St. Pats Day

Just a little something to clear the mind and soul after a long day of green beer, funny hats, lame accents, and lines of dancing people on TV.

Blasting away at kinfolk. What the Irish do best.

It's Not Like The State Isn't Covered In Examples

For some reason, it's hard to get the Texas flag hanging right. I don't think of flags as sacred objects or anything like that, but I do think if you are going to put in the effort to fly one, you should think about it a little harder.

Day Three

I've also seen the Chilean flag flying proudly on a flagpole or two over the years.

Angry Birds, Lawn Jockey Edition

I'll cut ya!

Race To The Bottom

The Bruce Wayne of our universe, Richard Branson, is in a race with filmmaker James Cameron to see who can revisit Challenger Deep, the deepest known point of the ocean. Cameron is going with the more or less standard spherical vehicle, while the Branson team is using a sleeker streamlined vessel from designer Graham Hawkes. Good luck to both teams, as well as dark horse Triton Submarines (no rich guy yet).

That's about it for now. All I can say is good luck, and it's about time. Two people have gone to the absolute depth of the ocean, and that was back in 1960. Once.

Also, ever noticed that no one ever claimed the dive of the Trieste was a conspiracy?

And The Academy Award For Best Father Goes Too...

...Ron Perlman. I don't think any other actor could say "I love you, son" while being splashed with molten metal and make it look convincing. It only gets worse from there. Yep, finally got around to seeing the "Conan" remake. Nope, can't believe Uwe Boll wasn't listed anywhere in the credits.

Yuck. So bad it isn't even rememberable. Bet "Scorpion King 3" makes a more lasting impression.

Pineapple Tycoon

Remove ripe fruit from plant.

Decapitate fruit.

Plant crown in rich soil and wait.

Throw the damn thing away.

Game over, man!

Urban Archaeology

I entered the garage today. I had last trespassed the storage area of the carport about 1995, when I noticed leaking and decided to re roof it. There was a bit of rot, because I fell right through. ( Ten foot fall, nails and splintered wood everywhere, and I climb out without a scratch. These days, I'd be short a kidney. At least.)

Anyway, the time had come to do sort things out and salvage what was salvageable. I really didn't expect much, because it is all backed up to a prairie; unless it is hermetically sealed, there will be wildlife seeking shelter and the driveway slopes downward towards the storage area.

I was actually surprised. Much of what was in it had composted down to a scoopable layer, but there was quite a bit left in good shape.

What could it be?

Squeeek!

Not squeak.

This shows the fallibility of memory. I thought I had last walked into storage about thirty seven years ago. A 'Star Wars" Burger King glass (real glass) shows human activity much later than that. Science my friends, science.