Glenn Beck is an Alien

I mean he must be, right?  Something like the Terminator robot that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger... he's a machine!  I've heard, and assume that it's true, that he does eat -- but does he sleep?

I doubt it.

How can any NORMAL person do the prep and host a three hour radio program -- plus the prep and host an hour long TV show?  Sure he has a staff of assistants, but I can't imagine he's asleep in the corner while they do all the work.

Then there is books.  He reads them all the time... "Last night I was reading the latest..." he'll say often on the radio.  And he not only reads... he writes books to!  I read this just yesterday:  "The Overton Window is Beck's sixth number-one
bestseller. According to his publisher, Simon & Schuster, he has previously reached the top spot with An Inconvenient Book, The Christmas Sweater, Glenn Beck's Common Sense, Arguing With Idiots, and the children's version of The Christmas Sweater."

Six number one best sellers?!  Glenn Beck must be an alien.

Additionally besides radio, TV and books -- he does tours.  Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck hit the road together this past January on the “Bold and Fresh Tour.”  He has done his "Christmas Sweater" show.  And now he has recently started the "American Revival" tour.

He's a married man.  Got the wife and kids, goes to church on Sunday's.  I understand he drives a Chevrolet and I bet he eats apple pie too.  Does way too much to be just a 'regular' Joe.

So there's the proof: Glenn Beck is an alien.

But, there is another possibility.  Maybe he is so committed to what he believes in that he doesn't need that much sleep.  Maybe he feels that our time to make changes to restore this great country of ours to it's once high position in the world again, is short and he has to do all he can.  Maybe he feels an unspoken mandate or mission from God himself.

Nah, he's an alien.

1956 Chevrolet Nomad and other Dream Cars

There are a number of reasons why this is my favorite classic car or 'hot rod'.  Number one, this car is an absolute beauty.  Closely followed by the fact that I was born in 1956.  Also, if you look closely -- you'll notice that the chrome piece extending down from the band of red behind the door, follows the natural lines of the unique door only the Nomads have.  Check the '55 or '57 Nomads and you'll notice that this unique feature is ignored.  Unfortunately I have never owned the '56 Nomad.  But I did own, for a few short months, a 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air.

While receiving Air Force technical training in Denver at Lowry AFB in 1975, I happened upon a '56 Chevy Bel Air at a small dealership on one of the main drags near the base.  I was currently driving a 1962 Chevrolet Impala convertible.  It was white with a white top and red interior.  It had the 327 cu. in. engine Duntov solid lifter cam version that produced 340 hp with single Carter 4-barrel, a fuel line that was as big around as your thumb and a 2 speed automatic transmission.  When you floored this baby and it shifted from first to second... it was like going into Warp drive -- no kidding!  I'm amazed to see 6 and 7 speed automatics that are available today.

However, I was growing tired of the '62 Impala especially since the convertible roof was leaking and what 19 year old kid doesn't tire of a car he's had for 2-3 months already?

So I traded in the Impala and got the '56 Bel Air.  It didn't look EXACTLY like the one above -- but it was close.  The same Bel Air two-tone paint scheme and colors.  It was a hard top with a red and white interior.  Someone had taken out the two-speed automatic and replace it with a 4-speed Hurst shifter tranny.  The engine was the 265 cu. in. V-8 that Chevrolet had introduced the year before.  But, mine was the Power Pack option.  The engine included a four-barrel Rochester, dual exhaust and was conservatively rated at 180 hp.


But, it had a few problems.  The power steering pump leaked... badly.  It needed to be filled almost daily.  The battery was weak and I had to get my buddies to give me a push so I could pop the clutch and start it in the morning.


Then it had some problems at highway speeds.


One was the transmission would pop out of 4th gear when ever it felt like it.  That was fun.  Then above 50 mph the front end would shake and you'd have numb hands holding the steering wheel after a few minutes.  Checking with a mechanic, the front end needed around $300 of work.  I know, not that much for today.  But, I was making about $500 - $600 a month in those days.


I SHOULD have kept it and limped it to my next assignment in South Dakota, fixed it up and had a really cool and classic car today.  But... I didn't.  Hindsight is 20/20.


(Note: I tried to fix the last 5 paragraphs a half dozen times -- damn Blogger sometimes!)