Existing In BFE

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++++++++++ This year's World Series didn't interest me one bit.  Never watched a second of it.  Two teams I don't have any affinity for.  Glad it's over. ++++++++++ Whizzbang aka Dumbstruck the Wonder Pup is going trick-or-treating as a lion.  A cowardly lion. ++++++++++ This is from 1953's The Maze .  I gotta find that flick, it looks hilarious.  I think I also need to be high. ++++++++++   A perfect image of fall. ++++++++++ Just about everything down here in Kitschland is...kitschy.  ++++++++++ ++++++++++ One of our favorite pastimes back in the day was exploring old abandoned houses.  You couldn't pay me now. ++++++++++ ++++++++++ ++++++++++ One of my favorite Halloween memories is when I was in North Henderson.  I had just gotten home from working at Blick and pulled the truck into the garage.  As I was pu...

While up in Northlandia I thought it must have been a very good summer for mushrooms.  I saw them everywhere and not just ordinary ones, huge ones.  There was a lot of talk of fairy circles.  Now a clump of mushrooms is not a fairy circle.  A fairy circle, fairy ring or elf ring is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms.  None of the above fit the description.  However, the next couple photographs are.    It is quite a badge of honor to have circular or arcing fungi in your yard.  Folklore says that these areas can be either places of danger or good fortune.  Damn little pixies can't make up their minds, I guess. More road side advertising.  The spelling is off, the structure is atrocious but the meaning comes through loud and clear. An nice ornate tombstone found somewhere on the road trip. Y es, indeed. Straight west of Alpha a few miles and south of ...

This is Whizzbang, aka, Dumbstruck the Wonder Pup.   We've had her for a few months now and she's crazy about me.   Feeding her twice a day and petting her constantly; throwing her toys so she can fetch and giving her treats will do that.   We have a daily routine.  We walk to Datsko Park which is a bout a mile away, then back along a lake toward the data tech center, then back to Sinkhole Estates.  Its about an hour long and 2 miles.    The pond is one of her favorite stretches.  She jumps into the tall grass along the way.   Like a kid jumping into leaves in the Fall, Whizzbang leaps with abandon. But this is Kitschland. I was reminded that gators reside in these waters throughout the state.  there was even one in the Sinkhole Estates pond earlier this year.  They allow them until they get a certain size, then they trap it and take them somewhere.  Somewhere, assumably, they won't eat small children or do...

Is it ever OK to read someone's diary?  My first response is no.  My second response is, well, maybe.  In the box load of things I inherited from my folks was a small five year diary my mother wrote in when she was a girl.  Her first entry was Monday, January 1, 1939.  She was 13.  No doubt a Christmas gift.  Time and the elements have all but erased that first missive except for the word, "Hello,..." that starts it all off.  She kept this thing going, more or less for the next few years.  On the same first page there are January 1st entries for 1940, 1941, and 1942.  I'm not reading it page for page.  Some things need to stay where they are, in a time remote from now. They were the thoughts of a young girl in high school and they should stay there.  Suffice to say she spent a lot of time with Helen and a guy named George.  Like many kids of that time the movies were the more than entertainment, it was the ...

One of the nice things about riding a motorcycle is the sheer silence of it.  Yes, you can hear the engine hum.  Yes, you can hear other vehicles.  But mostly you hear the silence in your head.  No radio (many bikers have them but I prefer the quiet),  no remote, no  mouse,  no commercials, no nothing.  Lots of good time to check out the ridges of your brain and think about things you'd never ordinarily have the time to do. Thomas Aquinas came up with a list of 5 "proofs" on the existence of God.  Never mind that they didn't really prove anything. It was, nevertheless, the first time any theologian/philosopher attempted to prove His existence let alone use a list - that which we all love seven hundred years later.  10 Best original programs on Netflix.  Two reasons why the Mets are so bad.  100 Best TV shows Ever.  One Good reason why you should never piss in the wind. As I was going down the highway...

++++++++++ A new study out this weeks says winning the Mega Millions lottery won't make me happier. Wanna bet? ++++++++++ Living in a swing state means reaching in your mail box and pulling out stupid political ads for weeks.  It also means non-stop ads on TV, too.   ++++++++++ This is the Georgia Express Meat market in St. Pete.  We drove by it last week and I kinda liked the logo.   ++++++++++ Art takes many forms. ++++++++++ ++++++++++ I've been using PayPal for years sending money to friends and family free.  I heard recently effective in November they will be charging a percentage.  For many that charge is no big deal but for me, even if it is small, it is unacceptable.  I will be looking for a free means to do it soon.  I hate it when corporations do stuff like this.   ++++++++++   ++++++++++ Hey Trumpers.  Y...