Steampunk Tree House

As the night comes alive, the Steampunk Tree House can also come alive with soft plumes of steam. Working in collaboration with The Kinetic Steam Works, KSW can drive up to and hook into the Tree via a steam hose, releasing endless curls of steam into the Tree, and making Tender fleeting dumplings of its lucky inhabitants!

The steam is provided via a series of semi-visible steam pipes and outlets installed throughout the Tree’s branches and trunk. In addition, the House component has its own independent steam ports, enabling it to occasionally function as a nocturnal steam sauna. The base of the Tree has a series of independent steam ports that, when opened, gives the impression that the House is floating on a cloud.

Why I'm A Happy Guy:

Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.

…..Kahlil Gibran

I'm just saying......

Pause a moment, reflect back.

These events are actual events from history.

They really happened!!!

Do you remember?

1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by Muslim male extremist
between the ages of 17 and 40.

2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred
by Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim male
extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by
Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by Muslim male
extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achilles Laura was hijacked and a 70 year old
American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair
by Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver
trying to rescue passengers was murdered by Muslim male extremists
between the ages of 17 and 40.

8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by Muslim male extremists
between the ages of 17 and 40.

9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by Muslim
male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by
Muslim male extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles
to take down the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one
crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by
the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by Muslim male
extremists between the ages of 17 and 40.

Twenty Seven Strikes The Perfect Game

Author:

Robert Arthur Miller, USA

Poem

Twenty Seven Strikes The Perfect Game, a poem by Robert Arthur Miller from USA

Baseball diamond
pitchers mound,
catcher squatting
to the ground.
Throws the signs
for next pitch,
ball released
with every stitch.
Approaches batter
at a high speed rate,
swings his hardest
but much too late.
Umpire calls
the pitch strike one,
then the pitcher sets
and reloads his gun.
He stares into home
just below the hitter,
to read his next sign
and he throws a sweet splitter.
Never making contact
with the pitch that he threw,
The ump turns to his side
and calls it strike two.
The count is 0-2
and the next pitch would be,
a high fastball
that made it strike three.
Two more outs
to strike out the side,
the feat was repeated
when he pitched them inside.
On nine straight pitches
this feat was done,
he repeated it eight times
and with a no hitter,he won.
Unpredictable historic events
theres nothing like it at all,
you never know what will happen
in a good game of ball.

A Little On Desire....

"Have you ever noticed how your life, how your day is dominated
by desires? Take a look at it. You can do that, right now while
you're seated here. Take a look and see how much of your time and
energy, your thoughts are wrapped all around trying to get some-
thing, trying to achieve something, wanting to go somewhere,
wanting to do something, wanting to attract someone. If you were
to do this fully you might be shocked to see how your whole life
is indeed, one grand desire, one want after another, all pain and
anxiety, all going in different directions, none of it making any
sense at all. More than that you don't know what to do about it,
do you?"

A New Kind of Help DVD 2, Talk # 1…Vernon Howard

It was 39 years ago today....

Some real solid advice...not

Only us old farts remember the decline our nation suffered under Jimmy Carter's mis-administration. The Iran Hostage debacle, sky high interest rates ( in the 20's %),
inflation, and the energy crisis caused by the gasoline shortage.
Jimmy Carter's cure for the energy crisis was: "put on sweaters when you're at home" and be sure to "turn off unnecessary lights".
Obama's cure for the current gasoline price crunch is to "be sure your car tire's air pressure is correct".

Obama could have added that waxing your car allows it to glide through the air with less resistance thereby increasing gasoline milage.

Don't like McCain either. Wonder whatever happened to Ross Perot?....maybe draft T. Boone Pickens?

Bush's reign has turned me into a solid Independent voter.