Nemo, eat your heart out...

Recently I attempted to read 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. As a kid I loved the movie, but I found the book to be too much detail of under-sea creatures and not enough story. However, one thing still intrigues me, the idea of sailing under the seas in a private submarine. I was disappointed (a little) when my Mom, brothers, and I took a tour of a fast-attack sub when I was a kid because there were no giant windows to look out at the alien world of the deep (I guess the U.S. Navy didn't think that would be practical). Finally, though, I have found what I have been looking for. A mere 75 million dollars will buy you a brand new Phoenix 1000. This commercial sub is built to look like a private yacht from above the water line, but has a submarine interior. It can cruise at 305 meters and can stay underwater for 30+ days. It has a mini-sub docking collar and a special diver chamber so that you can leave the sub while submerged. It's not as big as the Nautilus, but it's still way-cool.

US Submarines - Phoenix 1000

The Other Night

Okay, so the other night, I got out of class (um, I mean work) and was going to my car. My spirits were immediately lifted after noting the weather. It was windy, raining, thundering and lightening-ing out! So I quick drove home, droped the stuff (?) off in my room (I mean apartment) and ran to the baseball field up the road (I mean went to the Ewer's house). It was completely awesome! I never experienced something so amazing. The wind was overpowering me! I had to lean forward (well, actually I was sitting down) to keep my self standing (uh, sitting). The rain was warm (well, it wasn't actually raining), and the sky just lit up with lightening. It was so beautiful! The weather was saying, "There is a God! There is a God!". I walked back to the house because it was getting really wicked out (and becuase I said that I was going to go home), but I sat on the couch and watched the lightening for an hour! If you weren't loving it the other night, you should have been! Thunderstorms are an awesome display of our powerful creator!

See Kim's original post here

Speed of Sound

This post has nothing to do with Coldplay.

This post has nothing to do with the speed of sound.

This post has nothing to do with the speed of light or time travel.

However, the title of this post did come from somewhere. This post is about a topic I was discussing with Joseph. I also discussed time travel with Joseph. One of the key elements in time travel theory is light speed... and so on. What I want to ask though is this, does anyone know how the light-gun from Nintendo worked? WAIT... don't google it, Joseph, Jon and I sat around discussing how it might have worked until we agreed on the only solution we found to be possible. Only then did I google it to find that we were right. Think, can you figure it out. Please don't google and then claim that you figured it out, that would make you a sissy.



NOTE: I think the X&Y album kind of looks like Nintendo Art, so it all come around again.

Such a Dreamer...

Ben Crum - Director
Jon Crum - Guy
Congo - The Dog

Dream Dog

A Benjamin Crum Film



This film, featured on the Crum Family Blog, is the latest to come out of the BC Online/CBF partnership. CBF (Crum Brother Films) was established just last year and already has some great projects in the works.

Dude

Two-Twenty-Two - by Ben Crum

For the first time ever Dude 222 has entered the world of Trance! Okay, not really (we don't even know what Trance is) - but there is a new techno song by the band on SoundClick dot com. Check it out here [A Little Louder Now]. There is also another track on the SoundClick site that has been in the Dude Vault for a long time but it's been cleaned up (though the volume is still too low) but you can listen to it here [Mary Jane]. This makes us wonder... is Dude coming out with a NEW album any time soon? We sure hope so. Word is that they are working on the soundtrack to a new film due out later this year. If we hear any more, we'll let you all know.

[to the left: a new album? - we found this image on the Dude 222 site on SoundClick. Does this mean there is a new album or is the band just toying with us? who knows]