This, That and the Other

Hello again.  Have no idea what to write about today so here goes nuttin.  

Rogue the dog just got a  bath.....ahh skunks, we just gotta chase them.   Oh well, not as bad as the first two times which were at point blank range.....He's turned into an outside dog and that is great.  Even Rosslyn is going outside more....way too hot for them to sleep with me this time of the year so they spend the nights outside.

Willie is comming over in an hour or so to fix my swamp cooler, as it seems to be fine on the swamp part, but the cooler thing is eluding it.  Don't know what I'd do without Willie and his wife Elain.   Two of the nicest most Christian people in the world.

Saw the article yesterday about the bill in the Senate that would give the president the power to take over the internet at his whim......One of those back door thing that is being written (behind closed doors, which means no expert or public scrutiny) by the aides of senator Rockafeller of West Virginia...need I add that he is of course a demoncrap..er democrat...  Actually that's the second thing this week I've seen on the lefts attemps to silence the majority.   A liberal (!) law professor at the U of Minnesota is warning that whatever you say on the internet in chat rooms or blogs (!) or comments or anything is open to slander law suits so you'd better be good or big brother and his little minded helpers the ACLU and the ABA will come and beat the crap out of you.

Don't you love "hope and change".   Change for sure, lets see, this is sort of still the United States of America and since January the auto industry and the banking industry have been nationalized, we have been officialy informed that we are not a Christian Nation.....and they are trying to shut down the internet, talk radio and nationalize the health care industry.   

You notice that when I don't have anything to say that I sure get worked up about politics.   That's the price you pay I guess.

I've been thinking of what the platform would be if I could organize a workable new political party.  Think I will save that for another blog and try to make happy happy joy joy for now.....grin.

Welp, maybe I'll be back later today or maybe the Rockettes will stop by the house and tap dance on my kitchen counter and heart.......

I know which is more likely, and also which is the one I would rather happen.

Later y'all

God Bless

On the matter of NOISE

In my reading of fiction (and some biography) I've noted that many of the men are described like this... Like many men of a solitary existence he was withdrawn and taciturn, seldom speaking or indeed making any sounds at all. ......

Hmmmm, well ok;  you would have to say that I am a "solitary" individual being that I have lived alone for the last 6 years.  Anyone that would call me taciturn would be hauled away and their medication increased by at least twofold!

I've been in the houses' of people that seem to echo of the silence.   At one friends house I was sitting (quietly) in the living room whilst she was pouring  some coffee in the kitchen, her cat cleared his throat and in the stillness of the house it sounded like a gunshot!   The poor lady almost fainted from the sudden outbreak of volume!

In my house you could fire a full clip from an M16 and the noise wouldn't startle the sleeping cats. 

Three things abhor a vacum; Nature, my floors, and my hearing......I have noise going all the time.  Usually I'm listening to music, have a couple of area fans and the swamp cooler running.  That's just for starters.  Hang around this place for any length of time and you will hear me talking.  Ok my mouth is moving and sounds are comming out, but talking ..... nah, it's just noise.

I talk to the cats.   I talk to the dogs.  I talk to God.  I talk to myself (always a last option).  I talk to the walls, the furniture, the plants, the dishes...you get the picture.

I used to worry that I was crazy...now I don't care!  I've realized that I need some sound around.  I'm always commenting on something, trying out a new line to see if it sounds funny or weird (ok, they all sound weird but you can't blame a guy for hoping).  I will sing (make lound semi-rythmic noises) verses from old tunes and from tunes I've made up.  I will call myself names for doing the stupid things I do.  I will have conversations with "The Voices" (to understand that you have to read some of the older blogs).  I will make gibberish sounds just to see how they sound (like gibberish usually).

The point is ...none really, just wanted to let you guys know that I'm crazy 24/7/365, not just when I'm around you! 

I'm pretty sure that knowledge isn't reassuring.

Oh well.

see you next time and

God Bless

Mr Pratchett

Well since you all know me, you must know that I believe Terry Pratchett to be one of the greatest writers of the last few hundred years.

To those of you who haven't read his works, his most widely read body of works is called the Diskworld Series.  In a fantasy setting he expounds on some fairly deep and complex themes.

Thought I'd share some  of the quotes and one liners of this series.

Tourist, Rincewind decided, means "Idiot."

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.

"It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of going into teaching?"

- "Pardon me for living, I'm sure."
- NO-ONE GETS PARDONED FOR LIVING. (the character Death always speaks in capitols).

The only things known to go faster than ordinary light is monarchy, according to the philosopher Ly Tin Weedle. He reasoned like this: you can't have more than one king, and tradition demands that there is no gap between kings, so when a king dies the succession must therefore pass to the heir instantaneously. Presumably, he said, there must be some elementary particles -- kingons, or possibly queons -- that do this job, but of course succession sometimes fails if, in mid-flight, they strike an anti-particle, or republicon. His ambitious plans to use his discovery to send messages, involving the careful torturing of a small king in order to modulate the signal, were never fully expanded because, at that point, the bar closed.

Ankh-Morpork had dallied with many forms of government and had ended up with that form of democracy known as One Man, One Vote. The Patrician was the Man; he had the Vote.

"You like it?" he said to Mort, in pretty much the same tone of voice people used when they said to St George, "You killed a what?"

Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned, had to be very pure indeed.

The vermine is a small black and white relative of the lemming, found in the cold Hublandish regions. Its skin is rare and highly valued, especially by the vermine itself; the selfish little bastard will do anything rather than let go of it.

"I meant," said Iplsore bitterly, "what is there in this world that makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "CATS," he said eventually, "CATS ARE NICE."

"Actors," said Granny, witheringly. "As if the world weren't full of enough history without inventing more."

The Ephebians made wine out of anything they could put in a bucket, and ate anything that couldn't climb out of one.

- "There's a door"
- "Where does it go?"
- "It stays where it is, I think."

Any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realise that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons. Using it for your own purposes would be like trying to beat mice to death with a rattlesnake.

"You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage."

"That's right," he said. "We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am."

His philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -- the Cynics, the Stoics and the Epicureans -- and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, "You can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink."

Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.

"He says gods like to see an atheist around. Gives them something to aim at."

Om began to feel the acute depression that steals over every realist in the presence of an optimist.

YOU HAVE PERHAPS HEARD THE PHRASE THAT HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE? "Yes. Yes, of course." Death nodded. IN TIME, he said, YOU WILL LEARN THAT IT IS WRONG.

"Now we've got a truth to die for!" "No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for."

Ok children, that's it for today's lesson.  Be sure to study and there will be a test on this.

God Bless

A Dinner Pary

Back in the stoned ages (the 1960's) Irving Wallace and his family put out a couple of fun books called the "Book of Lists 1 & 2".   Great reading for trivia buffs or or just to kill a few moments.

I think one of my favorite sections was a quiz that they gave to various celebritys called "Who's Comming to Dinner".  Or something like that anyhow.

Here's the deal;  you are having an eleborate formal dinner that will take an entire evening.  You will be at the head of the table on each side of the table you are going to have 5 guests for a total of 10.

Now, out of every single person in history, living or dead......who would you invite?    I've added a rider onto that......you cannot invite Jesus the Christ!   For me at least, there would be no other reason to invite or listen too or look at anyone else!  (insert grin here).

Some of the respondents chose people that had something in common (ie; all evil, all phillosphers, all royals), some chose people that would "rub against" one another for good arguments (ie.; Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill).   Some others were just ecclectic and chose people that fascinated them.  Some chose a mix of famous and family.   So you see that there is quite a lot of variety available....who would you choose?

My list (as of this very moment, and that changes often) is as follows.

1.     Winston Churchill.    A many of such great intellect and such a variety of interests.   A rich and sickly boy, war correspondent, politician, cabinet minister, First Lord of the Admiralty, Prime Minister, author, artist, bon-vivant.   Great conversationalist, and would enliven any discussion.

2.     Robert E. Lee.    The consumate gentleman.  A brilliant military mind and unsurpassed leader.   A man of principle.   Remember up to the Civil war you were identified by your state first and as an American second (and don't get me started on that).  Gave up everything to fight for his state.  Quiet, refined, tough, well educated and I have the feeling that when he speaks....people listen.

3.     Abraham Lincoln.    The most vilified and admired man of his time.   Another man of principle that could and did put his convictions first.   Awkward, rough hewn, a gifted speaker and crafter of words.

4.     Aspasia.     The first woman on the list and quite an intriguing personage.   A Greek from about 400-500BC she was either the wife or mistress of the great Pericles and was a great influence on Athenian politics.  Not much is really know about her except that she was extremly highly educated, supposedly very beautiful and quite controversial.

5.   Theodore Roosevelt.    The 26th President of the United States.   Another man of many interests (notice a pattern here?), politician, naturalist, cowboy, author, soldier..... A man of boundless energy and a bouyant character (I always wanted to say that about somebody).

6.     Ronald Reagan.      Once more an American President and many of many talents.   Staunch conservative, devout Christian.   Won the Cold War, returned pride to the US.   Nuff said.

7.     Sophia Loren.     Most beautiful woman I've ever seen and loves to cook spaghetti.   Enjoys life and loves people.   Classy and a great conversationalist.

8     Frank Spencer.    Yep, my dad....a somewhat shy man that was content to remain in the background.   However when he spoke, everyone paid attention,  because he thought before he spoke and always had an excess of common sense, also a deep respect for everyone.

9     Mark Twain     A "been there, done that" kind of guy.   He knew the America of his age better than anyone.   Hey, any man who can say "I don't give a damn for any man that can only spell a word one way.", that is my kind of guy.

10     Well it's time to cheat a little bit here; I've been thinking about this for several days and just can't come up with one person that stands out above the rest...so take your pick from the following.... Groucho Marx, Queen Hatsetshup of ancient Egypt, Johnny Carson, Clara Bow, Billy Graham, a young Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Simon de Monfort, Leonardo DaVinci, Terry Pratchett, Margaret Thatcher, Marilyn Monroe, Ben Franklin, William Shakespear, Frank Sinatra........

Probably about 50 more could be added to the list.... you get the idea......feel free to suggest anyone that you would add or better yet...make up your own list.

TTFN &

God Bless

Here n' There

The Latest bout with the MS is sure taking its toll.  Had a real bad spell starting just before Church on Sunday and am really still feeling the effects as of now.   Oh well.

Trying to get caught up with some of the cleaning this morning, it is really incredible how much damage 7 kittens can do in a few moment!

Started watching a 1961 movie last night "El Cid" starring Charleton Heston and Sophia Loren.   It's about the Christian Reconquista of Spain and Portugal in the 12th century.  Haven't seen it since is was in theaters!   Man I must be old.   Two things struck me in the 20 or so minutes I watched last night.   The first was a speech by the emir of the Muslims from Northern Africa.   He was exhorting his subordinates from Moorish Iberia to be "real" Muslims and to kill all the infidels!   His speech could have come right off of any news broadcast of today and it was written and performed almost 50 years ago, based on words that were originally said over 1,000 years ago!   Wake up Christianity!

The second (and less threatening) thing was the state of special effects in 1961, as the aforesaid leader is riding on horseback to his meeting he comes out of a castle and gallops down a hill in through what looks like hundreds of men and camels....very impressive until you realized that the gathered throngs are all cardboard cutouts!   Really a hoot.

By the way, El Cid is based on real events, the somewhat fictionalized story of a man that united  the Christians of the peninsuala with the moderate moors and drove out the invaders who were bent on conquering the world and even made it into France.

Keep fighting the urge on Facebook to put in something about either "my wife"  or "my impending move to Scotland",  just to see how long it will take people to notice!    Have behaved so far.

Have a couple of scorchers in the forecast for Cordes today and tomorrow!   Been a strange monsoon so far this year.  hasn't rained much but when it has it's been a good "soaker".

Football season is just about here!  Well the game part of it.   ASU plays their first game in 17 days and the Cards play their 2nd pre-season game on Friday. Sigh, life are good.

Well, aside from an addendum that will go in another post  that's about it for this time.

God Bless

HERE'S YOUR PUN-ISHMENT

A good pun is its own re-word

The Energizer Bunny has been arrested and charged with battery.

A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.

Practice safe eating - always use condiments.

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

Shotgun wedding: a case  of wife or death.

I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.

Divorce is the mourning after the knot before.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

Corduroy pillows are making headlines.

Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.

When two egotists  meet, it's an I for an I.

What's the definition of a will?   (Come on, it's a dead giveaway.)

A backwards poet writes inverse.

In Democracy your vote counts.  In feudalism, your count votes.

A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.

If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed?

With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.

When a clock is hungry, it goes back 4 seconds.

You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.

Even a calendar's days are numbered.

A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.

He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.

When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Acupuncture is a jab well done.

TTFN and God Bless

uius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum.

Just some randomization for today's installment of insanity.

Getting a kick out of the Arizona Repulsive, the major (!) newspaper of the state.   They have a typical liberal hatred of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and especially his round-ups of illegal aliens.   They have been attacking him for years and at times it's almost hit a fever pitch.....we are in one of those times now as they scream about every little thing that he does.  Even letting the illegals know where he's going to be sweeping!    Why I'm laughing  is a story the other day one their internet front page about the fact that they can't really figure out why the crime rate in Maricopa County is down almost 20 percent over the last 2 years.......sigh.

The libs are in a state of denial over the healthcare  issue. Having made up their minds already that the government controlling all health care they are trying to sell it to the people in so called "town hall" events. What is confusing them is the anger and resentment of the average American over this kind of behavior.   America has almost always fought against socialism.  We are a nation founded by GOD fearing individualists.   We fought socialists in Korea and Viet Nam, Germany NAZI =  (National Socialist Party), a cold war against Russia and more......now the libs (who I call the Reds) want to nationalize health care and they feel offended that we don't want it.   They are nationalizing the banking system and the auto industry now the health industry.   Now you average Washington politico doesn't care, he has the best health care in the world for him and his family for life funded by us tax payers at no cost to him, and we can't take it away....why should they care what we think.

That was a little incoherent but oh well!

For the all the Dem's posturing about how they are the party of unity and support, I am shocked at the level of rancour that I hear every day....and not just in this little dust mote in Arizona.   From all the corners of the world when I talk to Americans and other interested parties on the internet, I hear a rising tide of discontent that is troubling and yet gratifying at the same time.   What the reds always forget is that your average Christian conservative (usually a caucasian, but by no means always) is nice quiet polite person who will go out of their way to avoid a conflict.   This person also has a memory and it's a good memory, when the boiling point is reached, well as they used to say "Katie bar the door".   For almost the first time in my 62+ years I think we are really nudging the heat gauge up to that point.

Look at this, a political rant and I just wanted to share some thoughts......see that's what I mean, just don't get  us all started.

Bye for now and may GOD bless                                 

& Now For More

"I was married by a judge, I should have asked for a jury."       Groucho

"After 30, a body has a mind of its own."    Bette Midler

"I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary."       Yogi Berra

"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement."        Ronald Reagan

"You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going."   P J O'Rourke

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."      P J O'Rourke

"First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down. "    George Burns 


"Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle."   George Burns

"As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it."     Buddy Hackett

"It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves." 
Bob Newhart

"Red meat is not bad for you. Now blue-green meat, that's bad for you! "      Tommy Smothers

You can quote me on this

Got to thinking on all the great quotes and one liners I've heard over the years..... Hey, it's a hobby!   Thought I might share a few of them, attributed when I can remember who said what firstest.

"People usually amuse me, but seldom amaze me."   Mark Twain

"Common sense is not that common."   Voltaire

"Curiosity killed the cat, but for awhile I was a suspect."  Steven Wright

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.  Inside of a dog, it's to dark to read."  Groucho Marx

"If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?"  Steven Wright

"If you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?"

"Is it weird in here, or is it just me?"   Steven Wright.

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels."  Groucho

"All people are born alike, except Republicans and Democrats."   Groucho

"Have you ever noticed that anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster is a maniac?"   George Carlin

"The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept."   George Carlin

"Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it."  Bill Cosby

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."  Rodney Dangerfield

"A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar."  Mark Twain

"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."  Mark Twain

"In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this"  Terry Pratchett

"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."  Terry Pratchett

"A fool and his money are soon elected."   Will Rogers

"God's children and their happiness are my reasons for being."  Red Skelton

"She has more Chins than the San Fransisco Phone Book."  Joan Rivers.

more later

Wunce Up On A Thyme

Once long ago and many fars away there lived a bee uty full Princess who labored under a huge Miss Conception!
This made her subjects very sad and they walked a round in round circles shakeing their heads back and forth causing them massive headaches in their massive heads. So every juan was very miss erable.
The Problem with the bee utey full Princess was that her Miss Conception was that Pee Pull could be knot a good Enuff for other pee pull. Isn't that a silly princess? What she forgotted was that the Lord God made all in his image and that means that all are good enuff for all... Now the Fayree Goodmudder agrees that knot awl pee pulls are come pat able..... So when she see's that she gets the Fayree Goodfodder (his name is Don Corleon) to wave his majik wand (no the other one) at them and they are much chastened and become demokraps or move to the suburbs on Long Island.
The Hand some and quite rotund Prince of Cordes has a Bea up his bonnet about any juan that sez thingies that wood implyers that there is am are could be a dis pare atty betwixt between or ontopof any poo teeples...er, two peoples...
And then they lived hoppylee ebber after except for the third week of June every other year...I don't know the wherefor or the why of that .

Once again I remain
odder than most

When you look out at those around you,

Have you noticed their pain?

When you think of your friends,

do you see the hurt in their eyes?

So many that are suffering 

So many are so blue

with the pressures of life

trying to make dreams come true.

you stand there wondering

just what you can do.

Speak softly and lovingly about the one you adore

tell them with your actions of what it can mean,

when they've accepted Jesus

and their slate is wiped clean

how the blood from  his suffering

will turn strife into peace

banish the sins, and wipe away grief.

Show them by your actions, what Jesus means to you

How worshipping God, is all that you need to do

Walking the Walk of a Believer in Christ

Brings down the Blessings upon your whole life.

Well here we are again after a week of Mr Flu.  Oh well.

When we last heard from our intrepid hero (you ever notice that only one letter seperated hero and zero?), he pontificating on the whyness of when, either that or talkin bout movie rankings.

Once I get past the first few on my list there are a whole bunch that are kind of lumped together, depends on which I've seen recently as to where they rank.

Ghostbusters...the 1st one anyway, love the movie, used to know it almost word for word by heart.   Brilliantly done and the cast was so good together.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit has always been one of my most enjoyable movie watching experiences.   All the fabulous cartoon characters, along with a good cast and for the time brilliant special effects.   I always wished that they had done some sequels to this.   By the way, in the original book that the movie was based on....Roger Rabbit was the Killer!

Groundhog Day, Bill Murray's tour de force....such a brilliant concept and Murray, well I can't think of anyone else that could have pulled this off.  

Blazing Saddles...Mel Brooks best movie...it is so sad that you couldn't make this movie today what with the intolerance that the left has foisted on this great country.

Indiana Jones ...now there are four of these, watched the first one the other night for the first time in a year or two and you know what?   It holds up very well.   My sister would disagree, but it sure is a fun way to sit back and pass a quiet evening while munching popcorn and enjoying Harrison Ford.

I've got a bunch of stuff on my brain cell so am going to sign off on this one and do a little bit more on some other stuff. However am planning on doing some more movie lists and maybe a few reviews in time.

Movie Lists

My sister and I were speaking the other day about movies....and the subject of favorites came up.

Love movies, always have and am amazed when I realize how many of them I've seen.   So picking out the favorites can get to be rather a chore.   Everytime you think you've got the list, you are reminded about half a dozen others!

Another thing about lists, is how your tastes change over the years.   I've seen some movies that I LOVED during the 1960's recently, and man, were they awful.....that's a big Go Figger.

So this list of my favorite movies is going to be constantly changing.

1.  THE MUSIC MAN.....this has been at the top of my list for the last 20 or so years.   Robert Preston and Shirly Jones are superb and the movie (for me at least) never grows old.

2.  THE QUIET MAN.....A superb story with one of the most perfect casts ever assembled.

3.  CASABLANCA.....Just watched this again the other night and am reminded of the depth of the cast.  From top to bottom this film has perfect casting and perfect performances.

4.  THE GODFATHER.....The first of the trilogy was to my mind by far the best.   A compelling story of the Mafia lifestyle and one mans fall into evil.

5.  LORD OF THE RINGS.....I count this trilogy as one movie, because it was one book (I know, I know...so was the Godfather).    Director Peter Jackson did what I thought couldn't be done in bringing the scope and majesty of Tolkien's story to the screen, in a satisfying manner.   If you have the chance, watch the Directors cut of all 3 of them, it's well worth the extra three plus hours (!) it will take.

Well I have about a bazillion things to be done, so will come back to this later.....so behave.

God Bless

The Sacrifice

Your brother is hurting

He's down so very low

No one to turn to, 

nowhere to go

Jesus made an offering

What would you do?

Your  sister is lost

away from the fold

her night is so dark

her world is so cold

Jesus made an offering

Would you be that bold?

Jesus made an offering 

so long ago

up on a cross

to save your very soul

His offering was  real

it last's for all time

it's there to pay for 

your every crime.

When no one is listening

when nobody cares

when you hear the wolf  howl

and the reaper begins to knock

While the evil ones mocks

your soul is so tortured

your mind is confused

your heart is broken

and your body abused

Jesus made an offering 

so long ago

up on the cross

for the sake of your soul

Jesus made an offering 

It's time for you to choose

accept his offer and you can't loose.