JT IRREGULARS

Open Blog - Tuesday

2012-05-29T00:00:00.000-05:00

Back to work, Boop-Oop-a-Doop.

Living With Timeline...

2012-05-28T22:03:00.000-05:00

I know many of you are on facebook and that many people are not fans of timeline. However, the good news is that you can learn to live with timeline.

Useless Information

2012-05-28T17:23:00.000-05:00

BUMP UP TO THE TOP

Did you know:

Sales of personal safes are up 40%.

It has been brought to my attention the sales are up 40% BUT it doesn't give a time frame. It could be since 1910 they're up. Actually sale are up over the past year 40%

This information was from the John Tesh Radio Show

2012-05-28T07:28:00.001-05:00

This says it all.

Biggie "D" & Beejay take Grandma out for a ride

2012-05-28T01:57:00.002-05:00

Open Blog - Memorial Day

2012-05-28T00:00:00.000-05:00

Thank you.

Mock Mirage Sunset

2012-05-27T22:52:00.003-05:00

Some unusually cool May weather has descended on Tucson. Highs didn't even hit 90 today. With that cool weather came some unusual atmospheric conditions leading to an interesting sunset.
Most of the action took place well before the Sun even hit the horizon. I could tell something unusual was happening from this pic.

Note the unusual activity at the bottom of the Sun. I have seen that before and that is usually what the Sun looks like when the lower limb encounters are inversion layer in our atmosphere. Usually, it gets cooler as you gain elevation. Sometimes, however, there is a cooler layer below warm air. This phenomena is called an inversion layer. I was able to watch the Sun descend through this inversion layer and when the top of the Sun got there, I was ready with my camera to hit the pics. In other words, what follows is no accident and strictly intentional.

Note the little piece of the Sun that broke off at the top. It has a greener color than the Sun. This a mock (or superior) mirage green flash caused by the Sun passing through the inversion layer. I got my first pictures of a mock mirage green flash on a cruise. It is unusual to get them in Tucson. When you get one mock mirage flash, you frequently get another.

In addition to the ones I posted here, I got at least two more mock mirage flashes but they were much weaker and you really had to blow up the pics to see them.

Finally, I will leave you with the traditional last pic of sunset with a mixture of yellow and green through the mountain peaks.

Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.

"Green Side of the Grass"

2012-05-27T19:25:00.000-05:00

http://libbyallensongs.com/Libby_Allen_Songs/Home.html

As the joke goes, if I'd known that I was going to live this long, I would've taken better care of myself.

Happy Memorial Day!

2012-05-27T14:50:00.002-05:00

I can't believe it is Memorial Day weekend already. I would like to thank all the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States. This is the U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Coast Guard. They have all put their own lives on the line to make sure we are all safe everyday. I would also like to thank the families of the people in the Armed Forces for believing in them to do what they are doing for our country.

I also want to thank the men and women that have lost their lives serving for our country. Here in Arlington National Cemetery there are 400,000 graves of men and women that have lost their lives protecting our country. There are some headstones with no names on them it is the unknown soldiers. Hundreds of soldiers walk through 70 sections of the cemetery to place an American flag by each headstone on Memorial Day weekend. To the families that have lost their loved ones I am deeply sorry for you loss.

Yesterday Drew and I took a drive down to Illinois to put flowers and the flag by my dad's grave. I have not been down there in a very long time. It was so nice to go and do this for my dad. My dad served in the Army during the Korean up rise. My dad is buried next to his mom, dad and sister. In September my dad will have passed away sixteen years ago. I still miss him to this day and I will always miss him.

Drew's dad was also in the Army he was in the Vietnam war. The first time I went to go and meet his mom and dad the first thing I noticed was the Army flag flying on the flag pole when I pulled in the driveway. I thought that was great. It is the American flag on top and then the Army flag below it.

Happy Memorial Day to everyone and please be safe this weekend and enjoy it with your families!♥

Open Blog - Weekend

2012-05-26T00:00:00.000-05:00

Relax.

Meet My New Attorney

2012-05-25T21:03:00.001-05:00

Just a few seconds into the commercial and I knew that Adam Reposa is the man for me.

Four for Fridays

2012-05-25T05:01:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone! Welcome to another amazing episode of Four for Fridays. It's been an interesting week so far. Here are some questions for you.

1) Have you ever been involved in scouting? If so, how far did you go?

2) What clubs were you invoked in high school?

3) How often do you exercise?

4) Did you have any Memorial Day weekend traditions?

Enjoy your weekend!

"Cassini, 8 Years Around Saturn"

2012-05-25T00:44:00.000-05:00

"This video was created using the images taken by Cassini probe of the Saturnian system since 2004."

Read more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srLlka2C7FM

This is right up hale-bopp's alley.

Open Blog - Friday

2012-05-25T00:00:00.000-05:00

Have a good day.

"Journaltimes.com gets fresh look"

2012-05-24T20:33:00.001-05:00

http://www.journaltimes.com/journaltimes-com-gets-fresh-look/article_ee88339c-a5c1-11e1-91eb-0019bb2963f4.html

Whatever.

Open Blog - Thursday

2012-05-24T00:00:00.000-05:00

That's one for froglover.

"Bizarre Illusion Turns People Ugly"

2012-05-23T22:55:00.002-05:00

It took me a couple of tries to 'get' it. De-focusing your eyes for Bedtime Games probably helps here. It's a strange illusion.

Bedtime Games

2012-05-23T21:35:00.000-05:00

Bedtime Games
Installment 43

Make your best guess and.... GO TO BED!
Answer revealed tomorrow.

No smoke
No mirrors
No poetry...

You're not going to guess this one!

I was certain this one was going to bedazzle and confound you.

In addition to the fuzzy focus, I may need to invest in some mirrors, a smoke machine and possibly some obligatory dancers....

Congratulations, Dodgeboy, you clever irregular! A skein of yarn it is.

Dear Madame Zoltar

2012-05-23T02:00:00.000-05:00

Hello, my cool, cool cucumbers! How are you? The wonderful weather endures. If this keeps up, Racine should surpass all attendance records for the various summer events held in the city. We have months of party time headed our way. Let’s enjoy!

I already have most of my vegetable garden planted. The big thing now is keeping it weeded and watered. That’s where Junior is supposed to come in, but he doesn’t. I realize that he’s still in school, so I don’t lean on him too hard. In the summer, though, he better be working a real job, or working in our garden. He must have inherited his father’s work ethic, because he sure didn’t get it from me. Look up ‘lazy’ in the dictionary and it just says, “See ‘Junior.’”

I read in the Journal Sentinel Online that the naming rights to the Bradley Center have been sold to BMO Harris Bank: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/naming-rights-for-bradley-center-sold-to-bmo-harris-ud5g5oi-152280455.htmlIt is now known as the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Of course, that is a travesty, but what are we going to do about it? What’s even worse is that we are taxed especially for a stadium in Milwaukee County, but a brewery owns the naming rights. It should be called Southeastern Wisconsin Taxpayers’ Stadium instead of Miller Park. And to top it all off, Mr. Herb Kohl says we must build his basketball team a new arena. My, oh my, the greed for public dollars never ends, never.

Perhaps we should sell naming rights to places and things in Racine to raise money. City Hall could be Ivanhoe’s City Hall, Pershing Park might become Pershing Pabst Blue Ribbon Park, Monument Square could be Menard’s Monument Square (with “Save more money at Menard’s” blaring out of the monument’s top), or how about Monument Builders Square, and so on and so on. The possibilities are almost endless. All funds raised would be used to offset property taxes for Racine residents. I offer this idea free of charge to Racine because I love my city.

Finally, my dears, please take a moment this weekend to reflect on what Memorial Day means. So many freely forfeited all of their tomorrows so that we could have all of ours. It’s an almost incomprehensible gift from one generation to the next. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for all that you did for us.

And thank you for reading my blog this week. It’s wonderful when someone stops by to look things over. My readers are my friends, irregular and otherwise. Thank you, friend.

"Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?” Find out: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.

Have a wonderful week, each and every one of you. Better get you air conditioner up and running. Better get yourself outdoors (not you, Ms. Lizardmom) and have some fun. Two more weeks and the electioneering ends. I can’t wait. Transcalent!

Open Blog - Wednesday

2012-05-23T00:00:00.000-05:00

Have a wonderful Wednesday.

Ineptocracy

2012-05-22T22:21:00.002-05:00

Useless Information

2012-05-22T22:12:00.001-05:00

Did you know:

There are more germs on a public bathroom floor then any other place in the room.

You have a greater chance of catching something if you put your purse on the floor then touch your purse.

I guess this one isn't really useless information.

Finally - introvert/extrovert finale

2012-05-22T16:35:00.001-05:00

Ok, life has settled down enough for me to get back to a little fun.
A while ago, I did a 'pre-blog', on how we thought our gang here fit in the extrovert/introvert scheme of things.
The book is called "Quiet - the power of Introverts in a World that can't stop talking".
I thought it would help me with insight into my hubby who is an introvert, as well as a couple other people I know. I have never been, nor have I considered myself to be an introvert, but after getting 1/2 way thru the book so far, am realizing, that I AM an introvert! Hmm, interesting!

One section early on caught me - "introverts are more likely than extroverts to express intimate facts about themselves online that their family and friends would be surprised to read, to say that they can express the 'real me' online...... They welcome the chance to communicate digitally. The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of 200 people might blog to 2000, or 2 million, without thinking twice. " Hmmm, interesting.

A bit later on they write of a study done on a group of 4 month old babies, with the theory that the study founder thought he could peg which ones would grow up to be which way. His study actually turned out pretty precise. The basis, in a nutshell is determining the degree of reactivity, which determines where we end up. The babies that reacted strongly were the ones that ended up more introverted, too much stimulation shuts them down. The babies that had little reaction ( like to a balloon popping, sudden noises, etc), could withstand more stimulation and weren't fazed by it, and ended up being the extroverted group.

I have started to understand why I much prefer to do things in a quieter setting, my thought process definitely shuts down when too much external noise is going on, whereas extroverts thrive with commotion around.

I never thought myself to be an 'inny' but, wow, it makes me make more sense!

So, with this new little tidbit of insight, how do you see yourself and did it change at all?

Spring In Wisconsin Part 2!

2012-05-22T13:05:00.002-05:00

I was driving through town around three different detours of construction to go and pick up Drew from work and one day on the way I seen this. I just had to take a picture of it for a post. This was on Carlton Dr.. The first time when I past it I didn't have my camera with me and then I said to myself I have to keep the camera with me. I pointed this out to Drew when I was taking him to work one morning. He can't figure out what they are suppose to be. Both the top picture and the bottom are from the same house.

In the top picture I know there is a frog's head in the middle and I don't know what the other two are. The bottom picture the first one looks like a dinosaur and the middle looks like a bear or dog. I really like this it is really something different.

This is a lilac bush we seen this while driving around. This picture was taken on 16th st. last month. I have seen lilac bushes on 4 mile rd. too. Then when I went past them yesterday and all the flowers are off of the bush already. I just couldn't believe that with in a month the flowers came off the bush. I love the smell of the lilac flowers in the summer.

We went walking one day through Shoop Park. I came across this bush and I thought it was really pretty so I took a picture of it. Come to find out during my search on the computer this is a Climbing Prairie Rose. I thought this was a good picture with all the buds on the branches too. I am sorry that the picture is a little out of focus.

I am really having fun taking the pictures and sharing them with everyone. I do hope all of you are enjoying this right along with me. I do have a lot more to look up and post for you. The hard part is when I am out trying to remember all the pictures I have taken already. Feel free to leave any comments!♥

Open Blog - Tuesday

2012-05-22T00:00:00.000-05:00

More pansies, and butterflies, too.