The Aquarium And A Great Week!

Finally made it to the Aquarium of the Pacific (one of my favorite places). Thanks to Roisin for making it happen. It was a great outing and a place I wanted to take Natalia for a while, and we will see this attraction more often now. Natalia had a great time running around and interacting with the divers in the tanks. I got to see the tanks and my favorite fish among great company. I do miss my fish tank. Earlier in the week I spent a nice Wednesday with Roisin as she took me out to Bastards (Marine Corps bar in memory of the 2/4), a nice bakery and a trip to Seal Beach for that beach feeling. Overall this has been an awesome week for me. Now back to work after many days off.

"They (Laura and Mary) brought the big, long-handled spoon, and the box full of bits of lead and the bullet-mold. Then while he squatted on the hearth and made the bullets, they sat on each side of him, and watched."

- Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932)

While reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder I came across this passage and decided to share it. Share it to show that us, Americans have a deep culture of firearms. Not to say we are violent but that firearms have been a part of our history and depicted in so many works. To picture two little girls by the fireplace with their dad, while he melted bullets for his next days hunting. 

I will like to mention two things regarding the Boston bombing. A 6 liter pressure cooker was used and I don't see how this big pot fits in the back pack worn. Sure the pictures many already seen of the accused has them wearing backpacks but I don't see anything resembling a 6 liter pot. I did some searching on sizes of these and they are rather large. However pictures of the Saudi national released (The one Michele went to visit at hospital) was wearing such a pack in surveillance pictures and that one sure was full. Also I have seen a few pictures online of the first suspect being captured and handcuffed, yet we see him dead and very injured on other pictures. Below I posted a Glenn Beck video talking about this "mysterious" Saudi national that is being kept behind the scenes.

You have to love our society. I din't know this but it seems insurance companies have been selling people "terrorism" coverage. In November 2002, congress enacted the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Got to tip your hat to us Americans, we manage to make money in any occasion. So no payout to those affected in Boston until the government officially labels it as a terrorist act, which they have not yet done so.

Will like to point you all to an incident in Utah where a man began stabbing a person at a store when a gun carrying man stopped the incident. >>

To my surprise I picked up a Laura Ingalls Wilder book and started to read it. I was looking to see how the book felt and how it described life 100 years ago. Her writings are more for the teen audience but still a nice read. Finished reading World War Z and found it a bit short but entertaining. I was hoping for more story but not disappointed at the descriptions. My next read is from Jules Verne, one of my favorite authors in The Hunt for the Meteor. However this book has been altered by his son Michel Verne and purists would not say it is a true Verne book, but thus far a good read. From he first pages I see it weird that he choose the story to take place in the United States.

Geek News - Joss Whedon hints that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will be in the Avengers 2 movie. I think this will lead to an Avengers/X-Men movie in the future. I have to say I have been finding myself watching a few you tube channels on miniature gaming like Warhammer 40k. Maybe when I get back from my deployment I will find a nice quiet corner in the house and get back to painting.

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