Retaining Wall Finished! (Phase I)

So they finally finished the darn retaining wall, took 'em long enough. Enjoy the pictures.

Rockies Rock the Padres in 10

What a stunning victory last night. The Padres had the lead most of the game and it was an 8-6 Padre lead going into the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. Then our favorite hero Trevor Hoffman comes up to get the save.

Ever since the break, T-Time has been Loss-Time. He has blown 3 of 6 saves I believe. Back to the game... Hoffman gave up a 2-run shot with 2 outs. Then in the bottom of the 10th, a stunning come from behind win was pulled off by the Rockies with a great sliding play at the plate.

Check out the video highlights over at ESPN.

Flash - a-aaaaa! He'll save every one of us!

I'm attempting to get a DVD of Flash Gordon off of eBay. In case you don't know this movie is hard to come by. Will keep you folks updated.

That Darn Fat Cat

Apparently I'm in the wrong business, because Exxon Mobil earned $10.36 billion in the second quarter, the second largest quarterly profit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company.

Now that is just ridiculous. Then we have to hear them whine about, "it's not our fault gas prices are so high...", yeah whatever. This disgusts me. You can read the article for yourself.

The End of Man?

Whitley Strieber has updated his journal again today, http://www.unknowncountry.com. The 2nd post within a week. Very strange, things are quickening. You can view my post below for a glimpse as to what the latest journal entry is about. I will leave it up to you to read it on your own and come to your own decision.

That's All Folks

Well, we've done it finally... we as a species have almost destroyed the Amazon. I say almost because it is only a matter of time before it is destroyed completely, and we as a species go with it. How you ask, severe drought. Returning again for the second straight year. More of this and the forest is done with.

Read the full article to find out how exactly this planetary resource is vital to us all. It's sad you know,... with all the brain power we have to propel us into the future, we waste it on things like religious wars, debating gay marriage, immigration, etc...

I'm off to prepare for the future, what little of it left there is.

Cult Classics

And while we're on the topic of great movies, how about he all flashback to these great cult classics.

Ice Pirates! What more do I have to say. You have ninja robots, pirates, and silly humor.

If you never saw Cherry 2000, go see it. It's not going to replace your top movie slot, but it's a classic. It's a guy meets robotic-take-home hottie, guy loses robotic-take-home hottie family movie.

Buckaroo Bonzai, man! Look at the cast why don't you. Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow, and Peter Weller. Plus it was made in 1984!

And Army of Darkness, pure and simple nonsense.

Aeon Flux = Good Movie

If you haven't seen this movie, go add it to your Netflix queue now. Good acting, great action, sweet plot line, and skimpy outfits, what more could anyone ask for. Did I mention the skimpy outfits?

I would have to give the movie 5 out of 5 stars for action and plot. If you've seen it, let me know what you thought. And if you're looking for some confirmation, check out the Netflix reviews of this movie, the only ones I actually trust.

Landscaping Sucks!

This is one of the times you can say, "If you want things done right, you should do them yourself." However, if it involves heavy lifting in blazing hot sun, I will gladly pay someone else to do it.

But why does it have to take so long? It's been 3 weeks since this contractor started our retaining wall, but there are constant issues. For one, they seem only able to work on Wednesday afternoons, and they never call to give me updates. At least now I can start deducting .5% / day since they are over their contracted period.

Once they're done, I'll post some pictures.

Ryder's New Digs!

Here is Ryder with his brand new collar. What do you think? I just got back from the Bay Area where they had this cool collar, I just had to get it. Ryder seems to love it. Bella didn't get one because she has a small neck. And what does a small neck mean? A small head with very little content. But we still love her.

Missing Time and the Future

Whitley has updated his journal today, http://www.unknowncountry.com, with a very interesting entry about missing time, time travel, and the future. You'll have to read it a few times to fully understand some of the concepts, but I think it's worth it.

While I have not experienced missing time that I know of, I often wake up around 3:33 am, and not just because of Bella the dog pacing across the bedroom carpet; what a noise, let me tell you. It is at these times that I think we all are most able to access what is out there, we only have to brave enough to conquer our fear of trying.

8,461' Up

So a few weeks ago Shino and I went to climb Bear Peak over in Boulder. It was a longer trip than expected, about 7 miles round trip, but I think it was worth it.

Shino was tired, so it was slow going up the ridges to the top. Once she reached the top though she was happy. Check out the view down to Boulder, Broomfield, Louisville and beyond. We signed the log book at the top telling the world that we were there!

By the way, this is 8,461 majestic feet up. Gotta go much, much higher to get up to a 14er baby.

A Chance Shot

A couple weeks ago a crazy lightning storm rolled right over our house. After braving the elements with Trevor, and cheating death by electrocution, I caught this sweet image of a lightning bolt. Bammmmm!!! I think this is my best photo ever.

Check out all the little side fingers, even the reflection in the windows next door. Coolness.

The first posting. For shizzel!

This is the first post of Neima's House. The wife and I will both be posting here, hopefully more frequently than I was updating the old neima.com site, which was about once every year.