I Love De-Motivational Posters

I love De-Motivational posters and the websites that allow you to make your own.  These are a few of my favorites from http://verydemotivational.com/  I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

The Glass is Half Empty or The Glass is Half Full. You Have a Choice.

Same words, just read in a different order.

Ninjas and Air Guitar

Anyone who lived through the 80s remembers that there were two things that were extremely popular.  Air guitar and Ninjas.  Now someone figured out that if you armed ninjas with real guitars it would be extremely awsome!  I do miss the 80s sometimes except for the super huge cell phones and the leader of Russian who spilled the Cherry CoolAid on his head causing a permanent stain.

I Love Ghost Towns

I love ghost towns. There is something mysterious about visiting old places where people used to live their lives and where suddenly they are found no longer.  People's hopes and dreams abandonded to the ravages of time and the weather.  At some point the reason people lived in the town dissappeared and so did the people.  Sometimes a key employer closed up shop causing people to move to find work to support themselves and their families.  In other cases where natural resources were involved, there simply weren't enough left to support the town anymore.

California has its fair share of old ghost towns.  Some have been turned into tourist attractions such as Calico, Columbia, and Bodie (pictured here).  Most ghost towns are associated with the old west when mining towns sprung up and went away as fast the miners could move from one place to another.  Others dissapeared as the railroads bypassed old cattle towns.

While commonly associated with the old west, ghost towns are still around in modern times.  In the United States we have a few modern examples.  Gary, Indiana has turned into a crumbling ghost town as the steel industry left.  Centralia, Pennsylvania became a ghost town  due to an underground coal fire that caused residents to have to leave.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania

Detroit, Michigan is beginning to turn into a ghost town as blocks of houses and businesses sit abandoned.

Other cities around the world have become ghost towns due to dissasters, bankrupt investors, and even war.  Check out this interesting blog I found on some of the most amazing ghost towns in the world today:  http://www.oddee.com/item_96462.aspx

And for those in California with a love of gold rush and old west history, here's a neat web site with information on their history and locations that you can visit today:  http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/ca.html

There are literally hundreds of ghost towns in California, some not too far off the main road, that you can visit.  So load up the family and explore history through a visit to a ghost town.

Senior Moment Blues by Buck Miner

I was talking on the Ham Radio the other day to a guy named Buck (K6RFE).  Seemed like a nice fellow and at the end of our conversation he asked me if I had a computer.  Seemed like a funny question but I answered in the affirmative.  He said I should type "Senior Moment Blues" in.  Well I did and I was treated to Buck singing this song.  It's a riot.  For all of those who have Senior Moments and those of us destined to have one or more in the future......

Disney Update!!!

After the previous blog posting on our Disneyland experience and a letter by my wife, Disney contacted us and asked us to send in our old ticket stubs.  I guess they confirmed with their maintenance records our account and sent us brand new tickets plus a parking voucher with their apologies.  So Disney is out of Pluto's Dog House.