Atomized juniorDedicated to the smallest particles of meaning on the webFEC MIA- April 28, 2008 I guess I had grown used to coverage of an election season being seasoned with comments to and from the Federal Election Commission. If not garnering whole articles in the media then references sprinkled throughout the political coverage. But mention of the FEC has been in the breach: Unlike most election seasons for the past thirty years there has been little reference to the FEC this season (FEC_Wikipedia). This is not a case of someone one with a web log having an original thought and...http://www.wam.umd.edu/~pbushmil/atomized_jr/2008/04/27.html#a716 Diesel Only- April 18, 2008 A commingling of a few of my favorite obsessions presents itself. A confluence of gulf stream and arctic waters. A virtual nor' easter of fun. First off an enduring category of referrer hits to the web log remains pictures of Ra5c Vigilantes. This is the plane of one of my units when I was in the Navy, RVAH Seven, or Reconatkron Seven in that full Navy quasi acronym style. Until I run out pictures I'm happy to oblige. This is a picture of a RVAH 7 Vigilante in USS Forestal colors flying.http://www.wam.umd.edu/~pbushmil/atomized_jr/2008/04/17.html#a715 Tempest UCC- April 11, 2008 The United Church of Christ (UCC) the denomination I belong to recently decided to buy a full page ad in the New York Times. Which as you might guess not is not inexpensive. This idea came from one of the New York City Congregations, but was quickly embraced by many others. Doing what we can under the circumstances, a quick-whip around with the internet hat was necessary to raise the cash, which the head office does not have on it. This went smoothly, the thing was done and it ran I believe..http://www.wam.umd.edu/~pbushmil/atomized_jr/2008/04/10.html#a714 Teflon Inc.- April 4, 2008 My sister, Susan, and brother-in-law, Douglas, were talking about teflon in cosmetics the other day. I had a tough time believing that this was a big problem, but apparently with certain cosmetics like lipstick it is. Toxic elements in cosmetics in general is more widespread than I would've believed. I figure the guys out there are thinking "Well I don't use lipstick, I don't see how that's my problem." Yeah, keep thinking that one through. PTFE is what teflon is Polytetrafluoroethylene -...http://www.wam.umd.edu/~pbushmil/atomized_jr/2008/04/03.html#a713 |