Wow!

I can not believe that I didn't post the big news here on my main site but the....management....ahem....at my place of employment finally fired me.  I actually can not say too much about it as it is an issue that is far from over and my councel has advised me not to "blow any of the many wads" before the correct time so....suffice it to say that this is somewhat a stressful time for us yet strangely "relieving" at the same time. 

The last couple of years have been spent constantly having to defend myself for the pettiest of things that even though everything is topsy-turvy, I (for the time being) have lost much of the frustration and anger that comes with certain (let's just say:) "personality types"....yet, being both very adept at as well as very dedicated to my position; there is a certain stress and even grief having lost something that I have had as a huge part of my life for the past 5 years. Oh well, I will keep you posted and speak much more freely as soon as I am advised that I cant booger myself by doing so.

PS:  Oh never mind. 

Apollo 1: The Fire That Shocked Nasa (Reproduced from an Article on Yahoo News)

I bet none of you know that I have a connection to the Apollo missions.  No, I am not the result of Nasa research to find a way to pack a huge amount of BS into a 150lb package!  Astronaut Gus Grissom is a relation of mine and quite easily the second most famous and heroic person in my family (after myself of course.)
Link to story source.....CLICK HERE!!!

Apollo 1: The Fire That Shocked NASA

By Amy Shira Teitel | Scientific American – Fri, Jan 27, 2012

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The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA.

NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the organization has ever faced. A routine prelaunch test turned fatal when a fire ripped through the spacecraft s crew cabin killing all three astronauts. Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire, a tragic and preventable accident. There were warning signs, similar accidents that had claimed lives both in the United States and abroad. The Apollo 1 crew could have been saved from a gruesome death.

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L-R: Roger Chaffee, Ed White, and Gus Grissom training for their Apollo 1 flight. Credit: NASA.

The commander for Apollo 1 was Gus Grissom, one of the original Mercury astronauts whose first spaceflight was marred by his capsule s sinking after splashdown. He flew again in Gemini in a spacecraft he named Molly Brown. Senior pilot on the Apollo 1 crew was Ed White, a Gemini veteran who made America s first spacewalk in 1965. Rounding out the crew was pilot Roger Chaffee, a talented rookie more than capable of holding his own with his experienced crew mates. He was a notoriously good guy who took pains to thank everyone for their contributions to Apollo right down to the janitors.
By the end of January 1967, the crew was going through their final prelaunch tests; barring some major setback, they would make the first manned Apollo flight on February 21. One routine test NASA had done since Mercury was the plugs out test, a final check of the spacecraft s systems.

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La Cronaca Trott!!!!! The Trott Report in Italian Is About To Be Born!

Yes you heard that correct....FINALLY You all will be able to hear a show in a language that you all surely understand!  OK, perhaps I am exaggerating a tiny bit.....OK, perhaps I am totally full of merda. It is closer to the truth to say that NONE of my listeners currently speak Italian. No matter. BECAUSE I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH, I am making you all privvy to the insider knowledge that I am about to launch the Italian equivalent of this show and site.  The site has been up as long as this one has but the show has not been recorded yet.   It will be a solo endeavor as Tempestuccia (despite having the Italian monicker / "pen" name ("nickname" for those of you who happen to be siblings or spouses of siblings of my wife!)

What??????? Or Rather: WTF??????

OBAMA SAYS HE (via the US military) HAS POWER TO DETAIN AMERICANS......BUT HE WON'T.

Saw this little tidbit on Drudgereport.com this morning.  Normally this particular website is more for the conspiracy minded but I figured that if it made the Drudge cut then I can run it as well! (Click on the capital letters above for story.)

StormWatch:The Trott Report-"I Paralyzed Myself While D.U.I. but It's Not My Fault."

Listen to Stormwatch: The Trott Report - "DU...I am not at fault"
Click HERE for News Story

Today's New Year's Eve show is a subtle reminder to all those partying tonight to please do so responsibly.  In 2009, Chelsea Hess was 20 years old when she went to "shoot billiards" at a local bar.  She claims she was served alcohol in said establishment and then proceeded to drive whilst under the influence of booze.  She ended up making herself into a parapalegic. She is now suing the bar not only for serving her while underage but also for letting her drive. She is also suing the state dept. of transportation for not maintaining the shoulder of the road; a fact that she says forced her to crash as well as pretty much everyone in between for contributing to this awful "tragedy."  Basically, she was the victim of a grand conspiracy to force her into having a drunken crash which took the use of her legs.
 At the risk of sounding insensitive, I have to say that if she really is this stupid, perhaps the wheelchair is what she needed to keep her from killing herself or someone else since this chick has zero sense of responsibility.  This one really makes you mad. I don't have alot of sympathy for drunkards who wrap their cars around trees etc anyway but when they then turn and blame everyone else in a manner such as this, I think perhaps she should've lost the ability to move her arms and mouth as well.

Hmmmmm.......

Looking up my name in Bing.com's "images" search engine delivered to me this morning the following gem:

Funny?  Of course.  Yet it begs the question of how this has come to be associated with MY name.  It is not as though I have a very common name at all.  That being said, I really DO wish I had been the one to come up with this. Next time the US govt comes up with a set of regulations that end up facilitating the sexual assault of thousands of innocent geriatrics, disabled persons and children, I will be sure to jump on the joke bandwagon faster instead of being beaten to the punch like what has happened with this image. 

THE SHOW IS COMING!!!

I know I have been saying that but I really do mean it!   Things have been rather hectic (for all of us I am sure) and I have not been able to give it the attention it really deserves.  I have a couple of shows recorded but I do not think that they are up to snuff (so to speak) and I don't want to drop those crappy shows upon your virgin ears.  It seems that every time it is time for me to start work on it, something comes up, usually at work (don't even get me started on that one) but sometimes at home which totally kills my masterful creative process.  I was fairly certain no one wants to hear me grumble on about this, that or the other after having been pissed off about some work related issue; thus I abstained for the holidays.  They are largely over now so I am going back to work as I know u are all going through withdrawals! 
-TMAXXXXXXXX