Alien Prequel?

Looking forward to the 2012, here's something I can get excited about. Seems like a little prequel to the Alien namesake and looks like a pretty cool movie in general. Comes out in June or something, so I'm guessing it'll be on DVD by next Christmas which is when I will get the chance to see it. Already starting my gift list.

How Was John Hurt?

always nice to start the week off with a laugh...

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Let's All Believe

"I don't laugh at people any more when they say they've seen UFOs. I've seen one myself!"

-Jimmy Carter

This weekend I decided that I believe in aliens. This is the danger of watching the History Channel all day.

Reason #1

The Piri Reis Map is a map dating back to 1513 drawn up by a Turkish military admiral named Piri Reis. It's considered to be the oldest map showing the Americas but also depicts the coastline of Europe and northern Africa, and while they're not prefect fits they are frighteningly accurate. While it's interesting that it shows the mythical island of Antillia the real suspicious landmass is found down at the bottom of the map. A landmass that with reasonable accuracy shows the coastline of Antarctica, and not the Antarctica we see now covered in layers and layers of ice but the actual Antarctic coastline found beneath the thick layer of ice.

Whether you believe that to be Antarctica or not, which won't officially be found for another 308 years, it's still an alarmingly accurate map of the world as seen from space. Pretty sure there were no flights back in 1513, especially out of Cape Canaveral.

Reason #2

The pyramids had always been a bit of a mystery, how were they built etc etc. But forget that in order for "what we know" to be true each rock would have had to be cut, moved and placed each in 9 seconds, the part I found curious is their positioning.

The Great Pyramid itself resides directly along the longest longitudinal line and latitudinal line, therefore making it the exact center of all landmass in the world. Also, each of its four sides align almost precisely with the four pints of a compass even tho a compass wasn't invented yet.

Another coincidence is how the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, two of the world's largest and most famous pyramids which are separated by a sea share the same exact perimeter. Not so much a coincidence. Kind of like how a modern day house builder will stick with one design & layout and repeat it over and over again. Only this was ancient times and no one was commuting from Egypt to Mexico with floor plans.

Reason #3

And finally there's Tiahuanaco. Defying modern dating techniques this Bolivian city is estimated to be over 17,000 years old, which makes it the oldest city on Earth.

The sculptures and architecture in the main city are enough for most people to ask questions about the possibility of their existence, but the real goldmine falls right outside the city limits.

Puma Punku.

Unfortunately all that's left of this temple complex is ruins, but is believed to be built in and about 14,000 years ago. The mystery surrounding Puma Punku is not really what is was, but how it came to be. There's a few problems with common sense answers. Where to begin?

First off, most of the blocks at Puma Punku are around 250-300 tons with one alone weighing 450 tons. These blocks had to be pushed or pulled (or levitated) 10 miles from the nearest quarry near Lake Titcaca up a steep incline to the plateau where they now lay in a heap. Engineers of today say we would have trouble doing that nowadays. This was done before the wheel was invented and there are no trees to roll them one like believed to be used in Stonehenge. Curious.

Problem number two. Once they got these massive boulders up the hill they were laid out in such a complex design that it resembles a puzzle, with each piece interlocking and fitting together perfectly. There had to be some sort of planning or writing or knowledge of design here, and once again, we're talking about stone age people here.

Problem number three is the quality of the workmanship. These blocks were cut, and cut with such precision some with perfectly chiseled 90 degree angles and others with grooves that run perfectly straight and precisely the same depth from one end to the other. Add to that that the rocks are all granite & diorite and the only thing hard enough to cut these is diamond. So I guess these cats also had diamond tipped tools.



There's some more convincing "evidence" like Easter Island & the Nazca Lines and such but I doubt anyone's even read this far so I'll cut my losses. So I believe in aliens. Oh well. Whatcha gonna do about it?

Hey! Exciting Yes (Not Boring) WooHoo!!

Yesterday started out as a normal day. We had a few errands to run and really didn't expect anything adventurous.

Laura & I left the house with some recycling to drop off. The recycling station lies in the middle of a large cornfield. We never thought anything of it. We dragged some plastic bottles to one dumpster. A bundle or two of broken down cardboard to another. We were about ready to hop back in our car when we heard the faint buzzing of a single engine cessna and it was coming right at us! We took off into the cornfield, narrowly escaping its machine gun fire. Weird huh?



Then we went off to Laura's ultrasound. Just a quick checkup but we could never be prepared for what we found out. The nurse was just starting the checkup when she suddenly shrieked and ran out of the room. She locked the door behind her and we were stuck. We looked up at the screen and this is what we saw...



Then we started to smell smoke and sure enough moments later some grey smoke started to seep under the door of our exam room. The nurse had lit the offices on fire! We had to escape to save ourselves and our little alien. But how?! I used my brute force to break down the door and Laura I just barely avoided the inferno that was climbing up the walls. The heat was unbearable and the building was coming down around us. Another too close for comfort. I sure hope they refund our copayment.



We got back on 33 and headed back towards home knowing we had to make one more stop at the grocer. The highway was pretty open considering it was around 3 in the afternoon, but all of the sudden we spotted a little green sportscar flying up from behind us. I mean this guy was trucking! Then all of the the sudden BANG! BANG! gunfire! At us. We floored it. Weaving in and out of traffic, taking the shoulder on occasion, and topping out around 120mph. Don't worry Dad we had our seatbelts on. After jumping a few curbs and a little off-roading, we managed to run him into the embankment and get away without any scars. Phew.



We finally got to the grocer and we started filling our shopping carts with all sort of goodies. We got to the cereal aisle when all of the sudden the power went out in the building and it was dark. Some faint emergency lighting flickered on and off and we thought after the day we had we should just get out of here and head home, but we'd come so far and didn't want to leave this beautifully stocked cart behind so decided to stay. But that's when we heard the rumbling. We looked down the aisle and there it was. A giant boulder barreling down on us! We grabbed what food we could and ran down the aisle, Lucky Charms flying everywhere! We crashed out the front window of the store and jumped in the car. As we drove away we saw the building go up in a humongous explosion. Just in the nick of time.



We got home, thinking our adventure was over, exhausted and ready for some rest. We saw the cats gathered in the backyard all staring in the same direction. Odd behavior for these guys who are usually asleep or eating. We thought they must've caught a mole or a bird or something. We thought there could be no harm in checking it out...

Just Cause...

...it's 2:30 am and I was thirsty & awake.


I am so being this guy for Halloween.