F1

Maybe I should clarify, Formula 1 is the most exacting form of motorsport in the world, NASCAR is the most popular, don't believe me? look at the stats,no links get your own,
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Good days

We had a good run today,stupid fly.... anyway we got a lot done and are almost done with the newest tune

F1 ,and NASCAR next, YAY!
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Ramblin' Stan Baker

Got Stan on the way back to the studio, tonight, to lay down a punch in.

Our Lineup on the tune so far is thus

Producers: Stu Vinyl, Yrgal Tidge
Engineers: Diggy Tall
Front Man: Yrgal Tidge
Vocals: Yrgal Tidge, Stu Vinyl, Quiglar the Bobarian
Percussion: Quiglar the Bobarian, Buster Apocalypse
Guitars: Stu Vinyl, Ooda Yaw, Ramblin’ Stan Baker, Ferris Oxhide
Bass: Yrgal Tidge
Keys: Glu

So, to take this on the road, we need Yrgal, Stu, Quiglar, Ooda, Buster, Glu, and Stan. It's not likely that Ferris would be seen live so we'd have to do without him.

Amazing, and Scary

I got my unemployment check from the government today, which came from the Taxpayers, although I "contributed" for 20 years, then I took it to the Bank, deposited the bulk of the check and got some cash. I then transferred most of it to a different account to hide it from bill collectors,the IRS etc. The same people I "supposedly" owe ,still pay me what they "owe" me, I guess I should be happy the gov isn't a Fascist state (yet).
Bottom line, except for the small amount of cash I received, all I did was transfer a bunch of numbers, that should scare anyone, after all they could restrict/deny you access to your "money" at any time and there ain't shit you can do about it,
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Virtual Navigation (barely worth the read)

Most decent sites of any size offer a way to move forward, backward, "downward" and "upward" through their sites. It is seldom presented as downward and upward tho. Downward is simply clicking on a link that brings you deeper into the site. Our own site has a "Home" buttom that offers an upward movement. Our site is only 2 levels deep, aside from pop out detail windows, so the Home button is sufficient.

If you understand Window's directories and the different Explorer views work you know how Windows is inherently about this Forward, Backward, Downward, and Upward motion.

The Google Toolbar will give you an "Up" button if you want.

I guess this whole rant is because I thought the "pureness" of the navigation at this site was cool. I've linked to a point in the site where you can go Back, Forward, or Up.

http://www.elrelojdesol.com/leonardo-da-vinci/gallery-english/pages/08_The_Last_Supper.htm

It's really just the nav for the picture viewer built into the site, and nothing new, but it was refreshing to have so clear a way to get "up"

So that is way enough about this...

We like Chuck

this is a bit of fun for your Thursday afternoon, 

Chuck Norris Facts,

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Final Guitar for That's Right

Recorded what should be the final guitar tracks for That's Right, last night.

Haven't listened yet, but I think I got some good stuff.

Maybe a little more background vocals, a recorded cymbal roll and a couple crashes, a little mixing, and it should be "DONE"

PREVIEW

We like our Nazis in uniform....

quote from what movie?

Firefox

I'm about to install Firefox 4.0 beta 2. I'm a huge Firefox guy, it just runs smoother for me, so I'm going to try the Beta this time, I'll let you know how it runs, Download here,
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We like AC/DC

great short interview about the lasting awesomeness that is AC/DC,
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How to solve racism

By Morgan Freeman, he really is as smart as his performances make him out to be,
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Morgan Freeman

Dethklok RULES!

Remember when you thought The Simpsons was just bratty kid's stuff?

Remember when you thought South Park was just foul kid's stuff?

Remember when you realized there are genius comedic minds behind these shows?

Take it a step farther...What if the imaginary world of core metal-heads was real?

The BLT boys have discovered, thanks to Q, that, not only are there genius comedic minds behind the, 4 season old, Cartoon Network Adult Swim Flash-animation comedy Metalocalypse, but, if you're in the mood for death-metal, you can't beat Dethklok!

BRUTAL!

lol- Google "deth" see what's suggested by your search bar :o)

Maintenance sucks!

So do certain social websites rules for linking,
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Meg Whitman Una Nueva California

From what I've heard, the "old" California was real nice. We'd like that back, thank you very much, Meg. You can keep your Nueva crap.

Making money and gaining power come easy to those who have zero honor.

Maybe her and Jerry will both contract a severe case of facial herpes and be forced to withdraw and we can try our luck with another two.....NEXT!!

Are grandpas metal?

YES!

Even though I'm gonna be a grandpa soon, I still am just astonished when I'm reminded, by a pic like this, that my daughter's a grownup. She'll be older than me soon.....

Hey, Yrgal, let's go play with our toy airplanes!

Grand(kids)

My Grandson was over today, F%%^&king hilarious, Colors! Cars! Planes Colors! cars Planes! you get the idea, good fun,so.......
(sung as a punk tune)
Kids are something,you really should have,
they love their mom and they love their dad,
They make messes and they're happy all day,
they shit in a diaper and you throw it away, Yea!

Site optimization

Tweaked site code for better searchability. Nothing earth-shattering, just some basics I should have put in place from the beginning.

One more peace of info to read before you die

If you were to read the Declaration of Independence, You would notice that a lot of what is going on in the U.S. today is EXACTLY why the Founding Fathers wrote what they did, and it was very dangerous for them to do. Remember they were British Subjects and Dissent was punishable by Death, for Treason against the King, today we don't have that problem ,YET but if we don't start complaining we may yet end up where they were, so many years ago,
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books that changed my life

I agree with Stu, and yes The Constitution of The United States of America is a great one,
I also would add Titan by John Varley,
Hayeks The Road to Serfdom

John Stuart Mill On Liberty
The Lord of the Rings
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged (MUST READ!)
Milton Friedman Free to choose
The New Testament
any thing by Jerry Pournelle
or Ben Bova
Heinline Starship troopers, (the book not the movie, although I like shlock SciFi movies)

I'm sure there are more
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Eric is on spot again

Over at Classical Values, Eric is off on another rant about freedom, gotta love him,

Books that changed how I think

The Art of War

Tao te Ching

Frankenstein

Candide

1984

Defence of Duffer's Drift

Horton Hears a Who

Un-weaving the Rainbow

A Canticle for Lebowitz

Helliconia

Be Dangerous on Rock Guitar

City

The Long Walk

The First Men in the Moon

Climbing Olympus

Lord of the Flies

A Yankee in King Arthur's Court

The Hobbit

Integral Trees

The Mote in God's Eye

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Light of Other Days

Titan (by Steven Baxter -- Ben Bova's Titan was as good a read but Baxter changed how I think...)

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (by the great Dale Carnegie - also by Dale is a book I haven't read yet, but intend to - Lincoln the Unknown -- I have heard life changing reviews about this book as well...)

I believe Yrgal would add the Constitution of the United States (I haven't read it but I've heard it kicks ass!)



...more coming.... :o)

Tweaking

NO!...NOT Meth!....ewwwww yech!

Tweaking website colors and the ending to "That's Right" tonight.

Stick to the basics....brews and buds!

My Space is down

LMAO

Well, Blister hosts with GoDaddy...reliable webhosting and HOT chicks! (hot, race-car driving, chicks...)

YARG!

Bruce Dickenson

Father and Uncle flew in The Battle of Britain, He sings For Iron maiden, And is checked out for Boeing 767 Multi engine planes, also a swordsman, how cool is that, here he is,Check it out
Fuck yeah!
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GUNS RULE! (for a lot or reasons)

We own guns,get used to it, Stu and I both own guns, we live in the U.S. where our rights are upheld, maybe your country doesn't , bummer for you.Understand, guns aren't the answer, but they provide a solution when Bad Men decide to violate your right to live.
I Love living in a society that loves a no gun culture yet allows us to own guns. Only criminals brandish guns and they don't even know what to do when they whip em out, not really, and carefull what you wish for, example Stu's Wife is well trained with weapons and she's a Petite gal, Go Ahead, try her sometime.....
We are proud Gun Owners, and We defend your rights,All Of them,
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I like Space!

This is a must view, IMHO Bill Whittle one of the finest Writer/Presenters around right now, has a new video up, showing us the that the way forward in space is Private, I grew up loving NASA but there time is passed. Many SciFi books that Stu and I have read follow the Privateer path and that is what is really happening in Spaceflight now. At 13 minutes, it's a bit long but worth it,
AfterBurner with Bill Whittle, Enjoy,
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The new website is live!

http://blisterrecords.com

On The Other Hand......

I got a call From Stu, saying come over, so I did, after some jovial drinking and smoking, I laid down about 11 new ending tracks. Yay Electricity! YAY! Oil!,
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Saturday Recording a Wash

Yrgal and I were going to lay down a couple final tracks for That's Right on Saturday. But, somehow, the city/region/state/whatever, (someone somewhere is at fault) was unable to handle the power demands levied by a ordinary "seanonably" hot Saturday. Apparently, somehow, several pieces of hardware around the city were overloaded. I guess they had gotten accustomed to the "unseasonbly" cool weather we've been having. Does hardware get "accustomed"? I don't understand. Really, one of the only benefits I can imagine to living in an industrial hellhole pit like Ontario, CA is that, I thought, things like 16 hour black-outs don't happen.

Soooo, no recording got done.

We're trying again today.

Anyone selling land in the badlands of Montana?....really.

Stupid Criminals

If someone were to ask you who the last person anyone should ever dare to mug is, what name would be your answer? This lister is betting on 80% or better of respondents answering, “Chuck Norris.”

Amazingly, astoundingly, two idiots managed to try just that. It happened in 1994. Norris mentions this whole thing in his autobiography, “Against All Odds.” And, by his testimony, this is what happened. Honest to God, it really happened.

In 1994, right at the beginning of his run as Walker, Texas Ranger, Norris was, and still is, living in Dallas, Texas, where the show was filmed. One day he was walking down the street by himself, no entourage, no fans following him, no bodyguards, not even his wife. He turned a commercial block in the downtown skyscraper area and saw two men a little bigger than he coming straight for him from the other end of the block.

They were staring right at him, and he figured they wanted autographs, which he enjoys signing. So he walked up to them and stopped with a smile, whereupon they stood in front of him, whipped out a couple of large pocketknives, and one of them demanded, “Give me your wallet, Chuck! Give it here!”

Norris actually opened his mouth wide and then asked, “Are you insane!?”

“No! We know who you are! And we know you got a lot of money! Now give it up, or you’re dead!”

Now before we go further, let us just go over a few of the particulars. All jokes aside, Chuck Norris truly does have the following black belts: 1st degree in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 8th Degree Grandmaster in Tae Kwon Do, 9th degree in Jeet Kune Do under Bruce Lee and Lee’s best student, Dan Inosanto, 10th degree in Shito Ryu Karate, 10th degree in Tang Soo Do, 11th degree in Chun Kuk Do.

Granted, the last art is his own concoction, a hybrid of all the best moves he has learned over the years, all blended for both self-defense and competition, and you are only allowed a 10th degree or better in anything when you found your own dojo. But suffice to say, the muggers didn’t even use guns. From a hundred feet away. They used knives within arm’s reach. What happened next was rather anti-climactic.

The police arrived about 4 minutes later, 3 officers in two cars, and were greeted by the scene of two men with SEVERELY broken arms (the bones had gone through the skin) sitting on the curb, two bloody knives in the gutter, and Chuck Norris, the Almighty Himself, leaning against the wall, wearing his beard, jeans, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat….he shrugged at them. The police started laughing so hard that they bent over, holding their sides, unable to put the handcuffs on the muggers. One of them managed to ask, “Did you not know who he was?!”

One of them said, “Yeah, we knew who he was! We figured all that crap on TV was fake!”

This comes from listverse.com always with the lists I tells ya!

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What the Hell is Wrong with the Upland PD?

Many of us here at Blister know 12 year old Adam W. He is one of the nicest kids you'll ever meet. Definitely handed a hard lot in life, he deals with it with quiet grace and always tries to do good.

So....he broke his wrist recently (btw took 5 days to get the specialist necessary to set it properly...wonder if rich kids wait that long?) anyway, his wrist is recovering fine. His arm in a cast.

Next....he likes to skateboard...but he can't with his broken wrist...so he's sitting, watching the kids at the Upland skate park (near the hospital), when 3 (count 'em 3) cops come upon the scene. They decide it's best to give Adam a ticket. Not even sure for what, as far as Adam and his mother can tell, there are no posted rules against watching the skaters. Obviously there was nothing more important for these pricks to do. Our tax dollars at work. Adam was in tears when he got home.

What the hell is wrong with you, Upland PD? Three officers and not one of them is clear on "Right from Wrong". These people carry guns?

There will be angry emails sent, you revenue grabbing jerks!!

Serve and Protect!

A good laugh

James Lileks, one of the funniest writers of my lifetime,


I got to touch the grass, though. And I was able to explore the Bowels of the new stadium. Backstage is always exciting the first time, no matter where it is. You feel the thrill of seeing something most won’t, even if it’s just endless concrete corridors with huge pipes overhead – a few of which surely carry the ceaseless torrent of urine from the bathrooms. Think of it: a giant loading dock is built to bring in the beer; dozens of beer-dispensing points are built throughout the complex; wide long troughs are stationed at convenient intervals to receive the end product of the beer, and complex systems of pipes are installed to carry away the end product of the beer. It all depends on a crowd of thousands who will consume and strain the beer. The entire stadium is a machine built around the human kidney.

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Flying She Wolf

Yrgal and I fly "parkflyers". Here's some vids we made put to the music of Megadeth.

Flying She Wolf

We have videos put to our own music in the works!

So...if I edit this does it float to the top?

What's Up!!!

just got out of a flame war over at Hotair, We won, YAY! Race is a dead issue, I care about your music, and that's it! got some good music going here via Grooveshark , If you don't have it, get it!
Once you get it, you can friend me and see what I'm listening to right now. It's finally getting warm here and I love the whine, it's so fine. Thanks to our friends who have congregated here and listen to our stuff,
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Groovy Sunday

Listening to the tracks we recorded this afternoon. Sounds great! Q came down and did some backing vocals and bongos....real nice!

Behold the Power!

Of the World of Warcraft community, (yes I'm a part of it, shut up!) Real ID was a bad idea and Blizzard listened to their customers, yay for us!
PC Mag.com has the details,
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New Site

Stu is working on a brand new fresh website design, which is gonna Rock! cos that's what he does,
THAT'S ALL HE DOES,AND HE WON'T STOP UNTIL YOU VISIT!! and Download some tracks,We're givin em away!
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Greg Gutfeld speaks

Greg is the host of a show called Redeye on FNC and he's pretty funny, today he celebrates a birthday by proving once again "SHUT UP AND SING!"

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So Ringo Starr turned 170 yesterday, and marked it by babbling.

He said we should all initiate our afternoons with a global “peace and love” moment. He says it would be fab for folks from all over the world (which I presume includes gentle souls hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan), to say such things at noon everyday – by any form of communication you have at hand.

Of course, there’s nothing wrong with this. It’s a nice sentiment from a semi-attractive grandmother.

Oh, I kid. Of course there’s something wrong with this. There’s everything wrong with this.

For that proclamation represents the reason why people die in this world.

They die because people listen to aging hippes like Ringo Starr. The idea that all the evil in the world will dissolve if we all chant peace and love is what enables evil in the world to flourish.

Threat of war, however, makes peace possible – not silly proclamations of hugs and kisses.

Of course, I’m probably picking on Ringo a bit too much here. But really, jackasses who spout peace, can only spout peace, if the more sensible folks around him are willing to wage war.

And the fact is, if these massive celebrities actually applied the notion of “peace and love” to their own personal lives, they’d be about as successful as Pete Best.

So my suggestion is to replace Ringo’s “peace and love” mantra with something like “God bless our troops,” or “The Beatles were a poor man’s Badfinger.” (true, that!)

Now some people might accuse me of harping on Ringo, because he didn’t return our calls when asked to do Red Eye. Of course, I’m not that sort of fellow. In fact, I wish Starr all the peace and love in the world – which will get him next to nothing in midtown at three a.m when I’m chasing him home with a broken champagne bottle and a copy of Caveman.

And if you disagree with me, you’re a racist homophobe who ripped off the Knack.

Penn Jillette: Mistrust of Government Is a Beautiful Thing

Penn Jillette: Mistrust of Government Is a Beautiful Thing

I don't agree with everything the man says, but he's sharp and honest, Go Penn,
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Holy Crap! part III

As you know, we here at Blister are big fans of the aeroplane in all it's glory, so check out this great save at the Red Bull air races, Stu did something like this once, just not with a full sized plane,
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Quiglar Cometh!

Word has come down from Hintnerdlands that Quiglar the Bobarian may travel from the distant tundras of his homelands to the studios of Blister, in the Eastern Realm, to record great and many sounds of glory and bluster. This is great news for the Kingdom of Big Love. That's Right.
Await ye here for future tales of tomatos and tunes.....

From Eric at Classical Values, a really bizarre form of singing a la "tenores di Bitti", done in an ancient Dialect of Latin, check out Eric's site for all the details,
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Respect My Authoritahh

Like Eric Cartman, I have taken a stick and beaten the mix of our latest tune, "That's Right", into submission. It now sounds GREAT!

A Poem for the dying and the heroes

the night was dark,the men were somber,
have wakened from a dreamy slumber,
On a muggy night, with skeeters flying,
they knew in morn, that some were dying,

Loading guns with cap and ball,
they trod into the British wall,

They new there lives were much at risk,
and gladly gave their lives for this,
as soon as dawn begun to broke,
they blasted Hell at the British folk,

Professionals these, and amatuers those,
Back and forth and toe to toe,
the will for freedom, against the king,
no one knew what the day would bring,

Many fell our side and theirs,
Many lost and many heirs,
to what so many did not know,
and yet they stood there toe to toe,

Eight long years of battle still,
yet nothing broke those brothers will,
King George he quit,we Battle on,
America,so proud and strong,



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What am I doing?

I should be with my family, cooking weinies and drinking beer, enjoying my Grandson and swimming. I am actually sitting here, blogging,drinking beer (as if I wasn't) and most important, taking care of my Dogs,they don't like fireworks very much.Even tho I live in Ontario California, which doesn't allow Fireworks, people blow em off anyway, so I shall celebrate with me Doggies, they are soooo cool, Cheers!
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A note on sound

Like your I-pod? I'm sure you do, lot's music, small size, tons of storage, what's not to like?
Earbuds! It seems to me in the last twenty years or so, the once ubiquitous stereo system has fallen by the wayside, to be replaced with PC speakers and earbuds. Now, I use headphones a lot, great for old Pink Floyd, Rush and bands that actually used panning in their music, etc. but while using these one must remember that sound, especially music needs Room. By that I mean whenever possible use your speakers to hear your music, and no Louder isn't always better, rather as Stu said previously, adjust volume based on the Type of music your listening to, and don't sit so darned close to your sound source.
Tone Controls
Tone controls are nothing more than volume knobs that adjust certain Frequencies, Highs, Lows, Mids and such, Too much of any volume will introduce Distortions which will make your tunes SUCK! so go easy on them there knobs and don't turn them to 11. Often you will get a weird sound you can't quite get rid of, try this, cut your midrange (or 1.6k for you multiband EQ users) back to about 4, which is actually a CUT in volume and a lot of the sound you hear will appear to smooth out, making your experience more enjoyable.
If you have the cash, invest in a decent set of headphones for your I-pod you won't be disappointed,
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America, the Pitbull

Tenacious, Vicious, Loyal and great with families!,
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Bitchin' session today

Yrgal laid down some very cool bass and I filled in a little more background vocals.
Great sounds today.
Gonna do a little mixing tonight then tomorrow I should have time for some "loud" guitar!
That's Right is coming along great.

Sound

A couple things about listening to music:

As our site grows you will see that Yrgal and I play and listen to many different styles. Ya know, I like Johnny Cash, Marylin Manson, Snoop Dogg, Beastie Boys, SRV...ect...ect....


The thing I'm hoping to remind you about enjoying music is that you're mood makes a huge difference. If you hear a song and don't like it, give it another chance. When I first heard Crafty, by the Beasties, I literally HATED it. I heard it another time and thought, "this is kinda fun"...now I love it!...when I'm in the mood. On the other hand, when I first heard Johnny Cash's rendition of Trent Resnor's Hurt I thought it was the most incredible piece of art I had ever hear. I listened to it a few times that week and haven't been "in the mood" for months since. Still LOVE the song though. I disliked Zep and ZZ for many of my younger years. Now I consider them nothing short of geniuses. Don't box your tastes in.

I hope I'm not coming off as preachy here (it IS a blog though, I guess...), but this is stuff I used to ignore and I'm glad I'm more aware now.

Another thing to remember is that music (sound in general) has an actual physiological effect on humans. It really affects your body and therefore your chemicals and therefore your emotions. An important aspect of how a composer intends his/her music to impact the listener is volume. There are "official" terms used in music to dictate the volume(s) at which a piece of music is performed. Typically these instructions from the composer are not conveyed to the listener of a recording. It is, however, pretty easy to assume that much of the music of the past 50 years is meant to played "Forte" or "FORTISSIMO" (LOUD!) most of the time. Doesn't mean you need to injure your ears, but remember if you're listening to rock and roll, metal, punk, even country or reggae (like I said "much music") at a low volume, you may not be getting the intended effect. Try it, put on some AC/DC at a volume you could talk over. ehhh it's AC/DC...yea yea legendary band...yea. Now put on AC/DC CRANKED! If you're physical wreck like myself, you'll give yourself whiplash with the headbanging and you'll wonder why it's been so long since you cranked some AC/DC!

PEACE!

One of my favorite bands....

I had a copy if the album Demon Boy Takes A Bride from the amazing band Muscle Bitches. I lost that tape years ago and the ONLY thing I can find of these guys is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmY1sZMzyG8 ... ENJOY!

BTW If anyone can find me that album I'll....well, never mind what I'll do, but I'll be thankfull!

Preview Big Love Tomato's latest

http://blisterrecords.com/sounds/SneakPreview.mp3

Have a Great Independence Day

Sunday is the 4th of july,don't forget why we are the Greatest country ever, X was a band I dug back in me old punk days,glad I grew up in SOCAL so's I heard em,PUNK ALWAYS!
gotta sleep now long flight home,nice to sleep in theUSA,
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Just got home

I'll tell my tale tomorrow, bit for now , Wow I need better contacts,great music on the flight back.

Grooveshark is a great repository of music, and if you have an account you can link to us Yippee!
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Holy Crap!

I found this thru Instapundit, Rock Stars then and now, Pretty fun and funny, some people just don't age well, some.... Wow, check it out.
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Term of the day

HOLY CRAP!
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Go Jake!

Jake does Bohemian Rhapsody

One more

Jake rules, by the time you read this I'll be in the air but before I go check out Orange World
PC! seee you next week,
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I'm off!

I'm getting on board a plane right now headed to to Uzbekistan to check out some indigenous drummers that we may sign to the label, I don't know what I'll find but hey I love a new adventure.
BTW anyone know if Uzbek chicks are hot? A picture is worth a thousand words, post some hotties so I know what to look for, I got a Sat phone so blogging won't change much(especially if I find Uzbek girls!),
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Cali

I forgot to post Cali Roses Page, It's ,here
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Circles of friends

Our friend Frank M. has a product called the RythymRing He won best new product at the 2010 Namm show,pretty cool, anyweird I was introduced at the show to a great lady by the name of Cali Rose, a great singer,entertainer and Ukelele player. Stu and I jammed with her and had a great time. Next I heard about Jake Shimabukuro, another Ukelele player doing While my guitar gently weeps on the Uke and if you know Yrgal I got a Uke and started playing, not too hard but actually a whole lot deeper than you could imagine, I'm getting good too, currently I'm working up a stanards EP which should be out soon, click the link Jake ROCKS!,
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Warning Seriousness ahead!

I won't often link to un Musical things but this is Fucking Hilarious, PopSci has an article on the worst climate "deniers" out there, including Steve Carrell (comedian) and Cows! I won't opine at this time but here is a great example of the flamewars created by this STUPID! article,

Man, what a load! Sometimes this magazine is very difficult to take seriously.

Suppose that AGW is real. That doesn't tell us enough to do anything useful about it. We must have a reliable and non-controversial metric to evaluate it quantitatively. This would allow us to determine (1) if our "solutions" (whatever they might be) are doing the job, and (2) when we can stop crippling ourselves and our industrial economy in our efforts to stop whatever it is that's causing the change in the metric. Unfortunately the items so often quoted by Warmists are not reliable metrics. (Think tree-ring data - that obviously is no good.) In theory there is a good one but it's not terribly sensitive and there's probably a serious phase delay, but it's a good worldwide integrator and so much better than spot measurements at weather stations. I refer to sea level. Now like pretty much all other old MIT men world-wide, I take a lot of data just for the hell of it. One such data set I have been accumulating since the 1960s is sea level. My measurements show no noteworthy change. NONE. My tentative scientific conclusion is that there is no net warming, caused by human activity or any other factor. None. Reports to the contrary I must tentatively classify as hysteria or propaganda.

I might conjecture that the Warmists are not really interested in a reproducible metric. Lacking a metric, they can always claim that whatever we're doing to solve the problem isn't enough - we need to do more of it. How convenient - they can push us to destroy the modern economy and industrial civilization, with no good place to stop along the way. This should eventually satisfy the Greens and other Luddities. But it won't do the Earth much good, since we'll all be huddled around campfires by then. Campfires fueled by wood. Talk about a carbon footprint!

As scientific types know, you don't have to take anyone's word for this stuff. Get your own data. All sorts of important measurements can be done with simple equipment. Read Millikan's "The Electron" for some inspiration about measuring fundamental constants with simple stuff you probably have lying around your kitchen. Or, if that's too high-tech, look up early measurements of the gravitational constant. Shoot, this stuff is easy! (Some of it is, anyway.) If you are just picking between "authorities," though, you aren't doing science. That's fandom, or religion, but not science. This pitiful article is a case in point.

I guess that's why they call it "popular" science, hey if it's popular it must be science Right?

Science Damn You!,
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Chitlins Con Carne

Been watchin vids of it and reading tabs ect...I'll have it ready to bust out soon.

Might actually "listen" to it next (thinkin outta box I am)

Can't find vid of Kenny Burrel or SRV playing it, but plenty of other dudes.

Not planning on covering it, just want to know it. Cool stuff.