Aviation Adventurer Missing

Steve Fossett - the first man to circle the globe in a balloon solo and the plane he was flying in went missing after taking off from a Nevada airstrip yesterday.

Teams are out in the rugged Nevada terrain looking for the plane as we speak. Hopefully all aboard are well.

Beefeaters

Quietly two months ago history was made in London as Moira Cameron of Argyll, Scotland, who at age 42 and a warrant officer 2 in the British military became the first female Yeoman Warder aka Beefeater to be among the 35-man (along with a Chief Yeoman Warder and a Chief Yeoman Gaoler - 'jailer'), unit guarding the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.

Established in 1485 to guard the treasures of the Crown and the family of the Crown and quickly thereafter assigned to guard prisoners of the Crown in the Tower this elite corps has been an all male affair and even still was after Moira Cameron's appointment for the last couple of months because her turn on the active duty roster did not come until September 1st of this year.

Today's Beefeaters main function (outside of guarding the Crown Jewels), is to guide tourists and to patiently pose smiling for pictures. Unlike the guards at Buckingham Palace they are allowed to move and speak, and are quite jovial about their jobs. However I for one would not care to be on the receiving end of their non-jovial side should one attempt any maliciousness at the Tower much less attempt any thievery.

And you can look to we Scots to pave the way into the future, remember t'was a Scottish lass what came to be the first woman Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London.

And I Quote

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

~ Anna Mary Robertson
aka Grandma Moses

Morning Musings

Morning Musings:

What is the price of tea in China?

Can there be a successful movie with an all nude cast ... and not be a 'sex flick'?

When will there be enough hours in the day?

How is it possible that when otherwise intelligent people gather in large groups they get 'dumber'?

Who are 'They' and why are 'They' always saying things?

Where is Hunky Dory?

Do you have to remember stuff you forgot, too?

Will the earth continue to tolerate us mucking around with it much longer?

Is there intelligent life?

It's been an interesting morning so far, it has ...

Morning Funny

Going Green

Going Green!

With cars that look like this being 'green' might not be so bad. What's more is this one is faster than most other cars.

Can't you just see yourself tearing down the highway is this sleek machine?!

300 posts in the ground.

This Blog now has 300 posts on it.
Some profound;
Some mundane;
Some hilarious;
Some frivolous;
and maybe a gem or two.

Keep reading you never know what may crop up!?!

Confused Says ...

When Life gives you lemons, make cherry pie!

Quiet on the farm.

Everyone has gone home from the weekend bash except for the immediate family ... and the Mrs., who is going to remain in the 'horse-pitial" for a couple-three days according to her doctors to whack her infection over the head and get its attention.

Mac Duff is sulking and looking for her and keeps coming up to everybody wanting to be held. We've tried to explain to him that 'mommy' is ok, just a little sick and will be back soon but he is one stubborn jack russell.

Despite the unplanned side trip the party was a success and everyone had a great time. Now all I need is a good night's sleep but I won't get it for a couple-three days if you get my meaning.

Susan of Mark and Susan said she loved the weekend even with getting a sunburn on her butt where it usually was covered by her thong bikini (so it wasn't much of a spot anyway) and already put their name on the list for next year's to-do.

A couple of sunburns, a few red rashes from the belly-flops in the pool, a large number of 'headaches' in the morning, yep, the party was asuccess.

Congratulations

Just want to give 'props' to the Appalachian State Mountaineers who handed the Michigan State Wolverines their hats and sent a message to the "Big Boys" the other day by beating them in their own house 34 to 32.

This is hard for a Catamount to do so they best enjoy it while they can.

For those that don't know there is an intense rivalry between the Western Carolina University Catamounts and the Mountaineers of Appalachian State and it was not all that long ago this old linebacker terrorized the Mountaineer backfield and we were handing everyone their hats - including the Mountainers ... and our fans were calling for us to beat Nebraska - but we never got to play them that year.

So way to go Mountaineers.

A Night At The Hospital

Turns out our Labor Day Party was cut short. The Mrs., spiked a fever of 104 and it would not come down. Since earlier this year when she survived multiple Pulmonary Embolisms (blood clots in the lungs) we took no chances and headed to the hospital ER.

Within 10 minutes they had decided to admit her ... but it still took 7 hours to get her from the ER to her room - it was 2:30am by the time we got her in the bed in her room. It took them 8 hours when she had the blood clots - so they improved by an entire hour!

Turns out she had developed an infection and it had caused the spike in body temp, but to be on the safe side the doctors are keeping her for a couple of days. She also is having a good time with the 'pain' as they are feeding her morphine along with potassium (she let it get low again), and antibiotics via IV and she isn't feeling anything.

Now if she can get some sleep between them poking and prodding her every five minutes (or so it seems) she can get some rest.

The big if is can I get some rest and sleep after feeding the animals and letting everyone at the party know she is alright but staying in the hospital, before getting back to her ... she told me to go and stay away until at least noon to rest - like that is going to happen ... she's in the hospital, when was the last time you rested when your spouse was in the hospital.

She wanted me to make sure to bring the laptop back so she could check on her favorite blogs and I could keep up with my Blogs as well.

I think the thing that pisses her off most about this is she has to wear at least a hospital gown and you know she prefers to be nude, of course when the morphine wears off and that Itis boy Arthur comes a'calling she might change her tune about what she is most pissed off about.

Learn Scots Gaelic

Want to expand your mind and learn to speak another language?

Why not learn Scots Gael.

We can start out easy with the words we all want to know like ...

Celidh (Kay - lee) - n,v - A gathering of friends and family for fun and games, music and dancing and other such carrying on, i.e., a party

Nudism

Nudism is a lifestyle philosophy. It has been around as a nebulous thing since air. Throughout the entire history and 'pre-history' of man being nude was the normal state we lived in. Even today being nude is more common than being clothed in parts of the world.

Nudism as a collective thought pattern as it is today came about in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and fully congealed in Germany during the Wiemar Republic era after World War One and spread worldwide from there.

Now the 'philosophical' outlook of the 'industrialized' nations matched the 'common sense' outlook of the 'non-industrialized' nations again where the clothing obsession had never taken root to begin with - clothing was worn for protection from the elements when it was worn at all.

Social status slowly became attuned to the 'doodads' one had adhered the one's protective clothing in some societies (which unfortunately where the most violent and aggressive and therefore 'conquered' the world - bringing their obsessions with them) and the obsession with outdoing one another led to the 'adoption' of remaining clothed despite the lack of need to do so.

Now the circle has come full and the need for clothing is back to what it is for - protection from the elements. Don't get me wrong nudists like clothes too, some are clothes horses - just look into the Mrs., closet and you will see how much of a clothes horse a nudist can be ... she just never wears any of them.

Interesting Question

On another forum there has been posed the following question:

Should Nudism be a religion in it's own right?

Interesting!
I will keep tabs on that discussion and see what the consensus is on that. I'd be curious as to the answers. What say you?

The Sun Is Back

The sun is back today and the pool is already full of the kids splashing while the adults are still bleary eyed and more than a few are walking 'wounded' this morning if they are walking at all - that single malt whiskey tasting last night might have something to do with that ... some 'tasted' them all and then some. Being good Scots we could not have a Celidh (party) without a single malt tasting to go along with the music, dancing, storytelling (and there have been a few whoppers - but that isn't the type of storytelling I am referring to), and other such fun and games we can get ourselves into.

After feeding the animals with the help of my grandson, he and I broke out the horseshoes and a round-robin horseshoe tournament is shaping up. Hopefully some of the 'wounded' will recover from their 'wounds' in time to enjoy the clang of the horseshoes on the metal stakes!

This year's Labor Day weekend bash is a success, the police have only been by once and that was to check to see if they needed to bring ice with them when they got off duty and came to the party themselves (it's nice to be friends with the local police chief as well as the sheriff - who has been here since Friday, anyway - his wife makes the best BBQ beans).

You know I might just have to break out the Pipes and let the 'wounded' really feel their pain - Bag Pipes before lunch, yeah, that's the ticket!

There go Seamus and Angus tearing off toward the river ... must be that family of rabbits moving around down there and the dogs are going to play with them, of course I don't think the rabbits view it that way, but the dogs do ...

Inspiring

Daily Word

Today's Daily Word is:

Spelunker (spee' - lungk -er) One who explores caves.

Ol'Fred

Caught a glimpse of Ol'Fred earlier today in the back of the barn ... something of a rarity these days.

That old Black Snake has been keeping the barn vermin free for over a year now and keeping the Mrs., on her toes. She goes catatonic at the mere mention of the word snake much less the actual sight of one - something which is a handicap around a farm and earlier in the years she was freaking out regularly because we had several Copperheads to get into the house - I got them all and I wish I could put Ol'Fred under the house so he could take care of that problem, but Mama won't hear of it (they're no Copperheads anywhere near the barn, by the way).

Luckily the river and lake are just far enough away Cotton Mouths (aka Water Moccasins) don't bother to come up the the main buildings - the boat house is another story.

It's Funny

You knew it had to happen sooner or later didn't you?

Admit it, now ... it's funny!

And I Quote

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.

~ Hans Christian Anderson

Four A Day

Four a day. The goal for this Blog is four posts a day for the 30 days of September ... let's see if we can make it.

Cool and Overcast

September started off cooler and overcast than August ended. It is amazing how Ma Nature knows our calendar so well! Temps in the low 80s for highs and a gentle wind most of the day made for one hell of a party today -which is going on well into the night and again tomorrow.

Get naked and join us ... the hot tub is going to get crowded with lows in the lower 70s tonight ...

Daily Funny

Another fantasy dashed!

September is Self Promotion Month

September is Self Promotion Month so you know what that means!

Yep, a lot of "Self-Promoting" on this Blog for the next 30 days! WooHoo!

August ends with the Cat's sacrifice.

He gave his life that this Blog shall live!
(No, not really we don't have a cat, don't be so gullible, sheeesh!)

The 11 o'Clock News

When the shrub attended a fund raiser for Pete Domenici in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, New Mexico, at least one sane person made it through the staged throng of 'shrubettes' to tell the truth. The dictator referenced was a great speaker, insane but a great speaker unlike the dictator-wannabe we are suffering under, he is just insane.

Night Funny

And I Quote

The Radical of one century is the conservative of the next.
The Radical invents the views.
When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

~ Samuel Clemons
aka Mark Twain

Stupid People

There are some stupid people out there, but this one is especially stupid, don't you think?!

Popeye's Last Supper

Pool Party Phollies

The Labor Day weekend bash is in full swing now and the pig is starting to smell good. John and Gail are our designated 'pig watchers' for the night and are taking the task quite seriously keeping the fire hot and making a lot of hot coals to be shoveled up under the pig to smoke it as they cool - they'll be up all night doing it, too.

Our first time guests Mark and Susan are fitting in with the rest of the crowd and Mark forgot to put on pants to go to the store until the Mrs., reminded him and Susan has been giving him hell - in a good way- about it for hours now. The other newcomers brought their teenager with them and took a bit longer to get in the swing of things but my 18-year-old granddaughter took charge of their 17-year-old son and when his wide-eyed shock wore off that girl would even talk to him, much less a naked teenage girl close to his own age he relaxed and has been in the pool playing with the other youngsters (the under thirty crowd).

Tonight's pot luck included practically every kind of dessert imaginable so it was a quick run to the deli for meats and cheeses but breakfast promises to be wonderful.

Seamus and Angus along with Mac Duff have already set the ground rules ... everybody has to play with them before they get in the pool or hot tub and the more people that go to the river the more Seamus and Angus like them - Mac Duff doesn't do the river (the snotty little bastard that he is).

People are still arriving and will be for several more hours and then again around midday tomorrow. Looks to be the best weekend party ever ... thus far.

Philosophy In Short

Time spent laughing is time spent with the Gods.

~ Japanese Proverb

And I Quote

Life is a great canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

~ David Daniel Kominsky
aka Danny Kaye

Town Called Dobson

Roadside America

Roadside America:

There are roadside 'attractions' all over this land from the profound to the sublime to the quirky to the outright bizarre to the plain flat out weird.

One such 'attraction' is the "Gaffney Peach" the town of Gaffeny, South Carolina's peach shaped water tower. Shaped as such because of the miles of peach farms surrounding th old mill town. It is visible for miles along Interstate Highway 85 and is accessible from the frontage road off the exit at mile post 90 - the national historic Revoluntionary War Battlefield at Cowpens is also access off this exit, and for the nudists or those interested in being nudists ... Carolina Foothills Resort is also located off this exit as well.

Caffeine

Need your daily caffeine fix and tired of the less than zip in your coffee then check out the list above to see which "colas" have more caffeine than coffee (all 'soft' drinks have more caffeine than coffee but some teas have more than some 'soft' drinks).

It's Labor Day Weekend

It's the weekend we all celebrate working by not working, right?

Here and Chateau Nu and around the Alban Estate the plans are for intense labor over the BBQ and massive strain to remain afloat on the water and keeping our heads above hot water.

We will be joined in those endeavors by a multitude of friends, neighbors and a few odd relatives getting naked in the sun and feasting on the pot-luck picnic over the entire weekend - the first tents are being erected now (those people will be sleeping in that is) - I erected the canopies over the BBQ and outdoor tables yesterday, after I set up the BBQ and tables in the first place.

This year's annual Labor Day party and gathering has grown by leaps and bounds over previous years ... seems everybody wants to spend time on the farm nude, even got a few first timers who have committed to being here - in fact one couple of the first timers are already here and nude (neither have been nude outdoors before and the tanlines prove it - LOL), and are helping to erect the tents I have and helping people with their own, with my granddaughter "G" supervising the entire process.

Come to think of it I need to drain and refill the hot tub ...

Hilda

P.F. Chang's

A while back I posted about a 'new' bistro in town named P.F. CHANG'S and come to find out the "PF" stands for 'Pre-Fab'. That's right all their food is pre-made and frozen and shipped in to be thrown in the microwave by their 'chefs'.
No wonder they put on such a show up front with better than average decor and atmosphere ... they have to!

I had wondered about their lack of ability to make anything on the menu sans onions when the Mrs., and I tried the 'new' place in town, now I know ... and I am spreading the word. Not only is the food 'pre-fab' it is nothing to write home about - the hot teas were okay, so at least they didn't screw them up ... that time - unfortunately that will be the only time we ever grace them with our presence.

Avoid the P.F. CHANG'S CHINA BISTRO in your town!

The Daily Word

Today's Daily Word is:

Sphygmus: (sfig' - mas) n (Medical) ... the pulse.

Be sure to follow the Daily Word for more words that you may not have heard of or know the meaning.

Here's an offer for you!

The Mrs., got an offer for a Gold MasterCard from Bank of Delaware in the mail today.

All she has to do is pay $89.00 "start-up fee" along with a $25.00 "application fee" and a $10.00 "administration fee" for which they will send her in return a Gold MasterCard with an incredible beginning credit limit of $75.00.

Let's see ... pay an out of state bank $124.00 and they will extend you "credit" in the amount of $75.00 ... sounds like a no brainer to me ... where does she sign up?!

(What is really sad, is that some people actually go for such a "deal")

Need a clue?

The current Miss South Carolina 'competing' in the Miss Teen USA Pageant is the poster child as to why our schools are so poor.

Have you heard this airhead's reason most American high school students can't find the United States on a world map?

She somehow goes from America to Iraq and then off into space as she rambles on saying the reason they can't find the nation they live in is that there aren't enough maps. Say what ... the lack of the proper number of maps is the reason students can't find the country and we need to educate students so they can read maps. I repeat, say what ...

The fact she is a 'blonde' only compounds the stupidity of the rambling - stereotypes and all.

Definitely a "Space for Rent" sign between those ears!

A Fine Line ...

There is a fine line between garbage, recyclables, and priceless antique treasures.

NEMO Fan

I don't have any air conditioning in my truck so my seven year-old granddaughter took it upon herself a couple of weeks ago to use her chore money and buy me a little hand-held "Finding Nemo" electric fan for me to keep in my truck so I "can stay cool with your new fan papa", because she thought it was too hot for me to be driving around without air conditioning.

"G", ya gotta love her! She makes me one proud papa.

I have used the devil out of that little fan, too!

Espresso

What's in your espresso!?

Despondent the shrub sulks.

Despondent over the departures of his brain and gonzo the shrub sits on the curb pouting and sulking after failing to catch up with the speeding getaway cars.

Tomboy Pinup

Fall BBQs

While the heat of summer is still blasting us, autumn is approaching and Labor Day is the "official" kicking off point - though seasonally its September 21st or 22nd that autumn really begins.

Around here that means it's Barbeque season with all the churches and local fire stations holding their annual or semi-annual (some participate in the shorter spring BBQ season as well) BBQ dinners. Most of the local BBQ is surprisingly good for outsiders coming in - we locals knew that already - and some plan their vacations around the local BBQ season, some coming from Canada every year. There have been overseas visitors who have stumbled on our BBQ and have made a point to come back the next time they are over here during the season and some have had it delivered via overnight air express to their home in such places as London, Edinburgh, Warsaw, (that I know of), and several other smaller towns around Europe.

That's some good eating ...

Morning Funny

More Herbs, Less Salt

August 29th - today - is More Herbs, Less Salt Day.

One of the many holidays and celebrations we humans have invented for almost everyday of the year. Of those many this one is a better one for your health. More flavorful foods spiced with herbs and less sodium chloride ... yippie.

Having laid down salt (sodium chloride), for lent back when tricky-dick was resigning from the Whitehouse and not picking it back up since I support this 'celebration' whole heartedly and can do so with lower blood pressure than many of my contemporaries (without medications).

Go HERBS!

Oldie but Goodie

Chickenhawks

Chickenhawk - n - 1. A person enthusiastic about war, provided someone else fights it; particularly when that enthusiasm is undimmed by personal experience with war; most particularly when that lack of experience came in spite of ample opportunity in that person's youth. 2. A male who prefers sexual encounters with young boys.

With the Gung ho let's go to war and stay there attitude of the GOP -most of whom definitely fall under definition number 1 - and the growing list of GOPers that are 'coming out' as falling under definition number 2, one has to wonder!

It is very appropriate that the National Park Service provide the proper signage in the sample above.

Can't wait until tomorrow ...

I can't wait until tomorrow. I got up at 5am today after waking up with my whole left leg cramping at 3am. It's a bitch to have your heel touching your ass and you can't straighten it out. Thank god for Absorbine Jr. Horse liniment cut to a quarter strength, who cares if it is highly flammable, it works ... as it is right now as I am rubbing it on the same damn cramp again.

It's time for bed!

Do people still watch?

Does anyone actually still watch this "news channel"? Much less believe anything they say.
I mean other than the cabal and their loyal troglodytes, that is!

Bumper Sticker

I saw this bumper sticker recently:

I may be Schizophrenic , but at least I have each other!

A Funny

A man walks into a bar and tells the bartender to give him something cold and full of gin.

The bartender looks at him and says,

"You want something cold and full of gin?

Here, take my wife!"

He could have said it today!

It is a common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty.

~ Lyndon Baines Johnson
36th President of the United States of America


Though he uttered those words in response about North Vietnam forty odd years ago he could have said the same thing in reference to our own 'government' today!

Nude Presidents

Both John Adams the 2nd President of the United States of America and Lyndon Johnson the 36th President of the United States of America were skinny dippers.

They are but two of many of our presidents (and first ladies), who enjoyed being nude.

Thoughts on being a naturist ...

Less laundry bills.
Less stress.
More peace of mind.
Better health and well being.
More friends.
Open and meaningful living.
At ease in the natural world.

Yep, being a naturist sure helps with daily life.

So, take your clothes and cares off and enjoy life!

Wrongful Convictions

Ontario, Canada:

In another story of a wrongful conviction being over turned (see the Actual Innocence posting for the other story), the conviction of Steven Truscott for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl when he was but a 14 year-old himself was over turned today in Ontario, Canada.

Truscott was convicted and sentenced to hang on September 30, 1959, but his death sentence was quickly commuted to life in prison because the nation feared what the image of them hanging such a young boy - the youngest sentenced to hang in Canadian history - would be to the rest of the world.

Now at 62, Truscott, who has been living and raised a family under an assumed name since his parole after serving ten years in prison, has his name back and cleared due to new evidence.

Sometime justice does take a while.

Philosophy Reduced

You don't learn every lesson from a book.

And I Quote

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

~ Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States of America

And I Quote

Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune and misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Actual Innocence

Goldsboro, North Carolina:

Dwayne Allen Dail is a free man after spending 18 years in jail for a crime he did not commit.

He was wrongly convicted and imprisoned in 1989 of child rape for the rape of a 12-year-old girl in 1987. He was convicted on the girls mistaken identification of him as her attacker and hair samples found at the crime scene "consistent" with his.

In 2001 his lawyer pushed for new DNA testing and the tests proved he was not the rapist but that another man already in prison was the man guilty of raping the 12-year-old.

The District Attorney asked that the conviction be reversed and Wayne county Superior Court Judge Jack Hooks Jr., set aside the conviction.

Dail's lawyer plnes to seek Governor Easley's pardon and erasure of the conviction and the $20,000 for each year Dail spent in prison wrongfully convicted.

What I want to see is his name removed from the sex offenders list as well ... but I think that will be the hardest part.

Greek Fire

Having been extremely busy over the past few days I haven't caught all the news but the snippets I have heard about the fire raging in Greece haven't been pretty.

First, I heard it had burned through Olympia, site of the original Olympic games ... which is a tragedy in and of itself from a historic and cultural perspective.

Second, I heard it was burning "over literally half that country" ... which is a horrible tragedy for the people of Greece and their lives and their livelihood.

Third, I heard that the fire was deliberately set ... which is so heinous that the one(s) guilty of doing so should be publicly beaten with a cat-o-nine because a: it would be severely painful, and b: they could never be made to make full restitution.
Sorry, but firebugs are firmly planted as one of the top social malcontents on my shit list.

Fourth, I heard that the fire was so massive it can be seen from space ... an achievement that should be of note but here is just another facet of the tragedy.

It is as if this Greek Tragedy has reached into the sublimely nebulous etherworld to become a Greek Comedy.

Forgive me but the pun was so open and as they say if there is an opening go for it, besides you have to laugh to keep from crying.

Editorials Four

Mark of a Successful Man

The mark of a successful man is one who has spent the entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it.

Ladies from Hell

No one wants to face the Scots on the battlefield.
During WW1 the 'highlanders' earned the moniker "Damen ab Holle" aka "Ladies from Hell" from the the Germans because they fought like demons.
All who face faced off against the Scots throughout history have had similar 'names' for them ... you'd think they'd wise up by now wouldn't you?!

Portrait

Quiet Morning

It's been a quiet morning so far and I am worried ... yesterday was a quiet morning as well and I ended up having and bunch of people over and a burglar on top of that (see the Barnyard Follies post for details) ... what will today bring?

Working on my tan while typing this Blog, hearing the occasional bird chirp, contemplating a dip in the pool, solving the world's problems, yep that's pretty much it this morning.

Concentrate Hard

Fruitless search for a brain.

Bedtime for Gonzo

Alleluiah, alleluiah, come on everybody sing it with me, alleluiah Alberto is gone away!

Alberto Gonzales is resigning as Attorney General much to the delight of all sane and rational people in the nation. We had wondered where the shrub would find a worse Attorney General than Aschroft when Ashcroft resigned and he found Gonzo.

Never before have the top law enforcement officers of the nation been such law breakers as have these last two bozos ... even old J. Edgar tipped his hat at the law - granted he didn't do much more than tip it, but he did tip it.

Now, everybody sing ...

Alleluiah!

Non Sequitur

(Click image to enlarge)

Barnyard Follies

Chickens in the yard and cows on the porch:
the light in the window is a burglar's torch.

We had an uninvited guest a little earlier this evening and Bossie scared the bejesus out of them coming up on the porch behind them and bellowing a deep "Moo" - how the thief didn't hear her coming up the steps is amazing, I heard her from the other end of the barn.

The hapless fool then fell into the Mrs., roses -man that had to hurt and when she sees them he'll wish he was dead, only to roll out of the bushes into a dozen or so squawking hens who began to peck at him like nobody's business. At which point he looked up to see Seamus and Angus "grinning" at him and letting a low rumbling growl out of their throats not six inches from his face.

I swear he pissed himself then and then he lifted his eyes passed the dogs and saw my laughing hysterically but with my rifle trained on his head, I asked him if he was a 'city boy' to which he croaked 'yes sir'. I said I figured as much when I saw you jump when Bossie there 'mooed'.

We just waited there as we were until the police arrived to take him to jail for attempting to break into my home which wasn't long as there were several calls to the police from the various others hanging around the pool and hot tub and they all seem to have remembered their cell phones.

Then I had to convince Bossie to get off the porch and get back to the barn ... which I tell you wasn't the most easy ordeal I have had to face ... she makes a mule look outright congenial when she gets spooked!

It has been several months since the last poor souls tried to burgle my home ... there must be some new blood in the city that don't know about my security system because the last ones thought hell had opened up and two hell hounds had come forth to bite them a new asshole or at least that is what they told the cops who 'saved' them from Seamus and Angus. I guess Bossie wouldn't be left out so she took it upon herself to become a "watch cow" to keep up with the Labs.

In the corner pocket.

Daily Funny

No Rust

The Statue of Liberty should never rust.

Teflon was placed between the steel framework and the copper skin when they restored the statue.

Now, if we can polish the tarnish off that has covered it over the last 6 plus years it will shine as a beacon to the world once again.

Shine on Lady! Shine on!