Monthly Archives: August 2011

A Day at Spektrale 2011

Nikon D7000 Nikkor 18-200

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Cousin Dave strikes again – The Walmart Greeter

Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp-minded and a real credit to the … Continue reading

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Chronologically gifted.

Not me. Cousin Ruth

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And 99.9% are of people’s cats…..

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Figure this out…

The Ikea anatomic model at the back looks as if he’s in a free-kick wall, protecting the crown jewels. The one at the front looks …..oops…how unfortunate. And Ikea has the funniest names. Sighøll. Ooops…

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Now they tell me…

I could have used one of these when I was a kid.   One for the auricula too, for that matter…

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That complicated, huh?

And then there’s the “Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm”, as facetiously observed by a colleague, Murray Gell-Mann in the NY Times: 1. Write down the problem; 2. Think very hard; 3. Write down the answer

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 2 August 2011

Bob Dylan – One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) Bodebrixen – Shone Golinski Brothers – Bloody Heart – Love Alive Lowell Fulson – Blue Shadows Michael Franks – Keeping My Eye on You Rick Danko – Mystery Train … Continue reading

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“People deserve the government they get” – H.L. Mencken

  The Washington Post asked its readers for a one word thought on the Debt Ceiling debate and then put it into a word cloud.   Idiots elected by idiots

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