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(Note - This is a long read. It is for anybody to read, but it is also a way for me to store this in writing somewhere.) Recently, I started researching my ancestry. I've wanted to do this for awhile, but usually I've been too busy to really get a start on anything. Due to some recent relative down time, I've finally begun. Another reason for the hesitation was that I wanted to use Ancestry.com,

TCamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02865465019582381793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803303305007120033.post-43819246784519850422011-07-08T16:05:00.001-05:002013-02-19T14:21:09.435-06:00

It's for days like today that I decided to have a blog. I'm not very consistent with it, I know, but I'm not out to impress or please anyone. I created my blog to put my thoughts and opinions on certain matters in word form for others to read if they so please. Today is a day that I will do just that. The Space Shuttle Atlantis launched today on its, and the entire shuttle fleet's, last mission,

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I'm only writing a basic update to take up space. I've missed writing a blog. Mostly because it feels good for me to put my opinions out in the open. I don't try at all to force them down anyone's throats, I just love to express mine. There are actually few things we are truly free to do, and form our own opinions is one we have until we die. I'm a huge advocate of educated discussion and

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College football season is off to another year of hard hits and cheering fans. I for one just love the atmosphere that comes with it. Tailgating, Pre-Game, the buzz of the crowd, everyone dressed out in the same colors. It's amazing what we'll do to watch 22 guys try to kill each other. But I love it as much as the next person! One thing about being in the south is the SEC. We all like to say

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I want to blog, I do. But I'm around a computer a week on and week off. The week on should be plenty of time to write, but I usually get distracted. I'm trying to get better at it for sure. My excuse this week is simple. SHARKS! Yes, it's Shark Week again! That wonderful time of year when the Discovery Channel shows us sharks attacking people relentlessly then tell us to help save the sharks.

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It has been quite awhile since a posting, and I have much I am going to post, but I'll just start with this one simple Public Service Announcement! So, I received an email from my mother a few days ago, with the subject "Mars". It seems she received it from a cousin, who from a co-worker, and so on and so forth. A chain message. Well, with the title "Mars", how could I not check it out. It

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Yes, I am still alive, and yes, I intend to blog. Going weeks at a time without a computer...well, I can say I don't have an addiction, as I get through just fine. BUT, there us so much more I could do with it. Such as blog. Or respond to emails. Or catch up on my web-comics. How did I live without it? Well, its easy to, but I don't want to! Now that I will be near one for awhile, I can spam the

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Recent events at NASA show just what the new management team will do to try to shut down the Constellation Program. The Constellation program's funding is embedded into the 2010 national budget, which is technically still in effect until the new Fiscal Year 2011 Budget is passed by congress. Constellation can not be cancelled without approval from congress, as per a clause inserted into an

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The Falcon flew today, but luckily, this time it doesn't involved a crazy balloon and a cross county police chase. Even though this launch was also somewhat of a publicity stunt, it makes sense. Space Exploration Technologies, known widely as SpaceX, successfully launched their Falcon 9 rocket today, topped with a dummy version of their Dragon capsule. This launch is significant in the fact that

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So now (finally), part 2 of the NASA tweetup day. After the visit to the mission control building, the group split into two groups. Our badges we were given were color coded. I was in the blue group, with the other group being the green group. This split was so we could tour more 'tight spaced' buildings without disturbing any of the work force. Mostly for the Vehicle Mockup Building, or

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Since I've been back home, I've been both too busy and too lazy to post. Sad, isn't it? I don't know why I waited so long , because the more people I can tell about my trip, the happier I become! It is almost difficult to describe in words how awesome my NASA tweetup trip was. But, I'll try my best to! Oh, and his is going to be a long post, so hope you have some time if you want to read. The

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Not much to say tonight. Just really really really really really really (enough yet? nope) really really really really am looking forward to tomorrow. Met some of the people attending like me tonight. Talked to a few of them the whole time, about three hours. You know what we talked about? Space, NASA, ect. Why do I mention this? It's awesome when you get like minded people together. There's not

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The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off today at 2:20:09pm eastern time the STS-132 mission taking parts and batteries to the International Space Station. This is the final flight of the shuttle Atlantis, and one of the three last flights of the amazing space shuttle program (The final two being the shuttles Discovery and Endeavor, in that order). I always watch a launch on TV, crank up the sound,

TCamphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02865465019582381793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803303305007120033.post-59411921497593787882010-05-13T22:43:00.002-05:002010-05-14T12:59:43.090-05:00

I spent most of the day either driving or moving furniture, so I've only been able to read about the NASA Tweetup at Kennedy Space Center for the last 30 minutes or so. And so far...I'm crazy jealous! Oh how amazing and awesome it would be to see all of that up close. I mean, there is what, 3 flights left, including this one? AND it is the final flight of Atlantis (my third favorite shuttle. Yes,

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I've been on a science trend here recently. Probably has something to do with me going to Houston for a NASA event and me reading a book titled Physics of the Impossible by Mchio Kaku. Personally, I love when I get into this train of thought. I love trying to wrap my mind around Light and its Space/Time properties. Wormholes and black holes. Multiple dimensions and parallel universes. I suppose

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So, yea, I got accepted to the NASA Tweetup at Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX! Really did not expect to be picked. The way I understand it, 150 people are randomly selected from twitter (from those who register) to attend the Tweetup at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and 150 for the one at JSC. I actually applied for both, and, as anyone would probably admit, I would rather have been

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Well, after 4 and 1/2 years together, my laptop finally decided to commit suicide. Very sad day indeed. It's rather crazy how much I used that laptop without realizing it. Actually, the saddest and most depressing thing of all is the fact that I am typing this blog on a Mac. I feel like I'm committing a heinous crime. As if after all these years of dedication, Bill Gates is going to kill me in my

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As I've mentioned before, I am a huge video game fan. I've played them every since my father's Atari 2600. I can remember Saturday mornings waking up to play some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade on the NES. Good times, good times.Anyway, because of this, I like to keep up with gaming news. My primary site for this is Game Informer. Could be considered the largest gaming magazine in

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First real blog, so I suppose I'll just start off with what I expect to blog about. I'm a pretty big fan of Space, Video Games, and Baseball, so I can promise you that will be common topics. I'll probably also use this to vent my opinion on political or religious topics. Maybe a random post here or there about some news as well. One topic i'd love to hit on as well would be stories about some of

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