I probably used BO and B.O. both- those are His initials, aren't they? Sorry they refer to something offensive. I like the nickname P-Bo- kind of hip, like J-Lo

I thought throwing out a post about what type of dog would break the tension- didn't mean to create more

BO and Family Pets

I like the nickname "Bo". It is simple and easy to say. It is not insulting or negative. I am assuming that if Emily ment B.O. (as in body oder) she would have said B.O. I might even go as far as to call him P. Bo for President Obahma. That's a pretty hip nickname!

An as for the pig....Pet pigs are very, very smart and people love their pet pigs. I was referring to his comment about lipstick on pigs. That seemed to have really helped his campaign so I thought honoring a pig as a pet made sense. It is all in good fun!

Afterall, we don't have any laws (yet) that says we can't joke around about our President and his pets.

I'm off to Tahoe this weekend with a friend and her kids and mine. I'm so excitted. Talk to you next week.

Comments Comments Comments

I suggest that much of the interesting input posted recently by such well versed authors as the Kathys, Emily, Harold, Eric, ... could be better placed as new posts rather than as comments. Comments to older blog enteries are perhaps not so obvious as new posts.

That said, I finished up and posted a final(?) comment to Eric's question about the World Trade Center collapse mechanism.

Fall flooding means good rafting on the Sky komish and Wenatchee Rivers!!

Just returned from a really fun trip to the North Cascades and Central Washington. My friends and I rafted on the Wenatchee, where I have been the last three summers, and also on the Skykomish. I had never done the Skykomish and it was truly an amazing place. Huge waves and some very technical maneuvering through the famous "Boulder Drop". I have been very busy with school, I wish I could write more. There has been some very interesting conversation on this site.

It's so good to hear from all of you.-Eric

World Trade Center - Response to Eric

Eric –

I am aware of this issue at BYU. The professor’s work was extensively reviewed by the Physics faculty and found technically lacking. He thought he had evidence for explosives at the World Trade Center then wanted to make the jump in logic that somehow the US Gov purposely caused the collapse of the two World Trade Center towers. I am aware of cases at BYU where faculty have been censored when their teachings were in conflict with the LDS mainstream but this is not one of those cases. The professor continued his lectures of conspiracy theory using his evidence after an independent review showed his interpretation of the evidence was incorrect. The lectures were an embarrassment to the Physics Dept so he was let go (probably his contract was not continued, not sure).

Regarding the cause of the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC), I have the 2005 reports from NIST (the US National Institute of Standards and Technology) and can put them on CDs for you. They consist of a final report and 42 companion reports totaling several thousand pages making for some great bedtime reading. I know two of the NIST project managers and authors for these WTC reports who specialize in structural response and modeling fires in buildings - we hired them to do testing for us during our Wyoming manufactured home work. They did 1st class testing for us putting a great deal of importance on doing independent, defendable work. Conclusion: no conspiracy and I firmly agree with their findings. The collapse was due to the fuel load in the airplanes, extreme heat, and weakening of the structural members.

I have included 2wo photos of WTC beams I took at NIST.

One winter a few years ago, I read a number of books written by historians who looked in detail at the events leading up to and during the Dec 7, 1941 attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor. I have a strong interest in this history as my Uncle was killed on the USS Arizona. All concluded that no evidence exists for a US gov conspiracy.

I am sure we have many incompetent, even bungling individuals in our current federal government but few if any conspirators in mass murder. I could be very wrong but I sleep better at night this way.

Bill (Dad)

BYU Physics professor fired after 20 years for investigating 9-11

Some startling research,

Check out Steven Jones, BYU physics professor researches chemical and organic compounds at site of World Trade Centers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuxOZJN4dHg

Also check out the BYU website...

http://www.physics.byu.edu/research/energy/

especially his first two written articles on the page...

S.E. Jones, et al. "Fourteen Points of Agreement with Official Government Reports on the World Trade Center Destruction", Open Civil Engineering Journal, April 2008.

K. Ryan, J. Gourley and S.E. Jones, "Environmental Anomalies at the World Trade Center: Evidence for Energetic Materials", Environmentalist, August 2008.

there are a lot more to look at.
Very interesting. I am only interested in the science he has to offer. I think he lost his job after 20 years of teaching.
Has anyone met this guy?
I hope to see you all soon.
eric

Nicknames

Interesting the need we all have for nicknames. After being saddled with Jr. at the end of my official name on my birth certificate and William (are you Bill, Billy, Willy, William?, I have been all these), we selected names for our two kiddos that are short and have no common nicknames. For the same reason, one of my best friends is actually “Tommy” on his birth certificate and Passport.

Now, Emily has selected BO for President-elect Barack Obama – that is actually an acronym, or just a short version of his initials. I often go by WR. At our lab, we have a document of official acronyms that is almost 400 pages! I have usually called our current President, “Junior” or “43”. He is after all the 43rd.

Did you know that no President has had a last name ending is an “a” until now.

Don’t forget to watch “You Betcha” on Larry King tonight.