Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Halloween! Here are some Halloween images of a sand art sculptures in Imperial Beach, California.
Happy Halloween 2016
Sights Around the Imperial Beach Pier
Took a walk on the Imperial Beach pier and took some photos of different things around the area. Here are those photos:
Comic Book Street Names
Today I was driving down the street and I turned on the corner of Gotham and Xavier and thought to myself, obviously the people responsible for naming those streets are fans of comic books.
Demonstration of Love
A group of women were at a seminar on how to live in a loving relationship with their husbands. The women were asked, “How many of you love your husband?” All the women raised their hands.
Then they were asked, “When was the last time you told your husband you loved him?
“Some women answered today, a few yesterday, and some couldn’t remember.
The women were then told to take out their cell phones and text their husband – “I love you, Sweetheart”
Next the women were instructed to exchange phones with one another and read aloud the text message they received in response to their message.
Below are hilarious replies. If you have been married for quite a while, you understand that these replies are a sign of true love. Who else would reply in such a succinct and honest way?
1. Who the hell is this?
2. Eh, mother of my children, are you sick or what?
3. Yeah, and I love you too. What’s wrong?
4. What now? Did you wreck the car again?
5. I don’t understand what you mean?
6. What the hell did you do now?
7. Don’t beat about the bush, just tell me how much you need?
8. Am I dreaming?
9. If you don’t tell me who this message is actually for, someone will die.
10. I thought we agreed you wouldn’t drink during the day.
11. Your mother is coming to stay with us, isn’t she?
Donkey
The king wanted to go fishing. He called on the royal weather forecaster and inquired as to the weather forecast for the next few hours. The weatherman assured him that there was no chance of rain in the coming days.
So the king went fishing with his wife, the queen. On the way he met a farmer on his donkey. Upon seeing the king the farmer said, “Your Majesty, you should return to the palace! In just a short time I expect a huge amount of rain to fall in this area”.
The king was polite and considerate, he replied: “I hold the palace meteorologist in high regard. He is an extensively educated and experienced professional. And besides, I pay him very high wages. He gave me a very different forecast. I trust him.”
So the king continued on his way. However, a short time later a torrential rain fell from the sky. The King and Queen were totally soaked and their entourage chuckled upon seeing them in such a shameful condition.
Furious, the king returned to the palace and gave the order to fire the professional. Then he summoned the farmer and offered him the prestigious and high paying role of royal forecaster.
The farmer said, “Your Majesty, I do not know anything about forecasting. I obtain my information from my donkey. If I see my donkey’s ears drooping, it means with certainty that it will rain.” So the king hired the donkey.
And thus began the practice of hiring dumb asses to work in the government and occupy its highest and most influential positions. The practice is unbroken to this day and the Democrat symbol was born.
Historical Old Photos in Color
Henry Ford, 1919
Cornell Rowing Team 1914
Brothers Robert Kennedy, Edward ‘Ted’ Kennedy and John F. Kennedy outside the Oval Office.
Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield
Two Boxers after a fight
Brooklyn Bridge in 1904
Louis Armstrong plays to his wife, Lucille, in Cairo, Egypt 1961
An Oklahoman farmer during the great dust bowl in 1939
Boys buying flowers in 1908
Red Hawk of the Oglala Tribe on horseback 1905
WWII soldiers on Easter
Union Soldiers taking a break 1863
Madison Square Park New York City around 1900
Burger Flipper 1938
Helen Keller meeting comedian Charlie Chaplin in 1918
Lee Harvey Oswald, 1963, being transported to questioning before his murder trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Times Square 1947
Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939. Photo taken right after his famous retirement speech. He would pass away just two years later from ALS.
Girls delivering ice, 1918
Louis Armstrong practicing backstage in 1946
American Poet Walt Whitman, 1868
Baltimore Slums, 1938
View from the Capitol in Nashville, 1864
Clint Eastwood working on his 1958 Jag XK 120 in 1960
Babe Ruth’s 1920 MLB debut
An RAF pilot getting a haircut while reading a book between missions
Joan Crawford on the set of Letty Lynton, 1932
Marilyn Monroe
1920s Australian mugshots from the New South Wales Police Dept.
W.H. Murphy testing the bulletproof vest in 1923
Unemployed Lumber Worker and His Wife 1939
Country store in July 1939 Gordonton, North Carolina
Winston Churchill, 1941
Samurai Training 1860
Albert Einstein on a Long Island beach in 1939
British Soldiers Returning from the front in 1939
Hindenburg Blimp crash
Clint Eastwood, 1962
Charles Darwin
Big Jay McNeely, Olympic Auditorium, 1953
Alfred Hitchcock
Elizabeth Taylor in 1956
Pablo Picasso
Brigadier General and actor Jimmy Stewart. Stewart flew 20 combat missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, and even flew one mission during Vietnam.
Albert Einstein, 1921
A car crash in Washington D.C. around 1921
Claude Monet in 1923
Charlie Chaplin at 27 years old in 1916
Mark Twain in 1900
Audrey Hepburn
Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels scowls at a Jewish photographer, 1933
Washington, D. C. filling station in 1924
President Lincoln with Major General McClernand and Allan Pinkerton at Antietam in 1862
Bikes, Babes, and Beer…Oh My!
Went to an event at Boarder X Brewery in San Diego, California that had bikes, models, and it was at a brewery so it had beer. Talk about an excellent combination. Here was one one the models that was posing in front of the vehicles.
How is Your Day Going?
Now that I think about it, my day is going pretty good.
San Diego Airport
Here are some things I saw while at the San Diego airport. One was a group of people that were all white and the title of it is, “At the Gate.” The other photo was of the Spirit of Saint Louis airplane.
Kansas City Southern Train
I was in traffic, looked over, saw this train, and snapped a quick photo of it. It made me wonder, was it this train that got somebody out of this town? Did this train bring somebody into this town? Was this train the one where people dreams began or was it the one where they ended? Whichever it was, this vessel was the backbone that carried those aspirations and burdens. It must be quite the vessel.
West Coast Cars
Went to an event tonight were there were some tricked out West Coast cars with hydraulics, low riders, and some motorcycles. It was my first time ever seeing anything like this so I tried to capture the cars in the best light. Here are some of my photos from the event.
Working Mammals
Drove over to San Diego to see the pens where the United States Navy holds and cares for dolphins. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the United States Navy gives these dolphins the very best care that they can give them, but it made me think about if the Navy should be using dolphins as working animals. The police use dogs as working animals to help sniff out drugs and bombs. Blind people use dogs to help aid for their loss of vision. Autistic people even use dogs to assist them. Is an animal’s life less valuable than a human life? Should dolphins be used to help find and identify potential threats to naval ships? If they are used in that regard why not use them to attack and do harm to others as well? Where do you draw the line for working animals? Should animals be used as combatants or kept as non-combatants? Koreans use dogs to smell out and track down north Korean defectors. Then again Koreans eat dogs too, so they might not hold animals in the highest regard. Should it be acceptable for the United States to use animals to protect the lives of American combatants and naval ships?
Photos of San Diego
Here are some photos look at San Diego from Harbor Island.
Japanese Pig
I was playing around with the application called Procreate and drew this silly Japanese pig that says, “Boo Boo” instead of “oink oink.” Procreate was a very nice and intuitive application that I would like to play around with more to get the feel for it.
Bees at Work
I was at LaJolla in San Diego, California and I walked by some flowers and saw some bees that were hard at work. I decided to take some photos of the bees and I must say I was pleased with the results.
I was playing around with an application to bring the bee to the forefront of the image:
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Monument
Drove over to Point Loma in San Diego, California today to see the Cabrillo National Monument and take some photos to document my experience. Prior to going here I knew absolutely nothing about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his monument. Now I know that Cabrillo, a navigator sailing under the flag of Spain, landed at San Diego. Stepping ashore on Ballast Point, he was the first European to land on the west coast of what is now the United States of America.
Photos describing about Cabrillo and the monument:
Photos of the Cabrillo monument itself:
Photos of the view of the surrounding area:
The plaque reads:
In homage to the Spanish expedition composed of the ships San Salvador, Victoria, and San Miguel that arrived at San Diego on 28th of September 1542 under the command of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo who took possession of these lands on behalf of His Catholic Majesty Charles King of Spain opening the maritime route that led to the subsequent development of California. The Spanish Navy September 28, 2003.
United States and Mexico Border Wall
For those who are angry at Donald Trump for suggesting that he will build a wall to separate the United States and Mexico, have no reason to actually be angry at Donald J. Trump. It will be rather difficult for him to build a wall where there is already a wall that separates the United States and Mexico. These photos were taken in California separating San Diego and Tijuana. As you can see Mexico has a lot of houses and businesses near the border, but there was not very much on the United States side.
It is the same thing as if you want to keep trespassers off your land. You put up a fence. Does it completely stop them? No. Does it deter most? Yes. If you don’t think a wall or fence work, try asking Mongolia how well a wall works. Fencing companies aren’t going out of business anytime too soon. Why do you think that is? Because they do work.
Jollibee San Diego
Today I drove through National City and I found a Jollibee there. The last time I had Jollibee was in the Philippines. I might go over there sometime just to try it out.
San Diego Living
Some days it is so nice living in San Diego, California.
Comic CON 2016
Today I drove down by the convention center to see some of the interesting characters around Comic CON 2016. It was quite a crowd and it was busy. Here are some photos.
Shark Week 2016 Day 6
Here is a photo of a whale shark from below.
Shark Week 2016 Day 5
Shark Week 2016 continues and so does my photos of sharks.
Shark Week 2016 Day 3
In the spirit of Shark Week 2016, here is a photo I took of a silky shark that was in the Okinawa aquarium.
Shark Week 2016 Day 2
Look at these shark chompers!
Interesting Bits of Knowledge
- Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
- Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of years.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end. - If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
- Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
- Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
- The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
- Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
- Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn’t smoke unless it’s heated above 450F.
- The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
- Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
- The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
- Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
- The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
- The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
- In ancient Greece , tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
- Warner Communications paid 28 million for the copyright to the song, “Happy Birthday.”
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- A comet’s tail always point away from the sun.
- The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
- Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
- The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
- If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
- When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
- In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
- Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
- Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
- The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
- The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
- Due to earth’s gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.
- Mickey Mouse is known as “Topolino” in Italy.
- Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.
- Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
- For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.
- The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
Shark Week 2016 Day 1
Have you ever wondered what a shark would look like if it was sliced? I was at the Okinawa aquarium and saw exactly that. You can see the muscle, cartilage, and organs. Here is what it looks like.
Wisdom of an Older Man
An older man approached an attractive younger woman at a shopping mall. “Excuse me; I can’t seem to find my wife. Can you talk to me for a couple of minutes?”
The woman, feeling a bit of compassion for the old fellow, said, “Of course, sir. Do you know where your wife might be?”
“I have no idea, but every time I talk to a woman with breasts like yours, she seems to appear out of nowhere.”