Bob Richards

I DID IT!!! I've been offered the lead role in a  Cast Away/Wilson sequel!!! Really? No, just a silly April Fools joke. It's not that I wouldn't love to do the part.You can see in some of my blogs, http://bit.ly/hdIhBJ     http://bit.ly/f9PZ5f    where I've visited  Chuck Noland's island,  finding Wilson who was swept ashore. Yes I know...you thought he met his demise  with Chuck on the ocean blue  but you do realize that nobody found his body? I can assure you that Wilson has a pretty thick skin! Hard to make a good air filled soccer ball go down!  I did say April Fools, did I not? AFN news? Growing up I seemed to recall there was always a rule connected to April Fools--that nobody was allowed to tell a joke after 12 o'clock noon. It allowed a certain brief period of time where one could lead on their peers in a crazy insane fashion but not for such a time  to become obnoxious. I wasn't particularly fond of the event proba...

I saw in the news today it's William Shatner's 80th birthday and thought I'd like to put down a few thoughts. I for one really consider that he was one of the most under rated actors of our day. I recall back in the 60's when Star Trek came on the scene.  It was the time of the American Apollo missions to the moon and Star Trek showed a possible scenario of how the future might unfold. "To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before!" was a line we heard each week, but in real life I'd say that's pretty much what William Shatner did, or shall I say he's done what not too many actors have tried before. I'd define what that would be as not being afraid to take yourself too seriously, going on out there to take a risk and doing some things just for the kick of it in having fun. One could do a study of Wik to see all the work he's done, a Shakespearean actor, numerous television appearances, a lead in two series, Star Trek, plus seven Star Trek...

Continuation of Japan, Earthquake And The Super Moon  Part 2 Gee we're in for trouble! Earthquakes  would be shaking things up volcanoes would be blowing their tops and all sorts of other scary scenarios as well. I was thinking in 1980 when I heard this theory, "Wow looks like I've got around 24 months to share it with the uninformed!" and so we talked about it around the campfire or on those special occasions my friends and I enjoyed discussing fun out of this world things, "Well only 24 months until 1982, 12 months, 6 and then 3, now fasten your seat beats for here we are!"  What happened?  Nothing. Nothing really at all.   In fact 1982 was relatively a quite year with very few if any major catastrophes anywhere.  There never really was as well  in 1128 AD when the same type of planetary alignment occurred but that's beside the point. When the Jupiter Effect people were questioned as to why no shakeup they suggested ...

 I knew it was coming! I knew that in a few short days after the Japan earthquake occurred there'd be some who'd claim they had the inside scoop as to why it took place.  Yes, and lo and behold here it is----must have been the super moon that will take place on March 19, 2011! Super moon?  Yes, and as much as 'Supermoon,' sounds like it must come from Superman's world here's the thought on that--once every eighteen years you have a full moon where it's at its closest to the earth at 221.657 miles. Even though however the March 19th Super Moon wasn't to occur for another nine days after the Japan quake it's been suggested the earth must be experiencing certain preliminary events caused of course by all that gravitational force stuff---or something like that.  Yeah sure, when you get all that gravitational  pull thing all going haywire what can you  expect but to see storms, earthquakes and volcanoes ?  Kind of like lions and tigers and bears,...

I turned it around to look at it and discovered much to my  my chagrin I had mistakenly sought to pay my bill using my LIBRARY CARD!!!   One of the attendants says, "You know that's pretty neat if we'd be able to do that!" I say " Yeah here's your full tank of gas and as long as you return it in three weeks time NO CHARGE." I also add, "And just  like a library book if you want to keep it another week you can ask for an extension!"  This leads one to even deeper thinking,  being, if we could convince oil companies that the gas we get today they'll receive it back within this few short weeks then planning ahead they'd now begin to prepare for a glut in the market. Obviously this would drive the price down so why not just grant us that one tank of gas/petro  FREE?  I wonder therefore if we need a 'Borrow Your Gas With Your Library Card Day.'  Wouldn't it be good PR for the oil companies as well, as they could now boast th...

I found the answer! The question? How to deal with the high price of paying for fuel at the pumps. The other day I was putting gas in my car.  While so doing  I was wondering within myself concerning the cost.  A number of days prior I had paid considerably to fill up a second car and was shocked at my bill,  and no I don't drive big gas guzzlers either.  This day, giving the car a fill, [and no the car in the picture is not mine] the gas was 120 a litre and even with the little bit of gas remaining in the tank I still faced a bill of 52 dollars!  As I walked towards the station  to have them relieve me from this good chunk of change I'm thinking, 'Oh no! I worked hard for this money, and I'm surely not finding it quite so easy to part with some of my Almighty Dollars which aren't quite so mighty any more.  I resigned myself to the reality however that it doesn't matter what one wants  you do whatever...