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A spill over from my work life is that for most anything I try I formulate an actual test plan first and establish what the objective is, and what must happen or what indicates that the objective has been met. My testing a car tire on the back of my Honda VTX is […]

“It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigor. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution.”
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia Query 19, 1781

Let the pols decry and demean the citizens showing up at town hall meetings to express their concern over ObamaKennedy Care… the London Telegraph once again illustrates our concern is far from unfounded.

If “the Holocaust” didn’t happen as some would have you believe then how could Netanyahu be presented with some of the planning documents from Auschwitz?
German journalists handed the Israeli leader, in Berlin for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, a portfolio of 29 plans from the Auschwitz death camp discovered last year.
Hm…

I am continuing to work with Sophie on the leash and on her recognizing her “kennel” as her safe place. She goes to bed now and no longer whines when I close the door and leave the room unless she needs to go outside. On those occasions when she does wake me at 0-dark-30 […]

This will make you laugh, then it will make you cry…
Though I can’t see the govt computer systems being that competent….

You know, I love double dip ice cream cones but not so much recessions. I have hope we’ll regain some sanity in 2010 but I’m not sure much will be left to salvage.
But unlike some I don’t put this solely at the feet of the Democrats. The utter lack of actual […]

I had no idea such things as doggie treadmills ( another) existed but it makes sense if you’re an apartment dweller with a high-energy dog. Probably cheaper than replacing furniture chewed up by a bored and frustrated dog.

I woke up at 4 and Sophie whined so I let her out and she went out and went potty and came right back in. We were up about 8 and let her out to play with the big dogs. At about 10:30 Sophie and Ginger disappeared and at 11 they both showed back up […]

Friday was a work at home day so the puppy got constant small bits of attention. She rotated between rough housing with the big dogs and sleeping at my feet while I worked and following the Missus around just to see what she was up to.
Saturday morning I had to run to town for milk […]

We’d been talking names for the pup and the Missus likes Butterscotch, Spice (so we’d have Ginger and Spice), Sophie and Daisy. I like Lucy or Sophie and a couple of others. Lucy was my preference though I like Sophie which is the Labrador puppy in Dog Eat Doug.
Primarily I wanted something distinctly feminine which […]

Ginger has another new friend, a moose… (courtesy of Rescue Woman!) the pup has an Elephant, but Ginger wants the Elephant, too! She finally worked herself up to going into the cage to get the elephant and put it with her moose.

More funny is Ginger will take the moose and dangle it […]

The puppy, while still not officially adopted, has made much headway in the last few days in firming up her case for full membership. A large part of the headway is the Missus’s slow coming around aided in part by the decision to try crate training to find a way around her concern the puppy […]

“There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.”
Dorothy Thompson, (1894 - 1961)

People who dine out with me may actually come to think I don’t like tomatoes. But that’s really not true at all - I love tomatoes, I just cannot stand crunchy commercially produced tomatoes.
So this is a great time of the year for me because everywhere real honest to goodness HOME GROWN tomatoes!
Even […]

So we’ve pretty much determined that the dominant characteristics of the puppy are that of a red nosed American Pitt Bull Terrier - the dreaded “pitt bull”! Several pictures of 3 month olds match exactly. The wife is a bit concerned about it due to the damage done the breed by bad owners […]

At it’s Paintball finest… what is “the law” in small town USA besides citizens banding together and hiring a marshal? Paintball guns are cheaper…

So all it took was a 1/2 a year to remind Americans that though GW Bush had is faults he was still better than the alternative. Sometimes we need to be reminded of how bad things can get. Too bad it is such an expensive lesson in more ways than fiscally… anyway - a wake […]

Here we go again. Not even a half a year after the passing of this years 2nd Annual Meet Your New Dog event and we have yet another petitioning for family membership. And very likely an American Pitt Bull Terrier….

She gets along just fine with the other dogs, even the cat didn’t kill her […]

I’m not a big adherent to some of the psychological aspects of business management but I’ve spent enough time with my friend Ed Turi to know there is something to what he teaches. Check out is blog - agree or disagree Ed knows his stuff and is passionate about the topic.
To put it […]

Not like I needed any further reason to buy Ford, but here’s one anyway…

Yet another illustration of why oil is so expensive: Feds Holding Back $100 Million in Drill Leases. Just because you had the winning bid on a drilling rights auction doesn’t mean you have any rights. Any joe blow who is concerned for environment has more rights than you although you plunked down millions of dollars […]

Those of us in the mid west setting record low temperatures this past month are not surprised to see NOAA officially state that July Temperatures were below-average for the U.S..
And now you know why “Global Warming” is now called “Climate Change”….. which is an oxymoron. Change, its what weather does. So much so […]

Looking at the current leftist movement, whether its Obamacare or Global Warming, this one pretty well sums it up:

I don’t think they realize that “A Brave New World” was written as a warning - not a suggestion.

“On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that power to them? If so, how many rebellions should we have had already?”
Thomas Jefferson