Today is my
Sunday, and once again I seem to have too many irons in the fire. Or, perhaps I have too many fires and too few irons?
First, I'd like to mention that my friend, author
Annette Donaldson, has a new weblog up and running. She's bright, she's funny, and she's relatively new to the literary field. Her work is coming along nicely, yet hitting a few snags with publication, which I know has been hugely frustrating for her.
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| Author - Annette Donaldson |
However, being the trooper that she is, she's taken on a positive attitude with the snags. Per Annette, she's learned a good lesson the hard way, and won't make the same mistake twice. There's not a great deal of good (if any at all) to be said about publisher's and new-to-the-scene authors. Therefore, if you'd like to leave a note of encouragement to Annette, or investigate her work (which is very good, by the way), you can view her weblog at
thebluestaratlantic.blogspot.com. I'm sure, like all good hearted writers (unfortunately the bad writers too), she'll appreciate the interest and support!
Second, I'd like to mention that my favorite 'quip' writer (The Rev. Don McCool) is back on facebook from his hiatus. If you haven't seen the Reverends little posts, in big letters, you've missed something that will put a massive smile on your face. In my case, it doesn't usually stop with a smile, but brings on out-loud laughter. I make sure I never read his posts when I'm sipping coffee, lest I choke and cough it up all over my laptop. Like Annette Donaldson, I learned that the hard way. I'd provide a link to the Rev. Don's facebook page, but since I haven't requested permission to do so yet (celebrities are just soooo hard to catch up with), I'll refrain until if and when I have permission.
The Rev. Don's brother, the good
Bishop Spencer K. McCool Sr., has also returned from his facebook sabbatical. Therefore, with the both of them back, some of their devoted readers are once again breathing easier now that we're getting our daily fix of smiles along with those little posts of enlightening encouragement we've all gotten so used to having.
And, of course, the
DragonLaffs team is maintaining their issue schedule and churning out impressive conservative content which helps keep me politically educated and up to date on ways to support our U.S. Veterans and families. My warning for DragonLaffs adult content is still in place. Therefore, conservative Christian readers, if you want to access
Lethal Leprechaun and Impish Dragon's editorials, I can only suggest you put one hand over your eyes while you scroll down to the bottom of the issue to find their "last word" editorials. Otherwise, you'll end up red-faced and unhappy, and now you can't say I didn't warn you.
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| Nee's fotos |
Time for me to vacate. I've got "
The Dark Side of Reality - Part II" to complete for Hubpages before I head out to mow the lawn. (Can you believe it? After months of drought I get to MOW!) Alicia (Nee) did the majority of the photos for the article, and I still have to pick and edit fotos for part two, as well as write the content. It's gonna be a busy afternoon.
I have a cycle trip in the morning with
Kimy-jo,
Luke Skywalker, and hopefully
Jared will be joining us as well. He's having some blisters-on-the-feet issues, so he hasn't decided if he's up to it or not yet. We'll see. And, before the ride, I have a few bits of maintenance to do on my Sidewinder, lest I crash into a tree, or worse, ride off a cliff and into the Trinity River. That'd be a shame. It's at least a 60-feet drop from the trail edge and I'd have a fit if I got my bike submerged.
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| Edge of the trial with the Trinity River below. |
I'll have my cam, and will post on the
cycle pack's blog tomorrow night or Thursday. Hopefully, the trails have dried out enough at Gateway Park for us to ride. If not, we'll ride in skinny-tire territory (dear Lord, please let Gateway be dry, you know how I hate pedalling on pavement), and make the best of it. I'll do my best to not complain too loudly or call the skinny-tire riders foul names. That will take a massive amount of constraint, but I really will do my ultimate best to not trade rude for rude.
See you here next time!
21 comments:
Please stay out of the Trinity, I hear it has gators. I will do my best to avoid the Wabash it has God only knows what in it.
Catch one of them gators and I'll give you the secret ingredients for the seasoned mayo to coat tail steaks in before grilling them.
Better yet ask Impish if he'd like to wallow in the Trinity a while he likes the gators..says they remind him of Geckos with attitudes.
He prefers his whole and still wiggling though.
Nee,
You're ruining my fantasy on the Wabash. I'm in hopes to one day name a horse after it. We swam in it back in the day, what's wrong with it now?
Lethal,
I won't ever be seeing the recipe for your special sauce if I have to catch a gator to get it. I have to call the Muscle Next Door to stand snake patrol every time I mow the lawn.
However, if Impish would like to go dipping in the Trinity, I hope he lets me know when the swim is scheduled, 'cause I'll for sure be there with my pad, pen and camera ready! I'm not sure who will give him more surprised looks, the gators, the fish, or the bystanders.
I was in it not long ago on a beach and ankle deep. Days of swimming over to Illinois with dad by my side are way over. To many gater gars as big as a boat swimming in it. I could have walked my horse across it last summer it was so low. Some people did.
Nee,
Just the mention of gator gars would have been sufficient, lol.
I'd forgotten about those. How I, of all people, could forget about gars is beyond me.
Gars aside, I'd still not ride a horse across when the water's low. I'm surprised the ones who did made it across without getting mired down in river mud.
Mmmm! Pickled Gar! Like Pickled Herring but super-sized!
A little thin sliced onion some sour cream and good dark bread and its a meal fit for a Leprechaun!
Lethal,
I bet even a Leprechaun would turn his nose up at Wabash River Gar. They're really nasty, NASTY!! They're big, ugly, bony and they stink like swamp-gas.
I admit that I have no problem with killing them. They attack every fish in sight, and other things swimming too.
I have a scar on my shin from where I 'bumped into one' several years ago. Not a big scar, but big enough to have to be stitched up.
Past that, I'm betting they taste as foul as they smell.
We have them down here to. In fact I have been known to bow hunt and frog gig them in Lake Conroe. Even speared one with a pitch fork that was going after a dog belonging to the people in the home next to where we were visiting.
Reminded me of Northern Pike with a ducks mouth full of teeth. We pickle pike usually to deal with the fine bones (prolonged exposure to vinegar renders them soft and digestable) That's why I tried it with Gar. Molly was mad a t me for an entire week for making the house smell like vinegar; she hates anything to do with it except strangely eating the pickles.
Lethal,
The southern Hoosiers pickle carp, probably the same way the Yanks pickle pike.
I'm imagining that I'd not like it because I'm not a big fan of fish, unless it tastes like chicken. :)
I like vinegar, but not with fish in it.
I just glanced to the left of my page and caught your comment about Impish enjoying Geckos with attitude.
You really should have a talk with him about Gecko snacks Lethal. One, they eat bugs, so he should leave them alone.
Two - wouldn't/couldn't/mightn't geckos possibly be some of Impish's relatives?
I suspected the 'gators and crocks of being his distant relatives due to the slight facial resemblance, the tooth maws with bad dental work and the attitude resemblance before coffee, plus you know the whole scaly hide and tail thing.
I attempted to broach this train of thought to him one time... leave us just say I will never speak of it again around him.
Apparently aside from the terribly upsetting affront my thoughts posed I gather that among lizards and Saurians getting ones more distant relatives is not only acceptable but apparently viewed as good eats and policing the family gene pool.
Now Lord KNOWS Impish's gene pool is LONG over do for a good chlorinating, I've met a few of his distant relatives when he has had them over for dinner...literally. Can't say the experience was a high point or that I miss them much. I figure if Dragons have been doing it this way for millenia as he claims who am I to complain about the evolutionary practices of his species? Humans kill each other and not for food or to improve their species (well ok, capital punishment DOES argualy improve the human gene pool in many cases)
BTW just between us there is a Gecko that resided in my A/C compressor which is right outside my office window. He can leap from the compressor to my window screen and climbs up it to sun him (her?) self on the bar where upper and lower panes meet there by hiding from cats and sunbathing undisturbed by repeated paw swats on the glass.
Originally I named him (or her) 'Geico', however after starting my association with the Dragon and watching the Gecko deliberately tease one of the cats I changed its name to 'Impish Jr.'.
Shhh! Don't tell Impish! He'll either get cranky about it or a swelled head over it. Either will not be helpful.
By the way, for the record I would just like to point out that the most adult and raciest material featured in DragonLaffs (basically falling between an NC-17 & R rating) is sent to us BY OUR READERS. In fact it would seem that the racier and more adult the OLDER the reader and by and large its FEMALE readers 4 or 5 to one.
While it is true we are responsible editorially speaking for the content and it is equally true that some of the content is our own material and DOES fall under that label, we make every effort to stay constantly apprised of the tone and pulse of our readers. We find this best accomplished thru their e-mail submissions and remarks as well as the comments section of the blog.
In short we're not publishing anything they are not already saying, thinking or seeing elsewhere with the possible exception of our own remarks and comments which are always readily apparent. Those I will not apologize for, dampen down, wash through the P.C. bullpucky filter or in any other way censor for any political or religious group and certainly no lone individual.
Were our comments and material not in step with current social mores and values WordPress would shut us down. This was tried by a flaming liberal with Yahoogroups when we were there and Yahoo found that we were doing and saying NOTHING untoward or questionable, nor did our e-zine violate any of their Terms of Service.
We have followed the format and editorial tone we are currently publishing under since I came to DragonLaffs (well except for the whole switching over to blog format) two and one half years sgo.
While I cannot speak personally for Impish I have NO intention of altering that format to please or appease ANY person or group far left, far right, political or religious. I will personally fight any attempt to force such a change on me quite bluntly until Hell itself freezes over. I will them discard my weapons, draw my K-bar and continue the fight on the icy plains of Hell itself in hand to hand combat.
Goodness, Lethal - do you feel better?
I don't think you should have to change your content either, lol.
However, if I didn't warn about adult content (my interpretation of it, though likely not yours), I would be catching grief over it for not supplying the heads up.
This way, if I've promoted, they know what to expect when they arrive at the site. :)
You know Angelia one of my problems with the "moral minority" is that they indignantly DO whine and cry if not warned about such things. From my experience the more "devout" they get the less tolerant they are of those who are not. Seems to me Jesus Christ preached nothing if he did not preach tolerance of others, something largely lost on these (mostly hypocritical) folk who don't expect but DEMAND we tolerate their constant and incessant public demonstrations of their faith.
Why is it you see all these cautions on sites like yours over places like Dragonlaffs but on blogs like Dragonlaffs if we mention or link to a page on a religious site you never see "Bead Warrior Site", "Excessive Proselytization", or "Everything In the Universe Is 'Such a Blessing Mentality'" warnings?
That last one is a pet peeve of my which I refer to as the "religious card". I belong to a couple recycling groups which these folks misuse to beg for stuff "to do God's work" and the line "It would be such a blessing if.." appears excessively and constantly. Their inference is that they are more worthy and needy than anyone else becasue they are devotely religious and that God somehow figures into the equation of their getting what ever it is they want (in one ase I can think of it was a used but still costly video game they were asking for on behalf of their grandchildren becasue the kidswere bored when they came to stay with them). SERIOUSLY? As I recall God helps those who help themselves. Using your religon to con someone into coughing up a several hundred dollars in value used X-Box is not a "blessing" its a SIN.
Someone giving a family a weeks worth of groceries anonimously when they would starve otherwise, paying their rent or mortage to keep them from being evicted THOSE are blessings. "Blessings" are NOT something you beg for and use your religion as leverage to obtain!
Another clear demonstration of what is wrong with todays versions of organized religion in my mind.
Lethal,
I'm aware of those in the "moral minority" who do exactly what you've listed, and I understand and appreciate your sentiments regarding them. However, what you've listed doesn't apply to the handful of readers I placed the warning for.
Those I placed the warning for are not those who stand begging for handouts, or pointing fingers in condemnation.
However, what they ARE guilty of is being on their knees at night in prayer for people in need, in prayer for the protection of our troops, being a part of the Adopt a Soldier Program, as well as serving their own time in the U.S. military. They take calls in the middle of the night from families who've just lost a loved one, and will sit up with them and be supportive of them through the rest of the night, and for the months that follow. They discreetly pay pay the bill for a uniformed vet they see in a restaurant, not discreetly because they're ashamed, but because if they can extend a kindness they feel they should not be doing it to receive bragging rights.
They're the sort who establish abused women's shelters, and food banks, and make sure the family down the road has Christmas dinner, heat on in the house, clothing to wear and groceries in the cupboard when the dad's lost his job due to a lay off and there's little or not money coming in.
They work. They pay taxes, they're politically conservative, and they're members of the NRA. :)
They would agree with largely everything you write in your "Last Word" section of DragonLaffs, even if they disliked some of the artistic content. And though the artistic content is not something they would be inclined to view, even knowing you and Impish included it, they will still back you up in prayer and applaud you for your brilliant editorial content.
Therefore, I felt obligated to warn those few of what they might pass on the way to the content because I realized they would not like the racy artwork, but would definitely be appreciative of your efforts, as well as those of Impish, to 'shout it out' in being a part of the conservative voice of "We The People".
Those of the type you listed in your comment, to my knowlege, don't read my blog. However, if any of them start reading it, and ever get brave enough to leave a comment that was derogatory towards you, Impish or DragonLaffs, I promise, my first inclination would be to hit the 'delete' button.
But, after considering the remote possibility of that actually happening, I decided it'd be better to leave the comment because you and Impish do such a sterling job with rebuttals, and I mean that sincerely. I would love to have your talents in the same area, but sadly, I'm still lacking, and I mean that sincerely.
The comments were made strictly in a general sense and not pointing any fingers. I have a problem with someone demanding that I accommodate their belief fom it impinges on my freedoms. I cannot grasp how they think that their beliefs could ever require me to alter my behavior to appease them.
I had a bunch of African Muslims, very disrespectful loud noisy and acting like they were still back in Africa living above me until recently. They would gather on the patio above mine and proceed to devastate and trash mine with party debris and liquid spills etc and generally get loud and drunk every night (Yes I KNOW they are not supposed to consume spirits extremely devote right?)
I went out on my patio one Sunday before they got under way and began grill some pork ribs for dinner. Short after the smell and the smoke started wafting about there was a pounding on my door and an angry demand that I stop grilling pork under them and they were Muslim and I was disrespecting them. Never mind the subject of the mess which they denied or the drunkenness. Stop grilling Pork or there would be repercussions.
I'm no Koran expert but I've been through one several times. I never saw any prohibition on smelling roasting pork only the eating of it. I DID see at least a dozen each on tolerance, charity and against drinking however.
Being a good Marine I went and threw MORE pork & MORE wood chips on the grill and made the thing smoke enough to be mistaken for a steam engine. They called the sheriffs and claimed harassment. Sheriff was standing in my dining room viewing the devastation of my patio and looking at the pictures I had taken to show the Complex Manager or the before and after of my not 4 hours ago completed clean up when they dumped and entire garbage bucket of water on their patio DIRECTLY over my grill and then erupted in laughter hollering how do you like THAT mess on your patio?
Short ending one went to jail for making a false complaint one for harassing ME and one for interfering with a police officer.
They could not make bail apparently and it was Wednesday before I saw or heard them again at which point they had arrived home to an eviction notice on their door from the Complex Management. Before they left the last thing they did was stand on their porch and urinate all over my deck and in particular the American flag flying were on.
Open warrants still exist as the Sheriffs attempt to locate them.
The point is that those who demand and require special notice and consideration of their uber Conservative Christan beliefs are not different from these people telling me I cannot cook pork because the smell offends them.
Lethal,
I enjoyed reading this last comment a great deal, and am sooooo sorry you went through such an ordeal! That was terrible!!!
Furthermore,
If ever you have the misfortune of living next door to Muslims in the future, who fuss and make issues of you cooking pork on your patio ... I'll be happy to send you three or four pot bellied pigs to keep for pets, and who will have been trained to OINK LOUDLY whenever your neighbors are home.
Personally, I think they should have all spent time in an Arizona prison camp for a couple of years that only had BLT's on the menu, before being deported to some island where their only protien source would be from that of wild boars.
If someone should make the mistake of leaving a rude comment towards you or DragonLaffs on my blog, the comment box is alllll yours to handle it however you wish with a rebuttal.
Unless it's so foul you prefer it deleted, and then ... done. :)
Oh we don't have to go the expense of shipping hem too and the waste of a perfectly good desert island, we have some very large and mean feral hogs right here in Texas.
Last year I personally shot a sow that tipped the scales DRESSED at over 400# and sported 6 inch tusks. It took two well placed shots with a .30 cal rifle to drop the hog and she turned charging us after the being hit with the first round. When she dropped her front legs folded first and she still plowed about a twenty five foot furrow before coming to a stop. I was more unnerved by that hog than I was coming face to face an Iraqi tank in Dessert Storm.
I figure we just coat the Muslims in honey and drop them in the middle of a large wooded area, preferable a large tract given over to hunting camps. If the hogs don't get them, the fire ants should. f not the irate hunters at them stumbling around demanding them to do and not do things to avoid offending them will sure as heck take care of the issue.
Lethal,
Once again, you've topped me on rude ideas to rid us of enemies of freedom. That's ok, I'm allll over the being schooled on new ideas thing, and I was sure to take notes!
I have never been pig hunting, and if I had an encounter like yours, I'd never go again, lol.
Apparently, southern Indi and Kentucky had their fair share of wild pigs, (at least in the locals minds) but I never ran into one in all the time I spent in the woods. However, when Nee (Alicia) and I were kids, our family often went hickory nut hunting in the fall. And, our elders were always warning us to watch out for pigs in the woods, that they were mean.
Our dad and his vet buddies hunted frequently, and they never came home with one either, so, whether the things actually lived there or not, I couldn't say.
The hogs' senses of sight and smell are very good, much better in fact than is generally believed and they are very smart.
They most likely were there, possibly even watching you (cue the creepy music)and decided nothing was to be gained by confronting you. They probably knew where better stashes of nuts were to be had too!.
As far as the rude and nasty ideas for dealing with the enemies of the US, as you may have noted in your Bible God has said in his own words that he is an angry and vengeful God as well as that that vengeance is his.
What you may not know is with all the anger and vengeance required by the modern world He often subcontracts the vengeance portion out to the US Marines who do their best to give those he is angry at 5.56mm, 7.62 mm, 9 mm or .50 cal invitations to personal "come to Jesus" audiences with the Almighty. Of late we have had SO much of his work that we have had to subcontract SEALs, Rangers and a whole pile of National Guard guys to help us out.
I THINK we might be getting Himself caught up finally, at least I fervently hope so. It would be really nice to have a Christmas with no ribbons on any service families' doors or in any windows for a change as we are long over due for a little peace on Earth and good will toward all men.
It's true, Lethal. It'd be really nice to have some months free of KIA services, and some well earned time spent by vets with their families for the holidays instead of off in a sand pit scratching flea bites.
You did manage to completely creep me out with the idea of wild-pig voyeurism. Yeesh!!!
I rather like pigs, the kind you can make pets out of, which would be any pig that was raised with good manners. And, since I don't consider them a food source, one could easily live out it's life in my care, never having to be concerned about being served as the center-dish for a holiday meal.
As for me personally I have never met a pig I would not be happy to break bread with...all the better to sop up those yummy pork juices or pork gravy!
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