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Sunrise

Wow. Literally the first sunrise we’ve seen in all of 2013. Nice to wake up with a spring in our step.

Feb 25, 2013

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Daytona Crash

Crash at Daytona!

(CNN) – Debris flew into the stands, injuring some spectators, during a crash Saturday during the final turn of a NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway.

The multi-car crash occurred near the end of the Nationwide Series race at the same Florida track where Sunday’s Daytona 500 will be held.

The impact caused material to soar into various places, some of it reaching the second level of the stands about 20 feet up. An engine was among the parts that broke loose and plowed into the protective fence separating the track from spectators.

Afterward, several spectators could be seen lying down after apparently suffering injuries. It was not immediately known how severe the injuries might be.

NASCAR president Mike Helton later told ESPN, which was broadcasting the race, some people were being taken to Halifax Medical Center. He said the protective fence did its job in preventing potentially more injuries and possibly deaths.

“There are moments that occur we have never seen before,” Helton said.

Maybe Danica had a guardian angel over her today with an engine failure.

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Prayers to fans and drivers. And a shout out to Daytona crew who have their work cut out for them to pull off the Daytona 500 tomorrow!

Meteor Strike In Russia blog! Excellent information. METEOR UPDATES LIVE

From the Russian Academy of Sciences (article in RU):

“The object was “a few meters” across, but weighed around 10 tons and had a total energy of “a few kilotons.” It entered the atmosphere at a speed of 15-20 km/second and broke up an altitude of 30-50 kilometers.”

Kilotons! Holy crap batman!

Via @sgtgary in twitter, the Russian Meteor appears to visible on Met-7 satellite imagery.

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Grab your tinfoil – meteor conspiracy!

“Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the head of the Russian Liberal-Democratic Party, said that no meteor fell in the Urals on Friday the US “tested a new weapon” over the region, he claimed.”

USA weapons test?

Best photo of the meteor comes from
@alastormspotter

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Stay safe friends.

Walmart out of Ammo

Very little ammo left at Walmart. Either selling out fast or not getting any new deliveries. Used to be $13 box of target 9mm now not even on shelves.

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Wow, clay pigeon targets still available. Government buying a lot of ammo all up.

Poor pigeons,
Like sitting ducks.

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North Korea Nuclear Test

An earthquake reported out of North Korea.

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Bull&crap. Our guess is an underground nuclear test. And above ground can u guess the target?

Gdmf missiles testing aim for S Korea or USA if they could. As USA sends f16s to Egypt, money to Israel & Assad rebels and sequestration looming.

Earthquake my ass.

Feb 11, 2013.

Couch Shopping

Time for a new furniture! What a pain. We’ve had the current stuff in the great room for 14 years! How long do most people keep furniture anyway? Between the kids, guests, our butts, food, and the dog, it’s time.

The room has a couch, love seat, chair and an ottoman, and a big ass TV. Pretty good size room and the spouse was thinking a sectional. Budgeted $4000 maybe a little more if financing is offered- hey it could be another 14 years til we get a new one. Splurge a little, right.

Found an app called HOWZZ in the App Store. Cool place for all sorts of home shopping and decorating. Lots of unusual items like this mega funky couch kinda seating.

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Described as- Two identical polyurethane and feather-filled star shapes fit together to form the seat, backrest and armrests of this amazingly comfortable sofa that has no rigid frame. Price includes delivery to the USA. Manufactured by Edra.

The Aster Papposus Sofa is priced at
$72,957.

FREE SHIPPING

Wow, furniture sure has gone up in price in 14 years.

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Looking for Goats

Last week one of our Pygmy goats died. The goat’s twin sister actually cried as we removed her carcass. Sad. And sad we invested so much love, time, feed and vet costs.

Finding a replacement goat for 4H is not easy. Most goats are born by April 1 and promised to pending buyers.

So the search begins. Then we find this report out of a goat being arrested after a theft. What the…

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SOHO ODDITY ?

Pointed out by a commentator -Richard, a possible anomaly near the sun. Ck SOHO up on left.

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