LITTLE BIG HORN - George and Joel Heading East

George and Joel reports - Aug 22 - 9 AM

We are slowly headed east as we left Glacier this past Sunday which is located in the NW corner of Montana.   We had stops in one of the cleanest city we have seen on this trip: Ft. Benton.  It has so much history that it was difficulty to leave but as we have committed to stops in Chicago and Cincinnati on certain dates we had to leave.

ALABAMA's Newest Library Science Professor

Melissa graduated from FSU last year. She is now a new professor at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

PATERNO - Joe Posnanski - Book Review Posted Above

I remember writing book reports back in the old red brick Tamaqua Junior High School on the banks of the Schuylkill River. I will be writing another shortly.

Last night - Amazon downloaded Joe Posnanski's new book - Paterno - onto Lulu's Kindle. It cost $14. I will have to wait my turn.

FORT BENTON Montana - Dawson's on a Camping Trip

George and Joel Dawson are far from home.

Our neighbors - George and Joel are on a camping trip. They are traveling in a Volkswagen van pulling a small utility trailer. They spend some nights in hotels - other nights in their tent.

FSU LATE NIGHT LIBRARY SIGN - Auction on Ebay

Late Night Library Sign with Harry - Wayne - and Dave

Thousands "studied" at the Late Night Library, a bar just off the Florida State University campus in the 1980s and 90s. To preserve its "memory," the Friends of FSU Libraries is auctioning off the sign, completely framed and backlit, ready to hang.  Pictured with the sign is Harry Everhart (left), who stood between it and a bulldozer to rescue it for posterity, Wayne Wiegand (center) Friends President, and David Powell (right), retired FSU Law Professor who built the frame and backlit the sign.  Bidding on eBay starts at $1,000 on Sept 5th., and ends at 10 P.M. September 21st.  All proceeds go to an FSU Library endowment fund FSU President Eric and wife Molly Barron established last spring.

BRIGHTON BEACH - We Went Here About 10 Days Ago

I just looked up the current water temperature - 50 degrees in August.

The beach was covered with rounded pebbles. No worry about getting sand in your swimsuit or shoes.

The pier extended almost a half mile out into the English Channel. Lots of great beach food - rides - and carnival stuff. Lulu bought cotton candy - she says it is the best in the world - crunchy.

On one of our side trips from London - Lulu and I went to Brighton Beach. Brighton is an old fashion holiday resort town. Queen Victoria had a palace there. Just like everyone in Tamaqua went to the Jersey Shore when we were kids - everyone in London goes to Brighton Beach if they want to swim in the ocean.

We took the train from Victoria Station on a one hour jog south. When you got to the train terminal - it was just a few blocks walking to the beach.

The beach has no sand - just pebbles. The water is very cold - 50 degrees compared to 85 in Gulf here in Florida. It did not stop the locals from swimming - the very white locals with blue lips.

Lulu had fish and chips at this restaurant right on the "sand"

This was Queen Victoria's Pavilion. Some say she spent too much time here. 

Hail to the ENVIRONMENTALISTS

George Will of The Washington Post wrote -

Forty years after “The Limits to Growth” imparted momentum to environmentalism, that impulse now is often reduced to children indoctrinated to “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” Lomborg calls recycling “a feel-good gesture that provides little environmental benefit at a significant cost.” He says that “we pay tribute to the pagan god of token environmentalism by spending countless hours sorting, storing and collecting used paper, which, when combined with government subsidies, yields slightly lower-quality paper in order to secure a resource” — forests — “that was never threatened in the first place.”

My comment - I did not write this - but I wish I did. Sometimes George Will Is Right On - Even A Stopped Clock is Right Twice a Day.

MACHINE RAGES AGAINST PAUL RYAN

Republican Vice Presidential Candidate

From The Huffington Post

Paul Ryan has previously cited Rage Against the Machine as his favorite band, but the group's guitarist isn't returning the niceties. In a blistering op-ed published Thursday night on Rolling Stone's website, Tom Morello blasts Mitt Romney's new VP choice as "the embodiment of the machine our music rages against."

In painting Ryan as antithetical to progress, Morello compares the Congressman's appreciation of RATM to Charles Manson's love for The Beatles and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's liking for Bruce Springsteen.

CARBON DIOXIDE - At Its Lowest Level In 20 Years

Natural Gas Fracking Well in Pennsylvania

Harry Wrote - 

Carbon Dioxide is a pretty harmless gas. It is produced by our body in our breath. It is also the product of burning - whether is be wood - coal - natural gas - gasoline - diesel fuel. Scientist called it a Greenhouse Gas. The more carbon dioxide in the air - the more the earth's atmosphere traps sunlight heat in - causing global warming. 

In the past I have been an advocate burning coal as a major fuel in our country. We have more coal than the Arabs have oil. We are able to make coal into a type of gasoline for autos. We can heat our homes and factories with coal cheaply. But coal adds more carbon dioxide into the air than natural gas. 

FSU FOOTBALL - Mark Stoops - The Future Can Wait

From Today's Tallahassee Democrat

Stoops wants to be a head coach, but in no rush

“I’m not worried about that whatsoever — the when and where and why. I’m just worried about right now and helping this team win. And that’s the truth.”

MARK STOOPS

By Corey Clark 

This much was certain after Mark Stoops concluded his 25-min­ute press conference with the local media recently.

The Florida State defensive co­ordinator wants to be a head coach someday, but he’s not going to take just any job.

“I‘m in a great situation,” said Stoops, who is considered a rising star in the profession.“I’m in a situ­ation where it’s one of the top coor­dinator jobs in the country. We have great players. Coach (Jimbo Fisher) has a fantastic structure. It gives me the ability to coach these guys and be successful. I mean, what else can you ask for? So it’s a great situation here.”

JOHN ORLANDO - On Romney's Tax Returns

Daytona Beach News-Journal

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Release the returns

Previously John Edwards, a Demo­crat, ran as a candidate to become his party’s nominee for president. He did this in spite of knowing he had fathered an illegitimate child. Had he been elect­ed and then this story was revealed, he would have created turmoil beyond be­lief — a situation that would have caused immeasurable harm to the pre­sidency and, in all likelihood, his resig­nation or impeachment. When I learned of this, along with the rest of the United States, I was incensed with his arro­gance and disregard for the well-being of our country.

IPADS - Selling Like Crazy

 

Steve Jobs introduced the iPad.

At the London Olympics - Apple gave out these little jewely quality iPad and iPhone pins.

When Apple made the first iPads - the critics went wild. They had very few specifics to complain about so they chose to mock the name as if it were a new feminine product. Apple created a completely new niche product - and in a couple short years - Americans can't do without it.

BLOG FORMAT - How Do You Like My New Web Page Format?

If you are a regular reader - you have noticed I have changed my web page layout.

This chart shows where my readers are from the last week.

I use the free web server called blogger.com - a service owned by Google. I have been posting my web page faithfully with them for 7 years. There has never been a charge nor a hint of one coming. If you like - you can post ads on your page and make money that way - but I have resisted. You would get paid my the number of "hits" on your ads. Hits is the name of the game in modern media. One day I got 1800 hits when I wrote a story about Elian Gonzalez - the Cuban custody battle boy.

LONDON - Last Picture Before Coming Home

We took the Tube to Heathrow Airport. Lulu made a feverish attempt to put her remaining pound notes to good use. 

As we were taxing out to the runway - I noticed this strange craft in front of Virgin Atlantic's service building. It did not take too long to realize it was a composite dummy airplane that is used by emergency crews to practice fire fighting and rescue work. The front looks like a Boeing 747 - the back looks like a DC-10 - and the wings look a bit like a Boeing 767. Notice the burn marks on the body from practice fires.

Since the plane looks pretty permanent there - I can imagine getting ready for takeoff and seeing that plane burning away with people jumping out of it. Gotta love those Brits.

LONDON SIGN - Moon Beever

This place was just down the street from our apartment. See Lulu.

LONDON - Transportation During the Olympics

Typical London Red Bus - that is a sweet ride in the top front seat.

Typical London Black Cab - seats 5 in the back.

From London Transport - During the Games - the subway Tube carried over 60 million passengers - an increase of 30 per cent compared to last year - that’s more passengers than at any time in the 149 year history. The local DLR trains carried over 6 million passengers - an increase of over 100 per cent compared to last year and London Overground trains carried almost 6 million passengers - an increase of 47 per cent compared to last year. Again - that’s more passengers than ever before. Traffic on the roads kept flowing and buses coped well.

CAR OF THE DAY - Routemaster Diesel Hybrid

This is the NB4L - New Bus For London - Routemaster

The bus has 3 doors - front - middle - back. Note the Wenloc statue in foreground. Wenloc is the symbol for the London 2012 Olympics.