Where did the ambition go?

I have sadly neglected this blog in the past year, dealing with my son's death, writing a daily blog about him and our experiences, our sadness, at his death. In January, I posted here that I felt a renewed ambition, but it did not last. I remained committed to the blog about him, not to continuing this one about other subjects. I still am focused on his remembrance blog and probably will be for a long time to come.

That doesn't mean I don't think about anything else, that I don't have opinions about the current political scene, world events, local news. It does mean there isn't energy enough and time to do both, not for now. So, although I may post from time to time, it won't be consistent, though I hope that that day will come.

Renewed Ambition

I began this blog one year ago, and initially I did well at my goal of posting nearly every day. However, a family tragedy in April, the death of our son Leif, not only took away my interest in writing this blog, but took away any time I had for it as well.

Instead, I began writing a blog about his life and death, and our feelings about them. I'm still writing Remembering Leif, and will continue it, but at last I am feeling more interest in other writing and life in general, so one of my New Year's resolutions is to begin writing again, here on Exconsulto, and also other writing for publication. I hope I will be able to stick with that.

There was so much to write about in 2008, the political scene, the economic disasters, and I had much to say, but that is now OBE, as they say in the military (overcome by events) and I am not going to look back.

New Documentary Shed Light on Space Based Solar Power

New Documentary on The Futures Channel Highlights Space Based Solar Power

Great Einstein quote on research

"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called Research." - Albert Einstein

Video - Powering the Planet - Space-Based Solar Power

Watch a 19 minute video on the future and development of Space Based Solar Power on The Future Channel:

Space Based Solar Power - Alternative Energy Solution

Read the statistics closely. Think about what they mean to our future. There is tremendous opportunity here . . . and tremendous risk if we don't get to work.

The Height of Folly

Is Nancy Pelosi nuts? This folly of asking the President to release oil from the national reserve is just crazy. What if we need it for the purpose for which it was intended? A national emergency. We would have to replace that oil with HIGHER priced oil. Again, nuts! As a nation we would just spend even more. Besides, although it HURTS and our economy is suffering, we'd better just suck it up and get used to the higher oil prices. They're going to fluctuate, but I don't think they are ever going down really low again. Even at $4 a gallon, we are paying far less than the rest of the world and using more of the world's oil. Oil is not going to be cheap, ever again. Using foolish measures to try to lower the price is just throwing money away.

Alaska Jellyfish

These jellyfish at the Alaska Sea Life Center in Seward, Alaska were so beautiful and graceful. I never got the perfect photo because they were moving too quickly in the dark water to get clear focus, but the short video clips turned out pretty nicely.

The water sounds are added. We couldn't hear any water noises through the aquarium glass, and I doubt that they make any noise, anyway. However, the ambient noise in the room was distracting and I thought that adding something more appropriate than music would be soothing.

Moon Society Creates Space Solar Power Demo

The Moon Society (see Blog Links For Curious Minds at right) created a demonstration project for the National Space Society Conference at the end of May, working from an original design by LTC Peter A. Garretson, USAF. For more information and photos, see this link, or, if invisible, check the links at right.

The Anti Woman, Anti Hillary Prejudice Marchs On

It isn't even subtle. It's blatant. I ask you, if another man were running neck and neck with Obama, there wouldn't be constant calls for him to get out of the race. In fact, if he left, someone would fault him for quitting.

The anti-Hillary bandwagon has been in full swing since long before she ever decided to run. We aren't getting "news," we are getting propaganda.

It doesn't matter whether you are for Hillary or against her. What matters is FAIRNESS and the treatment of a female candidate. It's disgusting.