Castle walls are hip again

If you thought the dark ages were over and long ago, then think again! Bagdad is getting its own wall. The US wants to build one at the Mexican border. I'm sure other nations will follow, keeping up with the Joneses. The theme here is not East Berlinish, keeping the populace in, but rather keeping the untouchables out. I think, if given a choice, the US should wall up all of LA, California. Yep, that would be okay!

I also think that they could have some plasma screens or something advertising for products available online at stores, so the unwanted to still spend money in your country/city/region, but not infect it with their presence. Come, buy here, just don't stay. Thank you, Management.

term: pulled a boner

Perhaps it means something embarassing. Imagine a guy at school, when for a good reason or no good reason at all -- broing! You dare not stand and if the bell rings, well, you've suddenly discovered a page needing erasing (for time to elapse). The mistake was being a guy -- with everpresent ideas of sex and women.

In my mind, I'm thinking of Yoda commenting, "Obi Wan has lost a planet. How embarassing. How embarassing."

photo smart

I brought in a CD with pictures to make a quick print for family. The picture isn't what's important, but the prompts at the self-service were. After using the CD, it asks at the end if I would like to make a picture CD. Uh, would it have been too costly to put in a couple lines of code to eliminate that?

by accident

I was at Walgreens today, making a purchase at the counter, when I mentioned to the saleswoman there that there was an oddity on a picture they had showing. She leaned over to examine the picture, I turned away from the picture to see that she was looking at it and ... cleavage. It wasn't intentional. I feel so ashamed because it was unintentional. If I had wanted to see, I would have put forth more effort. I happen to know who she is because of where I get my hair cut. She is the bi-polar daughter of a woman who works at the "salon/gallery". The saleswoman also has a child. I believe that she's still living with some guy, though unmarried.

Popeye's down day

So, they traced down the ill farm with e-Coli and laid down napalm, and it was good. And then they laid down more napalm and found that it was good, and rested. A second group wanted to know why there was e-Coli, but there wasn't much left of anything to examine, so they rested.

Spinach farmers gathered today to file for government tax abatement from a really bad year. The good news is that there weren't any advertisements that needed pulled for there are about 30-70 ratio of people who like to those who don't like spinach. You can't con people into liking it.

Popeye's chicken was unaffected except for the quasi-intellectuals who pieced together only parts and fragments assuming that Popeye's sold spinach. To-be fried chickens could only dream of an avian salvation. Disease would only bring about death in another manner. In retrospect, the chickens fried at Popeyes were overly soaked in oil and fat and killed more people than is calculated.

What's interesting is the biological processes of transmission and carrying of bacteria in crops such as spinach. I know that some plants and crops absorb heavy metals, but keeping e-Coli in stasis is, well ... new to me. I thought that it wouldn't be viable after a short time.

impressed with ziploc

impressed with ziploc
Originally uploaded by MDH, II.

What happens when you overfill a plastic container, then freeze it? Well, this is one possibility. I found this in the freezer and cooked it for the folks. It was frozen chili. I liked the smoke and steam while it cooked, adding to the mystique of the shot.

Here's a little Ditty, 'bout John Chapman

While many people become legends after their deaths, John Chapman, born in Massachusetts on September 26, 1774, was a legend in his own time. Known throughout Indiana, Ohio and Illinois as Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman began his travels at the age of 18. Here are some interesting facts about this unique individual.

John did not randomly scatter apple seeds in the wilderness, rather he planted nurseries of apple trees with fences around them for protection from livestock.

He had a business plan. When Johnny traveled on, a willing neighbor would care for the nursery and sell trees on shares. Johnny would return in a year or two to check the nursery and collect his earnings.

Johnny died near Fort Wayne, Indiana, after traveling the wilderness for nearly fifty years.

Before his death he tried to give his wealth to the needy. However, Elizabeth, his sister, inherited over 1200 acres of nurseries worth millions even then.

Each year in mid-September the Johnny Appleseed Festival is held at the Johnny Appleseed Park in Fort Wayne near his grave.