A LITTLE ESCAPE TIME

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A friend of mine recently acquired an old Magnavox console stereo. It's flippin awesome. My parents used to have one when I was a little kid - and believe me they rocked it out!! I went over to check it out last night and we started digging through the record collection. Records. On vinyl. Oh My Gawd!!!! This - is what I found.....


Ohhhh yeah baby. Peter Frampton. Holy shit that man was hot hot hot!!! I don't care what anyone says he was to die for. Droooooooooool......

We actually had to go shopping - we found records. We found this record. I wanna peel that banana. Listening to this album on a real stereo was a treat like no other.
Amen.

OBSESS MUCH??

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My youngest daughter is obsessed.
She is absolutely smitten by Paula Deen. You would think a girl her age (7) would be more interested in Barbies and cartoons, but my little one is stuck on watching the Food Network!! Don't get me wrong - she still loves to go shopping for new clothes and women's shoes and make-up, but at the top of her wish list right now is a set of Paula Deen cookware. She absolutely covets the set my mom owns.
She has a little notebook that she sits in front of the TV with and writes all her recipes down in. Last night I could barely pull her away to go to bed - Paula was making red velvet cake. Rye has never been prone to crying fits - but last night she was on the edge of a meltdown if she didn't get to finish watching the show.
I guess it's really kind of cool. At least she is learning something while she's glued to the living room carpet. I have to say I do adore Ms. Paula as well!

JUST SOME RAIN....

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Lots of tornado reports around the state, but just some rain for our city. Some pretty scary looking clouds at times, and a few big booms is all around here...

BUSY TORNADO WEATHER DAY...

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At least five tornado warnings in the State Of Kansas at the moment. As for me... well of course I am off - headed west to see what my lens can capture today..... Off work for the day, thank goodness.


If the storms hold together, they will get to my area soon enough. Don't worry mom, I will stash the kids in a safe place before I head out onto the plains!!
Stay safe everyone!

IS IT LUCK??

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When I was a little kid, my parents used to tell me to go look for a four leaf clover in the yard - I suspect to keep me busy and out of their hair. The other day, I told Rye to do the same, as we have a few large patches of clover in the back yard. She ran off and I kid you not - she was back in like three minutes with this in her hand. A real four leaf clover!! Never in my life have I ever seen a real one, much less found one! I immediately ran out and bought a lottery ticket, then I decided to press this clover and save it for Rye in her baby book. So cool!!
The weather here has been absolutely incredible lately! I have been working in the garden as much as possible, and I think I have just about everything planted now. I can't wait for everything to start growing and giving up some veggies!!
I also got offered a job this week. I am debating what to do about it though. I already have so much going on in my life that I can't see straight, and I would have to quit the liquor store for sure. It's a bit better pay, but there are some things that have me concerned. We shall see I suppose.
I have been having some issues with my computer lately which isn't real surprising considering how old it is. I don't even have enough system memory to run the defragmenter thingy. I have been trying to put all of my photos and movies on CD's to free some up, but there are literally thousands of them. Talk about a pain in the rear. So my computer is running extremely slowly, and it is hard to sit and wait for pages to load all the time. Kinda takes the fun out of everything I liked to do before.
Today it's off to work for me, school for the kids of course. Things are pretty quiet these days and I like it. My brain is overloaded with thoughts that won't stop, but I am used to it I guess....

LEGALIZE IT!!

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Go HERE to email the president if you are one of the tens of millions of people who believe that cannabis should be legally regulated like alcohol.


"I'm one of the tens of millions of Americans who believe that cannabis should be legally regulated like alcohol.

The American public is ready and willing to engage in a serious and objective political debate regarding the merits of legalizing the use of cannabis by adults. The time for joking is over.

Please consider apologizing for your dismissive tone, and please consider treating those of us who believe that there are viable alternatives to marijuana prohibition with the respect we deserve."


Here's a good article from "Time" Magazine on the subject...

BIG FAT AIRPLANE RIDE

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Here's an idea that's brighter than a pallet of Sylvania light bulbs..... charge the fat people more to fly on an airplane. Seriously?? I saw this on the news this morning - WTF?
Some airlines think they should start charging by the pound for their tickets. Weigh the passengers and their luggage, and spit out a ticket charge accordingly if you are over the "normal" weight. So what I want to know is do the super skinny people get a discount? That would only be fair right?
So who would decide what a "normal" weighted person is? What's the limit? Do tall people get charged more for taking up all the head room? I think it's really bad enough that they charge you for luggage now - only so they can turn around and lose it for a few weeks. How stupid are people??
Some folks apparently are complaining because they have to touch the person next to them on a crowded plane..... Ok - so if your OCD is that outta control - pay the extra cash and sit in first class. Jeeeezus! Even the skinny people gotta share the elbow resters. Gimme a break.

HUTCHINSON, KANSAS TEA PARTY

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Not a bad turnout. Actually quite a bit better than I expected. The speaker was decent, everything seemed to stay in line, and it was definitely a peaceful show.....

ISSUE NUMBER ONE: FEAR BASED LEGISLATION

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I went to the Goodwill yesterday to shop for some jeans for the kids. I looked around for a while, not finding anything, I asked a clerk for some help. She told me that they can no longer sell jeans for kids because of a new law that claims to be protecting them from lead poisoning. I walked out of the building in complete astonishment.

The law went into effect on February 10th of 2009. According to the CPSC, "The new safety law does not require resellers to test children’s products in inventory for compliance with the lead limit before they are sold. However, resellers cannot sell children’s products that exceed the lead limit and therefore should avoid products that are likely to have lead content, unless they have testing or other information to indicate the products being sold have less than the new limit. Those resellers that do sell products in violation of the new limits could face civil and/or criminal penalties."

The wording of this law means that you can not even sell these things at a yard sale without the risk of being penalized. It affects places like the Goodwill, Salvation Army, all thrift stores - anyone wishing to resell. It affects the poor, the middle class, anyone who wishes to purchase kids clothing. Yes, it does affect the ones who sell the brand new clothes as well, but the big stores pay the thousands of dollars it takes to test these products and move on with business as usual.

Now let's look at who it benefits. This law pretty much forces people to buy new clothing for their children. Who stands to gain? Corporations. The big boys. You know - the ones who really run the country....

They find a fear - this time the lead poisoning.
They prey upon the fear of the people.
They make the people believe they are making laws for the common good.
They in the mean time are taking away your liberties.
You, I, We - let them because we expect that They won't lie to us after all.
They profit from the fears and the lies.
You, I, We - are the ones who lose.

Check this out and see if it feels eerily familiar:

John Harris - It's An Illusion

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!!!

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Change - will not come to America, until Americans stand up for themselves.
Change - will not be brought about by the government. At least not in the forms of change we all want to see. It is time for us to stand up and stop giving up our liberties to these tyrants! A good place to start is by joining other Americans on April 15, 2009 at a Tea Party near you. If you happen to live in Hutchinson, Kansas - our rally will be taking place from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Kansas State Fair at the AT&T Arena. If you are tired of the taxation and corporate bail outs, come and let your presence be felt....

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

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When life gets me down, I daydream. I think about all the things I would do if I won the lottery, especially when it's a big jackpot. Our big one at the moment would give the winner around 40 million after taxes right now. Forty Million.
I could live with that.
Right off the top? Money in the bank baby - if that's even safe anymore. Then of course I would pay off all of my debts. That's a given. On to the car lot, just one new vehicle each. Nothing too extravagant. Then the building of the farm - the house, the barn, and of course the livestock, then a few cowboys to take care of it all while I am out - TRAVELING for the summer!!
My frivolous purchase would be a really groovy RV. The kind you drive all by itself.
I do think there is only so much I could buy before things got completely out of hand and stupid though. Ten million of that money would be given away immediately. I could give my friends and families brand new lives in a heartbeat. Another ten million would be given away more slowly, but I would use it to change the lives of people I don't know. I know I wouldn't work at a "real" job anymore, but I couldn't just sit around sipping drinks all day either. If I wasn't working on my art, I would be finding out where help was needed and doing it.
So nice to dream....


A LITTLE COMIC RELIEF...

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Watched this movie last night.... Flippin HILARIOUS!!!
The man made so many valid points. Funny how mad people get when asked very simple questions. What I find most hysterical is that there is theme park in Florida called "The Holy Land Experience." Further proof that people will buy anything.... seriously.

EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW....

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I watched a movie last night called "Endgame" by Alex Jones. I think everyone should watch it. It was the absolute scariest thing I have ever seen. Makes me want to buy an rv and drive it straight up into the mountains. Makes me wonder about a lot of things. Too close to reality of now are the things described in this documentary. Watch it....
Another one I watched recently is called "The Corporation" - a good one to watch as well. Makes a person open their eyes just a little bit more to the things going on in this country. What I find most disconcerting, is the fact that these movies are not new.....
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