For What Its Worth with Steve and Dawn

Wow I can now update the blog from my ipod touch, this is so cool.

The fellow is very talented.

Lightening can hurt you! The good thing is that even though she got struck she was not hurt.

Because you insisted, here’s the unedited screaming version. I also added video from a minute before the lightning struck so you can get an idea of how hard it was raining. From what i understand, it went through my left hand holding the camera, crossed my back and exited out of my right hand holding onto the metal railing. No entry or exit wounds, just a really good zap!

We have been swamped with forest fires early this summer due to lightening storms, not good. This is what we see and breathe when going outside the house every day:

This is what the sun looks like through the smoke:

I’m a huge Jackie Chan fan and I admire the fact that he does his own stunts in his films. I saw this over at Extra Life, enjoy:

I need to thank Louis Le Prince whom in 1888 invented the time machine (Movie Camera). To bad the movie camera was not invented two thousand years ago, it would be amazing to view the history of the world in video format.

Walking the streets of New York in the 1920’s was putting your life on the line Also, you might get to see some famous people in this film, enjoy!

Who’s the famous person walking on the other side of the cab at about 3:10 into the video.

This guy is one tough cookie in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Picked up my kids from school today, and while driving by the gas station I saw that regular unleaded is now $4.46/gallon here. In my opinion we are being hit by a form of economic terrorism. There is no excuse as to why our country will not tap it’s own untouched oil deposits. Unfortunately, the U.S. has not built any new refineries in years, so even if this country began to drill it’s untouched areas, it may not have the refining capacity to meet the new flow of oil generated by the drilling in these new untouched areas of crude oil. Well back to the horse and buggy

I could go on and on about this subject, but I do not want to bore you with my tirade.

This has to be the sadness thing I have seen to date. Not only is the hit and run bad enough, but seeing people drive and walk by without assisting this poor man is just plain heartless and shameful. Heaven forbid, should anyone take time out of their day and render assistance to this victim. Where has the heart of “man” gone?

The video is shocking but there is no gore.

Watch the video at:
http://www.hartford.gov/Police/PR_2008/2008_06_04_TorresHitandRunPR_Video.htm

I really enjoyed this movie, this is how a super hero movie should be done in my opinion. The special effects were very good, but did not dominate the movie. I thought the character development when you have only two hours to do so, was done fairly well. I walked away from the movie satisfied and thoroughly entertained. Besides if Dawn likes it, and she did, then it has to be good. Go see it, I think it’s a good date movie, well at least for old farts like Dawn and I. Did I say Dawn was old? No.. I mean.. I’m old and she’s beautiful.