Month: February 2013

49ers? Ravens? Either way life goes on. Be safe and smart.

The White House releases the image of Obama with a gun… Republicans mock, some Democrats shocked. But the Administration put an official government warning on the photo: Do. Not. Photoshop.

That warning hasn’t stopped freedom of speech from marching on. As a matter of fact an explosion or irrelevant and mocking hilarity has ensued on the Internet and especially Twitter..

Did the White House really think telling people online not to make a joke of a president would be an action treated seriously by the masses, the sarcastic asses?

Take some time to read this thought provoking story on what you need to do to prepare your social media life for death.. In the stir, author Cheri Roberts reminds us:

More than 8000 FaceBook users die every day . That’s nearly three million a year, and they estimate that more than 30 million users have passed since its inception.

So it does become quite a conundrum.. Facebook and Twitter after death. Maybe it’s time to make a plan, as the Grim Reaper has few rules as to who he takes and when.

The White House has now released a photo of President Obama shooting a gun..

What did they think the reaction would be to this?

The White House was put in a position to defend the President’s statement that he shoots ‘all the time’.. So they had to go back to 2009 to find proof..

But should the Chief Executive be placed in a position to prove such a statement? Should his statement in fact even be news??

These are the bizarre and inane times we reside in.

NBC news reports: A former Navy SEAL who wrote “American Sniper,” a best-selling book about his lethal career as a marksman in Iraq, was shot to death with another man at a gun range near Stephenville, Texas, on Saturday.

So here are the gory details: Burger King in the UK has admitted that ‘traces’ of horse meat were present in its burgers.. Authorities insist there is no health danger to consumers.

At this point it only affects UK stores. But that may not matter for its reputation in this small technologically connected world..

Read the full UK Guardian right here. Nay.

‘Flight Director Jon Harpold said to Hale and others at the meeting, “you know, there is nothing we can do about damage to the TPS (Thermal Protection System). If it has been damaged it’s probably better not to know. I think the crew would rather not know. Don’t you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out?”‘
TEN YEARS LATER WE LEARN: NASA KNEW COLUMBIA WOULD NOT SURVIVE RE-ENTRY, BUT DECIDED NOT TO TELL THEM

Pennsylvanian fortune-telling groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees no shadow, therefore predicting an early spring..

In the end, I suppose the groundhog may be as reliable or more so than weather professionals ..

But I still find it ridiculous that people treat Phil with any seriousness .. I get that Penn State kids are mostly drunk at the event, and that it’s a traditional good time. But for people to believe that the groundhog does or does not see a shadow?? Seriously the people who take it seriously are nuts..

And if Phil predicting an early spring was even right, that isn’t great news. These days of earth changes, spring brings severe weather, tornadoes, and misery. Now that will just come earlier than before. Just great…
Thanks Phil for ruining my Saturday.

February 15: An asteroid flies by earth just 17,000 miles away from the planet..

Are you comforted by this NASA statement?: ‘2012 DA14 will definitely not hit Earth. The orbit of the asteroid is known well enough to rule out an impact’

I’ll be honest. I’m not.