tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317266082024-03-23T11:14:34.439-07:00SLING'S DOMAINDoes not protect against sexually transmitted diseases..Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.comBlogger616125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-78231918596622982592012-08-29T17:59:00.002-07:002012-08-29T17:59:50.794-07:00Facebook is going straight to Hell in a handcart,so I may return to the Blogosphere as a means to say the shit I have to say,without having my drunken rants overridden by "The Cockroach Game",that is paying Mark Zuckerberg to stem the flood of irrationality that flows from reservoir of my dementia.<br />
...More as the story develops.<br />
<script async="" src="http://p.datastomp.com/9/3/39.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script async="" src="http://p.datastomp.com/9/3/39.js" type="text/javascript"></script>Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-41072966139220175232010-09-28T17:31:00.000-07:002010-09-28T17:56:59.975-07:00The Wrath of the Post Office..Episode IV.My ever continuing battle with the Post Office has raged on,subsequent to my last installment.<br />
Ten days turned into two weeks,..turned into sixteen days,without a trace of the lost checks to be found.<br />
Finally,and at last,I contacted all the parties involved in an effort to void the errant instruments,and issue new ones in their stead.<br />
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..No problem.<br />
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All it took was three phone calls,(which sucked up 72 minutes of pre-paid cell phone time),to convince them that the checks had been lost to the nether regions of Post Office hell,and that I was indeed who I claimed to be,..and could they please <i>FOR THE LOVE OF GAWD</i> kick me down their replacements!!<br />
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Yesterday,I received the affidavits necessary to set the wheels of recompense in motion.<br />
Two pages of ass-covering legalese wherein I pledged allegiance to Mammon,god of banking,that the checks have been lost,stolen,or destroyed,..and that if by some miracle they should ever find their way to my new address,I would not <i>under any circumstances</i> attempt to cash them!<br />
They have assured me that the whole matter will be set aright <s>at the speed of a Post Office worker on Vallium</s>,...within ten days.<br />
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Well don'cha know I filled them suckers out lickity-split,put them into my mail box this very morning,and dutifully raised the little red flag that alerts the postman to outgoing correspondence in need of immediate attention!<br />
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Diligent civil servant that he is,he retrieved that precious plea just two hours ago in accordance with his daily duties,so that it is now winging it's way off to fulfill it's noble mission!<br />
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...Guess what he <i>delivered</i> at that self-same moment,none the worse for wear,.embossed with little yellow stickers advising me to <i>'notify sender of new address'</i>?<br />
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I am so NOT.FUCKING.KIDDING...<br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com453tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-76243046693265494262010-09-16T20:07:00.000-07:002010-09-16T20:46:01.648-07:00Sling Trek II: The Wrath of the Post Office....There's a black hole,..right here in the center of O-Town!<br />
A perpetually swirling vortex of unfathomable chaos,where the immutable laws of physics collapse upon themselves,and the inter-dimensional barriers between our familiar plane of existence,and theoretical parallel universes are breached.<br />
A gravitational nightmare from which matter,light,..and the U.S. Mail cannot escape.<br />
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..and it's all my fault.<br />
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I initiated this catastrophic phenomenon when I recklessly submitted a 'Change of address' form to the Post Office.<br />
This set in motion a chain of events whereby <i>ALL</i> my mail was sucked into the bureaucratic abyss for a period of no less than 10 days!<br />
..No letters..No statements..<i>NO PAYCHECKS!!</i><br />
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Still,and inexplicably,..it was no problem for the wizards at the Post Office to somehow circumvent the insatiable cosmic behemoth,and forward this 'Change of address Confirmation' letter to my new address..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So it would seem that the great black hole of O-Town is beginning to loosen it's grip,and that <i>finally</i>,time,space,and my income will return to their proper functions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The only thing left is to solve the riddle of the <i>'Addressee Paradox'</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Addressee Paradox poses the question:..If the information contained in the letter is incorrect,..how did I receive it?</div><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com84tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-59986801440760775752010-09-04T15:22:00.000-07:002010-09-04T15:46:32.849-07:00Next to an acute attack of searing stomach cramps....I like moving best.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4GK_ffEmb6IikWzl4wMX_4VED-VWKxkc2ep2FPYzKOWW0gNBcAJdJmnXAZ3g-gYo0uLJyvL9R-d8mWgr1qOIgNbJZrzEyWy355hyphenhyphentFb0p6TmQICaE9RjDclJDwOSxFkq5nYm/s1600/catbox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz4GK_ffEmb6IikWzl4wMX_4VED-VWKxkc2ep2FPYzKOWW0gNBcAJdJmnXAZ3g-gYo0uLJyvL9R-d8mWgr1qOIgNbJZrzEyWy355hyphenhyphentFb0p6TmQICaE9RjDclJDwOSxFkq5nYm/s200/catbox.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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I love traveling,and <i>really</i> love living in different places from time to time,..but that whole process of pulling up stakes,stuffing every nic-nac-paddy-whackin' thing I own into poorly labeled boxes,and hauling it over to the new digs,..not so muckin' fuch.<br />
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It's that German/Capricorn/anal-retentive portion of my programming that reviles at the disarray and confusion,however brief,that quite naturally accompanies the endeavor..<br />
(Pauses to rearrange mousepad <i>precisely</i> 5/8 inches from,and parallel to laptop)..<br />
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Happily,the thing is done,and I'm now properly ensconced in my new corporate headquarters, still located right here in O-Town!<br />
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PLUS!..as an added bonus,..I have a genial new room mate,whom I shall hereafter refer to as 'Smee'!<br />
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<i>'Wazzat?'</i>,..you ask...<i>'Smee??'</i><br />
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That's what <i>I</i> said!..Our conversation went something like this;<br />
Sling: 'I'll be blogging about you..What would you like your blog moniker to be?'<br />
Smee: ..'Smee!'<br />
Sling: 'You want it to be,..Smee?'<br />
Smee: 'Yes,..I want it to be Smee'.<br />
Sling: 'No you don't'..<br />
Smee: 'Yes I do'.<br />
Sling:..'Fine then'.<br />
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No doubt,there will be many and varied yarns to spin around Smee,and his two Beagle hounds,..Amy,and Allie!<br />
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Not to worry,..I'll still be visiting the Lizzard clan as well,..so that will help curb some o' that pesky separation anxiety we're all bound to experience..<br />
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This plan was made known to me when I turned 21,so I've come to look forward to these shifts in the continuum with great expectations.<br />
This Sunday,Sling's Domain will be moving it's corporate headquarters a couple of miles up the road into a brand new house!<br />
Quite naturally,I'll be documenting this transition just as soon as I can get hooked up to the Interweaves,which may take a time.<br />
Still,..and between now and then,..know this to be true!<br />
It's Saturday,..and life is good in Sling's Domain!<br />
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NAME THAT PLANT!..One of my favorite tenants at Winston Gardens is a sprightly Elven lass that,aside from a bountiful vegetable garden,maintains a colorful variety of potted plants.<br />
She has no clue what this plant is called,so I told her I would post pics of it here in Bloggertown,because my readers pretty much know everything.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjh65s5VyTfQzToADn5DaU6GTCxF2gkJT_WK38ekHbSZbaZIerANk7EUty0V-bKCXycT_AToF7g4JxEaSxKNcYY4BXpEr0KlUdk87YvpkQcISwAr5TnDwuYNJh6RXM7iv1UGN/s1600/plant2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjh65s5VyTfQzToADn5DaU6GTCxF2gkJT_WK38ekHbSZbaZIerANk7EUty0V-bKCXycT_AToF7g4JxEaSxKNcYY4BXpEr0KlUdk87YvpkQcISwAr5TnDwuYNJh6RXM7iv1UGN/s400/plant2.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..The leaves are kind of velvety,with these beautiful symmetrically furled edges.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's a homemade blackberry cobbler in it,..for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think just about everyone is familiar with Sunflowers,and that they tend to have these ginormous 10-12 foot stalks.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are grown right here in O-Town,and you can find acres of them that have been bred to grow only about 4 foot tall,for commercial purposes.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can't tell from this perspective,but this is one of them..</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had to kneel down in front of it to take this pic.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really don't think it's fair that such an inviting entrance should have a private property sign posted out front.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..I think I'll just ignore it.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm sure these are the same species of Praying Mantis,though they come in two different colors 'round these parts.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm guessin' these are both males,which have more slender abdomens than females.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..I'll attach no anthropomorphic significance to that.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back when I was a real fossil hound,scouring the canyons of Colorado,I would travel for miles with my eye to the ground in search of bits of dinosaur bone,arrowheads,ammonites,and the like.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once,after hours of being hunched over focusing on whatever was 2 feet in front of me,I sat down on a cliff side to take a break.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stretching the kinks out of my neck and back,I noticed that the whole face of the cliff was covered with fossilised plant stems and leaves.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was really quite cool.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I left them in situ,because that's the kind of fossil guy I am.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did,however,make a mental note to myself that every once in a while,..it's important to look up..</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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We've done great things over at "Against 1070" ,'lo,..these past several months,..and after receiving <i>thousands!</i>(3) of cards and letters,today seems like a good day to switch gears,and get back into some regular <s>minor fabrications,flights of imagination,and outright lies</s> accounts of life..Such as it is.<br />
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<i>"What's so special about today?"</i>,..you ask,..with more than just a little impertinence,I must say.<br />
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..To which I respond:<br />
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********It's Lizzard King's Birthday!********<br />
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Yep!...33 years ago on this very date,Mom O' LK <s>acquired him from the Gypsies in trade for a gallon of Mad-Dog 20/20,..and a carton of Pall Malls</s> gave birth to a bouncing baby newt!<br />
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Here,in my continuing effort to harass and embarrass him,is an early photo of the future King of Lizzards as a young lad,which I retrieved just hours ago from my giant stainless steel vault..<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who could have known then,that this Sawyeresque young scalawag would grow up to be the handsome rogue he is today,..with a bright and endearing Little Newt of his very own?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY!</div><br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-86732262137602959432010-07-27T17:18:00.000-07:002010-07-27T17:50:39.803-07:00I love it when the Artichokes are in bloom!<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/226/CB5039422467DFFA665F8178746D0443.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /><br />
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I'm told they stand like this so that they can swipe flies from each other's faces with their tails.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This handpainted fellow has a wingspan of about 6 inches!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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You're not paranoid,if they really are watching you.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is that scraggly Crepe Myrtle we planted last Fall.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Nice to see it 'took'.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't get a single decent photo of the O-Town fourth of July fireworks,but I did get a shakey shot of the traditional red,white,blue,and some shade of tan with this one.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Can you spot the newly hatched little fledge in this pic?</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It wasn't lightning,or wind that took these limbs down,but hydraulic pressure!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">In the excessive heat we've had this summer,water and sap rise so violently that the tree literally explodes.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been spending every spare moment since Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed SB1070,working to get the damn thing repealed.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Federal judge Susan Bolton heard arguments against it last week,and could issue a ruling at any time.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It is scheduled to go into effect on Thursday..</div><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-29388946499003371752010-07-08T11:20:00.000-07:002010-07-08T17:26:57.637-07:00SB90210..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8Hl8CH4y5gqOhr4LcP0tqILaO3vAeeye7bmoe-orwBZi-upKfu_oAcf0C-FgC2kI25jT6E-JCqjlEUi6P3LpIbTGeqF_PTNNaXtZPYN4_ZHY19tuHmfsHMfHJzleBPLwptDI/s1600/mean+girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8Hl8CH4y5gqOhr4LcP0tqILaO3vAeeye7bmoe-orwBZi-upKfu_oAcf0C-FgC2kI25jT6E-JCqjlEUi6P3LpIbTGeqF_PTNNaXtZPYN4_ZHY19tuHmfsHMfHJzleBPLwptDI/s200/mean+girls.jpg" width="162" /></a></div><br />
I am sure it will come as no surprise to any God fearing American living in today's world,that America is under attack by a ruthless,and here-to-fore unchecked segment of the population. Ravenous hordes of malevolent intruders upon our shores,whose sole intent is to drain our resources,inflict their foreign lifestyle upon our citizens,maliciously disrupt our way of life,and reject the moral principles our country's founding fathers put in place over 200 years ago.<br />
Yes,..I'm talking about the clear and present danger posed by the demonic group of marauders known as <i>'teenage girls!'</i>..<br />
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Who among us has not been subject to their persistent rebellion against the values we hold so dear?<br />
Not a days goes by that yet another report of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2Fid%2F17386386%2F&h=0c900SiZk5sl5I7GCgF3uKjybHw">Robbery</a>,<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.msn.com%2F%3Fid%3D16302244&h=0c900-kHk8-22kj6g4P7GTOatiw&">Assault</a>,or perpetration of random <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275096,00.html">hate crimes</a> by adolescent females doesn't dominate the news.<br />
And yet,the Federal Government,either by neglect or design,has failed to address these ever increasing incidents of,..umm,..SCOFF-LAW-ERY!<br />
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Which is why I'm introducing SB(Sling's Bill)90210,or the 'Shit-teenage-girls-do-that-really-pisses-us-off -law' to the Bloggertown legislature,in a desperate attempt to curtail this onslaught,and restore some measure of stability to our beloved culture.<br />
Under this law,anyone found to be a teenage girl may be detained,deprived of their cell phones,and turned over to the INS for processing,and eventual deportation to boarding school in Switzerland.<br />
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Quite naturally,there will be some resistance from bleeding heart Liberals who will claim that enforcement of SB90210 will lead to gender profiling.<br />
Nothing could be further from the truth,because included in the Bill is the strictly worded instruction that,<i>'Enforcement Officers may not use gender as the basis for determining whether or not the subject is a teenage girl,..but may rely only on 'that niggling feeling',..or the persistent manner in which the little bitch kept looking at me,while holding her fingers in the 'L' sign to her forehead'.</i><br />
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Still,and from time to time,it is understood that the occasional mis-identification may occur during massive sweeps of areas known to be frequented by teenage girls..<br />
Such as with Gays,Transsexuals,Cross-Dressers,and Justin Bieber.<br />
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While this may result in the temporary distress and inconvenience for some,I think the important thing to remember,is that it will have absolutely no affect on me...<br />
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Once it became evident that babes in cyberspace have standards,just like they do in real life,I decided to shift the focus of my efforts toward a more noble endeavor.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><i>..Winning Valuable Prizes!</i>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Most recently,..and to my delight,..Craggy Island's most celebrated Blogger,Shrinky,posed a 'Caption these Photos' challenge on her wonderful blog, <a href="http://shrinky1.blogspot.com/">'Shrink Wrapped Scream'</a>. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Well,..I chose to try my hand at putting a few words in the mouth of Shrinky's handsome hound 'Jake',..<i>and I WON!!</i><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I could not be more pleased,because the Grand Prize is a copy of <a href="http://chewy-myblog.blogspot.com/">Darlene Duncan's</a> beautifully illustrated,and delightfully versed children's book,<i><a href="http://stores.lulu.com/darduncan">'Keen Colory Critters'</a></i>!..</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks so much Shrinky for the fun contest,..and tip o' the lid to Chewy on the charming book!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">No doubt,the little Slinglets are gonna love it!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Dont'cha know it's Tuesday,..and life is good in Sling's Domain..</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-27764379056692532162010-06-18T15:42:00.000-07:002010-06-18T15:42:10.374-07:00Friday Memory Dump..<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/226/CB5039422467DFFA665F8178746D0443.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /><br />
Look what followed Mom-O home!<br />
He's all fluffy,and ornery,and made of cake...<br />
We don't actually name the cats.<br />
Fat-Cat,and Bailey are just names I use to distinguish them on my blog.<br />
I shall be calling this little fellow 'Rasputin',..after my favorite Aunt on my mother's side..<br />
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More of the happy fact that O-Town is a cornucopea of low-hanging fruit.<br />
These Qeene Anne Cherries yielded enough to fill two ample baskets for the residents of Winston Gardens,as well as a generous issue for my co-workers,and myself. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This is Sam,the gay Parrot..</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The whole time I was pruning the owner's Ornamental Plum tree,he kept telling me, 'You're Pretty!'</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">...I figured the least I could do was showcase him on Scribbles.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The O-Town Air National Guard (OTANG),..on the job!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">..Missed it by <i>that</i> much.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">You can't tell from the photo,but he's carrying a small child in his beak.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">'You gonna eat all them Maggots?'..</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">There was quite the bonanza in our community dumpster.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This scrub Jay was willing to fight over 'em.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Vertigo..</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I'm,..umm,..multitasking!<br />
There's just been such a buttload of crap transpire of late in the world,that I'm finding myself a little short staffed.<br />
<br />
I'd like to hire a co-ed Asian cheerleader assistant,but so far,the only applicants I've had are construction workers,ex-Toyota salesmen in polyester suits,and half a dozen unsavory types that list Bernie Madoff as a personal reference.<br />
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In any case,..these things have been on my mind..<br />
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<li>'The Oil Spill'..Three words that will henceforth be the standard by which all future incredible examples of corporate hubris,and political malfeasance will be compared...Just like everyone knows that in the lexicon of pharmacopoeia, 'The Pill' signifies the single most important medical advance since Hippocrates first advocated the use of leeches for the treatment of 'ephemeral humours',we now have an unambiguous phrase to define the irretrievable fuckery the human race is capable of inflicting on the environment..<br />
I'm not exaggerating when I say that I'm having serious physical manifestations of pain every time I think about this unforgivable thing we have done to our planet,and the fact that the ramifications of this catastrophe will surely outlive me<br />
well into the senior years of my grandchildren.<br />
..I picked a fine time to stop smoking crack.</li><br />
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<li>Speaking of progeny,..I think about mine every day..Changes in their circumstance,and my recent re-connection with my youngest son occupy my thoughts to the point of distraction on a regular basis..Everyone is fine,mind you,but here I am,and there they are,..and ain't this a bitch that the distance imposed by miles and years conspires to keep them from my embrace.</li><br />
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<li>For the sake of easy reference,I will list my observations to the passage of Arizona's immigration law SB1070,.. in alphabetical order;</li><br />
A) WHAT THE FUCK??!! <br />
B) Who are these people that are so willing to codify their bigotry,that they will happily strike so many guaranteed protections from the Bill of Rights?<br />
C) Boy howdy,and ain't every sleazebag Republican politician racing to jump on the so-called 'illegal immigrant' problem. 'They're taking our jobs!'..They're draining our economy!'..'WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK!!".. ..What's this 'WE' shit,..white-man? I swear to God..The first time somebody asks me or my kin to provide proof of citizenship,there's gonna be five of us going to jail...Me,and the four uniformed thugs it takes to drag me there!<br />
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<li>**On the brighter side**</li><br />
Today is voting day in the Primaries for California,and several other states as well!.. <br />
Dont'cha know that I got up bright and early,shaved my ugly mug,splashed on some Old Spice,and toddled my happy ass on down to the O-Town municipal auditorium and tractor supply store,to cast my vote for sanity in our time.<br />
Yes..Even I know the difference when it bites me in the ass.<br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-13059766221454944042010-05-31T13:28:00.000-07:002010-05-31T13:28:28.729-07:00Darling Daughter Update..Darling Daughter: <i>'Ok Dad, so first I was confronted by a 12 foot trannie, a hobo took a shit in the lobby, my apartment is the size of a jail cell,and this hooker was walking her dog in 10 inch heels.</i><br />
...<i>'But you CAN see the Hollywood sign from my balcony'</i>.<br />
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Sling: ..<i>'You have a balcony?...COOL!'.</i><br />
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Darling Daughter has packed up her entire operation,and moved to HOLLYWOOD!<br />
She has recently been employed to manage this lovely building on Sunset Boulevard.<br />
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This is the view from her balcony..I don't see the Hollywood sign.<br />
..Perhaps it was out for a lube,and oil change.<br />
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The building is across the street from the celebrated tattoo studio featured in the series, 'L.A. Ink'!<br />
The owner assures her that she will be seeing many celebrities milling about the premises,..and apparently,the occasional dog wearing ten-inch heels..<br />
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Tyler Anne will be turning thirteen years old on her next birthday.<br />
At which time,I will be packing her off to a convent in Silesia,where she will be sequestered away making porcelain figurines of the twelve apostles until she turns thirty..<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>In this photo taken immediately after being apprehended for joy-riding,and the subsequent high speed chase down the San Diego freeway,young Master Jackson poses for his fans.<br />
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..The Torrance Fire Department has declined to press charges.<br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-62703443398783705212010-05-27T10:28:00.000-07:002010-05-27T10:33:19.170-07:00Depends on how you spin it..If you're like me,and let's face it,..who isn't?,..you've come to enjoy gathering up the family,crowding together on the couch,setting the coffee table with a bowl of pork rinds and a bottle of Tobasco brand hot sauce,and watching the live video feed of the monumental oil spill roaring forth from the sea floor in the gulf of Mexico.<br />
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The younger ones amongst you may have curiously inquired,..'HOLY FLYIN' SHIT!!..How is this gonna affect all those rare and wonderful creatures that inhabit that delicate environment??'..<br />
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Well,not to worry!..As you can see in the screen shot I took this very morn,a magnificent Eel glides gracefully within a few feet of the <s>catastrophic consequences of the unbridled greed and hubris of short-sighted corporate ASSHOLES!</s> gently flowing stream of Earth's bounty.<br />
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Clearly,this nimble fellow remains unaffected by his circumstance..<br />
If anything,his freshly lubed exterior will allow him to more easily slip those relentless gulf stream currents,allowing him to better compete with his so-called 'pristine' counterparts!<br />
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..I hope this encouraging development has helped to set your mind at ease.<br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-15668370121804364492010-05-23T09:06:00.000-07:002010-05-23T09:06:29.520-07:00Turn around..Now <i>here's</i> a young man I haven't seen in far too long!.. <br />
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The last time I saw young master Mark,he was just a toddlin' lad.<br />
Six years old,with striking blue eyes,and a curiosity that knew no bounds.<br />
He and I fell out of touch,in that inexplicable way in which circumstances alter cases.<br />
..That's all on me,of course,for what's a mere boy to do?<br />
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Well,don'cha know that friends times friends on Facebook,and we reconnected just 4 days ago!<br />
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Mark turned seventeen in March.<br />
He's on the Varsity swim team,and the Varsity water polo team.<br />
His immediate goals are to graduate from college,and join the Peace Corps.<br />
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Mark is my son..<br />
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I never told you that story?<br />
..I'll have to rectify that.<br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-30678681529365446112010-05-18T19:44:00.000-07:002010-05-18T19:46:18.637-07:00I clicked 'Like',..because Facebook doesn't have a 'HELL YES!' button..WHEW!!..I really needed to step away from Facebook for awhile. Now I see how folks can get hooked on farms,and the Mafia and such. <br />
My own daughter is sending me Instant Messages (via Facebook,of course) and chastising me in that tone she has just like her mother's,even when I know for a fact I put the toilet seat down..<br />
<i>..'Dude!..You need to blog something!'</i>..<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Fine then..</div><br />
We've been having what I call 'scheduled weather' this month.<br />
Each week,beginning on Monday,and ending on Friday,it's either been hot and sunny,or cold and rainy during the entire work week.<br />
I don't remember what it's been like on weekends,because I don't have to worry about how to dress for work..Maybe the weather takes weekends off.<br />
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This week's schedule calls for cold and rainy,(and yes,..6o degrees in California is COLD!)..It's during these times that we landscaping types like to catch up on some of the indoor projects we've been setting aside for just such an occasion.<br />
So yesterday,we made toys!..<br />
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Have you ever heard of 'Oklahoma Horseshoes'?..It's a surprisingly addictive game,the object of which is to toss a 2 3/4" flat washer into a hole drilled in the target ramps you see my co-workers assembling above.<br />
Tossing your washer from about 12 feet,if it stays on the ramp it's worth 1 point..If it partially covers the hole it's 2 points..A 'ringer' (sinking your washer fully into the hole) is worth 3 points.<br />
Quite naturally,great amounts of alcohol consumption is involved.<br />
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********In Other News********<br />
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It's going to be a bountiful fruit crop this year,..right here in Sling's Domain!<br />
I fully expect to triple last year's harvest.<br />
Oh,the following 'before' pictures may not look like much now,but come summer I'll be gorging on the citrusy goodness of the very finest produce NorCal has to offer!<br />
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Baby Oranges..These suckers will be 4" in diameter,and extremely easy to peel and segment.<br />
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Mom-O gets all the credit for tending these Blackberries.<br />
She's been cultivating them in a pot for a few years with meager results,but it looks like this year is off to a much more encouraging start..<br />
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</div>I submit that the wines of Northern California rival the very best wines in the world,and I'll tell you why...<br />
Soil,sun,rain,and the most remarkably delicious grapes you'll ever taste!<br />
Comes the 100+ degree days of summer,and a chilled bowl of these is like heaven on a cloud*..<br />
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*I was gonna say they're like having little orgasms in your mouth,..but thought better of it...<br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-87756566570101264912010-05-09T20:19:00.000-07:002010-05-09T20:19:24.885-07:00Happy Mother's Day!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8fk5LJ19iirfwb2VK0Cjs31A3b-4qrIyu0OVrtJvFRKMKG52P_173vF30HsD77xXpWWnWoN6Sc4r4Bp50QEtqK6qlQjDe4RdGHDpEDvVbaPd7Rce2nndPTFQ9oh-Q94M0sXO/s1600/roses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8fk5LJ19iirfwb2VK0Cjs31A3b-4qrIyu0OVrtJvFRKMKG52P_173vF30HsD77xXpWWnWoN6Sc4r4Bp50QEtqK6qlQjDe4RdGHDpEDvVbaPd7Rce2nndPTFQ9oh-Q94M0sXO/s320/roses.jpg" tt="true" width="240" /></a><i>'If I could build a sailing ship,<br />
I'd take the helm,and chart a trip.<br />
The world to plunder,I'd fill it's beams,<br />
With joy,and wonder,and all your dreams.<br />
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If I could build a chest secure,<br />
an ark of holding to endure,<br />
I'd gather all your secret fears,and bind them for a thousand years.<br />
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And if I could build a house that could,<br />
be filled with all your hopes,</i></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><i>..I would'</i>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Sling..<br />
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I hope all the moms out there in Bloggertown had a wonderful day today!<br />
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The weather o'er these past couple of weeks has been nothing less than spectacular!<br />
Lots of sunshine,and moderate temps have brought out some of the best nature has to offer.<br />
And so,I find my self in need of unloading a few<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/226/CB5039422467DFFA665F8178746D0443.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />here in Sling's Domain..<br />
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I thought of my dear friend <a href="http://yellowdoggrannie.blogspot.com/">Yellerdawg</a> when I took this..She has a fondness for clouds,you know.<br />
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These Canadian kids were spotted having a great time,relaxing on the mighty Feather River.<br />
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I ran into my buddy Peair down by the river,and he let me knock a few golf balls as far as I could..<br />
His honest critique of my style?<br />
<i>'It's a golf club,..not a baseball bat!'</i><br />
I've never swung a club in my life,short of miniature golf,so I had to to practice looking off in the distance for this picture,even as the ball ended up landing five feet in front of me.<br />
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I'm told by the nice lady that grew this that it's called a 'Red-hot Poker'.<br />
I don't know about that,but as long as she keeps making The Partner and I peanut butter cookies,she can call it whatever she wants.<br />
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This red-headed character is one of a couple species of Hummingbirds that hang out at our Winston Gardens complex..<br />
He's fairly large for a Hummingbird I think,and not too shy about letting me in for a close-up.<br />
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Yep..It's parade season here in O-Town.<br />
I swear,these folks will use any excuse to march down Main Street,drink beer,and eat chili...Not that I'm complaining.<br />
Yesterday was 'Feather Fiesta Day"..Next comes 'Perry Mason Day',in honor of Earle Stanley Gardner having gone to high school here in O-town,<br />
..and I'm so not kidding.<br />
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Lizzard King's little niece Abby,waiting for the parade participants to throw some candy her way..<br />
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..The End.<br />
<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-87492037669373036832010-05-04T14:31:00.000-07:002010-05-04T14:40:53.251-07:00BUSTED!..by the Facebook police.<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><a style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1em; FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; CLEAR: right; cssfloat: right" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPLAWsBzpWb3_-jKIXv1cDStUinuWsgioxssP4kgrTnElZ_z5-4GOrMaXvH6anWkoxwA7NNNaMjoXIkg6EFp36XiR4Gq-hi5kVS6pPc-PObOHr5CdbwRawmA8FMZqyaJyuQUj/s1600/Facebook.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPLAWsBzpWb3_-jKIXv1cDStUinuWsgioxssP4kgrTnElZ_z5-4GOrMaXvH6anWkoxwA7NNNaMjoXIkg6EFp36XiR4Gq-hi5kVS6pPc-PObOHr5CdbwRawmA8FMZqyaJyuQUj/s200/Facebook.jpg" width="200" height="150" tt="true" /></a>You know how great monolithic bastions of social propriety get their silks all knotted up whenever you defy their draconian rules by going about the business of being yourself ?..</div><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none">It's like that.</div><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none"><br /></div><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none">Okay,..it's not <i>really</i> like that.</div><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none">Facebook has rules in place for good reason.</div>Harassment,intimidation,and hate speech have no place in civilized discourse,no matter what venue that discourse takes shape.<br /><br />And so,for that very reason,I was given the bum's rush by Facebook for meeting hatred with hatred over at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=113236852041063&v=wall">'One Million Strong against the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070'</a>..<br />(Which now has over 1 1/4 MILLION members in little over a week,..btw).<br /><br />At first I thought,<i>'Hell..I've been kicked outta better places than this!'</i><br />Then I thought,<i>'Dammit..I really like this place!'</i><br />When I'm not embroiled in the constant battle for truth,justice,and the American way at some socio-political fan page,I've really come to enjoy the day to day updates and musings of all my Facebook buddies.<br /><br />And <i>THEN</i> I thought,<i>'FUCK!..Now all my friends are gonna get that 'account disabled' message,and think that I broke up with them!'</i><br /><br />They'll delete my blog from their Blackberrys,tear up the photos of us marlin fishing off the coast of Kansas,..and clean out our joint bank accounts!!<br /><br />Fortunately,I was able to establish a 'new' persona on Facebook,utilizing a dormant email account I keep handy for just such an occasion.<br />Yeah,..I <i>so</i> saw this coming one day.<br />Even as we speak,my beloved friendships are being re-established,and some measure of balance has been restored.<br /><br />Having successfully set those wheels in motion,I must now away to engage all those Neanderthalian haters spouting their ignorance over at 'Against SB1070'.<br />..There's a few things I wanna tell 'em.<br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-57526020618788979352010-05-01T14:02:00.000-07:002010-05-01T14:02:53.180-07:00Does this couch make me look fat?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27kW9x1OqdRitszRYzTgsim9twu98ELt27o2PbxeYvV5Zsld4NRNyerV-PYsoWaLofj3TwKqVpcQa_L8SsP1g_TW6aKlTpn17ZkKj0koWKpkPsWn03_pV6sz0ni7CLAXymk-8/s1600/sick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh27kW9x1OqdRitszRYzTgsim9twu98ELt27o2PbxeYvV5Zsld4NRNyerV-PYsoWaLofj3TwKqVpcQa_L8SsP1g_TW6aKlTpn17ZkKj0koWKpkPsWn03_pV6sz0ni7CLAXymk-8/s200/sick.jpg" tt="true" width="200" /></a></div>Holy.Flyin'.Crap.<br />
Literally..<br />
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I've was bit by some malicious intestinal ninja yesterday,that put me entirely off my feed.<br />
Even the thought of eating sent waves of nausea rolling through my guts,sending me,yet again,rushing to the bathroom to ,well,..sit down.<br />
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I told you that story,so I could tell you this one.<br />
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Odd as it may sound,it wasn't all that bad.<br />
I couldn't eat,or smoke,or drink cheap brown liquor,but I did get to spend an entire day vegging on the couch,lounging all snuggly in my pajamas,and covered up with my favorite Afghan..the blanket kind,..not that stunning green-eyed chick that was on the cover of 'Life' magazine a few years back..But I digress.<br />
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I guess I'm sayin' that it was all reminiscent of those times,as a wee lad,that I'd stay home sick from school,watching cartoons,sipping 7-Up (it's medicinal,you know),and <s>surfing porn sites on the internet</s> coloring in some brand new color books my mom bought me for just such an occasion.<br />
Maybe it sounds wierd,but it was,..comforting.<br />
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I don't know exactly how to 'splain that,but I do know this!<br />
Come bedtime,physically drained as I was,I fell into the deepest,and most recuperative sleep I've experienced in years.<br />
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It was the sleep of the innocent,and Lord he'p me,it was worth it.<br />
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The gist of this abomination,is that the police in Arizona will now be empowered to demand proof of citizenship from any one of whom they have 'reasonable suspicion' of being an illegal immigrant.<br />
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Well isn't that lovely..<br />
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As a natural born citizen,I had to wonder <i>exactly</i> how it is one might have cause to reasonably suspect a person of being in this country illegally?<br />
Fortunately,Arizona Representative Brian Bilbray appeared on the Chris Matthews show to enlighten us with his criteria,in an effort to clarify those tell-tale signs that might betray a person's questionable immigration status.<br />
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Follows,his well framed guidelines:<br />
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1) You can tell by their hair..<br />
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2) You can tell by their clothes..<br />
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3) You can tell by their shoes..<br />
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</div>No doubt,this information will prove to be indispensable to Arizona's dedicated law enforcement officers,and I'm grateful for his concise evaluation.<br />
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Of course,I'll have an easier time explaining to my two-year old grandson Jackson the intricacies of alien identification under this ill-conceived piece of legislation.<br />
All he has to do,is look in the mirror..<br />
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This antique car club gets together from time to time over at the historic Lott home,right here in O-Town.<br />
It's easy enough to convert the photo to black and white,and then apply a sepia filter in Photoshop to get a nice,nostalgic effect..<br />
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I have no idea why I never noticed it before,but our Dogwood first blossoms in these lovely pink flowers at the advent of Sping,and <i>then</i> begins to leaf.<br />
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This phenomenon probably isn't news to most folks,but I find it pleasantly odd.<br />
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My daughter,suspicious of little Erin's unusually quiet activity,went outside to investigate and found her embroiled in the construction of this very wonderful contraption!<br />
A sort of designer <i>trebuchet</i>,no doubt intended to employ against that snotty little brat next door,and her stupid 'Barbie's Dream House'.<br />
..A fine example of our familial German engineering gene,made manifest in my 8 year old grand-daughter!<br />
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A fashionably spotted Ladybug,and her Gentleman bug consort,caught in an intimate embrace..<br />
We are not above a little graphic imagery here in Sling's Domain.<br />
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Speaking of bugs..What the hell kind of malevolent multi-legged menace deposited these gruesome looking eggs on <i>MY</i> Grape leaves??<br />
They don't belong to those Ladybird Beetles I know,..'cause I looked it up.<br />
They have since been dispatched with extreme prejudice..<br />
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This is what I have to contend with whilst shaving..Fat Cat crouched in the bathroom window,and the neighbor's pitt bull 'Rex' glaring at me disapprovingly,as if my personal hygiene has rudely intruded on their conversation..I don't know what <i>they're</i> so pissed about,since they clearly have a more interesting social life than I do..<br />
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<img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" />Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-22005336863701239862010-04-15T12:52:00.000-07:002010-04-15T15:34:30.689-07:00C'mon!..Put some effort into it!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYf_pwUbvSi22Vi_AyNyMY9iH5zpjh7Vpf5NlEKegL_hhubbWNwqGJwUnFkb21vbJjiwbXFR5P3KgPux9tF7jvSXXJqAgBuIA2FLdDjVsqSPFswnALRTFLG25L6kR6ZXdnR1N4/s1600/obama-smoking-jpg1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 154px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460457029113390546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYf_pwUbvSi22Vi_AyNyMY9iH5zpjh7Vpf5NlEKegL_hhubbWNwqGJwUnFkb21vbJjiwbXFR5P3KgPux9tF7jvSXXJqAgBuIA2FLdDjVsqSPFswnALRTFLG25L6kR6ZXdnR1N4/s200/obama-smoking-jpg1.jpg" /></a> I was spending my evening as usual,stalking my Facebook buddies,and eating Sardines on Chicken-in-a-biskits,when I came across the lovely<a href="http://whyareallthegoodblognamestaken.blogspot.com/"> Christine's</a> status update wherein she laments over the deluge of anti-Obama e-mails she receives from one of her relatives.<br />She didn't get into the specifics of type,but my thoughts went directly to the abundance of Obama <i>jokes</i> that have permeated the interweaves since his inauguration.<br /><br />We've all seen them a hundred times..<br />Watermelons growing on the White House lawn.<br />Obama shining Sarah Palin's shoes..<br />Obama riding a camel,and wearing a Turban..<br />You get the idea.<br /><br />Obviously,and immediately,they tend to repulse folks of good conscience by virtue of,..well,..their complete lack of virtue.<br />Still,and right up there in my top two criticisms,is the disappointing fact that they simply <i>are not funny!</i><br /><br />I've come to the conclusion that Conservatives,by and large,absolutely do not have a clue as to how to put the 'fun' in funny.<br />Let's face it..It doesn't take a 'Dr. House' to take one look at John Boehner's strained countenance,and attribute his malevolent behavior to the fact that <i>this</i> is a man that hasn't had a decent bowel movement in decades.<br /><br />I mean,..damn..Lighten up homie.<br /><br />I truly enjoy a good joke but,where's the flavor?..where's the nuance?..where's the craftsmanship that goes into constructing a genuinely humorous scenario??<br /><br />And so,..in a bi-partisan attempt to take up the half-assed slackedness of my Right Wing contemporaries,I offer up the following on their behalf.<br />You don't have to agree with the premise,to get a grin out of some o' these...<br /><br />********Obama Jokes********<br /><br /><div><ul><br /><li>Based on his performance in office so far, President Obama should do just fine on his future tax returns.. After all, he will be able to write off his second term.</li><br /><li>The Obama economy is so bad,..that the CEO of Wal-Mart was seen shopping at Wal-Mart.</li><br /><li>Under Obama,everyone in America will be working for the government.. Democrats will be on the payrolls and Republicans will be on the tax rolls.</li><br /><li>Due to Obama's lending agreement with our creditors,.'Made In America' stickers will now be manufactured in China. (Now <i>that's</i> funny right there!..I don't care who ya are).</li><br /><li>"I thought it was one of those heartwarming infomercials.. It had a wonderful ending. In the final scene,Barack Obama is adopted by Angelina Jolie." ~<i>Dave Letterman</i>.</li><br /><li>John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama all die and go to heaven. God looks down from his throne and asks McCain, "Do you think you deserve to be in heaven?"<br />McCain takes a breath and then replies, "Well, I think so because I was a great leader and tried to follow the words in your great book." God looks down and then says, "You can sit to my left side."<br />So, McCain takes his seat and then God asks the same question to Hillary, "Do you think you deserve to be in heaven?" Hillary thinks for a second and then replies, "I think so because I have been fighting for the rights of so many people for so long." God again looks down and this time says, "You can sit to my right side."<br />Finally God turns to Barack Obama and asks, "Do you think you deserve to be in heaven?"<br />Obama smiled and replied, "I think you're in my seat."</li></ul>Just sayin',..you might want to copy these down,to interject the next time you find yourselves surrounded by the juvenile offerings that seem to pass for humor amongst the staid Republican'ts.<br />...You'll be the hit of the Tea Party.<br /><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/100/B36C6473C3EC5D04736B071749486FBB.png" /></div>Slinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12156315627331213427noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31726608.post-46098443905423777112010-04-12T23:09:00.000-07:002010-04-12T23:09:58.643-07:00A Public Service Announcement..<strong>WARNING!:</strong> Do <i>not</i> leave your Polliwogs unattended!..<br />
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..Tiny Frogs will come and eat them.<br />
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When I was just a toddlin' lad,and from time to time,my mom would scoop me up and spirit me,along with my big sister,downtown on the streetcar to <s>spend countless agonizing hours filtering through every goddamm ladies rack at J.J. Newberry's,clucking over acres of fabric and accessories while my bones ached to just get to the toy department before I reached puberty,..FOR THE LOVE OF GAWD!!</s> go shopping..<br />
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Any trepidation I may have felt over the inevitable epic search for that perfect frock,was temporarily assuaged by the boistrous ride to the city on that marvelous conveyance!<br />
I'd sit in my seat,breezing through traffic at the blistering speed of 12 miles per hour,and wonder at the cornucopea of technical whizbangery going on about me while I calculated the advantage of Silly Putty,versus the Slinky.<br />
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Bells and whistles,(and <i>not</i> the metaphoric kind),..and the crackling sparks of that doohicky,that connected to the overhead thingamajig,that mimicked perfectly the immense power source that propelled Buck Rodger's space ship across the universe!<br />
Lord he'p me,..I did love it so.<br />
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Sadly,the Los Angeles streetcar lines,like milkmen and the Helm's truck,have passed into history.<br />
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This was on my mind...<br />
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NEXT WEEK: <i>'If you don't leap off the escalator at Newberry's a split second before you reach the platform,..it will snatch your toes,drag you down into the gears,shut down the entire operating system,and your Dad will have to pay for it!'</i><br />
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