Two thousand nine is over. Thank you god and baby Jeter.   

The best thing to happen this year:    Yankees won the world series. 

The worst: I no longer live in the city.

I am looking forward to a new and better year...a banner year. 

I'll tell what I find amazing. 

People sail warships, navigate nuclear submarines and fly helicopters jets and bombers over the worlds' oceans, and I can barely get off the couch to refill my glass of wine. 

Doesn't look good for me..

Foo Non Kay is silent today. 

Silence is the best form of communication.

I would like to explain why but I cannot speak. 

Foo Non Kay is silent today.

Please leave quietly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWhbfwh3Hc&feature=related

I have based the character of Sam Peterson after the man you will see here. ( from a screenplay in  progress.)

He is Dr Peter Ward  and is a brilliant professor of the natural sciences and Paleontology at the University of Washington. He also headlines the world's symposiums on theories of extinction and evolution. 

Foo Non Kay says:  watch the whole clip even though it may seem to be leaning toward the boring side...a bit...I admit he needs help with the AV. But hey, maybe that's something the "Heat Mizer" might be able to help out with. You know who ..YAR! Yeah You.

           THE ROSE CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE

     AMNH

The question came up yesterday, "How old is the earth and how long have modern humans been around?"  For those that may be interested I'll post my answers.

The Earth formed 4.5 Billion years ago.  It formed at the same time as our solar system and from something we call the solar nebula. Before the solar system existed, a giant cloud of gas and dust occupied our present space in the Milky Way Galaxy.  Something jarred this cloud and started it moving in a swirling motion. The heavier elements gravitated toward the center in a process we call differentiation, which simply means, that heavier elements will gravitate toward the center of a moving mass, leaving the lighter ones (usually gasses) to fill out the edges.

The sun formed first and from it's tremendous gravity the four inner rocky planets appeared. They were followed by the four larger gas giants. That's right, I said four and four. There are now only eight planets in our solar system not nine as we were all once taught in school. (Just goes to show how much and how fast our knowledge of science changes.) (Pluto is no longer classified as a planet in our solar system rather a  body that may have gone astray from the Kuiper Belt of Comets that circle just outside Pluto's orbit)

And so about 4.5 bya, our humble but extremely relevant solar system began. It is estimated that the sun still has another 4.5 billion years left before it expands, exhausts its fuel and turns into a brown dwarf.  So we still have some time. You can plan that vacation to the Grand Canyon.

As far as humans. Well there is much to say here. I will address my disgust and disappointment in the human race in blogs to come, but for now let's just talk about what we think we know. Modern Humans, what we refer to as the late Neandertals or Homo Sapiens, or what finally morphed into Homo Heidelbergensis and Homo Rhodesiensis is dated back to roughly 150,000 years. Though the earliest hominids date back to 6-7 million years with Australopithecus Afarensis. Recent discoveries are now dating hominids as far back as 7 million years. 

None-the-less we have caused more extinctions of life on earth than any other natural phenomena in our short egotistical existence and the extent of our legacy is still yet to be seen. More on this later.

Foo Non Kay say:  That is all for now.

For those of you who are interested in proper grammar and perfect sentence structure, please click on another blog that may give a shit. All others should try to enjoy my short and mostly insignificant rants on life without worrying about what awards I won't win in the literary community.

Here we see a representative of the kingdom Fungi. One of five kingdoms of life that exist on Earth. We are more familiar with the four major kingdoms; Animalia, Plantae, Fungi and Protoctista. The fifth and seldom recognized is Archae Bacteria. An early and unique form of single celled organisms that actually have their own kingdom.

I took this shot in Big Bass Lake in the Pocono Mountains of eastern PA.

So I just finished watching the movie Star Trek. 

I loved it. 

I am not a Trekkie by any means but I have watched and followed the TV series Star Trek. I think the film was done well and it reaffirmed my belief that all great films contain great characters. And as I have already explained to my friend Jerky, I believe you can create a film just by creating characters. Once you've given birth to a new human you can put him or her in any situation and have a story. And an interesting one at that. The character will drive the story. The plot is a mere chain of events.

Add or subtract links in that chain and you build story and change plot. 

But. The ultimate question is...Why am I watching this film? 

And the ultimate answer is...Because I am concerned about this character. I am interested in what happens. 

I was speaking to my friend tonight about films and books, which we do on a daily basis, and he said something that really got me thinking. I said the movie "The Road" is coming out on Wednesday and that I wanted to see it because the book, "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy BLEW me away. In his infinite wisdom, though not as infinite as Foo Non Kay, then no one is, he says, "I think you should find a book that actually BLOWS you as well as blows you away.  Lord knows he's absolutely right.  Then we came up with a book with....well...we'll leave that for another time.

At this time I would like to extend my sympathies for those who must go through the holiday blues.  May you all drink too much wine and be hungover through it all. I am with you now.

Foo Non Kay Say: An passage from the ongoing tome: Humans Suck:

Today I witnessed humans sucking more than usual. Suburban housewives driving gigantic gas guzzling SUVs. This is something that needs to be addressed in congress. It has gotten that bad. Why do we not accept the fact that cars are very dangerous? Why do we allow complete morons to get a driver's license? It's really not a mystery as to why there are more car crashes than plane crashes on a daily basis. They don't let MORONS fly commercial planes.

here's some dialogue.

Man

Hey what time you got?

Man 2

(looking at his watch)

It's...ate a cock.

Man

What did you just say?

Man 2

I said it's eight O'Clock!

Man

Oh. I thought you said. Never mind.

Man 2

Get this shit out of your ears!

Foo Non Kay Say:

That is all for now.

The Southern Mammoth. 

It roamed the Central and South Americas about sixty thousand years ago. Some species inhabited southern North America. 

Its closest relative is the Northern Wooly Mammoth.

The Northern Wooly Mammoth dominated North America, Canada and the North Territories including Siberia and locations above the Arctic Circle.

Glyptodonts and Gomphotheres: An Early Mammal Tale

The Korean War... The war that was forgotten. This is a photo of the Korean War Memorial in Washington DC that I took when I was visiting friends. 

Foo Non Kay Says:

Welcome to my new blog. I intend to dazzle the entire world with my brilliant messages and my ancient chinese secrets.  

That is all for now.

Foo Non Kay