Movie coming out

RZA has written and directed a movie (martial arts of course) and improbably Russel Crowe is in it.

The Man with Iron Fists



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1258972/

Hurricane and halloween

So fall brings another hurricane. Should I pull the boat or keep it in? That's always the question.  These storms are bitter sweet in my mind in that I got my current boat in 2003 right before Isabella which was supposedly a 100 year storm.  The boat survived that, so everything since has been shrugged off.  It's still a concern but we'll see.  Here's what I did, just doubled up the bow and stern lines, added 2 more spring lines one additional to keep it off the pier and one to keep it from pushing out into the creek.  The picture below is the second thing I did which was adding chafe protection (split vinyl tubing zipped tied in place). Last picture is the pumpkin I carved.  I hadn't done it since I was a kid but it was fun and came out much better than I thought it would.  

October snake (I thought it was too cold?)

There was a nice size snake next to the pond behind my house.  You can't tell in this picture but this guy was 2" in diameter (I didn't get too close).  

Mid October thoughts

Bad news for the Ravens after their win against Dallas. Ray Lewis tears his tricep.  I saw a play where he was out there but didnt use his one arm = bad sign.  His injury last season or the season before that was similar. Then Ladarius Webb tears his acl.  That will have a impact.  Webb held together the defense from last year and was doing ok this season.  His absence in the secondary is going to hurt.  Now the ravens built a nice 5 and 1 record so they may limp into the playoffs once again but it's going to go to the last week of the season.  Just heard this might mean Suggs might be coming back way too soon. 

Staycation ended up not doing much, but I did get my cars annual service done and I am having a electrician come out and replace a wire that has damaged insulation.  Both of these things would have been difficult to get done if I had worked this week.  I did go fishing and had lots of action for about 2 hours then it went dead.  Oh well it was better than being at work.




Some fog hugging the eastern shore

A video that I just love

Ok I saw this on Tosh.O.  I think this is a great illustration of nature.  Nature or the balance of the earth whatever the concept is, this video illustrates it graphically.  Here's my color commentary.   oh look it's a cute squirrel. Looks like its in a cage in a zoo. Is he supposed to be in that cage? If not what is in the cage? Oh he's going to ahead and climb on out Ummmm not so fast little squirrel Looks like there is a large cat in there too He must be lonely because he just hugged the squirrrel in his mouth No, the cat is crushing the squirrel between his jaws

The funny part is the father's crying and it looks the the son is laughing. While I laughed at the whole situation I don't The kid should have been laughing nor the father crying. The kid should cry at seeing a viscous death. The father should understand this is a teaching moment about the circle of life and the nature of a animals. Not blubbering like he saw some great injustice done to the squirrel. I think the idea that everything is nice a clean and tidy in nature and in the world is wrong. Animals kill to survive and things die to feed us everyday. I think this video is a great reminder of the order of things. Actually I LOL'ed

Early October 2012

Just a couple of items for the end of September and early October.  Here's an early morning sunrise shot.

Went to an Octoberfest in Frederick and saw these llamas one of my wife's favorite animals (lol):

Here's a pic from SOBO football not my team but my brother-in-laws. My team is 1-3 but improving.