Traveling on US 24 nearing US 31, you might, just maybe notice signs North and South directing you to Mexico (North), Peru (South), Denver (North), Miami (South). You're not in Panama, but you are in Indiana. Here, you head South to find Santa Claus.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Sad little towns
Driving from one city to West Lafayette (Purdue University), I drove by and through many sad little squatter towns. Two were trailers only, with dump pits nearby and others in lowlands, presently flooding. The leafless trees holding no secrets to the sad little parcels. I'm glad that I didn't have to stop. They all mad me a little sad; these dumpy, poor, flooded areas with ramshackle homes. Delphi, Indiana was one such sad little town, but worse still was Burrows.
Outstanding in her field
I saw something odd in a field. It stood out because of color, but it was still odd. I had to see it in flashes, for I was driving, but it wasn't clear to be either a cow or a trough. At the last glance, it turned its head -- a cow, out alone, quarter to half mile from any building. There were no other cows. I'm not sure it was a "happy cow", but it was outstanding in its field.
Covee of critters
The trip wasn't without critters. There were a few cow farms, a family of deer in a different field and flocks of confused birds. On the campus, several gray squirrels showed disdain for my intrusion -- how dare I be there. On the way back, on a poorly lit road, there was a spot -- carcass on the road. With some clarity as I got closer, another thing was near. I thought to myself that it was a raccoon eating, but dismissed the thought as wrong. I still gave it a wide berth. After I passed it, I saw a raccoon's distinctive hump walk across the road behind, lit by the red running lights of the van. Huh! I'm glad that I missed it.
With the singular flock of birds, I'm disappointed that they still messed on the van. Rotten, ungrateful buggers -- I feed them here.
Yo ho, blow the van down
I drove today to pick my neice at Purdue. I knew that it was windy, but man, oh man did it ever buffet the van about, as though it were confetti. The gas mileage went down a bit for sure. What was most interesting about the wind, was that the wipers worked very well on the upswing, but the wind caught them on the down swing, leaving more smears than swiping. It was an odd little trip, very gray, very windy, flurries and rain. My car's profile works better, by a little, but its light weight makes it more like Charlie Brown's kite than anything else. Someday I'll have a laughing tree munching on my tree, a smile within its branches and leaves, while I hang upside-down.
"Rats!"
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Dargon's Lair game
How old am I? [click] left ... [click] left ... [click] right
more Disney animation
Aww -- eeii!
Later converted to, "Tom Sheets"
How could America cuts costs, I wonder
Millions in jails and on parole, including murderers, rapists, child molesters. Hmmm, how would the clever person solve this dillema? I suppose wiping them out ... all of them, would be too "common sense" of an idea. I don't want to pay for child molesters' existences nor for rapists. Jailed, no food -- simple. Prompt execution, simple. What is the difficulty in this concept? People pay enough taxes. Why not spend the money not on criminals, but on areas that matter?
You could put together a team to pull a number 6 on them.+
+ Blazing Saddles, "That's where we come in a-whoppin' and a-whoopin' ev'ra thing in sight."
The man that probably destroyed my other car years ago
Fred Moore , 50, of the 4200 block of Plaza Drive, was booked into the lockup at 12:32 a.m. Tuesday on a charge of operating a vehicle after a lifetime suspension. He was being held without bail.
common sense shouldn't be law, but I guess it was necessary
You better make sure that the person is who you say it is. I don't care how certain you are after looking at the weight and height, you need to check and double check and ask someone else to check. This doesn't need to be a law, this is common sense. If you have two girls of similar characteristics in a crash, one dies and one in coma, you check and recheck. It doesn't have to be on your job description. The medical examiner who made the error should be fined or docked pay or something for such a careless error.
Witchy woman and ideas for augmenting laws
"Michigan woman provides drugs to kids" , not shocking, "in her care", not shocking. The law stating that children under 16 in a house where prostitution took place is an interesting one. I guess it's okay if your 16 year old is around when tricks are turned and Johns come in for sex. How do you figure? While prostitution is a crime, having a 16 year old there while you do it isn't a crime? This then begs the question, is it okay for a 16 year old to become a prostitute because clearly it isn't a violation for her to be there. Although it is a crime to do it, this law seems to blur the underlying themes of the crime.
"Okay, honey! Have a good time at Trixie's house. Say hello to Bambi! Stay out of trouble."
"Okay mom!"
Cry for me
He pleaded guilty to sex with a minor and since he didn't get his way again, he's crying to have a lighter sentence. Gosh ... sex with 14 year old, pleaded guilty, lost scholarship, serving time -- life's rough. He wants a misdemeanor not a felony now. Too little, too late! "Bull**** man! You made the deal, that's what [you get]!"+
+ Thank You Masked Man, Lenny Bruce
What used to take 2 hours, now takes all day
Hunh! I've sent applications from Germany, Europe to L.A. Lock me up, I'm on app 9125, cover my face, want to get out alive. Check my resume', all that jive ... I can't get:
a job to survive!
Then the HR said, "Boy just one more. I'm gonna throw your work in the city dump." He looked me in the eye and said, "you're in a slump". I said, "Yeah. Oh, yeah!"
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Leaving traffic stuck for hours
Glue Spill Closes Road
PENDLETON — A semitrailer carrying large drums of glue spilled part of its load onto a state highway Tuesday, causing the road to be closed for about three hours. Police officers diverted traffic off Indiana 67 and 38 and U.S. 36 after the spill. Workers and customers were evacuated from businesses within 100 yards of the spill, and about 10 people were treated at the scene or a nearby hospital for skin, eye or respiratory irritation, Madison County Emergency Management spokesman Todd Harmeson said.
The spill happened about 10:30 a.m., when two 55-gallon drums of Bondmaster glue the truck was carrying tipped over and leaked onto the highway. A passing motorist alerted the truck driver, who pulled off, and police, fire and emergency personnel responded to the area about 20 miles northeast of Indianapolis.
wastes enough to travel lightly
Good Eats, with Alton Brown is entertaining, but I rarely watch it. In passing I saw a bit talking about yeast. In describing their use in cooking "they consume mass quantities of carbohydrates and in return they produces copious amounts of carbon dioxide". At this point, a sock puppet who was just then fed flour (carbohydrates) then belched and farted. It was great to hear that with the foul language they air on TV, they finally made the leap into natural sounds -- like farting and belching.
Me, I'd rather watch a show with no harsh language, but wasn't afraid to use toilet humor and natural sounds within the show, as long as it was contextual and not the theme of the episdoe or show itself.
Some little bits that cracked me up
I was eating with the folks when they brought up two things that made me laugh. Mum was talking about scientists getting closer to cloning, which angers her. She likened this to View to a Kill, James Bond movie. Christopher Walken is a genetically enhanced and selected post-Nazi era sociopath, whom mom thought was clone. While father couldn't come up with the title or actors, he remembered the character name: Zorin. As many times as I have watched bond movies, I would never have remembered this. That was funny.
The thought of clones really made me laugh, especially when you think who could afford cloning you generally wouldn't want cloned. Think of more Bill Clintons, Bill Prestons (Keanu Reeves), Dan Quayles, Dennis Rodmans, Prince Charles, Paris Hiltons (not a brain among them), Jim Bakers (televangelist), Oprah Winfreys, Tim Burtons, Courtney Loves. I stop here, for I'm laughing, but those with so-so mental stabilities might also be cloned as well as cloned Kim Jong, bin Laden well training their "equal" in the ways so that nothing changes. Stalin would have loved clones.
Proponents and opponents would clash on many things, especially on the thought that 18 year old models' clones would turn out the same way (most horny guys would be willing to gamble on that) and the evil of creating clones for non-living purposes. One of me is scary enough, "I do not want a [clone] like that, Daddy!"+
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Verucca Salt.
Jumpin', what's that sound?
More age signs
Ace of Spades , Under Pressure (not Ice Ice Baby), Under Cover of the Night, In My Dreams, Cult's Fire Woman, man -- I can relive that time period ... if I'd want to do that.
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