Delay posting.

Sorry about not blogging much as I have been busy. Here is why: Spring + yard = Yardwork  + bad back = pain = discomfort = low motivation = not blogging. Hopefully back to normal soon, less busy + less pain = blogging.

The warm blob off The West Coast.

Living here in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest, an area that depends on water to keep it green, I could not help but be concerned about are lack off snowfall in the mountains this past winter. Why? It is the snowpack that provides water to our rivers and streams an therefore our greenery. Looks like a dry brown summer this year. Being concerned I did some research to find out why we are so dry. It turns out there is a mass, "blob" if you will, of warmer than normal water in the Pacific just off the U.S. West coast. This blob has been screwing up the normal weather pattern that sees storms from The Gulf of Alaska with their cooler air dropping snow in the mountains with some occasional lowland snow for the Seattle area. The question now is how the blob formed? Here is what I found out. 

I went to numerous sites on the web and came across The Department of Meteorlogy for North Border University, a private college on the U.S. Canadian Border just south of Victoria B.C. The site has a great article written by Professor Georges E. Planhavven (What country did that originate from?). According to Dr. Planhavven the blob is a phenomenon caused by a "hitch" in the rotation of the Earth caused the unbalanced mass of the Earth. The paper goes into detail (man does it ever. As boring as a Navy Technical manual) about how this "unbalance" came about causing the Earth to slow its rotation, like a hitch in one's step, when the Pacific Ocean, specifically the East Pacific (west coast U.S.) is facing the sun. Now this slowing of only a few hundreds of a second is enough time for extra solar radiation to be absorbed by the Ocean and thereby throw off our weather.

Now we know that this is a recent problem so something had to set it off. Dr. Planhavven theorizes that recent seismic activity in the Western Pacific (Earthquake in Japan and tsunami and the Boxing Day earthquake a few years earlier) caused a slight bulge in the Earth which set up what is called "mass unbalanced modulation" causing our now uneven rotation. He further states that this is not permanent and will dampen itself out within the next decade.

Wow, no I now. I am sorry I can't post the links to where I got my info, I am writing this at 12AM on my IPad and still can't get the cut and paste thing down on this.

One of next weeks topics: The Internet, your source for misinformation!

It's funny, sad, and true. What started out as a way to share knowledge has become know for spreading false information at the speed of light, not to mention stupid Kardashian tricks!

Why I like Backstrom and why Fox should keep it, plus some input.

Ok, here is a a show that I like that may surprise people, Backstrom. Here is why I like it. First I will say I like House and Everret Backstrom is much like the acerbic Greggory House. Another reason is the cast, Rainn Wilson, Dennis Haysbert, Thomas Dekker, Page Kennedy, Genevieve Angelson, and the rest. (Sorry I remember numbers and facts more than names. Weird because I have a near photographic memory) Rainn Wilson comes off real well as playing the psychologically scarred Backstrom, he makes you hate and love the character at the same time. I thinks this is because you know his bitterness is because of the crap sandwich life as served him, although I think Backstrom ordered some of it ala carte on his own. Then you have his co-workers on the police force who recognize his genius even if they themselves do not approve of his methods, especially seeing Gravely's look when Backstrom does something totally off the wall and definitely not by the book.

The writing is great, I love the plots and how they develop plus the peek into the characters' back stories. The back story of Backstrom is something else that endears the character to me, losing his mom as an infant, having jerks for brothers growing up, and being raised by a sheriff father who would come in last in a father of the year contest at a max security prison; you just can't help but feel for him. And now with finding out Valentine is his brother, well I want to see how that goes.

Here is another reason I want the show to continue; I want to guest star as one of Backstrom's jerk older brothers. I figure I could go to acting school (never too late to learn,right?) establish myself as star then be cast to guest star on the show. There is only one problem with this plan and that is I have social anxiety. Oh well, to dream. Wait, I could play the murder victim at the beginning of the show. If you provide the makeup I can do the rest, I am use to just setting around doing nothing, I was in the Navy for 11 years and had to wait in so many lines I got it down pat. Now there might be a problem if you need me to be one of those eyes open victims, I practice with my eyes closed.

I also could help with the writing, not that they need help. I have at least one good idea. You see, you can have Backstrom become suspicious of his mom's suicide so he starts to investigate it. While investigating he finds out the man he thought was his dad found out Backstrom's mom was pregnant from another man and in a rage killed her. After that case is solved you can have Backstrom and Valentine look for Backstrom's real dad. After a bit of searching the once half-brothers find out Backstrom's real father is Dwight Schrute's dad. (This way Rainn Wilson can be double-billed as star and guest star. ) Furthermore, Backstrom could visit Schrute Farms and learn from Dwight that back in the '70s Dwight witnessed his dad burying something in a field. The two new half-brothers (together the make a whole brother) find the body of Jimmy Hoffa. Now that is a show. (Well, if someone was on crack it would be)

Now on to Fox, please keep the show. The show is good and if critics say otherwise it does not matter, why? Because the are critics and when was the last time an everyday Joe or Joe-ette chose to watch a show based on what a critic (who probably failed at acting or becoming a real journalist anyway) had to say? Never!

One last thing. If you cancel #Backstron, I will spread the rumor that Bill O'reilly is Rupert Murdoch's love child. Sorry I did not spell check, I dare not risk the time to allow cancellation. ( really, my hands got tired.)

My Opinion of George R. R. Martin and Game of Thrones.

I will just say that the show, "Game of Thrones " is not my cup of tea. I have seen one episode and that was enough to put me off the series and the books it was based on. Way too much sex and violence so much so that erodes away the foundation of the story. Mr. Martin maybe trying to show the politics and turmoil in this little world he created but comes across as a weird teenage boy's demented fantasy. I can only imagine how his books are written as I refuse to subject myself to a psychotic's letter to Penthouse Forum.

What I find ironic is George R. R. Martin claimed conscientious-objector status during the Vietnam war. Now I have no problem with people who conscientious-objector status if that is their belief and truly deplore violence, but for someone to do so then write books that celebrate violence, especially sexual violence against women that really disgusts me. No respect here for Mr.  Martin. What do the R's stand for, Rampage and Rape?