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I Need A Little Time

If you have been reading thisBlogfor awhile,you will know that I had two computers crash on me this summer.The above picture is theLibraryI go to,to do my writing.What I want to do here,is to ask you,not to stop coming back to myBlogbecause their are no newDaily Posts.I need time,for the next couple of days,to write more on myFantasy Story.There are so manyStories,Poems,andVideosyou can either read or watch,that I am sure you will find something you really enjoy,
on this
Blog.Hint;A-L-I-VI only get an hour worth of computer time at the library each dayand I am falling behind on myFantasy Storycalled"News At Eleven."It will be aneBookcoming out at the beginning of next year.So,thank you for youPatienceand for yourPatronage.

An update to my
September 1st, 2018 Post
Some People Just Suck.

Police raid New Jersey couple's home after $400G in GoFundMe cash they raised for homeless veteran disappears!
By Greg Norman for FoxNews.com on MSN.com/newsI hope these criminals go toJail. 
 This is,Having A Story In My Head For Months,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”
- Dr. Seuss -
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Is Gattaca Coming?

Gattacais here! Early results of human gene editing study encouraging!By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer on MSN.com/health"The results announced Wednesday are from the first human test of gene editing in the body, an attempt to permanently change someone's DNA to cure a disease — in this case, a genetic disorder called Hunter syndrome that often kills people in their teens. In two patients who got a medium dose of the treatment, urine levels of large sugar compounds that are hallmarks of Hunter syndrome had fallen by half, on average, four months later — a possible sign the treatment is working. Two others who got a low dose have seen little change in these sugars so far."
Now that is all goodand well.But wait until the rich elite want designerBabies.Then the world will turn into the beautifulVampiresand the normal everyday people calledOrcs.
This is,Saying There Are Ethical Questions That I Have No Answers ToJim Hauenstein,
And,
“Relax, having kids is years away. But can you imagine? Your brains, my charm, our collective good looks. Then add in the usual physical abilities a vampires get.”
- Richelle Mead -

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I Wanted To Read About Space Weather

For some reason,today,I woke up thinking aboutSpace Weather.I find it kind of interesting that theWorld's Infrastructurecan be affected by the weather coming from outer space.Here is a little help fromWikipedia to help explain it."Space weather is a branch of space physics and aeronomy concerned with the time varying conditions within the Solar System, including the solar wind, emphasizing the space surrounding the Earth, including conditions in the magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. Space weather is distinct from the terrestrial weather of the Earth's atmosphere. The term space weather was first used in the 1950s and came into common usage in the 1990s."
The worstSolar Stormon record happened betweenSeptember 1st through September 2nd, 1859.It is called theCarrington Event. OurGovernmentkeeps a close eye onSolar Activity,not only because aSolar Flarecould shut down our entireElectrical Grid,but also crippleSatellitesandAircraftwhile flying in the air.If you like this sort of thing,here are some websites you might want to view.www.spaceweather.comwww.swpc.noaa.govand www.weather.gov  This is,
 Basing My Next Short Story On This Phenomenon, Jim Hauenstein,
And,

“When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.”
- Alanis Morissette - That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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Have A Safe Labor Day

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This is,Retired From The WorkforceBut I Still Appreciate All That You DoJim Hauenstein,
And,
“If suddenly the workers of the whole world would disappear, then the whole world would stop! Let us all realize this and let us celebrate the workers. These great people who make our world what it is!”
- Mehmet Murat ildan -

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What Happened To The Van Der Waals Revolution?

I thought,
at the time of writing this
Post;
Are You Ready For The Van Der Waals Revolution?
on
February 21st, 2016,
that the
Van Der Waals
would be upon us by now!
Taking over the
World!
 
*****
Unlike the  Plastic Revolution, which nobody seemed to notice, and much like the  Industrial Revolution, which everyone quickly hears about during their grade school years, the latest  Revolution which will come and change our lives is the  Van Der Waals Forces."In physical chemistry, the van der Waals forces (or van der Waals' interaction), named after Dutch scientist Johannes Diderik van der Waals, are the residual attractive or repulsive forces between molecules or atomic groups that do not arise from a covalent bond, or electrostatic interaction of ions or of ionic groups with one another or with neutral molecules."
The you Wikipedia.
Basically, it is what creatures like spiders, ants, and everyone's favorite, the
Gecko use to climb up walls, glass, and hang upside down on your ceiling. I've seen several shows on the different studies being done around the
Worldand the wonderful inventions soon to be coming our way. Everything from removable tape, where you can hang devices or paintings anywhere on any wall in your house or office, to wearable gloves. For safely climbing up skyscrapers. You get the idea. A great example of the future is the "Tiny Robot" that weighs 20 milligrams but can carry 500 milligrams or pull 2,000 times its own weight. Watch the  YouTube video at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPUAmtlLkeQWe will all soon be able to hang anything anywhere, including ourselves,
up side down. 
If you missed the TV show  "Telescope" on the Discovery Channel  yesterday, the Science Channel will be broadcasting the show today at 9 P.T. If you love everything about space like I do, you will want to see this show.
This is,Hoping For A New Telescope
Soon To Be Delivered To My House
As A Surprise,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers.” 
- Neil deGrasse Tyson - 


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Some People Just Suck

Take a look.Take a real good look at a couple ofScum-Bagsstanding next to aHomeless Man.   Judge orders couple to give money from GoFundMe campaign to homeless man  By Brett Molina for NBCNews.com on MSN.com/news A judge in New Jersey ordered a couple to hand over money raised from a GoFundMe campaign to a homeless man whose kind gesture went viral last year. The lawsuit filed by Johnny Bobbitt Jr. claims the couple – Kate McClure and boyfriend Mark D'Amico – have spent much of the $400,000 they raised through GoFundMe on themselves, ABC reports. A judge approved a temporary restraining order requiring the couple to hand over the money to Bobbitt's lawyers to set up a trust. According to CBS Philly, the couple claims they've given Bobbitt $200,000, but his attorneys allege he has only received $75,000. Bobbitt became famous after he gave his last $20 to McClure, who was stranded without gas in Philadelphia. McClure and D'Amico then started a GoFundMe campaign to repay Bobbitt's generosity. It raised $400,000 from more than 14,000 donors.
 I'll give you.If the couple had any out of pocket expenses,they should be reimbursed.But come on?$200,000.00 Worth?Or more?
Talking about scum.I promotedGoFundMepages on thisBlogbefore.A fund for someOrphan Childrenwhen theirMotherdied unexpectedlyand for someone I knew who hadCancer.
Who also died I am sorry to say. I gave my ownMoneyfor both causes.I am thinking of using it myself to fund aBookI am writing,to get it publish.All I can hope for,is that theIRSreally comes down hard on those twoand they don't have the money to pay theirTaxes! This is,I Give Money To Homeless People,I Give Food To The Homeless During The Holidays,I Donate ClothingAnd Toys To The Church,And All I Ever Ask Is,If You Can Help,Help,It Feels Good,
And It Is The Right Thing To Do! Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Charities or Non-Profit Organisations should have the interest of their target market at heart and not to enrich themselves”
- Benjamin Kofi Quansah -
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The Five Best Posts Of The Month Of July, 2018

It is that time of theMonthagain.The time where we see whatPostsfrom the previousMonthwere the read most.I likePosting;The Five Best Post Of The Month,because it gives me retrospective of the kind of material,you the reader,have an interest in.If you have read myBlogover the years,you will have found that I often go off the beaten path,and write about stories that I find entertaining,interesting,and very often controversial.I won't go into any details right now on those three subjects,so if you are new to thisBlog,you will have to take my word for it.So here are;The Five Best Posts Of The Month Of July, 2018!The Fifth Best Post Of The Month Of July, 2018 Is;Funny How Outer Space IsA lot of times, on a Friday, I like to end the work week and begin the weekend with humor. I scour the internet for jokes, try to make one up myself, and write down ones I hear from comedians. This Post was all about jokes, about outer space. Hence the name.The Fourth Best Post Of The Month Of July Is;
Clean MeatIf you haven't heard about this product, you are in for a big surprise. Clean Meat is "cultured meat." Meaning, it is grown in a petri dish! Read the article to get all the juicy tidbits.
The Third Best Post Of The Month Is;
Great Time To Be A White Hat HackerA Post about the ability to make some real money hacking in a good way. There are companies out in the world who will pay large amounts of cash for those who find "Critical Issues." Is $250,000.00 dollars good enough?
The Second Best Post Is;
Why Should I VoteI am really glad to see this Post on the list. This is one of my biggest pet peeves that I have. I always hear from people who will say, "Why should I vote. My vote doesn't count anyways." Well if you read this Post, you will find out how my Grandfather lost an election when two of his family members forgot to vote! This is a true story.
The Number One Best Post Of The Month Of July, 2018 Is;
Why The Tardis Is The Perfect Spacetime MachineI was thinking about Time Machines in general, after re-reading "The Time Machine" form H.G. Wells. Just having a Time Machine which didn't travel in space wouldn't work out so well for the traveler. I give all of my ideas why on the subject. And yes, these are the kinds of things I think about in my spare "Time."
There you have it.The Five Best Posts Of The Month Of July, 2018.And what aMonth it was.Why The Tardis Is The Perfect Spacetime MachineBrought in more viewership,and two new commentators,then I had all year!That is why subjects onDoctor Whocan stimulate the brain.
This is,Having Great Story Ideas Floating In My Head Right Now,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“My mind has a time machine; it can travel back to the past when I close my eyes and in my dreams it travels to the future.”
- Munia Khan -
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The Strange Science In Fashion

If you are too young to remember the decade of the1960sand all the crazy fashions which came into vogue during that time,I would like to educate you about the"Paper Dress"with a little help fromWikipedia.
Paper clothing, in the form of women's dresses and other clothes made from disposable cellulose fabric, was a short-lived fashion novelty item in the United States in the 1960s. The  mass-produced paper fashion was invented by the American Scott Paper Company in 1966 as a marketing stunt. Customers could send in a coupon and $1.25 to receive a dress made of "Dura-Weve", a cellulose material patented in 1958. 500,000 of them were produced, and other manufacturers soon followed suit. By 1967, paper dresses were sold in major department stores for about $8 apiece, and entire paper clothing boutiques were set up by companies such as Abraham & Straus and I. Magnin. At the height of demand, Mars Hosiery made 100,000 dresses a week. Other items made of paper included underwear, men's vests, bridal gowns, children's pinafores, and even rain coats and bikinis. Good for two to three wearings. But as the novelty appeal of paper clothes wore off, their downsides became more apparent: they were generally ill-fitting and uncomfortable to wear, their garish colors could rub off, they were often flammable, and of course they very soon ended up as waste. By 1968, paper clothing had disappeared from the market.
Now,if you think that is the most outrages,ill-conceived,idea for clothing,you haven't heard about the Wet Runway Shower, Where Dresses Dissolve. By M Dee Dubroff for Inventorspot.comRenowned for his experimental designs, British/Turkish/Cypriot fashion designer, Hussein Chalayan, has once again created a unique runway show and collection. Forever alive on the silver screen, Gene Kelly cheerfully sang and danced in the rain, but despite the deft and graceful magic of his moves, he couldn't make his umbrella dissolve. This type of high-tech enchantment would come decades later, with the advent of the works of an exciting and highly unconventional designer named Hussein Chalayan. Using the medium of the fashion runway, he has created a show worthy of a colorful circus act with his water-soluble dresses.
Yes,this designer developed clothing which dissolves when it gets wet.How is that for a fashion statement?
This is,Why Didn't They Have This When I was Twenty-Years Old?Think Of All The Water Balloons Which Would Have Been Sold Back Then!Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“And the women who had thought they wanted dresses never realized that what they had wanted was happiness.”
- John Steinbeck -

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Customer Complaint

This Babylonian tablet from 1750 BC goes to show that customer service and client/vendor disputes were happening well before shopping malls and Amazon. The clay tablet comes from the ancient city of Ur, now part of southern Iraq, and is part of the British Museum‘s collection. Though it's just 4.5 inches (11.6 cm) tall and about 2 inches (5 cm) wide, the complaint is rather detailed. Written in cuneiform, the letter from Nanni to Ea-nasir is a complaint about the wrong grade of copper delivered and Ea-nasir's subsequent slights as Nanni attempted to get his proper delivery. The tablet, which was acquired by the museum in 1953, was translated by A. Leo Oppenheim in the 1960s and published in his book  Letters from Mesopotamia . Oppenheim was a leading Assyriologist until his death in 1974 and was said to have read more cuneiform than any living person.
By Jessica Stewart for MyModernMet.com
"Tell Ea-nasir: Nanni sends the following message: When you came, you said to me as follows: “I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots.” You left then but you did not do what you promised me. You put ingots which were not good before my messenger (Sit-Sin) and said: “If you want to take them, take them; if you do not want to take them, go away!” What do you take me for, that you treat somebody like me with such contempt? I have sent as messengers gentlemen like ourselves to collect the bag with my money (deposited with you) but you have treated me with contempt by sending them back to me empty-handed several times, and that through enemy territory. Is there anyone among the merchants who trade with Telmun who has treated me in this way? You alone treat my messenger with contempt! On account of that one (trifling) mina of silver which I owe(?) you, you feel free to speak in such a way, while I have given to the palace on your behalf 1,080 pounds of copper, and Umi-abum has likewise given 1,080 pounds of copper, apart from what we both have had written on a sealed tablet to be kept in the temple of Samas. How have you treated me for that copper? You have withheld my money bag from me in enemy territory; it is now up to you to restore (my money) to me in full. Take cognizance that (from now on) I will not accept here any copper from you that is not of fine quality. I shall (from now on) select and take the ingots individually in my own yard, and I shall exercise against you my right of rejection because you have treated me with contempt."
 This is,Finding Stories Like This Fascinating,I Hope You Do Too,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
"When Marduk sent me to rule over men, to give the protection of right to the land, I did right and righteousness in, and brought about the well-being of the oppressed."- Hammurabi, -
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Apophis

What will you be doing when you areSeventy-Four Years Old?Or,should I ask,what will you be doing onFriday, April 13th, 2029?Yes,it will be aFriday The Thirteenthkind of day!
Are you afraid?To soften the blow,I wrote a humorous story you might want to read calledSome Institutions Will Let You Write Things Down On Paper With A Crayon.Where I usePsychological TermslikeFriggatriskaidekaphobia,Triskaidekaphobia,andParaskevidekatriaphobiato described people inWestern Cultureswho are afraid of the numberThirteen
and the days of the year that fall onFriday The Thirteenth.So why is the date ofApril 13th, 2029so important?That is the day when most of the fanatics of thisWorldwill come out of the woodworkand claim"The end of the world is here!"You see,theEgyptian God Apophisis coming.And is he pissed. I would be too if theEgyptian God Ra took my job away! A little background from the pages ofMythology.net."Apophis has quite the reputation. He’s known as the god of evil, chaos, darkness and destruction. In some retellings of his legend, Apophis was actually a former sun god, who was pushed aside when Ra came onto the stage. Ra and Apophis are therefore constantly fighting, since Apophis does not want him to succeed in his task of bringing up the dawn everyday."Of course,it is not really anEgyptian Godcoming to theEarthto ruin our day.It is anAsteroidcalledApophis.The size of a football stadium,it has been calculated that theAsteroidwill miss theEarthand theMoonon that fateful day.The exciting part of the story is,theAsteroidwill come closer to theEarththen some of ourSatellitescircling our planet.Won't that be a sight to see?Why did I ask,what will you be doing when you areSeventy-Four Years Oldat the beginning of thisPost?Because,that is how old I will be on that dayand I plan on seeing it!
This is,I Have The Genes To Be Able To Do It,Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“It sounded somewhat doom-laden, so I felt obliged to look it up more thoroughly, in case I should eat some chocolate rather quickly.”
- Carol Anne Dobson -
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