tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:15:29 +0000New YearmarijuanabooksMilitary actions and the bibleSTRATFORBryan Beach blog is my personal blog space that allows me to make more than 200 character comments about the planet I was born on and about the other 5,999,999,999 people on it. I sometimes have an alter ego known as "bee wade." (He's crazy, just ignore him and maybe he will go away.)http://www.bryanbeach.com/noreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)Blogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-8175873751919774335Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:26:00 +00002012-01-10T03:26:52.909+03:00booksSo I am long overdue on my blog here, but to kick things off, a quick list of what I am reading now... Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian, Courage and Consequences by Karl Rove, The Portable Henry Rollins, and The Autobiography of Charles Darwin.http://www.bryanbeach.com/2012/01/currently-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-1381091057613526624Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:32:00 +00002011-04-04T17:32:13.436+03:00So today is my birthday and it looks like tons of friends and school mates have posted to my wall on facebook giving me well wishes. that's nice. make me feel good. so far today is a good day, although i will add, bourbon is a bitch that hurts the next day. gotta watch that monster. bbhttp://www.bryanbeach.com/2011/04/birthday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-2599847019810495400Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:27:00 +00002010-10-05T19:27:19.964+03:00Fuck, it's Monday. Shit, It's Tuesday Goddman it's Wednesday, Mother Puss Bucket, it's Thurday Jusus Fucking Christ, Thank God its Friday. Oh, my Holy fukcing head hurts, it's Saturday. Cock sucking faggot bitch, it's Sunday, I have to go to work tomorrow...http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/10/ode-to-tuesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-6326344908450827846Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:28:00 +00002010-09-13T16:28:23.711+03:0010 USC 654 NB: This unofficial compilation of the U.S. Code is current as of Jan. 4, 2010 (see http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscprint.html). - 1 - TITLE 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 37 - GENERAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS § 654. Policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces (a) Findings.— Congress makes the following findings: (1) Section 8 http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/09/dont-ask-dont-tell-is-based-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-5909605783501022448Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:10:00 +00002010-08-06T04:10:47.730+03:00So, okay, fuck you. It's August and I haven't published anything in months, and certaily not anything origial, I've reposted a bit, and ranted and raved about some stuff that really didn't matter once mili-ounce of flyshit to anyone. So I am thinking of taking a new aproach... actually saying what is one my mind and what I am dealing with in the most "politically" sentitive way possible... (is http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/08/now-its-auguest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-2162941653826313813Sun, 02 May 2010 03:50:00 +00002010-05-02T06:50:54.800+03:00What Does Arizona's Immigration Law Actually Say?Posted using ShareThishttp://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/05/what-does-arizona-immigration-law.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-6416927263488072065Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:45:00 +00002010-04-21T23:45:17.970+03:00As of March 17, 2010, the ConocoPhillips Energy Prize is open for submissions. Submit an Entry About the Prize The ConocoPhillips Energy Prize is a joint initiative of ConocoPhillips and Penn State to recognize new ideas and original, actionable solutions that can help improve the way the nation develops and uses energy. In 2010, the program will award up to $300,000 in cash prizes to http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/conocophillips-energy-prize-is-open-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-1109229624181254935Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:36:00 +00002010-04-21T22:38:06.195+03:00Cameron’s Camera Avatar’s creator hopes to direct the first movies shot on Mars. By Tony Reichhardt airspacemag.com, March 23, 2010 The day after he won two Golden Globes for making the top-grossing film of all time, Avatar director James Cameron was in the NASA Administrator’s office, describing the scene he’d really like to shoot: “The camera is looking down at the Mars rover,” recalls Mikehttp://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/camerons-camera.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-5550484199248473733Mon, 19 Apr 2010 17:28:00 +00002010-04-19T20:28:08.284+03:00If you know anything about me at all, it should be that I am a herendous speller. Absolutly terrible at the proper placement of letters in words with more than two sylabyles and eight letters. One of my worst words has been "unfortunately." I seem to always add an extra "n" or "t" needlessly somewhere in the word. But one methode that I have found that works for me in learning to spell my http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/spelling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-8979326075268113603Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:55:00 +00002010-04-16T16:55:48.251+03:00The following message is being shared on behalf of MSG Sparks…. My fellow Senior PA NCOs, I'd like to share my individual opinion regarding the AAR comments, particularly, "Technically, a number of photos had either soft focus or were completely out of focus, and color levels were not adjusted. Finally, many photos failed to truly tell the story, either lacking a clear subject or having no http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/army-photographers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-4474607852998194052Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-04-16T17:14:11.924+03:00from: PARAMETERS US Army War College Quarterly Winter 2009-10, Vol. XXXIX, No. 4 by DENNIS M. MURPHY Strategic communication in the Department of Defense clearly has moved forward under the tutelage of Secretary Robert Gates. In a far-ranging speech at the University of Kansas in November 2007, Dr. Gates bemoaned the inability of the United States to communicate to the rest of the world what wehttp://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/in-search-of-art-and-science-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-1940990851600120334Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:05:00 +00002010-04-14T20:05:48.854+03:00By David Ignatius Wednesday, March 24, 2010; A17 It has become commonplace since Sept. 11, 2001, to speak of the "war of ideas" between Muslim extremists and the West. But there has been too little attention paid to the U.S. military's mobilization for this war, which is often described by the oxymoronic phrase "information operations." To populate this information "battle space," the http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/caution-lights-for-militarys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-1037232710950581044Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:52:00 +00002010-04-09T00:53:19.607+03:00By BRAD STONE CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple is getting into the advertising business. On Thursday the company unveiled a new software for its mobile devices that has a built-in system for putting ads into applications. Speaking to press and developers on Apple’s campus here, Steven P. Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, said that the new system, iAds, would offer ways for developers to http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/apple-unveils-mobile-ad-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-4230732887766265021Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:49:00 +00002010-04-09T00:49:20.274+03:00 Beach-goers looking to enjoy Good Friday on Bryan Beach instead spent the afternoon calling 911 and watching the body of a 24-year-old Alvin woman being pulled from a pool of water. Published April 4, 2010 FREEPORT — Beach-goers looking to enjoy Good Friday on Bryan Beach instead spent the afternoon calling 911 and watching the body of a 24-year-old Alvin woman being pulled from a pool of http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/04/womans-body-found-at-bryan-beach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-8593794535530310804Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:22:00 +00002010-03-26T14:22:49.630+03:00Hard to do phttp://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/03/blogging-from-ipod-touch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-4600017058438815970Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:06:00 +00002010-03-20T14:06:29.876+03:00I find this interesting for the military science aspect. The Chimp, a close cousin to he human species, conducted an organized ambush tactic on their target. Also interesting is someone's comments that,"Chips are actully one of the most dangerous animals because, they are 6 times stronger then us and they have the ability to rip off our arms from our sockets. and second thing is when chimps http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/03/fatal-attractions-group-chimp-mauling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-652901676015021638Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:53:00 +00002010-03-17T05:53:00.624+03:00So before I loose your interest, I seriously ran the numbers and not shit, if you follow the following five (yes numeral 5) things, and you can honestly see a return on your investment of 50% per month! That is, you invest $100 ONCE, and receive a return on that investment of $50 a month for as long as you choose to stay invested. Let's see... $600 a year times 10 years is $6,000K. So do I havehttp://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/03/how-to-turn-100-investment-into-600.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-8306466898941368860Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:28:00 +00002010-02-20T22:28:59.341+03:00It's cold and windy outside, although the sun is shinning and it is above freezing. The winter snow for a few weeks ago really takes away any motivation or desire to do more than sleep. This is why i think people were meant to hibernate like many other animals. Eat all summer and into the fall, get fat and then sleep away the long cold winter, loosing all our summer fat during the dark months of http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/02/winter-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-7403527270520385432Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:05:00 +00002010-01-31T19:08:09.915+03:00{I found this to be an interesting story from the NJ Courier Post.} Activist seeds neigborhoods  with lawsuit settlements CAMDEN — Frank Fulbrook came to his first council meeting on a whim while he was stuck at city hall for jury duty in the early 1980s. "It just clicked right away," Fulbrook remembered. "It was relevant; it affected people's lives on a very local level. I saw that local http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/01/activist-seeds-neigborhoods-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-6764635946952724998Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:53:00 +00002010-01-31T18:53:46.788+03:00So I'm not sure what the final reason was, but after several weeks, I finally have our site back evidently. Something to do with the host, DNS thingy and other web tech related stuff I have never bothered myself to learn before. One thing is for certian, as life gets busier and busier each passing year, i find myself struggling to priortize the things and projects I want to get done. So when http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/01/web-site-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-7248503920700581102Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:01:00 +00002010-01-02T09:01:28.924+03:00New YearSaw Dick Clark last night, and a  quick Google search revealed he is 80 years old. Just had a birthday recently too it seems (Nov. 30, 1929). Just watching the show, I can already imagine Ryan Seacrest still hosting this thing in 2099.http://www.bryanbeach.com/2010/01/hppy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-5736540897938535129Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:26:00 +00002009-12-31T08:27:04.931+03:00 I graduated officially! This arrived in the mail the other day, finally. Started working on this in 2000 - Yes it took me 9 years to get a Masters degree -  shut up. http://www.bryanbeach.com/2009/12/it-came-diploma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-4698090751336446600Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:51:00 +00002009-12-30T05:51:09.020+03:00Rick Astley vs Nirvana Never gonna give/smells like teen spirit MSAH UP! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1YABGdai5k http://www.bryanbeach.com/2009/12/rick-astley-vs-nirvana-never-gonna.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-1297189812401340304Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:51:00 +00002009-12-30T04:19:52.537+03:00marijuanaOkay, okay... so I've been on a crazy kick this past week or so about drugs, and the sad news is I'm still not over it. At least not as marijuana is concerned. If the government wants to stimulate the economy then we need a "new" industry to replace all the jobs that have been decimated. Legalize marijuana, but carefully regulate it.Hundreds of thousands could be employed from the growers (who http://www.bryanbeach.com/2009/12/stimulus-package.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19379146.post-432349410488629313Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:14:00 +00002009-12-22T07:21:17.498+03:00I've been on this subject for a while, but as I keep getting new information, I can't help but feel it strengthens my arguments that drugs should be legalized. I do not use nor condone the illegal use of drugs, but believe common sense has to be used when it comes to making sound fiscal and governmental decisions and policies. The money we spend against drugs, specifically for law enforcement andhttp://www.bryanbeach.com/2009/12/back-to-drugs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bryan Beach)0