Memorial Day Parade - 2012

I took some picture again year in the Redford Memorial Day Parade. Here's pictures from the last parade in 2010. I'll skip the story, but i first started taking pictures while driving in the parade in 2007. The very first picture i took was when i saw my friend Ryan and his dad.

Since then i've seen them every year standing in generally the same spot. Here's what i mean, these are pictures from 2007-2010.

And now in 2012.

Ryan's dad did not disappoint. As long as he's there and i get this picture every year, i'm happy.

After 2007 i started taking pictures of all the people who lined the street and waved. Then i did it again in 2008, then 2009, 2010, skipped a year and now again in 2012. I've noticed a trend in lots of people who dress the same, sit in the same place and act the same as i drive by. So here's some of those pictures. Before i begin though, here's pictures from 2010 Memorial Day Parade.

First let me show you past pictures of people i did NOT see this year. Either i didn't notice them or they weren't at the side of the road for the parade.

Donutown Ladies - I looked but didn't see them. They weren't on their lawn chairs or in their minivan.

Biker guy with beer cozie.

Licking kid. I didn't see him or his plastic yellow ring.

Mr. Moustachio and his friend - They weren't down by the river this year.

My 3rd grade teacher from Bulman Elementary (which got torn down this year)

So those were all the people i missed this year, but here's the people i did see.

Lonley guy. He is always seen sitting in a lawn chair all by himself.

This year, same as always. Notice the super old computer monitor in the window. And he always has shorts, black socks and a t-shirt.

Shirtless guy and his dog

This year he's back to his cut-off's. Even the dog's the same, with the crooked way it sits.

This kid is always in a great mood and looks so happy to see the parade.

Though it doesn't look like he's been out in the sun since last year.

These three area always sitting down by the river. And the one lady always has an interesting shirt on.

This year she's wearing a Kenny Rogers shirt. And the guy is still wearing his black velcro shoes.

The best cop in Redford.

Looking good this year too.

This was Mr. Big Mac 2010 - The Hamburgler

And this year's Mr. Big Mac - 2012 - Big Red. I'm guessing he's in charge of guarding the candy all the kids collect.

In 2010 this girl must have just been getting back from a soccer game.

This year, no soccer but still cat like reflexes.

I'm not sure what it says on her forehead, but there is definitely something written there in permanent magic marker.

The most disappointed family - 2012

Here's this guy with his stripey pants in 2010.

In 2012 he switched to jean shorts.

Typical parade watchers.

This was a group of people that usually sit in the same spot. The one guy had his pimp-cup back in 2010.

Not as many people there this year.

2012 Father of the Year. Pulling his daughter around to see the parade.

Someone needs to tell those girls that their matching sunglasses are big and uncool.

I thought that these two hippie guys looked related, maybe it was just the weird "einstein-like" hair.

Another family enjoying the parade in lawn chairs. The kid is sporting a sweet mullet.

Harikrishna kids. Although i didn't see their harikrishna parents, who obviously force their kids to dress like that and shave their heads.

Some random hippie stealing a painting.

He just kept on walking with his homemade shorts, high black socks and hippie headband.

Monkey harness from 2010.

And monkey harness 2012.

Kids excited to get some candy.

With the help of their parents direction.

This girl went for the cute and adorable angle, which seemed to work.

Here's the 2nd best Santa Claus at the parade.

This guy got 1st place. It's funny that they both have big white beards and both wear red shirts.

The long shorts club.

Whatever this is.

The guy in the middle looks extremly comfortable.

I always find it interesting when people are filming the parade. This was from 2010.

Apparently now people are filming it on their cell phones. As if two weeks later they are going to say, "Hey who wants to watch the Memorial Day Parade on my cell phone?"

See you next year.

Don't Say This - The Government Watch List

If you've ever thought that the US Government is watching what you do, you're right, they are. The Department of Homeland Security just releases a list of words that will that will trigger a high alert warning on their "watch system".
There's the typical words like "hostage" and "dirty bomb" but there are some weird ones too. Words like cloud, drill, response, crash, China, command, snow, pork, airport, electric, bridge, canceled...

So definitely don't go on Facebook and post "Hey everyone, my flight to China was canceled because of snow, so i'm sitting in the airport until i hear a response. But it's ok i'm playing a game of bridge on my electric tablet and eating a pork sandwich." Or the government will be watching you with one of these unmanned drone aircraft's.

Here's the official PDF document that the Department of Homeland Security released. And this chart reminds me of the Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode where Mac and Frank are having a color fight, arguing whether threat level orange or yellow is more terrifying.

And finally, here is the full list of words the government is on the look-out for.

Domestic Security Assassination Attack Domestic security Drill Exercise Cops Law enforcement Authorities Disaster assistance Disaster management DNDO (Domestic Nuclear Detection Office) National preparedness Mitigation Prevention Response Recovery Dirty bomb Domestic nuclear detection Emergency management Emergency response First responder Homeland security Maritime domain awareness (MDA) National preparedness initiative Militia Shooting Shots fired Evacuation Deaths Hostage Explosion (explosive) Police Disaster medical assistance team (DMAT) Organized crime Gangs National security State of emergency Security Breach Threat Standoff SWAT Screening Lockdown Bomb (squad or threat) Crash Looting Riot Emergency Landing Pipe bomb Incident Facility HAZMAT & Nuclear Hazmat Nuclear Chemical spill Suspicious package/device Toxic National laboratory Nuclear facility Nuclear threat Cloud Plume Radiation Radioactive Leak Biological infection (or event) Chemical Chemical burn Biological Epidemic Hazardous Hazardous material incident Industrial spill Infection Powder (white) Gas Spillover Anthrax Blister agent Chemical agent Exposure Burn Nerve agent Ricin Sarin North Korea Health Concern + H1N1 Outbreak Contamination Exposure Virus Evacuation Bacteria Recall Ebola Food Poisoning Foot and Mouth (FMD) H5N1 Avian Flu Salmonella Small Pox Plague Human to human Human to Animal Influenza Center for Disease Control (CDC) Drug Administration (FDA) Public Health Toxic Agro Terror Tuberculosis (TB) Agriculture Listeria Symptoms Mutation Resistant Antiviral Wave Pandemic Infection Water/air-borne Sick Swine Pork Strain Quarantine H1N1 Vaccine Tamiflu Norvo Virus Epidemic World Health Organization (WHO) (and components) Viral Hemorrhagic Fever E. Coli Infrastructure Security Infrastructure security Airport Airplane (and derivatives) Chemical fire CIKR (Critical Infrastructure& Key Resources) AMTRAK Collapse Computer infrastructure Communications infrastructure Telecommunications Critical infrastructure National infrastructure Metro WMATA Subway BART MARTA Port Authority NBIC (National Biosurveillance Integration Center) Transportation security Grid Power SmartBody scanner Electric Failure or outage Black out Brown out Port Dock Bridge Cancelled Delays Service disruption Power lines Southwest Border Violence Drug cartel Violence Gang Drug Narcotics Cocaine Marijuana Heroin Border Mexico Cartel

Southwest Juarez Sinaloa Tijuana Torreon Yuma Tucson Decapitated U.S. Consulate Consular El Paso Fort Hancock San Diego Ciudad Juarez Nogales Sonora Colombia Mara salvatrucha MS13 or MS-13 Drug war Mexican army Methamphetamine Cartel de Golfo Gulf Cartel La Familia Reynosa Nuevo Leon Narcos Narco banners (Spanish equivalents) Los Zetas Shootout Execution Gunfight Trafficking Kidnap Calderon Reyosa Bust Tamaulipas Meth Lab Drug trade Illegal immigrants Smuggling (smugglers) Matamoros Michoacana Guzman Arellano-Felix Beltran-Leyva Barrio Azteca Artistic Assassins Mexicles New Federation Terrorism Terrorism Al Qaeda (all spellings) Terror Attack Iraq Afghanistan Iran Pakistan Agro Environmental terrorist Eco terrorism Conventional weapon Target Weapons grade Dirty bomb Enriched Nuclear Chemical weapon Biological weapon Ammonium nitrate Improvised explosive device IED (Improvised Explosive Device) Abu Sayyaf Hamas FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces Colombia) IRA (Irish Republican Army) ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna) Basque Separatists Hezbollah Tamil Tigers PLF (Palestine Liberation Front) PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) Car bomb Jihad Taliban Weapons cache Suicide bomber Suicide attack Suspicious substance AQAP (AL Qaeda Arabian Peninsula) AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb) TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan) Yemen Pirates Extremism Somalia Nigeria Radicals Al-Shabaab Home grown Plot Nationalist Recruitment Fundamentalism Islamist Weather/Disaster/Emergency Emergency Hurricane Tornado Twister Tsunami Earthquake Tremor Flood Storm Crest Temblor Extreme weather Forest fire Brush fire Ice Stranded/Stuck Help Hail Wildfire Tsunami Warning Center Magnitude Avalanche Typhoon Shelter-in-place Disaster Snow Blizzard Sleet Mud slide or Mudslide Erosion Power outage Brown out Warning Watch Lightening Aid Relief Closure Interstate Burst Emergency Broadcast System Cyber Security Cyber security Botnet DDOS (dedicated denial of service) Denial of service Malware Virus Trojan Keylogger Cyber Command 2600 Spammer Phishing Rootkit Phreaking Cain and abel Brute forcing Mysql injection Cyber attack Cyber terror Hacker China Conficker Worm Scammers Social media