Thursday, March 03, 2011
Jennifer Lopez - On The Floor ft. Pitbull (Main Version)
I just heard this and thought "Wow, how BEP!" However, it's not a far stretch to liken this song to early 90s dance club stuff. Biggest difference is the addition of a bit of rap and updated electronics. All in all, I REALLY liked this song. If nothing else, it mentally took me back to places like The Edge and JJ Whispers in Orlando, FL. Those were the days...
Beautiful day for a run...
I'm still slower than I would like, but my 10K pace on this was 51:30. A couple of weeks ago, that pace was 54:19. Keep running!
I just signed up! - 05/30/11 Mercedes Benz Cotton Row Runs 10K, 5K, and 1 mile | Huntsville, Alabama 35801 | Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 7:00 AM
05/30/11 Mercedes Benz Cotton Row Runs 10K, 5K, and 1 mile | Huntsville, Alabama 35801 | Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 7:00 AM
Here's the course map/elevation profile...
Here's the course map/elevation profile...
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
New REM album coming out next week....
I wouldn't normally make mention of album releases, but I noticed via NPR's FB page that you can give the entire album a test drive at http://www.npr.org/2011/03/01/133998085/first-listen-r-e-m-collapse-into-now. Besides, I listened to these guys a fair amount back in the day...
Dichotomy...
I'll start with the virtue...
Now for the vice...
I enjoy doughnuts! Me and my best friend (and several hundred other folks) ran the Krispy Kreme run in Huntsville this past November. I like the local doughnut shop in Athens. While watching TV last night (Unique Eats on Cooking Channel), they featured a doughnut joint in Portland, OR.
Now for the vice...
I enjoy doughnuts! Me and my best friend (and several hundred other folks) ran the Krispy Kreme run in Huntsville this past November. I like the local doughnut shop in Athens. While watching TV last night (Unique Eats on Cooking Channel), they featured a doughnut joint in Portland, OR.
***WARNING! Not for the easily offended***
Voodoo DoughnutMonday, February 28, 2011
Frank Buckles, Top 10 in THOMAS, Another semi-pseudonymous Sarah profile
An era of American history has partially come to an end. Frank Buckles, the last known surviving US veteran of WWI, passed away yesterday.
It probably won't be up much longer, but it seems that a certain ex-Alaska governor has a need for a semi-pseudonymous profile on twitter.com. Earth-shattering? Not really. Slightly odd? If truly created by her (this profile was discovered by searching twitter.com for her personal Gmail address), then it is indeed:
a) Hopefully not supposed to borrow its name from Mount McKinley (vice mckinely)
b) Yes, very strange
Top ten legislative items searched on THOMAS, compiled on 2/13/2011 from weekly usage statistics
- H.R. 1 - [112th] - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011
- H.R. 514 - [112th] - FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011
- H.R. 3590 - [111th] - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- H.R. 3 - [112th] - No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act
- H.R. 3082 - [111th] - Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extensions Act, 2011
- H.R. 1 - [111th] - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- H.R. 4173 - [111th] - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 2 - [112th] - Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act
- H.R. 658 - [112th] - FAA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011
- H.R. 3200 - [111th] - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
It probably won't be up much longer, but it seems that a certain ex-Alaska governor has a need for a semi-pseudonymous profile on twitter.com. Earth-shattering? Not really. Slightly odd? If truly created by her (this profile was discovered by searching twitter.com for her personal Gmail address), then it is indeed:
a) Hopefully not supposed to borrow its name from Mount McKinley (vice mckinely)
b) Yes, very strange
Sunday, February 27, 2011
A couple of videos and the weekly NRC thing....
In honor of this week's final flight of Discovery, let's look back at some video of the very FIRST launch of Discovery in August 1984:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-D
While watching UFC® 127 last night, someone was talking about BJ Penn performing an impressive feat of a three foot vertical jump out of a pool. I had to see the video for myself. I'd love to have the strength to do this. Here's the video:
Not much of interest for my plant from the NRC over the past week, but here it is:
AND
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-41-D
While watching UFC® 127 last night, someone was talking about BJ Penn performing an impressive feat of a three foot vertical jump out of a pool. I had to see the video for myself. I'd love to have the strength to do this. Here's the video:
Not much of interest for my plant from the NRC over the past week, but here it is:
Saturday, February 26, 2011
For all you runners...
The Huntsville Track Club's page for the 2011 Cotton Row Run is up. Online registration begins March 1! Plus, don't forget the beginning of May and the Run Through The Roses 10K (and 5K this year) in Madison. Registration has been ongoing for Run Through The Roses...
Friday, February 25, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011
NGC 2841
Source: Hubblesite.org
For an idea of the amount of work that goes into making a spectacular color image like the one above, here's a video from Hubble's YouTube channel:
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Former NRC chairman suggests reprocessing spent nuclear fuel might be a good idea....
At the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting.
Speaking of the NRC, here are the Browns Ferry documents placed in ADAMS for the past week. Two of the items (concerning control rod blade cracking) have been covered in the news recently. They are ML110460487 and ML110480054. I can't say much beyond what these documents say because I'm not an official spokesman, but I will say that TVA and Browns Ferry have specific plans/contingencies and maintain appropriate communication with the applicable vendor. That said, here are last week's docs:
Speaking of the NRC, here are the Browns Ferry documents placed in ADAMS for the past week. Two of the items (concerning control rod blade cracking) have been covered in the news recently. They are ML110460487 and ML110480054. I can't say much beyond what these documents say because I'm not an official spokesman, but I will say that TVA and Browns Ferry have specific plans/contingencies and maintain appropriate communication with the applicable vendor. That said, here are last week's docs:
- ML110380129 - Browns Ferry, Unit 2, Response to Request for Additional Information Regarding American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI, Inservice Inspection Program for the 4th Ten-Year Inspection Interval.
- ML110410388 - LER 10-005-00 for Browns Ferry, Unit 1, Regarding Main Steam Relief Valves As-Found Setpoints Exceeded Technical Specification Lift Pressure Values.
- ML110460487 - Notification of Potential Part 21 Reportable Condition re Design Life of D and S Lattice Marathon Control Blades.
- ML110460455 - Browns Ferry, Unit 2 - Notification of Inspection and Request for Information.
- ML110480054 - Notification of Potential Part 21 Reportable Condition: Crack Indications in Marathon Control Rod Blades.
- ML110480551 - Browns Ferry, Unit 3, Acceptance Review Results for Relief Request 3-ISI-25.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Alvin Frame-Grabber : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Alvin Frame-Grabber : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Alvin is a research DSV owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The frame-grabber has dives listed (many with pictures) as far back as 1988. Alvin's been operating in the Gulf of Mexico within the past couple of months. I put this up here after reading a story discussing the recovery of the undersea environment/oil degradation after BP's blowout in the Gulf last year. Seems that the oil didn't get consumed by microbes as much as expected/reported...
Here's the Gulf Oil Blog. It's maintained by the University of Georgia marine science team that was researching the oil plumes from the failed well.
Alvin is a research DSV owned by the US Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The frame-grabber has dives listed (many with pictures) as far back as 1988. Alvin's been operating in the Gulf of Mexico within the past couple of months. I put this up here after reading a story discussing the recovery of the undersea environment/oil degradation after BP's blowout in the Gulf last year. Seems that the oil didn't get consumed by microbes as much as expected/reported...
Here's the Gulf Oil Blog. It's maintained by the University of Georgia marine science team that was researching the oil plumes from the failed well.
About 5K - 2/19/2011 + Yoga X this morning
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