I had an opportunity to buy a thriving community website in the spring of 2008, and I turned it down as I figured I had no time available to devote to it.  And I was correct, I really do have no time to spend babysitting a site. 

Only the political turmoil of 2008 kept me going here.  Last year was terrible pressure, and it all just fell apart.

So, I’m declaring my independence from website ownership.  I’m glad to have known you but it’s time to explore my freedom and see where it takes me.

¡Hasta!

In the meantime, consider that I am on a vacation for the month of June.  If things change, I’ll certainly return.

I liked the entire last episode until the last part, where they tried to explain the sideways world.

Sigh.

Especially cute were the homeschooled children, who were NOT engaging in academic activities as they held signs at the Broadway and Skyline intersection in Idaho Falls, asking for a NO vote.  How thoughtful of them to help bring down the competition!

The tea bagger contingent is taking over.  They’re preaching revolution.  They’re gaining ground because they ain’t got enough brains between ‘em to figure out they are being had by their corporate masters, big time.  The three pronged approach to keeping the corporations in power in the United States:

1. Keep them stupid,
2. Keep the women barefoot and pregnant, and
3. They’ll vote Republican to the end of their days. 

Killing the public school system takes care of the first part.  Not allowing Plan B, not paying for abortions, and not teaching them sex education in those dreaded public schools takes care of the second part.  Now the third part is practically guaranteed.

So Idaho Falls, you’re gonna get what you deserve.  Not what you need, not what you really want, but definitely, what you deserve.

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The Episcopal Church consecrated its second openly gay bishop.  This one is a lesbian.  Kudos to them for not letting the sexuality be an issue.  But I gotta be irreverent and ask, are there any church leaders who are feminine in appearance and who don’t look like men?  Why does our society insist on patriarchical-looking church leaders?  I’m not asking for Christie Brinkley at the pulpit, but Geez Louise…

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Next weekend is definitely the LOST weekend.  (…”in a hotel in Amsterdam”, shoutout to you Lloyd Cole fans out there).  We’re not cool, and we don’t care for tv, so we got into Lost via DVD just before the 3rd season.  And I don’t think they’ll resolve all my questions this weekend, so I’m a little sorry to see it go, but it’s perfect timing, in a way. 

But the format of the show is such that it can’t run in traditional reruns, as it’s a moment-to-moment continuous unwinding to the core of the show/end of the thread.  Seeing the episodes out of order would be pointless and confusing.  So the future of the show, and the money to be had, isn’t rerun residuals but rather, conventions.  Can’t we all just get a life?

Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder.
Somehow that makes me feel better even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.

So I decide to put the bills back on the table & take out the garbage first.
But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of  Dr. Pepper I’d been drinking.

I’m going to look for my checks,
but first I need to move the Dr. Pepper aside
so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
I notice that the Dr. Pepper is getting warm.

I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Dr. Pepper,
a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye.

They need water.
I put the Dr. Pepper on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I’ve been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I’m going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote -
someone had left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I’ll be looking for the remote,
but I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs…

But first I’ll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers.
Quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.

Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:
the car isn’t washed
the bills aren’t paid
there is a warm can of
Dr. Pepper sitting on the counter
the flowers don’t have enough water,
there is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can’t find the remote,
I can’t find my glasses,
and I don’t remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done,
I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day,
and I’m really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
and I’ll try to get some help for it, but first I’ll check my e-mail…..

Do me a favor.
Forward this information to everyone you know,
because I don’t remember who the hell I’ve sent it to.

Don’t laugh — if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!!

I love this video, I like the really old furniture, friends just sitting around the table, telling stories. 

We have tea party members fomenting the 2nd American Revolution.  In this area, Rex Rammell tried to co-opt as a campaign concept the idea of LDS men galloping in to the rescue of the Constitution on their much ballyhooed prophecy called “White Horse”.  It still has them salivating over the prospects of taking up arms against their fellow citizens in the name of  Liberty.   This is despite the fact that their own Church leaders have distanced themselves from this so called “prophecy” and insist it has no foundation in Church doctrine. 

Obama’s election was the beginning of massive shortages of ammunition as militia-minded men and women began stockpiling.  But that’s not all they’re doing. 

They’re holding rallies, pretending it’s about taxes when their taxes are very low and have been for many years. 

They’re crowing about dumping longstanding (3 terms) Senator Bennett in Utah’s GOP convention this weekend.  Orrin Hatch, up in 2012, is in their sights.

And Ron Paul’s son, Rand Paul, is poised to take power in Kentucky, over Mitch McConnell’s choice, Trey Grayson.

They’re advocating the repeal of the 17th Amendment, which is the popular vote for Senators.  Are they NUTS?  They want to save State’s rights to the extent that they return the Senate to selection by State Legislatures…which opens them up to the highest bidder, even worse than they are right now.

They’re crazy fuckers, they are!  And they’re taking over.  The Tea Baggers are revolting, and I give them my heartiest FUCK YOU as a salute!