Electing A Bigot

I usually try to stay away from

Politics

these days since I gave my opinion during the

2016 Election

and received tons of hate mail.

I actually thought this country was getting better,

as far as prejudices were concerned against minorities,

when

President Obama

was elected for a second term.

But

White Rural America

was not going to elect a

Woman President

after

President Obama.

They rather have someone who likes to stir up hatred

and likes to lie to the

American People.

Oh,

by the way,

Trump

finally admits on

Twitter

that

Russia

helped him get elected!

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

Russia, Russia, Russia! That’s all you heard at the beginning of this Witch Hunt Hoax...And now Russia has disappeared because I had nothing to do with Russia helping me to get elected. It was a crime that didn’t exist. So now the Dems and their partner, the Fake News Media,.....

After reading his tweet,

it turns out my grammar isn't so bad!

This is,

Ready For The Hate Mail Once Again,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Electing a bigot enables further bigotry.”
- DaShanne Stokes -

“It's no longer a question of if the American President is a Traitor, but rather if Republican voters are still Americans.”
- Ed Krassenstein -

“It doesn’t take a psychiatrist to notice that our president is mentally compromised.”
- Bandy X. Lee -

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Still The Same Goal But A Different Art Form - Please Don't Tell My Wife!

I forgot about this story.
From
May 30th, 2016
which was
Memorial Day
that year.
My
Post
The Goal Of Playing In The Band Is To Meet The Ladies

*****
The Oxford Dictionary
defines the word

"Temptation"

as;

"A desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise."

or

"A thing or course of action that attracts or tempts someone."

 

Something happened to me today that hasn't happened to me in over

35 Years.

Maybe I should give a little background first before I tell the whole story.

As a wannabe writer,

I was told not to give out how old I am.

People in the

Publishing Business

have stated that,

until you are established,

let your reader's imagination dictate how they think you look.

They have a preconceived notion that someone old might not be able to relate to younger audiences.

"Because you are old, you won't understand what young people are going through today."

Which is ludicrous.

Thirty-five years ago,

I played bass guitar in a few,

really loud,

mostly in tune,

Rock N' Roll Bands

in the

State Of Wisconsin.

The goal of playing at

"Live Venues"

was never to become

Rich & Famous.

The goal was always to drink free beer,

make a few extra bucks,

and to meet the ladies.

Even a local

"Rock Band,"

has what all musicians strive for.

Groupies!

Fast forwarding to today.

I was invited to a

Memorial Day Party,

like a lot of people around the country.

I wasn't going there to get drunk,

or make a few extra bucks for the weekend.

I just went there to socialize with people.

Walking into the place,

my

Host

greeted me inside his kitchen

and seemed to be overzealous about announcing who I was.

It turns out he finally purchased my eBook;

No Return Address 

and thought it was sensational.

A woman,

a beautiful woman,

in her late thirties was in the kitchen when this all came about.

After all the hoopla died down,

she made a bee-line straight towards me

and struck up a conversation.

It was the first time,

since playing in

"The Band,"

that a women freely gave me her telephone number,

and I didn't have to make an effort to get it!

I am sixty years old now,

and I don't imagine I will act on her invitation,

since my wife would kill her,

and me.

This is,

Learning The Most Important Lesson Here.

I've got a groupie. I've got a groupie.

It is so good to be loved by the fans once again!

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
- John Lennon -

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Giving Thanks On Memorial Day To The Real Heroes

From

September 2nd, 2016

my

Post

saying

Military Personnel

are the real

Heroes

in life,

not

Sports Figures. 

My Father, Brother, And Son-In-Law Are True Heroes

*****

I have the feeling,

  that not everyone agrees with my opinion.

Imagine that.

But,

I don't seem to have the kind of audience who likes to tell me if I am right,

or wrong,

by leaving

Comments

telling me so.

Here is another outrageous opinion from the shocking one himself.

TwoBuckHowie!

No,

this wasn't an excuse to get my mug shot out on my

Blog

again.

I am going to talk about some serious stuff here.

I hate,

with a passion,

when

Sports Announcers

or

Athletes

say before a

Sporting Event

that they are going to

War!

That these

Sport Heroes

are going to make

History!

SPORTS

is nothing like going to

War!

It doesn't even compare.

And real

Heroes?

We celebrate them on

Memorial Day!

Stop using those metaphors

Sports Announcers

and

Athletes.

The only recent

Sports Figure

I can think of as being a

Hero

is

Pat Tillman!

Pat Tillman

Tillman became an instant hero when he turned down a multi-million dollar contract extension with the Cardinals Football Team to enlist in the Army shortly after the 9/11 attacks. He was killed by friendly fire.

This is,

Celebrating My Father,

Brother,

And Son-In-Law As True Heroes Since They Served In The Armed Forces,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.”
 - Brodi Ashton -

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The Moving Mona Lisa

Do we really need this?

Mona Lisa 'brought to life' with DeepFake AI

On BBC.com/news/technology 

The video, achieved from a single photo, shows the model in the portrait moving her head, eyes and mouth. The latest iteration of so-called deepfake technology came out of Samsung's AI research laboratory in Moscow. Some are concerned that the rise of convincing deepfake technology has huge potential for misuse. Samsung's algorithms were trained on a public database of 7,000 images of celebrities gathered from YouTube. The AI system mapped facial features and movements on to a photo to bring it to life.

It also made videos of Salvador Dali, Albert Einstein, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Marilyn Monroe. In a paper outlining its work, the Samsung team called its creations "realistic neural talking heads". There was a mixed reaction to the video demonstrating how the system worked with one describing it as like "watching the future of SkyNet unfold." Researchers at Tel Aviv University showed off a similar system in 2017. A fake video of President Barack Obama was created by Dr Supasorn Suwajanakorn in 2017. Talking to the BBC, the researcher acknowledged that the technology could be misused but he added it could also be used as a force for good, such as allowing grieving relatives to create avatars of family members after they die. Experts have previously said that fake videos of politicians could fool entire populations and the issues do not stop at political manipulation. Deepfake technology has also been used to manipulate photos of celebrities to create pornography. Dave Coplin, chief executive of AI consultancy The Envisioners, said: "The rise of convincing deepfakes is something that could be really problematic unless we have this conversation. Members of the public need to know how easy it is to create convincing fake videos."

You know what is really wrong with all of this

Fake Technology 

and a picture of the

Mona Lisa?

If you have ever seen a clean,
clear picture of her from

The Museum of Louvre,

she doesn't have any eyebrows!

 

This is,

Saying I Am Not Going To Watch The

Whitney Houston

Hologram Tour Either,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“What were you supposed to do, talking to a hologram of a dead man, when a younger version of that man was still alive? Should you offer condolences?”
- Margaret Peterson Haddix -

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Two Excellent Racing Events

 A
Post
from
May 26th, 2016
that explains how I feel about this
Sunday.

*****
Two

Grand Daddy Racing

events both happen this coming Sunday.

First it is the

Formula 1 Grand Prix De Monaco

at around 8 a.m. Eastern time in the United States.

Then it is the

Indianapolis 500

starting at 12 noon Eastern Standard time.

I love 

F1

racing,

but I have to admit,

if it wasn't for the

Indy 500

I probably wouldn't enjoy racing as much as I do.

The
Indy 500
was my first introduction into open wheel racing. 

(Vintage 2007 Indy 500 car.)

When I first started watching,

the

Indy 500

it had some of the most exciting standing starts I ever saw.

That is one of the reasons I love

F1

so much.
They still have standing starts.
F1

drive on courses especially made for racing,

and of course street courses like
Monaco.

But I must give the

Indy 500

its due.

Even though it is a oval course there still is a lot of attrition the drivers must overcome.

Here is the long winded

"Associated Press"

account of the

1911 Indianapolis 500

won by

Ray Harroun.

"AP reprints 105-year-old report from first Indianapolis 500"
by FoxNews.com 
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY, May 30 — Eighty-five thousand spectators saw forty of the fastest motor cars on earth started at 10 o'clock this morning in the great 500-mile speed battle in which one man lost his life and three others were seriously injured. Johnny Aitkin, in the National, jumped into the lead at the end of the first mile but withdrew after fighting for 325 miles of the contest. David Bruce Brown in the Fiat held the lead at the end of 100 miles, but his time was well behind the record of Teddy Tetzlaff, which is 1h. 14m. 29s. Spencer Wishart, in the Mercedes, was pushing Brown hard at the end of 125 miles but the Fiat driver held his place. Tire trouble hindered the Mercedes, and Brown continued to gain, only to lose his place later in the race to Harroun, in the Marmon, and Mulford, in the Lozier. In the first lap the cars strung out all around the course. Aitken, in the National, held the lead, with De Palma in the Simplex second, and Wishart, in the Mercedes, third. The leaders, pressing the tail-enders of the preceding lap, made the race right at its beginning an enormous and desperate whirligig. The thousands of spectators leaned forward in their seats and yelled wildly as their favorites passed. The great bowl of the speedway was filled with the deafening roar of the explosions of the forty motors as the hooded drivers, bending low over their steering wheels, pushed their engines to the farthest. At the end of the first 150 miles of the 500-mile automobile race at (word illegible) today, one mechanician had been killed and a driver perhaps fatally injured. Four of the forty cars that started had been withdrawn because of breakdowns. David Bruce-Brown, driving a Fiat, was leading a long grind that promised to continue until 5:30 o'clock this afternoon. S.P. Dickson, mechanician for Arthur Greiner of Chicago, driving an Amplex car, lost his life in an upset on the back stretch in the thirteenth mile of the race. Greiner suffered several broken ribs and perhaps concussion of the brain. Surgeons at the field hospital would not make a statement as to the probable outcome of his injuries. The accident was caused by the throwing of a front tire. The machine skidded to the infield and whirled completely around, tearing off both back wheels. Dickson was thrown against a fence. His body was terribly mangled. Greiner was hurled to the track. An examination at the field hospital, and a report made by the attending physicians, gives Greiner more than a fair chance to recover. Bruce-Brown's time for the 150 miles was 1h. 59m. 12s., which is a new record, the old mark being 2h 1m. (detail illegible) by Joe Dawson of Atlanta last year. The cars were strung out behind the leaders all around the two and one-half mile course. The scorching pace burned up the tires and most of the cars had stopped one or more times at the pits for changes. Several of the drivers apparently preferred to keep up a steady grind two or three laps behind the leaders. There were few sensational brushes for leadership. After the two hundredth mile several of the pilots dropped out to rest a few minutes and relief drivers took their places in the cars. Patsche drove the Marmon "Wasp" for Harroun for several laps, and Lindenstruth substituted for Hearne in a Benz. In a mix-up of Lyttle Apperson, Knight's, Westcott and Jagersburger's Case, directly in front of the grand stand, John Glover, Knight's mechanician, suffered an injury to the spine. The others escaped anything more than bruises by a wonderfully fortunate set of circumstances. The Case car broke its steering gear and skidded to one side of the track. Larroneur, the mechanician, fell out and the car passed over his leg. The cars behind made desperate efforts to escape a collision and all of them swerved by safely except the Westcott and the Apperson, which turned over. Eleven cars had withdrawn because of accidents and breakdowns within the two hundred and fiftieth mile was reached. Thus left a field of twenty-nine cars to finish the last half of the races. The entries withdrawn up to this point were: Louis Disbrow, Pope-Hartford; Harry Knight, Westcott; Joe Jagersburger, Case; Arthur Chevrolet, Buick; Charles Basle, Buick; Harry Grant, Alco, Ellis, Jackson; Teddy Tetzlaff, Lozier; Herb Lyttle, Apperson; Caleb Bragg, Fiat; Arthur Greiner, Amplex. Ray Harroun (Marmon) had taken the lead from David Bruce-Brown at the 200-mile mark. Harroun's time for that distance was 3hrs, 43m., 21s. Brown was second and Ralph Mulford (Lozier) was third. At 300 miles Ray Harroun continued to lead. His time was 4hrs, 3m, 24s. Ralph Mulford, in the Lozier, was second, and Bruce-Brown, in the Fiat, third. Ray Harroun, in his Marmon, had a lead of about three laps at 350 miles. His time was 4 hrs, 44m. 14s. Ralph Mulford, Lozier, second; Joe Dawson, Marmon, third. Twenty-eight of the original starters continued in the race at this time. At 400 miles Harroun, in the Marmon, was well in the lead. His time for that distance was 5hrs. 22m. 15s. Ralph Mulford, in the Lozier, was second, and Bruce-Brown, with the Fiat, third. Twenty-seven cars remained to drive the last 100 miles of the race. The average time made by Harroun in his Marmon for the first 400 miles was seventy-seven miles an hour. As the cars dashed into the last 100 miles of the race it appeared that the drivers, instead of weakening from fatigue, and the nervous strain, gained assurance. They took more chances in attempting to lead each other at the turns and the crowd, excited by the mishaps and the hairbreadth escapes of the day, watched the cars eagerly as they turned in and out of the home stretch and the back stretch. At 470 miles, Harroun, Marmon, led, Bruce-Brown, Fiat, second, Mulford, Lozier, third, Dawson, Marmon, fourth, and De Palma, Simplex, fifth. At 480 miles the three leading cars were less than thirty seconds apart. Mulford, in the Lozier, raced ahead of Bruce-Bowen, in the Fiat, for second, at 480 miles. Harroun, Marmon, in the lead, was being crowded by Mulford; time, 6hrs. 25m. The thousands of spectators in the stands rose to their feet as the three leaders in the race entered the final 20 miles. Harroun (Marmon) was leading with Bruce-Brown only half a mile behind, and Mulford (Lozier) trailing Bruce-Brown about the same distance. Bruce-Brown gained on Harroun and it was apparent that the finish would be very close. The Marmon "Wasp" made only four stops during the entire run, each time to change tires on a rear wheel. Each time oil and gasoline tanks were filled to prevent stopping for fuel. After one of the early stops Patsche relieved Harroun at the wheel for a short time. Harroun was born at Spartansburg, Wis., and is 29 years old. He holds a long list of records and has won many trophies. Harroun won more firsts than any other driver during 1910. He retired from the racing game at the close of the season but was induced to compete in this 500-mile event. He has won among other trophies the 200-mile trophy, the Atlanta speedway trophy, Atlanta Automobile Association trophy, and the two hour's race for all trophies of the Los Angeles Motodrome. As Harroun drove up to the Marmon pit he was surrounded by a wildly enthusiastic crowd. He ran his car into the infield and stopped. "Gee, I'm hungry," he said, as he crawled out from under the steering wheel. Asked to make a formal statement the victor in the first 500-mile event ever run on a speedway said: "All credit is due my car for the victory. At no time was the throttle wide open and I relied wholly on consistent high speed to win for me over occasional bursts in the back stretch. The weather was noticeably warm, although I did not suffer in any way from the heat. "The last hundred miles was by far the easiest of the entire run and the car was less difficult to handle on the turns. At first there was a tendency to slip, which increased toward the 200-mile mark but from that time I had little trouble in holding the car to its course. "In my estimation the limit is reached at 500 miles and is entirely too long for the endurance of the driver."

This is,

Loving Some Of The Made Up Words Used
And The Horse Racing References To Describe Auto Racing In The Article,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Walt Disney World is nearly 30,000 acres, or 48 square miles. That is more than 80 times the size of Monaco. Grace Kelly would have been queen of a larger and wealthier kingdom if she'd married Uncle Walt instead of Prince Rainier.”
- Eve Zibart, -

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Michael Schumacher

Stirling Moss

Mario Andretti

in F1 Racing.

Mar's Boarding Pass

Send your name to

Mars!

https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/mars2020/

If you have read any of my past

Posts
you know that I am a
Science Geek!

I have written in the past about having my name on a chip on the

Mar's Rover.

From my story on

November 24th, 2018

called

James Hauenstein Is Going To Mars.

Now it is your chance to do the same thing on the next big
NASA Mission
to

Mars

called,

get ready for this,

 Mars 2020!

I already have my pass.

This will be my second trip to

Mars

so I guess I can say that I am a

Veteran!

All kidding aside,

I know I will never be able to go

Mars

in my lifetime.

What I mean is,

Space Tourism

won't be available for me while I am still around.

But at least my name will be on another

Planet

in our

Solar System
twice!

How cool is that!

This is,

As Geeky As I Get,
𝛑
3.1415926535897932384626433....

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

 

 “The planet’s famous red color is from iron oxide coating everything. So it’s not just a desert. It’s a desert so old it’s literally rusting.”
- Andy Weir, The Martian -

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Actually,
I can only remember the first 6 digits of Pi.
Do I lose my Geek Street Cred then?
 

Like All Struggling Writers

I know I haven't written anything of significance lately,

but like all struggling writers,

I have a really good excuse.

It's not because I have

"Writers Block"

or anything like that.

It's because I am actually taking the time to edit my work!

If you have read my

Posts

over the years you know that I make a lot of

Grammar

and

Spelling Errors.

I blame my

Hyper-Activity.

I am always in such a hurry to get my thoughts down on paper,

or in this case,

on my

Blog,

that when I am finished I just go onto the next project.

Not looking over the finished material.

Since I am trying to find a

Literary Agent

and I refer them to this

Blog

to see what I like to write about,

I figure it is time

and a really good idea to edit all my

"Short Stories & Flash Fiction,"

"Poetry,"

"The Man From Mars Weekly Serial,"

"Why Should I Die? - A Novelette,"

"True Life Stories,"

and

"The Hauenstein Philosophy,"

postings.

Even though my numbers tell me that people don't seem to mind that I make so many

Grammatical Errors,

think how many more readers I will have when I clear up all those mistakes!

This is,

I Hope My Stories Make Sense To You

Even When I Am In A Hurry

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”
- George R.R. Martin -

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"Home" And "Pull Downs Arrows" Again

The list of

"Home"

and the

"Pull Down Arrows"

you see,

right under the heading,

Two Buck Howie,

when you you look at my

Blog

on a cell phone,

are some of the best written material I have.

You should try one of the pull downs

and take a look once in awhile!

The first one is a link to purchase my eBook called

No Return Address.

The second

"Home"

and

"Pull Down"

has links to

67

flash fiction

and short stories I've written.

The third has

13 Links

to poetry.

The fourth has

Links

to my weekly serial I wrote called

The Man From Mars.

 The fifth has links to the

8 Chapters

of my

Novelette

called

Why Should I die?

The sixth has

True Life Stories

which have happened to me over the years.

The seventh

and final

"Home"

with a

"Pull Down"

is the

"Hauenstein Philosophy."

When I started this

Blog

I set it up for people to come

and read it on their computer.

Unfortunately,

Google's Blogspot

doesn't let you design how your

Blog

looks on a cell phone!

So,

to really capture the feel of my

Blog,

I suggest you take a look at it on a tablet

or a computer once in awhile.

You will be surprised to find out that I also have

10 Music Videos

on my

Blog

which the cell phone version doesn't show you at all!

This is,

Always Trying To Figure Out Ways For You To Have A Better Visual Experience,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“My blog is a collection of answers people don’t want to hear to questions they didn’t ask.”
- Sebastyne Young -

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