3...2...1...JUICE!

I'm about to fire up the old faithful JuicemanII and make a batch of fresh juice for the first time in several years. I was into it big time for several years until economic conditions put a halt to it. I never felt better than when I juiced. This won't be one of my usual long-winded posts (you're welcome) because I'm about to get on it and I'm excited. Today we'll be juicing carrot, celery, radish, dandelion, beets with greens, parsley, apple, ginger and a couple things I can't remember; all-organic of course. I'll be feeling like a million bucks in less than half an hour. That rocks. I'll be back with a report later, as soon as I finish leaping tall buildings in a single bound and outrunning locomotives and stuff. "To your very good health." - Keith Emerson

Quote of the Day

"What it is...is...this is what it is." - sung by Annette Peacock, from the song "Adios a la Pasada (Goodbye to the Past)" by Bill Bruford

Quote of the Day

"The best liars stick as close to the truth as possible." - anonymous

Binary a No-No?

A few days ago I posted this crazy screen capture from livemeteors.com to my YouTube channel. The site tracks incoming meteors, and it will also sometimes register other things, including solar and electromagnetic energy, the ISS, possible but unlikely local interference, etc. This shows an unknown energy source of massive proportions that's completely pegging the graph. It got a few comments. One of my friends commented that she couldn't see any of the other comments, and when I went to look they were gone. That's a tad unsettling.
 I couldn't even remember exactly what was said except that my friend Patrick was joking about having to repair his spacesuit or something and I said something about upgrading from duct tape to gaffer's tape (lol) but it was just a bunch of goofing.
 The comments, except for the one about comments not being visible, had been removed from public view but they were still in the dashboard so I pulled them up to see what I could have possibly said to have them taken down, and there it was. I'd sent Patrick a reply in binary. Maybe that sounds strange but he's an incredibly smart man with a great sense of humor. It was just a joke about being a robot. I just popped over to Google Translate and entered the first phrase that came to mind. No biggie. The ones and zeros themselves were the punchline and it wasn't necessary to even translate it back to text. What's the big deal? Was I supposed to be sending "secret code" to Patrick via YT comments? That's funny.
 As first I thought I'd said "Have a nice day" because I say that a lot but then I remembered I'd said "Heads-up." I meant keeping an eye out for meteors. Am I back in elementary school with my decoder ring? Then where's my cereal? If I actually wanted to send a secret message, how stupid would I have to be to use binary? Man. Is this a bit invasive? Yep. Is it creepy? Yes it is. Am I concerned for our children's future? You bet your ass I am. You should be too. No joke. 01001000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101110 01101001 01100011 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100001 01111001 00101110 00001101 00001010 00001101 00001010.

The Worst Jokes in the World #43,738, 793,279

So these two missionaries volunteer to go deep into the most remote and feared part of the jungle to stay with a tribe of headhunters. An uneasy alliance is formed with the elders. The tension is high, and the faint sound of drums in the distance only makes things worse. The drums start quietly but then they get louder and closer and build to a crescendo. One of them finally speaks. "Bad" said the elder. "What's bad?" said the missionary. "Bad...very bad" he repeated. "Drums..." he said. "Yes, drums. What else?" said the missionary. "Only means one thing." "What, man, WHAT?" said the missionary. "Bass solo!"

River

I couldn't guess how many times I've been to the Cahaba River since I started going as a kid, and even so when I see images like these I'm speechless. It's no wonder I come here. I'm very blessed.

Bad Jokes Coming True

NOTICE: This is NOT hate speech against the Chinese people or any volcanic activity. I hope we're clear on this. Thanks, lol.
 It was around ten years ago when I first "joked" about this in another blog. I'd been reading about the trade deficit and all the other stuff going on with China. I joked that pretty soon we'd have to change "USA" to "USA, XRoC." That's short for "Extension of the Republic of China." I was joking that the US would become a subsidiary of China and would have to change the name.
 Fast-forward a decade, and what do you know...so much has been done to try to equalize the imbalance, only without using actual money. All I can say is it is what it is. To try to illustrate the point would sound like fiction to most people; especially since when they hear something that's a bit out of their wheelhouse, they'll spend the next two minutes calling the source crazy and saying it must be wrong without any evidence whatsoever, rather than taking that same two minutes and looking it up for themselves, but most people think that their opinions somehow magically outweigh facts. That's just how things are. Apparently that is what it is too.
 Put it this way...although it's not on display yet, technically there's a new plaque for this iconic feature; one that's recognized worldwide as a major symbol of America. It reads: 老忠实. Have a nice day. :)