It coulda been me

I hear you just got married
Had a month long honeymoon
And you were all smiles at the wedding
And you cried when you kissed the groom

I got no invitation
I guess the mailman didn't bring it to me
But I see the whole thing in slow motion
Every night as I try to sleep

My buddy John said you looked real pretty
And you acted like you were in love
He said the preacher asked for objections
And he thought about standing up

I told John he must've been crazy
'Cause you were just about to say I do
He just gave me a wink and said all he could think
Is it could've been me with you

It could have been me standing there with you
It could have been me and my dreams coming true
But those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see it could have been me

I don't guess I ever told you
That I went out and bought you a ring
I even carried it around in my pocket
Waiting to say the right thing

I pulled it out the other day
But the diamond had lost it's shine
Well I know how it feels 'cause my eyes grow dim
When I think you could've been mine

It could have been me standing there with you
It could have been me and my dreams coming true
But those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see it could have been me

Oh I called her just in time to be too late
You know those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see (it could've been me)

It could have been me standing there with you
It could have been me and my dreams coming true
But those dreams move on if you wait too long
It took me till now to see it could have been me

It could have been me...

You might have to much Horsepower IF...

1. The emissions test guy starts laughing as soon as you pull onto the rollers.
2. You can't drive your car in the rain.
3. Your 'significant other' is afraid to drive your car.
4. You are afraid to drive your car.
5. You spend more on tires than on food.
6. You spend more on car insurance than on house payments.
7. You look in a state police car and see a picture of your car taped to the dash.
8. You throw your underwear in the garbage rather than the hamper.
9. You have to go to the track to buy gas.
10. Your mechanic names the new wing of his shop after you.
11. Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher wave you by.
12. You can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
13. You're tempted to wear your fire suit just to drive to the office.
14. Red signal lights shift to green as you're approaching then shift back to red as you're receding.
15. You arrive somewhere before you left.
16. You get pulled over for doing 155 in a 35 but the cops will let you go if "they can look under the hood."
17. You remove the $2000 stereo system to save 6 lb. of weight.
18. You are not allowed to run in the Silver State Challenge.
19. You get an anonymous phone call asking if you are interested in being in the Cannonball Run.
20. Your face looks like you are riding a NASA centrifuge when you drive the car.
22. You need parachute braking.
23. Your 'significant other' won't even ride in the car.
24. There is no possible way to "sneak out" of your neighborhood at 6 am.
25. Your pets scramble for their hiding spots as soon as the garage door is opened. (Pets, and all the neighbors...)
26. Family photos throughout the house are replaced with life-sized posters of your car.
27. Fuel is delivered to your home: in 55 gallon drums!
28. You carry earplugs in your car.(doesn't everybody???)
29. The only spot on the car which receives any regular cleaning is the windshield. (what else is there to clean???)
30. You find out that side mirrors don't hold up at speeds exceeding 145 mph.
31. Young children cling to their mommies in fear when you round the corner.
32. Birds fall out of their nests from the rumble of your 5" dual exhaust.
33. All the major Tire makers are sending you free slicks in hopes of endorsment deal.
34. The UPS guy took to taking Steroids so he could keep up with your shipments.
35. The Fed Ex guy had a nervous breakdown.
36. All the wildlife within a 800ft radius around your house got the HELLOUT.
37. The nearest Geological Seismic Surveying Station Operator knows your address by heart.
38. A booming voice greets potential passengers with, "That's right ....you paid for the whole seat but you'll only need the EDGE.
39. The earth slows in rotation when you hook up on your new slicks and head east.
40. You have to screw your slicks to the wheels.
41. Your exhaust pipes are larger in diameter than your driveline.
42. Your fuel pump flows enough to water a golf course.
43. Your compression's high enough you could run diesel fuel.
44. The sparks from your wheelie bars start grass fires on the side of the road.
45. Your engine idles at 2800 rpm.
46. You measure the fuel you use in "gallons per mile."

Bill Gates's changes to the Auto Industry

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon".

In response to Bill Gate's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics:

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day. For some reason you would simply accept this.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Apple would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off.
11. New seats would require everyone to have the same butt size.
12. We'd all have to switch to Microsoft Gas.
13. The U.S. government would get subsidies from an automaker - a first.
14. You would be constantly pressured to upgrade your car.
15. You could have only one person in the car at a time, unless you bought Car 95 or CarNT - but then you would have to buy more seats.
16. People would get excited about the new features of Microsoft cars, forgetting that the same features had been available from other carmakers for years.

Where are the Aliens?

If there are 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone, then there are probably twice or three times as many planets. That is a staggering number and it makes you think, with that many planets possibly out there, it makes sense that there must be other civilizations, the numbers are just too great

So you think, with all those “Billions and Billions” of planets, there has to be life right? More than likely is my answer. But here’s the rub!

On our one little planet, which has created in excess of probably 50 billion different species of life, only one of those 50 billion has developed a complex language. In fact we’re using it right now. A complex language is more likely than not an imperative to creating a space faring civilization or at least a technological society and as far as we know, we’re it.

So where am I going with this?

Where I’m going is this: it’s just possible that we could be the most advanced race in our galaxy! Now there’s a scary thought right? But what if it’s true? Where does that leave us? Could we be the “Elders” that are mentioned in so many Science Fiction stories. Is the job of bringing intelligent life to the rest of the galaxy ours? Think about that for a moment. What a responsibility!

My Z28 VS a Neon SRT4

Dodge Neon SRT4 Stats:
2.4-liter turbocharged 16-valve double overhead camshaft (DOHC) engine
230 horsepower
250 lb-ft of torque
Zero to 60 in around 5.8 seconds
from http://www.dodge.com/srt-4/

So anyway I am driving around with my friend from Zkota, (we just got done looking at a 74 Firebird Formula that he might buy and restore) and on the way back there is this red Neon SRT4, and he is being kinda cocky behind us. So eventually we turn onto a main highway, and I take the far lane. We are kinda racing a bit here but not really. So we then pull up to a stop light, and its on. I rev my engine a little to encite him. The light turns green, and I ease off real slow, and so does he and he hits it, and so do I. I pull away from him like he is standing still, I am like two car lengths ahead of him, and am going almost 50 mph in a 35. We laughing at him and I think he is pissed. There is a hill so we slow down incase cops are up there. He floors it and is going like close to 65 in the 35 almost hits a car in his lane and barely pulls infront of me. HAHA. LOOZER! The pushrod V8 from the 60s beats a high technology sport compact once again! haha.

Today a white 95 mustang pulls up to me at a light. I look over, and think he wants to race, but unfortunatly not. I guess I wouldnt want to race a Z28 if I had a mustang either. So anyway happy burnouts my friends!

The Mighty Muscle Car

About a week ago I got rid of my slow-@$$ cavalier for a less practical, but more fun, 1994 Camaro Z28. It is my dream car. Red with T-tops. People notice you when you go buy with this baby, and all of your friends want a ride. Its crazy. Especially when you nail the gas to the floor, its fun to see their reactions, they grin and say holy shit that was awesome! Lets do it again! I havent tested my 0-60 time yet, because I need to get a stop watch. But it is probably around 5 seconds. MY friend looked under the hood quickly yesterday night, and we were pleasantly surprised. The person before me equipped it with: A racing chip (adds hp and deletes rev limiter i believe), a Moroso Cold Air Intake, a new racing transmission, and he said two other things. I am going to take it to teh mechanic to figure out what else has been done, and what else I want to do to it. Definetly put my pioneer speakers 330 watt speakers in running off of a pioneer 400 watt amp. Put in a pioneer deck with an OEL display. Then two subs either kicker comp vr or pioneer. Probably 12 inch. I also plan on putting exhaust on it. This sucker is already FAST! I love this car, and plan on keeping it forever. So... who wants a ride?!

Nasa Officials- CURRENT Life on Mars

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/
mars_life_050216.html

Fascinating! Straight from the horses mouth! Aliens are probably real, and spread throughout our solar system. At least in bacterial form, but if life can develop on two planets in one solar system, then the likely hood of actualy intelligent extraterestrials is very probably. Scarry huh?

Immortality?...

Ray Kurzweil Aims to Live Forever
By Jay Lindsay
Associated Press
posted: 14 February 2005
09:25 am ET


WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) -- Ray Kurzweil doesn't tailgate. A man who plans to live forever doesn't take chances with his health on the highway, or anywhere else.

As part of his daily routine, Kurzweil ingests 250 supplements, eight to 10 glasses of alkaline water and 10 cups of green tea. He also periodically tracks 40 to 50 fitness indicators, down to his "tactile sensitivity.'' Adjustments are made as needed.

"I do actually fine-tune my programming,'' he said.

The famed inventor and computer scientist is serious about his health because if it fails him he might not live long enough to see humanity achieve immortality, a seismic development he predicts in his new book is no more than 20 years away.

It's a blink of an eye in history, but long enough for the 56-year-old Kurzweil to pay close heed to his fitness. He urges others to do the same in "Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever.''

The book is partly a health guide so people can live to benefit from a coming explosion in technology he predicts will make infinite life spans possible.

Kurzweil writes of millions of blood cell-sized robots, which he calls "nanobots,'' that will keep us forever young by swarming through the body, repairing bones, muscles, arteries and brain cells. Improvements to our genetic coding will be downloaded via the Internet. We won't even need a heart.

The claims are fantastic, but Kurzweil is no crank. He's a recipient of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize, which is billed as a sort of Academy Award for inventors, and he won the 1999 National Medal of Technology Award. He has written on the emergence of intelligent machines in publications ranging from Wired to Time magazine. The Christian Science Monitor has called him a "modern Edison.'' He was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. Perhaps the MIT graduate's most famous inventions is the first reading machine for the blind that could read any typeface.

During a recent interview in his company offices, Kurzweil sipped green tea and spoke of humanity's coming immortality as if it's as good as done. He sees human intelligence not only conquering its biological limits, including death, but completely mastering the natural world.

"In my view, we are not another animal, subject to nature's whim,'' he said.

Critics say Kurzweil's predictions of immortality are wild fantasies based on unjustifiable leaps from current technology.

"I'm not calling Ray a quack, but I am calling his message about immortality in line with the claims of other quacks that are out there.'' said Thomas Perls, a Boston University aging specialist who studies the genetics of centenarians.

Sherwin Nuland, a bioethics professor at Yale University's School of Medicine, calls Kurzweil a "genius'' but also says he's a product of a narcissistic age when brilliant people are becoming obsessed with their longevity.

"They've forgotten they're acting on the basic biological fear of death and extinction, and it distorts their rational approach to the human condition,'' Nuland said.

Kurzweil says his critics often fail to appreciate the exponential nature of technological advance, with knowledge doubling year by year so that amazing progress eventually occurs in short periods.

His predictions, Kurzweil said, are based on carefully constructed scientific models that have proven accurate. For instance, in his 1990 book, "The Age of Intelligent Machines,'' Kurzweil predicted the development of a worldwide computer network and of a computer that could beat a chess champion.

"It's not just guesses,'' he said. "There's a methodology to this.''

Kurzweil's been thinking big ever since he was little. At age 8, he developed a miniature theater in which a robotic device moved the scenery. By 16, the Queens, N.Y., native built his own computer and programmed it to compose original melodies.

His interest in health developed out of concern about his own future. Kurzweil's grandfather and father suffered from heart disease, his father dying when Kurzweil was 22. Kurzweil was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in his mid-30s.

After insulin treatments were ineffective, Kurzweil devised his own solution, including a drastic cut in fat consumption, allowing him to control his diabetes without insulin.

His rigorous health regimen is not excessive, just effective, he says, adding that his worst sickness in the last several years has been mild nasal congestion.

In the past decade, Kurzweil's interests in technology and health sciences have merged as scientists have discovered similarities.

"All the genes we have, the 20,000 to 30,000 genes, are little software programs,'' Kurzweil said.

In his latest book, Kurzweil defines what he calls his three bridges to immortality. The "First Bridge'' is the health regimen he describes with co-author Dr. Terry Grossman to keep people fit enough to cross the "Second Bridge,'' a biotechnological revolution.

Kurzweil writes that humanity is on the verge of controlling how genes express themselves and ultimately changing the genes. With such technology, humanity could block disease-causing genes and introduce new ones that would slow or stop the aging process.

The "Third Bridge'' is the nanotechnology and artificial intelligence revolution, which Kurzweil predicts will deliver the nanobots that work like repaving crews in our bloodstreams and brains. These intelligent machines will destroy disease, rebuild organs and obliterate known limits on human intelligence, he believes.

Immortality would leave little standing in current society, in which the inevitability of death is foundational to everything from religion to retirement planning. The planet's natural resources would be greatly stressed, and the social order shaken.

Kurzweil says he believes new technology will emerge to meet increasing human needs. And he said society will be able to control the advances he predicts as long as it makes decisions openly and democratically, without excessive government interference.

But there are no guarantees, he adds.

Meanwhile, Kurzweil refuses to concede the inevitably of his own death, even if science doesn't advance as quickly as he predicts.

"Death is a tragedy,'' a process of suffering that rids the world of its most tested, experienced members -- people whose contributions to science and the arts could only multiply with agelessness, he said.

Kurzweil said he's no "cheerleader'' for unlimited scientific progress and added he knows science can't answer questions about why eternal lives are worth living. That's left for philosophers and theologians, he said.

But to him there's no question of huge advances in things that make life worth living, such as art, cultural, music and science.

"Biological evolution passed the baton of progress to human cultural and technological development,'' he said.

Lee Silver, a Princeton biologist, said he'd love to believe in the future as Kurzweil sees it, but the problem is, humans are involved.

The instinct to preserve individuality, and to gain advantage for yourself and children, would survive any breakthrough into biological immortality -- which Silver doesn't think is possible. The gap between the haves and have-nots would widen and Kurzweil's vision of a united humanity would become ever more elusive, he said.

"I think it would require a change in human nature,'' Silver said, "and I don't think people want to do that.''

Monkey Porn

A new study found that male monkeys will give up their juice rewards in order to ogle pictures of female monkey's bottoms. The way the experiment was set up, the act is akin to paying for the images, the researchers say. So there you have it folks very primitive porn for monkeys!

I WONT STOP LOVING YOU.

NELLY (f/ Tim McGraw) LYRICS

Over And Over

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause it's all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it yeah I can't shake it
Nooo

I can't wait to see you
Want to see if you still got that look in your eyes
That one you had for me before we said our goodbyes
And it's a shame that we got to spend our time
Being mad about the same things
Over and over again
About the same things
Over and over again
Ohh
But I think she's leaving
Ooh man she's leaving
I don't know what else to do
(I can't go on not loving you)

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again yeah
And I can't take it yeah I can't shake it
Nooo

I remember the day you left
I remember the last breath you took right in front of me
When you said that u would leave
I was too damn stubborn to try to stop you or say anything
But I see clearly now
And this choice I made keep playing in my head
Over and over again
Playing my head
Over and over again
Ohh
I think she's leaving
Ooh man she's leaving
I don't know what else to do
(I can't go on not loving you)

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it I can't shake it
Nooo

(Now that I've realizes that I'm going down
From all this pain you've put me through
Everytime I close my eyes I lock it down
I can't go on not loving you)

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it I can't shake it
Nooo

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I can't keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I can't take it I can't shake it
Nooo

Over and Over again
Over and Over again
Cause it's all in my head

Phelp's Words of Wisdom

My Psychology teacher the eccentric Phelps said that nicotine actually helps people so they dont get alzthiemers. However he said anyone who smokes cigarretes is a "Damn Fool" He says instead we should all chew nicotene gum... Lol, good advice.

Wow COOL!

One of my favorite series of all time is Macgyver. The actor who playes this character is named Richard Dean Anderson, and his father's name is Stuart Anderson! I have a friend named Stuart Anderson, pretty cool huh.

Poking Fun at a Weird Dude

This is from a scientific article about the moon titan. I thought it was kinda funny.

"OK, everyone anticipated that Titan was going to be interesting, but few expected it to be weirder than Michael Jackson."

Conan the Barbarian Essay

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger,” is how the philosopher Nietzsche so elegantly put it. This quote leads into the forging of a sword and some powerful music. Thus begins, in my opinion, one of the greatest movies of all time: “Conan the Barbarian.”
This piece of genius takes place in prehistory, where many brave men fought and died by the sword. Steel was more important then gold or jewels. Of all these great men, none were more powerful, or commanded a sword better, then Conan. However, this was not always true.
“His was a tale of sorrow,” as the narrator rightly says. Indeed, Conan’s life would have broken most of us. However, it simply forged in him an indomitable will, and an iron determination.
In the beginning, Conan’s mother and father are mercilessly slaughtered, along with his entire village. The children, however, are spared and taken to be slaves. They are placed at a giant wheel with spokes so they can grind flower for their masters. Their conditions are horrendous. These poor wretches work snow, rain, wind, or shine. Eventually they all die except Conan. We see this amazing progression where he gets bigger and stronger. Until eventually we see the awe inspiring image of our muscle bound hero: Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The whole movie is ingeniously thought out. The forging of a sword from weak iron ore into powerful steel mirrors Conan’s own progression through life. The wheel was the forging of his body; the next part is about the spirit.
Now after Conan has survived where so many have failed, his reward is to be thrown into the gladiator pit so his captors can make money off his suffering. I told you his journey was sad. He learns quickly that its kill or be killed. He lives for the crowd’s “howls of lust and fury” as the narrator says. Eventually, he has won so many times that a Chinese emperor buys him. Conan is educated and taught how to fight with a sword. His master decides Conan has been caged too long and lets him go. Finally, his dream becomes reality. He is free. His forging is complete and its time to reap his revenge.
I’ll end there, so as not to spoil the whole movie. Suffice it to say that it is an incredible quest of self discovery, and movies just are not made like this anymore.
I love this movie for the element of philosophy and the great story telling. There isn’t a great deal of dialogue, but it just works for this movie. Part of the reason is the incredible music. These songs are created by the great Basil Poledouris. They really help tell the story and move you. Conan’s journey has many parallels to forging a sword, as he had to forge himself. This is a story about determination and will. We all could do well to learn something from it. That’s why Conan the Barbarian is one of my favorite movies of all time.