Fates

Rain Drops are by far one of my favorite pics! Great ones. Here are some of mine.

It's really difficult to pick a single image that means the most too me. I have so many that I enjoy for different reasons as each highlights a moment in time that I wish to share. For me though, I'll have to choose one of my favorite places on earth. Sunset, in St. Joe, MI. I have so many memories of this place, and hope to be able to enjoy many, many more. My Camera Bag: Nikon D90, Nikkor AF 18-105mm F3.5, Nikkor AF 55-300mm F4.5, Nikkor AF 35-70mm F2.8, Kalamar 60-300mm F3.9 Macro, SB-600 Flash, MB-D80 Battery Pack, GoPro Hero w/ Accessories, and Apple iPhone 4s

Spoiler Alert But for those that have seen this......read this: Top 10 Galactic Goofs Alien Vagina Cobra? http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/prometheus-mistakes-rfure.php

Blue Skies....

Thanks.... Shot was taken with a GoPro Camera

Here's an interesting read. http://www.ainonline.com/?q=node/102710

I Love my GoPro!!!

Discount Double Choke

http://www.ainonline.com/?q=aviation-news/ainalerts/2012-01-03/hawker-beechcraft-decries-light-attack-contract-award

Just so your're aware, Raytheon and Hawker Beechcraft are two separate companies now. Raytheon makes missles and Hawker Beechcraft makes aircraft. They split back in 2006 or so.......

I really don't care what airframe they (Government) chooses...as long as it is the right aircraft for the mission. My issue with this boils down to Politicians using the Campaign Promise of keeping Jobs in America, then sending the jobs south of the border. Look at General Motors (GM). China needed vehicles and made an arrangement with GM and Ford for vehicles. The only catch....you have to build them in China. Japan Needed a New FX Fighter. They chose the F-35 with the first 4 being built in the US. The rest will be manufactures in Japan by Mitsubishi. http://www.ainonline.com/?q=aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2011-12-22/japan-selects-f-35-local-assembly If the A-29 Tucano is the right aircraft, great...award that company the contract...then make them build it here. Build it in Wichita, where quality and experienced aircraft manufactures like Boeing and Hawker Beechcraft can spool up a dying production line with a new product. The US Government is as guilty of shipping jobs overseas as the legislation they approve for US Companies to do the same.

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/j-j-abrams-launches-action-movie-fx-app-1050320

He stopped over Michigan to refuel last night....

A large Fed Ex Delivery before Xmas...... Corsair Obsidian Series 650D Mid Tower Logitech G700 Gaming Mouse ASUS SATA 24x DVD Burners Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Corsair H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Thermaltake Black Widow 850W Modular PSU HP 25" 1080P HD Monitor HP2509 Western Digital 500GB SATA II Corsair SATA III 120GB SSD 16GB G.Skills Ripjaws DDR3 PC 1866 (4x4GB) ASUS Geforce EGTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB ----------Yet to obtain----------- Asus P9X79 Motherboard LGA 2011 Socket Intel i7-3930 3.3Ghz 6 Core Processor

All together... $2580 Shipped. A couple weeks ago we had a major Winter Storm, and the power fluctuations zapped my PSU and Mobo on my old machine. Being that machine was about 5 years old (AMD 939pin/ with 2GB Ram and ATI 1900 XTX GPU), Insurance wasn't going to give me anything to replace it. I'm sure there are many machines and builds that may perform as well for less, but with Intel announcing they do not plan to continue support for the 1366 Socket and older CPU's it just made sense to me to bite the bullet and move forward with a X79 Chipset and 2011 Socket. Unfortunately that limits me to 2 possible CPU's, and Intel issued a PCN (Product Change Notification) to both of them. However they will be shipping the new chips in January, and Bios updates will resolve current chip issues. Plan on doing a review on everything when complete.

Shipping some your way! Happy Birthday!

If anyone is interested in a BF3 Team (PC), TeamODB is recruiting. We have a couple active servers running in the UK, and would encourage everyone to check it out. Check out the new website as well.. http://www.teamodb.com/main

The only thing I have ever used has been Window's Movie Maker. Been happy with it for a long time....and... Free.

IRL lost a great driver today in Las Vegas. RIP Dan http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/10/16/wheldon-seriously-injured-in-massive-indycar-crash-at-vegas/

When is enough, enough???? You'll need these

Here's a retired Military Vehicle for sale. http://www.copart.com/c2/car_auction_search_results.html?_eventId=getLot&execution=e1s5&lotId=18701621&returnPage=SEARCH_RESULTS

Here are some shots from Thursday and Friday's Practice..... real nice having front row seats!

Cheers!

Looks like its gonna be a descent day for the race.... Here's some pics from last weeks qualifying.

Just seen this for the first time this morning.....had to laugh.