The only thing that would make Ramirez’ Edsel cartoon funnier would be if it were to be driven by the 55 year old union punk that punched Steve Crowder the other day. Click on the image to enlarge.
December 2012
Cardinal in Flight
One of the cardinals stopped at the feeder out back this afternoon. I managed to get this shot of him just as he was departing. Click on the image to enlarge.
Holiday Shopping and Shipping
The Damsel and I made the decision to skip our December trip to California. We figure the holiday traffic and all the other B/S out there was not worth the hassle, so we’re going to remain here in beautiful and peaceful Wickenburg, Arizona for the holidays.
Since we have been Christmas shopping for our family in California, we needed a way to get their gifts to them. We normally would just throw them in the back of the truck and take them to California, but that isn’t going to happen this time. We decided that USPS priority mail would get the job done.
In the past, we have shipped for individual events like birthdays and Mother’s day, etc. and used USPS on-line services to print labels for the packages. We either dropped the package off at the local post office or waited for the carrier to drive by the house and hand them off.
I went on-line today and bought all the postage and printed out the labels for this shipment of eight items. Damsel and I use flat-rate priority mail just because it’s the most hassle-free way to prepare our own shipment. I scheduled a request for the mail carrier to stop at our house and pick up the items tomorrow.
The cost of the postage using this method is not particularly inexpensive; it averaged $10.65 per parcel. But, the way we figure it, the cost of fuel to go round trip to the Los Angeles area would be more than two and a half times the amount we spent shipping the items.
Christmas Trolls
We’re still digging out the decorations for our holiday cheer. These are my Christmas Trolls that I put out every year. Click on the image to enlarge.
Health & Safety Course Fail
I failed a Health and Safety course at the Senior Center today.
One of the questions was:
“In the event of a fire, what steps would you take?”
One of the questions was:
“In the event of a fire, what steps would you take?”
“F*cking’ big ones” was apparently the wrong answer.
Thanks to my buddy Frank N. who passed this along.
Harris’ Hawk
I walked outside this morning to be greeted by this guy perched on a branch near the bird feeders. It is a Harris’s hawk. There were two of them, mates, I assume, browsing the area for prey. Click on the image to enlarge.
Doomsday Plan for the Fiscal Cliff
I read Mark Alexander‘s Thursday article “The Fiscal Bluff – The Jackass Caucus’s ‘Grecian Formula’ for Economic Collapse.” I wanted to share part of that along with this image which aptly describes our country’s leadership.
Republicans are considering a “Doomsday Plan” of some sort if talks fail. That’s probably a euphemism for capitulation. Unfortunately, House and Senate Republicans are not led by the large class of “Tea Party” conservatives that arrived in 2010. They are still under the leadership of two men who have clearly contracted chronic cases of Potomac Fever after years of drinking Beltway Kool-Aid — Sen. Mitch McConnell and Speaker John Boehner. There are Republicans in the Senate who have a spine, and Republicans in the House who are sober.
Here is my recommended doomsday plan.
Point the House bill to extend the Bush tax cuts toward Obama’s fiscal bluff, put it in overdrive, set it on cruise control and leave town. The House has attempted in good faith to negotiate with Obama, much as a servant negotiates with his master, and with as much success.
Only Obama can sign legislation into law, or decline to do the same. If he fails to sign the tax extensions for all Americans, he will ultimately be responsible for the consequences. Likewise, he will be responsible for all the cuts mandated by sequestration.
Drop that House bill in Obama’s lap and walk away.
Of course, the only thing you will hear from congress is braying and mooing.