November 3, 2004

Unbelievable!

In fact I don't believe it. I don't for one minute think that millions of extra voters showed up to support the current administration. I just don't buy it. What would I do? I would start seizing voting machines all over the country and testing them to see if when a Kerry vote is entered, a Bush vote is registered some percentage of the time. The machines are not being used anymore, there is no reasonable objection to such a test and I believe it would provide proof that these results are bogus. This would be what we need to contest the entire election.
I don't think that is going to happen though.
I think we're heading for a revolution . . . or a civil war.

October 27, 2004

Happy Birthday to an old friend!
You know who you are.

Meanwhile, in space, Cassini is beaming back fresh, close up pictures of Saturn's moon Titan.
While at the same time we have total Lunar Eclipse tonight.
All on my buddy's birthday . . .
Coincidence?

Well, yeah probably.
Still it's pretty cool.

Also on a personal note, I got some really good news on the work front.
Can't say too much here, but things are certainly looking up.

October 25, 2004

Gina gets back into the "Swing" of things.

Okay so a few weeks ago Gina started buying "Backstage" and looking around for local auditions. She caught wind of one down at a South Jersey college about tragic family incident, called "Swing."
It's called that because part of the action happens around a playground swing. (You pigs!)

Anyway she decides to get her feet wet and go audition. Her first audition since we finished Revelations. The script calls for a very small cast and only one woman principal.
Needless to say she got the part.
Nobody was surprised except Gina herself. I want to stress that.
Now this is some kind of club project by the students so they've been shooting on weekends.
In the movie Gina plays an abused wife and mother.
This past Sunday Gina let me drive her down and watch the shoot.
So here are a couple of behind the scenes pictures.

Gina getting her makeup on.

Gina on the set.
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Close up on the makeup after Gina took off the nose bandage.

October 22, 2004

Multiple entries:

First up . . . "It's the Brain!"

This has got me freaking out:

. . . experimental ''brain'' interacts with an F-22 fighter jet flight simulator through a specially designed plate called a multi-electrode array and a common desktop computer.

''It's essentially a dish with 60 electrodes arranged in a grid at the bottom,'' DeMarse said. ''Over that we put the living cortical neurons from rats, which rapidly begin to reconnect
themselves, forming a living neural network -- a brain.''

Uh huh. That's very interesting professor, yes, just one question . . . ARE YOU INSANE?!?
HELLO! MAD SCIENTIST ALERT! OH! ARGH! THAT'S JUST WRONG!
WHY? OH! OH! THIS IS JUST . . . OH!

On a lighter note:
Kirk & Spock '04
(Yeah, right, if only!)
A couple of friends sent this over from 'the Ferret'.
Very good stuff!

VOTE KERRY!

Sorry for the recent lack of posts, very busy here at work.

October 12, 2004

This past weekend

This past weekend was great. We had some of the old Integrity crew get together with some of the Revelations crew and a few of our other new friends and everyone had a fine time.
Here are some pictures:

	Here are Gina and I participating in the renewal of our vows.
		Here we are with Cardinal Sinnius Vice who urged us to "Go and Sin some more!" Hmmm . . . My kind of Cardinal!
	Here is Gina with Chris T. and our buddy Brian S.
	Here is a group shot with Carry, Brian S., Gina, Sarah, Rob H.(in the back), Jo, and as Gandalf Brian G.	Not pictured here but also in attendance were Brian G.'s Brother in law Josh, Shane and Dawn, and their kids Ian and Brennan. Quite a crowd, I hope I didn't miss anyone.

All in all, Gina and I had a most romantic and fun time.

More pictures by Sarah, whom we thank, can be found here:
http://imageevent.com/bsarcinelli/pics/renfaire/romance

October 11, 2004

Do you know this man?

Global law enforcement networks want to know.

Current theories are that he is;
Mycroft Rex Hernandez (AKA: Racer X); long lost older brother of Frank J. Hernandez
or an evil, alternate reality version of the aforementioned Mr. Hernandez.
or the first horseman of the apocalypse.

If you have any information on this man send a letter
with two proofs of purchase of Quisp or Quake cereal,
a SASE and a DNA sample to:

Oh Sweet Jebus! This can't be happening
Care of: Why hast thou forsaken us Jebus?
PO BOX 666
Murray Hill Station
NY, NY 02112

Brought to you by Quisp and Quake.
Void where prohibited.

And the madness continues . . .
Needless to say Gina is barely speaking to me.

October 11, 2004

Sad news today.

Christopher Reeve has died.

October 8, 2004

Quick Notes

I'm looking forward to the slaughter debates tonight.
Then tomorrow we're headed down to the MD Renaissance festival for "Romance Weekend."
Lots of friends, old and new, are planning to meet us down there so it should be fun.

October 6, 2004

REVELATIONS SITE UPDATE
Now underway.

Note the music on the FLASH on the front page is from the movies original soundtrack!
Whoa! That's cool!

In other news; Edwards won the VP debate last night.
It wasn't the rout that the Presidential debate was, but Edwards was clearly the winner.

I was sad to see that Rodney Dangerfield has died. He made me laugh.

I hear 7-UP may be holding a contest where the winner gets a seat on SpaceShipOne.
Hmmmmm . . . I need to buy some 7-UP.
Although Gina has made it clear that, if I win, I will be going up alone. Hmph!

Anyway go check out the Revelations site updates by clicking the image above.

October 5, 2004

And the winner is:
Quantum Chromodynamics
and Asymptotic Freedom - for all.

The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to a trio of scientist for their work in the hunt for a grand unification theory. Very important stuff here having to do with the origin of the universe, the structure of matter and even the underlying nature of gravitation.
I can almost feel that flying car now.
Here is the story and some related links.

For just the facts: Reuters
For the basics: Wikipedia
For a straight shot of the hard stuff: Physics Today

Read it, learn it, know it, live it, love it.

October 4, 2004

SpaceShipOne to shoot for X-prize today

Some random thoughts about this; I spent most of the weekend watching Tom Hanks' "From the Earth to the Moon" miniseries. This is a really good series that catches a lot of the zeitgeist of the early space age. I heard someone say once that the entire space program of the sixties and early seventies was as if President Kennedy had captured a decade from the 21st century and pulled it into the 20th century.
One of the things that caught my attention on this viewing was during the episode where they cover the design and construction of the Lunar Excursion Modules. The character explains that everything for the LEM had to be handmade since there was no manufacturer you could just order LEM parts from. Contrast this with what we see today with the advent of various X-prize competitors and space worthy vehicles assembled largely from commercially available parts.
For instance think for a moment about the old LEM onboard computers. Each custom made and with far less power than the most basic desktop of today.
We are entering the age not only of commercially available space flight but very soon of privately affordable space flight.
Anyway that's just me waxing optimistic.
I'll be watching the attempt of SpaceShipOne via live webcast here.

October 1, 2004

Our new theme this
month will be . . .

The Nightmare Before Christmas

I love this movie.

Enough about that though, let's talk some more about the Presidential debates last night. I've been watching the Republican spin doctors work themselves into a lather about how Bush didn't really lose.

I'm not sure who they are trying to convince; us or themselves. I watched the debates myself, live, very carefully and I can tell you Bush lost and Kerry won. No doubts, no close calls, no "merely held his own," Kerry kicked ass, plain and simple. He was direct, clear, personable and professional. By comparison Bush looked defensive, childish, and ill-informed. Bush repeated himself constantly, he would try desperately to get the attention of the moderator to get the floor only to stare blankly into the camera once he had it and then repeat his talking points again. He had the look of a man who having bought into his own hype is surprised when someone lifts a veil and the cold, hard truth swings out and hits him right between the eyes.
The other thing that surprises me about it is the school yard like tactics of the Republicans. Today Bush was making speeches trying to do damage control, and he looked like a school yard bully who, having been soundly taken down a peg the day before, now wanted to reestablish his position as top dog. Having had time and, let's face it, more than a little help to think of some clever comebacks he now sets out, when the other guy isn't around, to try and salvage his tough guy reputation. Pathetic.