John Lennon's Birthday Toady

John Lennon would have been 79 years old today.

He is one of my

Music Heroes.

What can I say that hasn't been said already.

I miss the type of music he wrote.

There is no one like him.

Always ahead of his time.

Expressing what love is all about.

Telling us all how to make the world a better place.

This is,

Dreaming Of What Kind Of Music He Would Have Written

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“If you're listening, I'm the walrus, too.”
- George Harrison -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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So We Never Forget

If you don't like my political views,

you might as well stop reading now.

After 8 years of having

President Obama

as our leader I was foolishly enough convinced that this country of ours had finally turned a corner

and we were becoming a nation of righteousness.

A nation for

The People!

All

People!

But,

White Rural America,

afraid of what they believe is an encroachment on their way of life,

voted in a hate-monger,

perpetuating stereo types by feeding the fears of

Whites.

Sounds like what

Adolf Hitler

did.

Does a

43 Year Old student

at

Yale University

really fear for her life

or does she feel entitlement to the

University?

Since she still lives in the dormatory

and can't seem to graduate.

Sarah Braasch not only called

Police

on a napping student in the common room,

who is black,

but also,

weeks earlier,

called

Police

on a

Black Student

who was asking her for directions!

 I'm afraid I won't be here to see it,

but,

by

2045

there will be more

People Of Color

living in the

United States

then

White People.

Maybe,

just maybe,

this country will become what the

Forefathers

wanted.

A

Nation

for all the

People!

This is,

Why Am I Bringing Up This Old News Today?

So We Never Forget!

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

"First of all, in a democracy, minorities do have rights."

- Frank Zappa -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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Have On Laugh On Me

I'm working on editing my new book for submission to
Literary Agents.
So,
for your reading pleasure,
here is a story from
September 15th 2016
 called
 I Hope I At Least Made You Laugh

*****
Kids,

you have to love them right?

Well,

one of my granddaughters,

who will remain nameless,

but who lives in the

State Of New York,

on her last visit asked me if I wanted a peanut-butter,

jelly,

and graham cracker sandwich?

"Grandpa, I made it myself."

She is only 3 years old,

so I thought,

how cute,

and popped it in my mouth.

"Grandpa, do you want to know how I made it?"

That is when I hesitated,

but said,

"Maybe?"

"First, I got out two crackers."

So far so good.

"Then I got out some peanuts from out of their shells."

Wait a second.

"Then I got some raisins out of the box."

"OK?"

I said.

"Then I chewed the peanuts until they were soft and put it on one cracker. Chewed the raisins until they were soft and put them on the other cracker and gave it to you."

I was just about to regurgitate the little sandwich I had just eaten,

when she asked with the biggest smile on her face,

"Do you want another one?"

What do you call a fifty year old bachelor? Alone!

I never wanted to be that fifty year old bachelor, so I did what all good Christian Men do.

I surrendered to the first women who would put up with me and got married!

Yo mama is so dumb, she thought Dunkin' Donuts was a basketball team.

This is,

Had To Take My Car In For Repairs So I Did Not Have Time To Prepare A Story For Today,

So I Hope I At Least Made You Laugh,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“I went for a walk last night and my girlfriend asked me how long I was going to be gone. I said, 'The whole time.”

- Steven Wright -

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Carson King's Fundraiser

If you haven't seen

or heard about

Carson King,

here is a really feel good story about a

College Student

and his beer.

As Carson King ends fundraiser with nearly $3 million, he reflects on new fame, the future! by Linh Ta, for the Des Moines Register

 What started as a 24-year-old just asking for beer money ended Tuesday with nearly $3 million raised for an Iowa children's hospital. Sporting his now-signature Cyclone-red apparel, Carson King announced on KXnO's "Murph and Andy Show" that he raised $2,959,336 to donate to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. His viral fundraising campaign officially ended Monday at 11:59 p.m., but donations were still flooding his Venmo account on Tuesday, making $3 million a possibility. A third of the total was in the form of donations sent to his personal Venmo account;  Anheuser-Busch and Venmo each have pledged matching donations. "It's been a really fun, chaotic whirlwind of a two weeks," King said on the show. The Altoona resident became a sensation after cameras caught him holding a hand-drawn sign as he stood behind the set of ESPN's "College GameDay" in Ames on Sept. 14. Drawn on the sign, in plain black marker: "Busch Light Supply Needs Replenished," and King's Venmo handle. When the money poured in, far exceeding anything King had expected, he decided to donate the funds to the hospital. Busch Light and Venmo pledged to match any donations, and several Iowa businesses also donated, including Smokey Row Coffee Co. and an ice cream shop from Prairie City, where King grew up.

This is,

A Great Story

Instead Of Being Greedy

He Donated The Money To A Worthy Cause

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Making money isn't hard in itself... What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one’s life to.”
- Carlos Ruiz Zafón -

 

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Mikulski Archive For Space Telescopes

You know I love science.

Especially about

Outer Space.

The

Stars,

the newly discovered

Exoplanets,

and the little green

Aliens.

Well,

we haven't found any

Aliens

yet,

but if you are interested in looking at the

Data

for yourself coming from telescopes like

K2,

Tess,

JWST, 

and

HST,

have I found a website for you!

It's called

Mast.

Or the

Mikulski Archive For Space Telescopes.

Here is an example of what you will find on this site.

This is a picture taken by the

HST,

or the

Hubble Space Telescope.

It's a collection of everything the

Hubble Telescope

has seen so far.

But if you are a really

Geeky

kind of person,

you will also see a lot of this kind of stuff.

>>> from astroquery.mast import Observations

>>> obs_table = Observations.query_object("M8",radius=".02 deg")
>>> data_products_by_obs = Observations.get_product_list(obs_table[0:2])
>>> print(data_products_by_obs)

  obsID    obs_collection ...          productFilename             size
---------- -------------- ... ---------------------------------- --------
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.elbll.gz   185727
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.elbls.gz   183350
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.lilo.gz   612715
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.melol.gz    12416
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.melos.gz    12064
3000007760            IUE ...                    lwp13058.raw.gz   410846
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.rilo.gz   416435
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.silo.gz   100682
3000007760            IUE ...                       lwp13058.gif     8971
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.mxlo.gz    18206
3000007760            IUE ...               lwp13058mxlo_vo.fits    48960
3000007760            IUE ...                       lwp13058.gif     3967
9500243833             K2 ...    k2-tpf-only-target_bw_large.png     9009
9500243833             K2 ... ktwo200071160-c91_lpd-targ.fits.gz 39930404
9500243833             K2 ... ktwo200071160-c92_lpd-targ.fits.gz 62213068
9500243833             K2 ...    k2-tpf-only-target_bw_thumb.png     1301

>>> obsids = obsTable[0:2]['obsid']
>>> data_products_by_id = Observations.get_product_list(obsids)
>>> print(data_products_by_id)

  obsID    obs_collection ...          productFilename             size
---------- -------------- ... ---------------------------------- --------
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.elbll.gz   185727
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.elbls.gz   183350
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.lilo.gz   612715
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.melol.gz    12416
3000007760            IUE ...                  lwp13058.melos.gz    12064
3000007760            IUE ...                    lwp13058.raw.gz   410846
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.rilo.gz   416435
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.silo.gz   100682
3000007760            IUE ...                       lwp13058.gif     8971
3000007760            IUE ...                   lwp13058.mxlo.gz    18206
3000007760            IUE ...               lwp13058mxlo_vo.fits    48960
3000007760            IUE ...                       lwp13058.gif     3967
9500243833             K2 ...    k2-tpf-only-target_bw_large.png     9009
9500243833             K2 ... ktwo200071160-c91_lpd-targ.fits.gz 39930404
9500243833             K2 ... ktwo200071160-c92_lpd-targ.fits.gz 62213068
9500243833             K2 ...    k2-tpf-only-target_bw_thumb.png     1301

>>> print((data_products_by_obs == data_products_by_id).all())
True

So hop onboard.

Maybe you'll discover an

Atmosphere

on an

Exoplanet

by deciphering all the data.

There is so much data to go through that

NASA Scientists

can't go through it all!

This is,

After The Wall,

I Am Going To Build A Dome.

No Little Green Aliens Are Getting Into This Country Without Getting A Green Card!

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.”
- Stephen Hawking -

 

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

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