A little light reading

Last night I did some sifting through the net. Too bad most of it is like a cat box. I did find a little blog about some Hollywood mysteries. Yes.. The Bob Crane one was there and also Norma Jean and the Black Dahlia. What peaked my curiosity was the Natalie Wood murder. I didn't know Christopher Walken was on board the boat also.  Then there was the silent screen director who was on the lam, left wife and children on the East coast and popped up in the West. He was supposedly killed for narking on another actress's drug connection. And another one also on a boat had connections to Charlie Chaplin. As I said... lots of kitty litter all over. I think I will do some more cat box dissection tonight.

Tomorrow I am going to go out and help a friend get in the air. In a balloon. Yeah... Okay.. flap your arms.. run.. run faster! No. Hmm.. seems I say No a lot. Must be channeling my 2nd year alive.

Sunday its out to Fiesta field to meet up with the AAAA and maybe fly. The main thing is to get my balloon set up right and checked. After that maybe we will fly. I don't like flying from the Fiesta field. You ask why.
Here are the reasons.

When you launch from Fiesta field your going to go in one of four directions.

 North your going to the pueblo and a long day getting off. Not because of the Puebo itself.. but because it huge and you have to be escorted. East and your looking at the mountains and houses. South your looking at businesses until after the airport. West you have to get over Corrales to find a landing spot that isn't hiding horses. Each direction you must ascend to altitude of 1000 feet until your ready to land. Now I don't mind 1000 feet above the ground.. Its just terribly boring. Its great to use to get where you want to be or to have a look see but all in all the fun is close to the ground or in the river.

So.. its not that I don't like the area.. its that its restrictive. If the FAA ever got around to adjusting a certian FAR to include Hot Air Balloons as well as Helicopters I would be flying on that side a lot more. Confusing? Okay.. Here is how it goes. You as an aircraft must be high enough that if you lose your power plant ( IE engine ) you must be able to glide to a landing. Helicopters are set at 1 ft. (surfaceish )since if the are low its safer to land. Uh..... Duh for HAB's. If your one foot off the ground and you lose your burner.. hay.. you land! Wow! But the FAR has not been updated and its taking forever to get it through some bureaucrats skull. So there. I like flying on the West side where there is a bunch of open land to do touch and go's and generally fool around.

Enough talking.. Here are a few shots I "wide edited" today that I like. They give me ideas.

Blue Cathedral Rock.

487 Steam.

10 Cents.

49Duce!

Nob Hill House South.

Alien Crossing.

Yep. Lots to edit still to do... There are massive amount of ideas pinging around my brain. Got to get some to the printer.

Super Links.

I do add a tiny bit of salt to my coffee to cut the nasty taste. I like coffee but not black or without sugar or milk.. or a cup.

http://lifehacker.com/make-better-lemonade-with-a-pinch-of-salt-1264278277

A good blog on first world problems.. suck it up! I can add to these probably without end. What makes the section are the sad pictures for the background. They are hilarious.

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/21-first-world-middle-class-problems-people-actually-posted-on-twitter

The idea of a smart watch is so old .. and yes it states in the blog that it goes waaayyyyy back. Too bad they keep missing the point of the "Smart Watch". It should be primarily a watch, but also should be able to announce and or tone who is contacting you. That is one thing I liked about the blackberry. I could easily link a sound or song to a person or mail service or both. So when someone I want to know contacts me I know it and can answer it or if its someone I do not want to hear from I can ignore it and go on about my business without lifting and enabling my phone. There are apps out there to do such to your phone but most work sometimes and or not all the time. So I would buy a smart watch if it could allow me not to pick up my phone and turn it on all the time.

http://gizmodo.com/i-actually-really-want-a-smartwatch-1257227834

Last but no way least.. 25 memorable moments on television. Only two do I think worthy of the list. Mainly because of the impact and they were not massaged by the "mEDIA" ( say it like your saying Crap-weasels..and yes I meant to lower case the m in Crap-weasels )  1. 9/11 2. The American ice hockey team beating the Soviet team at the Olympics. 3. Lucy!

http://flavorwire.com/413227/the-25-most-memorable-moments-in-tv-history/view-all/

Nowadays the television is completely full of garbage. I know that you could swing a rabid monkey around a 10 by 10 foot room and hit a better idea for a show than 98 percent of whats on now. Maybe tomorrow I will make a list of show subjects. its Friday... go get a drink.