They just asked: "What do Neil Armstrong's space suit and Dorothy's ruby slippers have in common?"
My answer: "They're both fake."
We will see what BS they come up with.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Canción de los año
I'm living in the weirdest dream
Where nothing is the way it seemsWhere nothing seems that real to me
How can we build our lives upon
No wall of stone, no solid ground
The world is spinning endlessly
We're clinging to our own beliefs!
Born of frustration
BORN OF FRUSTRATION!
BORN OF FRUSTRATION!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Welcome to the world of tomorrow!
China smog shuts schools and roads
Smog chokes China's northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, forcing schools and highways to shut and disrupting flights.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24579101
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Smog chokes China's northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, forcing schools and highways to shut and disrupting flights.
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24579101
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These Cats Are Mules: Kitties Smuggle Goods Into Prisons
These Cats Are Mules: Kitties Smuggle Goods Into Prisons
by Mark Memmott
NPR - October 21, 2013
January:...
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Enjoying a new book
"When you destroy a house of cards you have a view of reality that is no longer obstructed by illusions."
- Peter Boghossian
- Peter Boghossian
Saturday, October 19, 2013
0 Dark Thirty
Update: 0150
Pandora was being good to me and I felt relaxed for a bit, but the volume of the crowds continued to rise, and rise, and rise. Then, a wretched crying sound came from the neighboring tent. Katy asked if it was one of ours. We had a blue on blue situation.
Katy notified the proper authorities that their spawn had awoken bawling at the hunters moon.
People wandered about aimlessly for what seemed an eternity. In the bustle, I decide to pee. The hunters moon is positioned to peek right through the sliver of a window in the rainfly anyway.
Damn, the foot hurts. Make a quick jaunt to the toilets, hoping it is the last such trip of the evening. If it isn't, the water bottle will do in a pinch.
It is then that I get another dose of the whole "not real" deal: I get back to the tent and settled, put my earphones back on, and Pandora is playing Sleep by Azure Ray: "I can't sleep . . . . I can't sleep . . . "
My foot is going into that nice dull pain phase.
5.5 hours to sunrise. I wonder if there is anything good on netflix . . . .
Pandora was being good to me and I felt relaxed for a bit, but the volume of the crowds continued to rise, and rise, and rise. Then, a wretched crying sound came from the neighboring tent. Katy asked if it was one of ours. We had a blue on blue situation.
Katy notified the proper authorities that their spawn had awoken bawling at the hunters moon.
People wandered about aimlessly for what seemed an eternity. In the bustle, I decide to pee. The hunters moon is positioned to peek right through the sliver of a window in the rainfly anyway.
Damn, the foot hurts. Make a quick jaunt to the toilets, hoping it is the last such trip of the evening. If it isn't, the water bottle will do in a pinch.
It is then that I get another dose of the whole "not real" deal: I get back to the tent and settled, put my earphones back on, and Pandora is playing Sleep by Azure Ray: "I can't sleep . . . . I can't sleep . . . "
My foot is going into that nice dull pain phase.
5.5 hours to sunrise. I wonder if there is anything good on netflix . . . .
Blue ridge nightmare - day 1
At first, I lay in the tent with the iPod shuffle playing my favorite songs by Tom Morello and James, knowing that quiet time means nothing of the sort.
In comes Katy at long last, huddling into our mountaineering tent designed for exactly two people. Sure, two average people. If I straighten out my feet and head touch both sides. The tent is cozy, though, particularly on cool nights in the mountains.
After she lies down I decide to take in some of the natural sounds, foolishly thinking that the sounds pervading the woods in Greenbrier state park would be of the relaxing, natural sort. What greeted my ears, however, was more of a symphony of annoyance. There were crickets, yes, balanced almost perfectly with the ebbing and swelling din of highway traffic less than a mile away.
And intermixed with those is a random smattering of muffled conversation, snoring, and people tripping loudly in the dark on their way to the toilet. You know, nature.
It's almost like home.
Except at home, there's a mattress. A nice one at that. There aren't rocks providing barely discernible pressure points at random locations across my body, not quite uncomfortable but you know they're there. And just as you are about to sleep you find the need to roll over and start the maddening cycle again in a different position.
I will say that the diner three miles down the road will come in handy. I may just rise early and head on over for a cup of coffee and some flapjacks. There was a bar across the street from the entrance of the park. I find this amusing, as alcoholic beverages are prohibited in the park. Too bad I am at the beginning of a six week dry spell, otherwise I would have popped in to show those bikers how to drink and then stumbled my way to the camp site.
Tomorrow's hike will be somewhat more challenging than originally intended. The Orifici's are good at setting booby traps, one of which destroyed my right ankle, leaving a blunt trauma that broke the skin. Then, another trap was deviously set with a tent next to my truck in the dark in an attempt to destroy my other foot while we unpacked. The way it feels now, not sure I can make the hike, which will leave even more time for my least favorite activity: socializing.
My hands are cold. I'm going to not sleep . . .
In comes Katy at long last, huddling into our mountaineering tent designed for exactly two people. Sure, two average people. If I straighten out my feet and head touch both sides. The tent is cozy, though, particularly on cool nights in the mountains.
After she lies down I decide to take in some of the natural sounds, foolishly thinking that the sounds pervading the woods in Greenbrier state park would be of the relaxing, natural sort. What greeted my ears, however, was more of a symphony of annoyance. There were crickets, yes, balanced almost perfectly with the ebbing and swelling din of highway traffic less than a mile away.
And intermixed with those is a random smattering of muffled conversation, snoring, and people tripping loudly in the dark on their way to the toilet. You know, nature.
It's almost like home.
Except at home, there's a mattress. A nice one at that. There aren't rocks providing barely discernible pressure points at random locations across my body, not quite uncomfortable but you know they're there. And just as you are about to sleep you find the need to roll over and start the maddening cycle again in a different position.
I will say that the diner three miles down the road will come in handy. I may just rise early and head on over for a cup of coffee and some flapjacks. There was a bar across the street from the entrance of the park. I find this amusing, as alcoholic beverages are prohibited in the park. Too bad I am at the beginning of a six week dry spell, otherwise I would have popped in to show those bikers how to drink and then stumbled my way to the camp site.
Tomorrow's hike will be somewhat more challenging than originally intended. The Orifici's are good at setting booby traps, one of which destroyed my right ankle, leaving a blunt trauma that broke the skin. Then, another trap was deviously set with a tent next to my truck in the dark in an attempt to destroy my other foot while we unpacked. The way it feels now, not sure I can make the hike, which will leave even more time for my least favorite activity: socializing.
My hands are cold. I'm going to not sleep . . .
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
Too bad - call your congressman!
The Republican representative in the story below wants the USDA to declare the workers that support his constituents as essential, so they can work for free to clean up the mess in his state while he can head back to Washington and continue the fight against big government.
That kind of hypocrisy is so good it has to be fattening!
I think the title should be changed to: "Republican Representative Advocates Slavery for S.D. Post-Blizzard Cleanup"
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Shutdown Hinders S.D. Post-Blizzard Cleanup
by Charles Michael Ray
SDPB - October 14, 2013
A freak October blizzard earlier this month killed tens of thousands of cattle in South Dakota....
Mark the moment
This could be the year that history books in the future will cite as the year that America's decline became readily apparent:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-debt-crisis-spurs-chinese-calls-for-de-americanized-world/2013/10/14/8c459486-34d1-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story.html?hpid=z1
That's what happens when you build your house on a foundation of bullshit. Guess we'll have to add the phrase "full faith and credit of the United States" to the other meaningless, blatantly false phrases we the people are so very dear of, such as:http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-debt-crisis-spurs-chinese-calls-for-de-americanized-world/2013/10/14/8c459486-34d1-11e3-be86-6aeaa439845b_story.html?hpid=z1
All men are equal
The press is free
Freedom of speech
Your vote counts
The American Dream
Speaking of the American Dream, this is a great time to watch George Carlin to get a sliver of truth in a world full of lies:
http://shoqvalue.com/george-carlin-on-the-american-dream-with-transcript/
http://shoqvalue.com/george-carlin-on-the-american-dream-with-transcript/
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Loggin
A great workout. At one point I was emitting a steam aura from every pore in the damp weather.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Friday, October 4, 2013
Tibetan craze really "catches" on . . . . Fire
I found the following story on the NPR iPad App
Man Sets Himself On Fire On The National Mall
by Eyder Peralta
NPR - October 4, 2013
What has already been a strange and scary work week in the nation's capital, came to a close with a shocking incident on the National Mall: For reasons we don't yet know, witnesses say a man doused himself with gasoline and then set himself on fire.Thursday, October 3, 2013
Out of the darkness
Highly recommend all listen to "California's dark" by Tom Morello.
Excerpt:
"It'll start with a spark . . . and a great fire will grow
Don't know how I know it man . . . . yeah, but I just know
There's a riot on Sunset.
And fires in the park
The sun sets everywhere
And the whole damn country's done . . . . "
Excerpt:
"It'll start with a spark . . . and a great fire will grow
Don't know how I know it man . . . . yeah, but I just know
There's a riot on Sunset.
And fires in the park
The sun sets everywhere
And the whole damn country's done . . . . "
Please continue
I need an unpaid vacation but my agency doesn't run out of money until next Tuesday.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
BBC News: Pressure to abolish Ireland's senate
Well, I will admit that the Irish have one thing right:
Pressure to abolish Ireland's senate
Cynicism about politicians in general may be informing voters in Ireland ahead of a referendum on abolishing the country's senate, the BBC's Vincent Dowd reports.
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24365201
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Pressure to abolish Ireland's senate
Cynicism about politicians in general may be informing voters in Ireland ahead of a referendum on abolishing the country's senate, the BBC's Vincent Dowd reports.
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24365201
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Canada time?
Twenty ex-Americans
The Magazine feature on the number of expat Americans renouncing their US citizenship due to tax filing requirements prompted a huge response from readers. Here are 20 of their stories.
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24338387
The Magazine feature on the number of expat Americans renouncing their US citizenship due to tax filing requirements prompted a huge response from readers. Here are 20 of their stories.
Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24338387
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