New HO Scale 1940's Era Switcher (without handrails and couplers installed)

Reproduction of a Baldwin Locomotive DS-4-4-1000 yard switcher manufactured by Stewart Hobbies. All of my railroad engines and freight cars are new HO scale running versions of actual equipment that rode the rails during the first half of the twentieth century.

Favorite Sci-Fi Excerpt

It Came From Outer Space (1953)

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"Yes ... look at it's power! (reference to a whirling cone shaped engine) Power to drive a ship through space ... power to tear your earth apart! You know how long we worked on this? A thousand years of reaching for the stars. At last we conquered space. Ah ... the dreams we had of knowing other worlds".

Favorite Heath Ledger Movie Quote

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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"I wish I knew how to quit you"

Infamous/Favorite Faye Dunaway (a.k.a. Joan Crawford) Movie Quotes

Mommie Dearest (1981)

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"NO WIRE HANGERS"

"You live in the most beautiful house in Brentwood, and you put a three hundred dollar dress on a WIRE HANGER"

"Helga ... when you polish the floor you have to move the tree"

"If you can't do something right, don't do it at all"

"You have to get mad at the dirt"

"It's not raw, it's rare ... meat loses its' vitamins when it is over-cooked"

Favorite Bette Davis Movie Quote

"All About Eve" (1949)

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"Did I tell you about the time I looked into the heart of an artichoke"?

Favorite Elizabeth Taylor Movie Quote

"Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" (1958)

(regarding her brother-in-law's children)

"One of those no-neck monsters hit me with some ice cream. Their fat little heads sit on their fat little bodies without a bit of connection ... you can't wring their necks if they got no necks to wring".

Asteroid Misses Earth

A ten story sized asteroid, similar to the object that exploded over Siberia destroying 80 million trees in June 1908, came hurling near the earth at an altitude of 72,000 kilometers this past Saturday. With an explosive capacity of 1000 Hiroshima sized atomic bombs, an earth impact or air burst would have been disastrous. It is NOT reassuring that we only had three days notice prior to the fly-by. You can read the full story here.

News Of The Day

Maltron Keyboard

Searching for the most ergonomically correct keyboard known to man, I discovered the miraculous Maltron keyboard. I have been using a Maltron since 2006 and no longer have Carpal-Tunnel issues. It does take around twenty hours of use to adjust to the split layout, but once you do, typing speed is increased by approximately 20%.

Visual Oddities In Cinema

In the 1940's and 50's there was absolutely no way to escape the presence of Venetian blinds. Atomic powered spaceships were not immune to this phenomenon.

Mardi Gras 2009 Mobile Alabama

I worked as a food runner for a friends' Taco Truck during Mardi Gras 2009. The entire experience was interesting (especially the customers) and has been documented in this photo gallery. These are my friends and random people caught in the act of being themselves. Photos by David. Camera: Nikon D80.

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Sarah celebrates Mardi Gras

Time Exposure

Michelle, T-Bone and Star head to the parage

Taco Truck Decorations

Truck Decor

Gimmie some of them "Kwasadeelyas"

Vendor

Dauphin Street

In The Shade

Nichole and her Mardi Gras hat

Purple Gold and Green

Flag

Bienville Square Cookout

Flames

Crowd

Let The Good Times Roll

Bienville Square Oak

Where'd you get that hat?

Red and Black

In The Kitchen

Customers

Michelle, T-Bone, Neil, and Jason

Michelle, T-Bone, Jason, Neil, and Jason

The Setting Sun

Jason, Neil, and Jason

Looking South

Michelle and Jason

Afternoon Taco Truck

Festive Decorations

T-Bone, Jason, Jason and Neil

T-Bone, Jason and Neil

Neil takes refuge behind the truck. He wanted to see exposed breasts (standard fare at Mardi Gras) but was chased by gay men all day! The Taco Truck was parked near the parade route, on the edge of the gay bar district.

Tri-colored

Afternoon Sun

Jason, Neil and Jason

Candy (purple hat) and Friends

Night Lights

Night Scene

Jason takes a break from the kitchen

Candy Celebrates Mardi Gras

Candy and Friends

Behind Recording Studio

Under The Tarp

Mobile At Night