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More lights

2011-11-03T16:27:00.000-04:00

My sister and dad passed through on their way to Florida yesterday so after a great dinner at J Peters in down town Anderson, I had to set up the light display of what I had so far to find out what they think about it. The presentation still has only 5 channels showing. I found an old lit reindeer up in the attic so I plugged it in to number 7. It was not LED so the light lights looked a little yellow. I thought about putting new LED lights on it but it would cost me too much money so I decided to leave it alone. My sister ask me if she could video record it. I told her she could but it wasn't going to looks good as it will be in another couple of weeks. But she wanted to anyway. So from this point on there will be no other kind of Christmas lights. Unless I find a few more reindeer. next post I will try to add some pictures maybe a video.

It is getting to look a lot like Christmas

2011-11-01T23:31:00.000-04:00

As some people have seen over the Internet and YouTube, more and more people are setting up syncrinized Chirstams light on their house. Well this year I have set out to do the same. Last month I bought from Light-O-Rama from my first 16 channel light box. It was easy to plug in and set up. The software was downloaded from their website.

I have set up to put just the LED mini lights. So far I have only used the ones that are being sold at Target stores. They are the Target brand lights. 60 strand lights for just under $8. So far I have 36 strands plus the 6 strands of white icicle lights. I have built wooden frames for the windows and doors to attach lights on. To date I only have 2,500 LED lights.

The music I have chosen is small at this time. I did not start on it soon enough and have not been able to put time in to getting more songs added. So as the time gets closer to Christmas I should add more songs to the play list. I'll post pictures and of course videos when closer to December.

People in our small town

2011-02-08T13:48:00.000-05:00

Just last year I had the chance to visit Jackson Hospital in Miami Fl. I was there with my wife and her mother due to an accident that was caused by lazy cruise members on a cruise ship that we had been on a few hours earlier. Without waiting for the long drug out part of this story, there were people dieing all over the ER. We did see a body moved to another room and dumped there like a sack of unwanted potatoes. There was a county detainee in there being watched by 2 over weight under height women that only looked at him every hour. He needs wasn't being meet and he need to use the restroom. So he pulls it out and pees all over the place. Jackson Hospital just got another free indoor fountain. People were numbered and pushed to the edge of the room. If you were bleeding they put your finger in the hole to keep it the blood flow down. My niece and I went to the McDonald's there and that place was full of people that ran out of the hospital to eat real food as if McD's is real. people rolling in with their IV drips. people getting into fist fights with themselves. Just crazy nuts.
I tell you this because I sit here in Subways eating a descent sub and I see another "crazy" person sitting in one of the booths rocking back and forth talking to himself with that cray look in his eyes. I would tell more of how I can identify the look of a crazy person but my family will hurt me with big sticks for giving away secrets.
Please read more later

Wife in the hospital

2011-02-06T11:09:00.001-05:00

My wife complained about the coating in her mouth. She had a headache as well. This morning she says the side of her face is numb. She called her doctor and he said to go to the emergence room. This is the first place you want to be if you want to see Zombies. So she checks in and we move to room number 9. That just sounds bad to me. I don't like the number 9. So while we sit there dying, you hear a few screens in the background and with all the Zombie movies books and blogs I have seen, you start thinking of what could happen.
I hear my wife breathing, a good sign at this point, I look around the room for objects that will sever off the head of an infected person or by a Zombie. In the hospital most proletariat you are infected. Infected people out number staff four to one. So as I look I see the IV pole that is attached to the side of the bed. I did wiggle it around just to make sure I could get it off when I needed it. I could at least cut em with the hook with a good hard swing. Then there are the rubber gloves. Three sizes, small medium and large. I would request a box of extra large if I had to be in here any longer then I would wanted to.
There is the bag for the dirty sheets. I'm thinking I could throw it over the head and arms so they could see us while I roll the big bed out of the room.
The nurse came in and I have the sheet pulled over my wife's head. Just in case the powers that be were looking for fresh live body to feed the caught Zombies. I want my wife to stay with me.

More Legos from my collection

2011-02-04T19:46:00.000-05:00

This is a truck that I don't think is sold any longer

Side View

It is motorized

It is starting to go up

Side view

Front end with the doors open

I like this train. I bought it on line at a 50% discount

Long View

The Dinning car. I couldn't get the best view that I wanted to get.

Side engine view

Dinner Car with doors open

Toy Story 3 train set

Front Engine view

Woody!! What is that in the car behind you??

Caboose

Looks like a big bang

Passenger car

Engine again

Here is a view of the inside of my Star Destoyer

These guys are on gaurd

The real firearms are behind them.

Straight in the front

Guess who is on Guard

a view in the bridge

a brighter view

The back slides back

Front the top

This a large set

Some of the people

Bringing the bagage around

Side view

Wild Chase

looking good

Too bright

Passing around the side

2010-12-27T17:39:00.002-05:00

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2010-12-27T17:17:00.002-05:00

Legos Legos Legos

2010-12-27T13:20:00.081-05:00

Everyone knows what Legos are, at least I hope if you are over the age of 5 you do. Legos are the little plastic toys that when you were growing up, all you could build was little houses and square cars. Over the past several years they have grow in ideas and cost. With the added sets including Star Wars, Indiana Jones and a few other movie themes, the Lego world has exploded. I for one bought a set of non-Lego plastic block building set. I was not happy but that is all my budget would allow me to buy. That has been 14 years ago and I will never buy any other set than Lego Brand.
For Christmas I received a few set and had put them all together. I will add a few pictures of other sets that I have gotten in the past once I can reconstruct them. The older sets have been taken apart and mixed together with other sets. So now I have to go through them and sort them out. My loving wife hates when the room is filled with Lego pieces. I have so many that I can't get them all sorted out fast enough.
So without anymore problems how about a few pictures.

Lego #7684 LEGO City Set #7684 Pig Farm & Tractor

Lego #7634 LEGO City Set #7634 Tractor Farm City

Lego #3179 LEGO City Lighting Repair (3179)

Lego #3179 Repair Truck

Lego #3179 LEGO City Lighting Repair (3179)

Lego #7639 (Road Trip) LEGO City Camper (7639)

Lego #7639 (No Pictures, I'm shy) LEGO City Camper (7639)

Lego #7639 (Dinner for Two) LEGO City Camper (7639)

Lego #7639 (Fish Cooking) LEGO City Camper (7639)

Lego #8084 LEGO Star Wars Snow Trooper Army Pack (8084)

Lego #8089 LEGO Star Wars Hoth Wampa Set (8089)

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2010-12-11T17:16:00.004-05:00

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Zombies and the walking dead

2010-12-09T21:06:00.000-05:00

During my youth there have been a few "Zombie" movies. over the past ten years there have been a large group of both great looking and some not so great looking. Today there has been a graphic novel turn to a TV show being shown on AMC. The Walking Dead is a great show and based on a few podcasts that I heard the show has double and triplied in the audience base. The make up and FX are above any TV show I've seen. I have yet to buy any of the graphic novels. I do plan to get a few before next season starts, and I put on my Christmas list. I don't want to read beyond what is playing on TV. I have only looked through one of the graphic novels and it looks really detailed.
With my background being in graphic design, the art and detail in the pictures that I've seen look great.
I have a small story line that I will work through and I will put it together and try to apply art to it.
I'm not say that Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard don't do a great job through Robert Kirkman story.
While I was doing some research for this project I found this animated The Walking Dead short film. I looks great aswell.

What the Plan is...

2010-12-07T20:10:00.000-05:00

Today being Tuesday December 7th 2010, is marked as the first entry to my Blog, My mark on the internet.
The ultimate long term goal of this blog is to pay for my Stormtrooper Armor that will be designed and built through this blog. I have ask someone from my local 501st Legion and I'm still waiting on an answer back from them. I have on the other hand been able to get plenty of help through the Internet from over seas.

My steps would start...

Design and build the vacuum table
Design and build the Armor vacuum forms
Trouble shoot and pull the plastic.
Trim the Armor
Look for Black under clothes
Shop for white Armor boots
Put them all together.
Show it off as MANY places as I can without getting arrested.

I will be putting Pictures and step by step instructions on this blog with prices on materials and if I bought anything on-line, there will be a link posted. I will put as much information as I can so the next person won't have the trouble I have to go through.