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New Blog

2011-06-17T23:25:00.001-06:00

I have a new blog. It's called Velveeta (TM!) Suit. As soon as I can untwitch my stressed out eye enough to deal with the user unfriendliness of it, I will get it up and running.

Time to Wrap It Up

2010-10-02T14:54:00.003-06:00

Peeps, it was almost 3 years ago I started this blog, mostly as a way to get my voice back. To see if I could still talk. Well, I can, and I have, and it's time to wrap up now. I've become bitter, argumentative, and frankly, nothing I think or have to say- nothing any of us thinks or has to say- is that important. We're just a bunch of ants running around on a big patch of ground, and it's not

Birds

2010-10-02T09:03:00.004-06:00

When I was in Dominica, the alarm clock was the time around dawn when the day birds were coming awake and the night birds were going bedding down and the whole rain forest all around was a cacaphony of bird songs.It's been a lot like that here the past few days, only different birds, temperate birds, summer birds flying through on their way south again, winter birds on their way back here for a

ALIPAC Calls for Arrest of Candidate Meg Whitman & Nicky Diaz!

2010-10-01T11:12:00.002-06:00

hahahahahahahahaha...Life's too short to take seriously...September 30, 2010For National ReleaseContact: Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) (866) 703-0864 WilliamG@alipac.us"In response to the explosive revelations that California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman employed illegal alien Nicky Diaz for nine years, ALIPAC is asking Immigration and Customs Enforcement to

Help Protect America’s Great Outdoors!

2010-09-30T07:12:00.003-06:00

This is pretty cool, if it works. I mean, look! This is totally going to work, especially because Stephen Colbert is plugging it! Stephen Colbert knows the importance of clean water, places to camp and hike, and the general avoidance of bears. That’s why he’s asking every American to stand up and make their voice heard for America’s Great Outdoors. Leaders in Washington

And Bring Back Jobs from Overseas...

2010-09-29T12:25:00.003-06:00

hahahaha...Remember what I said yesterday about every day saying the little mantra about life being too short to take seriously?So, rather than get all P.O.-ed that Boehner and his Republican buddies are leaving out at least one crucial element of the America Speaking Out website survey, I am going to laugh.hahahahahaha...

I'ma say this every day.

2010-09-28T06:33:00.001-06:00

Life is too important to be taken seriously. -Oscar WildeI slept in the same bedroom as Oscar Wilde used to sleep in Halifax, NS, at this sweet B&B for a couple nights once. It was cool.

Got my Sunday paper and my Mystic Monk coffee

2010-09-26T10:21:00.005-06:00

First of all, peeps, the Sunday paper made me crazy today. People running around yapping about how Obama wants to take us all over like Big Brother and the gubmint just stomps on our liberties and controls our lives in minute detail... Then these same people, I bet you anything, I mean, practically I would bet my own soul if it were worth betting, that the staff, including the principal at

"Independent thinkers unite!" says Jason R. Clark.

2010-09-23T12:24:00.004-06:00

This is not an endorsement, only a point.Yesterday I heard Jason R. Clark, who is running for Governor of Colorado, on the radio claiming that 45% of Colorado voters are unaffiliated, yet he, who is running I/UAF, is not being allowed to debate other parties' candidates before the people of Colorado. The media has decided to focus on the two "major" parties at the exclusion of him, and I am

Don't ask, don't tell

2010-09-22T14:24:00.002-06:00

This is an easy one to fix, peeps:Take the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, all by itself, and present it to the House and the Senate. Vote. Bill passes. Those who vote "nay" get fired by the people, with an invitation to go live in another country if they can't abide people of less-than-heterosexual preferences defending them as citizens of this one.The end of a degrading, disgraceful

Since when have "facts" and "perspectives" been the same thing?

2010-09-20T07:11:00.001-06:00

WTH, people? One more example of people thinking they know something, when really they just think it. duh. We are screwed.

Running for Office... or not?

2010-09-17T21:36:00.005-06:00

Walking for office. 2012. President. USA. Tony is my campaign manager. I hope. He can sit and not talk for a really long time and suddenly belt out a killer.

2010-09-17T21:36:00.001-06:00

Green funerals,,,? Kinda weird

2010-09-17T17:52:00.002-06:00

From The Economist, so the FFM may skip this juicy one:http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?story_id=17043348&subjectID=348924&fsrc=nwl

Told Ya

2010-09-17T06:41:00.003-06:00

To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. -Samuel ButlerThat is a sweet little mantra, right there. I was thinking, just yesterday afternoon, that sometimes it's just as productive to sit and daydream as it is to try to get something else done.Just to let you all know, if you don't already, Buchanan defended his decision to can Bill Ayers from speaking on the UWYo

UWYo President Tom Buchanan to Eat Crow- NOT likely!

2010-09-14T15:48:00.004-06:00

Peeps, I heard him on the radio this morning, recorded at the little panel discussion on freedom of expression in academia at the Hilton Garden yesterday (that's the upscale locale to make events look fancier than if they were just held in the Union Ballroom or something on campus.) Now, if you know me, if you know the fiasco that occurred when Bucky shut down the Geological Museum, if you have

Obama's "Kenyan, anti-colonial' worldview, or 'Eye-of-Newt Gingrich is Senseless'

2010-09-12T21:22:00.004-06:00

Dude, I am sorry, but what does this even mean? Especially coming from someone who has absolutely no notion what it is like to live like a regular old American. For Chrissake, the last time most of us Americans were colonialists, we weren't yet Americans, you dumbshite.Gingrich: Obama’s ‘Kenyan, anti-colonial’ worldview September 11, 2010 10:52 P.M.

I think it's time to LEAVE.

2010-09-10T12:43:00.003-06:00

I think I've used that precious line from Tammy's (Friend for Live) and my undergrad latenight party-going days before on here, but dag, it's appropriate.I mean, seriously, some people in Afghanistan complained that the authoritays in the US did not arrest the jackass pastor who invented that despicable plan to burn Qur'ans tomorrow? All the while burning American flags? Really? I don't remember

Only rich people vote.

2010-09-09T07:04:00.004-06:00

Serious. I can't just sit around and not yap about the ridiculous political crap people say. I mean, I could, but I might have a coronary just as quickly as if I keep howling. Somebody yesterday on the radio, or maybe the day before and I held onto it that long, said that representatives in some rich districts that voted for Obama would like to remind him that if he repeals the Bush tax cuts on

You know you know one of these dancers.

2010-09-08T07:32:00.003-06:00

Today's blip courtesy Dennis, who lives Scientific American.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39049000/ns/health-behavior/

How will we be burned alive?

2010-09-07T13:32:00.001-06:00

http://www.theonion.com/video/christian-groups-biblical-armageddon-must-be-taugh,17491/Man, those are some pretty sweet dioramas, and the fact the kids get to act out killer scenarios right in the classroom? Yes, exciting!Thanks, Birgit

Birthday Girl

2010-09-05T09:18:00.003-06:00

So, last night we were sitting around while Tom opened his birthday presents, and Patty asked what day I was born, like which day of the week. She knew her day. I did not. I thought maybe it was Sunday, that I'd heard that once, so I checked online, and sho 'nuff. I found this site that told me not only what day of the week I was born, but all sorts of other interesting stuff about my

Anthony Pollina shows it can be done!

2010-09-01T08:27:00.001-06:00

OK, peeps, I have a lot I would like to write about, but I am definitely cramped for time right now, so here is some good news, and more later. Hi Folks-Primary results last week were great! Which means lots of work ahead!We came in a very strong second out of 5 candidates, close behind the incumbent and well ahead of the other challengers.I want to thank all of you who contributed, voted, called

Colorado Sport International Air Show

2010-08-29T20:07:00.004-06:00

People, this was awesome! Thanks, FFM. You can see some video clips if you click on this link.http://www.cosportaviation.org/Also, while I don't fancy myself a myopic jingoistic type patriot, I love this country and am blessed to live here and not somewhere more restrictive (so those of you who fancy yourselves patriots yet would like to make it more restrictive, you're not real patriots and

Dogs

2010-08-27T09:05:00.003-06:00

Whoa...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfkS6bMryHM

Unicorn

2010-08-26T10:54:00.002-06:00

a single cornhahahasnorg tees

Al Simpson, please put duct tape on your mouth.

2010-08-25T20:26:00.003-06:00

Ya know, I used to think you were pretty funny- and smart. In fact, I used to say my favorite quote was your comment that political correctness is like putting duct tape on your mouth.But you know what? Politically correct or incorrect, what you are up to these days is just mean-spirited and not very bright. You don't know what it's like to be a regular American.Why don't you wrap your entire

While Wall Street "struggles," Fed and other bankers prepare to struggle at Jackson Hole

2010-08-24T14:48:00.005-06:00

Peeps, really. I mean, really. I used to go to these NAEHCY (National Association for Education of Homeless Children and Youth) conferences every year with Jane, my immediate supervisor, when I worked as an Education Specialist with homeless and at-rick youth in Burlington, VT. One year I remember being in a huge room in a conference hotel in Detroit, at the keynote lunch; this guy walked in,

Road Ragin'

2010-08-24T06:42:00.003-06:00

Give to every other human being every right you claim for yourself. -Robert G. IngersollThat was the quote of the day to which I woke this morning. Sweet.Last night, though, I was driving home from playing softball, the first game we've one and in which I finally got not only a run but an RBI as well, and ahead of me was this old Volvo station wagon with a bumper sticker saying, "Have you tugged

Ah, my quaint old New England!

2010-08-23T12:22:00.002-06:00

What I Did On Summer Vacation By James Howard Kunstleron August 23, 2010 5:32 AM

There is only one thing that can be said about this: American are growing more and more stupid.

2010-08-19T20:57:00.007-06:00

And really, what the hellz does it matter anyway what is his religion? We didn't elect the guy to be our pastor or imam or any other religious leader.Poll: Growing Number Believe Obama Is Muslimby The Associated PressAugust 19, 2010 Americans increasingly are convinced - incorrectly - that President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and

Presidential Vacations

2010-08-18T13:50:00.004-06:00

Peeps, yesterday I spent 14 hours a the polls, and while there had a chance to look at this week's TIME magazine, including a short article about how our President is going to take a little vacay to Martha's Vineyard and how presidents in recent times have taken more "working vacations" than actual straight-up, turn-off-the-phone-leave-the-computer-at-home-and-go-relax vacations.So, assuming that

The Kids Are Back

2010-08-16T10:30:00.004-06:00

First, it's too early to go back to school. All this talk of not having a summer vacation... whatever. It's a good thing. Summer vacation is.Second, they fill the town, the streets, the parking spaces, campus... There they are, with there mamas and their daddies, mostly their mamas, rolling big suitcase rollers down the sidewalks toward the dorms, piled with crap.It's like playing house. I just

Oh, this is a timeless gem.

2010-08-14T11:45:00.001-06:00

Warning: appropriately foul language.Thanks, Russ.http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1572724002090

Direct to you, from a social media site about which I will not talk:

2010-08-13T15:57:00.003-06:00

Peeps, I gotta ask (even though it's Friday, about happy hour time, when I should be relaxing): is this country getting better for all when those with the money hoard it? And even moreso, expect those with less to be the ones to haul up? And even more disturbing, call those with less "lazy," just because they're not rich?That's my thought, after meeting with the head of SER, who has agreed

Nothing is free.

2010-08-13T06:48:00.003-06:00

Duh, guys. The price of staying in the game Oil companies are now developing a system that could cap deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico in a hurry Aug 12th 2010 | From The Economist print edition WITH 500 barrels of hard-set cement now gumming up the Macondo well, a number of inquiries are looking back at the loss of the Deepwater Horizon rig and the subsequent spilling of 5m barrels of

I heart Mario. "Professional Left."

2010-08-12T11:22:00.007-06:00

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/politics/2010/08/11/jk.walltowall.virtual.briefing.room.cnn.htmlHere is what I don't get:Why can idealism and practicality not coexist?Obama has been at his post for how long? (not very) Some incremental steps have actually brought some amount of decent change to this country, but there is still plenty more to do. What's been done isn't enough, so why think

James McMurtry in Garden & Gun

2010-08-10T09:44:00.004-06:00

I like gardens. Guns? Well, I don't shoot them, but hellz, there are some pretty nice ones out there. And James McMurtry? Yup. By Rick Bass? Absolutely.http://gardenandgun.com/article/james-mcmurty

I'll take a white milk with my lunch?

2010-08-09T12:43:00.004-06:00

I'm not a big fan of the tanning tax either, but really...p.s. Don't neglect to click on the links. Some of them are just priceless.Black Power's Gonna Get You Sucka: Right-Wing Paranoia and the Rhetoric of Modern Racismby Tim Wise July 11, 2010, 7:00 pm Prominent white conservatives are angry about racism. Forget all that talk about a

It is soooooo ordered

2010-08-07T09:38:00.002-06:00

Stephen Colbert on gay marriage: http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/343140/august-05-2010/how-to-ruin-same-sex-marriages

Time for bike riders to fight back

2010-08-05T07:25:00.002-06:00

Here's another one. Really, bike lanes are like swimming with sharks? Shouldn't be.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nySs1cEq5rs

Holy crap! The UN is coming! The UN is coming!

2010-08-04T19:57:00.002-06:00

One if by land, two if by sea.I just heard this guy just pulled ahead in the polls, too. Not only are we a mean country; man, are we stupid.Bike agenda spins cities toward U.N. control, Maes warns By Christopher N. OsherThe Denver Post Posted: 08/04/2010 01:00:00 AM MDT Updated: 08/04/2010 10:59:15 AM MDTRepublican

Republicans ARE Kids These Days

2010-08-04T06:32:00.005-06:00

Peeps, I have a long day ahead; uranium forum 7:30 until...? Maybe a softball game at 6 if there's no one to sub so I can sit this one out and stay at the glow show.So, I only have time to spit this out quickly: Republicans have nothing, NOTHING worthwhile to say- or do. Please, do NOT vote Republican this fall. Please. The Republican agenda is a non-agenda, a no-agenda. I've had it up to...

Republicans and Kids These Days

2010-08-02T07:24:00.006-06:00

This is for the FFM, who suggested I might blog about both these issues today: First, we've all heard that Lindsay Lohan was released from jail after 13 days of her 90 day sentence. We know because this is very important news. At least as important as, say, the flooding in Pakistan and Afghanistan that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds and tens of people, respectively. Well, it is more

Wabi Sabi

2010-07-28T14:37:00.004-06:00

OK, peeps, there are plenty of things to get all up in arms about, but today I won't.First of all, I am working on relaxing. I relaxed hard core (not an oxymoron) while on vacation in Great Basin NP, a place I recommend highly. Check it out: http://www.nps.gov/grba/Second, the FFM rides me hard like Mexico every time I exhibit a modicum of stress, which just stresses me out more, which is setting

Sen. Franken Questions BP About Worker Safety In HELP Committee

2010-07-27T09:11:00.000-06:00

BP BP BP BP

2010-07-27T09:06:00.001-06:00

BP did not go away while I was gone, nor will anyone likely be fooled by these antics of Hayward stepping down and "an American" stepping in. No, no, no. But, that is all for today, except for this fine video provided by MadDog, for which I am grateful because I know I should be checking in, having returned a few days ago, but dag, other things keep getting into my schedule.Remember, even, how

Great Basin

2010-07-16T16:12:00.002-06:00

Peeps, am going to Great Basin NP for a few days, leaving mean people politics behind. If you don't know where it is, don't feel alone. In fact, I love that hardly anyone to whom I mention my destination knows; all the more room, and a campsire ensured.Hiatin'- catch up on return

Ship buried in 18th century unearthed at WTC site

2010-07-15T08:11:00.007-06:00

This is a way cooler story to check out than yet another rant on people just being messed up, like the dude in New Mexico who shot up his GF and then a whole bunch of other people at her workplace? I mean, really, for someone who does not advocate capital punishment, I am getting dangerously close to saying we ought to just start stringing up people who screw up like that. What IS the excuse?

Ubaldo! Ubaldo!

2010-07-12T14:35:00.002-06:00

This just makes me happy:JIMENEZ NAMED NL ALL-STAR STARTING PITCHER July 12, 2010 – National League All-Star manager Charlie Manuel of the Philadelphia Phillies has named Colorado Rockies ace Ubaldo Jimenez as the National League's starting pitcher in the 2010 Midsummer Classic. The first-time

Or, are we just a bunch of spoiled brats who cry when we don't get our own way?

2010-07-12T09:05:00.002-06:00

July 11, 2010 Look Ahead in Anger Hyperbolic rhetoric threatens to swamp our politicsBy Sasha Abramsky Five months ago, Andrew Joseph Stack III, a middle-aged man who had a long-running dispute over taxes with the federal government, flew a kamikaze mission into the IRS building in Austin, Tex. On the Internet, numerous bloggers immediately declared Stack a hero, a martyr in the war against

And now for the good news

2010-07-11T08:37:00.003-06:00

This reminds me of a recent conversation I had with... I don't recall whom, but I do remember the gist being that we only get the "bad" news, not the good, which can make for a pretty skewed view of the world if a person forgets the other side:Truth in journalism is usually found on the comic pages. -Frank DeGennaro A radio commentator noted that the news we generally receive through the

LOST

2010-07-09T06:44:00.003-06:00

This is for the FFM. He wants a blog entry ABOUT him, and he will get one... oh, he will get one... but for today, this is just too good to pass up.(From my dear old best friend in elementary school, Andree, who is a fine photographer herself)http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2010/07/08/why-never-to-ask-favors-from-designers/

I hope those people who threatened to not give money to UWYo if Bill Ayers were allowed to speak

2010-07-07T17:59:00.002-06:00

pony up- or should I say "cowboy up?"- and contribute $86K to the university, now that we know how much pandering to them cost. I, as a student, surely as hellz do not want to be footing the bill via a tuition raise.Ayers lawsuit costs UW $86,000LARAMIE -- The University of Wyoming spent more than $86,000 on a federal lawsuit brought by 1960s radical Bill Ayers and a student. The

I'm feeling some animosity toward paying tax on my beers

2010-07-06T15:16:00.004-06:00

when I go down to the local bar. Do you suppose the State of Wyoming Department of Revenue will suspend that tax, too? Or will I have to resort to my "2nd Amendment Rights?" Jeeeeezus Christ, help us all. (As in it looks like there are some tables in the Temple of Arms that you might want to turn over in righteous indignation, since the law apparently isn't doing its job.)Agents face increasing

If Sharron Angle shoots herself in the foot any more times,

2010-07-05T14:21:00.003-06:00

I don't believe she will be able to stand up any more, at all.I mean, seriously, peeps, tell me this woman would not possibly get even a single vote, given her ridiculous actions?Angle Sends Cease-And-Desist To Reid -- For Reposting Her Own Website"Sharron Angle has resorted to an unusual maneuver to counter Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's attacks on her past quotes and positions, the Reid

I love Anthony Pollina.

2010-07-03T07:38:00.004-06:00

"July 4th is more than parades and fireworks. "It’s an opportunity to remind Vermonters that it’s time to declare our independence…from industrialized food, banks too big to fail, and unfair taxes. "for a real Vermont Buy Local, Hire Local Policy; time to invest in local renewable power and local businesses and farms. "It’s the message we are taking to holiday celebrations and will be one of

I'm so happy, and here's the reason why:

2010-07-02T08:53:00.002-06:00

And they didn't have to worry about obesity. I think the cure to our current national illness is crystal-opaque.

Flippin' Politics

2010-07-01T11:50:00.002-06:00

Peeps, I flipped out about politics again last evening, raising my voice to obscene levels. My dad is in town, and he has been brainwashed by the hard right conservative shock-commentators who only want to point blame and claim there is so much wrong with everyone else in this country (especially Mr. Obama... I had to remind my dad that when I was taking the heat in high school as senior class

Amnesty National- Gulf Style?

2010-06-29T16:02:00.003-06:00

No.So, how does it make sense that someone who works for cash and doesn't pay taxes to the government should get the government service of a government agent stepping to the plate and collecting money from BP for that person when that person finds him-or-herself in a position of no longer being employed in that under the table situation?How is it that the person "should not be punished for a

I can't fight this feeling any more.

2010-06-28T12:10:00.002-06:00

I really did enjoy kicking back this weekend, right down to going back to bed at 9 Sunday morning and sleeping until 1 in the afternoon. It was nice to just hang out and catch up with peeps and not worry about Things.But this traffic issue, this driving situation, I think I can no longer ignore. I did it for several days, but the next time I meet up with someone who stops at an intersection in

Texas 4000

2010-06-27T14:33:00.002-06:00

Last night the Laramie community welcomed 27 young riders in the Rocky Route of the Texas 4000 for the 4th year in a row, offering showers, laundry, beds to sleep in and a potluck supper to the cyclists, who are riding from Austin, TX, to Anchorage, AK, in the world's longest annual charity bike ride to raise funds for cancer research, and to spread hope, knowledge and charity along the way. All

Little Hiatus

2010-06-25T06:47:00.002-06:00

Going to take a short hiatus while I get my head on straight again. Be back with something fresh.

Rage Against the Machines

2010-06-22T13:26:00.003-06:00

I'm not really one to write a journal much, except when completely confused by some stupidity in which I am engaging, and trying to figure out what the hellz is going on with all that... or convincing myself to continue to engage, justifying, that kind of thing.But I did look back on my blog of the past couple years this morning, to see if I have felt the rage and sadness I felt, say, last

Life- Perfect as Usual

2010-06-20T07:24:00.001-06:00

So, there is this recovery site my sis pointed me to, and every day I get a little message from there, a little mediation, and let me tell you, the only thing I am recovering from is existential angst, but these things are great. They remind me how deep I've wallowed in the crap, and alternately, how easily I walk right back out of it.Here's today's. It's pretty sweet. And the site, if you're

Uh-oh, Spaghetti-Os!

2010-06-18T07:53:00.003-06:00

This is the ultimate insult. Dag, people get it right! Do your jobs! There are enough of us out here needing a job who would actually do it the way it's meant to be done... We don't need you screwing up and putting a bunch of people's lives in danger- and defaming Spag-Os in the process.(from Togus the Cat, who is supah cool, like the Big Orange, only it seems not so ornery):Texas Firm Recalls

Unfair and Imbalanced

2010-06-17T12:58:00.003-06:00

Yet another glaring misstep by the fourth estate, in this case (SURPRISE!), Fox News:Fox's Most Blatant Falsehood Ever? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 17, 2010 CONTACT Jess Levin (202) 772-8162 jlevin@mediamatters.orgWashington, DC - Today, after Fox News and the Fox Nation falsely suggested that President Obama was giving a "major strip" of land in Arizona "back to Mexico,"

Immigration Lawless

2010-06-14T16:54:00.005-06:00

OK, peeps, so we do have immigration laws in this country, indeed, and for all of you who say you don't give a crap who comes in here as long as they do it legally, let me tell you a little story: I know a lovely young woman who came here from Tasmania when she met her boyfriend (a US citizen) there. She had been staying here, legally, on a tourist visa, you know, following the law? Well, guess

Just Between Us

2010-06-14T09:58:00.003-06:00

But what if I want to end up in court?Defend myself, like Slobodan. But that's off the subject. Here are 23 incriminating things not to say in an e-mail, stupid. This is highly confidential:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127829646&sc=fb&cc=fpp.s. I wonder how long it will take the FFM to note that I am relying on other sources for entries again. And yet I have all this time

Asteroid Mission Returns to Earth

2010-06-13T14:44:00.001-06:00

The BBC so has cool news:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10305664.stm

And now for your listening...

2010-06-10T21:26:00.001-06:00

...viewing... pleasure:http://www.wimp.com/wronggig/

BP: Reckless Manslaughter?

2010-06-10T20:06:00.002-06:00

Prize of the day goes to the guy who called Ed Schultz and said when foreign "terrorists" come over here and kill people we go out bombing, but that when BP commits reckless manslaughter, what do we do? It's about time people even started talking about the people who lost their lives in the blowout- a blowout that could have been prevented had the corporation employed appropriate practices.

Some days are better left outside.

2010-06-09T14:22:00.003-06:00

Yesterday was a meeting of the museum guy from OK with the Friends of the SH Knight Geological Museum, about the reinvention of the museum. Hard to believe it's been a year since Tom Buchanan, President of University of Wyoming, axed the Geological Museum on campus. It was an insane summer for the Friends, raising awareness and even some funding to show the importance of the museum to the public,

President Obama still hasn't fixed that oil spill.

2010-06-06T11:15:00.002-06:00

Next time we have an election for President, I guess we ought to make sure there's a PhD chemical physicist or an engineer on the ballot?But I will shut up now. The FFM has been picking on me about expressing disappointment so frequently on the ole blog. I think I'm encroaching on his territory, though he calls it "realism" in his case.

Gas Mileage, Please?

2010-06-05T09:15:00.003-06:00

Beef of the day, peeps:One of the most important, if not the most important, considerations when I look to purchase a car is gas mileage. How many miles to the gallon does a particular make and model get, on average? And you know what? In reviews, and even on sites, this information is not particularly forthcoming.Why? I think it's that frankly, fellow Americans, most of us don't give a crap if

Things we know:

2010-06-04T09:20:00.001-06:00

1) BP an associated oil giants are made up of a bunch of people who care about money in their pockets and bank accounts and little else;2) The Israeli government is made up of mean hypocrites.But some days you just have to take a day off from griping and enjoy the sweet sweet sights and scents of spring.

t r u t h o u t | Government Impotence and Corporate Rule

2010-06-02T10:41:00.001-06:00

http://www.truthout.org/government-impotence-and-corporate-rule60049But just how is it that we are to "put the public back in charge of our government?" The Tea Partiers are trying to do that, and dag, if I don't want that public in charge of my government any more than I do the corporate power-and-money mongers.

Memorial Day

2010-05-31T13:03:00.003-06:00

This is Memorial Day, the day of the year set aside for us to honor and remember those who fought and died for our country, not the day for capitalist pig giant corporations to send their mechanized telephone calls to attempt to garner yet more profit from people.So, for those of you companies who have called the FFM's phone today- 3 times I have answered- I hope sincerely that you all see a

Dogs

2010-05-28T10:41:00.002-06:00

Man, dogs are like people.First of all, even though you'd like to think they have the brains to recognize you are extending a kindness or regard, they don't get it. And then, when you hope they have the courtesy to at least extend respect in return, they don't.Damn dogs. Damn people. And still, you like them. At least I do.Thanks to Leonberger for the sweet pic.http://leonberger-hunde.org/dogs/

Chicago Torturer's Overdue Day in Court

2010-05-27T12:59:00.001-06:00

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/26-5This is a pretty good commentary, right up until the very last paragraph, the final sentence. No matter who wrote the words, it is an error to call the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq President Barack Obama's wars. Those wars began under Commander in Chief George W Bush and continue under Commander in Chief Barack Obama. They are the American People's

Patriotic Duty

2010-05-24T11:26:00.001-06:00

Now this is what I'm talking about. Screw tea party wine bagging.Get some chickens. Pok pok!

It's Hard in Mexico- take two

2010-05-23T07:41:00.003-06:00

Here's an e-mail I received this morning. And here is my response. And yes, I don't care who sent it. In this case it was someone I love and would defend with my life- except for the politics.Dear President Obama:I'm planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me.We're planning to simply walk across the border from the U.S. into

Hey! Fatty Fatty 2 by 4!

2010-05-21T07:27:00.006-06:00

OK, peeps, guess what? Ronald McDonald has been asked to retire because he directly appeals to kids, therefore stimulating childhood obesity. Of course, the parents (or other care givers) who drive the kids to McD's on however regular a basis are in no way responsible for their weight.http://www.wcsh6.com/news/watercooler/story.aspx?storyid=118069&catid=108And Gawd forbid that Mama Obama try to

Because Cynthia Lummis Asked

2010-05-20T09:16:00.005-06:00

Thanks to all of you who have responded. Everyone else in Wyoming, here is how to tell our Representative your priorities for the federal government, and our ideas for "taking America back (like bringing our troops back from Iraq and showing neighborly conduct by trying the Bush administration for their war crimes and keeping our National Guard here to protect our borders; not telling seniors

Tea Party for Change?

2010-05-19T17:14:00.005-06:00

Peeps, it's making me a little nervous hearing all these people talk about how Rand Paul's victory in the Kentucky Republican primary is a sign that the Tea Party movement is growing and strong and that people really do want change in this country. Only David Sirota, on Denver Progressive Radio AM 760 this morning, came close to noting my concern.Here's what it is, OK? Yes, the American people

More on the Department of Injustice

2010-05-17T09:20:00.002-06:00

http://www.scribd.com/doc/31123258/Scott-Horton-Speech

"Customer Service": Delta Airlines and WY DMV

2010-05-14T11:26:00.003-06:00

Peeps, I will not go into the ugly details about Delta Airlines's failure to provide what they charge for right now. Let me just give you one piece of "customer service":My mother is not a frequent flyer. In fact, she is a nervous flyer who does not fly often. So, yesterday her Delta flight got off the ground late from La Guardia, and she was concerned about making her connection in Minneapolis.

Why do "Tea Party" and "mean people" appear together in a blog entry?

2010-05-12T07:45:00.005-06:00

OK, it is true that in this great country, people are allowed to speak freely- though people at either end of the political spectrum attempt regularly to limit that freedom to those with their own views. And so it is true that 5 kids can wear American flag t-shirts to school on Cinco de Mayo, and that they will, especially if their parents are also mean people or are simply people who don't know

This Just in: Terrence Lakin, Our President is an American citizen!

2010-05-10T20:17:00.004-06:00

No holds barred: Terrence Lakin, you do not deserve the title "Colonel." You are a disgrace to the US military and to the men and women who faithfully carry out their duties to their country. To be redirected when you refuse to show for deployment to Afghanistan and insist that something that has already been proved be proved to you again before you do your job? You should be ashamed. You should

Sex Addiction

2010-05-07T08:28:00.004-06:00

While I was involved in a very interesting conference on mine design, operations and closure, with some particularly cool pics of bad reclamation moves, preoccupations with sex were festering.I mean, just crawling right under my skin. It started with a FaceBook friend (and old college chum) posting some really important story from National Enquirer (or one of those fine papers) about Obama being

I know that I haven't written in a while, FFM,

2010-05-03T21:32:00.002-06:00

and other peeps, but all the crap I would talk about is mean stuff and I would rather concentrate on being away in a new place (Butte, MT) and learning new stuff (about mining, especially hard rock mining). So, I will get back to this... sometime soon.

White House Takes Bigger Role in Spill in the Oil Spill Cleanup

2010-04-29T20:36:00.001-06:00

Why? Did they make the mess? Will they charge BP for services?http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/us/30gulf.html?nl=&emc=aua1

We Don't Need the Wildcatter Suites, Casper Oilman Mr. John Martin

2010-04-29T09:44:00.002-06:00

E-mails show UW faced pressure StoryDiscussion By JEREMY PELZER - Star-Tribune staff writer | Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2010 1:45 am | (9) Comments Font Size:Default font sizeLarger font size LARAMIE -- The University of Wyoming received dozens of e-mails threatening to withhold funding from the university in the days before the March 31

"fear is not enough to override the First Amendment."

2010-04-27T16:40:00.003-06:00

Take that, you treasonous faux patriots!http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/04/william_ayers_must_be_allowed.phpThanks, Meg Lanker, David Lane, and particularly Judge William Downes, for upholding our constitution, rather than pandering to the malicious shouts of a bunch of scared Wyoming citizens.

Univeristy of Wyoming and Bill Ayers Update

2010-04-27T08:21:00.003-06:00

forthcoming. Decision to be made today.Meanwhile, in response to the new Arizona law about which Jalan so aptly said yesterday that it is now illegal to be illegal there,http://borderbattles.ssrc.org/Rumbault_Ewing/printable.htmlI'm so glad, personally, that now the cops in Arizona will have plenty to do, asking people for papers, and that the crime wave killing spree of good Americans on the

Liar liar

2010-04-26T14:43:00.001-06:00

http://ceasespin.org/ceasespin_blog/ceasespin_blogger_files/fox_news_gets_okay_to_misinform_public.html

I get the hype!

2010-04-23T06:46:00.002-06:00

The strategy of the NFL draft is intriguing. Plus, all those guys up there in their nice suits (or t-shirts, tattoos and giant necklaces), just look so happy when they get picked! They're like little kids talking on the phone, looking like they just opened exactly what they wanted for Christmas.

Chill Bear

2010-04-22T08:19:00.006-06:00

At our house, we have a candy bear that makes clicky noise, a sweet present my bro and sis-in-law brought from Yellowstone. We put a Miller Chill beer cap on the bear's head, and I call him, alternately, Park Bear or Chill Bear, and frequently tell Catsy to stop knocking the bear off the window sill.Chill Bear. Last week I became embroiled in a group on FaceBook in which many rude words were

Baaaaahhh! We are sheep, and shock media is our shepherd.

2010-04-20T08:10:00.005-06:00

I have two things to mention today.First, I have been thinking since yesterday morning when I got to campus and saw the backpacks all over Prexy's Pasture, about suicide and how sad it is that so many people, including young people, get to a point that they feel like there is no reason to live. There were backpacks all over the field out there, for Pack in the Silence (do I have that name correct

Weird Al's Grammar Lesson

2010-04-19T09:36:00.001-06:00

I just love this. Thanks, FFM.http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/weird-als-grammar-lesson/208sm71a