Alien Jesus Collective

By GodzMonkey:

Crazy week here with the fires and wind. Heard this afternoon that there are still 7
fires burning around southern California.

It was like a brief glimpse of the apocalypse, fires from Malibu to San Diego and one of
the worst Santa Ana winds ever. They blew for 3 days straight. Blew so hard that it sent
the smoke and ash sideways into the metro areas. Daylight had a eerie yellow glow,
sunrise was the most intense… not only did the wind hit it’s peak just before dawn,
but the morning sun filtered through all that smoke made everything look like it was
being lit by orange neon lights. And it was damn hot!

The gusts of wind at night were so fierce it sounded like somebody was shaking the front
door. Windows rattled like there was an earthquake. Made it tough to sleep those first
few nights. It was hot at night too. Had to keep the widows closed because of the wind
and ash. Even so, there is still a gritty dust on everything in my apartment. Even in
the car, ash blew in through the vents. Everything smells like burnt grass.

Four days of burning watery red eyes, lots of sneezing, coughing and a sore throat.

The winds started to die down by Thursday, yesterday it cooled off and was even foggy in
the morning which only made the burnt grass smell worse. Today it was cloudy and even
rained a little bit this afternoon but was still in the low 80’s. The weather report
says the winds might kick up again next week. On the news they say that will be a good
thing - it will blow the fires back towards what’s already burned. They figure it will
take another 2 weeks to put the fires out. The estimate on property damage is 1.6
billion dollars.

Smokey the Bear… why have you forsaken us!

Leopard Day was a fun success at The Biltmore. I stopped off at Sak’s then on to the reasonable line that wrapped around the gorgeously landscaped building.

Of course, folks were in good mood. It was also the usual Friday night event at The Biltmore so lots of awesome doggies were out and a non-offensive reggae band. They were so inoffensive it took us awhile to figure out they were actually playing reggae.

Everything moved quickly once our 45 minute wait in line was concluded. The mac zealout that nearly fainted in a puddle of his own urine because we had no interest in an iphone didn’t really make the line more endurable. The older gentleman telling us about converting cameras to infra-red, he was very cool.

Inside the store, we were handed t-shirts and shown the line for just the new OS Leopard. It was quick. I don’t think we were in the store waiting more than ten minutes.

Then on to the MindFreezer party beverage from Coffee Plantation and home.

How is this new OS? Eh, it does some new stuff. I just had to have it. I’m kind of a mac zealot myself.

The Taurus Full Moon. Also known as Blood Moon or Hunter’s Moon. Cupcakes are appropriate for any moon.

The Associated Press: Wis. Lawmakers Pass Long-Overdue Budget

Wisconsin was having some trouble getting a budget passed. A few months of trouble. But compromises have been worked out, including free booze. Way to go Wisconsin!

“Lawmakers quietly slipped a provision into the budget that allows liquor and grocery stores to hand out free samples of liquor.

Each customer could have up to three samples of half an ounce or less, or about a shot-and-a-half. Stores could offer the samples between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Many stores have expressed reservations about allowing liquor samples.

Doyle, who has not warmed to the idea, could veto it.

“We are not commenting on vetoes at this time,” Doyle spokesman Matt Canter said.” ”

Samhain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Samhain is when the Sun in Scorpio hits 15 degrees. Simpler is Oct 31 and call it Halloween.

However spooky fun abounds we say Yay!

True Samhain is November 7, 2007, at 2:24 pm EST.

Agent Bella was in Chicago for a medical conference. The people you meet, eh?

NASA -
Space Shuttle-11:38 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 23

“Discovery’s crew of seven astronauts arrived in Florida on Friday and have been going through final checklists and preparations for Tuesday’s liftoff. “

Discovery is scheduled to return to Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 4:47 a.m. Nov. 6.

Deadilicious has an excellent gallery of cryptozoology themed stamps. Lots of other goodies up there as well. If you need a real Halloween scare, check out the Shriner pics.

From the Farmer’s Almanac

“St. Luke’s Little Summer is a period of summerlike days that occurs around October 18, named to honor the saint’s feast day. In olden days, St. Luke’s Day did not receive as much attention in the secular world as St. John’s Day (June 24) and Michaelmas (September 29), so to keep from being forgotten, St. Luke presented us with some golden days to cherish before the coming of winter — or so the story goes. Some folks call this Indian summer, but that officially occurs between November 11 and November 20.”

David Icke has been dropped as an award presenter for the UK Urban Music Awards scheduled on November 3rd in London:

“TV commissioning editors were worried about the reaction from the sponsors of the event due to the controversial opinions the former TV sports commentator and footballer has.”

The show is sponsored by Kickers shoes, a company that does NOT offer anything in snakeskin. Coincidence? I think not!

Bonus: Channel 5 (UK) documentary on David Icke is available in its entirety from Google Video, both for online viewing and download.

The first 42 dishes in the Allen Telescope Array came online last week, and are now collecting data for SETI. The array is located in Hat Creek, CA, and will eventually have 350 dishes scanning for signs of extraterrestrial life. The array is also performing some traditional radio astronomy for UC Berkeley. There’s an official press release from SETI, and news coverage from the Redding Record Searchlight and the Daily Telegraph.

Seth Shostack (SETI’s senior astronomer) described the ultimate vision for the ATA:

“The Allen Telescope Array will be like 200 million Jodie Fosters sitting out there listening”

Paul Allen put up the initial $25 million to get the site up and running, and it’ll take another $41 million to get the rest of the planned dishes built. Any Jodie Foster fans got a few million burning a hole in their pocket?