DonQHoti - Thoughts, Quips and Assorted Stuff

[Click READ MORE to see full photo.] This picture is taken in infrared, not visible, light. What you are seeing is heat. It was taken from a satellite. The swirly stuff at the top is the Aurora. There is a black area, just right of center, about a quarter of the way up. That is Lake Michigan. The bright smear along the left side is Chicago and Milwaukee. At the bottom edge below and slightly left of Chicago is St. Louis. Left of St. Louis is Kansas City. Above and slightly left of KC is Omaha. Right of Omaha, and slightly up, is Des Moines. Above Des Moines are the Twin Cities. The big blob along the left edge, about a third of the way up, is western North Dakota. What's that hot out there? Well, that's where they are fracking for oil. When they frack they also get a whole bunch of natural gas. And they have so much excess to need, that they just burn about a third of it. That means carbon dioxide, and all the other stuff that comes from burning hydrocar...

My poor, poor mother: she had three boys within five years. This is what she learned: 1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house,   4 inches deep. 2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller   blades, they can ignite. 3. A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded   restaurant. 4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong   enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman   cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread   paint on all Four walls of a 20x20 ft. room. 5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When   using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times   before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way. 6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit   by a ceiling ...

July 15, 1998 Dear Dave, I don't remember for sure how much contact we had after your wedding, but I seem to recall an occasional letter for a couple years.  So I will start from February 1972 and outline what I have done since then in pretty broad strokes; each line could probably produce it's own story. I graduated from pilot training in June 1972 and was plowed back as a T-38 IP at Williams.  I went to Randolf for IP training in October and was back at Williams a month later permanently grounded medically.  I floated for a couple months and then connected with the Human Resources Laboratory there at Williams where I got into computer programming for flight simulator R&D.  We did some work that had impact on civil aviation as well as the AF. In January 1976 I went to Ramstein to a computer squadron that was in direct support of Allied Air Forces Central Europe.  I was totally unused for nearly eight months until a new commander came in and shook...

BAR CODE: Them's the rules for fightin down at the local tavern BUG: The reason you give for callin in sick BYTE: What them black flies do CACHE: Needed when you run outta food stamps CHIP: Munchies for TV CRASH: What you do when you go to Junior's party DIGITAL: Art of countin on your fingers DISKETTE: Female disco dancer DOT MATRIX: Old man Matrix's wife DOWNLOAD: Gettin the farwood offen the truck ENTER: " Northerner talk for ""Come on in, y'all!""" FAX: What you lie about to the IRS FLOPPY DISK: Whatcha get from carryin too much farwood HACKER: Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smokin HARD COPY: Pictures you look at when selectin a tattoo HARD DRIVE: Gettin home in wintertime INTERNET: Where cafeteria workers put their hair KEYBOARD: Where the keys to the John Deere are kept LAP TOP: Where the cat sits LOG OFF: Don't add no more wood LOG ON: Makin the stove hotter MAC: Bubba...

When I was small, there was no way anyone could have dreamed of such a thing let alone do it.  Of course they were all pretty much cut from the same bolt.  Individuality was pretty rare.  I don't mean that you could't tell 'em apart.  They all looked different, but once they started talking you knew.  If there had ever been a creative thought in one of those round heads it had been stomped to death the instant it saw the light of day. That was why I got out of there as soon as I could.  My head was shaped the same but man oh man what was in it sure didn't fit the neighborhood.  I don't mean that my thoughts are dangerous or anything, I just see things different.  Like it puzzles me that people tell me that I should obey the law but you can buy those radar detectors which are designed, built and sold expressly for the purpose of helping you to break the law by exceeding the speed limit.   Go figure.  If I ever asked anyone about t...

Four precepts of high self-esteem. 1.  People who have high self-esteem operate out of a sense of reality rather than fantasy.  They accept their places within this reality and are keenly aware not only of their external situations but also of their internal feelings and knowledge. 2.  People who operate with high self-esteem know how to alter their reality favorably through goals and purposes for their lives.  They are able to set goals that are realistic and establish plans and strategies whereby the goals can be achieved. 3.  People with high regard for themselves are able to set themselves apart from others.  They are willing to stand up for themselves.  They establish boundaries so that others do not infringe on their time, resources, energy, and physical being without express consent.  This does not mean that they are cold and standoffish.  They see themselves as integrally connected to but still separate from others. 4.  P...

Applying computer technology is the process of finding the right wrench to pound in the correct screw.

ACRONYM = Alphabetical Collection Representing Often Needed Yard-long Monikers

Hookt on fonicks werkt four me [You might have to be of a certain age to remember this.]

These are the motorcycles I owned back in the day . . . Yamaha 175 Husqvarna 250 Honda 750