Jim Says:”Don’t mess with the bull, you’ll get the horns.”
Jim Says:”Mmm.. Pi…”
I’ve been experimenting with my GoPro lately and I’ve noticed something. Whenever I’m editing, regardless of time lapse projects, etc., the first frame is always the same..
The First Frame of Every GoPro movie.
Jim Says:”It’s funny because it’s true.”
Let me preface this by saying, I’m no doctor. I’ve had only basic first aid training, never attended medical school, but have seen most episodes of “House M.D.”.
I do happen to know a little bit about Ebola (particularly the difference between Ebola Zaire and Ebola Reston) from reading “The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston.
I can tell you this. It scares the shit out of me. This is nothing to be trifled with. In the medical field, it’s know as a “slate wiper”. When “Ebola Zaire” struck in September of 1976, it killed 90% of the people it infected. [1]Source: World Health Organization
I am completely against bringing Ebola patients, regardless of their nationality, to the United States for treatment. There is no good reason to risk the arrival of this virus on the North American continent. None. Period. I do feel for the victims of this horrible disease and am aware of the fate that awaits them. However, in the face of this disease, Quarantining victims is the best hope to prevent spread. Quarantine protocols have to be strictly followed, or they are useless. Ebola has proved this over and over, and it is the case currently in Sierra Leone. [2]Source: “Lax Quarantine Undercuts Ebola Fight in Africa” Adam Nossiter – New York Times, Aug. 4, 2014
We need to take this very seriously. This isn’t Coke vs. Pepsi. This isn’t “Carbon Credits” or the housing bubble. This isn’t Al-Queda, or Israel/Palestine. This is a real threat. This could actually kill us.
Jim Says:”Seriously. Bad idea!”
Footnotes
After 10 years, I finally have a drum kit again. I just picked up a Yamaha DTX450k courtesy of Stan and the guys over at Drum World. I’ll be setting it up in the next couple of days and hopefully posting some fun stuff with it. (Or not. I mean, how much did you pay to get in here, anyway?)
Yamaha DTX450k
I sold my beloved Pearl Export kit when I was in Vegas (replete with some gorgeous Zildjians), and my Simmons SDS 1000 went with it. I’ve been without drums since I moved there in 2004. I’m starting to feel complete again.
Jim Says:”Where do you blow into these things?”
