tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85299262024-03-12T23:30:12.793-04:00d/b/a DALTON HAMMONDA PG-rated look at my golf, astronomy, humor, photos, and poetryDalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-16527296298924700102016-04-19T22:56:00.001-04:002016-04-19T23:04:25.150-04:00Like Hillary Clinton?Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-35370944448014847752014-11-22T23:11:00.000-05:002014-11-22T23:11:27.578-05:00My StatusI have decided that I could use a little more status around here.
Therefore I am declaring myself an illegal alien.
-- Dalton
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-19275163803536613562014-10-14T21:58:00.002-04:002014-10-14T22:02:37.908-04:00Admiral Horatio NelsonI would like to suggest a novel by my
good golf buddy Don Tortorice whose latest book came out this
month. It's a 50-years-in-the-making novel about Horatio Nelson,
1st Viscount Nelson, KB who was a British flag officer famous
for his service in the Royal Navy, particularly during the
Napoleonic Wars.
I, Horatio, the novel, is the first Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-69301851298036307692014-05-08T10:04:00.002-04:002014-05-08T10:04:49.048-04:00And when I dieWhen I die I'm not going to "pass", I'm going to DIE! Passing is for sissies. Men die. -- Dalton Hammond
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-11272590800829548802014-04-27T20:32:00.002-04:002014-04-27T22:04:25.033-04:00Why Birds Fly in A V ShapeScientists have long wondered why large birds fly in a "V" formation.
I have seen many explanations but it seems to me that anybody with half a
brain would realize that they do it to avoid the flying birdshit.
-- Dalton Hammond
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-46023011616884117462013-12-05T15:04:00.001-05:002013-12-05T15:12:46.111-05:00Skin DeepI had a girl friend once who would make me wait an hour while she teased and sprayed her dyed hair, drew eyebrows back where the real ones had been plucked, glued on eyelashes and daubed mascara, painted her artificial fingernails, applied makeup and powder to hide her face, put on a bra to enhance her sagging bosoms, a girdle to make her look thinner, stockings and high heels to make her legs Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-14673222108511812272013-12-03T16:18:00.001-05:002013-12-03T16:21:18.078-05:00Junk MailWho do I complain to about this?
Lately I've been getting quite a bit of junk mail from the United States Postal Service.
-- Dalton Hammond
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-55289096854725870862013-10-03T20:51:00.001-04:002013-10-05T23:15:02.410-04:00Federal ShutdownI've had enough of this business of blaming the Federal Shutdown on Republicans.
If there were no Democrats would we still have a shutdown? Thankyouverymuch.
-- Dalton Hammond
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-71443451930115352312013-09-24T20:19:00.000-04:002013-09-24T20:19:18.744-04:00NASA Mars Rover finds no sign of methane
(P.B.N.) -- Finding no methane on Mars, NASA has turned its
instruments to Russia where massive amounts of methane have been
detected. Scientists suspect it comes from Putin.
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-83355666228668151202013-08-30T19:14:00.000-04:002013-08-30T19:14:13.413-04:00Happy Labor Day
Labor Day
is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in
September, that celebrates the economic and social contributions of
workers.
The workers respond to the honor by not coming to work.
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-75403147153385844932013-07-09T16:03:00.002-04:002013-07-09T16:05:59.016-04:00Review: The Lone RangerI take back what I thought about the Lone Ranger.
After I got over the shock of what they did to my revered image of the traditional story I have been replaying some of the highlights of the new film in my memory and I'm enjoying them more with each replay.
We should all be used to Hollywood special effects by now but the sight of the Daring and Resourceful Masked Rider of the Plain riding his Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-15476122186941587932013-06-12T21:47:00.003-04:002013-06-12T21:49:21.983-04:00Cream Rises
Cream rises to the top ... but turds float, too.
-- Dalton Hammond
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-49230819081121894452013-04-27T23:21:00.000-04:002013-04-27T23:21:23.143-04:00What is your mental age?I will be
71 in a few months.
While fixing supper tonight I received a phone call from a friend in
Georgia who wanted me to drop everything and turn on the TV to see a
full-length movie remake of the TV series "Starsky and Hutch". I had
never seen a full episode of the series, only enough to make me turn
off the set, but I decided to run down some YouTube clips of the new
movie just to humor hisDalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-58923151803161720722013-04-26T13:22:00.004-04:002013-04-26T13:22:50.862-04:00What We Have Here Is Failure To Communicate
I just called a local company looking for a replacement lamp socket for
my garage door opener. The answering service lady explained that the
office was closed for lunch and should reopen about 1:30 pm. I asked if
I should call back then at the number I just dialed and was told that I
should.
My question is: Nobody DIALS any more do they? What should I have said?
"Call back at..." doesn't count.Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-30811747292383361702013-03-03T21:11:00.002-05:002013-03-03T21:13:00.541-05:00Mercury Over The Fair BarnMost people have never seen the planet Mercury. Most of the time
it is too close to the Sun because, well, it’s the closest planet to
the Sun. But now and then the Earth, Mercury and the Sun align just
right and you can see Mercury as a bright red dot low on the horizon
just after sunset.
Mercury over the Pinehurst, NC Fair Barn
Tonight, 09-Feb-2013 at 6:36 pm I was at the Pinehurst, Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-28951378192843265412013-02-13T02:29:00.000-05:002013-02-13T02:32:11.812-05:00Obama Wants To Be Next Pope
Obama Wants to Be the Next Pope
WASHINGTON, DC - Sources close to the White House have learned
that Barack Obama is planning to run for the office of Pope when the
College of Cardinals convenes to elect a successor to ailing Benedict
XVI at the end of this month.
Calling on the promise of Equality for All, Obama is said to firmly
believe that the time has come for a non-Catholic to occupy the
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-63951973235803886992012-11-07T22:47:00.000-05:002012-11-17T21:58:20.623-05:00
I Voted -- But it didn't fix anything
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-70863671357647211552012-11-07T19:16:00.003-05:002012-11-07T19:20:52.302-05:00Moon at Jockey's RidgeThis is a view of the full moon over the massive sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The Photoshop composite was created by my friend Tom Hassell and is the best Windows desktop background image I have ever used. -- Dalton Hammond
Full Moon at Jockey's Ridge
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-39729541830299737962012-08-17T21:24:00.002-04:002012-08-17T21:29:59.197-04:00Discovering Pluto
In the old days astronomers would often take pictures of the
same area of the sky several nights apart. They could then study the
images in a binocular viewer that combined the images. By closing one
eye or the other the astronomer could spot planets, comets, or dwarf
planets, all of which moved across the stars, which don't move.
I took these two images four nights apart using the 16" Slooh Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-60019739732029491112012-02-18T21:19:00.000-05:002012-02-18T21:19:34.574-05:00Artificial LifeA friend of mine has a young daughter who is studying Computer Animation. One of her recent homework assignments was to animate an object and give it human movement.
I suggested that she find a way to animate a D.M.V. employee.
-- D.H.
Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-38339211713053882692011-10-17T22:40:00.000-04:002011-10-17T22:40:08.121-04:00Balance the Federal BudgetWe don't need to increase taxes on corporations to balance the budget...
Just taxing the professional athletes would do it.
-- Dalton Hammond Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-58736589868088077782011-08-23T21:43:00.001-04:002011-08-23T21:44:24.885-04:00Smack BonesHere is a cooking tip from the Deep South.
Many grocery stores (Food Lion is one) sell 1-pound packets of RIB TIPS (riblets) for around $3. They look like spare ribs but the bones are only a half inch long, or so. They are the trimmings from shaping spare ribs and are prime, sweet, pork rib meat. My grandmother used to serve them as a snack or appetizer; she called them "Smack Bones" and I lovedDalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-81616124153254439232011-08-11T21:46:00.001-04:002011-08-11T21:47:19.495-04:002011 PGA Club Championship UpdateWhat do the following names all have in common?(Scroll down for the answer)Steve Stricker
Jerry Kelly
Shaun Micheel
Scott Verplank
Brendon de Jonge
Matteo Manassero
Davis Love III
John Senden
Bill Haas
Brandt Jobe
Anders Hansen
Simon Dyson
Bob Sowards
Adam Scott
Stewart Cink
Brendan Steele
Brian Davis
Miguel Angel Jimenez
Mark Wilson
Trevor Immelman
D.A. Points
Ricky Barnes
Gary Woodland
Jason Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-38454117410663631322011-06-22T14:13:00.012-04:002011-08-01T21:13:51.442-04:00FSBO - Golf front rancher for sale by owner in Pinehurst, NCLive the dream...in PINEHURST, NC!
$329,900 Price includes PCC Full Membership transfer and golf cart
Need to sell your home first? Owner may finance!
For sale by owner: Single Family one-story ranch; 3 bedrooms; 2 full baths
Location: Doral Woods, Pinehurst, NC, 4 minutes to Pinehurst Country Club clubhouse by personal golf cart, on hole #4 of course Number 1. No other homes are visible Dalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529926.post-77080889497091018542011-04-06T08:19:00.002-04:002011-04-06T08:19:36.372-04:00Federal ShutdownThe looming Federal Shutdown should not bother our country's leaders. It has already been impossible to reach a Social Security or D.M.V. office by phone for the past 30 years. -- Dalton HammondDalton Hammondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11472413289604254034noreply@blogger.com