I could watch this video for hours. Evan at 14 months.
Day: August 1, 2006
Why yes, it was hot today.
The wunderground.com shows today’s high as 34°C but it felt much hotter.
August Challenge – Kids Being Kids
I am happy today because I am not allowing my issues to prevent my children from being kids.
Can you meet The August Challenge?
Shopping for free shipping
SlickDeals is one of my favorite bargain shopping sites. I monitor it through RSS when looking to buy a hard driver, computer, etc. Warning! Shopping bargains can be addictive. Now they have a sister site called SlickFillers to help you find desireable smaller dollar items to tip your order over the $25 mark for free shipping from Amazon.
Cheyenne Mountain Shutting Down
The famous home of NORAD is switching to "warm standby." Cost overruns appear to be part of the problem.
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Defense Department has spent about $700 million to upgrade early-warning systems at the Cheyenne Mountain center. [Source]
“The Cheyenne Mountain center, at the eastern foot of the Rockies near the base of Pikes Peak, was constructed underground in the mid-1960s. Fearing nuclear attacks at the time, the United States built sites such as the Cheyenne Mountain complex. The Navy prepared a floating White House aboard the communications cruiser USS Northampton, in case the president needed to be evacuated from U.S. soil. Another protective bunker was created near White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., for members of Congress.”
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I think military bases are really cool. Check out this underground Russian submarine base.