We went to see George Carlin at the Fox Theater last night. I wore black to honor his traditional uniform. It was a good time, but we noticed that his new rants are less specific. They probably will not “date” as quickly as the last one we saw. At 70, he was still great, but there was nothing really… masterful. His humor was on the gritty and sometimes gross side, but much of what I thought could have been the…
The roundup of the news that catches my eye and matters to me is focused around a national theme, as it often is. We are too easily misled and kept in the dark. When we see a bit of light, it is too easy to cover our eyes. We have been progressively desensitized, but we’re not the first. I am beginning to have some hope again. “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually…
Some goodies for those of you who are unaware of Bohemian Grove… the “new world order.” Obsession with the occult, while having a different sort of public image… Since 1873, the Global Elite has held secret meetings in the ancient redwood forest of northern California. Members of the so-called “Bohemian Club” include former Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan. The Bush family maintains a strong involvement. Each year at Bohemian Grove, members of this all-male “club” don red, black and silver…
I’ve been trying to troubleshoot to find out what is making the blog take so long to load. In the process, I’ve been updating and optimizing the new design. Here’s what’s new: Imported the tag database from the Simple Tags Plug-in to the new native tags function of WordPress 2.3, deactivated the old plugin, and implemented the new Tag format in the template file. Installed the Technorati Tags and Related Posts for WordPress 2.3, and implemented them. Got rid of…
Our wealthy neighbors are developing some of their acres of property. The plans seemed ok – three houses instead of 20. We thought there would be a buffer zone, since the first house is back a bit, and away from ours. We live in at the edge of a forest, full of huge southern oaks and pines and some azaleas and really way too much poison oak. Well, the bulldozers came in. From the driveway/road back about 15 feet or…
I’ve been a member of The Rumbles since at least 2004 (it might have been earlier still), but I’ve decided that it’s time to leave the group. I’ve really enjoyed my time there and I’ll leave my spirit pages up for a little while in case members want to grab graphics or cheers or anything like that. Thanks everybody, especially Mystical Grrl and Kattails! Since I’m not competing any more, I’m also leaving the Web Competitions Topsite, Lady J’s Top…