HoHum

Sure glad Google is making money with this :)

Let er rip

Since my unintended pronouncement in a news article recently, have decided to turn this loose and see if anyone is interested in discussing 'the price of rice in China'  as it were.  So far, just me and Nelson... anyhow, if you stay to follow, Welcome!  LB

Wellllll!!!!!!???????

there, I said it.

It's time I SAID something...

And I will try to keep saying it until someone listens.  

Some moron (hate to use that word cos' I don't know the person unless the announcer was ad-libbing) on tonight's 6 O'Clock Local News said the folks in Orlando were LUCKY cos' gas there was only $3.51 a gallon.  

Say Baaaaaaaaa!   Gas was way over-priced BEFORE the junk in the Middle East (where there will still be a mega-dearth of Democracy, always has been, it's all about keeping women down) made an ill-fated appearance... government by the net will never work -- look at Libya, Rebels to be unsuccessful -- Egypt is unusually stable and affluent compared to all the other ME countries, Tunisia's govt not done and hasn't really changed except the guy at the top...

BUT, back to gas prices -- 2 big problems:

1.  While I'm pretty sure we regulate pork bellies (the commodity that makes bacon) our brilliant leaders refuse to regulate oil --

2.  -- the commodity that factors into the price of every thing cos that's where we get our energy! (talk about chilling any recovery)

So the price is set by the GREED, FEAR, and PERCEPTIONS about the state of the world and how that will impact the trader's (each other) porcine-brains -- talk about the fox in the hen house?!  their guesses are the only movers of value -- has iffin' nothing to do with supply and demand, isn't that what is supposed to drive value?  If I'm wrong, someone please show me how...

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!  (lots of sheep, me included, under RIsinG protest)

Oh My Gosh!

ESMERELDA.

Go with God

My Dad -- 'the Col.'  -- was laid to rest yesterday with my Mom, out at Forest Lawn.  I hope we can make them proud,  they are missed.

Rites of Passage

Lt. Col Lloyd L. Behrendt escaped the surly bonds of earth for the last time on February 2nd, 2011.  He is home with his beloved wife, Mary.  The Col's sometimes gruff demeanor was a shield that masked a heart of gold, and if you wish to see his impact in this world, look to his grandchildren, Matthew, Alyson, and Benjamin... Rest in Peace, Pao.

wids of worsdom

'Greater Fleas have Little Fleas upon their back's to bite 'em,  Little Fleas have Lesser Fleas, and so Ad Infinitum'...

Miss Harriet Campbell, Spinster,  Latin teacher, Melbourne (Florida) High School,  summer of 1963...

Merry Christmas!

Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men ...

Seasons Greetings!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.   Hope you're not driving anywhere -- they are still really bending everyone at the pump...  Cheers.

I have again underestimated how peculiar we can be...

So I come to find that this is the year of 'gifting yourself'  cause we feel put off by last year... okay fine, I guess.  Thank you, Dr. Spock :P

Book Away!

Birds of Hope.  @ Amazon.com    A Primer for the Future.

Almost soup

Final (I hope) proof copy of 1st book published in mass media -- 'Birds of Hope' -- will be here tomorrow or Saturday... Amazon Rocks!

Book Away!

Final edit of 1st edition, Birds of Hope,  zapped to Amazon this afternoon... waiting on proof okay, ready to go!

Waiting, Waiting...

Uh Huh.

'That which doesn't kill me makes me stronger.'  Friedrich Nietzsche

We're not dead yet...

WIth apologies to 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail' :D

We're just marking time for now, and are here to chat if anyone wants to visit about most anything...

me and Shadow

Symbols !!!???

Why are symbols so important?  Why does burning a book on one side of the world enrage millions on the other? Folks who are so far apart they would never even know of each other's existence without modern travel and instant communication. Communication, sadly, often with people who may think the Earth is the Center of the Universe.  Necessary for human survival? (one of my favorite indexes?  the Palmetto Test -- what difference does it make to a palmetto, a tenacious, gnarly and nurturing plant living in Florida and elsewhere, that is not bothered by much of anything). Does this tension help us continue to exist as a species (the ultimate test -- Bioevolution -- the science of observing which species are the most adaptable, thus most apt to continue)...

C'mon Fall

See me in September :DDD (little following joke)

First hints of the outskirts of fall :) Football, Football!