Non-Sequitors, UFOs, and Unexplained Events

Cold Weather Comfort: Red-Headed Step Child Stew

2012-01-04T23:21:00.001-05:00

I present for your discerning palates a recipe that has taken time to perfect. Lessons have been learned and lost, taste buds have been insulted, and children have gone to bed hungry as a result. All of this is behind me, and I give you my Red-Headed Step Child Stew. You don't want to beat it, but I wouldn't get too attached- it is, after all, lamb. As supermarket available meats are concerned

And Time Marches On

2012-01-01T09:50:00.000-05:00

Let's be philosophical for just a minute- time exists because we agree it does. 'We', being the collective consciousness of communication and the written word. Dolphins, though extremely intelligent, do not subscribe to time. Ants, as a sentient group of envious proportions, do not act on the passing of time's ticks. Reality stars do not recognize time. Of course, without a general agreement on

The Ice Shack Cometh

2011-12-31T11:08:00.000-05:00

Verily, tis vacation. Wheels are spinning, self-confidence is decreased, bank account depleting... Here in New Hampshire, the snow is a no-show as of Dec 31. Not that I'm complaining, as the frozen wasteland of my driveway and front walk and sidewalk and back yard dog run and my elderly neighbor's property squeezes the vinegar out of me each year. Shoveling snow is not fun. However, snow is

Sarah Jane Smith Died Today

2011-04-20T09:17:00.000-04:00

Not even K-9 could save her this time. Elizabeth Sladen, one of the greats of the BBC series, 'Doctor Who,' will be missed terribly. Her career spanned space and time, and though her repertoire of dialogue often included a whine and an cautionary fear, Sarah Jane moved into the fray against Daleks, Cybermen, and Yeti with the best of them. As a kid, I was allowed to watch one television program

All About Me, Damn It!

2011-04-20T00:02:00.000-04:00

I want to say my long prolonged decision to reach greener life-balance pastures is coming to fruition, but I suspect there are less-than-admirable reasons for this change. First of all, I'm tired. The devil lies in the details: I'm holding down two jobs, and one of them, well, though the money was good, it's not all it was cracked up to be. Not one to complain, let's just say the creative horizon

Macht Macht Racht.

2010-09-17T00:05:00.000-04:00

When in doubt, push the button. You already suspect what's going to happen if you don't, so just get it over with all ready. We all have our 'buttons.' For some, it's hearing of an evangelical ministry being given too much (reads 'any') public attention. For others, it's nose-picking. My button has always been tardiness. I'm the guy who shows up first for a gathering, 15 minutes early for an

You know what they say about the length of a man's fingernails in correlation to his other parts, don't you?

2010-09-01T21:27:00.000-04:00

I don't, so if you do, lend a brother a hand. That may well be it for me tonight. I'm exhausted, and in no mood to drop witticisms like so much rain-candy. This guy here with the fingernails has issues. What's funny about making light of someone with issues? Maybe he's too lazy to trim his nails, or perhaps more likely, he's an obsessive compulsive. But seriously, I can't update for long. I

I don't think your wife likes me

2010-08-28T23:34:00.000-04:00

That's not bad, is it? After all, you need at least one thing to rebel against, and if that happens to be hanging out at a bar and getting drunk with me once a week, then who's really getting hurt? Come on, don't let the dried-up old wind-bag drain all of your testosterone. "Spouses tend to attach negative feelings toward relationships their significant others tender outside of the marriage,"

By the Right Frontal Lobe of the Great Sky Demon -

2010-08-27T02:40:00.000-04:00

This is Brin J. Thornton, Head of Gardening at Lackham College of Agriculture in Chippenham, Wiltshire, Great Britain. Because of this 10lb 9.5oz citron, he is now being considered for tenure. You may be filled with envy, but understand one thing: As a universal truth, when prepared, giant organics taste like recycled rubber par-boiled in lard. My theory of why, with a complete lack of credible

Back from the probing hippies who clipped my fingernails too short

2010-08-21T16:06:00.000-04:00

I prefer to think of summer as a time when relaxation is an inalienable given, when employers ensure each of their faithful associates inhale a deep breath of clean air, a hot dog or three, and at least one travel-mug of home-made sangria. To consider the season in any other way would be a travesty, and effectively drive workers further from the pit stop of sanity and gender-specific restrooms.

More to come...

2009-10-07T13:13:00.002-04:00

I'll come back with more in a bit, but I've caught wind of something in the air concerning a cover-up of a hurling object and the white house. Time to panic? Doubtful. I'll drop what I've gathered later tonight. Stay tuned.

Japanese 1st Lady Recounts 'Spiritual' Visit to Venus

2009-09-06T20:43:00.003-04:00

Like I wouldn't take a break to drop this bomb:)(Reuters) Japan's next prime minister might be nicknamed "the alien," but it's his wife who claims to have had a close encounter with another world."While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus," Miyuki Hatoyama, the wife of premier-in-waiting Yukio Hatoyama, wrote in a book published last year."It was

I've be...preoccupied

2009-07-26T21:44:00.002-04:00

It's been 10 days since my last post, and even I admit, it was sub-par. My reason, by no means is it an excuse, is that I am preparing for my mfa conferral this weekend. Lots of little, annoying details to sum up an academic career (So far. A PhD is not out of the question at this point.) I promise I will be back in full force once the ceremonies have concluded. It's not like the unexplained will

Historical Accident or Cover-Up?

2009-07-16T13:29:00.009-04:00

The following is pulled line-by-line from the NPR article on the tape loss. I don't believe for a moment the tapes were 'erased.' Apollo 11 hadsome serious encounter-time upon the moon. We were being watched,plain and simple.An exhaustive, three-year search for some tapes that contained the original footage of the Apollo 11 moonwalk has concluded that they were probably destroyed during a period

Chicago O'Hare UFO Video Release

2009-07-12T13:36:00.002-04:00

The sun is shining, the lawn needs a good mowing, and my wife is beckoning me to the backyard with an ice-cold Sam Adams.Get out and enjoy the day...

Ogopogo a No Show No Go?

2009-07-09T07:59:00.028-04:00

In the same vein as the drowned earthworms my daughters always find after a torrential rainstorm, another slimy carcass has surfaced belly-up. Not in the puddles of my backyard, but along the glacial waters of the great northern forests of British Columbia, Canada. Reportedly, the carcass of an Ogopogo has been found, yet there seems to be no published media of the discovery, as of yet. Perhaps

Crop Circles Hit the Russian Steppes

2009-07-05T20:16:00.004-04:00

Just a quick pop-off tonight... recent activity in the steppes of Russia. Here's an overly tongue-in-cheek newscast with some limited video. I enjoyed the local explanation of "It's fake. Just take a rope and walk on it." Doesn't he know you need a foot-board as well? To be honest, every time I come across another crop-circle image, I wonder how I could recreate one myself. A simple image, I

Flotilla of UFOs, June 22, 2009

2009-07-01T20:08:00.008-04:00

Before I get to the meat... can anyone guess what the aerial photograph to the left is? The answer is at the bottom of this blog.I'm the first to admit I've never seen what I would call a true unidentified flying object. I mean, I've seen aircraft that I couldn't categorize as a 747 or C-9, and there have plenty of bird silhouettes I've spied against the clouds I didn't have a chance at

Another Potential Edit to Human Evolution

2009-06-29T20:03:00.014-04:00

I'm a tall person. With a very rare exception, I stand a good head or two taller than most other folks at any random cocktail party. I've never given much thought to how much I stand apart, though comments from strangers looking for something to start a conversation with have prompted contemplation. A word of advice: If you tell me I'm tall, don't be upset should I tell you how short you are.

In the Depths of the Jungle

2009-06-27T18:14:00.008-04:00

I've tromped through jungles the world over for one reason or another, muscling ground-scrub and palm from my way so I could take one more step. Then another, and another. Trust me, if there was a location that stood out as a potential habitat for pygmy dinosaurs, it would be the buried forests of the Congo.The Likouala Swamp of central Africa is over 55,000 square miles, larger than the state of

Two Lights, a Song and a Few Crop Cirlces

2009-06-23T10:16:00.011-04:00

When I was in high school, I worked for a local mom and pop farm stand. Deep summer found me on my knees, weeding out fields of strawberries and kale, while early fall found me in a pick-up truck, hand picking bushels of sweet corn. Unfortunately for my later curiosity, I never worked grain fields.Crop circles are nothing new, and in fact, have become so common an occurrence that news coverage

Celebrating Fathers Day with Nessie

2009-06-22T14:04:00.019-04:00

On this Father's Day, as I grilled a few hot dogs and burgers in celebration, my thoughts drifted to my own mortality, and the legacy I would leave behind. I have two daughters, both of whom are filled with curiosity, tenacity and an absolute devotion to discovering what might be around every corner. Both are born explorers, and I couldn't be prouder. I can only presume all fathers have this same

The 'Haunting' of the S.S. Watertown

2009-06-20T13:52:00.023-04:00

At sea, no one dies from old age.Imagine struggling to keep your head above the relentless swells of white-caps until exhaustion gives way to resignation. You are helpless as you sink, your lungs screaming for air, muscles lacking the strength to match the will to live.I've heard stories of shipwrights who have gone missing while constructing battleships, their gaunt corpses discovered years

Video Labeled 'Aliens in the NASA Archives'

2009-06-19T16:04:00.005-04:00

To flatly deny the existence of intelligent life beyond the bounds of Earth is ignorant, plain and simple. The true debate, in my opinion, is whether there has been contact with the human race.When I was stationed in the Indian Ocean, I would spend a few nights a month lying on the coral sand beaches that surrounded the base, my eyes scanning the stars for any sight of unexplained. I'd heard

Setting The Stage For the Unexplained

2009-06-19T14:50:00.006-04:00

There is no such thing as absolute truth, and that is where this blog begins.Our ancestors believed at one point that the earth was flat, that a supreme being created sentient man and woman from clay, that certain races were inferior to others. We now know these 'facts' to be pure hogwash, and can contemplate what blindness led to such ridiculous conclusions.There can only be one reasonable fact: