On The Beach

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I’ve been sitting here, being lazy, watching "On The Beach". Now, I realize that when the movie was made that the cold war was in full swing and EVERYBODY was afraid of, and expecting an, Nuclear War. But I’m thinking, DAMN! Everybody just lays down and dies? I mean, hell, those people had months to plan for it. What a crock! Would I be the only one that was out finding a deep cave and sealing it up, installing air ducts with scrubbers and loading in all the water, food and survival stuff I could gather? I think not! I’d do it too, even if it was only me and mine staying in the cave. Even if we didn’t survive AT LEAST WE TRIED!

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These people had the right idea. Do what it takes to survive and perpetuate the species. Just another reason we HAVE to expand off this one planet. Even a self-sustaining colony on the moon would help. Or be a great beginning. Hell, if NASA wants to send someone to the moon to set up housekeeping I VOLUNTEER. In a heartbeat.


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Bill Of NO Rights…

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The Bill of No Rights
We, the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid any more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt-ridden or delusional. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that a whole lot of people were confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim that they require The Bill of No Rights.
ARTICLE I
You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
ARTICLE II
You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom and that means freedom for everyone – not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc., but the World is full of idiots and probably always will be.
ARTICLE III
You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
ARTICLE IV
You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.
ARTICLE V
You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we’re just not interested in health care.
ARTICLE VI
You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim or kill someone, don’t be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
ARTICLE VII
You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don’t be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won’t have the right to a big-screen color TV or a life of leisure.
ARTICLE VIII
You do not have the right to demand that our children risk their lives in foreign wars to soothe your aching conscience. We hate oppressive governments and won’t lift a finger to stop you from going to fight if you’d like. However, we do not enjoy parenting the entire world and do not want to spend so much of our time battling each and every little tyrant with a military uniform and a funny hat.
ARTICLE IX
You don’t have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to have one and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
ARTICLE X
You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to pursue happiness – which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an overabundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.


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It’s Warming Up Around Here!

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Saturday: SWMBO went off to the library and I went to the property. Working in the direct sunlight was kind of warm. Warm enough to take off my coat. That’s a first for the year!

Sunday: Church started at 1300 today. Gave Phillip down the road a ride to and from. The choir sang a really pretty song. Went out to the property late and did a couple of hours of moving dirt around. The road is looking pretty good! Was nice out there.

Bought Collectorz.Com’s Book database program and a bar-code scanner. Of course I get to use the program right away and the scanner will come in the mail. Exported all the data from my Access Database and imported it into the Book Collector. Still lots to do to get all the information in it.

Damn! Is it really that close to being the end of the month? Where does the time go? At least the weather has been a bit warmer lately.

Just been sitting around watching movies and making another time-lapse of clouds. Got some neat looking clouds this time. But the time-lapse movie is over 4 minutes long. And the file itself is over 180 mb. Don’t think I’ll be able to upload this one to my site!

tapeworms are good for you.


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What Can I Say? SSDD!

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I know it’s been a couple of days since I last posted. What can I say? Been Busy? Nah. Sick? Nah. Lazy? YEP! Joo Got It, Man.

Wednesday: Much the same as usual. SWMBO went in to the office for the day so I kind of hung around until she left. Then I went out to the property and moved some dirt until late afternoon. About 1730 I went down to Al’s Store along the waterfront for the Lunar Eclipse but there were too many clouds to video it. By the time I saw it it was a full eclipse and too dim for my video camera. Bummer! Came on home and sat around watching tv and taking some of the practice tests at qrz.com for my ham license. Highest score so far: 45.7%. NOT passing.

Thursday: Stayed around the house. Finally got the dishes done that I’d been letting pile up! Laundry. Made SWMBO and me some fries cooked in LARD! They was good!!! (Hey, we only do that every once-in-awhile.) Took off for the property about 1530 and did a couple hours of dirt moving before going to the Ham Club meeting in Belfair at 1900. That lasted over an hour so I didn’t get home until around 2200. Luckily (I guess) they didn’t show Smallville so I didn’t ’miss’ it.

Today: Went out to the property kind of early and worked on the ’canyon’ part of the road. Video’d some more clouds for a time-lapse movie and some music I made last night. Got home about 1500 and SWMBO and I took off for dinner at the Teriyaki Chicken Place up by Albertson’s and spent WAY too much money at Costco. But I got an inverter so I can plug my video camera into my Delco Emergency Jump Battery and video a LOT longer while I’m out. The internal battery in the camera lasts only about 1.5 hours of continuous shooting. Got a 4 lb bag of Pistachio nuts for less than $12.00. Cool!

Just been sitting around working on those ’songs’ from last night and the video I took today. Made a right nice time-lapse movie of the clouds from today. Finished with that and uploaded the files to my server and now I’m doing this.

HOW BORING! "WHY do you write about this shit, King". you ask yourself. Hey, it’s pretty simple: nobody else will. Most every blog I’ve read tries to be THE voice of (you name it here). Every blog has to be profound and unforgettable. So I write about every-day life. My life. But, if Y’all want unforgettable, picture this: My naked hairy old-man ass hanging out in the wind on my Digger up at the property.

How’s THAT for unforgettable?


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