I was actually awakened by a monsoon storm which passed through the Valley at about 0430 hours. Took a look around, and then went back to bed:

And it’s still raining somewhat. Sorry, I don’t think the Official Vehicle was washed. You see, in my new digs I have my own covered space which I don’t have to share with anyone. That is, of course, until the Lady E joins me.
[snicker]

After seeing this video over at RCP, let’s send Whoopi Goldberg to the Moon. Without a spacesuit.
That way, she’ll see for certain that NASA wasn’t bulls**ttin’ when Apollo 11 landed there.

ExUrban Jon found this yesterday….it still hasn’t been corrected:

I don’t know which is worse: this, or the misspelling of TOTUS’ name on letters of understanding he signed with the Russians.

A costly lesson overnight which cost me…time, fortunately, and not money.
I went swimming last night in the pool directly in front of my new digs, which in and of itself was wonderful, even in the 110-degree heat. I popped my contacts out, thinking they’d be OK for 30 minutes out. Not so. I found out these hybrid contacts dehydrate if not put into a solution. Needless to say, I panicked somewhat, dunked them into the aforementioned solution, and kept them out overnight until just now.
Fortunately, this worked. A valuable lesson for anyone who wears these types of contacts.

The Apollo 11 Heroes!

I was living in Napoli, Italia then, so we got to watch it on RAI, the Italian national public broadcast network, on our glorious B&W TV set! Back then, color TVs were prohibitively expensive for a Navy family. And for us, it was during the early morning hours so we had all day to talk about it. Wow, what a time!
And now, we’re squabbling about going back. It absolutely SUCKS that Congress and Президент Оба́ма has to do that; returning to the Moon should be a No-Brainer, but it isn’t.
Feel free to leave your comments as to where you were forty years ago. This thread will remain open for seven (7) days.

Gee, do you think the Lady E would kill me if I cooked one of these?

Wait till you see the “Porkgasm”...definitely haraam food there!

Barack Hussein Obama actually loves and cares about the United States of America:

Now this really IS science fiction.

Here…

Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

HAT TIP: Small Dead Animals

I know y’all won’t mind this is a few hours late. Internet is now back up for me, and I won’t have to go to Wildflower Bread Company for their free WiFi!
Here’s a standard from the 1970s. You either love it or hate it. Me, I love it…The Sweet’s “Love Is Like Oxygen”:

Well, I was out of the old place in 1 HOUR. In the new place in 1/2 HOUR. Total transit time was another hour and a half. After everything was put into the new place, I went grocery shopping, started organizing (and that’ll take a few days), and Colonel Panik stopped by with some nachos & cheese and BEER.
Yes, BEER. I imbibed two of them while we spoke freely of God, guns, Президент Оба́ма, the Lady E (who will join me in about two months), and the Former Roommate. It was liberating, and I am paying the price for yesterday with the bones aching somewhat.
And I am glad it’s over. Now, the next chapter of my life begins.

Wish me luck!

On the 40th Anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, astronaut Buzz Aldrin records, of all things, a rap song relating his experience:

Hey folks…I’m in the process of moving to another apartment this week. So if my posts are sporadic, you’ll know why. Wish me luck.

Here’s some local footage from this date in 1979 at Comiskey Park in Chicago:

But does Disco suck in this day and age? Not compared to the Corporate s**t spewing forth on what are called “Top 40” stations.

Word is now out that Kim Jong Il has been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. That’s never a good thing.
I don’t wish this kind of stuff on anyone, not even my worst enemies or those worst enemies of the rest of the world. And this might make the little cockroach even more dangerous because now, he has nothing to lose by launching a war against South Korea, Japan, and even China, not to mention the US.