Where Time is Killed Humanely
Yes, I went to Boys’ State a few years ago. I went with these other clowns shown here.
Our experiences varied. I didn’t enjoy a lot of my time because the advisor for my group was a member of the ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) and he thought we needed to become soldiers. So, when the members of many cities were goofing off during free time, we were out learning how to march around the campus. Lots of fun.
Check below for the names.
Posted in The Yellowed Pages.
– February 8, 2010
When a snowstorm is approaching, it’s always fun to compare the forecast for Morenci and for Fayette. We’re so far away from one another. Currently, the National Weather Service says 6 to 10 inches for Fayette and 5 to 11 inches for Morenci. And in both cases, maybe an inch before daylight Tuesday and maybe another inch on Wednesday. Sounds exciting, no matter which side of the border you reside. It will be exciting for me when I attempt to drive to Adrian tomorrow afternoon to fetch my newspapers.
NEW ORLEANS: I heard an NPR interview this evening in which the guy in charge of trash collection in New Orleans’ French Quarter was interviewed about cleaning up after the Super Bowl celebration. I actually felt a little embarrassed for the reporter when she inquired how the trash differed from Mardi Gras. It began to seem like an interview that never needed to be made. The answer, by the way, was fewer beads Sunday night.
But then it all became worthwhile when the cleaner man was asked what it smelled like Monday morning. “Vomit, beer…”
Posted in It's life.
– February 8, 2010
Follow this link to see the To-Do-Tattoo kit. This must be what Sarah Palin used during an interview at the Tea Party convention. She likes to make fun of Pres. Obama’s use of a teleprompter, but she was seen allegedly consulting her hand for prompts. Maybe/maybe not, but she might want to check out this product.
This two-sentence quote from her speech was definitely not written on her hand. It’s the third of her top three priorities for Congress:
I think, kind of tougher to put our arms around, but allowing America’s spirit to rise again by not being afraid to kind of go back to some of our roots as a God fearing nation where we’re not afraid to say especially in times of potential trouble in the future here, where we’re not afraid to say, you know, we don’t have all the answers as fallible men and women so it would be wise of us to start seeking some divine intervention again in this country, so that we can be safe and secure and prosperous again. To have people involved in government who aren’t afraid to go that route, not so afraid of the political correctness that you know – they have to be afraid of what the media said about them if they were to proclaim their alliance to our creator.
Divine intervention as a Congressional policy?
Posted in It's life.
– February 8, 2010
There’s a nice sun dog right now in the southwest. It’s quite probable that there’s one in the northwest, also, if the clouds are right. The one I see out the window will be gone soon, but probably more will arrive.
Posted in It's life.
– February 7, 2010
Take this link to see a collection of photographs of people hanging by their ankles for a portrait. Final stats from the project:
107 – People hung upside down by their ankles and photographed
242 – Total photos taken of people hanging upside down by their ankles
0 – People hung by their ankles who puked while upside down
1 – Tears shed upside down and captured by our camera
1 – Beers drunk successfully while upside down
NOW I UNDERSTAND: A Utah state legislator explains the truth behind the climate change hoo-hah. It’s all a conspiracy to control population:
But Noel defended the “conspiracy” wording, pointing to an out-of-print textbook, Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment , written in the 1970s by biologist Paul Ehrlich, Ehrlich’s wife, Anne, and physicist John Holdren about the potential hazards of unchecked population.
“Now, if you can’t see a connection [of a conspiracy] to that,” the legislator said, “you’re absolutely blind to what is going on. This is absolutely — in my mind, this is in fact a conspiracy to limit population not only in this country but across the globe.”
Details are here.
NATURAL MATH: For the mathematical among you, take this link to see natural curves displayed as mathematical functions. Below is the artist’s statement:
MORE DOUBLE-TALK: There’s a growing list of politicians who think Pres. Obama’s stimulus funds are among the most egregious act committed against the American people—and voted against them—and then show up to boast how they brought federal money home when some stimulus funds arrive. Here’s a little different twist from South Carolina’s governor, Mark Sanford. Sanford has likened the federal funds to slavery and fiscal child abuse, but:
Gov. Mark Sanford flew to Washington on Thursday to tell the Obama administration that South Carolina wants $300 million in federal stimulus money.
Sanford, who spent much of last year fighting parts of the Obama administration’s stimulus plan, now wants S.C. to have a piece of $4 billion in “Race to the Top” education money.
Posted in Enviro, Gone crazy.
– February 7, 2010
Remember the old Gulf service station on the northwest corner of Main and Summit in Morenci?
I remember hearing a story about someone hooking up an electrical circuit in the back where guys used to step out to relieve themselves and so-and-so received a good shock one day.
Could be an old unurban legend. Would it really work?
Check out the price of gasoline: 32.9¢ a gallon.
Posted in The Yellowed Pages.
– February 7, 2010
Walking home from the Disturber just now, I noticed the air smelled like grape jelly. A little unsettling, and besides, I like strawberry much better. Grape jelly was more of a brother Dan thing.
George Isobar says we received about 1.2 inches of snow. Conditions may vary. Lots of blowing. At the office, the snow was deep on the sidewalk; across the street, there was nothing. I had it all.
Posted in It's life.
– February 6, 2010
It’s 1977 and Miss Nancy Stoutenberg’s something-or-other class is redecorating a house in Morenci. Sorry, I was living in Oregon at the time and I have no idea who Old Lady Stoutenberg was. Perhaps she taught home ec classes in Morenci, back when it was still called home economics.
This must be where it all began for the girl at the bottom. I’m talking about her infatuation with Martha Stewart. That’s Kym Lamley working with Jill Barrett.
Posted in The Yellowed Pages.
– February 6, 2010
[another old transfer]
One of my Summit Street neighbors was working on the pitching mound 20 years ago. I just saw this photo when doing the Decade Review for the week.
I saw his mother at the Post Office this morning when a few of us were standing in line at the Passport Fair. There must have been a dozen people applying for passports by the time I left at 8:40. It continues until 2 p.m. today.
I don’t have any travel plans, but in the year 2012, passports will be needed to get into Ohio so I thought I might as well get one now.
That reminds me, the mobile Secretary of State office was scheduled for a Morenci visit in May, but it’s been canceled. Too bad, it’s a handy way to obtain a license renewal.
Unless, of course, you’re like one of the other people waiting in line for a passport this morning. He was quite critical of the mobile office, but it was soon obvious that he was the only one there who didn’t see is a great public service. He said something about “Darn Democrats.” I guess he’s suggesting that one party serves the citizens and the other one….
I wonder why he wasn’t complaining about the mobile passport office.
Posted in The Yellowed Pages.
– February 6, 2010
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