I wanted to post just a simple quote today...other than expound on things already said.
I feel this quote says it all much better than I could , even if I wrote all day.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain
See what I mean?
Now let's get a fresh cup of coffee, my friend.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
My Roomies Are Under Attack...!
Normally, I'm a pretty easy going guy!
I don't like trouble, and will go out of my way to avoid it. However, this last week a couple of incidents have happened that really makes me angry!
Those of you that have been reading here for a while know that the two "roomies" are Siamese kittens...well, cats now...that I got when they were very young. They are a constant source of amusement and a lot of company.
Now, the boys like to stay outside at night and , if the weather is nice, they spend a lot of the day outside as well. You have never seen two more people friendly cats than these two. Both seem to love being around people, and will keep me company while I'm outside. They also are really good about helping out the nephew, Cygnus, in his garden. In fact, the largest of the two (Smokey) seems to have adopted the nephew as a second owner.
Anyway, a couple of days ago Smokey came home with a bloody spot with a large knot on it located on his right flank. It was very similar to a gunshot wound. It had no exit point, just the knot. Some time in the next two days, Smokey opened the wound enough to get rid of whatever was causing the knot and had cleaned the wound very well. He would not let me help with it, and it started healing almost immediately.
Yesterday, the smaller of the two (C.B. , short for cry baby) came home with almost an identical wound located in the same spot as his brother! Same size and location, but this time there was no knot and the wound was still bleeding. I cleaned it and put medicine on it as much as he would allow. Because C.B. is a lot smaller than his brother, the wound had more of a negative affect on him and he favored that side when getting petted. However, the wound seems to be healing OK.
What bothers me the most about this whole thing, is the fact that both of the wounds appear to be some sort of hole caused by something like a pellet from an air gun. My thinking on this is re-enforced by the fact that both wounds are located in about the same spot on both cats. Almost as though an inexperienced shooter was sighting at them while they were walking and did not know enough to lead them. Good thing, or else the wounds would have been a lot worse, if not fatal!
Now, I know that both the roomies are lucky, as I suspect the number of handguns in this neighborhood, given the makeup of the population, is probably quite large! Don't believe me? Ask anyone that has ever been in a neighborhood like this one on the 4th of July, New Years Eve, or Cinco De Mayo...you'll understand what I mean very quickly!
Now, there are only a few things that can really set me off to the extent that I want to do bodily harm to someone on the spot! Some things should NOT have to be taken care of by the courts , but should be handled by the families or friends of the victims. That's just my opinion, and like it or not...that's just the way I feel! These two people loving animals are both my friends, and part of my family!
So, let this be fair warning to any and all of the folks in my area, or any other area for that matter...
Hurt a child, ANY child, out of meanness or for profit, physically or mentally... and YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!
Hurt a woman, ANY woman, out of meanness or for profit, physically or mentally...and YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!
Hurt an animal, ANY animal, out of meanness or for profit...and YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!
If I get to you first, then the punishment will be handled by yours truly! It will be done in such a way that you will be introduced to a level of pain that you cannot even imagine at this point of your life! Believe me!
If you are introduced to your Maker before I can get to you, I'm sure that you will be taken care of in a very satisfactory fashion as well ! If I were you, I would opt for this option, again... believe me!
Now, with all of that being said, I invite you to join me in a fresh, hot cup of coffee! Oh, and don't mind the cats, my friend! They just like being around people!
I don't like trouble, and will go out of my way to avoid it. However, this last week a couple of incidents have happened that really makes me angry!
Those of you that have been reading here for a while know that the two "roomies" are Siamese kittens...well, cats now...that I got when they were very young. They are a constant source of amusement and a lot of company.
Now, the boys like to stay outside at night and , if the weather is nice, they spend a lot of the day outside as well. You have never seen two more people friendly cats than these two. Both seem to love being around people, and will keep me company while I'm outside. They also are really good about helping out the nephew, Cygnus, in his garden. In fact, the largest of the two (Smokey) seems to have adopted the nephew as a second owner.
Anyway, a couple of days ago Smokey came home with a bloody spot with a large knot on it located on his right flank. It was very similar to a gunshot wound. It had no exit point, just the knot. Some time in the next two days, Smokey opened the wound enough to get rid of whatever was causing the knot and had cleaned the wound very well. He would not let me help with it, and it started healing almost immediately.
Yesterday, the smaller of the two (C.B. , short for cry baby) came home with almost an identical wound located in the same spot as his brother! Same size and location, but this time there was no knot and the wound was still bleeding. I cleaned it and put medicine on it as much as he would allow. Because C.B. is a lot smaller than his brother, the wound had more of a negative affect on him and he favored that side when getting petted. However, the wound seems to be healing OK.
What bothers me the most about this whole thing, is the fact that both of the wounds appear to be some sort of hole caused by something like a pellet from an air gun. My thinking on this is re-enforced by the fact that both wounds are located in about the same spot on both cats. Almost as though an inexperienced shooter was sighting at them while they were walking and did not know enough to lead them. Good thing, or else the wounds would have been a lot worse, if not fatal!
Now, I know that both the roomies are lucky, as I suspect the number of handguns in this neighborhood, given the makeup of the population, is probably quite large! Don't believe me? Ask anyone that has ever been in a neighborhood like this one on the 4th of July, New Years Eve, or Cinco De Mayo...you'll understand what I mean very quickly!
Now, there are only a few things that can really set me off to the extent that I want to do bodily harm to someone on the spot! Some things should NOT have to be taken care of by the courts , but should be handled by the families or friends of the victims. That's just my opinion, and like it or not...that's just the way I feel! These two people loving animals are both my friends, and part of my family!
So, let this be fair warning to any and all of the folks in my area, or any other area for that matter...
Hurt a child, ANY child, out of meanness or for profit, physically or mentally... and YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!
Hurt a woman, ANY woman, out of meanness or for profit, physically or mentally...and YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!
Hurt an animal, ANY animal, out of meanness or for profit...and YOU WILL BE PUNISHED!
If I get to you first, then the punishment will be handled by yours truly! It will be done in such a way that you will be introduced to a level of pain that you cannot even imagine at this point of your life! Believe me!
If you are introduced to your Maker before I can get to you, I'm sure that you will be taken care of in a very satisfactory fashion as well ! If I were you, I would opt for this option, again... believe me!
Now, with all of that being said, I invite you to join me in a fresh, hot cup of coffee! Oh, and don't mind the cats, my friend! They just like being around people!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Some Thoughts On Wisdom...
To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
Akhenaton
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Doug Larson
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
Herb Caen
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
Mary Wilson Little
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
Josh Billings
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Juvenal
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Tom Wilson
Now I think the wise thing to do is for us to get another cup of coffee my friend!
Akhenaton
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Doug Larson
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
Herb Caen
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
Mary Wilson Little
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.
Josh Billings
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
Juvenal
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Tom Wilson
Now I think the wise thing to do is for us to get another cup of coffee my friend!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Time For A Little Saturday Silliness...
This is something mainly for the kiddies...or maybe for the kid in all of us!
I was going to write something about the escalating trouble brewing between Japan and North Korea, or maybe the latest financial fiasco of the Government, or the further collapse of the sanity of the so called leaders of our country...but instead I thought maybe we could just take time to blank out the reality of everyday madness.
Just for the briefest of moments, let's all go back to a time when we enjoyed the ignorance and bliss of childhood, when our biggest problems could be banished with a 3 minute cartoon, and the rest of the day seemed better for it!
I have a feeling the problems we have facing us will still be here after we take a small break...so sit back, grab a fresh cup, and relax for a couple of minutes! OK? OK!
Have a good day, my friends! The coffee is on me!
I was going to write something about the escalating trouble brewing between Japan and North Korea, or maybe the latest financial fiasco of the Government, or the further collapse of the sanity of the so called leaders of our country...but instead I thought maybe we could just take time to blank out the reality of everyday madness.
Just for the briefest of moments, let's all go back to a time when we enjoyed the ignorance and bliss of childhood, when our biggest problems could be banished with a 3 minute cartoon, and the rest of the day seemed better for it!
I have a feeling the problems we have facing us will still be here after we take a small break...so sit back, grab a fresh cup, and relax for a couple of minutes! OK? OK!
Have a good day, my friends! The coffee is on me!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Crazy But Not Stupid...!
Let me tell you a little story this morning...
No, not like the last one. This one will have a proper ending to it! Trust me...
It seems there was a traveler driving down a country road about 10 miles outside of town. He noticed that the front end of the car started to shimmy and shake badly so decided to pull over and check it out.
He pulled over right next to a tall metal fence that seemed to surround the beautifully kept grounds of a mental hospital.
Walking around to the front of the car, he noticed that all of the lug nuts had come off of the right front tire. Although the tire was still good, he knew he couldn't drive the car in it's present state. The traveler stood there shaking his head, not knowing just what to do.
Standing on the other side of the fence, a patient was watching as the traveler, mumbling to himself, walked around and around the car trying to come up with a solution to his problem.
Finally the patient spoke up, asking "Do you mind if I make a little suggestion?" Startled, the traveler said " No, not at all. What is your suggestion?"
"Well, I noticed that you're missing all of the lug nuts on just one tire, right?" The traveler said "That's correct." The patient asked "Why don't you take one lug nut from each of the remaining 3 tires and place them on the front tire that has none. That will allow you to drive slowly into town where you can have the tire fixed properly."
Stunned, the traveler looked at the patient for the longest time and finally said "That's absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much!" As he turned back to the car, he stopped and facing the patient again asked " Say, how is it that here I am on this side of the fence and free, yet couldn't figure out this problem...and there you are on the inside of the fence, a patient of a mental hospital , and figured it out rather quickly?"
The patient just smiled a knowing smile and said "I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid!"
The point of this story is just to show how the traveler is a lot like most of the public that we sometimes call "sheeple". They realize that there is a problem with the way things are, but are totally dumbfounded about what to do.
The patient is representative of the prepping community. We see the problem, and even though we are considered a bit crazy by a lot of the so called "normal" world, we have some of the answers to reducing the negative effects, if folks would only ask.
After all, we may be a little "crazy", but we are NOT stupid! Now, how about a fresh cup of coffee, my friend?
No, not like the last one. This one will have a proper ending to it! Trust me...
It seems there was a traveler driving down a country road about 10 miles outside of town. He noticed that the front end of the car started to shimmy and shake badly so decided to pull over and check it out.
He pulled over right next to a tall metal fence that seemed to surround the beautifully kept grounds of a mental hospital.
Walking around to the front of the car, he noticed that all of the lug nuts had come off of the right front tire. Although the tire was still good, he knew he couldn't drive the car in it's present state. The traveler stood there shaking his head, not knowing just what to do.
Standing on the other side of the fence, a patient was watching as the traveler, mumbling to himself, walked around and around the car trying to come up with a solution to his problem.
Finally the patient spoke up, asking "Do you mind if I make a little suggestion?" Startled, the traveler said " No, not at all. What is your suggestion?"
"Well, I noticed that you're missing all of the lug nuts on just one tire, right?" The traveler said "That's correct." The patient asked "Why don't you take one lug nut from each of the remaining 3 tires and place them on the front tire that has none. That will allow you to drive slowly into town where you can have the tire fixed properly."
Stunned, the traveler looked at the patient for the longest time and finally said "That's absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much!" As he turned back to the car, he stopped and facing the patient again asked " Say, how is it that here I am on this side of the fence and free, yet couldn't figure out this problem...and there you are on the inside of the fence, a patient of a mental hospital , and figured it out rather quickly?"
The patient just smiled a knowing smile and said "I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid!"
The point of this story is just to show how the traveler is a lot like most of the public that we sometimes call "sheeple". They realize that there is a problem with the way things are, but are totally dumbfounded about what to do.
The patient is representative of the prepping community. We see the problem, and even though we are considered a bit crazy by a lot of the so called "normal" world, we have some of the answers to reducing the negative effects, if folks would only ask.
After all, we may be a little "crazy", but we are NOT stupid! Now, how about a fresh cup of coffee, my friend?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
A Milestone Of Sorts...
Hard to believe, but I have made a total of 506 post as of yesterday...
My very first post was on 11/17/07. It's hard to believe it's been that long! I have learned a lot during the time that I've been blogging, and I've met a lot of really nice folks.
You know, it's a funny thing about something like a blog. After you do it for a while, it sort of seems to take on a life of it's own...a personality, of sorts. If for some reason I don't post, I almost feel bad.
It's true that a lot of the post I put up are frivolous and have no meaning. That's the desperation of someone that has a total block on a prevalent topic to expound upon. On those times, I tried to find some way to be entertaining, albeit somewhat shallow in content. For those times, I ask for your forgiveness and hope that you will overlook them.
If I don't dwell on the pitiful and sorry state of the political situation very often, it isn't because I don't notice. Believe me, I do. However, others can voice the concerns that we all feel far better than I. All I can do is to voice my concerns when something is so blatantly stupid, it reeks!
I consider myself a proud new-comer of the Prepping community and I follow the blogs of many more experienced people in this field. Most of them are very common sense folks, and I can relate to the content they share with us all. I would invite you to look at the links to the left and take time to look over these blogs, as I have learned a lot of very useful information from them.
To everyone that comes by daily, and those that only come by once in a while...I thank you for the visits and the comments. Many of you have almost become like family, many of you have become very real friends, and for all of that I can't thank you enough!
Now before this turns into a mushy, silly sounding post...I would like to say again "Thank you!"
Now, what do you say to a fresh cup of coffee, my friend? We can share a cup and toast to post number 507!
My very first post was on 11/17/07. It's hard to believe it's been that long! I have learned a lot during the time that I've been blogging, and I've met a lot of really nice folks.
You know, it's a funny thing about something like a blog. After you do it for a while, it sort of seems to take on a life of it's own...a personality, of sorts. If for some reason I don't post, I almost feel bad.
It's true that a lot of the post I put up are frivolous and have no meaning. That's the desperation of someone that has a total block on a prevalent topic to expound upon. On those times, I tried to find some way to be entertaining, albeit somewhat shallow in content. For those times, I ask for your forgiveness and hope that you will overlook them.
If I don't dwell on the pitiful and sorry state of the political situation very often, it isn't because I don't notice. Believe me, I do. However, others can voice the concerns that we all feel far better than I. All I can do is to voice my concerns when something is so blatantly stupid, it reeks!
I consider myself a proud new-comer of the Prepping community and I follow the blogs of many more experienced people in this field. Most of them are very common sense folks, and I can relate to the content they share with us all. I would invite you to look at the links to the left and take time to look over these blogs, as I have learned a lot of very useful information from them.
To everyone that comes by daily, and those that only come by once in a while...I thank you for the visits and the comments. Many of you have almost become like family, many of you have become very real friends, and for all of that I can't thank you enough!
Now before this turns into a mushy, silly sounding post...I would like to say again "Thank you!"
Now, what do you say to a fresh cup of coffee, my friend? We can share a cup and toast to post number 507!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Ode To The Chicken...!
Since it's Spring, I thought I'd post a little poem I wrote back in the 1990s about chickens...
I was raising chickens at the time, or they were raising me...you know how that is. Anyway, I had about 2o or so running around free. It was a learning experience, let me tell you!
The Chicken
You ever watch a chicken?
It's really hard to do!
All the time you're watching them
They're also watching you.
You ever feed a chicken?
Boy, it's really fun!
Doesn't matter what it is
Just throw it down and run!
You looked close at a chicken?
You know, they have no ear
But start to talk of eating one
And watch them disappear!
You ever counted chickens?
I tried with no success.
They move too much, they won't be still
I finally had to guess!
You ever talked to chickens?
Man, don't even bother!
They will never answer back
Not even if you holler.
You ever cross a chicken?
You make one mad, you'll see
They'll gang up and fertilize
Right where you need to be!
You ever train a chicken?
I think they're inept.
The only thing that mine have learned
Is where their feed is kept!
You smarter than a chicken?
You're not, I'll bet a dime!
I'll bet that you can't lay an egg.
A hen can, all the time!
You gotta love the chicken
And all the things they do.
Roosters crow and call the Sun!
I can't, friend, can you?
You want to buy a chicken?
I'll give you some for free!
I got a feeling here of late
They're staring more at me!
You want to watch a chicken?
It isn't hard to do
As long as you don't mind too much
That they are watching you!
I was raising chickens at the time, or they were raising me...you know how that is. Anyway, I had about 2o or so running around free. It was a learning experience, let me tell you!
The Chicken
You ever watch a chicken?
It's really hard to do!
All the time you're watching them
They're also watching you.
You ever feed a chicken?
Boy, it's really fun!
Doesn't matter what it is
Just throw it down and run!
You looked close at a chicken?
You know, they have no ear
But start to talk of eating one
And watch them disappear!
You ever counted chickens?
I tried with no success.
They move too much, they won't be still
I finally had to guess!
You ever talked to chickens?
Man, don't even bother!
They will never answer back
Not even if you holler.
You ever cross a chicken?
You make one mad, you'll see
They'll gang up and fertilize
Right where you need to be!
You ever train a chicken?
I think they're inept.
The only thing that mine have learned
Is where their feed is kept!
You smarter than a chicken?
You're not, I'll bet a dime!
I'll bet that you can't lay an egg.
A hen can, all the time!
You gotta love the chicken
And all the things they do.
Roosters crow and call the Sun!
I can't, friend, can you?
You want to buy a chicken?
I'll give you some for free!
I got a feeling here of late
They're staring more at me!
You want to watch a chicken?
It isn't hard to do
As long as you don't mind too much
That they are watching you!
I had folks ask me what kind of chickens I was raising. LOUD! That's what kind! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the little poem this morning.
Now, let's get a fresh cup of coffee, my friend!
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