Hmrunpgm, er, .....Is this thing on?

Well here we go, this seems like a good idea. Posting a blog..... I don't really like the commitment but there seems to be a time in life when it's good to do something that requires more than just hanging out. I don't live in my moms basement, so that's good. I have lots to offer if you look all the misinformed people out there. I'll see how it goes.



Hello folks, and welcome to anothershamus!

Let me introduce my blog:

The name is derived from 'brother shamus', mentioned by a character DaFino (Jon Polito's private Dick ) in The Big Lebowski.

I thought it worked for me, as I am an investigating individual who likes the obscure and rare things in the world and I enjoy searching them out.

I pattern my life (sort of) after The Dude, in The Big Lebowski.

• I even sort of look like The Dude.

Another quote that I just heard today on NPR fits right in with The Dudes' philosophy:

• "I don't stand when I can sit, and I don't sit when I can lie down." (attribituted to Winston Churchill when asked, 'what was the secret to his success'.)

I do like to work hard and play hard, but not hard enough to break things (like bones, or lamps or hearts).

I like images and symbols, sometimes I give too much meaning to the symbols, when in fact they are just symbols and not harbingers of death.

Here is a recent example:























This has been making the rounds on the interwebs and it is really cool!

Official sources say it is a Russian rocket gone bad over Norway.
Other folks say it is a wormhole opening by alien technology given to Earthlings.

I could go either way.

I am posting it for several reasons. This is a really fascinating image and I want to see how long it will stay up, if it's copyrighted, and I wanted to see how to post a pic on my new blog.

If this is like my journals I will have several days posting and then let it sit idle for a couple of years and rediscover it and etc....etc...

All I can say for now is check back for more exciting posts!

Thank you for looking here.

A.Shamus


Well that seemed to go rather well. The pic looks good , I think. I wonder how many people will read this? I wonder how many post I can make without spacing it out and leaving all the good people that follow me hanging? We'll see. One thing for sure , it will improve my typing skills! I'll bet I gained a couple of words a minute just with this as a refresher. Boy I am hungry....I should go find something to eat. Where did I put that smoked salmon?