New Beginnings

I recently posted to this site that I was going to be shutting down the site, and possibly doing something else with it. Several people who are very important to me have suggested that I keep the site going and in response I've decided to do just that.

It's going to take some time to get things up and going again post-wise, but I am working on a content plan. I will probably start doing some minor mil-blogging again, continue with the photos, and put a greater degree of effort into my political rants once more.

I'll also be making more of an effort to do my part over at File It Under, where I've been a horribly bad partner for the past 12 months.

Anyway, tonight begins my "Photo A Day for 2009" objective, and I'll be posting whatever I come up with, good or bad.

C'mon Over- Wil Has a New Site

Hey everybody...as promised, I have started my own site dedicated to images and such an d would love to have you c'mon over and check it out. I have been most appreciative of Dave for having allowed me to post here from time to time. My first entry is dedicated to Dave who is the one who inspired me to start such things as photography and clogging ( i meant to type blogging but the typo seemed more fun).

So to those of you who enjoyed seeing my pictures here-- I have much for you at my new site located at www.photofacade.com

My Feelings on the Election's Outcome

Well, the Angry Left got what it wanted. Somehow the Left managed to push through two years of campaigning for Obama and not once actually get anyone in the media to pin Obama down on HOW he plans to bring about such drastic change, and HOW he plans to restore America's reputation overseas, and HOW he plans to do X, Y, and Z.

So, Michael Moore, and others on the Left, you managed to keep Hillary down, and instead get elected a man who has virtually no political experience (I will thank you for that one, since it now exonerates anyone else in politics from having to have any experience), is the furthest to the Left of any candidate elected since FDR, and comes only a split hair's width from not proclaiming himself the Messiah. I leave it to the gradeschoolers singing hymns to Obama on YouTube to finish that description.

While I'm unhappy that Obama was elected, I would have been similarly unhappy if McCain were elected too, so don't think that I'm siding with the old fart here.

I'm disappointed because, as usual, the average US voter isn't aware enough that there are other options on the table. There are third parties to vote for, and we don't need to vote for Democrats who will bring us Socialism and all the failure that comes with that political-economic model, or Republicans who bring us Corporate Welfare and the false pretense of free-market prosperity while supporting protectionist subsidies.

I'm disappointed because, while the public at large has returned poll numbers against the past two years of Democrats controlling Congress, the voters went ahead and elected even more Democrats to Congress - if you're really unhappy with government as-is, then why do you keep electing the same two failures of parties?

I'm disappointed that as a people we've besmirched the legacy of sacrifice that our Founding Fathers left us, giving their lives in support of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happyness, by continuing to elect Presidents and Congress-critters who so obviously don't know what the Constitution means, or in some cases says.

I'm disgusted that we no longer look to ourselves, our communities, or the organizations with which we may be affiliated for aid, personal improvement, or our own betterment. Instead we accept the status of victim, expecting that government - one of the most corrupt and inept facets of American life - will somehow do everything for us.

Finally, I'm disappointed in the media, for failing to be Fourth Column that it professes to be, and reporting on the election in an honest and fair manner. The fawning from the media toward Barack Obama was pitiable at best, and disgusting at worst.

Geocaching - III

I've probably missed some geocaching posts, but here goes on the latest update:

May the Cache be With You - GC1H9D5 - N 33° 27.369 W 111° 40.588 - Out doing some nighttime caching at MCC. This was a nice little cache.

Remembering the Fallen - GC1GM3V - N 33° 27.222 W 111° 40.587 - Nice hide. Great placement. Took Nothing Left Nothing.

Geocaching...is it in you? - GC1GX7P - N 33° 27.161 W 111° 40.880 - Pretty easy find, but that's okay because the placement was unexpected.

Hapi Cache! - GC1GT9Q - N 33° 27.121 W 111° 40.672 -Cache was NOT where it was intended according to the clue, which I read when I got home. Cache was WAY into the undergrowth and I wound up taking several palo verde thorns in my head in the course of getting to the cache. I found the cache without the lid in place and after moving it back to it's intended coords I logged my visit and placed it in the undergrowth. Though now it's much more accessible than it was. I took both travel bug hitchhikers from this cache so they could enjoy some more random placement this coming weekend.

Downtown Charlie Brown - GC1FHQZ - N 35° 11.911 W 111° 38.932 - One of the best hiding places I've seen so far. I had to think in three dimensions for this one.

Off RTE66 - GCZR9B - N 35° 11.826 W 111° 38.809 - Good hiding place. TNLN SL

To open, find a lumberjack with an ax - GC12DAJ - N 35° 11.786 W 111° 39.269 - A tip to those wearing hats. Take them off when you're looking under the axe. Great hide. Took a couple kids toys that we're going to turn into hitchhikers. Left "Thanks for all the Fish" Hitchhiker.

TEF: Trail Marker - GC1BZVA - N 33° 33.212 W 111° 33.179 - Didn't have a pen when I found this one. Left it in a cache in Flagstaff earlier in the morning. Did take a photo though.

Prescott Prize Lincoln swag Alex approved - GCKVPA - N 33° 33.237 W 111° 33.584 - Was surprised when I read the log that this cache hadn't been discovered in over 3 months. Took nothing, left nothing. Signed the log.

Purple Rock Falls

Created first geocache - Purple Rock Falls - with the TX Rex team. We've got ten more to do and that's gonna be it. Otherwise there are just too many to maintain.