Dozens of Homes Destroyed Near Tehachapi, Blaze 10% Contained

From midday here in So Cal. Fire updates.
This is a picture of the Blackburn Canyon Fire. More at the link below.


http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-kern-county-plane-down-fire,0,7319836.story

PICTURES: First 747-8 in Lufthansa colours rolls out

The link is to Flight Global. Good shots of the 747-8I in Lufthansa colours.
Nice looking jet.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/09/05/361592/pictures-first-747-8-in-lufthansa-colours-rolls-out.html

Small plane crash sparks rapid brush fire in Calif.

This was at USA Today. Finally seeing coverage of this one.
It has the video from KERO 23 in Bakersfield at the link.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-05/Small-plane-crash-sparks-rapid-brush-fire-in-Calif/50259870/1?csp=34news

Wildfire Destroys Tehachapi Home, Threatens 30 Others - Kern County Mountain News Story - KERO Bakersfield

Wildfire Destroys Tehachapi Home, Threatens 30 Others - Kern County Mountain News Story - KERO Bakersfield:

The link has some video and pictures from people commenting on the site.

The Missus and I had been to Rosamond and then up to Tehachapi for breakfast for supper at Denny's. We watched the aircraft relay from Fox Field in Lancaster.

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Two years ago, already

September 4, 2009.
I was having some digestive issues. Got an appointment with my doctor.
He did some pushing and listening. Then had me go through a CT scan.
Waited..............
Went in for the results.
Good news, diverticulitis. Manageable with diet changes and knocked it down with antibiotics.
Bad news, large mass on the left kidney. Going to a urologist. That appointment was made before I even left the building. It was scheduled for the Tenth of September.
Basket case? Yep. For a while I was.

New blog at Shipmates, Co Conspirators, Friends, Acquaintances

Pitsnipesgripes is the name.
Navy guy. Go figure, eh?
He has this one up today. Good Read.
http://pitsnipesgripes.blogspot.com/2011/09/robert.html

Faith-based economics fails Obama again | Examiner Editorial | Opinion

Faith-based economics fails Obama again | Examiner Editorial | Opinion | Washington Examiner:

"Every day that you build this expanded facility," President Obama told employees of Solyndra at the company's solar panel plant in Fremont, Calif., last May, "you're demonstrating that the promise of clean energy isn't just an article of faith. Not anymore. ... It's happening right now. The future is here."

Well, it was here. Yesterday, Solyndra announced it was filing for bankruptcy, despite Obama's bold statement 15 months earlier that the company would create 4,000 new jobs -- 3,000 in construction and 1,000 in manufacturing. In September 2009, Solyndra had received the very first federal loan guarantee -- $535 million -- from a Department of Energy program partially funded by Obama's stimulus package. But questions quickly surfaced. A Pricewaterhouse Coopers audit of the firm, months after the award was announced, found it to be a black hole for cash. Solyndra's cumulative $558 million in "recurring losses from operations," PwC wrote, and "negative cash flows since inception ... raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern."

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Gina Elise Needs Our Help – And It Won’t Cost A Dime

You all know Miss Elise…

She’s the wonderful gal who runs Pinups For Vets.  Through her famous pinup calendar and by her visits to veteran’s hospitals throughout The United States, she brings a little cheer to wounded veterans and serving soldiers.

Miss Elise has entered a contest sponsored by Crest and OralB that, if she wins, will award her $25,000 to help fund her visits and the shipment costs of her calendar.

The rest of the info is at the link right here 

http://thecampofthesaints.org/2011/09/02/gina-elise-needs-our-help-and-it-wont-cost-a-dime/#comment-15612

And there are some more photos like the one below of the Lovely Miss Gina Elise there as well!

Because its my blog, and I can… | THE BUSTED NUT

Because its my blog, and I can… | THE BUSTED NUT:

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Ain't this one a tasty morsel!!!!!!!

Go over and check out The Busted Nut! I am even on the blogroll there!
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theBrigade-One city: right from the heart, girls of Wichita, KS (101 Photos)

Here are a few to get you to follow the link.
Rule Five Stuff for the upcoming weekend.
I do like Wichita. I lived and worked there for eleven and a half years.




http://thebrigade.thechive.com/2011/08/30/one-city-right-from-the-heart-girls-of-wichita-ks-101-photos/

Exploration Place and Downtown from The Arkansas River.