It would seem that every time you shake a tree these days, another closeted, pseudo-christian, self-hating, virulently anti-gay Republican falls out. Huh. Does this make a person wonder who might be next?
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Monthly Archive for August, 2007
The Dogs of Summer
For this last Friday Creature before Labor Day, I have for you some dogs I met at the beach. Have a great holiday weekend! Drive safely, stay cool and enjoy (and check out the Modulator’s Ark)!
Continue reading ‘Friday Creature’
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Well, it’s been a busy week and I haven’t been keeping up with things very well around here. Last week I mentioned a bit of chaos in the back yard, but never got around to the story. To keep it short, we spent several days last week puzzling though a plumbing problem in our early 20th-century house. The resolution finally arrived on Friday (along with a backhoe) when a couple of guys dug up one side of the backyard and replaced a 93-year-old clay pipe. Now that the job’s done, the back yard will need some TLC, but that will have to wait until cooler temps arrive (hopefully soon!).
Then, at the beginning of this week, we had some visitors who came all the way from upstate New York. We enjoyed a great couple of days frolicking in Chattanooga, taking in (among other things), Rock City (which is where I took this week’s WW photo) and the Tennessee Aquarium:
[btw, since school has already started for the year in Chattanooga, we had both attractions nearly to ourselves. There was only one group at Rock City (a few dozen blind people rolled up in a couple of vans with Louisiana tags just as we arrived) and there were no groups at all at the Aquarium -- just a smattering of tourists. These first few weeks of the school year apparently provide a great opportunity for us locals to see the cool stuff in town without the huge crowds.]
And here we are, almost to another weekend! Time just zings past us lately! We’re looking forward to getting some relief from the heat and dry weather, though, so the Labor Day weekend should be a good one!
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Two years ago today, we lost a US city, and were reminded of why people who do not believe in government (and aren’t gay! Really! They’re NOT gay!) should not be allowed to run our government.
Also, Presidunce Awol McFlightsuit wants to flush another $50 billion into the hands of Dick (who apparently sometimes calls himself “Philip Atkinson“) and his friends at at Halliburton (these are the people who tell us we have nothing to fear but absolutely everything).
And then there’s this:
[N]ew census figures that show the number of people without health insurance increased by 2.2 million in 2006 to a grand total of 47 million. In terms of the overall population, 15.8 percent of people lacked insurance, which is the highest level since 1998. At a time when President Bush is in a fight with Congress over health insurance for children, the LAT points out the number of uninsured children grew by 600,000.
Folks, we can’t wait. This lame duck is a greater disaster for this country with every passing day. Men, women and children continue to be killed and permanently maimed and the draft-dodging decider refuses to do anything to stop it.
ps. Dear Democrats: I’m still waiting for you to do something. Anything!
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I do believe it is a rare Chattanooga summer shower!
Oh, joy! Oh, joy! (Look — I’m not the only one!)
Ahhhhhhh…………!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(There’s a story behind the mess of rocks and hose and furniture pushed into the corner of the patio in my backyard… maybe I’ll have time to tell it this weekend…) (oooh! foreshadowing!) (also, note the almost-dead grass…)
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Use it with T-Mobile or other GSM cellular networks — anything’s better than the incomparably evil AT&T…
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This week, I’m bringing you another crab — this one is the tiniest one who has ever threatened me. I was just walking down the beach one day and there he was in my path, menacingly waving his one (relatively) huge claw at me. The second shot includes the corner of my toe, so you can appreciate just how small this guy is.
As usual, have a wonderful weekend. If you’re in the US, stay cool or dry, depending on which of this country’s weather disasters you’re living through at the moment. For your entertainment (and sometimes, edification!), the Modulator’s Ark is up. Also, check out these editorializing pooches over on Cute Overload!
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