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From time to time I’ve been tuning in (is that a dated phrase?) to “The Slingshot Guy”.  For some reason I never mentioned this particular genius on my blog.  Time to rectify my oversight! Background: Basically he’s a very pleasant … Continue reading →

“I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.” The tree blathered.

“You’re nuts in iambic pentameter?” I fumed. Trees don’t read Shakespeare. Hell, most Americans can’t read Shakespeare. I was losing it. Continue reading →

I’m pretty sure the closest a normal human being gets to personally owning a fighting robot is a tracked skid steer. It’s good to be alive. Continue reading →

Just like an evil banker, we remove solid support until the whole thing is irreparably out of balance and it comes crashing down; exactly where we want it to go. If we do it right we get to feel smug and superior; also like an evil banker. Continue reading →

Recently I went to two rural country fairs. You can learn a lot about America at a county fair. Here, in no particular order, are random observations: I expected to see herds of mutant whack jobs in the style of … Continue reading →

Recently I went to two rural country fairs in two adjacent counties. Both fairs were similar in size but they were in very different venues. One was in a town that’s poor, very rural, and the county itself is sparsely … Continue reading →

I’m a patron of the bacon! Continue reading →

Back in the stone age I had a newspaper route.  This was back when it was considered a good thing for youths to work. One effect of my righteous, underpaid, non-minimum wage, child labor paper route was that I read … Continue reading →

I have obtained photographic evidence that Pony conventions exist.  (In case you thought they were a figment of my fevered imagination.)  I blurred the photos because… well mostly because I found the “pixellate” button my my photo software. I enlisted … Continue reading →

“Leather clad bikers… Rainbow sparkly ponies…” A juxtaposition formed and took a dump in my skull. “Aaacckk! You’re not helping!” Continue reading →