Some movies that look cool that I want to see also

Appleseed - cool CGI movie based of the manga by the same name

and also Legend of the Black Scorpion - This movie is known as "Ye Yan", it is based loosely on Hamlet, looks good.

An Appeal for Redress

Just learned of this from a 2 minute segment on 60 minutes, the segment is called Dissension In the Ranks. This site An Appeal for Redress, and it is a online petition for active duty service members in the Regular, Reserve, and National Guard, that want the U.S. to pull out of the Iraq.

" The idea for this protest by active duty and reserve service members came from two enlisted men who served in the Iraq war: Marine Sgt. Liam Madden and Naval Petty Officer Jonathan Hutto. The servicemen and women who sign the "Appeal for Redress" are protected under a clause in the Military Whistleblower Protection Act.

The appeal says: As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq. Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home."

As a former Marine, I thought I would share this with you, my personal believes are that I support the troops 100%, I just don't support our government with there roll in Iraq, and the reasons for us going there orginially.

Kick ass weapons systems...

Phalanx CIWS Goal Keeper CIWS


Goal Keeper CIWS -- is a Dutch close-in weapon system, which defends ships against incoming missiles and ballistic shells.
Goal Keeper CIWS in action


Phalanx CIWS -- (Close-in weapon system, pronounced see-wiz) is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division. It is now manufactured by the Raytheon Company
Phalanx CIWS in action

Nerd, Geek, what are there meanings......

....and are they bad terms like they use to be.

I think we can all recall the movie "Revenge of the Nerds", and how they were portrayed in the moives. Then we see people like Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs, build there business during the same time, and now look at them, some of the richest men in the country, if not the world.

Meaning of Nerd, is a term often bearing a derogatory connotation or stereotype, that refers to a person who passionately pursues intellectual activities, esoteric knowledge, or other obscure interests that are age inappropriate rather than engaging in more social or popular activities

Meaning of Geek, is person who is interested in technology, especially computing and new media. Most geeks are adept with computers, and treat the term hacker as a term of respect, but not all are hackers themselves.

So as you can tell, really neither of these 2 terms are as bad as they were in the past, not since most people are rich because they either built the newest and latest technology, or they used the said technology to make there fortunes.

Stuff

So the last post I wrote was a few days ago, haven't really thought about too much lately that I wanted to put to words. So here are some things already out, or coming out soon that I either want to watch, or rot my brain too.

Movies: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk
Video Games: Age of Conan, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Books: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan of Cimmeria, Book 1), The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan of Cimmeria, Book 2)

Zombie Apocalypse and You; Part 1

So you just woke up and found out that I somehow created a zombie apocalypse. Well now what do you do, well if you had read this before the apocalypse, then you will at least know what tools you should have.

Tools:
1x Axe/Machete/Bat
1x Crowbar
1x Boltcutters (the best you can afford, or find if you didn't get one prior to the apocalypse)
1x length of chain
1x padlock
1x plastic sign (this is for your chain and lock, so some fool doesn't come up and cut it without yelling to you first)

The last 3 items are optional, but the 1st 3 items are necessary. The axe, machete, or baseball bat are needed to kill the zombie, you only need to choose one, which ever one you think will fit your personality more. The crowbar and bolt cutters are needed to be able to break in to stores, to gather supplies.

If you don't have firearms initially, you will want to get some fast, a home defense shotgun and a rifle with scope would be best (yes I know it will weigh a lot, but if anything have the shotgun). These will come in use when you forage for food. A word of warning though, if you are with a group of friends, and family, let the person that can shoot and hit, use the gun, bullets will become like gold in these initial days.

Part 2 will come sometime, but this will at least help you initially.

The First of many to come

So this is the start of my first blog, and to any who visit this page, I give you a warm greeting and a warning. I will be random, chaotic, and sometimes, just sometimes sane.

I will hopefully soon be working on a ongoing post about how to survive a zombie apocalypse, amoung other things.