politics

To my peeps back in Minnesota:

BACHMANN'S LEAVING?!!!!

Did anyone see this coming?  Y'all should have let us know.  Is she going to move back to Iowa, too?  Well, one miracle at a time, I guess.  As long as she doesn't move all the way here to Texas should she leave.  I'm sure some tea-bagger here would invite her and encourage her to run for something.  Well, I'll have a lot less eye-rolling to do with her NOT appearing on TV.  Even if she gets her own show on Fox (just wait for it) I'll miss that.  But, then, Lawrence O'donnell will have plenty of clips on his show, I'm pretty sure.
Anyway, it's good to see some more sanity being restored to our great state.

Self-defense Tip of the Week

I will try to have one of these simple things YOU can do to keep yourself safe every week.  Some are preventative, others are to help you in an actual attack; all of them involve plain common sense.

Tip #1:  Check your car     
 

When you park your car in a lot, or anywhere out in the open, walk completely around the vehicle before you get in, in case someone may be hiding in order to attack you when you open the door.  This is important if you have your hands full, because we often get distracted when putting items into the back seat or the trunk of the car.

ban this machine

Today I have an example of Evil Incarnate.  Not since the leaf blower has a more wasteful and unnecessary device been invented, manufactured, and then foisted upon humanity, surely to overwhelm all of Planet Earth.  Its never-ending assault upon the world has been lauded as super-convenient, and to the unsuspecting man and woman this will lead to the destruction of many ecosystems on Earth, and humans will gladly do so because it is convenient.  It is:

The Keurig - Satan's Coffee Machine

Simply by virtue of the little, wasteful, single-serve cups we humans have found a new way to overwhelm landfills and pollute as many places as possible.  I guess styrofoam cups aren't enough.  Now we get to use these, which are not recyclable nor are they biodegradable.  And they're expensive.

There is enough environmental degradation happening already without millions of K-cups being added to the mix.  Until they come up with a 100% biodegradable cup that becomes mandatory for all single-serve machines these should be BANNED!!

Whatever happened to making a pot of coffee?

natural art

These are some funky, weird clouds.  They almost don't look real.  If you ever see them, pause a little while and appreciate them; they're not all that common.

 Asperatus clouds

Mammatus clouds

Asperatus clouds are called that because they look like agitated waves.

Mammatus clouds are so-named because they look like boobs hanging down from the sky.  Every 8th grade boy's favorite cloud type.  

Bug 'o' the Day

Goliath Beetle

A big friggin' bug.  I think these were appetizers in the "Temple of Doom" dinner scene.  Goliaths are the largest of the insects (BTW that is not my hand; I found this pic on a site called indulgy.com).  Mythbusters did a show where they looked at the myth of a guy on a motorcycle that got killed after being hit by a bug.  According to them, if the myth was true, this was the killer (I have my doubts).

space chicks are so hot

I can't wait 'til we go into space if the girls look like her....

The BSA

Years ago when I was an adult leader in a Scout troop, we took some boys to the World Jamboree in Canada.  In a number of European countries (Sweden and Czechoslovakia come to mind) their scouting programs included both boys and girls.  Not that anything happened (and not that I would have known), but you can well imagine all sorts of behavior that could go on between the sexes if they had it the same way in this country.

It would be interesting to find out from the homophobes in and out of Scouting - and obviously opposed to the recent BSA descision - what they think about what I experienced at that Jamboree.  Just imagine how many adult leaders would cross the line or how many boys/girls would use a Scout troop as a dating club.

I've heard that the Girl Scouts admits members that are homosexual (not sure about the leadership), and they don't seem to have the same issues the boys do.  Well, it appears that the adults have the problems with it more than the boys do.

The Boy Scouts is a great organization, and with the right leadership it will continue to be.