restoring honor?

 "When I see a 9/11 victim family on television, or whatever, I'm just like, 'Oh shut up' I'm so sick of them because they're always complaining." –"The Glenn Beck Program," Sept. 9, 2005

Define this!

I have remarked on this some time ago; the little "word verification" thingees that you must retype before you can log onto some sites or post comments.  I am sure they have a purpose though I have neither the patience nor the intelligence to decipher what their true purpose is.  Instead, I find it amusing to self-define what those words may mean.  It sure is a lot more fun that trying to decipher the intent of the Tea Party.

nomet     getting stood up on a blind date
koatele   Austrailian telephone company
essesse   German for an easy task
coxiggal  woman who frequently falls while rollerblading
sturr        when you want your third martini not shaken
alaystr     PBS host
pyholly    chick who constantly makes bad choices
nowear    sans boxer shorts
hablors    question in Spanish, "I got mine, Hablors?"
imampic   photo of  Muslim cleric that may get you killed
waystat    tremendous number of blog hits
leablech   Jewish girl who hates everything
fugai        sushi from the Gulf of Mexico
sledtran   Sarah Palinesque mass transit in Alaska
pyrantic   insect who lights fires
bollygoc  egotistical Indian film producer

........ and the last is my perpetual state of disrepair.

Just an idea

Listen; there's a hell of a good universe next door: let's go.
eecummings 

sometimes.....

......somethings look so cool that you want to take a picture.  But it doesn't turn out... or at least not as neat as you thought it would.  Well... trust me.... it was a pretty neat sunset.

I have been out and about for the last week.  Not much time for much .... and it was all good.

Went to my niece's wedding in western Wisconsington.  They held it at a farm amongst the hills.  Emily and her new hubby, Andy, just finished taking the bar exam in Minnesota.... lawyers, ya, right.

But he is very cool and Emily has been my favorite kiddo for the last 27 years.  Her brother, Adam, came home from San Diego, Jo teaches history, and Elliott is a graphic designer in Madison.  The thing of it is... when the cousins get together, they are funnier than all get out.  I enjoy being a fly on the wall and just listening to them.
So does Grandma.  88.... confined to a wheelchair permanently, now.  But she wasn't going to miss this for anything.

Elliott, Katie, Max, Jonas, Adam, Emily &&& Grandma

It was a pretty good sunset.  I think Grandma plans on having a few more.

"The universe is no narrow thing and the order within it is not constrained by any latitude in its conception to repeat what exists in one part in any other part. Even in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way. For existence has its own order and that no man's mind can compass, that mind itself being but a fact among others."

Cormac McCarthy

I have been occupied of late.  I have not been able to post much of what I have written nor read much of others.  There are so many of both that if I think of it I feel a sadness.  But there are books to read, places to be, jobs to look for and children who need attention,solace,information and guidance.  It is what it is... but to any and all that cross these pages..... I will bless you even if god will not.  Now..... if you add a beer you will have something of value..... my blessing is worthless and will not make you drunk.

What I learned in Church

So I found myself in church one day and the minister was doing a sermon, as they often do, and this day he decided to do a little visual.

Four worms were placed into four separate jars.

The first worm was put into a container of alcohol.

The second worm was put into a container of cigar smoke.

The third worm was put into a container of chocolate .

The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.

At the conclusion of the sermon, the Minister reported the following results:

The first worm in alcohol - Dead

The second worm in cigar smoke - Dead 
  
  

Third worm in chocolate  - Dead 
  
  

Fourth worm in good clean soil -  Alive
  
So the Minister asked  - 
  
What did you learn from this demonstration?
  Well, I don't go to church often...or extremely seldom at best, but I raised my hand and said:

'As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!'

.... and we ate eggplant, too!

I had a perfectly nice weekend.  I sat among pines ... and burned some of them too.

I ate animal flesh seared by open flames and  encased in buns.

I enjoyed a beverage holding deep meaning in my native state.

..... and realized that as screwed up, messed up, as America is.... there are good places.  I need to find them more often.