The teevee pundits are all over themselves wondering why Baby Doc came home. The dunderheads. Two simple explanations cover it.
1. He's run through what he stole prior to 1986 and needs to replenish the numbered accounts.
2. Not even the French could stand him anymore.
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And isn't it weird to think that if the cheering throngs who greeted him at Port au Prince put him back in power, it might represent an improvement on what those poor bastards have suffered in past quarter century?
Jan 18, 2011
I don't know how I feel about the California future, the coast cracking off and sliding down the continental slope when San Andreas burps again, brush fires taking out everything up to 4,000 feet.
Or the latest revenge of the Cosmos, the central valley flooded by Noah V. 2. (No kidding, the geologist mentions 40 days.)
On the surface, ridding ourselves of the California SSR menace seems like a fine idea. But the silly place has long attracted otherwise perfectly sensible Midwesterners*, and a fellow hates to think of them so badly inconvenienced. Life is full of moral quandaries.
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*It is long suspected that these transplanted flyover-country folks -- along with the swarthy illegals -- perform whatever useful work gets done out there.
Or the latest revenge of the Cosmos, the central valley flooded by Noah V. 2. (No kidding, the geologist mentions 40 days.)
On the surface, ridding ourselves of the California SSR menace seems like a fine idea. But the silly place has long attracted otherwise perfectly sensible Midwesterners*, and a fellow hates to think of them so badly inconvenienced. Life is full of moral quandaries.
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*It is long suspected that these transplanted flyover-country folks -- along with the swarthy illegals -- perform whatever useful work gets done out there.
Tan me hide when I've died, Clyde
Nothing like good chuckle to lighten an arctic morning.
The kangaroo stomp, at Brigid's place.
(Besides, it is about the correct length for an internet video -- 12 seconds.)
The kangaroo stomp, at Brigid's place.
(Besides, it is about the correct length for an internet video -- 12 seconds.)
Jan 16, 2011
Sunday Mission
It isn't usually this bad, although it will never win a New Yankee Workshop award for compulsive neatness. Too many late fall projects -- plus the tendency to toss stuff into the shop just because I can't immediately think of a better idea -- have left it in this chaos. I couldn't put my hand on a two-inch C clamp if my life depended on it.
And so to work. The Knipco is drinking kerosene, and in a few minutes it should be warm enough to turn to out there.
If I post an "after" picture today, you'll know I was diligent. If not, you can ask me which book I decided I must read immediately.
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