Did You Hear About the Time-Traveling Attorney?

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Andrew Basiago is a Seattle attorney who, since 2004, has been publicly proclaiming that as a child he was involved in a government sponsored time-travel program known as Project Pegasus.  According to Basiago, the US government has had time-travel technology for over 40 years. 

Basiago further claims that, as a child he time-traveled to [and was photographed at] Gettysburg when Lincoln gave his famous speech.  If you click over to this article at the Huffington Post, you can see the photograph from 1863 of the child that Basiago claims is him, taken while on his time-travel mission.  You can also view a  video of Basiago talking about his time-travel experiences. 

Wow!  Andrew Basiago’s claims make his childhood sound like a cross between Johnny Quest and The Time Tunnel.  Both of which, were more plausible.

Greg Rucka on Alpha and More

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I first discovered Greg Rucka  through his Attikus Kodiak* novels. I then continued to follow Rucka to other novels and comics.  Rucka’s writing is always entertaining and worth checking out. 

I’m currently reading [and enjoying] his latest novel, Alpha.  You can learn a bit more about Alpha and Greg Rucka by reading this short interview with him at CBR.com.

The Atticus kodiac Novels:


UFC Results and Thoughts

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UFC 146 on pay-per-view last night was an excellent card,  Here are the results and my thoughts on the three top fights:

  • Roy Nelson vs Dave Herman
    Prediction: Nelson by decision
    Result: Nelson won via first round KO [51 seconds] [Making me 1-0 for the night]
    Thoughts: Nelson is a fan favorite with power and he showed it last night.
  • Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva
    Prediction: Velasquez by TKO
    Result: Velasquez by first round TKO [3:36] [Making me 2-0 for the night]
    Thoughts: Velasquez took Silva down and swarmed him with punches and elbows which opened up a cut producing one of the bloodiest bouts in memory.  Velasquez should be next in line for a title shot.
  • Junior dos Santos vs. Frank Mir
    Prediction: Although the odds are against him, Miir is my favorite fighter so in an huge upset special – Mir by submission.
    Result: JDS won via second round TKO [3:04 seconds] [Making me 2-1 for the night]
    Thoughts: JDS and Mir are both class acts with each praising the other after the fight.  Mir couldn’t get JDS to the canvas and JDS was not willing to go there, so the fight remained a stand-up battle that ended as predicted.

Other thoughts:

  • Jason Mayhem Miller rocked CB Dollaway a couple of times but had no answer when CB took him to the mat and rode him for the remainder of the rounds.  Of course CB couldn’t do much except ride, so it made for a boring match met with a lot of boos.  CB won the decision and Miller was cut from the UFC.
  • Brock Lesnar was in the crowd and it was reported that he wanted to meet with Dana White causing speculation that Lesnar may want  to return for another run.  My guess is that if Lesnar was thinking about a return to the UFC, it would have been for a title shot if Mir had won.


UFC 146 Predictions

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UFC 146 airs on pay-per-view tonight and it features three fights of interest:

  • Roy Nelson vs Dave Herman
    Prediction: Nelson by decision
  • Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva
    Prediction:  Velasquez by TKO
  • Junior dos Santos vs. Frank Mir
    Prediction: Although the odds are against him, Miir is my favorite fighter so in an huge upset special – Mir by submission.


Skyfall Goes 1-1

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I’m a big fan of Daniel Craig as James Bond.  In fact, I’ll go as far as to to say that Casino Royal is my favorite of all the Bond films.  Ok, once the booing dies down, we’ll continue.  Yes, Sean Connery *is* James Bond.  Ok, I’ll even say Connery is my favorite Bond. 

I’m just trying to establish that I’m a big fan of Daniel Craig as Bond.  So it surprises me that I don’t like the teaser poster for his latest outing as 007 in Skyfall.  Every time I look at it I see an old man.

If you’d like to see a big as the Sky-fall version of the poster, you can thanks to the friendly folks at  IMPAwards.

Since I wrote my opinion on the Skyfall poster, I see that the movie’s teaser trailer was released.  Now that, I like.  Maybe because Daniel Craig looked more like Bond than some old guy dressed as Bond.

Robin Gibb – R.I.P.

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Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.

I’ve always been a Bee Gees fan. I liked their music before the disco craze hit, loved the stuff that they did during it, and continued to enjoy their work even after it was no longer cool to do so.  One of my stations on Pandora is named Bee Gees Radio.   62 is way too young to die.

We’ve lost another talent, but as cliche as it sounds, the music will live on. Our prayers go out to Robin Gibb’s family, friends and fans.