Thursday, May 01, 2008

Hawt!!

As a palate cleanser for that train wreck of a calendar I mentioned a short time ago, JRE sent me the link for this.

Try and contain teh lust...

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Saturday, April 19, 2008

And then there were breastses ...

Thursday, November 15, 2007

More advice for Hood ....


There are alternatives.

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Friday, November 09, 2007

More advice for Hood

Thursday, November 08, 2007

Planning a party

A certain FIU'er is getting married soon and is having a bachelor party this weekend. Sadly, the fact that I'm married with kids and have 2 impending tests, is going to keep me from going. However, I feel that it's unfair that we have to all miss out on the last "Huzza" of Hoodlumman's single life.

As a result, I say that we throw him a virtual bachelor party. It's time to get drunk and post your best advice/wishes along with the classic sign of being wasted. Yes, you need to end it with "I love you, man."

To get this thing ready, I'll need some help:

JR, you get the tequila, 2 tanks of nitrous, 1 combat boot, a package of ping pong balls and a kiddie pool.

Diana ,you get 200 pounds of velvetta cheese, a left handed stripper, a copy of "Fiddler on the Roof" and exactly 9 ft of 8 guage copper wire.

Dave, you bring the cordite, as much axle grease as you can put your hands on, two wheel chair maniquins, a 5-6 lb cactus and carnuba wax.

I'll get the chili, the midgets, 100 lbs of chicken feathers, a disposable camera, correct postage for a 200 lb package to Madagascar, a tattoo gun and black tar herion. I already have the slip'n'slide, the 18v drill and the 1200w portable generator for the microwave and the power washer.

In the mean time, you guy start out with these val-u-rite vodka jello shots and get with the practical knowledge.... and the naked pictures because it's not like bandwidth is free.

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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Ahh, Memories...

JR Ewing used to do this back in the day.

And by "back in the day" I mean last June at the Dallas Museum of Art.

Charges were dropped.

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Friday, September 28, 2007

For Rob...


"You motorboatin' son of a bitch!"

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Monday, September 24, 2007

We're not lost: A woman's guide to "What? I know where I'm going!"

Sadly, due to the proliferation of women that believe that they are somehow equal or better than men, there is in our culture a narrative that must be addressed. This of course is the common female story shared in between the stories of stretch marks vs bikini exposure ratio and pictures of the kids at the beach. It is the inevitable story about how a woman's husband got lost and refused to ask for directions. This urban legend has persisted for ages despite many clenched teeth issued reassurances that we men know exactly where we are. In this post we will, for the first time, explore this myth and explain the science that proves once and for all that men know exactly where they are.

Men and women, as most people could tell you, have distinct physiological differences. These differences allow for a certain degree of tasking prowess to be innately possessed by one sex or the other. While breasts give women the natural advantage in feeding children, getting free drinks at bars and winning wet t-shirt contest they pose a distinct disadvantage in other areas. Science has shown that the natural resistivity to electricity in water is low. As a result, women, due to their "fun pillows" and their increased water retention, do not have the same ability of their male counterparts to experience the natural load stone effect of the iron in human blood allowing for a physiological compass generated by the earths magnetic poles. This goes doubly for women with big ol giant saline transplants. This is also the reason that every woman that describes herself as once being "a tomboy" is twice as deluded about her hooters making her a bad navigator. Once the boob fairy came along and waved his magic wand, her sense of direction faded as the bazookas budded.

A secondary reason that men and women find differences in navigational awareness is the difference between verbal and visual acuity. Women are typically verbal communicators. They, as a result, navigate by places that they have either conversed at or have conversed about. However, nowhere in there conversations is the spatial element taken for consideration. Instead their recollection is of "who said what to whom and what they really meant about that and does this make me look fat?" This information is unlikely to yield successful navigation. Men are a different breed in that we navigate by distance and landmarks and spatial relationships that are easily accessible to all men. For example, how far a distance to a store is to a woman includes the type of sale that they are having and the fact that she had a runner in her hose and that your mother never liked her. To a man the distance is regarded as the length "I ran in that State game back in high school" multiplied by "the distance I could shoot a rifle and take the head off of a lion, if I wanted to." See, there is nothing subjective in male calculations because they distances increase with each recollections at the same speed of the expansion of all matter in the universe. Our lies to ourselves therefore bind us to reality.

The third reason that men an women argue whether or not they are lost has to do with math. While women are incredibly quick in the areas of math that has to do with figures like the actual cost of a sale item, "the amount of money I can hide from my husband" and "how much would I pull down if I just poison him and run off with the pool boy" they suffer in other areas. This is not an extension of algebra but of geometry and engineering.

In female geometry, the shortest distance between two points is directly effected by hormones, hot flashes, what she's wearing that day, the distance to a Starbucks, what she saw on the lifetime channel and in direct proportion of the book sales of Oprah's latest endorsement. For men, the closest distance between two points is in relation to two things only: The time of the next sporting event and the distance furthest away from his mother in law.

In terms of engineering the problem is one of conversion. Men know that a standard "foot" is 12 inches. However, women have constantly been told that a foot is 12 inches while typically only be exposed to about 6 inches. This false conversion, while nice for the male ego, distorts actual distance traveled in vehicles by a large margin.

In looking at these factors we can see that men and women will more than likely never agree on whether or not the man is lost because of the huge difference in methodology of measurement and navigational reference. Due to the physiological, navigational, spatial, mathematical, geometric and engineering differences it is unlikely that this gap will ever be bridged in this life time. However, hopefully this will shed some light on the issue and raise awareness that the answer for women, who mistakenly believe that their husbands are lost, can adapt for practical purposes:
We know where we are.
We have no idea why you think we missed the exit.
Your mother was closer if we turned that way, we could feel it and we're taking your fun pillows away from that as fast as we can.
No, that dress does not make you look fat. It accentuates your natural curves.
Can we get some road head?

By adopting these point, I believe that we can put this myth to rest or at least maybe get a little more road head, which is a good second place in our book.

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Friday's Mineral porn



COLEMANITE
Chemistry: CaB3O4(OH)3-H2O, Hydrated Calcium Borate Hydroxide
Class: Carbonates
Subclass: Borates
Uses: an ore of boron and as a source of borax (a cleaning agent and useful industrial chemical)

Colemanite, like other borates, is a complex mineral, that is found in playa lakes and other evaporite deposits. The basic structure of colemanite contains endless chains of interlocking BO2(OH) triangles and BO3(OH) tetrahedrons with the calciums, water molecules and extra hydroxides interspersed between the chains.
Colemanite is a secondary mineral, meaning that it occurs after the original deposition of other minerals. The mineral borax is directly deposited in arid regions from the evaporation of water in intermittent lakes called playas. The playas form only in rainy seasons due to runoff from nearby mountain ranges. The runoff is rich in the element boron and is highly concentrated by evaporation in the arid climate. Eventually the concentration is so great that crystals of borax and other boron minerals form. Ground water flowing through the borax sediments at the bottom of the playa is believed to react with the borax and form other minerals such as colemanite. Colemanite is found in geodes within the borax sediment; its exact means of formation are still not well understood.

Colemanite forms small but richly faceted crystals. The short prismatic habit is typical and good crystals with complicated faces are sought after by collectors.

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

MALARKEY!

Ok, time for a quick poll of the FIU readership.

Topic? This:
One in four women would consider having sex with another woman according to a new online survey of the nation’s female sex lives.

Ninety-one per cent of the women questioned described themselves as either heterosexual or straight in the survey, but 26 per cent admitted that they would consider having sex with a women, or that they had fantasised about it.
The question: This is bullshit, right? I've dated plenty over the years and not once did I find a woman that would go for this. Now, I'm not complaining - it could be that the women I dated were similar in certain ways. So here's my question to you guys and gals:

Guys, ever met one of these one in four? If you dated 20 women, technically, five of them were ready to explore, right?

Gals, between you and your girlfriends (not that kind, obviously), what was the percentage? How many of you are lying?

Discuss.

Vigorously.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Today's political arguement

Micheal Keaton, George Clooney, Val Kilmer or Christian Bale as Batman?

Personally, I'll go with Christian Bale because his bat suit didn't have nipples. Right, George?

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Monday, August 20, 2007

Men's Health Study: Sex is good for your heart

Need another good reason to have sex?

Well, Irish researchers believe they have one: It's good for your heart, according to a report in Psychology Today.

Researchers from the University of Bristol and Queen's University of Belfast studied 2,500 men ages 45 to 59 for 10 years and found that men who have three or more orgasms a week are 50 percent less likely to die from coronary heart disease.

The findings also suggested that sex can be used to help prevent heart attacks and strokes as a means of fulfilling the recommendation for sustained physical activity for at least 20 minutes, three times a week.

Other suprising data that they uncovered in thier studies:

~ Watching football (soccer) will make men better fathers and husbands
~ Drinking Guiness and Harp will cause men to be romantic
~ A daily regiment of recieving multiple blow jobs from their wife will make men extra alert and attentive to thier wives.


(Seriously guys, I keep telling you women aren't going to buy our whole "Science/health" angle. We need to go with the "shoe sale" idea or the "exteme nightly drinking kills fat and increases boob size" angle if we really expect to score more sex. Those scientist are cracked. Besides, they're scientist, like they're authorities on getting laid?)

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Thursday, August 16, 2007

For JR and Hood

World of Whorecraft star Mia Rose has been banned from World of Warcraft. Mia Rose is a hardcore gamer as well as being a pornstar, who appeared in several episodes of World of Whorecraft.

Rose told the website Kotaku.com that she was banned from the World of Warcraft over the weekend after a fan recognized her and mentioned her website in a public chat area.




Yeah, God knows that Blizzard needs to protect the sanctity of their gaming brand from porn stars and porn because there couldn't be any possibility of a marketing demographic crossover there. Right guys?

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Friday, August 03, 2007

A musical Dedication

Dear Lindsay Lohan,

Here's a club fav for you...

your compadre,
Rob

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Thursday, July 05, 2007

More "catch up"


Talc is an important industrial mineral. Its resistance to heat, electricity and acids make it an ideal surface for lab counter tops and electrical switchboards. It is also an important filler material for paints, rubber and insecticides. Even with all these uses, most people only know talc as the primary ingredient in talcum powder. Mineral specimens are not very common as it does not form very large crystals. However, it often replaces other minerals on an atom by atom basis and forms what are called pseudomorphs (false shape). The talc takes the form of the mineral it replaces. A specimen of what looks like milky quartz is quite a surprise when it not only has a soapy feel but can be scratched by a fingernail.

(As an aside, don't use talcum powder on babies, especially little girls, or on any part of your body that is near "soft muscle or mucus membranes. Talcum powder has been linked to cancer under those circumstances.
Numerous studies have shown a strong link between frequent use of talc in the female genital area and ovarian cancer. Talc particles are able to move through the reproductive system and become imbedded in the lining of the ovary. Researchers have found talc particles in ovarian tumors and have found that women with ovarian cancer have used talcum powder in their genital area more frequently than healthy women.

Talc poses a health risk when exposed to the lungs. Talc miners have shown higher rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses from exposure to industrial grade talc, which contains dangerous silica and asbestos.
The best thing to use is corn starch.)



Magnetite is a natural magnet, hence the name, giving it a very nice distinguishing characteristic. Explaining the magnetism is not easy but here is a go at it. Remember, electricity produces magnetic fields just as magnetism produces electric fields. Magnetite is a member of the spinel group which has the standard formula A(B)2O4. The A and B represent usually different metal ions that occupy specific sites in the crystal structure. In the case of magnetite, Fe3O4, the A metal is Fe +2 and the B metal is Fe +3; two different metal ions in two specific sites. This arrangement causes a transfer of electrons between the different irons in a structured path or vector. This electric vector generates the magnetic field.


Hornblende is actually the name given to a series of minerals that are rather difficult to distinguish by ordinary means. The iron, magnesium and aluminum ions can freely substitute for each other and form what have been distinguished as separate minerals. The minerals are given the names Magnesio-hornblende, Ferrohornblende, Alumino-ferro-hornblende and Alumino-magnesio-hornblende. These minerals are obviously named for their chemistries although there is little to distinguish them in the field. The iron rich members of the series are a darker black and less likely to be translucent.

Hornblende is not often a collection mineral because good crystals are somewhat difficult to find even though the mineral is widespread. It is almost always opaque and black and not very attractive. However a few specimens are extraordinary and make for valuable specimens. Some crystals can grow to a fairly large size of several feet long and nearly a foot across. Other specimens of hornblende can be acicular clusters or needle thin crystal aggregates. Many times a specimen of a more valuable mineral will be accented by the opaque black crystals of hornblende.

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Making up for lost time

I realize that I've really dropped the ball on the "mineral porn" so here's some catch up work.


Sulfur, which is given a bad reputation because of its odor, can make a very beautiful mineral specimen, and fine quality examples are much sought after. The unmistakable deep yellow color is not matched by any other mineral and the nicely shaped crystal forms of sulfur add to its attractiveness. As for the odor, this occurs when water mixes with the sulfur and a small amount of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas is produced. Although only small amounts of H2S form from just moisture in the air, it is a powerful odor producer and is the dominating contributor to the odor of rotten eggs. Rest assured, though, that most specimens of sulfur, when kept dry, do not emit a strong odor and this is not difficult for collectors of fine sulfur specimens to ensure.



When someone lists the most famous gemstones such as diamond, topaz, aquamarine, emerald and garnet, corundum does not usually get mentioned. However, its two varieties are sure to be on any list of gemstones. The red variety of corundum is known as ruby and all the other colors of corundum are known as sapphire.

Corundum is the second hardest natural mineral known to science. The hardest mineral, diamond is still four times harder than corundum. The hardness of corundum can be partially attributed to the strong and short oxygen-aluminum bonds. These bonds pull the oxygen and aluminum atoms close together, making the crystal not only hard but also quite dense for a mineral made up of two relatively light elements.

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Tuesday, July 03, 2007

My head is about to explode

Today was my physics final. Today, I also finished a project that has been on me like a ton of bricks for the last 3 weeks.

For the last little while, I know that my posting has dropped off. It hasn't been that I haven't had anything to say (perish the thought, Lord knows I'm a loudmouth) I just haven't had any time to say anything. I intend to correct that. Just not right now.

I won't know what I got in my physics class until later but as long as I pass I really don't care. Seriously, I could give a rats ass. One has to lower the standards when one works 40hrs a week and then puts in an additional 30 hours of overtime in before studying, but until school pays the bill thats just how it has to be. So to make sure we're all on the same level: GPA's don't transfer.

So my plan, for tonight, is to maybe go look at getting a new car, to watch "Anchorman", which I've never seen but everyone swears that I would love, and to make suggestive, thinly veiled advances at my wife while sipping Jim Beam.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Jessica >= Scarlett

See guys... my ways aren't set in stone.

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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

The biggest PSA I have done EVER!!!!!

Sometimes, just sometimes, a man discovers something in a place that he would never expect to find anything and he says "holy crap!" That's right. He actually stops and audibly says "Holy" followed by "crap." It's that damn big.

Yesterday was one of those moments. I was in the car and I was talking to my wife and she told me something that almost made me wreck the car into SUV in front of me in sheer joy too vast to allow a man to touch the breaks because there ain't no stopping us now.

She was telling me that while watching a chick daytime show, called Rachel Ray, that there was this doctor on there to talk about curing and preventing cellulite. As dudes, we know this as "cottage cheese." Women know it as "the evil that must be fought at all costs." Therein lies the greatness. It's something that both sexes are against.

So how do women stop, or prevent, cottage cheese butt/thigh/leg? My wife told me and I almost died.

Straight from the Dr's mouth and Rachel Ray's site:
Dr. Lionel Bissoon, author of The Cellulite Cure, stops by to debunk some of the myths about cellulite and to pass along information on a new technique he says can get rid of it.

The three Cellulite myths:
Myth #1: Only overweight women have cellulite
"Ninety percent of women have cellulite," says Dr. Bissoon. "Everyone thinks that overweight women have the most cellulite but it's the exact opposite: Thin women have the worst cellulite. Men get cellulite too, about five percent of men get it. The youngest guy I've treated was 21."

Myth #2: Exercise can burn off cellulite
"Between 25 and 35, estrogen is going down and that's when the cellulite starts to show its ugly face," says Dr. Bissoon. "The other cause is lifestyle. Exercising helps, but it's not going to take away cellulite. It will just work on prevention."

Myth #3: What's underwear got to do with it?
"Elastic is like a tourniquet," Dr. Bissoon explains. "It goes across the buttocks and cuts off circulation, causing dimples. These things are absolutely bad for you. Throw the grandma panties away! Get lace, no elastic. The lace across the groin is perfect -- no tight elastic. To prevent cellulite at night, sleep naked."
Every married man in America, here is the direct link to that. Print it and stick it on every piece of underwear that isn't a thong or lacy. Burn your wife's "comfy bedtime sweats." Your saving her from the evils of cellulite.

You can thank me with currency. I don't mind.

My work here is done.

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Conversations with my Mom: Or "Why I'm so much cooler than the 'normal' kids"

IM recieved at 10:25 this morning from my mother:
Alba or Beil?
IM replied to Mother, via cell phone:
Biel, hands down
Later Phone call:

Me: SO why the Biel or Alba question?

Mom: I was just curious what you thought. I just don't see Alba as "sexy."

Me: Sure. Not to take anything away from Alba, because she's hot but it's not in a "sexy" hot. Biel's sexy is erotic. Alba might be a freak, but you know Beil is a freak.

Mom: Yeah, Alba is too "little girl" cute.

Now, how many of you rate chicks with your mom?

See? My mom kicks ass.

In a related vein, I have a new contraversy for the educated FIU reader.

Danica Patrick



or

Milka Duno



or

Sarah Ficher


Debate!

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Official Seal Generator

I found a fun new toy here.

It allowed me to make this:


Awesome.

Consider this a 'caption' contest of sorts. Let's see what you guys have...

All you guys and gals with blogs consider this a challenge. If you don't have a blog, the site will allow you to host it on Image Shack. Shoot a link to the address in the comments.

Update:
Let me add my Rob Submissions for reference

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Friday, April 20, 2007

Topical discussion

So the other day, I'm having a conversation with a friend and in the middle of it his phones buzzes indicating that he has a message. While talking, he checks it, pauses and laughs. I ask him "What?" He informs me that his wife just sent him a picture of her, as we say in Texas, "buck naked." It seems that she was making the point that he shouldn't make plans that night.

This kind of touched off a discussion between us and I was wondering what the FIU bloggers take on the subject is.

My contention is that since the advent of digital imaging, and therefore the lack of need for development, more people are taking naked pictures of themselves, making movies of themselves and feeling less restrictive about showing them because they can actually be done privately.

He thinks that increase in popularity of porn is the key factor in the increase in people doing this, not the availability of technologies that allow people to discreetly send these images.

I feel that my position has merit because it was a picture that she obviously didn't intend to share with anyone other than him, as opposed to porn, which is for public consumption.

He countered with the fact that porn has made people feel that taking naked images of yourself for the purpose of enticing is more acceptable.

SO, naked pictures... home made movies... personal porn....?

I know that you guys and gals have to have opinions on that. Discuss.

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Friday, March 02, 2007

Friday's Mineral porn



Native Silver
Formula: Ag
System: Isometric Colour: Silver-white, tarnishes ...
Lustre: Metallic Hardness: 2½ - 3
Name: From Old English "seolfor", original meaning lost; Latin "argentum", silver.
Copper Group

Silver is used in jewelry, tableware, coins, scientific equipment and in photographic processes. Silver tarnishes black with a surface layer of Acanthite, especially when placed in proximity to sulphorous compounds. It is primarily found as a constituent of hydrothermal veins. It is often found associated with copper. Unlike Gold it is soluble in any oxydizing mineral acid.

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Friday, February 16, 2007

Friday's Mineral porn



CHALCANTHITE
Chemistry: CuSO4 - 5H2O, Hydrated Copper Sulfate.
Class: Sulfates
Group: Chalcanthite
Uses: A minor ore of copper, various chemical uses and as mineral specimens.

Chalcanthite loosely translated from the Greek means copper flower. An apt name for this attractive mineral. Synonyms include "blue stone" and "copper vitriol".

Taste is a test that is used for some minerals such as halite and can be used on chalcanthite. Chalcanthite has a sweet metallic taste that is distinctive. However, it is not recommended as a test to be done casually for as was stated, chalcanthite is poisonous! If it is necessary, use a tip-of-the-tongue technique to minimize the risk.

Chalcanthite is one of only a few water soluble sulfate minerals. This fact drives much of what is interesting about this mineral. It forms in the near-surface secondary oxidation zone of copper deposits usually late in the development of these deposits. Since it is so soluble, it may crystallize, dissolve and recrystallize again and again before the deposit is discovered.

In wetter regions, chalcanthite is not found in large amounts (originally), but in arid regions, such as in Chile, chalcanthite is a major ore. Any sulfate rich ground water that might leach out copper from other copper minerals, will crystallize chalcanthite when the water has a chance to evaporate. In many copper mines, chalcanthite is an ongoing precipitate forming blue encrustations, crystal aggregates and stalactites right on the sides of the mine's shafts.

It is this ease of crystallization that is the bane of natural chalcanthite crystals, at least with respect to mineral collectors. More often than not, excellent crystals for sale from mineral dealers are fakes or more specifically, artificially grown crystals from a solution of copper sulfate in someone's house or shop. If they are natural, they often have such a wonderful color, striking form and beautiful clarity, that they are then deemed too perfect to be real and thus regarded as fakes when they actually are not. What's a dealer to do?

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Friday, February 02, 2007

Mineral Porn: Vivianite



Just look at that crystal structure!

Chemistry: Fe3(PO4)2-(H2O)8, Hydrated Iron Phosphate
Class: Phosphates
Group: Vivianite
Uses: only as a mineral specimen
That's right, it's just for show!

Color is blue, green and colorless, darkens upon exposure to light.
Luster is vitreous.
Transparency crystals are transparent to translucent.
Crystal System is monoclinic; 2/m
Crystal Habits include radiating clusters of prismatic, acicular, or fiberous crystals. Also earthy and encrusting masses. Often lines the inside of fossil shells.
Cleavage is perfect in one direction.
Fracture is splintery.
Hardness is 1.5 - 2.
Specific Gravity is approximately 2.6+ (average for translucent minerals)
Streak is white or bluish green.
Associated Minerals are siderite, sphalerite, quartz and some secondary ore deposit minerals.
Other Characteristics: thin crystals are flexible.
Notable Occurances include Maryland and Colorado, USA; Russia; Ukraine and England.
Best Field Indicators are color and reaction to light, flexible crystals and crystal habit.

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Monday, January 15, 2007

The great (sic) Dallas winter storm of 07

(Some of you that read this blog are either from here have been here and can therefore attest that I speak the truth. Other's of you will laugh and cajole because you live in other climates and find these stories to be insanely funny. However, this is truthfully how it is in Dallas during an ice storm. In particular, this ice storm.)

The mere threat of incoming ice had quelled the street traffic since Saturday. Saturday night, while on a date with my wife, we noted the 2 occasions where we had lost traction on overpasses.

The problem with ice storms in Dallas is that, and this confuses many who get winter weather regularly, is that we have no "true" winter here. We have a glorified, very cold fall. I can count the times that it has snowed in Dallas in my life on two hands. You see, we don't get snow. The weather here follows the same pattern almost every time.

Usually, we get a cold front. One that drops the temp to around 30. Then comes the freezing rain, sleet or ice pellets. Normally, they melt on impact through the day. At night, however, the temperature drops and the ground, which has cooled throughout the day, freezes the water on the ground to form ice. Add some more freezing rain and sleet and you get a great deal of ice buildup.

More people up north see the news about the ice paralyzing the south and laugh. (We don't mind, we laugh at your 85-90 degree heat waves.) "HA HA." In our defence, we do have a lot less experience with it. However, I've had a few guys I played hockey with that were from Canada tell me that, despite the over reaction and the exceptionally poor winter driving skills we have, the roads in the ice storms do suck. "You can drive on it, but you have to know what you're doing and the people around you have to know what they are doing. In Dallas, too few of you have any idea of what the other guy's doing and that's the problem."

I agree. It's almost as if people pick a safe constant speed to drive in the ruts formed by other drivers and wait to come to the bridges to clamp their ass cheeks, tag the breaks and turn the wheels. Almost like lemmings and a cliff, they rush to slam on their breaks on the only truly dangerous part of the trip where there is no traction. I tried to explain it to my wife once, if your going 40 mph across the bridge, where you have no traction, only takes maybe 3 second to cross. If you don't change speed or direction inertia says that you wheels have no real reason to slip. However if you slow down for it, to say 10 mph, it takes 12 second to cross. You have less inertia and the grade of the ground has more influence to make you slip.

It works in theory, but with everyone hitting their breaks ON THE BRIDGE IN THE ICE, then you do skid and you do slide and everything is bad. Very Bad.

Today was one of those days. It took me more than an hour to get to work, a 25-30 minute drive, which sucked. Not do to ice, but do to idiots on the road.

Now, in order to not be all bitter, here is the best think about winter in Dallas.
People have no idea how to dress for it.


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Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Milla Jovovich

I thought I should make a splash in my return to FIU blogging.

So here is a photo of one of my latest fave's, Milla Jovovich.


Now, your Milla-age may vary, but I just finished watching Ultraviolet last night, and the only things that saved the movie to any degree were the kewl special effects, and Milla's spandex/latex/PVC covered bod. Other than that, it was quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen, maybe even worse than Napolean Dynamite.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Because Ken At Second Breakfast Wanted to See This



In honor of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

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