2008 Mistletoe Run

My first half.

13.1 Miles
2:11:21
10:01/mile
Temp 34

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205:

Why the bailout plan is bad

"If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale."
-- Thomas Jefferson

The real credit crisis...

"I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." -Woodrow Wilson, after signing the Federal Reserve into existence

Ardmore 5k 2008

23:38
7:38/mile

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205:

The Stock Market is broken...

I believe we have reached a point in which hedge fund and institutional investors completely dictate Wall Street.

I don't have any research to prove this yet, but I have common sense, and it is telling me that things aren't adding up. Couple that with the government thinking it needs to keep free enterprise from failing and you have a complete disaster. The market can never correct itself if our government can step in a will and save companies they choose.

I didn't live through the depression but I now understand why folks who did, do the things they do.

One might say get all your cash and hold it. However, you will still lose money due to inflation, so it is really a lose lose situation.

Sprite Dunk Contest: T-Dub!!!!

http://accbasketballrecruiting.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/sprite-dunk-contest-video/#comment-537

Gov. Palin and Katie Couric SNL skit, classic!!!!

Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin -McCain and his relationship with Fannie May and Freedie Mac

Watch CBS Videos Online

Bailout is financial equivalent of the Patriot Act

No way to paraphrase this, something is wrong with the bailout plan. The article below points out some of the issues we are not being told.

http://www.infowars.com/?p=4804

Angels Race NC 2008 - Sprint Triathlon

Mens Results:
127 of 247

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205:


http://www.angelsrace.com



Bike finish, I was done...


Close to the finish...


Gave the boys 5 when I came by...


The Nikon D80 is crazy clear.

ProFlex 854, one of the first full suspension bikes made

I got this from a neighbor a year or two ago who had it in an outside building. He nor I knew anything about it at the time. It was in great condition, just needed tires as they had dry rotted. It still had the originals, barely used. I also had to replace the MCU springs(yellow bushing, which were a bitch to find). They crumbled into nothing when I sat on it. Its a kickass bike and very light.

Link to magazine articles about it:
http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1448

Specs:
http://www.bikepedia.com/quickbike/BikeSpecs.aspx?Year=1994&Brand=ProFlex&Model=854&Type=bike

Incredible Play At The Plate

Incredible Play At The Plate - Watch more free videos

Can kids teach themseleves? Sugata MItra thinks so...

"Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer, deserves to be."
- David Thornburg

I'm rolling again, 03 Land Rover Discovery SE7

TED - Brian Cox talks about his work on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN

Visit the actual TED page and see all the comments.

Do schools kill creativity?

How light works!?

Thunder Jam/Carolina Clash with the boys

I took Saylor and Sylas to Thuder Jam again this year. They loved it! The jet truck was insanely loud, hot and fast. The Pro-Mods were the most entertaining. Saylor liked the regular drag cars the best. Sylas liked the "Cool Bus". The weather was nice and we stayed until 9:30PM! They both fell asleep on the way home.

HACKING'S HOLY GRAIL may have been achieved

There is no way to paraphrase this. Just read the blog post below about Albert Gonzalez, who the Department of Justice accuses of being the alleged ringleader of things that will make you shiver.

Just know that your credit/debit card information is never safe, so there is not need to worry about it. Just live your life and enjoy your conveniences. Let VISA deal with it.

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/08/could-a-hacker.html

Large Hadron Collider Safety Facts

To date, Dr. Otto E. Rössler is the most notable scientist to have the courage to speak out about the potential dangers of running the CERN Large Hadron Collider.

Here is his state of the union:
http://www.lhcfacts.org/

My M3 has been officially totaled....so long

Specs:
1998.5 M3 80K miles
Mid year production so it had all 1999 upgrades
Metallic Silver Exterior
Grey Leather Interior
Heated seats
1999 Rear Seat Head Rests
1999 3 Spoke Steering Wheel
LTW Forged Rims
Rear Spoiler
Moon Roof
Harmon Kardon Radio w/ 6 disc changer
100% stock

Before I got sandwiched:


After I got sandwiched:

CERN announces start-up date for LHC, sooner than I am ready for...

Geneva, 7 August 2008. CERN¹ has today announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be made on 10 September.

How did we get here? Two possiblities...

The Large Hadron Collider, this is old news however...

if you have never heard of this, you need to. This could be the beginning to the end or the end to the beginning. Either way, I think they are playing with fire.

http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/LHC-en.html

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Everyone should see this at least one time!

Beat the Heat 5k 2008

Results:
190 of 444
25:34 08:14/mile

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205:

Excellence Triathlon 2008

As always I used my Garmin Forerunner 205: