Wildflowers Pt 2!

Sorry I haven't been posting my wildflowers lately I have been busy with all my doctor appointments. I am going to try to get most of them posted to share with all of you. Here are some more of the wildflowers.

This is a Crested Dwarf Iris the picture was taken at Richard Bong State Recreational Area in Brighton Wi..

  This is a Musk Thistle this picture was taken at Richard Bong State Recreational Area in Brighton Wi..

              This is a Eastern Shooting Star this picture was taken at Colonial Park in Racine Wi..

                  This is a Virginia Spiderwort this picture was taken at Cliffside Park in Racine Wi..

This is a Sulfur Cinqefoil this picture was taken at Richard Bong State Recreational Area in Brighton Wi.

This is a Water Lily this picture was taken at Richard Bong State Recreational Area in Brighton Wi.

I hope everyone enjoys the pictures and there are a lot more to come. Have a nice day!

"I've never actually bought these"

From The Lonely Libertarian:

 "But I find them all over the house".

http://hopelesslysane.blogspot.com/2015/06/ive-never-actually-bought-these.html

If you're really bored, you can pry the prongs apart on one of those and then insert them into an electrical outlet. Guaranteed fireworks.

Overwhelmed

I sleep to do the same thing. 

Open Blog - Monday

But think of all the fun you'd miss.

"Somebody’ll be along shortly"

From Knuckledraggin My Life Away:

http://knuckledraggin.com/2015/06/somebodyll-be-along-shortly/

As long as he doesn't have to pee, he should be alright.

Father's Day

AND

I love you, Dad.

"Works for me"

From Knuckledraggin My Life Away:

 
http://knuckledraggin.com/2015/06/works-for-me-2/

"What could go wrong?"

From The Lonely Libertarian :

 http://hopelesslysane.blogspot.com/2015/06/what-could-go-wrong.html

"Questionably moist"

From The Lonely Libertarian :

 http://hopelesslysane.blogspot.com/2015/06/questionably-moist.html


When I managed the auto repair shop in Chicago, on a hot summer's day a heavy set woman paid by pulling bills out of the middle of her bra.  The currency was moist, but, what the hell, money is money. 

"イヌワシ、リラックスタイム/golden eagle having a relaxing time "

Published on Oct 27, 2013

"lazy and relax after training イヌワシ ラル http://lespieagle.org/ [UPDATE] listen the people who are talking about his noises, it's just that he was 5 months old when I filmed it. all baby birds of prey are peeping just like that and about the heavy rope, only when you start training an eagle, fly with dragging it that makes the eagle strong and quick to get muscles. you can watch his free flight on my other videos."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfpL9Z9d8uE 

Madame Zoltar may have her parrot that likes to be petted, but this a golden eagle that gets into it.

"Developer Has Offer To Purchase Former Zahn’s Department Store Building"

Photo Credit: Racine County Eye

From Racine County Eye:

By Denise Lockwood in Breaking, Business · June 19, 2015

 "Northterra Real Estate Group LLC, a development company owned by Caledonia resident Lee Jaramillo, has an accepted offer to buy 500 Monument Square — the former Zahn’s Department Store building — for an undisclosed amount.

"The 40,000-square-foot building, which was founded by Edward Zahn in 1898 operated as Zahn’s Department store, is owned by Tri-City Bank National Bank. The building has been vacant since 1981. Tri-City Bank inherited the building when it purchased the assets of the Bank of Elmwood when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shut down the bank in September 2009.

"Jaramillo is about 90 days away from disclosing the names of the tenants of the building since he’s still in the process of negotiating the leases. But he did say the public-private development would not be conventional and would seek to ;bring life' to the downtown area.

"'We are talking with a couple of different groups,' Jaramillo said. 'We’re going towards a creative hands-on approach to this…. something that will help change the stigma of the downtown.'

"The building use will likely be a mixed use, but will not include housing or a sports-related use. Jaramillio, a former baseball player, also owns Forceout, a company that makes a protective glove used in baseball."

Read more: http://racinecountyeye.com/developer-has-offer-to-purchase-on-former-zahns-department-store-building/


Hallelujah!  Let's hope that this deal doesn't fall through.

Open Blog - Weekend

Oh boy!

Mustache Man

Summer Milky Way Over Kitt Peak

Just a couple of quick pics I got earlier this week...a wide shot and a deeper zoomed in shot.

Four for Fridays

Hello everyone and welcome back! Another week has gone, but this one seemed to drag on and on. Maybe I got too spoiled from my time off. Anyways, your questions....

1) What do you think of the speed limit being raised to 70 MPH?

2) What was the cheapest you ever bought a car for?

3) What is your favorite candle aroma?

4) What was the most money you have ever found?

Enjoy your weekend!

Redneck Plunger

http://www.ltdcommodities.com/Home-Improvement/Household-Helpers/The-Redneck-Plunger/prod1140079.jmp

Weekday Funny

I'm sure that this photo is not politically correct. I'm publishing it anyways.

"Rabbit passes out after quickie!"

Hell, I can beat that.

Open Blog - Friday

Have a great day.

“Tom Friedel feels disrespected and unrewarded for his work!!!”

From Racine Community Media:



"Breaking news!!!
 
"Racine City Attorney Scott Letteney: 

“'Tom Friedel feels disrespected and unrewarded for his work!!!'”

Read more:  http://racinecommunitymedia.tumblr.com/post/121844004739/breaking-news-racine-city-attorney-scott

Weekday Funny

Alltime10s Thursdays

Racine Showing of Pattern Or Practice Tonight

Bump: the showing is tonight.

Originally published on 5/11/15, 10:17 PM



Tickets go on sale May 15, 2015

Showing: Thursday, June 18, 7:30PM - 9:13PM

at Marcus Renaissance Cinema
10411 Washington Ave, Sturtevant, WI, US, 53177
$10.00 General

https://www.tugg.com/events/20753 

http://patternorpractice.com/

Open Blog - Thursday

I hate puns, but that's pretty funny.

"Aldermen approve $10,000 pay hike, 2-year extension for Friedel"

From The Journal Times.com:

June 16, 2015 10:23 pm  •  CARA SPOTO cara.spoto@journaltimes.com

"RACINE — If City Administrator Tom Friedel decides to stay on in his position, he will see his contract extended by two years, and get a $10,000 increase in his $99,237 salary.

"That was the decision made by the City Council Tuesday night which discussed the issue for more than an hour before voting 8-6 to approve the adjustment.

"The proposal to increase Friedel’s salary by $10,000 — a $5,000 increase the first year, and a $5,000 increase the second year — came from Alderman Q.A. Shakoor.

"While the salary increase proposal was contentious and spurred several motions, the vote to extend the contract by two years was approved 10-2."

Read more:  http://journaltimes.com/news/local/aldermen-approve-pay-hike--year-extension-for-friedel/article_2a4e7ad5-64d1-57be-85ba-a4e7609f1dc2.html


I thought they weren't going to give him any raise at all.  It's like the Middle Ages here.  Most of us are serfs and expendable.  Royalty, on the other hand, are gods and goddesses.

The police and firefighters have been lied to and gave up raises and benefits because Racine is "broke."  But when royalty is involved, there's plenty of money.  If worse comes to worst, take down more streetlights in the hood.

"Ball Mason Jars spec. commercial"

Too crude, or not?

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my sweets!  How are you?  It looks like our temperatures are finally hovering around seasonal.  Still a little cool sometimes, but that’s better than hot and humid.  I’m sure we’ll have plenty of those days, too.  That’s summer in Wisconsin.  Very high heat and humidity I can usually stand, but 26 below zero with 50 mph winds I don’t like at all.  One of the great things about this time of year for us “old folk” is no ice or snow to slip on while walking.  Foot freedom until next December, or so.  I can walk normally, even run.  But when the sidewalk or parking lot is full of snow and/or ice, it gets harder to deal with every year.  It’s almost like my bones know they’re more brittle, so I’m reduced to mincing, baby steps.  I hate it.

Now really people, how are you?  Are you OK physically, mentally, and spiritually?  The comments section below is a good place to complain if things aren’t so good.  It helps to get it off of your chest.  I’m beginning to feel arthritis in my hips and knees.  Sometimes it’s so bad, especially in my right hip, that I have to take an extra dose or two of my Madame Zoltar’s® General Purpose Pain Reliever.  I must be careful, though.  Five or six doses of that have put me on my butt.  However, I was feeling no pain, or much of anything else.  It’s good to know that my Pain Reliever is a multi-purpose product that will also remove paint, power your car, and get your clothes stunningly white again, all of them, even those that were colored.  That is, assuming that the Pain Reliever/detergent doesn’t shred your clothes to pieces.

“Pain Reliever/detergent” reminded me of a news story I read today: “Man dies after waiter accidentally serves him glass of detergent instead of wine” - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/man-dies-after-waiter-accidentally-serves-him-glass-of-detergent-instead-of-wine-10324018.html But, how was the meal otherwise?  Oh my, I’m so nasty.

Guess who I heard from?  My ex, of course, after I published this: http://www.jtirregulars.com/2015/06/dear-madame-zoltar-special-edition.html  He said “The Shaman” was cutting deep into his revenues.  “Good,” I said.  Then he started his regular spiel and trying to hypnotize me.  I reminded him that I’m quite good friends with Señor Zanza.  “I have nothing more to say to you,” I said to him.  “If you need to contact me, do it through Señor Zanza.”  I’ve not heard a word from him since.  When I asked Señor Zanza if my ex has contacted him, he said, “You need to rest.  Don’t even think about him.  I take care of everything.”

That’s reassuring, I guess.  I’m not used to not being the boss and it’s hard for me to let go control of some things.  The Señor can bring home the bacon for awhile if he so desires.  I don’t mind relaxing a little.

Want to see something relaxing?  Watch this:

Oh, wuggums, who’s a good boy, huh, who’s a good boy?

Enjoy the outdoors as much as possible, my lovelies.  Things are still changeable, but I’ve finally put away my winter coat and boots for the season.  I hope it won’t snow for awhile.

To buy Madame Zoltar’s® General Purpose Pain Reliever, contact: MadameZoltar@jtirregulars.com

Stay loose, kiddos. Summer hasn’t even officially started.  When driving, keep a lookout for motorcycles and bicycles and kids running into the street.  You never know when a child may dart out.  Protect your eyes and skin from the harmful rays of the sun.  I love you all!

Open Blog - Wednesday

Garfield got into some catnip again.

"Sodom and Gomorrah"

From The Journal Times.com:

"Letters to the Editor"

"My parents would be shocked if they came back and saw what was going on today. No morality or respect for one another. What ever happened to the Golden Rule?

"I grew up in the ‘40s and ‘50s. We have changed 360 degrees since then. Murders, robberies and assaults on women are a daily occurrence. Chicago had 161 murders in the last 151 days. Women are having kids so they can get more welfare and young girls are having kids and not married. No morality, and more, there is no difference between now and Sodom and Gomorrah.

"They tell me I should roll with the flow.
John D. Grant
Racine"

http://journaltimes.com/news/opinion/mailbag/sodom-and-gomorrah/article_e249df76-b3f5-5522-a8fc-acb412c665a1.html

"City Administrator Tom Friedel currently recieves $5k in yearly raises!!!!"

From Racine Community Media:

"Read the Emails and Contract by clicking to enlarge the images above!!!

"Under the current contract City Administrator Tom Friedel was given an initial raise by Mayor John Dickert from $85K to $95K before Friedel had even started his first day!!! Also, Mayor Dickert awarded Friedel with a yearly $5K raise, which would bring Tom Friedel’s current contract worth well over $125K in base salary!!!

"Some Aldermen were shocked and dismayed when they learned what they voted on was changed in private by Mayor John Dickert. 

"Alderman Jim Kaplan said 'I’am dismayed, disheartened and thoroughly disgusted with this outcome, where is the accountability?'

"Read the emails and review the contract for yourself!!!"

Read more:  http://racinecommunitymedia.tumblr.com/post/121204372138/city-administrator-tom-friedel-currently-recieves


What a farce.

The Real Consequences of New Education Legislation and Reform

The divide and conquer mentality, the cuts in funds, the starving out, have shaken the public schools ability to function. The top staff is looking - and leaving. Testing, and the push to hit standardized benchmarks are more important than teaching lifetime learning skills. For survival sake, teachers are discussing and helping kids on how to take a test: best test practices are included before testing: also akin to how to "game" a test if you don't know the answers. Teachers are graded on the results of these standardized tests. Schools, and the subsequent takeover of targeted schools are on the line. The testing is no longer a function of student growth, it is there to measure the teacher, the institution. Not that it is wrong to have accountability, but it shouldn't come at the cost of selling off our public schools. When parents of top students and the top performing teachers are worried, something is very wrong.

Teacher certification is at question right now. Lowering qualifications to teach is proposed, and is soon likely to pass into law. Allowing those to teach, without training and certification, without college degrees, at secret pay scales will definitely drop the professional level to which we are currently accustomed. Those who are in the trenches with our children are worried, very worried about what this will do. They know the outcome. We are dumbing down our K-12 schools.

Now that these measures are in place at the local level, the same is occurring at at the state level. This is a very interesting read on some of what is occurring at our top Wisconsin school, and at our other UW schools. It is much the same situation that is happening at our city level across the state.

http://host.madison.com/news/local/education/university/faculty-uneasy-about-working-at-uw-after-cuts-tenure-changes/article_79135697-7e0e-5a11-8b86-49eccf2cc909.html#ixzz3dCOBGYcI

If all this is to save the taxpayers from some of governments uber intrusion on the current employed and taxpayer, then why are we more in debt than we were prior to this divide and conquer assault on public workers and education? And why have our taxes remained pretty much the same? Wouldn't an educated person ask, "where is our taxpayer money going?"  Have you heard that the current freeway repairs might need to be stopped, or the timeline extended due to lack of funding? Why are the taxpayers funding a huge portion of a for-profit business by constructing a new arena in Milwaukee... without blinking an eye?

This isn't just crapping on the current workers, despite the fact that that seems to be a popular notion, and an easy-sell by the current proponents. This is starting a ripple that will become a tidal wave in the future. The kool-aid out there is scary-dangerous. Think twice and consider the consequences before drinking it.

Open Blog - Tuesday

I quit before I even started.

"Tag team scammers not go as planned."

From LiveLeak:



C'mon, she was barely trying.

"Slow Motion Lightning! [Filmed With iPhone 6+]"

Advertising is going to kill YouTube. When you watch this video on their site, none of that other shit pops into the video. But if you embed the video, crap starts popping up that you have to close if you want to see the full video.

As soon as something good happens, "they" try to own it or tax it or advertise on it.  

"Short Animated Movies | 'There's a Man in the Woods'"

Open Blog - Monday

Coffee's gone but Monday is still here.

Weekend Funny

"Cliff side tent made of stone and glass...:

Me want.

"Group practices the healing power of prayer"

From The Journal Times.com:
 

June 12, 2015 7:00 pm  •  By Kristen Zambo

"MOUNT PLEASANT — An avid runner who competes in marathons and triathlons, Claire Weslaski’s hard-core training was disrupted about two years ago.

"Weslaski, 49, of Caledonia, developed a heel spur, a bony growth on the heel that can cause pain. She tried icing it and stretches, but 'nothing was working,' she said. 'It’s a total life disruption.'

"With a half-marathon scheduled for the end of October that year, Weslaski said she thought she’d have to compete in a 5K instead.

"A few people then referred her to the Healing Rooms of Greater Racine and she went in for a session about a week before the race.

"'After they prayed over me,' they said, ‘stand up. See how you feel,’ said Weslaski, president of Image Management in Racine. 'It wasn’t like ‘throw the wheelchair away.'

"But every day after, her pain lessened, she said. While she did compete in the 5K instead of the half-marathon, 'I did it without any pain in my heel at all,' she said.

"'I said ‘Jesus will heal you. If he did it 2,000 years ago, he’ll do it now,' Weslaski said.

Not ‘magic’

"The Healing Rooms of Greater Racine is a faith-based group of Racine County residents that meets twice monthly to pray over people. They also may lay their hands on those seeking such prayers, said Director Craig Husch, 58, of Racine.

"'The one prayer we know won’t be answered is the one we don’t pray,' said Husch, who teaches at Christian Life School in Kenosha.

"Members of the Healing Rooms of Greater Racine say their informal Christian organization is devoted to praying for individuals with illnesses, injuries or physical ailments. This Racine County group is a member of the International Association of Healing Rooms, according to the organization, which is headquartered in Spokane.

"The group meets from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. They meet at the home of group members, 1925 Grand Prix Drive, Mount Pleasant. There is no charge for visitors, Husch said.

"Other nearby healing rooms are located in Zion, Ill., Pewaukee and Mukwonago, according to the International Association of Healing Rooms.

"Husch said his group — which currently has 14 members and has been operating for about three years — is not affiliated with any particular local church. He said group members, himself included, belong to a variety of churches.

"Typically, there are at most three people praying for the person in a bedroom-style room. They don’t use 'exuberant' televangelist styles and 'nobody’s gonna holler at you,' Husch explained.

"Husch said the group does not advocate that people stop seeing doctors or taking their medication.
'We don’t practice magic here. We just do what we can,' he said."

Read more:  http://journaltimes.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/group-practices-the-healing-power-of-prayer/article_6d3d34e2-d202-5f91-bea3-6854aef1b801.html


I've not heard of "Healing Rooms" before.  I may check out the Racine group.

Bloom Night

Last night was Bloom Night here in Tucson. Once a year, the Peniocereus greggi, also known as the Desert cereus, blooms. You never get much warning about this event since even experts can only tell the day of when they are likely to bloom. Friday morning word went out that it was bloom night.

The cereus blooms one night per year so this really is Bloom Night singular (although there are always a few stragglers most of them bloom one night and one night only. They live all over Tucson but there are none in my condo complex so I went to Tohono Chul park and their bloom night event. I got there later after our Friday night improv show and it was still pretty busy but, based on all the cars parked down the road, not as bad as it was earlier in the night!

So here are a couple of shots of the Queen of the Night.

Dear Madame Zoltar - Special Edition

Downtown, Cody, Wyoming:

Photo Credit: Tricky Dicky

It looks like my ex is finally getting some competition.

You go, Shaman!

A tip o' the turban to Mr. Tricky Dicky for alerting me to this.

"Why Can't We All Have Neighbors Like This?"

From LiveLeak:



The guy who shot the video said, "You're tweaking," and, "Your pupils look like pin points."  Don't even get near those people (meth heads), but I'm not sure this lady isn't just crazy.  Does it matter anymore?

Open Blog - Weekend

Or else!

Four for Fridays

Good morning and welcome back! It's been a long time since I've rock and rolled.... My apologies for my hiatus from Four for Fridays. This year's spring migration had gotten too crazy and left me exhausted. Kinda hard to come with questions after a long day of work, birding, writing rare bird reports and going through hundreds of pictures. Anyways, here are your questions...

1) What do you like the most about the morning?

2) What did you have for breakfast?

3) What do you prefer, white or wheat bread?

4) How often do you get "behind schedule"?

Enjoy your weekend!

“I brought dinner home!”

From Knuckledraggin My Life Away:

Posted on 06/11/2015 by Wirecutter

 

 

Posted in Cool Pics | 6 Comments

http://knuckledraggin.com/2015/06/i-brought-dinner-home/

"Unbelievable Footage of Exploding Plants"

https://www.youtube.com/user/smithsonianchannel

Wow! Organic fireworks.

Open Blog - Friday

It's a good day for a swim.

Alltime10s Thursdays

Open Blog - Thursday

And a cherry on top.

"Tree trunk removal with an SUV"

From LiveLeak:



It must've been a Monday.

"Journal Times editorial: Disney shouldn't get to use immigration loophole for outsourcing"

From The Journal Times.com:

 

June 08, 2015 8:00 pm  •  Journal Times Editorial Board

"We’re not wild about outsourcing, but we recognize it as a fact of life in the 21st century American economy. Work formerly done for American companies by Americans is now being done overseas.

"We didn’t think outsourcing would take the form of foreigners brought into America to do the work at the American companies. But that’s what has been happening at DisneyWorld in Orlando, Fla.

"What definitely shouldn’t have happened is Disney exploiting a loophole in immigration law to bring in the foreign workers.

"A visa program known as H-1B provides a limited number of temporary visas — a total of 85,000 a year — for foreigners with computer, engineering or other advanced skills to fill jobs in American companies when American workers are not available.

"A lack of available workers was not the case at The Magic Kingdom.

"The New York Times reported Wednesday that about 250 Disney technology-operations workers were laid off last year and many were replaced by immigrants hired by an outsourcing company based in India.

"Before leaving, some of the laid-off workers had to train immigrants on H-1B visas to do their jobs.

"'I just couldn’t believe they could fly people in to sit at our desks and take over our jobs exactly,' one former worker, an American in his 40s who remains unemployed since his last day at Disney on Jan. 30, told the Times. 'It was so humiliating to train somebody else to take over your job. I still can’t grasp it.'

"We’re also finding it difficult to grasp. And questioning the legality of Disney having done so.

"U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., on Thursday asked the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the temporary visa program. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Nelson asked him to examine 'potential misuses' of a visa program known as H-1B.

"'This program was created to help fill jobs when there were labor shortages, not to take jobs away from anyone,' Nelson wrote.

"In 2014, the power utility Southern California Edison initiated layoffs of 540 workers, replacing them with immigrants brought in by a different India-based outsourcing company. Sens. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and Richard Durbin, D-Ill., are among those asking the Labor Department to investigate those layoffs.

"The intention of H-1B is to fill skilled-worker gaps that already exist, not to help companies increase profits after they’ve deliberately created a skilled-worker gap."

http://journaltimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/journal-times-editorial-disney-shouldn-t-get-to-use-immigration/article_6661457d-eba4-5b7c-9b99-c46297d34f6f.html.

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my friends and lovers!  How are you?  Well, we finally got some heat.  In typical Wisconsin weather, spring lasts for two or three days and then the firebomb is dropped on us.  “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.”  Actually, it’s both.  But, as I noted just a few months ago, I’m not going to complain about the heat because of how darn cold it gets in winter.  I’ll take 80 or 90 degrees or more rather than the below zero death trap winter days and nights.  I haven’t turned on the air conditioning yet, but I’ve used its fan.  I also sleep with a fan blowing on me almost every night, summer or winter. 

I remember a place I lived in before I met Junior’s father.  It was steam heated and I had an apartment directly above the boiler room.  On the coldest winter days, I would have both of my radiators turned off while the ceiling fan blew.  Opening windows was the best way to deal with it, but my landlord at the time warned me he would fine me if he saw my windows open.  Meanwhile, apartments in the far corners of the building had all their radiators on and they were still cold.  I considered living in my underwear (or less) at home during the winter, but the apartment was right next to the parking lot.  I didn’t want to put on a show.

I’m not sure where in the process the proposed raise for Mister City Administrator Tom Freidel is, but I liked what our Mr. Toad had to say.  Don’t give him a raise.  Let him walk, if he dares.  Where else is he gong to find a job that pays so well, with so many perks?  And if he does walk, that would be a perfect time to reconsider the need for the position.  We didn’t need one until Mister then-Mayor Becker decided that being a pedophile was a full time job.  So he hired Mr. Ben Hughes to do his job for him.  Mr. Hughes promptly resigned after Mr. Becker’s arrest.  So why does Mr. Mayor Dickert need a city administrator?  So Mr. Mayor can fly to Paris with his friends and have a good time.  There are a lot of similarities between Racine and Paris, such as, uh, such as . . . its light during the day and dark at night. 

I can hardly wait for Machinery Row to save us from ourselves.  I asked Señor Zanza and Junior if they’d like to live down by the river.  Junior asked, “Will it smell like fish?” Señor Zanza just snorted.  So I guess not.  I don’t think I’d like it, either.  There’s something to be said for green space around your home.  We don’t have much of a yard; it’s an old city lot, like most of the homes around here.  I like having a picnic table and grill.  We can do that.  We can even have a small party on our lawn, or hold the overspill from a larger indoor party at home.  Please, no peeing on the neighbor’s shrubs.  And watch out for the garden.  And no tormenting the neighbor’s dog, Flash.

Here’s a song in the vein of today’s blog:

I’ll always be on your side, Irregular or not.  I love my regulars and irregulars, Irregular or not.  Thank you for reading my blog this week.  Be on my side.

Whose side?  MadameZoltar@jtirregulars.com

Enjoy the warming trend, my dears.  May the heat help heal us all from winter’s indignities.  Get out there and enjoy it, because you know your time is limited.  Before you know it, you’ll be shoveling snow again.  I love you all.  Fruitjzka!

Open Blog - Wednesday

Camel Day?

"30 Years Apart, Then One Minute In Silence"

"Don't Touch my Beer"

From LiveLeak:



He should join Chickens Anonymous.

My Life

"Chareva the Snake Handler"

I thought she did very well despite her husband's laughter.

Open Blog - Tiesday

Have a good one.

Growing Older

"100 Year Old Chalkboard Lessons Discovered In Oklahoma High School"

From Break:

By PhilHaney
 

"One time in high school I remember there was a snippet of a math problem left up in the corner of the chalk board for several months. I always wondered if it would ever be erased.  However I doubt that a teacher at Emerson High School in Oklahoma in the early Twentieth Century knew that their lesson on the chalkboard one day would be viewed by people 98 years later.

"That seems to be the case after construction crews remodeling the high school discovered the old chalkboards in the walls behind current chalkboards in classrooms on the second floor. The fully intact lessons which include music, history, math problems and a calendar counting down the days until Christmas have been dated to 1917. The high school itself was originally built in 1911. Luckily nobody immediately erased the chalkboards.

"A teacher at the school, Sherry Read told ABC News; 'It's been neat just to touch history,' Read said. 'To see this being preserved just makes my heart filled with joy. Knowing that this was behind my wall all this time is pretty fascinating.'

"It is weird that the chalkboards lasted generations, since a lot of times it was the student’s job to wash the board. Franklin and Ethel really screwed up their duties; no Figgy pudding for them, and they won’t be able to listen to the stories on the radio tonight!  The school is looking for a way to preserve the 100 year old chalk board lessons. Hopefully nobody sneezes around them until they do."

Follow Phil Haney on Twitter @PhilHaney

Source:  Yahoo

http://www.break.com/article/100-year-old-chalkboard-lessons-discovered-in-school-2864026

"Former Chicago man covers entire Florida home in aluminum foil"

http://www.break.com/article/florida-man-angers-neighbors-wraps-house-in-foil-2864011

Weekday Funny

"What If… Bullies Did This Instead"

From Racine County Eye:



By Denise Lockwood in Breaking · June 6, 2015 

"On Wednesday night the Racine County Eye held a forum on bullying. We wanted to connect parents with resources, offer access to professionals, and have families see a program the Case High School Theatre group does called the Secret Project.

"Even though almost 600 people liked our story about hosting the forum, about 25 people came. I wish more people would have come, but I was truly grateful for those who did come. And I wish you would have heard the things the kids in the audience told us they needed… which was acceptance.

"But the dialogue was great. I couldn’t have asked for better. Still, I wish you could have been there to hear what we heard about the sensitive nature of bullies not really wanting to be bullies at all, one girl in the audience talked about girls in her class being bullied because they liked girls, about a parent’s frustration over how her girls were bullied online, and the difficulty parents face when their children are victims.

"So Heather Asiyanbi, who co-owns the news website with me, and I decided that we’re going to keep doing these kinds of forums. Why? Because we want to keep this dialogue going about how to discuss the issue of bullying in a school district where kids struggle with the complexities of poverty, mental illness, and the fragile reality of not always feeling good enough."

Read more: http://racinecountyeye.com/what-if-bullies-did-this-instead/

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