My dog Zelly is in need of a caring person or persons to give her a home filled with love and she needs someone who will play with her and take her for walks and did I mention, lots of love!

Cheryl has found an apartment and cannot have animals. I cannot have animals where I live due to Katie's severe allergies. If there were any way for me to take her, I absolutely would. It breaks my heart to have to see her leave the only people she has known.

That is why I am really hoping to find her a home where she will feel comfortable and will be loved and taken care of.

She is a yellow lab and she is going on 8 years old. She is a friendly dog, and many of you have seen her with me at events. Even if she is not for you or your family, maybe you might know of a good home where she would feel welcomed and loved.

This has to happen by the weekend or I don't know what is going to happen to her. :(

PM me, or call my cell.
Thanks.
Cheshyre

After selling his half of the Om nightclub and leaving for India to start writing music again and to rediscover himself, Dan Reed has come home for a visit.

He will be playing an accoustical version of his new tracks at the Aladdin Theater, tonight.

I am thrilled how far he has come in the last couple of years, and cannot wait to see where his heart takes him...

If you would like to join me, the show starts at 8pm and tickets are $15. www.aladdin-theater.com/show_page.aspx

Here a few of his tracks on his myspace page: 'Heavin" is an incredible song! profile.myspace.com/index.cfm

Namaste.

I just woke up from the strangest dream. It was about a place that my mom used to take me when I was just a wee lad. It was called Storybook Land.

I was born in Somers Point, New Jersey. We lived about 3 miles from Atlantic City. This was before the casinos were installed on the Boardwalk. I actually learned to roller skate on the Boardwalk…

We moved out to Los Angeles when I was 5 years old, in the summer of 1971, but one of my most vivid, fond memories of my preschool days was our annual trip to Storybook Land.

There were all kinds of rides and themes, geared towards children. Everything from the 3 Little Pigs, to Alice in Wonderland, to Cinderella…I remember the scariest thing of the park was a Robber, that would stop the train that circled the park and “rob” it. I don’t remember the details, but for a toddler, it was quite scary…and from a different time.

I haven’t thought about Storybook Land for at least 30 some years, but for some reason, my subconscious decided to revisit it, this morning.

I dreamed that we *I have no idea who was with me* were back east and were revisiting all of the places where we had lived. As we got close to where Storybook Land was located, I was informed that it had closed a few years ago and was being leveled to make room for a strip mall.

We stopped at the property and there was an information booth that was giving out maps with the grids marked out as to what stores would be where. For some reason, I happened to be standing on section +2,-2. I looked on the map and there was going to be a Taco Bandito on that spot. I wondered if there was any correlation between the robber of the train and the restaurant and was so saddened by the loss of such a magical place for children…then I woke up.

I went online to see if my dream had become a reality; if Storybook Land was still there….and it IS! storybookland.com/parkmap.htm

It has been owned by the same family for 52 years and it looks like it is doing just fine…

Dreams are so bizarre…this one let me remember something magical from my childhood. I am glad it was not leveled to create a strip mall.

Automobiles have a suspension. A part of that suspension is a shock absorber. What does a shock absorber do?

*From Wikipedia*: A shock absorber in common parlance (or damper in technical use) is a mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp a sudden shock impulse and dissipate kinetic energy. It is analogous to a resistor in an electric RLC circuit.

It dissipates kinetic energy. Ok, what is kinetic energy?

*Again from Wikipedia*: The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy which it possesses due to its motion.

If watches and flashlights can be powered by kinetic energy, why couldn’t we harness this energy that is being generated by the constant “shock” of the road on our vehicles and store it for utilization for additional power?

It may not be enough power to totally drive the vehicle, but in conjuntion with other power sources, it could help.

Another form of energy could be wind generated. Set up fans or turbine intakes in the front of the vehicle and as it drives down the road. And set them up in the cabin as exhaust fans *primarily in the summer* and ta-da free energy.

And what about the energy that the wheels generate. Just like a bike headlight is powered by the turning wheel, why not incorporate that, too…

I just watched a really cool show on the Science Channel and it got my wheels turning! *pun intended*

**After writing this, I went to find a picture of an electromagnetic shock and what do ya know…someone else had same thought and did something about it! peswiki.com/index.php/Di...icial_Website