with ears out like a plane as he munches hay and thinks about it can make you happy. Sometimes what helps me the most is learning new things. I am getting involved with the local www.hopkinscountytcrimestoppers.com group and the Hopkins County Historical Society. It is always neat to deal with folks that loves books and the value of things that made us what we are. I will be heading toward Fort Campbell soon for some training and many are about to be dispatched overseas to try and protect folks like me. If you can buy lunch for a soldier or a policeman, it might be a good thing to do as Memorial Day approaches. It might even make you happy. What makes people happy? – Religion - CNN.com Blogs

35 Bizarre Examples of Cloud Photography | Web Design Core

Sometimes on a hot summer day all you need is a could and some imagination. 35 Bizarre Examples of Cloud Photography | Web Design Core

Main Page - Gutenberg

E book source where you can ready on line or on a Kindle ebooks in public domain like some of the early Sherlock Holmes stories or someone like the author of Luella Miller in 1902. Main Page - Gutenberg

Nasa shuttle Atlantis and space station seen passing in front of Sun | Mail Online

Tonight the moon is back lighting clouds, stars pop out between fast moving clouds and this article has great space photos. Nasa shuttle Atlantis and space station seen passing in front of Sun | Mail Online

Top Six Westerns Red Dead Redemption Fans Need To See - G4tv.com

I love westerns and geek things and this has both. I also think it has some of the best Westerns linked. I recently got the DVD set for Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. I have all of the Hopalong Cassidy films on DVD. Top Six Westerns Red Dead Redemption Fans Need To See - G4tv.com

The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte

As always Leo Laporte has information that helps immediately, and one was that www.mozilla.org now provides a free plug in check as a service to the whole web that works with IE and with Chrome and is not limited only to Firefox. The other item was there are 10 vulnerabilities in Adobe Shockwave which means it is important to update it if you need it and uninstall if you don't. I ran the IE plug in check and it confirmed immediately that Shockwave needed updating. Windows Update had not caught it which I ran earlier. FYI. The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte

Happy 30th Birthday, 'The Empire Strikes Back'! - Inside Movies

One of favorite memories was seeing this movie in the theater at Madisonville and taking waves of friends to more showings.Happy 30th Birthday, 'The Empire Strikes Back'! - Inside Movies

YouTube - Who's On First?

Every now and then you don't need to be serious, you need Abbott and Costello. YouTube - Who's On First?

Can caring make you sick? - CNN.com

It is not easy being the care giver despite the joys you get from it too. Many a minister has worn out taking care of his flock. Can caring make you sick? - CNN.com

10 Things We Can't Live Without - Yahoo! Finance

Isn't it human that now the Internet is now one of the things we cannot seem to be able to do without. When I was robbed, I was most upset over not being able to log on to get to accounts. As soon as I got a borrowed keyboard from Computer Knights, and mouse while my replacements came in, I was able to change all my passwords, check all accounts, and update everywhere with some intense activity. It even allowed me to print out for the deputy color photos of the items stolen with invoices and serial numbers. I was in withdrawal. Live long and prosper. 10 Things We Can't Live Without - Yahoo! Finance

Mount St. Helens, 30 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com

A show of how powerful the forces of nature can be. Mount St. Helens, 30 years ago - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Frost Rides Nationwide on Prayers and Shoe Strings

Will Frost is sleeping in my tack room and today will start out to the battle front at Sacramento for next weekend. We all ate at Hazel's for roast beef dinner last night and I fed him at Tucker's on South Main for lunch and got to visit with my friend Tom Pendley. Mr. Frost's two horses are rested, fed, watered, have new shoes, and a new bit in a bridle and should be in much better shape. Frost Rides Nationwide on Prayers and Shoe Strings

YouTube - Tai Chi Steps 1 太极云步

Walking is not something that is without its science. We take it for granted, but controlled Tai Chi steps where you don't fall on the landing foot but place it and roll on to it is a gentle way of joint protection and range of motion protection and balance. This is a very relaxing video to listen to as well. YouTube - Tai Chi Steps 1 太极云步

Battle of Sacramento, KY

The Civil War reenactment site. Battle of Sacramento, KY

Charlie Chaplin : Official Website

Since I met a performance artist who had played Charlie Chaplain, this is the official web site of the actor. Charlie Chaplin : Official Website

Will "Webe" Frost

Will Frost's web page as he travels the country. He is sleeping in our tack room tonight and moving on to Sacramento tomorrow. Will "Webe" Frost

Pikamac

Diana and I met Will Frost today and ate supper with him bedding down in the tack room tonight with his two horses. He is on his way to the Sacramento Civil War reenactment site tomorrow. Diana gave him hay, water, and Hazel and Frank fed him and washed his clothes for him. He is sleeping near our Belle tonight and is dry and safe on straw. He knows the writer of Forrest Gump, has been trained as a clown, and has done Charlie Chaplain impressions as a performance artist on Venice Beach near a restaurant called Charlie's Place. He is actually traveling the country on horse back going where he wants and can quote things from Chaplains life and his stay with Amish and Mennonites who make tack for horses and know how to drive. Pikamac

17 Ways Exercise Sends Health Soaring on Yahoo! Health

Benefits of exercising that are more than just getting in shape, but mental similar to what I get from Tai Chi. 17 Ways Exercise Sends Health Soaring on Yahoo! Health

SPACE.com -- Asteroid Spotted Passing in Front of Stunning Space Cloud

Space can be great art too when you look at some of these photos. SPACE.com -- Asteroid Spotted Passing in Front of Stunning Space Cloud

The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte

One of the better technology podcasts I listen to regularly and this one deals with why Leo Laporte deleted his Facebook account for security reasons. The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte

Ask a Science Blogger: Insect view : Dot Physics

It is always interesting to see science used for fun and how the world would appear to an insect is kind of fun. Ask a Science Blogger: Insect view : Dot Physics

Jupiter loses a stripe - space - 11 May 2010 - New Scientist

I just find it neater than toast that we still after all these years learn about our solar system and despite century after century of observation, it can still show us something new in our own neighborhood. Jupiter loses a stripe - space - 11 May 2010 - New Scientist

Incredible! Cassini as Houdini Cuts Titan in Half | Universe Today

There is a lot of space photography that is mesmerizing and sometimes it is just plain artistic. Cassini is in deep space and very interesting. Incredible! Cassini as Houdini Cuts Titan in Half | Universe Today

mental_floss Blog � Spell It Out: 16 Abbreviated Company Names Explained

It is always interesting to know the history of a company. When I was much younger I had a Colecovision video game console and enjoyed it. Coleco making electronics started out as a Connecticut Leather Company tanning business and became an electronics company by mutation evidently. mental_floss Blog � Spell It Out: 16 Abbreviated Company Names Explained

Tailored Defense Incorporated - Welcome to Tailored Defense Incorporated

I met an excellent instructor in tactical defense and pistol craft in Hopkinsville recently who is based out of Fort Campbell. Aquila Bey is so good I could recommend him to anyone who was interested in self defense training from a professional who is also a NRA certified instructor and a people kind of person. He knows a great deal about the subject and can take a contrary firearm that is brand new and make it work, which takes skill. I watched him in action and it was very impressive. Tailored Defense Incorporated - Welcome to Tailored Defense Incorporated

Rapid analysis of DNA damage now possible

Details from MIT on an advance to allow more raid testing of epigenics. Rapid analysis of DNA damage now possible

Bob Stanley, Farrier pedicure for our horse

Leroy the donkey dozing.

Bob Stanley, son of Reverend Robert Stanley, pedicure with a broken pelvis and rib.

YouTube - geriatric1927's Channel

I follow as a subscriber the Internet Granddad and this is a video he made singing Rose of My Heart. YouTube
- geriatric1927's Channel

Flickr Photo Download: Earth From Mars

I just love a good NASA photograph and this one shows Earth from Mars as a dot. On a bad day, something like this can really help keep things in perspective and this is a good day. Flickr Photo Download: Earth From Mars

Old Time Radio Catalog: Classic Radio | Golden Age of Radio -

This is my favorite source of old time radio programs where I get old radio programs like Sherlock Holmes and The Shadow and listen to them on my mp3 player while walking or working out at Fitness Formula. Old Time Radio Catalog: Classic Radio | Golden Age of Radio -

SPACE.com -- Lost Soviet Reflecting Device Rediscovered on the Moon

This is a very interesting article since it reflects the obvious proof with the other laser reflectors that NASA did land on the moon several times since you can photograph from the earth, bounce off a man made object, and see shadows off photos of the landers. Mythbusters, one of my favorite programs on Discovery, covered this in detail and this is just one more neat thing to tie it up. I always had a soft spot for Buzz Aldrin and when a fellow pushed him at his age in his face to swear on a Bible had he really done his life's work, the fighter pilot part came to the surface and he decked the fellow. I can understand his frustration since I do not think once a world view is locked in in some minds, there is any way to budge it once the mind invests itself in the myth. A mind is a terrible thing to waste and a hard thing to change. Live long and prosper. SPACE.com -- Lost Soviet Reflecting Device Rediscovered on the Moon

Sistine Chapel

This is a 306 degree view of the Sistine Chapel with the ability to zoom in or turn in the view with a mouse click. Sistine Chapel

YouTube - Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

Some of my favorite actors doing one of my favorite characters. YouTube - Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes

YouTube - effzee's Channel

Qigong done in a church basement by a parent waiting for his daughter's recital on the piano. At about 2 minutes into it you see the dragon swimming pose I learned recently. YouTube
- effzee's Channel

YouTube - 阳光气功Sunlight Qigong

Sunlight Qigong done by Master Nianzuli in a very relaxing, spring sunshine routine to promote health and well being. It is of interest that all great chi kung (alternate spelling) artists and masters seem to incorporate breathing into the movement and time the movement by the breathing. It does not help to force the move since you would not be as relaxed as possible. Tai Chi is full of movements that are spirals and circles and rounded joints without harsh turn with the goal that the real winner is the one most relaxed and smooth. Note how relaxed and how even the hands are not tense in all movements he makes. My teacher at Madisonville Community College teaches you to have better range of motion and better relaxation. I think this is one of those things that looks simple but is actually harder to actually do well. YouTube - 阳光气功Sunlight Qigong

YouTube - 逍遥步Tai Chi Step

This is a very relaxing spring walking scenery teaching where you combine relaxation, flexibility, and have a very nice spring sunlight day to enjoy the flow of walking. I actually have an entire book I have read called Tai Chi Walking. YouTube - 逍遥步Tai Chi Step

Nature fakers controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I always enjoy Teddy Roosevelt stories and in fact have read a book where Sherlock Holmes and Teddy as New York Police Commissioner investigate a mystery together. I always think of him as the kind of fellow who filled a room with personality whether a camp tent or Madison Square Garden. I think this is interesting since enjoyment of the art of nature and the scientific detachment point of view are still important. I think one of early influences in biology was Konrad Lorenz's book the Nature of Bees and King Solomon's Ring discussing animal behavior. I do think watching raccoons on my front porch there are genetic influences, instinct influences, and individuals still show behaviors that are specific to that individual where for example one likes to stand on its hind legs and look at traffic on the road go by and does it night after night while the others let him be the scout and guard and don't care to bother to look. It is similar in horse herds where one mare watches and the young horses lie down to sleep only if feeling safe and the head mare is watching out for them. It is not easy to be the head mare in a horse herd. Now we know decades later a lot more about animal behavior and how complex it can be the more intelligent the animal. I think the greatest modern animal experts were folks that studied the primates sometimes at great personal cost. Nature fakers controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

YouTube - Master Bow Sim Mark: Sword and Ribbon

YouTube - Master Bow Sim Mark: Sword and Ribbon On World Tai Chi Day, an artistic presentation of a very grand lady doing Tai Chi as an art form with ribbon and sword in that form. She is very advanced as you can tell as you watch. Here the tornado area as eased here while we are in still a tornado watch until 9 pm.

Patient Money - Caring for Hips and Knees to Avoid Artificial Joints - NYTimes.com

Patient Money - Caring for Hips and Knees to Avoid Artificial Joints - NYTimes.com One of the articles related to how Tai Chi and yoga as less impact sports that can help fitness without wear and tear on joints that do not repair themselves well. Care in youth can prevent artificial knees and hips in old age. Prevention is always better than surgery if you can help it. I was able to get to Dr. Scott Vander Ploeg's Madisonville Community College class site for World Tai Chi day between the tornado watch and thunderstorms. I also had the fun of doing Ward Off and sparrow and had my left hand go low and touch Moses the Great Dane's cold nose which was kind of fun. We did it at MCC near the Glema Mahr site by one of my favorite statues of a little boy Indian with bow behind him looking down sheepishly and a big ole bear looking him in the face entitled Repentence. I was near Magnolia blossuming trees with the wind up from the storms and was kind of neat. At 10 am we did 4 rounds to each compass direction and managed to get home before the storms hit. It was very good for me and to honor my classmates who have been blessed with a good teacher and a good art to learn for stress relief and for health. I completed my Trover Foundation Fitness Formula class and next week will be back to my own work out routine. I had a good teacher there and kept running into friends like Professor Chaney and his wife who used to help Veteran's at MCC. I had him for college chemistry and then inspected him when he worked at McCoy and McCoy Laboratory. He is the most talented person I know on languages both reading and speaking. This week Leonard Nimoy announced his retirement from acting. I hope he never retires from being the kind of artist that makes a difference. Live long and Prosper.

AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Life-Threatening Thunderstorms Friday Evening

There are many ways to prepare for a storm event. One is to follow the recommendations on www.ready.gov, or www.fema.gov, or simply keep up with your medicines, papers, emergency pack, emergency phone numbers, know your escape routes in case of flooding etc. More people get hurt in flooding in Kentucky during a storm event than lightening or actual tornadoes. A tornado can destroy one end of a town and have the other end appear normal. It can take one house and leave intact the one across the street. Your best purchase is to have a good working fresh battery weather radio and use it on a weekend like we are about to get in Western Kentucky. Be safe. AccuWeather.com - Weather News | Life-Threatening Thunderstorms Friday Evening

How polluted is U.S. drinking water? | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Drinking water varies by state in quality and geology. Nature has a lot of power and one tornado can eat a brick home like match sticks as we have proven in Madisonville in the past. When a weather alert is activated, be sure and listen to it. How polluted is U.S. drinking water? | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Tai chi for stiff joints - Health/Science - NewsObserver.com

It is nice to see scientific research for the use of Tai chi for arthritis victims, and fall prevention in the elderly. Tai chi for stiff joints -


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There is simply something kind of neat about this photograph found on digg. I tend to read it daily drinking my morning coffee. 0415wallpaperys-6_1600.jpg (1600�1200)

YouTube - Mind Meld part 8 of 8

I found this chat between Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner very touching and after all those years associated with each other I think very good philosophy too. YouTube - Mind Meld part 8 of 8

YouTube - Leonard Nimoy: The Origin of Spock's Greeting

One of the ways I got interested in science was my early exposure at Providence to watching on a black and white TV, Star Trek on its original live series and I tried my best to not miss a single episode. Now I even have the animated series on DVD. YouTube - Leonard Nimoy: The Origin of Spock's Greeting

YouTube - 太极桩 Tai Chi Zhuang Peggy Li

This is a very relaxing spring view of a very relaxed performer with the sunlight and trees blooming behind her. YouTube - 太极桩 Tai Chi Zhuang Peggy Li

Einstein's theory fights off challengers

I found this science link and found it had details about the Chandra mission. Happy Earth Day this month. Einstein's theory fights off challengers

Michelle Adams training on how to turn on the forehand with the hindquarters staying in place on Sparky a relative of the great Secretariat that has been a pleasure to know. Trinity Stables in Robards Kentucky has a very positive influence on the equine community in the area and on all our lives.

Journeys to the International Space Station - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Some fantastic photos of the space station training, missions, and views. It is still a miracle I can look up from my driveway doing Tai Chi at night and see the space station crossing over head as a bright dot in the sky. Journeys to the International Space Station - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Useful Links - New York Times Newsroom Guide to Useful Web Sites

There are few technology link pages as diverse and instantly useful as the New York Times technology link page for portals. Useful Links - New York Times Newsroom Guide to Useful Web Sites

A prominent political reporter digs into the obesity epidemic | Grist

There is a lot of research going on with how processed food and not just restaurant types get a child to adult eating habit that is unhealthy. A prominent political reporter digs into the obesity epidemic | Grist

EcoGeek - Brains for the Earth

Ecological techno links that deal with technology and environmental concerns. EcoGeek - Brains for the Earth

Environmental News and Information | MNN - Mother Nature Network

There are many links and interesting stories on the mother nature network. It is one of those web pages you start out at one layer and run down a lead to something that interests you. Environmental News and Information | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

As an old ERT man, I always thought this was my second favorite poem of Robert Frost since I have always like the last stanza walking a creek from an investigation by flashlight and star trying to get back to the state car to start driving home after a long day. One night looking for an oil spill, I remember using the squelch of my walkie talkie to keep the pacing animal just out of sight following me along the pathway always parallel, always out of sight, to stop following me. I think it was a coyote, but I will never know for sure.It was just another night's adventure and a long drive home afterwards, yet I can remember how the night smelled under the stars. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

The Road Not Taken - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

This is my favorite Robert Frost poem. This link includes a audio version you can listen to as you read. I always like best the last stanza. Yet I would add, it is important to at least take a road than stand still only. The Road Not Taken - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

A Robert Frost Exhibit

Since I am reviewing Mending Wall, it was kind of important to know what kind of wall Frost had on his own farm that created the poem. Note it is a natural stone wall like the Shakertown farmers used to open up pasture and row crop land. It moved hard things out of the way to safe edges to allow the open area to open up in effect. A Robert Frost Exhibit

Mending Wall - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

I am studying two works one by Toni Morrison called Recitatif and one by Robert Frost about walls. Of the two I had more experience with Frost whose the Road less taken poem meant more to me than Mending Wall. Still I do think for an iambic pentameter verse it has many interesting sides. I like the first line the best. I am a person who after being robbed actually ended up being the one behind bars since I have lockable cattle gates at the end of the driveway and burglary alarms with monitoring set for the house. Yet one thing is still certain, we need to be open as people, and cautious with wisdom knowing we all also need our space. Walls of stone also have another meaning to me. Many were made by picking up loose stones blocking pathways and horse routes or plowing zones and putting the stones from the land on edges out of the way. This is common in Shakertown where Irish stone masons made fences and boundary marks without mortar. A wall can have many meanings to keep out, to keep in, to mark territory, or preserve space, or to open up the middle ground. I am doing a book review Thursday night with friends and as a lover of books, it gives me something to look forward to on a Thursday night. Mending Wall - Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

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On certain nights following the link on the NASA page you can watch the shuttle go overhead in Kentucky with it very bright when together and really neat when they are flying apart but in tandem. You can still see them with the naked eye on a clear night and it always gives me a kind of Star Trek moment in my driveway looking up and dreaming. No matter our problems on earth, I like to think we should dream looking up. NASA -
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Please do not change your password - The Boston Globe

Computer security is a fast growing topic. This article does a cost benefit analysis to password use and changing passwords. After being robbed, I spent hours updating passwords down to the modem. In effect I made a stolen laptop a brick the best I could and monitored all accounts to make sure there was nothing new. Even so just like a house, you can have burglar alarms, dogs, gates, extra locks, but if a deaf burglar wants in they can get in even if its loud and annoying. The key is for them to make a cost benefit analysis that you are too much trouble for too little potential award. I am not a big enough target to make it worthwhile. In the meantime, you do hte obvious things you can do. As an example, I do not play with chain letters which may have in an email a key logger, I do not open attachments from strangers. I do a full virus scan monthly when I defrag. I do quick scans weekly and check desk quarterly. I have all windows updates on automatic and do virus DAT file updates prior to connecting to the Internet on even the most harmless famous webpage in case of a passive lurking hazard there. In a world that says you will be attacked with a connection to the Internet within 20 minutes you simply have to use a firewall and virus program just like I lock doors and activate the alarms. You can do everything right as a user and still get bit simply because the bag guys are always out there thinking of a way to not do work honestly. The key is it seems lately that the most helpless, good folks, who are elderly or geek innocent are the ones being harmed and that always upsets me when the victims are like shooting a mockingbird as the novel said. Ideally, by using up to date software by the experts, and trying to do the right things, I can escape an attack, but the best way I am protected is I am too small to be worth the effort. I am not that attractive a target. I do like the addition of biometrics to a laptop and I added use of a cable lock to the laptop to make it even harder to be so handy to pick up. My dead bolt locks in broad daylight were defeated by a large rock through the glass den door. Low tech is still one of the most common ways to get to you. In a PC world where someone just wants to see photos of the grand children and look up the cost of a tractor on line, defenses should be effective and practical to enjoy the experience without having misery to worry every minute. On the other hand, if the thieves get caught in our justice system, I will be one supporting law enforcement and asking they not get out easily which means I will get to pay for feeding them and their medical care. Prevention of a theft is still cheaper. Luckily in Hopkins County we have a very good Sheriff's department and Computer Knights on South Main gives me very good IT support. Please do not change your password - The Boston Globe

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I think NASA has some of the best science sites on the web and this photo of the day illustrates one of the things that makes science such a cool thing to do. DRocketGard_craigcrawford.jpg (1350�900)

NASA - NASA's Unpiloted Global Hawk Completes First Science Flight

I have always been a fan of NASA and once took Mom to every NASA facility you can tour in the Southeast over a period of years. Mom was always most surprised that freeze dried astronaut ice cream was not cold. I was most impressed how fragile the Mercury capsule looked like and that is one reason folks like Buzz Aldrin and John Glenn remain heroes I am proud to have as Americans. I managed to work an hour at the Fitness Formula with our class and I can tell it in my arms. It is odd that working with four pound weights for 30 rep's, can get your arms and shoulders so sore. Oddly enough the one that is hardest for my arms is where you take the weights in front of you and then kind of pour out of a bucket movement. My arms burn like a big dog on that one. The second hardest is to lie back on your chair and bring your weights up and then together using chest muscles. Tai Chi work has helped me get more leg strength and more flexibility thankfully. I sometimes try to get in two Tai Chi rounds after class since it helps me get less sore afterwards. I was able to get to Belle our horse and my daughter in effect and groom a muddy side she laid in after the storm and she tried to groom my back while I brushed her. Horses are amazing creatures and I am still learning about them. What I don't know is much larger than what I think I know. At least I can fill water buckets, groom, check hooves, and know my horse loves her FOODS. Now work may be a four letter word, but at least she is happy. Sonny Hovious found she likes to eat Starlight peppermints. Live long and prosper. NASA -

NASA's Unpiloted Global Hawk Completes First Science Flight