A League of their Own

Category : Movies Posted by : hoop
Posted on September 22, 2009

A League of their Own
I just love this movie. Set during World War II in the American Homeland, it tells the tale of a Women’s Baseball League that was setup to fill the void formed by the professional baseball players going off to war.

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Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, the father of the Nuclear Navy and owner of the lucky Nose

Category : General Posted by : hoop
Posted on September 4, 2009

Hyman Rickover

Admiral Hyman G. Rickover played a great part in the development of nuclear power in the US Navy. Just to prove to you how ground breaking their work had been, imagine the impact of the technology they had created, which allowed a nuclear reactor (that usually gets housed in a large building) to be fitted inside the confines of an undersea ship.

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Run Silent, Run Deep….

Category : General Posted by : hoop
Posted on September 3, 2009

Run Silent, Run Deep

Run Silent, Run Deep…. the age old motto of submariner’s everywhere… great photo above of a US Los Angeles 688 Attack submarine running on periscope depth, probably taken just right after the order for diving had been given…

The Seven Basic Principles of Magic

Category : General Posted by : hoop
Posted on May 8, 2009

After watching this, I see no difference between magicians and some of the powers-that-be. With regards to the methods they use to fool us in order to turn their vested interests into reality. You just have to look back at the history of the great wars of this century and how they started to see my point. Just goes to show that if you don’t have reason to do something, then you can always make one up.

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