Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The last thing anyone needs is a Fag with a Bullhorn!

But nuthin's funnier than seeing a dude with a bull's horn shoved up his but!

That said, One must get the word out that things are a-changing!

Bill Lawson: Bob Dylan once wrote, The times, they are a-changin. Ron Burgundy had never heard that song.

You know Things really are changing! Here's how you know:

"Alternative" music actually was... and not popular Top 40 tunes.

"Celebration" by Kool & the Gang was one of the hot new songs when you first heard it at a school dance

"Poltergeist" totally freaked you out.

You owned a pair of Pixie Boots, generally worn with leg warmers.

Atari, IntelliVision, TelStar and Coleco were the ultimate gaming systems to own.

Chevy Chase was really funny in those Vacation movies.

Dungeons & Dragons was your favorite.

If you ever said "I pity the fool".

In many of your childhood photos you are wearing something plaid.

Jelly bracelets & shoes!

Leg warmers and headbands alá Pat Benatar once looked really cool to you.

Not that you'd do it personally, but body piercing captivates your attention

Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters on the top panel of the game -- to "reserve" your spot.

One word: Izod.

Ooh, you could crush a Grape!

Parachuting Action man was your favorite toy.

Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.

Pierce Brosnon will always be Remington Steele.

Poltergeist freaked you out.

Punks actually "shocked" people.

Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language

Shiny grey flecked suits.

Spend a majority of your time obsessing over how much better things were "back then".

The Dark Crystal is still one of your favorite movies.

The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna

The TV movie "The Day After" still scares the heck out of you.

There were at least three people in your school that voluntarily went by the names of "Skip" "Buffy" "Muffy" or "Dexter."

There were days that the homework just had to wait until the ABC Afterschool Special was over.

This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."

U2 is too "popular" and "mainstream" for you now, I saw them open for The Alarm and the ticket was $2.

When someone mentions two consecutive days of the week, the Happy Days theme is stuck in your head for hours on end.

You actually know who Rick Springfield is

You always wondered why Tootie always wore those skates.

You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"

You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."

You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.

You can't remember a time when "going out for coffee" DIDN'T involve 49,000 selections to choose from.

You can't remember a time when "hitting the outlet stores" didn't mean going to an electrical warehouse

You can't remember when the word "networking" didn't have a computer connotation to it as well

You carried you lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.

You ever dressed to emulate a person you saw in either a Duran Duran, Madonna, or Cyndi Lauper video.

You ever had a Swatch Watch, and a Swatch Guard for it.

You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.

You ever owned one of those embarrassing crimping irons.

You ever uttered the word "Radical!"

You had a crush on Bo Derek.

You had a crush on Jon Bon Jovi, or know someone who did.

You had a crush on one of the Corey's (Haim or Feldman).

You had a crush on one of the New Kids on the Block members.

You had a poster of Rob Lowe, Michael J. Fox or Don Johnson on your wall.

You had MALL Hair.

You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.

You HAD to have your MTV.

You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.

You have a tendency to turn the collar up on your Polo shirts.

You have ever called 867-5309.

You have ever danced (or even worse cried) to Kylie & Jason.

You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf.

You have seen at least 10 episodes of Fraggle Rock.

You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.

You held the top score on Pac-Man.

You hid out behind the gym during recess to read "Are you there God, it’s me Margaret?" with your friends.

You hold a special place in your heart for "Back to the Future."

You inserted the word "like" into, like, every sentence.

You jammed to the Miami Vice theme and thought Jan Hammer was cool.

You just had to have a Trapper Keeper to stay organized at school.

You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."

You knew all the words to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire", but it really didn't hold any meaning for you until about the third verse

You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."

You know how to use a rotary phone.

You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."

You know what "Push Up" ice cream is.

You know what "sike" and "not!" mean

You know what movie the phrase, "Number 5 is alive!" is from.

You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."

You know who He-Man and She-Ra are.

You know who Max Headroom is.

You know who Mr. T is.

You know who Spuds McKenzie, The Noid, and Joe Isuzu are.

You know who Tina Yothers is.

You know, by heart, the words to any "Weird" Al Yankovic song.

You like the guy who played Freddy Kruger better as Wilie on "V".

You made Star Wars shrinky dinks in your oven.

You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armored tank.

You never thought they’d be able to top the special effects in TRON.

You own a real Rubik’s Cube

You own any cassettes or records.

You owned a Jordache anything, or you remember when Jordache jeans were cool.

You owned a T-shirt that said, "I shot J. R. " or know someone who did.

You owned, or wanted a "Frankie says..." T-shirt.

You played with Lego’s when they were just blocks of various sizes, not any of the special little parts.

You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.

You remember any or all of the following: Echo & the Bunnymen, Cutting Crew, Scritti Politti, or Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark.

You remember exactly where you were when you heard the space shuttle had exploded.

You remember the episode of Good Times when Flo broke down after James' funeral.

You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.

You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system

You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.

You remember when cellular phones weighed 15 lbs. and had to be carried over your shoulder.

You remember when Deborah Gibson was "Debbie" Gibson.

You remember when the A-Ha video was the pinnacle of modern technology, and you can still sing all the words.

You still know the Big Mac song. "Two all beef patties, special sauce…"

You still love to play Pong!

You thought "Weird Science" was a masterpiece.

You thought being a latch key kid was completely normal.

You thought Molly Ringwald was REALLY cool.

You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.

You used to own a Snoopy Sno Cone Machine.

You wanted to be a Goonie.

You wanted to be either Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.

You wanted to be on Star Search.

You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.

You watched Purple Rain over and over again.

You were afraid of the Sleestacks on Land of The Lost.

You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.

Your name is Jennifer or Jason.

You've ever shopped at a Banana Republic or Benetton, but not in the last five years, okay?

You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:

"When I was younger"

"When I was your age"

"You know, back when..."

"Because I SAID so, that's why"

"What the HELL is this noise on the radio?"
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Everbody that knows me knows I am a big Neil Young fan so I found this post over hear.... and just thought I would share it hear.

Anti-establishment rocker Neil Young and mechanic Johnathan Goodwin are working on converting Young's gas guzzling 1959 Lincoln Continental into an electric car. Young has already invested $120,000 into the project.

Young has teamed up with Johnathan Goodwin, a Wichita mechanic who has developed a national reputation for re-engineering the power units of big cars to get more horsepower but use less fuel. The two are looking to convert Young’s 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible to operate on an electric battery.

After several decades Young has realized that you might inspire people with music but you are rarely going to change them. He seems himself and Goodwin changing the world if they can help the electric car go mainstream.

"You know, I thought long ago you could change the world by writing songs," he said. "But you can’t change the world by writing songs. Oh, you can inspire a few people, get some of them to change their thinking about something. But you can’t change the world by writing songs. “But we could change it with this car."


Young, with who I sometimes agree and often disagree with, said something that I whole heartedly second in regard to middle-east oil:

'We’re going to change the world; we're going to create a car that will allow us to stop giving our wealth to other countries for petroleum.'"

He is exactly right! As soon as we have an alternative to oil and gas we can totally get our interests out of the middle east and make the region non-existent to the rest of the world. The only reason we have to care about the region and their policies is because our economy is so dependent upon their oil. If Congress won't let us tap and drill into our own oil reserves in Alaska then finding an alternative energy source becomes of the utmost necessity.

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Monday, June 02, 2008

I just found out I am going to Texas, for a few days. I am going to learn how to work on a new kind of airplane. One that we don't even own ..... yet. Can somebody say, new acquisition.

I am also toying with the idea of putting in for a lead mechanic spot in Milwaukee.... still thinking about it. We shall see

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