Saturday, May 4, 2013
Friday, May 3, 2013
Four for Fridays
Hello everyone and welcome back! It has been a long week filled with excitement and drama... Maybe too much of it. Anyways, some questions for you...
1) What kind of camera do you use?
2) If you had your own TV network, what would you put on it?
3) How do you think the American family would change over the next 25 years?
4) What was the last thing you took a picture of?
Enjoy your weekend!
1) What kind of camera do you use?
2) If you had your own TV network, what would you put on it?
3) How do you think the American family would change over the next 25 years?
4) What was the last thing you took a picture of?
Enjoy your weekend!
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Alderman Jim Kaplan Recall
From an anonymous email:
"Recall on Kaplan should be official as of today. They are going to meet to gather signatures on Saturday -
"Recall on Kaplan should be official as of today. They are going to meet to gather signatures on Saturday -
'The
Kaplan recall committee has been formed and the official paperwork
was given to the city clerk this morning. Reasons for the recall were 1.
Ald. Kaplan engaged in discriminatory practices in his
official capacity as alderman of the fourth district. 2. Abuse of power. The
petitioner is Oscar Bueno the treasurer is Ray Bueno
his brother. They own a bar at 1600 Douglas Ave., it is not open
as of yet.'
"A signature drive is being held this
Saturday at 12:00 meeting at the bar. The hope is to
collect all 300 plus signatures that
day."
Obviously, some people are pissed off. Kaplan and Alderman Greg Helding told the Common Council that they were threatened online. They provided no proof. Now the Common Council is packing heat in City Hall while citizens are forbidden from doing the same.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A Spotty Sunset
Low clouds dotted the western horizon at sunset in Tucson tonight. However, that is not all bad. They can slightly dim the setting Sun making it easier to photograph sunspots. Today there were plenty of good sized sunspots. These pics were taken with my Canon 60D and 70-300mm zoom lens (at 300mm).
If you want to compare it to today's Sun, check out the Spaceweather archive. Note, due to an effect called field rotation, the Sun is my pics is rotated 90 degrees clockwise relative to the image on Spaceweather.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
"A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie"
"Published on Apr 30, 2013
"You're about to see the movie that
holds the Guinness World Records™ record for the World's Smallest
Stop-Motion Film (see how it was made at http://youtu.be/xA4QWwaweWA).
The ability to move single atoms — the smallest particles of any
element in the universe — is crucial to IBM's research in the field of
atomic memory. But even nanophysicists need to have a little fun. In
that spirit, IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to
move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules (two atoms stacked on top of
each other), all in pursuit of making a movie so small it can be seen
only when you magnify it 100 million times. A movie made with atoms."
"Published on Apr 30, 2013
"How did IBM researchers move all
those atoms to make the world's smallest movie? This short
behind-the-scenes documentary takes you inside the lab. Meet the
scientists, see how they made a movie with atoms, and find out more
about their research in the field of atomic memory and data storage. See
the world's smallest movie at http://youtu.be/oSCX78-8-q0"
Dear Madame Zoltar
Hello, my thawing throngs!
How are you? Spring may have
sprung. The weather has been beautiful
the past couple of days. I actually saw
the sun. I thought maybe it had burned out.
The weather extremes that have affected the world are worrisome. I sincerely hope that we have a nice
summer. I know it has to get hot on some
days, but moderation is the key. With
the ozone layer depleting, the sun is like a microwave for your skin. Just lard on some sun block with an SPF of
1,000 or higher and you’re good to go outdoors.
Another sign of spring is bicyclists on the streets (and
sidewalks). If you drive, please be very
careful around bicycles. Although
they’re supposed to be subject to the same rules of the road as motor vehicles, the reality is that most of them do whatever they wish. There is no law enforcement regarding
bicycles in Racine. It is up to drivers to stay alert. Always expect the unexpected. Bicyclists often ignore stop signs, ride on the
sidewalk, ride against traffic, and ride at night with no lights. The other day, I was driving through an
intersection when a man on a bicycle, riding against traffic, with no hands on
the handlebars, and headphones on his head, cut directly in front of me. I locked my brakes. The man flipped me the bird. Oh, that makes me so angry. Racine
rudeness is everywhere.
My congratulations to Mr. Mayor Dickert for the complete
whitewash of the ethics complaints against him and others. You have to be darn smart to manage all the
scams that he does and get away with them.
When he becomes President of the United
States, we can say that we knew him
when. If he doesn’t go to prison first.
With the warmer weather also comes more parties for Racine. This Friday is a First Friday downtown. Saturday, May 4th, is Kiwanis
Pancake Day at Festival Hall. In Festival
Park, the Lakefront Artists Fair
will be held concurrently with Pancake Day. Those are just the big things that I know
about. I’m sure there’s more going on,
and there will be even more as the season progresses. Racine
is a party town, and getting drunk is the recommended way to achieve
enlightenment. Party hearty, Racine!
Finally, my dears, I just learned of a website devoted to Racine’s
nightlife: RacineNightOut.com, http://www.racinenightout.com/ That site has a link on the City of Racine
homepage, so I’m sure it’s well connected.
Thank you for visiting my blog today. I enjoy the company and companionship. You light up my life.
Know the future before it becomes the past: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com
Enjoy this glorious weather, my friends. We’ve been deprived so long that anything
above 50 degrees calls for a celebration.
Get them old bones moving and have some fun. Psychorrhagy!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
"Asleep at the wheel: City of Racine Ethics Commission"
Bumped again! The Journal Times reports that the Ethics Board dismissed all complaints against lying John: http://journaltimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/car-ethics-complaints-dismissed/article_2ce8a830-b18b-11e2-9ebe-001a4bcf887a.html Again, the board has two lying John cronies on it who refused to recuse themselves. Lying John flaunts the law left and right. He doesn't play by the rules. Why should we?
Racine Exposed also has a story up on this: http://racineexposed.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/a-matter-of-trust/
Bump! I'm bumping this blog because Racine Transparency has put up a three minute video of Racine's Official Ethics Board Meeting on April 16, 2013. You can watch the video, and some commentary, here: http://racinetransparency.tumblr.com/post/48939655429/the-ethics-board-in-the-city-of-racine-is-being
I'm not sure if that's the old guy snoring at the beginning of the video, or just some microphone noise. Of course, there is the travesty of two of lying John's buddies being on the board that is judging him. It looks like they're really going to do it. They're going to make a kangaroo court of the hearings. That takes some audacity. It is spitting in the face of every Racine resident. They're doing it because they can. They're going to get away with it, too.
Originally published April 16, 2013 at 5:57 PM:
From Racine in Ruins:
"Today at Racine City Hall there was a meeting of the City of Racine Ethics Commission.
"The above is a photo taken of a member of this group.
"I and others saw this member sleeping as the meeting was held and planing talked about for the upcoming Ethics complaints filed on Mayor John Dickert Other City of Racine Staff and members of the City of Racine Cable Commission over issues about CAR 25.
"Can the above Member do his job? Is the public being served by this?
"Is this how the City thinks how to best serve the public?"
http://racineinruins.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/asleep-at-the-wheel-city-of-racine-ethics-commission/
City Hall is a vicious joke to Racine residents. We pay and pay and pay, and lying John lies and lies and lies. Look at the above pictures. Our city government in action. Who do we complain to about the ethics of the Ethics Board?
Racine Exposed also has a story up on this: http://racineexposed.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/a-matter-of-trust/
# # # # #
Originally published April 26, 2013 at 8:58 PM:
Bump! I'm bumping this blog because Racine Transparency has put up a three minute video of Racine's Official Ethics Board Meeting on April 16, 2013. You can watch the video, and some commentary, here: http://racinetransparency.tumblr.com/post/48939655429/the-ethics-board-in-the-city-of-racine-is-being
I'm not sure if that's the old guy snoring at the beginning of the video, or just some microphone noise. Of course, there is the travesty of two of lying John's buddies being on the board that is judging him. It looks like they're really going to do it. They're going to make a kangaroo court of the hearings. That takes some audacity. It is spitting in the face of every Racine resident. They're doing it because they can. They're going to get away with it, too.
# # # # #
Originally published April 16, 2013 at 5:57 PM:
From Racine in Ruins:
"Today at Racine City Hall there was a meeting of the City of Racine Ethics Commission.
"The above is a photo taken of a member of this group.
"I and others saw this member sleeping as the meeting was held and planing talked about for the upcoming Ethics complaints filed on Mayor John Dickert Other City of Racine Staff and members of the City of Racine Cable Commission over issues about CAR 25.
"Can the above Member do his job? Is the public being served by this?
"Is this how the City thinks how to best serve the public?"
http://racineinruins.wordpress.com/2013/04/16/asleep-at-the-wheel-city-of-racine-ethics-commission/
City Hall is a vicious joke to Racine residents. We pay and pay and pay, and lying John lies and lies and lies. Look at the above pictures. Our city government in action. Who do we complain to about the ethics of the Ethics Board?
Monday, April 29, 2013
Useless Information
Did you know:
The Tootsie Roll Company in Chicago manufactures 83
million Tootsie Rolls per day.
"Racine Zoo 'Three Little Pigs' Naming Contest"
From The Journal Times.com:
"The Racine Zoo is anxiously awaiting the arrival of three baby mini pigs to include in our new Barnyard Safari exhibit opening this Memorial Day Weekend. The three little pigs will join dwarf Nigerian goats, Tunis sheep, llamas, alpacas, and others in the new exhibit. Get ready for a truly wonderful and interactive animal experience!
"In anticipation of their arrival, help us name these three little pigs! Submit names April 24 through May 8 to the Racine Zoo Facebook page or to the Journal Times. Zoo staff will narrow entries down to five finalists. Voting for finalists opens May 15 through May 26. The winning names will be announced on May 28.
"The winning submission receives a Zoo prize package that includes plush piggies, a family membership, and special animal encounter, in addition to oinking rights, of course."
Enter the contest here: www.journaltimes.com/pigs
I have to admit that I love that URL address.
"The Racine Zoo is anxiously awaiting the arrival of three baby mini pigs to include in our new Barnyard Safari exhibit opening this Memorial Day Weekend. The three little pigs will join dwarf Nigerian goats, Tunis sheep, llamas, alpacas, and others in the new exhibit. Get ready for a truly wonderful and interactive animal experience!
"In anticipation of their arrival, help us name these three little pigs! Submit names April 24 through May 8 to the Racine Zoo Facebook page or to the Journal Times. Zoo staff will narrow entries down to five finalists. Voting for finalists opens May 15 through May 26. The winning names will be announced on May 28.
"The winning submission receives a Zoo prize package that includes plush piggies, a family membership, and special animal encounter, in addition to oinking rights, of course."
Enter the contest here: www.journaltimes.com/pigs
I have to admit that I love that URL address.
How The Grandkids Are Growing!
We went up north this past weekend. A friend of mine was getting married so I called Drew's mom and we stayed the weekend by his parents. It was so nice to see them and just sit there and talk with them. So on the way home Sunday we stopped by my mom's house and my son came over with the Grandkids. It was so nice to see all of them again. We both just enjoyed the whole weekend with everyone. Here are some new pictures of the Grandkids.
In this picture it is Amanda, Donny and Skylee. Skylee was playing bashful with us at first.
This is Ace and he is sitting on Grandpa's lap. He looks so tired here because we have been playing with him.
I found out Ace is five inches shorter than Skylee already. Skylee is 1 1/2 yrs old and Ace is 6 monthe old.
I found out Ace is five inches shorter than Skylee already. Skylee is 1 1/2 yrs old and Ace is 6 monthe old.
Bad News About Grandpa
An elderly man had a massive stroke and the family drove
him to the emergency room.After a while the ER doctor appeared wearing a long face.
“I’m afraid Grandpa is brain-dead, but his heart is still beating”.
“Oh, Dear God”, cried his wife
“We’ve never had a liberal in the family before!”
Fifteen Minutes
Last Thursday I had an early meeting at work. To be sure I was on time, I got up 15 minutes earlier than usual to go for my morning run.
Fifteen minutes might now seem like a lot but can make a big difference. Several businesses that open at 6am were closed when I ran by instead of open. The crossing guard I usually see near a middle school midway through my run hadn't arrived to patrol his intersection yet. The people I usually see waiting for the bus at Broadway and Pantano were not there and replaced by an entirely different set of people waiting for the earlier bus. A man was putting up signs outside an apartment complex advertising all the amenities and specials they have (those signs are always up when I ran by so I didn't know they took them down at night!) Students had not started arriving at the high school I pass near the end of my run.
Fifteen minutes...it might now seem like much, but it can feel like an entirely different part of the day.
Fifteen minutes might now seem like a lot but can make a big difference. Several businesses that open at 6am were closed when I ran by instead of open. The crossing guard I usually see near a middle school midway through my run hadn't arrived to patrol his intersection yet. The people I usually see waiting for the bus at Broadway and Pantano were not there and replaced by an entirely different set of people waiting for the earlier bus. A man was putting up signs outside an apartment complex advertising all the amenities and specials they have (those signs are always up when I ran by so I didn't know they took them down at night!) Students had not started arriving at the high school I pass near the end of my run.
Fifteen minutes...it might now seem like much, but it can feel like an entirely different part of the day.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
"Ship My Pants"
Bump! I bumped this blog because today's Journal Times has a story on the creator of this ad. He's from Racine: http://journaltimes.com/news/local/with-video-ship-is-the-word----racine/article_fa905fba-afbc-11e2-b83d-0019bb2963f4.html
# # # # #
Originally published on April 13, 2013 at 4:42 PM:
I almost shipped my pants watching this.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
"Baby taken from parents who wanted 2nd doctor's opinion"
"SACRAMENTO, CA (KXTV) - A Sacramento family was torn apart after a 5-month-old baby boy was taken from his parents following a visit to the doctor.
"The young couple thought their problems were behind them after their son had a scare at the hospital, but once they got home their problems got even worse."
Read more: http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/377456/28/Baby-taken-from-parents-who-wanted-2nd-doctors-opinion-
Government bureaucrats gone wild!
Friday, April 26, 2013
Four for Fridays
Hello everyone! Welcome back to Four for Fridays! It has been an usual week for for me. One minute it will go by fast, the next minute, slow..... Anyways, some questions for you....
1) What was something that you can find ten years ago, that you can't find now?
2) What is a fast and easy meal that you make?
3) Do you prefer to use cash or credit card?
4) How do you watch movies? (Netflix, rent, etc.)
Enjoy your weekend!
1) What was something that you can find ten years ago, that you can't find now?
2) What is a fast and easy meal that you make?
3) Do you prefer to use cash or credit card?
4) How do you watch movies? (Netflix, rent, etc.)
Enjoy your weekend!
"My First Condom"
I recall my first time with a condom. I was 14. I went in to buy a packet of condoms at Parchen's pharmacy. In those days it took a lot of guts to go in a store and ask for that kind of item because everyone in town knew me and there was no doubt the young lady (I think her name was Nola) knew what they were for.
She was working as an assistant behind the counter, and she could see that I was really embarrassed by the whole procedure. She handed me the package and asked if I knew how to wear one.
I honestly answered, 'No, not really.'
So she unwrapped the package, took one out and slipped it over her thumb. She cautioned me to make sure it was on tight and secure
I apparently still looked confused. So, she looked all around the store to see if it were empty. It was. 'Just a minute,' she said, and walked me into the back room, unbuttoned her blouse and removed it. She unhooked her bra and laid it aside. 'Do these excite you?' She asked.
Well, I was so dumb-struck that all I could do was stand there with my mouth open and nod my head. She then said it was time to slip the condom on. As I was slipping it on, she dropped her skirt, removed her panties and lay down on a desk. 'Well, come on', she said, 'We don't have much time. '
So I climbed on her. It was so wonderful that, unfortunately, I could no longer hold back and KAPOW, I was done within a few moments.
She looked at me with a bit of a frown. 'Did you put that condom on?' she asked.
I said, 'sure did,' and
held up my thumb to show her.
Then she beat the shit out of me....
Then she beat the shit out of me....
Women have always been
hard for me to figure out!
Thursday, April 25, 2013
"The Eroding Premium on Truth and Trust"
Racine Exposed has a great post up today on the "Racine Economic Development Project Opportunities." It's about the agenda that lying John and his friends have regarding where and how they're going to spend big money. (Isn't is disingenuous to say that these dollars aren't coming out of tax dollars, but out of loans? The loans, plus interest, have to be repaid by taxpayers. Duh!) You can read the post here: http://racineexposed.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/survey-says/
The post also contains a quote from a blog by Charles Hugh Smith on http://www.oftwominds.com/. As I read the quote, it moved me. I've decided to reproduce it here just because I like it so much. Thank you, Racine Exposed.
The Eroding Premium on Truth and Trust (April 11, 2013)
The premium in America has shifted from truth to self-serving distortion, and from trust to manipulation.
The premium we place on truth and trustworthiness is self-evident. Truth is uniquely productive feedback from the real world. Truth (including factual data) is indispensable, for it alone enables us to correct errors, learn from mistakes and improve our effectiveness and communication.
We pay a premium for trust because the cost of dishonesty and artifice is steep. Would you pay more to buy a used car from someone you trust? If you place no premium on trustworthiness, then you buy the "great deal" used car you found online: oops, the "new" battery was spray-painted black, the crankcase leaks, the engine is shot and doesn't pass smog, and the certificate of ownership is forged.
The premium on truth and trust is eroding under the constant onslaught of officially manipulated data and markets, and a vast array of distortions and propaganda designed to serve the interests of ruling Elites and key constituencies.
We all know the negative premium placed on fact: telling the truth will get you fired. And not just in the corporate world: politicians from the President on down all worship at the altar of the carefully distorted unemployment rate.
The officially sanctioned lying and manipulation are now shameless. Never mind that millions of people have become statistical phantoms (i.e. not in the workforce) to generate that low rate, and college graduates working 3 hours a day (if they're called in at all) are gleefully counted as employed, as if there is no difference between a full-time job and a marginal one.
President Obama is touting rising auto sales as proof of the "recovery" (and implicitly, of his wise stewardship), studiously avoiding the fact that these stupendous auto sales are the result of offering low-interest rate auto loans to marginal borrowers with near-zero collateral (i.e. skin in the game).
How did blowing a credit bubble and securitizing the debt turn out last time?
Never mind: here we go again. Via Doug Nolan at Prudent Bear:
Springleaf Finance Corp., the lender to borrowers with poor or limited credit, sold $604 million of bonds last month backed by personal loans secured by household goods from furniture to electronics, its first such deal. Demand for riskier asset-backed bonds has grown as the Federal Reserve holds its benchmark interest rate at almost zero for a fifth year. Sales of securities linked to subprime auto loans doubled to $4 billion in January from a year earlier.
Manipulation and carefully crafted distortion erode trust, not just in the individuals employed to repeat the lies but in the institutions that issue them. The ruthless pursuit of self-interest is now the norm; truth is a terribly risky disruptor that must be hidden, masked or countered with plausible lies.
As a nation, we're like the obese person who looks at himself in the mirror and sees his body as normal--the distortion of truth is so complete that we literally no longer recognize reality. Untruth no longer arouses any moral indignation; we are either too jaded to care, or our moral compass now spins aimlessly from one manipulation to the next.
There can be no trust if there is no truth. How can we trust people who lie to us constantly, who issue one self-serving justification after another for their own parasitic predation? We cannot. How can we trust institutions whose credibility now rests on the continuation of lies that are so embedded in our financial sector and State that their collapse will bring down the entire house-of-cards debtocracy? We cannot.
The premium in America has shifted from truth to self-serving distortion, and from trust to manipulation. This spiritual and moral rot will end gloriously, have no doubt, for the stock market's permanent ascendancy dissolves all other narratives.
From: http://www.oftwominds.com/blogapr13/truth-trust4-13.html
The post also contains a quote from a blog by Charles Hugh Smith on http://www.oftwominds.com/. As I read the quote, it moved me. I've decided to reproduce it here just because I like it so much. Thank you, Racine Exposed.
The Eroding Premium on Truth and Trust (April 11, 2013)
The premium in America has shifted from truth to self-serving distortion, and from trust to manipulation.
The premium we place on truth and trustworthiness is self-evident. Truth is uniquely productive feedback from the real world. Truth (including factual data) is indispensable, for it alone enables us to correct errors, learn from mistakes and improve our effectiveness and communication.
We pay a premium for trust because the cost of dishonesty and artifice is steep. Would you pay more to buy a used car from someone you trust? If you place no premium on trustworthiness, then you buy the "great deal" used car you found online: oops, the "new" battery was spray-painted black, the crankcase leaks, the engine is shot and doesn't pass smog, and the certificate of ownership is forged.
The premium on truth and trust is eroding under the constant onslaught of officially manipulated data and markets, and a vast array of distortions and propaganda designed to serve the interests of ruling Elites and key constituencies.
We all know the negative premium placed on fact: telling the truth will get you fired. And not just in the corporate world: politicians from the President on down all worship at the altar of the carefully distorted unemployment rate.
The officially sanctioned lying and manipulation are now shameless. Never mind that millions of people have become statistical phantoms (i.e. not in the workforce) to generate that low rate, and college graduates working 3 hours a day (if they're called in at all) are gleefully counted as employed, as if there is no difference between a full-time job and a marginal one.
President Obama is touting rising auto sales as proof of the "recovery" (and implicitly, of his wise stewardship), studiously avoiding the fact that these stupendous auto sales are the result of offering low-interest rate auto loans to marginal borrowers with near-zero collateral (i.e. skin in the game).
How did blowing a credit bubble and securitizing the debt turn out last time?
Never mind: here we go again. Via Doug Nolan at Prudent Bear:
Springleaf Finance Corp., the lender to borrowers with poor or limited credit, sold $604 million of bonds last month backed by personal loans secured by household goods from furniture to electronics, its first such deal. Demand for riskier asset-backed bonds has grown as the Federal Reserve holds its benchmark interest rate at almost zero for a fifth year. Sales of securities linked to subprime auto loans doubled to $4 billion in January from a year earlier.
Manipulation and carefully crafted distortion erode trust, not just in the individuals employed to repeat the lies but in the institutions that issue them. The ruthless pursuit of self-interest is now the norm; truth is a terribly risky disruptor that must be hidden, masked or countered with plausible lies.
As a nation, we're like the obese person who looks at himself in the mirror and sees his body as normal--the distortion of truth is so complete that we literally no longer recognize reality. Untruth no longer arouses any moral indignation; we are either too jaded to care, or our moral compass now spins aimlessly from one manipulation to the next.
There can be no trust if there is no truth. How can we trust people who lie to us constantly, who issue one self-serving justification after another for their own parasitic predation? We cannot. How can we trust institutions whose credibility now rests on the continuation of lies that are so embedded in our financial sector and State that their collapse will bring down the entire house-of-cards debtocracy? We cannot.
The premium in America has shifted from truth to self-serving distortion, and from trust to manipulation. This spiritual and moral rot will end gloriously, have no doubt, for the stock market's permanent ascendancy dissolves all other narratives.
From: http://www.oftwominds.com/blogapr13/truth-trust4-13.html
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Confucius Say
Confucius Say:
It's OK to let a fool kiss you;
but don't let a kiss fool you.
Confucius Say: A
kiss is just shopping upstairs for downstairs merchandise.
Confucius Say: It
is better to lose a lover than love a
loser.
Confucius Say: Man
with a broken condom is called a Daddy.
Confucius Say: Man
who mix Viagra and Ex-Lax doesn’t know if he's coming or going.
Confucius Say: A
drunken man's words are a sober man's thoughts.
Confucius Say:
Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, and you
lose interest.
Confucius Say:
Viagra is like Disneyland ... a one hour wait for a 2-minute ride.
Confucius Say: It
is much better to want the mate you do not have than to have the mate you do
not want.
Confucius Say: A
joke is like sex. Neither is any good if you don't get it.
"Ronald Davis"
"This video was the inspiration for an entire series (called Big Questions - www.AskingBigQuestions.com) that's just now hitting the air on WNIT Public Television.
"This story was filmed while a member of our team, Andrew Messer, was still a student filmmaker, with Nicole Malovany. With the help of DePaul University in Chicago, we're trying capture stories that examine important issues at home and around the world."
Read more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rO0BHSPXQg
Dear Madame Zoltar
Hello, my waterlogged well-wishers! How are you? First we’re parched by the sun and it doesn’t
rain for months. When we finally get
rain, it does not stop. Mother Nature is
bipolar. The weather witch is drunk. I
don’t know, but I’m becoming more and more convinced of climate change with
each passing season. I hope that we
haven’t messed up things permanently. I
don’t want Junior growing up in a world of weather extremes.
I’m so sorry that I missed the get together this Saturday
past. I wanted to meet Ms. Mary. Unfortunately, I caught the psychic flu and
was incapable of attending. The psychic
flu wreaks havoc with my prediction and other powers. I can place a hex on someone and not even
realize that I’m doing it. When I try to
see the future, all I see is the past.
It’s a nasty affliction and the only cure for it is rest. So I slept away the weekend. I apologize for my absence. Next time I’ll be there for sure.
I’m glad that they captured the suspect in the Boston
bombings. It’s a shame that his older
brother died in a gunfight with police.
I predict that the older brother will turn out to have been the
ringleader. The callousness of terrorism
offends me. Blowing up civilians is so
wrong. Truly, these people must be
cowards to kill noncombatants. They must
be mentally ill to blow themselves up in order to kill others. Religious and/or national zealotry can do
that. It’s a step into darkness.
“Richie Havens, a Brooklyn-born singer who sang gospel as a
teenager, began playing folk music in Greenwich Village
clubs in the 1960s and was the opening act at the Woodstock Music & Art
Fair in 1969, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Jersey
City, N.J., according to his
agent. He was 72 years old.” http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/04/23/178470389/richie-havens-folk-singer-who-opened-woodstock-has-died
Freedom. We all say
we want it, but many are afraid of it.
Thank you for reading my blog this week. I always look forward to our time spent
together. You make my Wednesdays
wonderful.
Freedom: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com
“They” are saying that we’ll be in the fifties for the rest
of the week. I’ll believe it when it
happens. Our weather has made a skeptic
out of me. No matter the temperature, I
wish you well in the coming week. Don’t
forget to take care of yourself. I need
you around. Eleutheromania!
West Side Story - "Cool"
Don't ask me why this one popped into my head, because I have no idea.
When the movie West Side Story came to Racine, my sister went to see it. My father was outraged when he found out. He kept calling it "that gang movie." She tried to tell him that it was based on Romeo and Juliet, but he wouldn't have any of it. To him, it was a film glorifying gangs. That was that. I don't know if he even read anything about the movie.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
"RACINE RAIDERS WILL HOST GRIDIRON CLASSIC YOUTH FOOTBALL SKILLS CAMP"
Camp will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2013, from noon to 3 p.m. at Horlick
Field
"APRIL 22 (RACINE) - The Racine Raiders will hold the Gridiron Classic youth football skills camp on Saturday, June 8, 2013, from noon to 3:00 p.m. at Historic Horlick Athletic Field. The camp is for students entering third through seventh grades and costs $20 with all proceeds going to "Relay for Life" to help fight cancer.
"The Racine Raiders coaching staff will provide qualified instruction. Participants will run through football drills, one-on-one instruction and conclude with a punt, pass and kick contest.
"Participants will get to tour the Racine Raiders locker room and have their photo taken with the 2012 Semi-Pro BCS National Championship trophy.
"Each participant will receive admission to the Saturday, June 29, 2013, Racine Raiders home opener against the Sioux Falls Stallions and a camp t-shirt, as well as a hot dog, chips and soda after the clinic.
"Download the registration form and return by June 1, 2013 to the address listed on the form.
"The Racine Raiders, a 501c(3) not-for-profit organization, begins their 61st season of operations in 2013. The Raiders won their eighth national championship in 2012. Find out more about the Racine Raiders at http://www.racineraiders.com."
Monday, April 22, 2013
Sunday, April 21, 2013
I LOVE THIS WOMAN
An elderly lady
was standing at the railing of the cruise ship
holding her hat tight so that it would not blow away in the wind.
holding her hat tight so that it would not blow away in the wind.
A gentleman
approached her and said,
"Pardon me, madam..
"Pardon me, madam..
I do not intend
to be forward but did you know that your dress
is blowing up in this high wind?"
is blowing up in this high wind?"
"Yes, I
know," said the lady.
"I need both
my hands
to hold onto this hat."
to hold onto this hat."
"But madam,
you must know that you are not wearing any panties
and your privates are exposed!" said the gentleman in earnest.
and your privates are exposed!" said the gentleman in earnest.
The woman looked
down, then back up at the man
and replied, "Sir, anything you see down there is 75 years old.
and replied, "Sir, anything you see down there is 75 years old.
I just bought
this hat yesterday!"
Useless Information
Did you know:
George “Machine Gun” Kelly coined the nickname “G men”
when he was captured by the FBI Agent Melvin Purvis.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Kind of makes ya proud to be from Wisconsin
420 JT Irregulars Party
Mary attended her first JTI gathering. She's a wonderful person with a definitely irregular sense of humor. It was a pleasure meeting her. She's staying in town til Tuesday, so she still has a chance to visit Kewpees.
TenderHeartBear and drewzepmeister were there, as were lizardmom and SER. I don't know what happened to Madame Zoltar, but she missed another one. Ever notice how you never see the Sheriff and Mme. Z posting at the same time? Hmm.
I didn't have any food, but the others did and it looked good. We had a great time getting snarky about the JTIs who didn't make it. Some other, private pictures were shot. And SER got a parking ticket for an expired meter. What a party!
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