John Masters, Author at Deep Something

The Big Bang in Brief

September 16, 2009 B. John 372 Views 0 Comments Big Bang, Jana Levin, Pysics, Astronomy, Barnard College, Columbia University

Despite the fact that the Big Bang has sort of been going on for billions and billions of years, Janna Levin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University, explains it in this two-minute video about The Big Bang. This is part of a new series called the Briefly series. Taking theory and presenting it in it’s most concise form.The producers started with the Big Bang because the theory is important and amazing, but often misunderstood.

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It Would Be Funny If It Weren't So Scary

September 15, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 393 Views 3 Comments facism, Fox News, Communists, Tea Bagging, Tea Baggers, Glenn Beck, Socialism

These are interviews with the 60,00 to 70,000 people who turned out for the big Tea Bagger March in Washington. Apparently, you don’t have to really know anything about what you’re protesting. It’s all just bad because it is Obama, and some industry or media flak like Glenn Beck told you to be mad and scared.

Entertainment Fun Stuff

Handy Man

September 14, 2009 B. John 363 Views 0 Comments juggling, hammers, juggler

This is a guy with some serious hammer juggling skills. Watch this all the way through and see how he can drive a nail with three hammers at once. I’ve always wanted to juggle, but I don’t think I’ll start with hammers.

General

Someone Skipped Their History Class

September 10, 2009 B. John 331 Views 0 Comments Fox News, Communists, Faux News, Glenn Beck, Joe McCarthy, McCarthyism

I can only hope that the day will come when Americans of all beliefs realize that Glenn Beck is either an incredible idiot who should not be on the air, or genius especially adept at raising false fears just to make a name for himself. Either way, it has truly gone beyond the pale.

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Crazy Is In The Air

September 5, 2009 B. John 433 Views 0 Comments republicans, medicare, florida, health care, reform, Frank Pallone, Michelle Bachmann, Jim Greer, Students

This week, we had craziness at Walmart in Georgia, Michelle Bachmann coming through for us again, teabaggers berating a lady in a wheelchair at a health care town hall meeting, and Medicare recipient getting treatment for an injury he received while protesting government run health care. But we start with just a tiny bit of the foolishness being spewed over Obama speaking to school children about doing good in schools this year. What a sad place we’ve been brought to in this country by a small group of small-minded and easily manipulated people.

Entertainment Humor

Look On the Bright Side

September 1, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 341 Views 0 Comments laughter, Children, life, Bright Side of Life

Just a little something to brighten up your day. Oh to be this carefree once again.

Culture Movies

Sunshine Cleaning – A Movie Review

August 31, 2009 B. John 354 Views 0 Comments Amy Adams, Christine Jeffs, Emily blunt, Comedy, Drama, Alan Arkin

Once the high school cheerleading captain who dated the quarterback, Rose Lorkowski now finds herself a thirty something single mother working as a maid. Her sister Norah is still living at home with their dad Joe, a salesman with a lifelong history of ill-fated get rich quick schemes. Desperate to get her son into a better school, Rose persuades Norah to go into the crime scene clean-up business with her to make some quick cash. Lay and I both agreed it is probably the best film we’ve seen recently.

Culture Movies

Band of Brothers – A Mini-Series Review

August 16, 2009 B. John 471 Views 0 Comments History, Tom Hanks, WW II, Steven Speilberg, 101st Airborne, Easy Company, Adventure, Drama, War

This is the story of “E” Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from their initial training starting in 1942 to the end of World War II. They parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day in support of the landings at Utah beach, participated in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also liberated a concentration camp and were the first to enter Hitler’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgarten. A fascinating tale of comradeship that is, in the end, a tale of ordinary men who did extraordinary things. Worth everyone of it’s 705 minutes.

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Billionaire Insurance CEO's – $102k per hour salaries

August 12, 2009September 29, 2018 B. John 1123 Views 1 Comment medicare, Insurance, insurance industry, Medicade, single payer, government run, United HealthGroup, Stephen Hemsley

Ed Schultz of The Ed Show interviews Robert Greenwald about an investigative report on the CEO of United Health Care Group. Turns out the guy is making about $102,000 per hour. At one point a few years ago his salary alone accounted for $1 in every $700 spent on healthcare in America. The fact is, in this country we have always recognized that some things are not best left to the marketplace.

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Neocon Rage Walrus Decries Journalists Release

August 5, 2009 B. John 394 Views 0 Comments North Korea, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Current TV, John Bolton, Bill Clinton, Korea, Kim Jong Il

As most everyone now knows, Current TV journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling were pardoned a few days by Kim Jong Il from their convictions of entering North Korea illegally. This was the result of a private visit by former President Bill Clinton. Of course since Clinton was involved, some member of the wingnuts had to jump out there and criticise this succesful negotiation.

Technology Software

Backend Update to Deep Sand

August 4, 2009 B. John 399 Views 0 Comments Plugins, Upgrades, Wordpress, Automattic

We did an update today to a new version of WordPress. This was a significant upgrade that involved a lot of updates for the plugins that add so much functionality to the site.