Although I am cognizant of the biblical cautions regarding soothsayers and divination, I want to start the new year off with a little predic...

jellydance©2008 Robert Sommers I decided to vacuum my shop yesterday, bent down to move a stool, and immediately seized up into a...

Happy New Year! Have a blast!

Well we are counting down quickly to the start of the Gregorian New Year and also nearing the always magic 600 blog mark on the blog. Or is ...

Interesting read in the Los Angeles Times about the enormous water resources that will be needed to implement the massive proposed oil shale...

soaring©2008 Robert Sommers Taking a stand Bidder's act wrong, intent honorable Tribune Editorial Posted: 12/29/2008 01:44:01 PM MST ...

Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1969

              wegotchips©2008 Robert Sommers As a brick and mortar retailer, literally on Main Avenue, married to another brick and morta...

Our friend Jim took us up today in his Cessna. Jim is a longtime pilot, commercial turned corporate. This is one of his fun planes. It was a...

These are really low rez shots of some of the faces in the world of antiques and flea markets in Southern California and the southwest. One...

It is with great sadness that we share the news that Don Baughman of Somers, Montana has passed away. They found Don slumped over his desk,...

I take a lot of shots at Bush and was astounded today to read about something really nice that he has accomplished during his presidency. Th...

Merry Christmas! Today as guests of the BHB we got Tel Aviv, Turkey, Norway, Canada, Thailand, Australia, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, Egypt...

Arsenic is making a big comeback this week. An A.P. story the other day about arsenic levels in an area about 150 miles from Los Angeles th...

Christopher Cox, the embattled chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission bristles at the enormous criticism that is being leveled a...

Super Session

Murray Waas has an interesting piece on his website today - link to it here . ...Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a still-highly con...

Has any one else ever sang with this much heart and power?

Check out this website for a more accurate read on the Utah land heist.

I have been reading up on the gas lease controversy in Utah and frankly getting more and more pissed off. I read several of the field statio...

I just ran across the Bloggers Choice website at www.bloggerschoiceawards.com and was really piqued. Nary a single mention of the Blast, th...

I woke up humming the song Generation Landslide and went searching on youtube - found this really, really well done video by Scotbot. Alice...

DJ sent this interesting blurb about the Bush IT man who was going to write a tell all book and died in a mysterious plane crash - supposedl...

Toni Inman has alerted me that the Ursid Meteor Shower, which comes flying out of the little dipper, peaks tomorrow night, the 22nd. It can...

Don Perry sent this over - I have done something similar in my dreams but not at this speed! Ultimate thrills.

Millard sent this over from Santa Fe.

"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish th...

Interesting AP story about a young guy from Utah who disrupted the oil lease auction this week. A patriot who performed a mission akin to po...

WHO DO YOU WISH YOU WERE MORE LIKE ??? Try it without looking at choices . . . . 1) Pick your Favorite number between 1-9 ...

Let's be clear. The host and staff at the Blue Heron Blast do not encourage the use of nor extoll the virtues of any illegal drugs, inc...

"If You Were a Blue Bird" - Joe Ely is one of the greatest performers I have ever seen.

©2008 Robert Sommers I got a letter from the People for the American Way today complaining about Obama's ...

Master of the Rhythm and Blues Saxophone

Graphic - caution... might not be your cup of tea but very comprehensive. If I was a detainee I would probably rather have been shot than un...

It was one of those awful days - blackberry was on the fritz all week, email quit as well this morning and I got a useless punjabi at tech s...