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Who would have thought that the east coast would have both an earthquake and a hurricane with moderate damage potential all within a week or two of one another. I am no earthquake or hurricane expert, but this doesn't seem like something that happens very often if ever.

I would be willing to bet that the conspiracy theory websites are lit up right now. And, likely some of them end of the world religious fanatics and websites. Any time something happens they got some crazy idea, story, prediction, or prophecy to let us know about.

I am not into all the conspiracy and end of the world stuff. I've heard it some many times in the past few years that it doesn't even remotely appeal to me. Occasionally I do find some of the threads and comments entertaining though. There are a lot more crazy people out there than I thought.

I am just hoping that this latest hurricane Irene doesn't cause too much damage. We already have financial issues in this country we really don't need anymore. And, then there is talk in the news that the hurricane might cause gas prices to rise. Oh great, just what we need. Give the big oil companies a reason to raise the price of gas and they will.

Be safe!

A news story that recently caught my attention was about this guy that says he has found some kind of base on Mars. Apparently he found it using Google Mars and has uploaded a brief youtube video showing his find.

He says it is 750 feet by 150 feet and cylinder shaped. He also says it appears to be in good shape and well maintained. Which, after watching his video I personally find it difficult to judge as the quality and resolution is not the greatest when he zooms in on the thing.

I am not sure how he comes up with or concludes that the thing is 750 feet by 150 feet. As he rotates around it does kind of appear cylinder shaped.

The guy suggests that it might be a base and speculates how it got there, but wisely doesn't say for sure. He says here is what I found, this is where it is located, check it out and see what you make of it.

I would expect the conspiracy sites have already picked up on this story and I can only imagine what they are saying it is or how it got there.

Personally I think it is just too blurry and not detailed enough to make anything out of it.

Check it out on youtube if interested:

Bio Station Alpha on Mars. The latest discovery by David Martines. Original Video

Remember the original old Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie?

It was good back in the day, but watching it now it seems a little cheesy I guess. Considering the budget and when it was made (1974 ish) it could almost be considered a classic.

Lots of rumors swirled around the movie. Whether it was true or if parts of it were at least based on real events.

Anyway there was a strange new story in the news about a Texas man who took a chainsaw to his friend of 20 years. They apparently lived in the same house and the guy was trying to do away with his friend by cutting him up with a chainsaw.

The first thing that came to mind is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie. Not that it had anything to do with the movie after all these years, but it is not something you hear about very often. And, being it happened in Texas just reminds me of the movie.

Technology is advancing and changing at an increasing rate. Things that used to take years to achieve is often accomplished in a matter of months. Which is kind of scary.

Every time I open pick up a newspaper there is an ad for something faster, more powerful, bigger and better. It almost seems as if you buy something today a few months later it will be out of date. You can't really keep up with it. If you need or want something you just have to buy it with the assumption and realization that it will be out of date in the very near future.

You just get used to and figure out your new technology device and get comfortable with it. Then, it breaks or you get a new one and spend countless hours trying to figure the new one out. Which we didn't have to do in the good old days. Seriously though the good old days were not that long ago.

We have so many little gizmo's, gadgets, and techie devices now I can't image what we will see in 10 to 20 years from now. But, when I think back 10 to 20 years ago I would have never guessed we would have or be using some of what we do now.

By now you have probably heard about Osama Bin Laden being killed. It would be hard to have missed a story about it in the news, and it is all over the internet right now.

Besides being a little sudden and somewhat unexpected after all these years the thing I find rather strange is where he was actually found.

It is hard to believe Osama Bin Laden was found right in the middle of a city of decent size. And, on top of that within a few hundred yards of a Pakastani military facility. Strange that nobody noticed or suspected anything out of the ordinary surrounding the place where he apparently called home.

I didn't catch how long he had been living at that location. Whether it was for years, or just more recently. If he had been living there for an extended amount of time it is very strange, and almost unreal that someone didn't suspect something sooner.

I guess I just assumed that Osama Bin Laden would likely never be found not to mention killed. If he were found, captured, or killed I was expecting it to be more like a remote location. Maybe a bunker, underground, or in one of these caves we often heard about in media reports.

At any rate it is nice to see the Osama Bin Laden chapter finally come to a close. Not that there will not be others to worry about and deal with, but at least this one is finally over.