Space Station Flyby

Fight Nite @ Tuti's

Fireworks Show

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This is actually an alligator but Holy Crocodile sounded better...can you see the subtle message in this alligator's scales?
  

I don't think I've been inside a church in years (holy water tends to burn my skin) but this one in Georgia sounds pretty cool...Cumming First United Methodist Church. And get this...their website domain name is....wait for it...

www.cummingfirst.com

(You know you wanna laugh!)

Being a Pepsi person I normally loathe Coke and their monopoly on the beverage industry but I seem to have found one instance where Coke is acceptable...
  

Sorry, Ritchie, but the pic below is the latest picture we have of you. We've used your high school photo in the past so we couldn't use that again, ya know? Anyway, hope you're having an awesome birthday!  Wish we were there to help you celebrate.   (Hi Steph!)

Happy Birthday wishes going out to Ritchie Brown today. Sorry I won't get to see you at Lakefest this year but be sure and have fun like you did in this Lakefest picture...

Kim put me up to this by the way!
   

The Space Shuttle returned safely to Earth yesterday and someone snapped this great photo of it before touch down. I wanna take a photo like this!

Two Islamic terrorists met in a busy restaurant after they had successfully snuck into the U.S. The first terrorist starts speaking to the other in Arabic. The second terrorist shushes him quickly and whispers: "Mohamed, Don't blow our cover. You're in America now. Speak Spanish!"

Courtesy of #1 JimmyPowell.com fan, Kim Wilborn

Let me preface this post by saying this is not an attack on everyday Catholics but rather the Vatican which I find completely and utterly evil in every sense of the word.

Pope Sidious I (a.k.a. Pope Benedict XVI) and his Vatican Sith Lords (a.k.a. Cardinals and Bishops) condemned Israel over the weekend for it's retaliatory attacks against Lebanon and Hezbollah terrorists.
    

Israel has been kicking some major ass for the past few days in response to unprovoked attacks and kidnappings by terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. I really hope Israel goes all the way and burns Beirut to the ground and retakes the Gaza Strip which they actually gave up in order to have peace with the Palestinians. Ironically, this is the thanks they get. The pull out of Gaza and Beirut and the terrorists launch missile attacks at them from the very pieces of land they voluntarily gave up.

I only wish the United States and our stupid ass president would back them up and hit Iran and Syria who are financing the terrorist groups. I mean, didn't we fight the Nazi's in World War II because they wanted to exterminate the Jews? Isn't that the exact same goal of virtually all Muslims and if so, what makes them any different from Nazi's? And why aren't we just destroying them all?

Our weekend could pretty much be summed up in one word: POOL!

• Friday Night - played in the pool until the sun set then chilled on the sofa having a few cold ones and watching the boob tube.

• Saturday - slept late, got up and got right into the pool where we spent the better part of the day. Watched a movie later that night.

• Sunday - slept late, lounged in the pool from 3-5pm. Had dinner, washed clothes from 6-8pm, got back in the pool around 8:30 til whenever.

I need to win the lottery so I can spend all day, every day lounging in the pool.

HOLMDEL, N.J., — For 44 years, a six-story, two-million-square-foot structure nestled here in a 472-acre exquisitely pastoral setting was a habitat for technological ferment. The vaunted Bell Labs, whose scientists invented the laser, developed fiber optic and satellite communications, touch-tone dialing and cell phones, modems and microwaves, was housed in this glass building, set far off the road, providing the community with some luster — not to mention a tax bonanza. But now, the building has been sold, and the public will be invited in for at least one date while it remains, which may not be much longer. The developer who will create a future for the property says the structure will have to be demolished.

Few outsiders have viewed its breathtaking scale or walked along the perimeters to admire displays of technological breakthroughs like a 1929 movie camera or an early office switchboard straight out of "Bells Are Ringing."

Sad to think that such a beautiful and historic place is going to be destroyed.

Click here to read the whole story.

It's no big secret that I'm a HUGE Whitesnake fan and one of my favorite rock songs of all time is In The Still of The Night which is why I cracked up when I found this video clip below. Some amateur comedian declares Still of The Night the best song ever written (I'm inclined to agree) and then proceeds to demonstrate why to the audience.   

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIAxNsYtNcA&search=whitesnake

Several things to note: (1) if you don't know who Whitesnake is you will totally not get this, (2) if you find the f-word offensive you probably shouldn't watch this and finally, (3) if you're at work, don't have your speakers too loud, especially if your boss is around.

If you want to see the original Still of the Night video, click here.

Not many jokes make me crack up laughing these days but this one certainly did. Enjoy...

The IRS decides to audit Ed, and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ed shows up with his attorney. The auditor says, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."

"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Ed. "How about a demonstration?"

The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead." Ed says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye." The auditor thinks a moment and says, "No way! It's a bet." Ed removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops.

Ed says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye." The auditor can tell Ed isn't blind, so he takes the bet. Ed removes his dentures and bites his good eye.

The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ed's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous. "

Want to go double or nothing?" Ed asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

Ed stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains with all his might he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ed's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.

"Are you okay?" the auditor asks Ed's attorney.

"Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Ed told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he could come in here and piss all over an IRS official's desk and that you'd be happy about it."

Courtesy of JimmyPowell.com fan, Shannon Powell.

We have a few potted cacti out by our pool and they've been blooming lately. The only weird thing is that they are only blooming at night. The buds stay closed all day and then open for one night only before closing and dieing. Different buds have been opening on different nights and I managed to snap a few shots of them the other night with the moon in the background. Certainly not my best photography but I was trying to shoot them in the dark of night with no lighting.

We headed to Tuti & Casie's house Saturday night to watch the Ultimate Fight and celebrate Mike's birthday with our west coast gang. The fight was a total rip-off (over in less than 2 minutes) but we still had fun hanging out and having a few cold ones. Here's a few pics from the evening...notice LT "sleeping" near the end.

The Space Shuttle was docked with the International Space Station last week and it passed over the South Bay on three separate nights last weekend. We went down to the beach on Friday to watch. It was the brightest spot of light in the sky with the exception of the moon and zipped across the sky at 25,000 miles per hour. It came out of the western horizon heading South-Southeast and was only in the sky for 2 minutes. Luckily, we knew just were to look and met up with some astronomy geeks who knew as well. It passed right under the moon and even though it was just a tiny spot of light it was kinda cool knowing that you could actually see the space station with the naked eye.

Obviously, I don't have the telephoto power needed to take a good shot of something so far away and moving so fast but I tried anyway.

I've been totally swamped lately so I haven't had time to update my site as you can tell but I'll try and get some updates up soon...

Mujibar was trying to get a job in India.

The Personnel Manager said, "Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job." Mujibar said, "I am ready." The manager said, "Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and Green."

Mujibar thought for a few minutes and said, "Mister manager, I am ready" The manager said, "Go ahead." Mujibar said, "The telephone goes green, green, green, and I pink it up, and say, 'Yellow, this is Mujibar .'"

Mujibar now works as a technician at a call center for computer problems. No doubt you have spoken to him.

Courtesy of #1 JimmyPowell.com fan, Kim Wilborn

The Redondo Beach Pier held it's annual 4th of July Fireworks Show last night and I decided to go photograph it. We staked out a pretty good spot on the beach below the pier and I captured a ton of great shots. Here are three of my favorite ones...