My father in law (who lives with us) would love nothing more than to have a Dodge Ram 1500. He sa…
My father in law (who lives with us) would love nothing more than to have a Dodge Ram 1500. He says the entire thing at once… "I want a Dodge Ram fifteen-hundred". This commercial made his day. It also made mine as we saw it together and he said something remarkable that resonated with me enough to share.
He is a vietnam war vet and he wears his army jacket every-were, He sleeps with a quilt that looks like the american flag and say's a prayer over every meal. He is a true american in my eyes. I can only wish to be as patriotic as he is.
He said after the commercial, that is why you buy from american companies. They have a genuine interest in the success of our country. They share our successes and our failures and we theirs.
If you think about the history of Daimler Chrysler you can notice a pattern.
Buy American, or American Made.
David Bates – Owner of a PT Cruiser deemed the most unique car in america that is now worth as much as my computer system 
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Osama Bin Laden is Dead – Funniest Twitter Quotes
Graciously borrowed from http://sheikyermami.com/
So Osama is dead… shot in the dome-piece as I heard on the radio this morning. I could hardly believe it when the stream first started coming over twitter. My first thoughts was how long have we been looking for that guy? and Ok now what.
Anyway with the flood of tweets to read about I got amped up and decided to post my favorite ten tweets of the event.
@DanaArikane:
"They should have captured Bin Laden alive and made him continually go through airport security for the rest of his life."
@rochellethestats:
"It’s like a Disney film… The Prince marries the Princess and the villain dies #justice"
@sickipediabot:
"So Osama Bin Laden is dead… Amazing what the Americans can do when the playstation network is down."
@Allwazerite:
"I bet Osama Bin Laden was killed after his personal information was leaked in the Playstation Network security breach."
@jesus:
"Sorry, you’re at the wrong gate, Osama."
@JediJunkie:
"Looks like Osama signed up for Foursquare on the wrong day."
@rudygay22:
"Ok so we killed Osama. Now all we have to do is find Wald and Carmen San Diego! Then I will be impressed!!!"
@unknown:
"Osama Bin Laden, Waldo, Carmen San Diego… #WorldHideAndSeekChampions" *
@NZAfro:
"R.I.P Osama Bin Laden – World Hide And Go Seek Champion (2001 – 2011)"
@davidbates:
"I bet Apple found Osama Bin Laden using that Remote Iphone Data… he was selling goats on ebay"
* I saw this one but could not find it again once I started writing this post… if your that person contact me on twitter.
Hope you enjoy National “We kicked his ass” day
David Bates
Easter 2011
Everyone had a wonderful time this weekend. We had our nephew and niece over yesterday and let our nephew spend the night for Daniel’s very first sleepover. Then we had all of our family over for an Easter lunch which consisted of ham, mashed potatoes, green beens, homemade rolls, and banana pudding. We then hunted Easter eggs and let the kids enjoy the warm weather while us adults caught up on each others lives… I hope your Easter was half as much fun.
Thanks for reading
David Bates
Digital Snow
Above is another creation from Barbara Hullett her original artwork is on the right with my vectorization on the left.
This drawing was inspired by the recent weather events and modern times. The recent weather events are also known as the biggest let down in weather this century. Several counties around the triad called off school in anticipation of Snowmageddon and nothing showed up until well into the evening. Facebook and Twitter were both on fire with scowls of angry parents telling the school board and the weathermen that they had waisted their precious PTO.
I myself even got caught up in the hype staying home Monday and working remotely.
Hope all you stay warm and enjoy the imagery.
David Bates
Birds Falling
A quick note about the artwork
A co-worker of mine Barbara Hullett draws a picture on her dry erase board every couple of weeks for our teams amusement (you may have seen some of her other drawings on my twitpic feed). Sometimes its whimsical, sometimes a play on words or the latest news, but almost always involves a cat. We have all come to appreciate her artwork here. The photo you see above is a vector re-creation of her most recent board “Birds Falling” done by myself.
I was recently shocked when I went through my news-feed to find that thousands of birds were falling out of the sky and thousands of fish near the same town were floating up on-shore. I couldn’t believe that they didn’t immediately issue a warning for the area asking people to stay indoors, or even a “Don’t touch the birds” broadcast. The clean up crews that entered the town wore total protective suits including air filters but left the regular townsfolk to fend for themselves. Almost like a scene directly from “The Crazies” where the whole town become infected because action wasn’t taken to separate the towns people and test them.
The conclusion that the birds died from stress due to fireworks is completely ridiculous. Especially given that fish died as well. I just am baffled how casual this whole situation was dealt with and thought I should jot it down.
Thanks for reading
David Bates
