I found http://www.cityfreq.com that gives some pretty cool listings of radio frequencies used by various businesses and organizations around your town. Using my Yaesu VR-120, I've picked up quite a few in and around Huntsvegas.
The "Great Masher" returns… Oh, and my luggage too…
Yesterday, after four years of on-and-off looking in boxes and bags packed in haste to move from Mobile to Huntsville in January of 2001, I found my Yomega Wing Force Yoyo. I call it the Great Masher because it is made from aluminum, and is freaking heavy. I've hit myself in the head with it enough times to know.
Less than five minutes after finding this thing, that I have legitimately been looking for since we moved away from Mobile, I got a phone call. North West Airlines had found my luggage. In Omaha, NE. A city I have never been to… Not even to change planes. They got it on the next plane to Hunstville, and now all of my missing stuff has come back to me. It was a harrowing 32 days, believe. Among other things, my CD case was in there, packed FULL of CDs, DVDs, and software. I'm really glad to have it back. Last weekend, as a sort of therapy, Amy and I went to Unclaimed Baggage in Scottsborough. All unclaimed luggage in the US allegedly ends up in this place, for sale, to the general public. It is definitely worth a trip. It ended up being quite therapeutic for me, because a lot of people lost much nicer and more expensive things than I did. Granted, now that I have my luggage back, everything is ok anyway.
The other curious thing, is that some how, this place ended up with the Hoggle puppet from Jim Henson's Creature Shop used in the Movie Labyrinth, although he looks quite rough now.
Found a decent article about the place here.
"Hey, if you don't like it, go to Russia!"
Sigh…
http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/150975/index.php
Then, there is this git.
This reminded me that I almost started a fight with a hippie
at Huntsville's premier hippie-food store for
wearing this T-Shirt:
I guess that's what I get for wanting good produce. Lucky
for me, I remembered that this pratt's mother probably still dresses
him.
It seems to me, that if you're that ashamed to live in the place,
you'd go somewhere else. You know, somewhere your hippie conscience
could allow you to live in peace without feeling that you're a
hypocrite. Except the niggling little truth that there isn't a
scrap of land on this ball of mud that hasn't been conquered by this
group, routed by that, and Emperialized by the other. I mean, do
you really think that the “Native Canadians” already just happened
to speak French when the frogs arrived? Hell, do you think the
frogs spoke Latin when the Romans arrived? (I don't know if they
did or not, actually, I just really doubt it.)
No. There's nothing for it, except to move to Antarctica.
There's never been a war there. The people have never been enslaved.
None of that pesky “big business” (that by-the-way gives millions
of people jobs world-wide) to deal with. Hell, I'm pretty sure you
could set up a government to collect taxes and provide socialized
health-care to everyone living there! You don't even have to worry
about a place to live… Just build an igloo, and let your happy
conscience warm you, heart-and-soul.
This brings me around to another one of America's great social
injustices… Guantanamo Bay. For some reason, the American media
still hasn't gotten around to informing us that every single detainee
currently being held at Guantanamo Bay has received a hearing before
a military tribunal. We are now starting to hear politicians (mostly
on the left, but you never know what McCain wil.. wait… all from
the left, of course) demanding that we close the prison. As the
Guinness advert
says: BRILLIANT!
The answer is simple. Close the prison, and release all of
those evil cretins… in Antarctica! On second thought, they'd
probably just end up dhimmifying the penguins (see here and
here … coming soon to a country near you…) and decapitating
the hippies. Not to mention the lack of anything useful for them
to blow themselves up trying to destroy.
Our history is not always something to be proud of. Ann Coulter
argues that slavery is the second worst chapter in our history,
ranking right behind abortion. What our government (and people)
did to many American Indians wasn't our finest moment either. We
sometimes get things wrong. This shouldn't be surprising, unless
you are an idiot. But our value to the world, and our contribution
to the world make this country the envy of the world. The fact
that in 229 years, BILLIONS of people have lived free, happy, and
productive lives makes this country great. The fact that we provide
more food and aid to the poor and starving in the world than any
other country proves that we are a responsive and responsible people.
So, to all of those who are ashamed of our country, our president,
our history, our heritage, I encourage you to follow your conscience.
Don't just live your life pretending that dissent is the most
patriotic thing you can do. If you can't stand living as a hypocrite
one day longer, please go and find somewhere else. Once you grow
up, and realize that this is the greatest place to live in
the world, you will find us still here, waving our flags, proud of
our country, and protected by the brave men and women of our armed
forces.
