Showing posts with label Potpourri. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Dis 'n' Dat



Heard from my neighbor, yesterday. They're having a helluva winter in Maine. SO glad I am not there...

It's Mardi Gras time here. Of course, now my arthritis in my hip and leg chose this past week to go into high gear. Big time pain that NSAIDs don't touch. So much for watching the various Krewes do their thing either in New Orleans or Baton Rouge and vicinity. Standing for more than a half hour is excruciating now.

The dogs are loving it here in Louisiana. They have a fenced yard to play in, four other dogs to play with, and they even get to have a kid or two to chase in fun, now and again.

Another soldier dies in Baghdad. The new kid on the block doesn't seem able to convince the military-industrial establishment to loosen the reins of the war wagon, does he?

Speaking of his presidency, Obama is not going to be the "Great Black Hope" supporters made him out to be, pre-election. This economic depression won't allow that particular legacy to survive. It is going to be very bad for a long time. I suspect I won't live to see a recovery...

A shout out to NZforme who has recently bought herself a house! When's the move date -- my chiropractor has me scheduled for back therapy that day... (actually I am envious - sun, warmth and a built-in cocktail shaker - what else could you want in a home?)

SO, in closing, as they say down here:

Thursday, July 19, 2007

This 'n' That for Thursday

Happy Thursday - we're nearing the end of the work week and heading for the weekend. Looking like it'll be overcast and rainy up here. Hope your weather is better.

Found this quiz over at Christine's "infinitepink" blog and thought you'd enjoy giving it a whirl -- it's short and not too silly.

Where is your spirit craving to take you to?

Somewhere Secluded

Right now you are craving to find some place that offers simplicity because you need peace and serenity in your life. You find the world to be overwhelming at times and need reassurance of the beauty that exists apart from man-made things. You are going to feel fulfilled when you find someplace that brings you to feeling who you truly are.

Personality Test Results

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In my wanderings on the web last night, I stopped by Youtube for some music as I wasn't able to make a connection to Last.FM for some reason and rediscovered this seminal performance by Eric Clapton and Sting, two of the more unpretentious "superstars" of the age, recording It's Probably Me. The video is nicely done, too, with cuts between the studio and clips of the movie this tune became the introduction for ... Enjoy:




Recently a big web to-d0 was made of a crop circles image of Homer Simpson and some sort of Pagan with a stately erection. Now, by way of the J-Walk Blog, linking from Pimp my rice paddy comes this photo:

2005

"Each year, farmers in the town of Inakadate in Aomori prefecture create works of crop art by growing a little purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru-roman variety."