Trying to take care of my little piece of the planet
All of us have had moments where we just wanted the opportunity to start over, re-wind the tape, re-word what just came out of our mouths. So the sympathetic part of me feels bad for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, as she completely mangles her opening statement in last night’s televised debate. But the other part [...]
Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Did you know that the words “race car” spelled backwards still spells “race car”?
And that “eat” is the only word that, if you take the first letter and move it to the last, spells its past tense, “ate”?
And that if you rearrange the letters in “Tea Party Republicans” (and add just a few [...]
Posted on August 2nd, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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I came across a reference to this conservative website tonight. From the reference, I expected that I wouldn’t find much in common, but I was curious. After a quick look (I warned you that this spring’s posts will be quick) I was stunned to find absolute, unequivocal, 100% discordance! We’re talking polar opposites! Night and [...]
Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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I saw the video below, which started me reminiscing about a symbolic name that’s been part of my vocabulary for as long as I can remember: “Rube Goldberg”. In my rural ‘keep ‘er running’ world, a Rube Goldberg solution involves slapping together a complicated thing made up of available, but improbably connected moving parts that [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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So, as far as seeing the world as a happy place, it’s been a pretty crappy week all around. Of course, there’s Haiti, where the scope of the need is hard to comprehend. And there was the debacle in Massachusetts, which may well be the shot heard round the world with regard to healthcare reform. [...]
Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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It appears that my site is back up; after three days of trying to correct the problem. The error was a ’simple’ one, seemingly caused by an electronic burp while trying to upgrade Wordpress to a more recent version. However, apparently, threatened by my attempt to modernize it, the Wordpress program did what any good [...]
Posted on December 31st, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Away from the blogosphere for a few days for all the right reasons.
We’re in beautiful Asheville, NC for a few days, celebrating our thirtieth wedding anniversary.
Hope everyone has a great holiday.
May you have peace, health, love, and enough of whatever to be happy.
Posted on December 20th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Mid thirties and raining here. More time to post:
I did merge the two flocks, adding the ten-week old flock (seen here) to the nine others. Loaded the little guys into the big coop after dark, and then let them out together the next morning. As seamless as it gets.
Posted on December 13th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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Nothing says that America’s place in the world has changed since November more than this.
Posted on October 9th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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All within a couple of months, there’s the Governor of South Carolina flying to Argentina to be with his ’soulmate’. There’s one U.S. Senator promising to make health care reform Obama’s ‘Waterloo’ and a U.S. Representative calling the president a liar on national television during a joint session of Congress. Now this:
GREENVILLE S.C. — A [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by jack-of-all-thumbs
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