Trunk Or Treat.

Trunk Or Treat went well. My chili didn't win but the winner was pretty good chili. Someone even made chili from bear meat, and it wasn't bad. Temperatures were very comfortable and the candies didn't last long. Natalia will spend Halloween with me this year and I have some plans. Many days off next week from work as my parents will be visiting the state of Florida this coming week.

Finally got my transfer at work. A step down but I was not going to take more "BS" at work. On to a simpler job and a change of scenery. I am sure I will quickly get adjusted to it. I am looking to simplify my life and raise my daughter to be happy and simple.

Still plowing moving through The Marks Of Cain and a good read. Even got me referring to the bible for references. Love the setting and many areas bring back some memories.

Temperatures are more fall like with a constant breeze. So Cal Edison cut down a tree in my property which I was OK with and left me the wood. They were nice enough to cut it up and stack it. I must say I was hoping to do that work as I like that kind if stuff. Now find a place to stack it out of the elements to dry for next year.

May be picking up the new Medal Of Honor: Warfighter game this week. So far I should have time after work to play and I like the franchise, or I may just download the latest DLC for Borderlands 2 to level up. But again, Assasin's Creed 3 comes out this week.

Check out IO9's 10 novels that are scarrier than movies.

Don't forget to catch the Sword & Laser Book Club Episode on the Cloud Atlas wrap-up.

Hooked On A Show

Fall is clearly here with the change of colors in nature, the nice constant breeze and cold temperatures. However looks like there will not be any snow before Halloween. Trunk Or Treat is this coming Saturday and I have chili to make. It will be cold out for the kids as usual.

Finished reading Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. This is my second read through of this book as I felt I didn't get much the first read. I had a few books to choose from for my next read and decided to read The Marks Of Cain by Tom Knox as it goes again to discuss Cain and it is somewhat set in the Basque Country (Euskadi) whom I called home for some years.

Charlie Brown for president. Why not? Who would be his running mate?

Decided to watch an episode of The Walking Dead and in short found myself watching the whole first season in one night. I got hooked to the characters and even cried a little at the reunion of Rick Grimes with his family and the death of Amy. I love survival type stories where leaders are pulled out and decisions to be made in a big lonely world. Many times I find myself thinking why these people don't find a nice isolated farm, stock up on all kinds of supplies and set up.

Do you know from what movie this picture is from? For bonus points can you name the characters?

Geek News - Ben Kinsley to play Mandarin in new Iron Man 3 movie. Mark Wahlberg in Transformers 4? Dark Elves to attack Asgard in new Thor movie.

Iron Man 3 Trailer

Don't forget to catch The Guild Episode 4 from the Geek & Sundry Channel.

Pumpkins, Apples & Pears.

Visited the pumpkin patch in Blue Jay and must say they had a nice looking scarecrow but Natalia was afraid of him so no picture with him. The colors of nature caught me staring out at the trees, so beautiful. Next year I want to plant some pumpkins, so any tips are appreciated. After finally getting Natalia and checking this "rash" it looks to me like heat rash and it doesn't surprise me. Doesn't seem to bother her at all when she is with me, however it is still present and I was hoping my now it would disappear  She is always happy and playful here. Collected all the apples and pears from the trees at my parents house. Last year seemed like we collected more.

Winter will be here soon and if you're into following weather like me, check out SoCalWeather site. Bookmark it and add him to your Twitter. His weather forecasts are the most accurate I have come across. My little secret and now yours.

If this picture is recognizable by you, then you and me are much alike. I already like you. LOL.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter movie gets released on DVD and I am eager to see it as I so much liked the book. Also Blade Runner gets its 30th Anniversary release edition. Doom 3 BFG is out but I will wait for a price drop. Medal Of Honor's new title out this week. Ghostbusters 3 movie might actually be a reality, but it will not have the nostalgia the original did.

Don't forget to watch The Guild: Episode 3 and the Sword & Laser John Scalzi Interview at the Geek & Sundry Channel.

Changes Are A Coming.

Another drill weekend done and busy as usual. I got another unit transfer to EMF Dallas and will do my AT in Bethesda, Maryland. A few from the unit I drill with have done work at the Walter Reed hospital, not many liked it it is mainly ran by the Army. I do hope for nice pay and "hospital hours" so I can do lots of sight seeing. My unit here is again trying to send me to an Audiology course to get certified as a tech. I hope this time around it works out. I can use the money and time off work.

Ex drama is back with the same problem. Natalia has a rash and I take to the ER. I have no problems while she is with me. At least during our text exchanges my ex admitted to having taken Natalia to the hospital for no real reason other than to try to hurt me. In the end all Natalia was prescribed was OTC lotion.

I decided to post some art from the No Agenda Show. The picture speaks for itself. The blame game is fully on and no one wants to take the blame and be responsible. Sounds familiar?

The weather has warmed up a little again but temps will again drop by early part of next week leading to a cold Halloween with possible rains for the end of the week. Snow possible in Running Springs.

The truth about Armstrong is out in the public. I read the whole court document USADA filed and the testimony of the many riders and people involved. Incredible to me the UCI is suing Kimmage and thinks its not corrupt. They clearly took bribes and covered up results. Either way like Lance they will keep saying they are clean and blame the many for lying. To this day the wrath is incredible as so many people in the sport are quitting and leaving. I must say I was affected by all this as I knew many of the cheaters and shared the road with some. I know their testimony for some is not the whole truth as many got started cheating much earlier than some claim. Hard to compete with Vaughters as we shared the roads in Spain when he was doping so early on and same with George. I knew the sport was bad back in the early 90s as I saw the problem first hand in the amateur ranks back then. Sad people like myself were never really given a true chance to compete and see how it could have gone when so many teams opted to cheat and not give heir riders an option and instead threatened them and in many cases forced many riders to quit the sport. The backlash continues as he has "stepped" down from the Livestrong foundation and Nike has pulled their sponsorship and separated themselves from him. Feel free to read the submitted court papers with testimony here >>

Politics - Well I have to "throw my 2 cents in". It is amazing to me that people are dictating whom the next president should be from these "debates". These are simply shows where each candidate shows off as usual and bullshits us more. It is amazing to me that B. Obama smirks and laughs through these as if it was funny the state of our economy and foreign affairs. For B. Obama to say M. Romney is rich as if he himself was poor. Please, B. Obama has no problems paying his bills. I am sure in the years to come we will find out his many scams while president and hidden money he has stashed away and hid from us. To me it is very clear. 4 years on the job and it got much worse. Worse to the point of many Americans are seeing his socialist agenda being pushed down to us Americans. His countless "executive orders" bypassing our system set by our constitution. He seems to laugh at us and not care about us or our history. I'm done. But I beg you to listen to the No Agenda show as they clearly point everything out with no worries from media or advertisers, unlike so many news channels out there.

Say it isn't so! Mockingbird Lane which is the Munsters reboot. Now they are really starting to hit me where it hurts.

Check out the Table Top Gaming Episode tomorrow from the Geek & Sundry Channel.

Good Movie. Good Weather.

Got a little burst of hail on Thursday which made the roads slippery for a few hours. Natalia got to put on her new boots and play in the snow. Woke up to a dark cold Friday which was great.

"Final report of the vessel Prometheus. The ship and her entire crew are gone. If you're receiving this transmission, make no attempt to come to its point of origin. There is only death here now, and I'm leaving it behind. It is New Year's Day, the year of our Lord, 2094. My name is Elisabeth Shaw, last survivor of the Prometheus. And I am still searching". - Elizabeth Shaw

Finally sat down and watched Prometheus as Natalia went to sleep early. I must say I really liked this movie. Maybe because I'm a fan and love movies with a huge story line and like to see it slowly tied in. It answered some questions but left many more. Nowhere can I find anything else about Dr. Shaw after she went in search of the Engineers with David 8. Were the Engineers really going to destroy us? Are we a failed experiment? Is this the first "Alien"? What exactly is the black goo? David the cyborg a meaning to David from the Old Testament? Should Shaw have asked the questions to the Engineer? Are the Engineers Frankenstein or are humans? Where is Paradise? I even watched the deleted scenes and had hoped Ridley Scott would have had the Engineer talk as to get an answer but he left it to the next film. So much debate online over the proximity of LV223 (Leviticus 22:3?) and LV426 (Leviticus 4:26?) to each other and that maybe David 8 and Weyland knew of the distress signal before. Also check out this YouTube video of proof of "Engineers" skeletons unearthed. I did however run across this image which should have been left in the film to shed light on the Engineers.

Ridley Scott unofficial confirms a sequel to Prometheus with these words - "It can explain to her how to put the head back on the body and she's gonna think about that long and hard because, once the head is back on his body, he's dangerous." - "They're going off to paradise but it could be the most savage, horrible place. Who are the Engineers?". Scott is also working on a sequel to Blade Runner.

Check out the David 8 from the Weyland Cybernetics. The new models are exceeding expectations and moving fast so pre-order soon.  Please check out the recall on the David 7 models.  Also check out the many cool products from Weyland Industries.

Gaming season is here as XCOM and Dishonored shipped and I await Assasin's Creed 3 and Halo 4 in the next few weeks. Gearbox also has announced its first DLC for Borderlands 2, Captain Scarlett And Her Pirate's Booty and I'm sure it will be fun.

Did you know that Punky Brewster's name is Penelope Brewster. Thought you all would want to know.

Catch the latest Sword & Laser Episode on the Geek & Sundry Channel.

Thieves & Friends

My friend J, Jessica and Skyler came out to California this week to visit. We spent a few hours together which was very nice. Wish we could have spent more time together to really catch up, but always very nice to be together. Pictured is J and Skyler and Natalia and me in Big Bear Lake.

Temperatures continue to drop but snow not expected anytime soon in Running Springs. However snow before Halloween is not rare. Haven't been playing much Borderlands lately and hoping to jump online again to max out my first character.

Finished reading Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis and found it a bit entertaining. Will read the next one in the series. With this book I finished my Goodreads Challenge which was one of my new year's resolutions. I will keep reading at my pace to the end of the year to see how many books I end up reading in a year. I will try to go for 40. My next book will be a SciFi classic in the Foundation by Issac Asimov. Came across Star Wars: From The Adventures Of Luke Skywalker ghost written by Alan Dean Foster in my brother's container of books.

Did you know there are more than just 2 candidates for presidency of the United States of America? If you didn't then the media has done a great job brainwashing you. Here is a list.

PSA - Coffee + Chili = Not a good combination.

I've managed for a while to not get involved in discussing cycling scandals but I had to point out that George Hincapie, now retired has finally admitted to cheating. Just post a generic statement saying you're sorry and saying you want to clean up the sport but not before I retire. Never apologize for taking from others and stealing money. But, these news were just the beginning of what came later that day. The USADA released to the public their case and findings. I have read about half of the case thus far and it doesn't shock me as over the years many knew but now we can all put the pieces in place and timelines. Simply amazing what Lance has done to the sport. I truly hope in the end he suffers as much as he has made others. This man not only lied repeatedly over the years but stole much from so many riders in the sport. Riders whom never got that chance to make the breakthrough to professional cycling because of his cheating and helping others cheat. He even took from his "friends" the reason why they loved the sport. Lance managed to cover himself with his Livestrong Foundation and using that power/money to threaten many. One question I have had for years and am not afraid to ask - Is Lance's cancer a cause of his many years of doping? USADA only went as far as 1998 to start their claims, but I am sure it started much earlier than that. Over the next few weeks we will see this growing and more may come out and I'm sure Lance will continue to lie and call others liars as he has done for so many years. Either way looks like his sanctions will not be much. I only hope riders and companies start to sue him as he lied to so many and broke so many agreements. We seem to live in a world that it is OK to do bad things but as long as you confess to them it makes them alright. Here is the legal complaint >>

Red Dawn (1984) gets re-released in BluRay with fake cover art. Who approved this for this classic movie? Either way a movie everyone must see. Why? Never fear, The United States of America will always be safe.

Geek News - Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) to be in Avengers 2. Another Godzilla movie may be in the works. Armie Hammer new Batman for Justice League movie? Uncanny Avengers hits shelves this week. Rumors of a X-Men Vs. Avengers movie already floating.

Don't forget to catch Episode 2 of The Guild on the Geek & Sundry Channel.

My BFF In SoCal.

Thanks to a friend, Natalia watched the Gremlins. So many classics I want my daughter to know. Again went to see Granny Gretchen read stories, but we were the only ones there. Got my snow-blower ready and got nice progress on my wood splitting.

My work situation has gotten better. I figured it would. I'm sure my new manager was told I am unhappy and want to change departments and well, they can't have that. Just let me be and do my job is all I ask for. I deal with many problems many don't want to deal with.

Well, with gas prices shooting up I will remain home as much as possible. I was hoping to also have money to go out but that will not happen anytime soon. Sucks because my BFF and his family is in SoCal and it is very hard to get out to where he is at. Weather due to keep cooling down through the early part of this week and word of possible snow over 7,000'.

For those of you that know what the picture on top means, good on you! When I saw this I was thinking - Oh, Hell NO! Stop with the remakes already. But a BluRay release with digital copy, extras, deleted scenes, 3D, holographic mode (oops, not yet) should be released. Next week E.T. gets a BluRay release as well as Prometheus.

Geek News - Guillermo Del Toro working on new Frankenstein movie and a Hulk TV series. Guardians Of The Galaxy movie is still on track. Trailer for Iron Man 3 movie to hit officially October 23. The movie Rise Of The Guardians to release November 21 and it looks fun. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie out in theaters now.

Assasin's Creed 3: Boston Tea Party Trailer

Catch the latest Sword & Laser Episode as they kick start Cloud Atlas.

Bye, Bye Summer.

Well as predicted it has been rather warm earlier in the week. Never fails before the change. We're suppose to see temperatures dip in the lower 40s at night by the weekend. I'll have Natalia all week. She will have much fun as usual. Pictured is Natalia at the Pumpkin Patch last weekend. It was rather hot that day.

I'll have Natalia for the next 10 days. I have some plans for the next few days as I won't be working that many days this week. Planning one more BBQ if I can find Tri-Tip this time of year and may even turn on the fireplace if it gets cold enough. She will have fun relaxing up here as usual.

Work sucks and again seeking a transfer of department. I have been unable to move departments as usual excuse is that I am too knowledgeable. It amazes me to see people not accept responsibilities and place blame on others. It is a job and I can be thankful to have one in today's time.

Got notice from So Cal Edison that they may be cutting down some trees. I hope to be home to keep the fallen tree for firewood. With that being said I have better get of my ass and start splitting what I have in my yard.

Check out this awesome video from the Nerdist Channel on how to build an Infinity Gauntlet. Also check out the latest Lone Ranger Trailer. Check out The Guild Season 6 Episode 1 below.

Catch the latest Table Top Gaming Episode at the Geek & Sundry Channel.

Don't forget to catch CrackPot and BuzzKill on the latest No Agenda Show. Download it twice a week to your device.