These are the things that scamper through my lil' brain; catch them and let them make you smile a-while, and then let them go freely on their way a-gain... Ernest S. B. Boston
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2015-12-25
No Know Bernie
2015-12-14
Our New Furry Friend, Pepper
2015-11-17
Novembernados
2015-11-06
Texas Gas Non-Service, A Division of nONE Gas
UPDATE: I watched the serviceman from the gas company reconnect my gas service. I discovered something(s) interesting.
Not only had they gone to the simple trouble of turning the supply valve before the meter to the OFF position and locking it, they had also temporarily loosened up the gas meter and had put a PLUG in the exit side of the meter! THEN after he had put everything back together and checked it for leaks, he painted the entire piping from where it exits and enters the ground on each side of the meter all the way back to the meter. I asked him why they did that (to a line the looked freshly painted already) and he said it was for corrosion prevention. But I think it is also a measure to check for tampering with the piping connections (!) in the future.
2015-10-29
Paha Sapa Weeped for Me
2015-10-28
AIG As Three Vowels
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is calling for the company AIG to split up into 3 companies. At first I thought, "That would be easy, just call the new companies 'A', 'I', and 'G'. But it gets a bit complicated, because the G of AIG stands for 'Group', and if you are going to Ungroup the company then the new names would be A, I, and U. But based on the amount of money involved with the federal government bailing out AIG during the recent financial crisis, they should call them I O U.
2015-09-29
At the Corner of Jess-less & Kermit
2015-09-20
The Queen of Alaska and an IQ Test Request
2015-08-30
Did You Ask Jesus To Fix Your Frig?
2015-08-29
No Google, Kasich Didn't Say That!!!
2015-08-27
Cars, Starring Hugh Laurie, Playing In My Head
2015-08-26
Dear Roger Ailes
Why Did The Honey Bee Cross The Road? No, Sorry, Wrong Joke, Which Came First, Bee vs Honey
2015-08-23
Cooper Votes
2015-08-05
Five Inches of Canine Confusion
Because my Cooper is getting older he is having a harder time climbing up on the bed. So I lowered it down about five inches by removing the metal framework.
Now it is the same height as the couch in the livingroom which he has no problems with getting onto. BUT he is confused about the bed. He doesn't seem to understand what has happened and he won't just jump up on it. He has complained loudly about it. We spent about an hour trying to help him. He did 'crawl' onto it once with Tamie helping him, it was hilarious, but then couldn't figure it out again. He finally gave up and slept on the floor. He even SAW me remove the metal frame.
Old dogs, old tricks.
At least I got to enjoy watching Tamie make running and jumping examples for the dog.
Old women, old tricks.
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If three beers a day wiLL get you to age 110, I am wondering if a 6-pack wiLL let you reach 220.
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I saw a headline:
Massachusetts Mayor Calls Bobby Jindal The 'Gomer Pyle' of Politics
I thought this was very unfair to Gomer Pyle.
Plus Ted Cruz trying to make bacon with a machine gun. Only Rachel Maddow pointed out that it wasn't a machine gun, it was a semi-automatic.
2015-08-02
T Rump, The Lizard King
Hahahaha, oh, I love my new word.
Insomnia, Outsomnia
Withinsomnia, Withoutsomnia
For the first time in weeks I didn't wake up at 3 AM.
I woke up at 10:30 PM and stayed awake until 3 AM.
I am not sure I am making progress.
Yesterday was a very sad day and this is going to be a tough week. We lost a special friend, one of our cosmetology renters, passed away. I enjoyed her very much. I always looked forward to our chats and laughter on Friday afternoons. She cared for so many people in life and was a grand example for all.
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We have received a ridiculous amount of rain this year. We are at about 24 inches so far when we should have received 12 and after about a decade of drought, especially the final three years of it were scorchers, ending about 15 months ago.
With the help of rain barrels I have been able to water my vineyard entirely with rain water. I am about 3/4 finished harvesting my grapes. Its my first harvest with a significant yield on 3 out of 4 plants. I am not sure why the grapes are tiny on the southwest plant, the largest plant.
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The new head of the DEA says that marijuana is less dangerous than heroin. He used the word 'probably'!!!
DUH !!!!!
I hate drugs.
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I will be glad when The Donald is gone. He is such an evil mental imbecile. He has taken megalomania to a whole new level I call gigalomania, which is appropriate as the prefix 'giga' means billion.
He can't even admit that he has said something that he clearly said, "John McCain is not a war hero." He has this bizarre word algebra where he thinks that saying the opposite statement (sarcastically) four times will negate the original saying. He only said the positive statement because the moderator had instantly chided him AND the audience began to boo him.
IF he was running for president and doing exactly the same things and saying the exact things WITHOUT the billions of dollars of wealth and previous celebrity status NO ONE would be listening to him.
His only agenda seems to be building a Mexican wall, bombing ISIS so he can steal their oil and hiring the idiot Palin, the younger female version of his brain for his cabinet. All this while hiring hundreds of immigrants in the past for his empire when he makes all these job creating claims for Americans. He doesn't even seem to be able to properly value his business empire with estimates scattered over a huge range.
The United States deserves someone far better than this to be the president.
2015-05-15
We Should Rename It Tennes-Three
(RIACH: Reindeer In A Cup Holder)
2015-05-10
Spring Brings Fling
2015-05-03
After A While A Crocodile Will Smile
2015-04-20
Poles
Poles
I Think That I shall never see
A pole lovely as a Tree
A pole wiTh a horizonTal 2 by 4 aT iTs cresT
Upon iT insulaTors where wires can resT
A pole thaT poinTs direcTly up aT God all day
Unless a weak foundaTion has made iT sway
A pole That may someTimes protecTively wear
A poisonous Tar coaTing To make insecTs beware
And cables To carry The currenT we all need
To give our appliances such whirring speed
And provide The power They conTinue To do
Unless a massive sTorm snaps The wires in Two
Poems are made by me when I geT silly
BuT a power pole is made by a sawmilly
(Poem structure based on 'Trees' by Joyce Kilmer, 1913)
Poetry Link: The Next Poem in My Blog