My yard is in full bloom. Unfortunately, it’s almost alll noxious weeds. Oh well. Here’s today’s sample of weeds:
Yay! Bees!
Looks kind of like a dandelion on steroids.
Is that a spittlebug, leaf hopper or aphid?
No school and the sun is shining for the first time in a week! The girl-child has her new bike (perfect attendance has its perks) and the boy-child is soccer-crazy. So what are they doing? Sitting in the basement, playing with toy horses. Sigh . . . Get out and pull some weeds, you slackers!
Can’t we all go home? I’m allergic to jail, too! . . . Cool, Paris is getting a new fashion accessory! I suppose the ankle bracelet would’ve been the better choice from the beginning, but you really look tougher on crime when you throw someone like her in jail for a bit. I’m guessing the “medial reason” she got out was she cried too much. So how come this is the first time I’ve heard of someone getting out of jail because they didn’t feel good in there? Surely there are a few other cons who’d feel better at home as well . . .
Do you ever forget to breathe? . . . Hooray to North Idaho! We’ve got a Fourth of July parade coming up, and all hell is breaking loose amongst the mouth-breather crowd. It seems that they don’t like having the sponsor’s name listed as part of the parade name, even though it has been that way since its inception. I particularly like the response of one winner, when confronted with the reality that this is the way it’s been before, not something new: He sputtered something about “well, maybe they’re from California, or something . . .” Yeah, that’s a great reason to complain. Damned Californians, coming up here with all their money, paying taxes and making it so your lazy-ass inbred moron children can sit around in your basement, doing meth and planning their White Power rallies. Grow up, rednecks. You’re starting to make the rocks look smart in comparison.
Tequila in your tank? . . . So, given the choice between high prices for corn and the death of all those poor agave, I’d rather not have ethanol. Pigs are being fed trail mix because corn is too expensive now that it is being diverted from the food supply into the fuel supply, and the auto industry is continuing its decades-long whine not to increase fuel efficiency standards because it will cost them money. Hey dummies!- it’s costing the rest of us money, and the environment, having a federal government that continues to acquiesce to your demands. Why not put your time and energy to good use building a decent, fuel-efficient automobile rather than wasting it all fighting standards that help everyone?
Oh joy . . . We’re testing for radon again. We’ve got an active mitigation system, but it looks like it is concentrating the radon rather than disbursing it. Hopefully the new bigger pit in our basement and larger fan will take care of it. Anyone want to buy the death-house?
Getting Warmer . . . I’m glad to see that Bush isn’t willing to cave on global warming. Certainly wouldn’t want America to look like a leader in anything other than human-rights violations at this point, would we?
Okay, that’s it for today. I need to do some real work.
So, big guy, when are you pardoning Scooter? I know, I know, he’s a lying scumbag and was convicted and unlike your special Guantanamo courts, there was some actual American justice involved, something that could be considered fair and reasonable. But hey, you’re the President. Enough’s enough already. Show us what you’re truly made of, show us the President we all know and hate love. Flip the American judicial system the bird and pardon Scooter. Don’t start letting what’s right get in the way of what you want now. It’s not like any of us could possibly think any less of you, so what have you got to lose?
If you are worried about your image, don’t. You’ve still got your pig-headed stance and blind loyalty to kissing the collective ass of pretty much every corporation in the world regarding pollution and global warming, your obvious affection for killin’ them brown-skinned peoples in the Middle East and devotion to faith-based everything to define your image just fine. So put that pardon on out there and give us all another glimpse of the cronyism and corruption we’ve all come to expect from you and your administration.
Yours truly,
Nathan
Jennie needs to teach her dog to quit playing Jesus. This is the second time today I’ve had to rescue the little cur from the pool cover; with the rain falling and pooling up on top, it’s not as buoyant as usual. She was stuck and couldn’t get to the edge without the cover dipping under water. Another few minutes and she’d have been as blue as the cover. Um, that’s the dog, not Jennie. On the bright side, at least there would’ve been one less poop-machine in the back yard.
Ah!- wonderful, thundering storm
bountiful, incontinent sky!
We have rain, glorious wonderful rain! Now this is the weather I like, nice and cool. Sure, we won’t be in the pool anytime soon, but my Scottish heritage sings out with joy, knowing I don’t have to pay to water my lawn for a few days.
They brainwash them early, don’t they? My son used the phrase “that’s so gay” today. He’s six and his understanding is that gay means a man marries another man. Okay. So why exactly was that particular game gay? Did it marry another game of the same type? No, apparently, a second-grader called it gay. Oh goodie. By the end of second grade, I’m sure I’ll be hearing him say “well shiznit, dad!” The things you get to look forward to as a parent . . .
Speaking of forward-looking, I’m glad to see that Bush is looking forward and giving up on the environment. Yes, the best way to deal with a problem is to quit looking at it. If you ignore it, it will go away, right?
Not much to say (but is there ever?). It was hot, miserably hot this weekend. The new filter for the pool was a good investment — fighting 103° f in a green pool would’ve been a bit less enjoyable. Still, it was hot enough that I didn’t have to dig the new trench to reroute the sprinklers next to the pool and the waterslide water supply. So, it was swimming, drinking the occasional ale and avoiding work for me this weekend. The chilluns were either in the pool or asleep. All in all, a good time for all. But into every life, a little rain must fall. For us, that will hopefully be today. It’s been cooler (upper 80’s, lower 90’s) and very humid. We should have thunderstorms tonight. Until thenn, it’s back into the pool.
Just a few quick thoughts: Penguins and pandas are cute, and the Cold War is bad. I thought GOPers all thought their demi-god Ronnie Ray-Gun ended the Cold War, and that that was a good thing. So why the hell is Bush working so hard to bring it back? Screwing up the Middle East, paving and drilling every square inch of our park-lands, creating a mockery of our system of justice and the concepts of democracy and working single-handedly to bring the world to an end via global warming just not enough for him? What next, skinning kittens?
And in other news, Angelina demonstrates how much larger her right breast will be than her left after uniboob surgery.
You’d think a phone company would know how to connect a call, wouldn’t you? If so, you’d be mistaken. I canceled my second phone line today, or at least I hope I did. It’s hard to tell with Verizon. My first attempt seemed to go well until they put me on hold to contact the subcontractor in charge of actually disconnecting the line. At that point, I went on hold for 10-12 minutes, then received a message stating that all circuits were busy and that I should try again. I was then disconnected. Okay . . .
I waited a few hours, then tried again. Surprisingly, I got a human operator fairly quickly. It helps when the automated system cannot fully understand your request. I had to be put on hold again, but this time the operator (technician? hell-desk person?) stuck around and reminded me every few minutes that it should be just a few minutes more. After 10 – 15 minutes of this, I was connected to a new person who verified that I really wanted to disconnect my spare phone line. After trying to sell me some new services, she finally accepted that yes, I wanted to disconnect the line, and promised me that it would be done today. We’ll see. I’ve tried this before with Verizon and they haven’t been very good at carrying through on their side of things.
