Friday, May 29, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Who is the Mothman


The Mothman is a legendary beast who allegedly roams the American state of West Virgina. Among other creatures, he is a topic of interest for cryptozoologists, people who study animals which seem to fall beyond normal taxonomic classifications. For the skeptics among us, one could also say that cryptozoologists study mythical creatures; examples of other topics of interest in the field include Nessie, the Yeti, mermaids, and dragons.
According to the stories, the was first spotted in November 1966 at a former weapons manufacturing plant in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Two young couple who were on the land for unspecified regions said that they saw a giant, man-sized moth with glowing red eyes, which took off into flight once it was spotted. They reported the sighting to local law enforcement, triggering a rash of suchsightings
sightings, which trickled off in December 1967, when the Silver Bridge collapsed, killing 46 people.
Sightings
Mothman finally appeared; the next morning, the dog vanished, never to be seen again.
Many of the
shared common details, suggesting that people were reading the newspapers and being inspired, although one could also argue that these
were
, and this is why they shared commonalities. In almost all of the descriptions, theMothmanMothman is said to be partially humanoid, with giant wings resembling those of a moth, and clawed feet and hands. In some legends, the MothmanMothman has antennae as well.
Scientists have suggested that the rash of MothmanMothmanMothman sightingssightingssightings were actually sightingssightingssightings of various large birds. Some birds such as cranes can get quite large, and they could have fooled people, especially in the dark or during the twilight hours. The red eyes of can probably be attributed to a trick of light reflection, as anyone who has experienced “red eye” in a photograph knows. People are also very suggestible, and a single confused sighting of a bird could have planted the idea of the in the heads of many others.
The bears a lot of interesting similarities to the Garuda, a mythological Hindu creature with a humanoid figure and a large wingspan. It is possible that someone was reading a few too many Hindu myths and got a bit carried away, although cryptozoologists might argue that the failure to establish concrete evidence for the existence of the does not necessarily prove that he will never be found...

Thursday, April 23, 2009
Service project
Monday, April 20, 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Inventions
Spring Break
Monday, March 23, 2009
Lent
Thursday, March 12, 2009
German Shooting
WINNENDEN, Germany (AFP) – Flags flew at half mast acrossGermany on Thursday as the numbed nation mourned the 15 mainly female victims of a teenage gunman in a picturesque town.
Hundreds of candles were left outside the school in Winnenden where 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer picked off nine pupils and three teachers before killing three other people in the town. He then turned the gun on himself in a shootout with police.
Churches were packed for special services held late Wednesday and dozens of people held a vigil outside the school on what Chancellor Angela Merkel called "a day of mourning for all of Germany."
"Our thoughts go out to the families and the friends. We are thinking of you and we are praying for you," she added.
The front page of the local paper, the Winnender Zeitung, was just a blank black page on Thursday, except for a single word: "Why?"
The same question was being asked on the streets and in the churches of the town north of Stuttgart.
"There is more violence than there was 10 years ago," Heidi Loebe, a saleswoman told AFP. "I do not understand it. This is a boy who had finished his studies and begun a training course."
"We have perhaps all failed," one man, a tax advisor, said without giving his name. "The big question now is: Why did he do it?"
Police have given no motive for the slaughter. Eleven of his 12 victims at the school were female, and nearly all were expertly shot in the head.
However, Ralf Michelfelder, police chief in Waiblingen whose officers also cover Winnenden, said the "first indications" as to motive were emerging.
More details should be available at a news conference later in the day, he said.
Kretschmer went into one classroom three times, the Bild daily said. On the third visit he told the class: "Aren't you all dead yet?" A teacher threw herself in front of a female pupil -- and was shot by the gunman, Bild said.
Heribert Rech, interior minister of the southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg where the massacre took place, said there was nothing to indicate that the teenager held a grudge against the school.
After leaving last year, Kretschmer had enrolled on a course to train as a salesman. He regularly worked out at the gym and belonged to a sports club.
"He was completely unremarkable, there was nothing in his background to suggest this could have happened," the minister said. Fellow students described him as "quiet" and "reserved," even "friendly."
Kretschmer came from a prosperous family. His father is a successful businessman who employs 150 people, according to media reports. His parents and sister, still in shock, have been taken to a secret location, German television reported.
However, he found it difficult to fit in at school and had few friends. "He was simply not accepted by anyone and just sat all day in front of his computer," a school colleague identified at Mario told German television station N24.
Reports also say he was obsessed with computer shooting games -- especially the violent shoot-em-up Counterstrike -- and had become a crack shot. It appears most of his victims died from accurate shots to the head.
His father owned over a dozen guns, all locked away except the nine millimetre Beretta that caused the carnage. According to media reports, Kretschmer senior was "domineering" and a member of a local gun club, which his son also visited.
Rech said Kretschmer had "destroyed the soul of an entire school and ripped into the heart of a town."
The rampage ended in the car park of a shopping centre about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Winnenden.
Cornered in the car park, there was a shootout between the teenager and the police in which he was shot in the leg, Rech said.
"He fell down, got up again and reloaded his gun. He was found soon afterwards dead," Rech said. State police chief Erwin Hetger said it was believed he had turned the gun on himself.
The school remains cordoned off and will not open for the rest of the week. There have been calls for it to remain closed forever as a sign of respect.
Irish Poem
[this is actually about Ireland, but could be used for a person]
Roisin, have no sorrow for all that has happened to you
the Friars are out on the brine,. they are travelling the sea
your pardon from the Pope will come, from Rome in the East
and we won't spare the Spanish wine for my Roisin Dubh
Far have we journeyed together, since days gone by.
I've crossed over mountains with her, and sailed the sea
I have cleared the Erne, though in spate, at a single leap
and like music of the strings all about me, my Roisin Dubh
You have driven me mad, fickle girl- may it do you no good!
My soul is in thrall, not just yesterday nor today
You have left me weary and weak in body and mind
O deceive not the one who loves you, my Roisin Dubh
I would walk in the dew beside you, or the bitter desert
in hopes I might have your affection, or part of your love
Fragrant small branch, you have given your word you love me
the choicest flower of Munster, my Roisin Dubh
If I had six horses, I would plough against the hill-
I'd make Roisin Dubh my Gospel in the middle of Mass-
I'd kiss the young girl who would grant me her maidenhead
and do deeds behind the lios with my Roisin Dubh!
The Erne will be strong in flood, the hills be torn
the ocean will be all red waves, the sky all blood,
every mountain and bog in Ireland will shake
one day, before she shall perish, my Roisin Dubh.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
My top 26 movies(in order)
- Lord of the Rings Trilogy- great story, good battle scenes, great characters, 11 oscars, Precious.
- Jurassic Park- good movie, Velociraptor Awareness Day, (clever girl- best scene because of guy's stupidity).
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail- Funniest Movie ever made, Ni.
- Pineapple Express-Funniest Pothead movie ever made.
- Gladiator- good fight scenes, great movie.
- Braveheart- good battle scenes, great plot, very accurate.
- The Patriot- good movie, good battle scenes.
- DodgeBall- 2nd funniest movie ever made.
- Hot Fuzz- A movie of Pure Awsomeness.
- Iron Man- Good movie, Robert Downey Jr., Audi R8.
- Transformers- good story and fight scenes, Optimus Prime, and most importantly Megan Fox!
- Cloverfield- Great movie and the Monster is cool.
- The Sixth Sense- Greatest thrilller movie made, good scary scenes, best Shamalyan movie ever made.
- Signs- Great Movie, very spiritual, 2nd best Shamalyan movie ever made.
- Saving Private Ryan- Great Story, great acting, great battle scenes, and it has an awsome sniper.
- Borat- Hilarious, it kicks Uzbeckistan's butt.
- Airplane- 3rd funniest movie ever made.
- Billy Madison- Great funny movie, Giant Pengiuns and
- Anchorman- 4th funniest movie ever made. Fantastic, Super Duper!
- Jackass(#1)- the stupidity of the movie is hilarious. Golf Course Air Horn lol.
- I am Legend- Good movie but it is sad.
- Irobot- Great gun scenes.
- Kung Fu Panda- "It's pure awsomeness will blind you"-(line from the movie)
- Waterboy- funny movie, The abdolablunggata.
- Jackass(#2)- the stupidity is x2 hilarious.
- Shaun of the Dead- hilarious story of idiots running from zombies. a must see.
Monday, March 2, 2009
25 Things i want to do
- Rule the world.
- Go on a date with Megan Fox.
- Get Superpowers.
- Get Taller.
- Get first in Wresting State Tourney.
- Hang out with Optimus Prime.
- Hang out with Jesus.
- Wave to Becker.
- See the Seven Wonders of the World.
- Beat Josh Swank in a wrestling match.
- I am going to restore the Economy.
- Get a 100% on Mrs. Lavin's paper.
- Win American Idol.
- Become a high ranking general in the Army.
- Visit China and Europe.
- Hang out with Master Chief
- Set a new World Record in awsomeness.
- Become a lumberjack.
- Find the Holy Grail.
- Beat Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Mr. T, and Jet Li in one fight.
- Own a Dolphin as a pet.
- Become filthy stinking rich.
- Use the Wushi Finger Hold on someone.
- Own my favorite car: Audi R8.
- Finish all 50 levels in Horde(Gears of War 2).
Friday, February 27, 2009
cool new characters
- Mudflap and Skids, respectively a red Chevrolet Trax and green Chevrolet Beat.[61] Mudflap is very hyperactive, while Skids believes himself to be the smarter of the two and tries to come across as mature, but nevertheless appears unable to keep quiet.[65]Bay chose the Beat and Trax for the Autobot twins because he thought those two small cars looked good together.[66] Ed Welburn added when they had designed the cars before Bay selected them, the "character" they wanted to bring to the concepts was a sense that small cars could be as cool as large ones.[62] According to leaked daily call sheets that Bay claimed he faked,[67] they begin the film by combining into an ice cream van.[68] Skids was mentioned by the other Autobots in the Transformers: The Reign of Starscream movie sequel comics.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Tech Class
Thursday, February 19, 2009
New Good guys For new Transformers Movie
- Mudflap and Skids, respectively a red Chevrolet Trax and green Chevrolet Beat.[64] Mudflap is very hyperactive, while Skids believes himself to be the smarter of the two and tries to come across as mature, but nevertheless appears unable to keep quiet.[65] According to leaked daily call sheets Michael Bay claimed he faked,[66] they begin the film by combining into an ice cream van.[67] Skids was mentioned by the other Autobots in the Transformers: The Reign of Starscream movie sequel comics.
- Sideswipe, a silver Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept.[64]
- Jolt, a blue Chevrolet Volt.[64] Jolt was a last-minute addition to the cast after General Motors, the film's car supplier, wanted to promote the Volt.[68] The writers had already wanted to include the car in the script before the Writers Guild strike, so they had to work out a character that would fit well within the Autobot team afterwards and convince Bay to approve the addition.[69] Hasbro previously used the name Jolt for a Decepticon in the first film's toy line.
- Jetfire, an SR-71 Blackbird. He was a Decepticon, but his wounds and age have made him choose to ally with Optimus.[2] He can combine with Optimus, an idea previously seen in the Transformers: Armada series.[70]
- Wheelie, a small radio-controlled truck. Wheelie initially serves the Decepticons because he is frightened of them.
[edit]Decepticons
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
New Villans for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
- Ravage, a minion of Soundwave. Hasbro said he has a "raw" beast mode.
- A puppet, with a body resembling Frenzy, a cat like face, dreadlocks, and a bird-like beak, was spotted on set.
Valentines Day
Friday, February 6, 2009
Transformers revenge of the fallen
Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) discovers something about the origins of the Transformers and their history on Earth. The evil Decepticons need to capture him for information. The climactic battle takes place at the Giza pyramid complex, where a temple is located within.[ Lorenzo di Bonaventura explained the film will show the Transformers who visited Egypt before the pyramids were built, and "all our heroes end up here because of the Decepticons' masterplan." Furthermore, Egyptian hieroglyphs resembling helicopters and other present day vehicles in real life will be explained in the film as being depictions of those Ancient Cybertronians who visited Earth.
This looks really good.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Most annoying song ever
http://www.youtube.com/RickAstleytv
