Apollo 11 + 40

Today is the day that we mark the historic landing of man on the moon.  Forty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out of the lunar module and placed footprints on a foreign celestial body.  A very riveting time for our nation and the world as a whole.  I applaud NASA for replaying the tapes from those history-making days in real-time, I have been listening to them and have found much interesting material.  No doubt that Buzz and Neil were very excited about the important and improbable feat that they were to accomplish on this day.  

As I have been listening to the real-time feed that I mentioned above, I have also been following along with the transcript that is posted of the communications between Houston and the Apollo spacecraft.  Though at times the 40-year-old live feed and the transcript do not match up time wise, it is still fun to read along as the crew goes about flipping switches and pressing buttons to be able to land on the moon.  As for historic points on the trascript, I have found a few.  The separation of the lunar module from the command module occurs on page 318, the landing occurs on page 337, and the first footprint by Neil occurs on page 382.

I encourage everyone to pause for a moment today to reflect upon the masterful and unlikely events of today and send a message to Congress that we need to return to the moon and go to Mars and beyond.  It is our destiny as humans to seek out what is beyond our grasp and to explore what is beyond our reach.  Godspeed Neil and Buzz and all of our astronauts.

Flying

Recently, I flew from Missoula, Montana to Fresno, California via Delta Airlines.  My journey was pleasant and, for the most part, uneventful.  The employees were all very polite and helpful and the worst that happened was them not getting one of my two checked bags back to me until the next day.  My first flight by myself and they misplace one of my checked bags.  Not a big deal, 'cause when I did get it back, all was in order and no complaint needed to be filed.  Not so for Dave Carroll.  Watch the video he created and follow his story.


An airline destroying a guitar and then not paying for its negligence is absurd and cause for a boycott.  You won't see me on United anytime soon.
Will Robertson of Livermore, CA

Montana

I have had a wonderful time in Montana. Well, as wonderful a time as can be had while working with the bees.  I have managed to avoid being stung, accomplished by wearing a bee suit and deftly handling boxes and frames.  The weather has been mostly hot with a cool spell happening in the past 24 hours or so.  Will be glad to return to California tomorrow, on what will be my first time flying alone.  I will be walking through security, finding the gate, and changing planes, all by my lonesome.  Now, I know that for a 29-and-a-half year-old like myself to be saying this may sound weird and even a bit stupid to some people, I think it is a highlight of my life that I am able to do this on my own.  Not that I am in any way physically or mentally handicapped or the least bit stupid or retarded, I am just a normal male who realizes the enormity of the world and all its wondrous ways.  It should be noted for the record, that I am married and I am fully capable of living the good life if I weren't just so damn lazy and bored of life.  I attempt to find the fun, but it is hard and I like to make things easy and to do so while maintaining the highest quality is not so simple after all.  Am I just rambling, perhaps, but this all needs to be said.  I will sign off now, enjoy the day!

Will Robertson of Livermore, CA

Nazi

The Nazis are alive and well on the Internet and we must support their ability to spread their hate-filled message, lest our message of peace and love be stopped by the very people who we request to stop the Nazis. Be very careful what you wish for, it may come back on you someday.

A new message for the masses

I am writing today's post from my office in Livermore, a few days before I depart for Montana with my dad to work the bees and earn a living doing something, because no one is hiring in this area.  Or at least not hiring for a full-time position at a pay-rate necessary to sustain a family (or in my case, myself and my wife and her brother).  
I am sorta excited about Montana.  Being I have been to the state before, it won't be new territory, just a new part of the state.  So, in a way, it is new territory, just not a new state to me.  That's what I mean, yeah.
Anyways, I will have limited internet access while there and will post updates when able.  Pictures as well.  So, until my next post, have a safe and happy day.

Barack must go!

Why do we tolerate such an imbecilic and arrogant buffoon in our White House?  President Barack (not my President) Obama has idiots working for him if the iPod is the best they could do for the Queen of England.  Especially when a quick web search would show that she already one.  Why?  Are we this stupid in America?  Are we really this dumbed-down that we accept laziness from our commander-in-chief?  We must be 'cause that is what we have.

The flying car is here...

Well, not just yet.  A roadable airplane will be available soon, though.  I am looking forward to it.  Wish I had the ten grand to reserve one, but, being that times are tight and I do not, I kindly ask that you, my loyal readers, donate to this important cause.  Just send the $10,000 to me and I will immediately invest in this road-worthy plane.  Just a thought.