Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Saturday Stuff

Just some stuff because I have extra time.

Kayak Fishing
Amazingly I did get up at 5am and made my way to the river for about 6am. Reader Watchtower wanted to see how I rig up my kayak, and of course I always go the extra mile for my readers (unlike some other blogs!). Here she is about set to go fishing this morning (click for bigger picture):

The particulars:
-Kayak: Ascend FS-10 offered by Bass Pro Shops. Cool little boat and it has various rod holders front and rear so it is very well set up for fishing. When I am using the wind and current to drift fish I can set the rod in the front holder and sit back to relax until I get a hit.
-The black thingy in the front is a Hummingbird remote sonar system. It is wireless so I just tie the little green thing near the end of the boat to the rear clip and pull the transducer along with me. It sends the information out to the monitor up front. Not too bad, but I have a much better unit for the Quabbin trips.
-I strap in a milk crate to the rear section which was made especially to hold a crate. I put water, supplies, and the camera back there.
-I use a 10 pound hand weight for an anchor, though I usually will drift fish rather than set up at one spot.
-I use St. Croix rods; they are the finest rods you can get in my opinion.
-I fish mostly Yamamoto Senkos these days. The fish eat them like candy. It will outfish live bait most times! I use a mix of 3 inch "fat" senkos and 5 inch regular senkos to target any fish in the area. The black and pumpkinseed colors work best for me.

I think that about covers it all. And no, I have no affiliation with any of the product makers mentioned. If they would like to sponsor me I will gladly accept any money or products in exchange for my pumping their items!

Quotes from Last Night
I see, without Google help nobody could get the quotes!

Here are the solutions:
"You're just lucky we are in Uncle Jessie's House!"
"Well then you're unlucky; Cus we can always step outside."

-Episode of "The Dukes of Hazard" when Bo and Luke get in a fight.

"It’s not a payoff, it’s a gift. You already let me go."
-at the end of the film "Midnight Run"

"It was almost time to be reborn. He knew. Why else could he suddenly do magic?"
-from the novel "The Stand"; this was the introduction of Randall Flagg "the walking dude" and the last line of the entry was the line above.

"There's no going back, there's no going anywhere"
-From the film "Underworld". If Kate Beckinsale would like to call me, I have no problem with that!
CALL ME Kate!:


Random Stuff
Just some stuff I came across in my travels on the internets.

I stumbled upon this really well done remake of the trailer for the film "Excalibur". This film has so many big time actors in it!:

I love that flick.

I remember the Spring 2000 race at Atlanta Motor Speedway when Dale Earnhardt beat Bobby Labonte by the thinnest of margins:

After Dale died it was a rough time for me. I always loved the guy. Kevin Harvick took over the RCR car and in only his third start he wins at Atlanta Motor Speedway by beating Jeff Gordon, again, by the thinnest of margins! When Kevin won this race I can tell you honestly I was sobbing like a baby from the end and all through the post race tribute to Dale:

Still gets me!

Have a good night.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Let's Call it a Week

Still sweltering up here! EconomicDisconnect will attempt (must go to bed earlier) to get up at 5am tomorrow and drag the Kayak down to the river before the heat and the crazy boaters start running all over the place. Of course I get up at 5am all week, but this is the weekend!

Let's Call it a Week
An interesting week to be sure. I think I wrote all that I wanted to say and will leave it at that. One add on; at week end I saw the old pattern re-emerge of low volume ramp up jobs and that may stick with us for a while, it is the summer slow time after all. Be aware of that going forward for a bit.

A few things that caught my eye:
Housing Doom has a nice return to the July-September 2007 time frame collection up that is worth a look. Nice history lesson.

50 Ugly Facts about the US Economy

Jake at EconomPic had some really tight stuff this week, so recap it already.

Cool LONG term chart of inflation (blue) and deflation (green) in the US that is well worth really thinking about as something should jump right out at you:


And as always, the blogroll to the left is some of the best stuff out there.

Friday Night Entertainment
I know I need some fun to start the weekend off. How about you?

Cool and/or Weird
Some things I saw this week.

-Is it Magneto's blood or just magnetic silly putty?

-The commercial for the Kia Soul is just hilarious!

-The 10 Most Important Things They Didn't Teach You in School. #9 and #1 would have been most helpful.

-I always admire courage and wish I had anything near this kind of it.

-Ok, when I had to see the film "Eclipse" I saw the trailer for the next Harry Potter film and it looks brutal good.

Where's that From?
I LOVE quotes whether they are from songs, books, or films. I tend to annoy almost everyone I know by using a line from someplace for everything that happens. What can I do?

The following quotes need the answer "where's that from?" (be specific!) so give them a shot if you dare! I will try to make them Google proof for you smart folks out there. I would make it a contest but nobody ever wants the prizes if they win so what can you do? NOTE: When you cannot give silver away I fail to see how it is a bubble!

"You're just lucky we are in Uncle Jessie's House!"
"Well then you're unlucky; Cus we can always step outside."

-80's TV show quote.

"It’s not a payoff, it’s a gift. You already let me go."
-really wonderful film

"It was almost time to be reborn. He knew. Why else could he suddenly do magic?"
-classic novel

"There's no going back, there's no going anywhere"
-another great film

Have at them!

Clip Art
Film clips to get you buying or renting films to stimulate the economy!

The real proof education is over rated:

So sweet my teeth hurt! OOOhh step outside dummy! Would have been better.

A little film/music blend with Bette Midler doing "The Rose" in the film. I know I come back to this one, but great is great so what can you do?:

Ouch.

Rock Blogging
HAMMER TIME! Duh-duh-duh duh-duh duh-duh

Plenty of requests, some old, some new, so here we go! (not all embedded for ease of page loading)

Loyal reader Lurker asks for "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc, and I never knew the name of this tune!

Get this; A lady I know asked for ZZ Top and "Legs" so I can only hope that means something!

Ok, let's get the final show on the road.

From my friend C-T, who should write me more, check out Talking Heads and "Life During Wartime":

The 80's rule, all others drool!

Reader and contributor Gawains wanted Train's tune "Hey Soul Sister" and it is not a bad tune:

Not bad but I had this song in mind!

When I hear the song "Hey There Delilah" I just get all messed up. Plain White's simple, strong, and honest composition shows you do not need all kinds of crap when you have a good tune:

Wowza. For some reason it hits me like this tune.

I played a little Jimi last week and now this tune is stuck in my head, so try out "Little Wing":

OOOhhhh, "riding with the wind..." Too sweet.

We still have plenty of time and room, what to do?

The best I could do for this song is a nice cover so check Confederate Railroad's great tune "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back":

My Dad's last favorite tune. Here is the best version.

We need some rippers to close the show!

I have had it on before, but try it out and Maiden tells us all we need to know with "Be Quick or be Dead":

NICE!

Last Call! Get up and get ready!

I need a base line and there is only one place for that, Motorhead and "Ace of Spades":

Nasty good.

Have a good night.