Soccer, a clean basement and bbq

Yesterday we finally had a morning soccer game so we were done by noon. It was really hot and the misses wore jeans and a black shirt which she soon regretted. When we arrived home, I went down and gave the basement and my office a much needed overhaul. It was a mess and filled with clutter which resulted in 3 full lawn and leaf trash bags. The rest of the day was pretty uneventful with the boys having hot dogs for dinner while the misses and I had a bowl of soup. This brings us to the bbq being left on at full power all night. It seems the misses forgot to turn it off so our gas bbq blazed away until I fed the dogs at 7am. It sure is clean now as everything was white hot and any scrap of food was turned to dust. Thankfully it didn’t melt the bbq or blow up! This will now be another thing on my nightly list to check as sometimes the door doesn’t get locked or the alarm isn’t turned on. We’ve had some break in’s to cars that left their doors unlocked. I don’t know if you can call it a “break in” when the doors aren’t locked but anyhow, there seems to be some bad people lurking around the neighborhood.

This morning we’re headed to Red Rocks for some exercise and then will do some work around the house. I also have a lot of work to do before we leave for Italy.

Tomorrow a comet (Elian) which has garnered a lot of attention will be in perfect alignment with the earth. This has to do with gravitational pull or something but is somehow related to all the solar flare activity as well. I told you all before about the Australian Space Agency reports that show daily solar flare activity. Well for what it’s worth, the past few days have averaged over 12 incidences or flares each day where in the previous month there have been 2 or 3 a day. I don’t know what this means if anything but it is abnormally high based on current trends. The President arrives tomorrow (and is supposedly bringing the wife and kids) for a campaign stop but also (they say) to be in a safe place, “just in case” there is some truth to this comet thing. You see DIA or Denver International Airport, has a big underground government structure beneath it the size of Manhattan. The public has no access to this but I know several contractors that worked on it when it was built and there’s a bunch of additional underground structures there for sure. Did you know that if Washington D.C. is ever unable to function as the Capitol of the U.S., Denver automatically becomes the new U.S. Capitol of our country. Anyhow Denver is one of the safest places to be in times of trouble whether from climate issues or conflict based on where we are. Not to go to far into this but the Federal Center which has been here (and is only about 3 miles from our house) since we were kids, has has numerous upgrades in the past 5 years. It too is really big spanning at least a 6 or 8 square mile area. First was the construction of St Anthony’s Hospital (a brand new hospital with the most advanced equipment ever), the addition of over 5000 solar panels making the complex capable of powering itself off the grid, a bunch of new buildings with no windows, and the relocation of about half of the CIA from Washington D.C. to Denver. That’s right, we now have a lot of spooks right here in the mile high city. The joke is it should make for a good Halloween.

Anyhow the point is, our government has been busy preparing for hard and uncertain times ahead, why aren’t you? I could go on and on but I think you get my point. We (the city) also just completed a 2 day disaster drill in Denver that cost tens of millions of dollars and spanned the whole city from downtown to the airport to Colorado Springs and the Norad (North American Air Defense) facility which is over 60 miles away. They say it was the largest disaster drill ever conducted by our government. Police, Fire, many branches of the military and numerous government agency’s all participated. Military helicopters have been buzzing overhead for days and even shopping malls were part of the drill. The activity was so big they had to give warnings on the news for a few days ahead of time so people wouldn’t freak out. Anyhow I guess it’s good to see we’re preparing for the worst here, just in case.

Well I tried to get the misses to write today but she’s been busy with that damn dog trying to get him to eat. It’s going to be hot again so the kids will be out in full force. It’s almost 8:30 and hopefully we’ll be off to exercise by 9. Hope you all are well, take care and God Bless.

p.s. the new show Pan Am about stewardesses (yes that’s what they called them back then) is on tonight! The misses is excited to watch it and see how they portray them just for fun! I’ll be watching football but let you know if the misses puts on her uniform to watch the show!