Gender: male Date of Birth: November 18, 1962 Member Since: July 15, 2007 Last Signed In: January 06, 2009 Profile Views: 571 Blog Views: 1235 Soaring in the Snow Space Shuttle Sighting Opportunities New Comments Lag Time The Year is Ending Soon...Time for Resolutions Where would you go? Pirate's Cove Beach Olympic Events Constellation: The Moon and Beyond Return to the Moon July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 
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Soaring above snow covered mountains in a glass glider is a wonderful way to celebrate the Holiday Season. It's just you and the atmosphere, working together to stay aloft as long as you can. But, in the end, the Grinch (gravity) always wins. Happy Holidays everyone.
If you would like to watch the Space Shuttle and International Space Station pass overhead, go outside at the following days and times: Friday, Nov 21 at 5:09 PM, look to the Southwest. You will see a very bright light moving rapidly up from the horizon. It will pass 78 degrees above the horizon, over your head, and disappear to the Northeast. It will take exactly 3 minutes to pass overhead. Again on Saturday, Nov 22 at 5:36 PM, this time at 25 degrees above the horizon, from West North West to North North East. You can see this easily with the naked eye...in my case the rest of me will be naked too...but I digress. Go outside and look! These are our Astronauts! This is how the 20 minute lag time makes me feel. It has to come up sometime. New Year Resolutions. What are the things you want to change about yourself, your life, your community? Of course, there are the standard 3: Lose 10 pounds, Stop Smoking, Get a Better Job...what do you really want to do in 2009? I'll start it off: 1. Lose 10 pounds. Hey, I gotta do that one! 2. Cook more. Stop eating processed foods. Sub goal...get my cholesterol below 150. 3. Take more time off and get out of town...to one of my favorite beaches or resorts. 4. Fly sailplanes more often. I really love it, but I barely fly enough to stay current. I would like to take on a few students, if possible, being an instructor in them too. 5. Try more varieties of beer. I get stuck on the same old brands. Note, this conflicts with resolution 1. Just means I'll have to work at it harder. Anyone else wish to make their goals known? Don't worry, we wont hold you to them. When you really want to get away from it all, where do you go? What is your ultimate vacation destination? If money and time were no issue, where would we find you and what would you be doing? Once again, Pirate's Cove Beach, our "local" clothing optional beach getaway is being threatened. This time, it may be serious. The article linked below explains the "plans" for Pirate's Cove, but also shows the government's utter contempt and condescension toward the people who frequent this beach. The County says it wants a "family oriented" beach. Well, it is family oriented. Many families go to Pirate's Cove, they just choose not to wear clothes on it. Why can't these textile "families" go to Avila or Pismo or any number of beaches in the area. Unbelievable. For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone feels the need to wear anything at all when sunning and swimming at any beach...but, they do, and they have plenty of "textile" beaches to do it on. It all comes down to people forcing their "morals" on others. It's this kind of crap that makes us look like a bunch religious dolts to the rest of the world. I have met people from France, Germany, Spain, Russia, Japan, Canada, Great Brittan, Australia and one guy from Austria on that beach. In my conversations with them, they told me that this was normal in their countries, as natural as breathing. It was interesting to hear their reactions when I told them that people (our government) was constantly trying to close the beach...and all others like it...to clothing optional use. A woman from Germany told me something I will never forget. She said "America is not as free as she pretends to be." http://www.sanluisobispo.co...
The thought of debating religion and politics today makes me want to vomit. It's becoming boring and pointless. So, in an attempt to learn something about others here, I would like to pose the following question: What is your favorite Olympic event (summer or winter) and why? Do you play that particular sport, and did you ever have dreams of competing in the Olympics? We are going to the Moon, then to Mars...and then where? What an exciting time to be alive. The link below will take you to an amazing video, showing you just how far we have gone, and how soon we are going. Please watch this video and tell me what you think about our new American adventure. Use the second link. http://anon.nasa-global.edg...>http://www.nasa.gov/multime... I'm sure everybody knows this, but for those who haven't heard, we're going back to the Moon. The new program is called Constellation, and is returning to a capsule design, abandoning the Space Shuttle concept. At first, I was disappointed that we were going backwards, returning to 1960's technology. But looking at the advances we have made in computers, materials and structural design, I realize now that there is nothing old here at all. This is a whole new ball game. It's bigger, better and more capable than ever before. We are going to have a good old "splash down" again, but without the splash. The new capsule will most likely drop onto the lake bed at Edwards AFB or the open spaces of White Sands New Mexico. Here are some links that take you to the near future of our space program: Click on the second link http://anon.nasa-global.edg...>http://www.nasa.gov/multime... Mission home page: http://www.nasa.gov/mission... Multimedia page: http://www.nasa.gov/mission... Scroll down the multimedia page to find: Return to the Moon-The Journey Begins. If you don't get goose bumps watching this video, well, check your pulse. You must be dead.
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