Z-Car » Humor http://www.z-car.com/blog Gary's Ramblings about everything from Cars to the idea of US Energy Independence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:22:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Does Newt Gingrich look like Dwight Schrute? Picture of both http://www.z-car.com/blog/2012/01/18/does-newt-gingrich-look-like-dwight-schrute-picture-of-both http://www.z-car.com/blog/2012/01/18/does-newt-gingrich-look-like-dwight-schrute-picture-of-both#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:32:30 +0000 gsmith http://www.z-car.com/blog/?p=930 Gingrih and Shrute separated at birth

Some folks are claiming that Dwight and Newt are one and the same person.  I find this hard to believe.  Certainly the age difference seems to be a factor, and, as everyone knows Dwight is a beet farmer from Pennsylvania while Newt was a College Professor from Georgia.

Some folks will claim that it is not really Dwight, but the actor Rainn Wilson who is the true Doppelgänger.

What do you think folks, do you see a resemblance?

Rain Wilson and Newt Gingrich related in past

 

 

 

 

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You guys have probably seen the Microsoft Kinect for the Xbox 360.  It is a motion control accessory that allows you to interact with your video games, just like the Wii.  Microsoft has done a pretty good job with this device, although it seems as if they are still waiting for the killer app to really drive sales.  Recently when I was at the Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta (a Simon Mall), I caught a glance of this guy getting his inner groove on with a public demo of the Kinect and Dance Central.  This guy really got into his dance routine.  Got love it….  Can you say hilarious!

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Once again the news agencies prove incapable of actually doing some basic research to identify the “Mystery Missile”.  Ten minutes of Google searching will give you access to many sites that have very similar pictures as those seen with the Mystery Missile.   Once you actually see these contrails from multiple locations, it is clear that the “Mystery Missile” was simply a plane contrail that you can see everyday if you look closely enough.  No conspiracy, no military hoax, not connected to cruise ships breaking down in the ocean.  Just a simple plane traveling from Hawaii to Phoenix, which it does everyday.

The picture above shows the exact same “Missile Launch” 24 hours later.

For more information, check out this great web site.

Think about it, you have two choices :

Option 1 – An airliner with a contrail, made to look thicker than usual because it is flying towards the camera, and appearing to “come out of the sea” because it came from over the horizon. Data for this includes several known simiar examples, a known flight in the area doing the right path at the right time, and lack of anything unusual on FAA ATC tapes.

OR

Option 2 – An unknown SLBM launch undetected by anyone, evidence for which is “I seen some rocket launches and they look like this – honest”.

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Ok Equals a Person, or a Ninja...

The origin of the word OK is with American president  Martin Van Buren, who was elected in 1836.   He would always say everything would be all right, everything would be fine, etc.   His nickname was named after his birthplace, Old Kinderhook, New York.  So, for short people called him O.K.  This then became a substitute for what he stood for, everything will be alright, etc. and thus OK was born.  Don’t believe folks who tell you that it is from  Okay…

]]> http://www.z-car.com/blog/2009/11/11/tilt-your-head-sideways-and-prepare-to-be-amazed/feed 0 The world now makes sense – 3.14 = PIE! http://www.z-car.com/blog/2009/09/10/the-world-now-makes-sense-3-14-pie http://www.z-car.com/blog/2009/09/10/the-world-now-makes-sense-3-14-pie#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:16:29 +0000 gsmith http://www.z-car.com/blog/?p=486 Pie

I looked in the mirror this morning, and this is what I found.  Who knew 3.14 was a Palindrome?  It is clear that some higher being must certainly exist…

pie

Now I find that 3.14 does not actually equal pie…   \pi\ne\text{pie} and apparantly \pi\ne 3.14.

What do you see in the mirror?

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Have you ever found yourself next to a Rattle Snake?  Last year while hiking in the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, I had the opportunity to find myself in that exact situation.   Torrey Pines Park is the home of our nation’s rarest pine tree - Pinus torreyana.  Once this tree covered a larger area, but the  fragile environment it requires now only exists here and on Santa Rosa Island off the coast near Santa Barbara.  As my wife and I walked down a trail leading to the ocean, which was completely obscured by an incoming fog bank off the coast, we suddenly heard a very loud buzz.  This was a sound I had never heard in my life, and immediately started my heart racing.  I jumped backwards and sprinted back up the trail.  Turning back, I pulled out my camera and took a few shots before he slithered off into the brush.  He was easily over six feet long and as wide as the business end of a baseball bat.

When I got back, I signed my kids up for this great magazine (ZooBooks) that teaches children all about animals.  Give it a try, I am sure your kids will love it to.
Zoobooks Magazine

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