Our place in space

At some point, most people have wondered if we are alone in the universe. It doesn't make you some crackpot conspiracy theorist to wonder this. Its a perfectly logical question to ask I assure you. Of course there is no way I plan on tackling such a question here. However there is another aspect I want to look at, and it most certainly won't be a popular one.

Lets pretend for a moment, just pretend that a ship really did crash in New Mexico back in the 40's and the government did recover bodies and any other theory you can come up with. Lets say that it is a huge government conspiracy. Why? What reason would they have to cover something like this up? I'll tell you, mass panic.

Every religious zealot known to man would be all over this like white on rice. Using it to their own means. Whether that means something like the Heavens Gate people, or something more along the lines of a greedy televangelist. To something much worse. It will shake some people's faith while opening the eye's of others. You just can't trust or guarantee what people will do. So I think if there is such a conspiracy, that's why they'll leave it at that.

"Your salvation just a few dollars away!"

Now of course that doesn't apply for everyone. It just seems the only people of influence or notoriety seem to be the nut jobs. I mean we've all seen some weird warning labels on products before. Like on a radiator "caution hot", those are there for a reason. Mainly that someone has done something stupid. Same type of thing applies here.

I read this article is what sparked my little rant about this. Not that I believe it necessarily myself, but it got me thinking.

When Pet Owners Go Too Far

Most of these pet owners should sent to the salt mines for intensive hard labor for what they've done to these animals.

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Lost

Alright, so I've been lost from here for a while now. I really should make more posts. Of course I'm under no obligation to do so. I just think that as long as I have this space here, maybe I should do something with it.
I did find a picture of my dream fridge though,

Yeah, I got to get me one of those.

Until then, here stay busy with this

Canadian rednecks chase BMW

Funniest thing I've seen in a while.
Now as much as people love to say something about violent gun-toting Americans, lets see how the Canadians handle this.




Now here we have violent road raging Canadian rednecks, and the gun-toting Canadian BMW driver. Seems issues like these aren't just an American problem after all.

Gravity Wave

This is a time lapse of a natural phenomena called a gravity wave.
I had nothing better to post today, thought this was pretty neat.

The animation show

Love me some Don Hertzfeldt

Common Sense.

This was sent to me, I've seen it on the web before. So, I take no credit for it at all. However, I do believe now more than ever, this rings true.


My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my
life and told me I would do well to call on him when
making decisions. It seems he was always around in my
early years but less and less as time passed by. Today
I read his obituary. Please join me in a moment of
silence in remembrance, for Common Sense had served us
all so well for so many generations.


Obituary
Common Sense



Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend,
Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No
one knows for sure how old he was since his birth
records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such
valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the
rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't
always fair, and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies
(don't spend more than you earn) and reliable
parenting strategies (adults, not children are in
charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well
intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in
place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with
sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens
suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch;
and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly
student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked
teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to
do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined
even further when schools were required to get
parental consent to administer Aspirin, sun lotion or
a Bandaid to a student, but could not inform the
parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to
have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten
Commandments became contraband; churches became
businesses; and criminals received better treatment
than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when
you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your
own home and the burglar can sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a
woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee
was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was
promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents,
Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter,
Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by
three stepbrothers; I Know my Rights, Someone Else is
to Blame, and I'm a Victim.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized
he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on.
If not, join the majority and do nothing.

Author unknown

Youtube down?!

Occasionally I check out digg.com. If you've never heard of it, its whats called a social news site. Its all user submitted stories. If that tells you nothing read the about page.
So, all the stories/articles on digg are submitted by your average person. Right now, youtube.com is down. Could be down for maintenance, whatever. Either way people have submitted the story that youtube is down at least 4 times in the past 3 hours. My question is, how bored are people that they feel the need to submit a story on the site being down. I mean come on people, do something else with your life. Lord knows there are thousands of other sites on the net. Or god forbid, you do something else with your time like go outside. Or spend time with your family.