Things Are Always Big In Texas

A couple notes:  I am sorry I have not posted in a while.  There have been some family issues including death of some friends and relatives.  I have been distracted, but my family is second after God.  The unusual political climate has tempered my usual verve to post articles of a scientific nature.  And, lastly, our great state of Texas is under the trebuchets of nature.  Harvey (pictured on Friday morning), is growing bigger than the hulk when he is pissed off.

I have signed up to attend the SDMS convention in Dallas October 13/15.  I hope to see many old Sonographers, and meet new people over that weekend.  I expect to have some ultrasound news to share with you then.

The end of the earth is not going to happen anytime soon, but I would like to lighten the load with the with an excerpt and link to a very good writer who views things from a unique perspective.

Back in 2002 or 2003, I worked with a guy who was convinced that 9-11 was an event planned by the CIA to declare martial law and take our guns from us. The “take our guns from us” thing took a life of its own during the Obama years even though there were no guns taken from anyone. That didn’t matter to those who feed on Conspiracy Theories. All that really matters is there be a theory made from whole cloth and for that theory to address some deep and dark fear. The more baseless these fears are the deeper they seem to be. Like people being afraid of snakes.

Seriously, this guy poured a six-inch slab for a doomsday bunker, stocked it with about fifty thousand bucks worth of guns and ammo, and inside that bunker is enough room for he and his family to stand around and stare at the guns. He’s been gone for a while, went off to another part of the world to work, but today he came back.

courtesy of   http://mikefiresmith.blogspot.com/

May everyone in the path of Harvey be safe.  Use your head, and beware of reptiles in the event of flooding.  And watch for fire ant balls.  (look that one up)  TJW