Jan 11, 2012

Uh oh. Black Helicopter Alert

The TMR this afternoon suffered a no-knock entry from the Eff Bee Eye snoop service.

They found me via Speaker Tweaker who could not possibly be a confidential informant, so I can only suppose he's a listed subsersive, too.

It may be too late, but a tinfoil hat goes on my modem right now.

Well I'll be a simulated SOB

It is against the law in Iowa to pretend to be drunk  in the park.

I'm safe enough cuz I write most all of my stuff snug in my Camp J sanctuary. But I guess it means I can never go Wi-Fi mobile.

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JAGSC -- anyone-- what the Hell kind of reasoning creates a law like this?

Okay, so I'm ignorant of the law

I'm not a real criminal, but I play one on the internet, so I'm surprised to find a new crime I didn't know about.

Over in Osage, someone called the cops because an ER nurse was acting funny, and the wheels of justice turned.

(She) faces one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of simulated public intoxication and one count of theft as well as three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of contraband in a correctional facility. She’s pleaded not guilty.

Simulated  public intox?  Does that mean we can lock up the Reverend Mister Al Sharpton, too?

Note to Roddy McDowell: No, I can't feel the warm anymore

On this day we depart fantasy and greet the return of reality. Yesterday -- and for a remarkable part of the winter of 2011/'12  --  a tee shirt under flannel under a windbreaker was all we needed topside for outdoor work. I thank all of you who cooperated by venting flourocarbons into the atmosphere.

This morning, back inside after a little sunrise exercise at the woodpile, I recall with thanks the disrobed nun* who created my thick red wool socks and again publicly praise my lovely daughter for an even higher quality hand-knit watch cap.


Rain and snow, becoming all snow after noon. Temperature falling to around 22 by 5pm. Windy, with a north northwest wind between 28 and 31 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph ...snow accumulation of less than 1 inch possible. 

Tonight: Scattered flurries after midnight...low around 8. Blustery, with a north northwest wind between 26 and 29 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. 

Still, only three or four days in the 15-day forecast are supposed to be much below  normal, and several of them are to be in the balmy 30s. Plus, no snow or not enough to matter. Plus, in just 14 days, the averages become our ally, rising one degree to 26 for daily highs, pushing us inexorably into the season of the dandelion and the narrow-leaved weeds requiring frequent mowing.

Time to get my Speedo out of storage.

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*Absolutely true