Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Tech
On my first trip to Australia, a friend of mine recommended a
piece of tech kit that I had to have the moment I saw it! I had a tablet, but
this tablet was like none I had ever seen…
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Slam?
No! It can’t be! The Olympics have been in the works for
years! Their solute to the NHS seems calculated to point-out that the US is the
only major industrialized nation that doesn’t care for all its citizens when
they are sick!
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| From Wikimedia via The Atlantic |
Friday, July 27, 2012
Faith-Politics/Politics-Faith
What an interesting world we live in. You have the right to
believe in whatever you want to. There is (at least in theory) in this country
a freedom of religion that allows you to believe anything you want. No matter what crazy bat-shit thing you
take into your head, it is theoretically your right to believe it.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Gymnastics
The Olympics Opening Ceremonies are not until tomorrow night
and already the US has a promising contender in Gymnastics: Willard “Mitt”
Romney is flipping and spinning with the best of them over there in London!Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Monday, Monday
How did I get so accustomed to the time so quickly!? It has
been five days since I had to count on the alarm waking me up. I do not get it!
Sunday, July 22, 2012
It’s A Lovely Weekend
Not everything is news and politics this weekend! Saturday was a lovely day, starting with the thunderstorm that watered the newly mown lawns. We had breakfast and coffee followed by cards and conversation. Yes, it was a lovely morning.
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Crackpots
I think I have seen this movie before:
Sen.
John Yerkes Iselin: No evasions,
Mister Secretary, no evasions if you please.
Secretary of Defense: Evasions? What the hell are you talking about?
Secretary of Defense: [whispering to Marco] What the hell is this nonsense?
Marco: [covering the microphones] Mister Secretary, I'm kind of new at this job, but I don't think it's good public relations to speak that way to a US Senator, even if he is an idiot.
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: I am United States Senator John Yerkes Iselin, and I have here a list of two hundred seven persons who are known by the Secretary of Defense as being members of the Communist Party!
Secretary of Defense: [amid shocked reaction from the crowd] What?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: Who nevertheless are still shaping the policy of the Defense Department!
Secretary of Defense: Senator who?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: I demand an answer, Mister Secretary! There will be no covering up, sir! No covering up!
Secretary of Defense: How did you get in here in the first place?
Secretary of Defense: Evasions? What the hell are you talking about?
Secretary of Defense: [whispering to Marco] What the hell is this nonsense?
Marco: [covering the microphones] Mister Secretary, I'm kind of new at this job, but I don't think it's good public relations to speak that way to a US Senator, even if he is an idiot.
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: I am United States Senator John Yerkes Iselin, and I have here a list of two hundred seven persons who are known by the Secretary of Defense as being members of the Communist Party!
Secretary of Defense: [amid shocked reaction from the crowd] What?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: Who nevertheless are still shaping the policy of the Defense Department!
Secretary of Defense: Senator who?
Sen. John Yerkes Iselin: I demand an answer, Mister Secretary! There will be no covering up, sir! No covering up!
Secretary of Defense: How did you get in here in the first place?
Friday, July 20, 2012
John Donne Is Anti-Business (And Anti-Island!)
In my continuing series of my predicting the news, I have
the following news flash, in front of a roaring crowd of teenagers forced to
read poetry, Willard “Mitt” Romney declared that John Donne is out-of-touch and
anti-business.
Tragic News
Thanks for people who have been emailing me this morning. My
home is clear the other side of town from the movie theatre where the shooting
took place and I am not there anyway. I am in Minnesota with my folks this
week.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
“…Its Founding Document!?”
Regardless of what you think of his politics, you have to
wonder about his grasp on history!
Mr. Willard “Mitt” Romney a crowd of TEA Party conservatives
the type of red-meat drivel they gobble-up without a care as to its veracity
yesterday in Pennsylvania. The disturbing thing is that neither he nor his
audience seems to care whether his comments are accurate. The ovation-inducing
lines were as follows:
“Let’s stop and think about the system of
government and what it tells us in our founding document, the Declaration of
Independence. It does not say that the government gave us our rights. It says
that God gave us our rights. They came with us not with Government.”
Despite the theological problems here (does he really believe
that our rights were given to us by a 6’4” white man living on a planet called
“Kobol?” Or is he saying that some other god – the God of your personal choice
– gave you the rights?); there is a fundamental (rather than fundamentalist)
issue with this statement.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Oh, My God! My Dog’s A Freak!
Whoosh! There it goes again, that streak of white shooting
past my window! Well, mostly white with a bit of black on either end! What the…
There it goes again! Ah!
Monday, July 16, 2012
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Sunrise
It is moments like this that make the travel the thrill it
is. There is nothing quite like the experience of travelling along and being
suddenly surprised with the sight of a beautiful sunrise.
Alarm Clock? What Alarm Clock!?
What a difference a sign makes! It is embarrassing; what
with the number of nights I spend on the road and the number of times I have
made this trip; that a little think like not seeing the sign would make such a
difference! The fact that that sign is on the interstate and is at a point east
of where I left the interstate is beside the point. I should have remembered it
was there and that I would have seen it by now had I not diverged from my usual
routes yesterday!
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Stopping For The Night
Saga is snoring at the foot of the bed in the hotel. It must
be tiring riding around in the kennel all day, occasionally whinging; as if
asking me when it will be time to stop. Perhaps this is a dogs way of repeating
“Are we there yet!?”
The Badlands
I assume that I must be in the Badlands National Park. If I
am not, then I am on the fringes thereof. The craggy mesas to the east and west
of the road and the dry, colorful valley floor are dead giveaways.
The Road Less Traveled By
What a gorgeous day for driving; even if I have very little
idea of where, exactly I am!
Departure
Perhaps it is just that I am getting older, but I no longer
am so hot and bothered about what time I get rolling when I leave on a trip.
There was a time that if I had found myself still sitting here in Lakewood at
five in the morning on departure day I would have been beside myself for not
having left “on time”
Friday, July 13, 2012
Being Productive
What a productive day – so far! It is early afternoon and I
have just returned home from the office. Early in – early out, lots done in
between! It sort of make the day productive… at least it makes it seem
productive!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Sunday, July 08, 2012
1.65”
More than an inch-and-a-half of rain fell into my rain gauge
this weekend. It is NICE to have the water! This is more rain than we had for
the entire month of June. The atmosphere is absolutely dripping out of the sky
this morning. It is nice and cool, and dark.
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Friday, July 06, 2012
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
Monday, July 02, 2012
Politics As Usual
How did it degenerate to this point? I used to be amused by
it, but it has worn a bit thin.
Sunday, July 01, 2012
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