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Wednesday, 2/06 --
Hey, all you ashed ones. It’s Ash Wednesday. “Did you, the listener, hear about the Catholic escaped convict who gave himself up for Lent?”
If JC were to die yesterday due to a lake in the middle of highway 40 & because of all the election coverage, then he would be on page two of the paper.
One inch of rain is about ten inches of snow.
Laurie got a call from John McCain’s spouse. They have something in common – both are younger, hotter second wives.
Oh btw, it is not Laurie’s wedding anniversary today. But happy anniversary to my wife’s friends John & Laurie.
People don’t die from their home microwaves because the waves are smaller than the mesh on the door. Think of it like a screen door. The Center for UFO Studies was started by the late Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who was a professor of astronomy at Ohio State University, and later, chairman of the astronomy department at Northwestern University. During the 1950s and 1960s, he served as the astronomical consultant to the United States Air Force's Project Blue Book.
Essentially, his responsibility was to determine whether there was an astronomical explanation for a UFO sighting. Professor Hynek would study a UFO report and decide if its description of the UFO suggested a known astronomical object. That is, did the witness see the planet Venus or a meteor instead of a genuine UFO?
In 1972, Hynek published his classic book, The UFO Experience: A Scientific Study, in which he presented his categories for grouping UFO sightings and coined the phrase, "Close Encounters."
Close Encounters (the 1st three were coined by Hynek, the last two added later):
First kind – A sighting of one or more unidentified flying objects.
Second kind – An observation of a UFO, and associated physical effects from the UFO.
Third kind - An observation of what Hynek termed "animate beings" in association with a UFO sighting. Hynek chose the somewhat vague term "animate beings" deliberately, as it described the beings associated with UFOs without making any unfounded assumptions regarding the beings' origins or nature. Hynek did not necessarily regard these beings as "extraterrestrials" or "aliens", and in his 1972 book, he further expressed discomfort with such reports, but felt a scientific obligation to include them, at the very least because they represented a sizable minority of claimed UFO encounters.
Fourth kind – A human is abducted by a UFO or its occupants.
Fifth Kind – as well as coming into contact with alien beings the witness also achieves communication of one kind or another with those beings.
The abduction of Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker, also known as the Pascagoula Abduction is, after the Hill Abduction, among the best-known cases of reports of alien abduction.
The Onion Field is a 1973 nonfiction book by Joseph Wambaugh, a sergeant for the Los Angeles Police Department, regarding the kidnapping of two plainclothes LAPD officers by a pair of criminals during a traffic stop, and the subsequent murder of LAPD Officer Ian James Campbell.
Fire in the Sky is a movie about the November 5th, 1975 Alien abduction in White Mountains, Northeastern Arizona.
The four of us believe that “We are not alone.”
According to NASA: The Beatles are to become the first band to have an audience deep in space as NASA is to beam one of their songs to the edge of the universe. The Fab Four's song Across the Universe will enter the cosmos to mark the 40th anniversary of the day the group recorded the song as well as the 50th anniversary of NASA's founding and the group's beginnings.Transmission of the song will be aimed at the North Star, Polaris, which is located 431 lights years away from Earth. The song, transmitted at 19:00 EST (midnight GMT) on February 4th, will travel through space at a speed of 186,000 miles per second. For more, clicky.
In Contact, Ellie (played by Jodie Foster) & her colleagues spend the four years combing the skies until she detects a powerful signal of extraterrestrial origin coming from the star Vega composed of prime numbers, something which could not have happened randomly in nature.
Although it is commonly believed that dogs and cats see only in black and white, recent evidence suggests that animals may have some degree of useful color vision. The perception of color is determined by the presence of cone photoreceptors within the retina. These cone cells function in bright light conditions and comprise approximately 20% of the photoreceptors in the central retina of the dog. In humans, the central retina (macula) is 100% cones. Behavioral tests in dogs suggest that they can distinguish red and blue colors but often confuse green and red. Cats can’t see color, but can see in low light level.
On September 19, 2006, Concordia University officials announced that the university added Division III men’s and women’s hockey to its sports line-up for the 2007-2008 school year. Tony Hrkac was named the first men’s hockey coach in Concordia history.
Astronaut Alan Shepard hit some golf balls on the moon. He had modified the six iron to attach to the handle of the “contingency sample return,” which is NASA-speak for a spare shovel used to collect moon rocks. His first one-handed attempt was, by his own description, a “sand trap shot… got more dirt than ball.”
His second shot went for “miles and miles,” which is Shepard-speak for about 300 yards, give or take a football field. If you check out most video highlights of the event, you’d think that golf was the only ad-hoc sport played during Apollo 14.
The Blues’ Autism Awareness Night is Sunday, February 17 vs. Columbus.
To see Hollywood's most sincere-seeming celebs, clicky.
We have a Valentine’s Day promotion beginning on Wednesday. Daily prizes include the Chase’s famous Brunch at Eau Bistro; the grand prize includes an overnight stay. Today we told of foods we hate. I hate tomatoes & broccoli (& most veggies). Laurie hates anything that lives in the water. John hates mac & cheese. JC hates liver.
Dave’s also doing his spring weather special on Valentine’s Day.
It may look like an ordinary sports bra but in fact it is a bra composed of polyurethane bags that can be filled with your favorite alcoholic beverage or soda, and even comes with a straw! They also have a “beer belly” for guys. Here’s the images of the bra. Clicky for more.
And from Monday, Joe D let us know: “not to be picky, but you made an incorrect pulp fiction reference on monday. when jc asked you what a big mac was, you said "a royale". but in fact, the royale is the quarter pounder, as the "royale with cheese" is the quarter pounder with cheese. a big mac is a big mac but its "le" big mac. i expect better from you. :-)”
Joe, you are correct. I should have known better. If only someone would let me finish a complete sentence in my “Who’d We See,” then I could think clearly…
The JoY was “It’s a Republican World.” The F4 featured tickets to Rain at the Fox & Blue Man Group at Scottrade (3rd row!). The Vault was a cappela Beach Boys “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” Finally, Phil Collins video for “Take Me Home” features the Arch during a race.
Do Anything Stupid,
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