In keeping with SER's time theme below:
Check out his site. He has a couple of other robots using Rubik's Cubes.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Saturday, October 29, 2011
"The Wonder of Breasts with Riki Lindhome"
Halloween Trick-or-Treat times
The official Halloween Trick-or-Treat times for Racine and surrounding communities are:
• Burlington, Sunday, 3-5 p.m.
• Caledonia, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Dover, Monday, 6-8 p.m.
• Elmwood Park, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Kenosha, Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
• Lyons, Saturday, 3-5 p.m.
• Mount Pleasant, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• North Bay, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Norway, Sunday, 5-7 p.m.
• Racine, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Raymond, Sunday, 4-8 p.m.
• Rochester, Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
• Somers, Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
• Sturtevant, Monday, 5-7 p.m., bonfire at 7:30 p.m. at Fireman’s Park.
• Union Grove, Monday, 5:30-7 p.m.
• Waterford, Monday, 5-7:30 p.m.
• Wheatland, Sunday, 2-5 p.m.
• Wind Lake, Sunday, 5-7 p.m.
• Wind Point, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Yorkville, Monday, 5:30-7 p.m.
Courtesy of the Racine Journal Times
CLICK HERE for JT Article
• Burlington, Sunday, 3-5 p.m.
• Caledonia, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Dover, Monday, 6-8 p.m.
• Elmwood Park, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Kenosha, Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
• Lyons, Saturday, 3-5 p.m.
• Mount Pleasant, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• North Bay, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Norway, Sunday, 5-7 p.m.
• Racine, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Raymond, Sunday, 4-8 p.m.
• Rochester, Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
• Somers, Sunday, 3-6 p.m.
• Sturtevant, Monday, 5-7 p.m., bonfire at 7:30 p.m. at Fireman’s Park.
• Union Grove, Monday, 5:30-7 p.m.
• Waterford, Monday, 5-7:30 p.m.
• Wheatland, Sunday, 2-5 p.m.
• Wind Lake, Sunday, 5-7 p.m.
• Wind Point, Sunday, 4-7 p.m.
• Yorkville, Monday, 5:30-7 p.m.
Courtesy of the Racine Journal Times
CLICK HERE for JT Article
Friday, October 28, 2011
Home
I didn't know I was grateful
for such late-autumn
bent-up cornfields
yellow in the after-harvest
sun before the
cold plow turns it all over
into never.
I didn't know
I would enter this music
that translates the world
back into dirt fields
that have always called to me
as if I were a thing
come from the dirt,
like a tuber,
or like a needful boy. End
Lonely days, I believe. End the exiled
and unraveling strangeness.--Bruce Weigl
The Fat Sun
Just getting caught up after my Florida trip. The last night I was there, I went out for sunset as I do many nights. Each night brings something a little different. Tuesday night's sunset showed off how Earth's atmosphere refracts sunlight and can distort its shape.
As sunlight passes through Earth's atmosphere, its path is bent thought a process called refraction. You have probably seen refraction before. It's the same process that causes a pencil to appear bent when it is partially submerged in a glass of water and the same process that your eyes (and glasses if needed) use to focus light. In the Sun's case, refraction causes the Sun to appear a little higher in the sky than it would if Earth had no atmosphere.
But the Sun is not a point source. Near sunset, light from the upper limb of the Sun passes through less atmosphere than light from the lower limb of the Sun. That means light from the lower limb of the Sun is shifted upward more than light from the top limb of the Sun. The upshot of this is that the Sun will appear to be squeezed vertically and appear much fatter the lower it gets in the sky.
This effect was pronounced on Tuesday. I took a bunch of my photos and put them into a short video. The pictures are not equally spaced in time (I tend to take pics more frequently as the Sun gets lower and a rapid burst near the end of sunset). You also may notice when I change camera settings due to the changing lighting conditions as the Sun sets. And you can look see some birds flying across some pics. Really watch the last frames and you can see the last tip of the setting Sun gets very stretched horizontally.
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
Four for Fridays
Hello everyone! Welcome back to Four for Fridays after a short week...I'll be heading off the the boondocks with my lady shorty for a little R&R. Here are some questions about Halloween...
1) What was your favorite Halloween costume?
2) What was the most scariest movie you have ever seen?
3) Are you handing out Halloween candy this year?
4) Describe a favorite Halloween memory.....
Enjoy your weekend!
1) What was your favorite Halloween costume?
2) What was the most scariest movie you have ever seen?
3) Are you handing out Halloween candy this year?
4) Describe a favorite Halloween memory.....
Enjoy your weekend!
Open Blog - Friday & Weekend
Sorry, no slur intended, but I think that's supposed to be a Mexican jumping bean.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Uploading Pictures
I am having a problem uploading pictures and this is what is coming up - This image could not be uploaded due to an internal error. I was just wondering if anyone else is having this problem or is it just my computer. Thanks
NEUROLOGICAL SKILLS
TEST YOUR NEUROLOGICAL SKILLS...
THIS IS REALLY COOL
CLICK HERE
Pendulums In Motion
This is really neat to watch.
Harvard built a device with a series of fifteen pendulums in a row, each one of them slightly longer than its neighbor.
The pendulums were set into motion and the result was captured on video.
The patterns that appear in this short video are fascinating to watch and to think about.
Prepare to be captivated by this simple device!
CLICK HERE
Harvard built a device with a series of fifteen pendulums in a row, each one of them slightly longer than its neighbor.
The pendulums were set into motion and the result was captured on video.
The patterns that appear in this short video are fascinating to watch and to think about.
Prepare to be captivated by this simple device!
CLICK HERE
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Pumpkin Carvings
I think pumpkin carvings are pieces of art. The creativity of some of these are just a marvel to me, especially when they go to an extreme. Although I done some in the past (like the one I did that said PACKERS across it), none of them quite match up to some of them found on the Internet...
Dear Madame Zoltar
Hello, my gorgeous goblins! How are you? I want to say right off that this will be a short, hurried blog. No disrespect meant my dear, dear Irregulars and regulars – I simply took on a project that was bigger than I thought and I lost track of time. Now I am hurriedly trying to finish the day’s work, about three hours worth, in 45 minutes. Oh my. It’s been one of those days. It happens to the best of us. Insert your own cliché here.The weather has certainly not been much to write about, although we have been getting some sun in the midday. Soak it up while you can, my dears. Soon old Sol will slide further south and take it easy for awhile. As you know, I make no predictions about the weather. I just want to say that I am in favor of anyone who is predicting a mild winter, because that’s what I want.
Our spectacular Green Bay Packers once again defeated their hapless foe. This time it was the Minnesota Vikings. Hail, hail, Packers! Still undefeated! Green Bay is on “bye” this week. Rest well, o mighty warriors. You deserve it.
As usual, there is not much I want to comment on in the news. I read about Racine’s new budget and its cuts, which always hit the poor the hardest. I pray for our city.
In keeping with the season, here is the “Haunted History of Halloween” from History.com:
Thank you for reading my blog this week, my sweets. It is so nice of you to stop by and visit. I love you. You are all so boo-tiful. Tee-hee.
Haunted? Find out: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.
I hope that each and every one of you has a wonderful Halloween. Don’t eat too much candy. Watch out for ghosts and things that go bump in the night. Like my toe when I stub it on my way to the bathroom. Oh dear. Fuliginous!
Open Blog - Wednesday & Thursday
I'm not sure if that image is appropriate, but it has Hump Day, lizards (for lizardmom), and a GEICO reference. It has to be funny.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Turpentine vs. Holy Water
A little boy was sitting on the footpath with a bottle of Turpentine... He was shaking it up and watching all the bubbles.
A Priest came along and asked the little boy what he had. The little boy said, 'This is the most powerful liquid in the world; it's called Turpentine.'
The Priest said, 'No, the most powerful liquid in the world is Holy Water. If you rub it on a pregnant woman's belly, she'll pass a healthy baby.'
The little boy replied, 'If you rub turpentine on a cat's ass, he'll pass a Harley Davidson.
Happy Halloween!
My boyfriend and I are going away for the weekend so I just figured I would get this post out now.
When I was young I remember my mom telling me the day before Halloween they would go on one side of the railroad tracks to see if they could get candy. Then on Halloween they would go on her side of the railroad tracks. This is down in Illinois. They did get the candy the day before Halloween. I didn't think they would get the candy.
I also remember taking my kids trick or treating the different costumes I would get them. There was a couple of them that I did put together for them. I really enjoyed taking my kids out trick or treating because I had just as much fun with the kids as they did.
The only thing I don't like about Halloween is how the older kids think it is funny scaring the little kids. Yes I can see how some of them like to do it but I remember how much it hurt my youngest daughter. My son did it to my youngest daughter and I spend some endless nights up with her.
I think carving the pumpkins with the kids is so much fun. My kids made some really neat ones. I also remember taking my son to a haunted house and he was so scared. I also like some of the music that they have out for Halloween and there are also some really good scary movies to watch.
Some people have Halloween parties that you can go to so that the adults can dress up too. But to me Halloween is for the kids and I don't dress up.
I am going to leave you with one of my favorite Halloween videos. I would like to hear what you like about Halloween!♥
Monday, October 24, 2011
Venus and Mercury: Close, But No Conunction!
Tonight after sunet, I kept shooting some photos. Venus is becoming an evening object again and Mercury is putting in an appearance as well. It took some shooting, but I got both of them together in one shot (click to enbiggen).
These to planets are going to get much closer together and be about 2 degrees apart in early November and stay that close until about mid-November. Although they are very close together, they never have a true conjunction since they never have the same right ascension. It will still be a very scenic pairing that you can watch over the next couple of weeks. Mercury will get easier to see as it rises higher in the sky. Right now, it is definitely a test of your eyesight!
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
How About a Yellow Flash?
I have posted a lot of pics of green flashes at Sunset (just enter green flash in the search box and you can find out all about them). However, not all flashes at sunset are green. I have photographed blue and purple flashes as well. Tonight, I added another color to the mix.
First, it was a nice omega sunset again. Here are a couple of shots.
The omega sunset occurs when an inferior mirage of the Sun appears to rise up from the horizon to meet the setting Sun. Hence, the resulting shape looks like the greek letter Ω.
Tonight the last little bit of the Sun set leaving behind the very tip of the inferior mirage and it was yellow. You can see this is not connected to the main image of the Sun. Sometimes these flashes are green, tonight I got a yellow flash.
Always watch, you never know what you are going to get!
Reprinted with permission from the Half-Astrophysicist Blog.
NORTHERN LIGHTS ALERT!
NOW! Go outside to a dark place, look north. If you have a camera that can do timed exposures, put it on a tripod, set it to at least 800ISO, try 15-30 second exposure with the widest angle you can manage at the lowest f/ratio (that's fastest for those in the biz) you can manage. Post pics when successful!
According to the weather underground, its clear in Racine.
According to the weather underground, its clear in Racine.
Fish Mislabeling
Monday Grin.......
President Obama walks into the Bank of America and says to a cashier, "Good morning Ma'am, could you please cash this check for me"?
Cashier:
"It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your ID"?
Obama:
"Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn't think there was any need to. I am President Barrack Obama, the president of the United States .”
Cashier:
"Yes sir, I know who you are, but with all the Government regulations, monitoring of the banks because of imposters and forgers, etc., I must insist on seeing ID."
Obama:
"Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am."
Cashier:
"I am sorry, but these are government and bank rules and I must follow them."
Obama:
"I am urging you please to cash this check."
Cashier:
"Look, this is what we can do: One day Tiger Woods came into the bank without ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful shot across the bank lobby into a cup. With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and we cashed his check."
"Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and served an ace shot directly into the center of our bank logo 90 feet away. With that spectacular shot we cashed his check. So, what can you do to prove that it is you?"
Obama stood there thinking, and thinking and finally replied: "Honestly, nothing comes to mind. I can't think of a single thing I can do."
Cashier:
"Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?"
Cashier:
"It would be my pleasure sir. Could you please show me your ID"?
Obama:
"Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn't think there was any need to. I am President Barrack Obama, the president of the United States .”
Cashier:
"Yes sir, I know who you are, but with all the Government regulations, monitoring of the banks because of imposters and forgers, etc., I must insist on seeing ID."
Obama:
"Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am."
Cashier:
"I am sorry, but these are government and bank rules and I must follow them."
Obama:
"I am urging you please to cash this check."
Cashier:
"Look, this is what we can do: One day Tiger Woods came into the bank without ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful shot across the bank lobby into a cup. With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and we cashed his check."
"Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and served an ace shot directly into the center of our bank logo 90 feet away. With that spectacular shot we cashed his check. So, what can you do to prove that it is you?"
Obama stood there thinking, and thinking and finally replied: "Honestly, nothing comes to mind. I can't think of a single thing I can do."
Cashier:
"Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?"
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The Chu Crew Candy Collection
"Too Big To Fail (1999 Warning In Congress)"
From YouTube:
"Not a lot of things I care less about than politics, but I did find this clip rather interesting. It's Congressman Dingell warning that if congress repeals the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 (which they did), taxpayers would eventually need to bailout financial institutions because they would become to big to fail (which we did)."
From Wikipedia:
"The repeal of provisions of the Glass–Steagall Act of 1933 by the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act effectively removed the separation that previously existed between investment banking which issued securities and commercial banks which accepted deposits. The deregulation also removed conflict of interest prohibitions between investment bankers serving as officers of commercial banks. This repeal directly contributed to the severity of the Financial crisis of 2007–2011 by allowing Wall Street investment banking firms to gamble with their depositors' money that was held in commercial banks.[4][5][6][7][8][9]"
From OrbsCorbs:
That seems pretty prophetic to me.
Party on, lying John!
From the Journal Times:
"Your word has to mean something." - from the lyingest liar Mayor of the lyingest city in the Midwest.
The man who has done nothing but lie to us has the unmitigated gall to keep lying even as the shit reaches up to his eyebrows. Once Dickert and Racine are completely buried in shit, Dickert will announce that shit was the goal of his Ten Year Lie.
This would be funny if it weren't so pathetically sad.
"Your word has to mean something." - from the lyingest liar Mayor of the lyingest city in the Midwest.
The man who has done nothing but lie to us has the unmitigated gall to keep lying even as the shit reaches up to his eyebrows. Once Dickert and Racine are completely buried in shit, Dickert will announce that shit was the goal of his Ten Year Lie.
This would be funny if it weren't so pathetically sad.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Sorry about the toilet, Beejay
Maybe your homeowners insurance will cover it? Anyway, thanks for the blast and putting on the feed for us. It was good to see familiar faces, especially you and Biggie D all the way up from Florida. See all y'all at one gathering or another.
The Art of the Scare
It's Halloween season, time for a good scare. Last night, I went to Howl-O-Scream at Busch Gardens in Tampa. I was interested in seeing it since I worked at one of the first Howl-O-Screams in 2000 (I was Dr. Livingsdoom, "an event icon" according to Wikipedia).
Things have changed a great deal. There are many more haunted houses, more live shows and more roving monsters. The haunted houses looked great. The budget they have now looks a lot bigger. The density of people inside the actors inside the houses is pretty high. They probably had more in one house than we did in all houses combined when I worked there.
But more is not always better. With the constant scares, you could almost always see what was coming if you looked ahead. Many of the actors would scare too often. I could see them scare someone, then go back into their hiding place before I got there. Now way they could get a scare if you knew where they were. You need patience for the good scare! This was also a problem outside at times. A couple of paths had lots of people camouflaged in the bushes. Once the first person did a scare, you could see all the others. They would try a scare every few seconds, way too often.
Now there were a few truly excellent actors there. One of the houses was called "Nevermore" based on Edgar Allan Poe. They had an actor playing Poe in a tower at the beginning. He didn't get scares, but he did a great job of setting the tone for the house with his monologue. Another really outstanding actor was the greeter at the Vampire Casino. This vampire was greeting patrons with a series of wonderfully bad, ghoulish vampire jokes. One of the great effects in Nevermore is a fancy ball scene. The actors moved only when the strobe lights were off so the scene would change every time the lights came on. Wonderfully creepy.
Another problem with the houses is they were too loud. That limited the interaction you could have with the actors. I loved that part when I worked there. It's not just the scare, but what you can do after the scare.
Dr. Livingdoom's (my characters) lab was in the old koala bear house. The guests entered on a moving sidewalk and my creatures I created were in the old cages. My lab was on a platform above the sidewalk. I could hide and jump out (I had a wireless mic). They only let groups of about 30 through at one time separated by about a minute. Now the clever part. They setup a light pointing at the wall by the entrance. I could see people's silhouettes as they entered and that's how I knew when to go for the scare. You can learn a lot about people by looking at their shadows. You can usually tell men from women, adults from teens and kids. You can watch body language and tell how they are likely to react to a scare by the way they carry themselves. That's how I choose my targets. I didn't just go for the first person because I knew I got one good scare per group because after that, everyone knew where I was. Tailoring the scare to your target is key to the really good scare (and was hard for many actors to do they way some of the houses were designed).
I didn't just say "boo" or yell. I had a wide variety of bad one line jokes, appropriate for a mad genetic scientist ("Show me your genes") to get the scare. Once I got the scare, then I had ~30 people standing there. That should be showtime. I had a lot of set pieces (I had songs I riffed on like "You wont' survive", "(You won't be) Stayin' Alive" and a very warped version of Dem Bones). I could riff with people in the crowd, shake hands if they wanted (and let them know about my contagious skin diseases afterwards) or warn them that the Infinimaze was coming up (Guess how long it is? Well, we don't call it the Really Short-Amaze, let's just put it that way!) That's the type of interaction I really wanted to see more of. The host at the Vampire Casino was the only one that really nailed that (although the busty bartender at the casino did pretty good as well!) That's why I wanted a little less noise in the houses, a little more interaction.
Okay, I have to tell you about my best scare (and what may still hold the all time record for knocking the most people off their feet at once). I saw the shadows come in. They were all girls, about the same age and I could hear a lot of chatter which indicated they all knew each other, possibly a youth group of some type (yes, you learn how to tell those things when you pay attention). I waited until a most of them were on the moving sidewalk. I jumped out for my scare. I was right, there were a bunch of girls all wearing matching yellow t-shirts, obviously part of a group visit. The first two girls in the line got so scared, they fell down and the entire rest of the group went down like a row of dominoes! I mentioned you had to do follow up. I said (in character of course) "Wow! I have never seen that happen in real life before. You must be the 30 stooges!" Fortunately, no one was hurt and they all got up and were laughing hysterically as they went on their way.
So what do you find scary?
Things have changed a great deal. There are many more haunted houses, more live shows and more roving monsters. The haunted houses looked great. The budget they have now looks a lot bigger. The density of people inside the actors inside the houses is pretty high. They probably had more in one house than we did in all houses combined when I worked there.
But more is not always better. With the constant scares, you could almost always see what was coming if you looked ahead. Many of the actors would scare too often. I could see them scare someone, then go back into their hiding place before I got there. Now way they could get a scare if you knew where they were. You need patience for the good scare! This was also a problem outside at times. A couple of paths had lots of people camouflaged in the bushes. Once the first person did a scare, you could see all the others. They would try a scare every few seconds, way too often.
Now there were a few truly excellent actors there. One of the houses was called "Nevermore" based on Edgar Allan Poe. They had an actor playing Poe in a tower at the beginning. He didn't get scares, but he did a great job of setting the tone for the house with his monologue. Another really outstanding actor was the greeter at the Vampire Casino. This vampire was greeting patrons with a series of wonderfully bad, ghoulish vampire jokes. One of the great effects in Nevermore is a fancy ball scene. The actors moved only when the strobe lights were off so the scene would change every time the lights came on. Wonderfully creepy.
Another problem with the houses is they were too loud. That limited the interaction you could have with the actors. I loved that part when I worked there. It's not just the scare, but what you can do after the scare.
Dr. Livingdoom's (my characters) lab was in the old koala bear house. The guests entered on a moving sidewalk and my creatures I created were in the old cages. My lab was on a platform above the sidewalk. I could hide and jump out (I had a wireless mic). They only let groups of about 30 through at one time separated by about a minute. Now the clever part. They setup a light pointing at the wall by the entrance. I could see people's silhouettes as they entered and that's how I knew when to go for the scare. You can learn a lot about people by looking at their shadows. You can usually tell men from women, adults from teens and kids. You can watch body language and tell how they are likely to react to a scare by the way they carry themselves. That's how I choose my targets. I didn't just go for the first person because I knew I got one good scare per group because after that, everyone knew where I was. Tailoring the scare to your target is key to the really good scare (and was hard for many actors to do they way some of the houses were designed).
I didn't just say "boo" or yell. I had a wide variety of bad one line jokes, appropriate for a mad genetic scientist ("Show me your genes") to get the scare. Once I got the scare, then I had ~30 people standing there. That should be showtime. I had a lot of set pieces (I had songs I riffed on like "You wont' survive", "(You won't be) Stayin' Alive" and a very warped version of Dem Bones). I could riff with people in the crowd, shake hands if they wanted (and let them know about my contagious skin diseases afterwards) or warn them that the Infinimaze was coming up (Guess how long it is? Well, we don't call it the Really Short-Amaze, let's just put it that way!) That's the type of interaction I really wanted to see more of. The host at the Vampire Casino was the only one that really nailed that (although the busty bartender at the casino did pretty good as well!) That's why I wanted a little less noise in the houses, a little more interaction.
Okay, I have to tell you about my best scare (and what may still hold the all time record for knocking the most people off their feet at once). I saw the shadows come in. They were all girls, about the same age and I could hear a lot of chatter which indicated they all knew each other, possibly a youth group of some type (yes, you learn how to tell those things when you pay attention). I waited until a most of them were on the moving sidewalk. I jumped out for my scare. I was right, there were a bunch of girls all wearing matching yellow t-shirts, obviously part of a group visit. The first two girls in the line got so scared, they fell down and the entire rest of the group went down like a row of dominoes! I mentioned you had to do follow up. I said (in character of course) "Wow! I have never seen that happen in real life before. You must be the 30 stooges!" Fortunately, no one was hurt and they all got up and were laughing hysterically as they went on their way.
So what do you find scary?
Friday, October 21, 2011
"Contractor arrested for confrontation with Waukesha mayor"
From JSOnline:
In the words of the inimitable Mme. Zoltar, "Oh my."
"By Jesse Garza of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 21, 2011
"A 61-year-old Waterford man was arrested at Waukesha City Hall Friday afternoon after he barged into Mayor Jeff Scrima's office and demanded to speak with the mayor about a permit dispute, police said.
"The man, identified as a contractor who owns a building company, first went to the city's building inspector's office because he was upset about a permit application that was denied in June, Waukesha police Sgt. Jerry Habanek said.
"According to Habanek, the man started yelling before storming over to Scrima's office, where he demanded to speak with the mayor. After being told he would need an appointment the man saw Scrima in his office, barged in, threw a folder on the mayor's desk and started screaming.
"Scrima called police, who arrested the man without incident, Habanek said.
"'He was not your normal, "I-got-a-problem-can-you-help-me?" kind of guy,' Habanek said.
"'He scared a lot of people at City Hall.'
"The man was in custody Friday evening facing a possible state charge of disorderly conduct, Habanek said."
In the words of the inimitable Mme. Zoltar, "Oh my."
Fall Gathering
Reminder....Fall gathering at my place Saturday. Food, drink, fun.
KK has directions... Two p.m. on....Biggie D and I would love to see you all.
KK has directions... Two p.m. on....Biggie D and I would love to see you all.
Another Good Cause
Duff Ramos is SER's son-in-law's sisters husband. Duff spent many months in the hospital and it has been a slow recovery.
So if you are out and about Saturday it would be nice if you could stop and donate $10.00.
Dickie's is just down the street (east) of Cham Tap where the Police K9 thingie is going on.
Thanks.....SER
So if you are out and about Saturday it would be nice if you could stop and donate $10.00.
Dickie's is just down the street (east) of Cham Tap where the Police K9 thingie is going on.
Thanks.....SER
Four for Fridays
Hello everyone! Welcome back to Four for Fridays after a long,long week. It's been cold and damp all week-looking forward to the warmth of the weekend and a special occasion. Anyways here are some random questions....
1) What are your favorite kind of chips?
2) What board games do you know how to play?
3) Are you prepared for winter yet?
4) What is your favorite time of the day?
Enjoy your weekend!
1) What are your favorite kind of chips?
2) What board games do you know how to play?
3) Are you prepared for winter yet?
4) What is your favorite time of the day?
Enjoy your weekend!
"Racine Police Department Fundraiser-October 22nd!"
Bump - - - This takes place tomorrow. It's a great cause.
Originally posted Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 7:21 PM:
From Racine Uncovered:
That's the same day as the next JTI gathering. No worries - you can stop by the fundraiser on the way to Beejay's house or on the way back.
Originally posted Thursday, October 13, 2011, at 7:21 PM:
"It’s official! The first family orientated Racine Police Department K9 unit fundraiser is being held October 22nd. It’s being held at Champ Tap (inside and outside) 2511 Durand Ave. Racine. The event is running from noon till ???. There will be food, music, 50/50 raffles, baskets for raffle, baked items for sale. Tap beer all you can drink $10. Hot dog plates, hamburger plates, nachos and more. Face painting for the kids. Racine Police K9 unit will be out during the afternoon for all the kids, along with additional presentations from German Shepherd clubs! More surprises to come! Bring your friends and family out to this event!If you would like to donate items for raffle baskets or baked items. Please email me at the site. Admission is free and all proceeds from everything are being donated directly to the Racine Police Department K9 Fund. Lets show the police department that residents stand behind them!
"(A very big thank you to Carri from the Cham Tap. Deputy Chief Smetana, RPD K9 unit, Officer Dave A., Cathy C with the RPD, Jody Wagner and Desiree Davis….we will git-r-done!):
That's the same day as the next JTI gathering. No worries - you can stop by the fundraiser on the way to Beejay's house or on the way back.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
"Mother of All Hot Wheels Tracks - Part 1"
From YouTube:
"Watch it in 720p/HD and in full screen mode. This is a 3 minute long video of a 2,000 feet long powered Hot Wheels track that goes up and down the stairs, through 14 rooms of a house, around the outside of the house, and a jump over a hot tub. Email us at motherofalltracks@yahoo.com . Be sure to subscribe to my channel so that you will be notified when we complete the next video.
"Please share this video with others to help us raise money for this charity. If it makes you smile or laugh, you have to make at least a $1 donation :-) "
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Riders on the Storm
Today's weather was just nasty out there! 46 degrees-windy, rainy, cold-just plain miserable...Kind of day just to stay at home curled up in a blanket and watch a good movie, except the fact I was out to the library to pick up more CD's. While there, I noticed monstrous waves crashing onto the rocks on the lakefront. A perfect photo opportunity.
Dear Madame Zoltar
Hello, my heavenly hydrangeas! How are you? Our weather has turned appropriate for the season. That’s too bad. Fall is leaves falling, the temperature falling, the sun falling, we all fall down. Oh my. I am still getting some tomatoes. Mid-October and I am enjoying August’s fruit. I am keeping an eye out for the first frost so I’ll pick the remaining green ones, but there are less and less. Sadly, our beloved Brewers fell in the sixth game of the National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals. Bravo, Brewers, bravo! You have nothing to be ashamed of. You gave us a great season. Thank you very much.
Our majestic Green Bay Packers crushed the St. Louis Rams last Sunday, thereby maintaining their undefeated status. Hail, hail, mighty Packers! This Sunday, October 23, the Minnesota Vikings will feel the wrath of our warriors at 3:15 PM in the Metrodome. Have no mercy, Green Bay.
Well, my dears, I am in a quandary as how to proceed with my blog this week. I read about Mayor Dickert’s budget address yesterday, and I got so upset that I decided to launch a screed here. But today I feel differently. What’s the point? Jackals and hyenas run Racine, and they have no shame, no souls. It is only sorrow, sorrow, and sorrow if I contemplate that, so I will not. Fie on the beasts!
I did notice an image on the internet while perusing some sites earlier this week. It made me think of Mr. OrbsCorbs, and I hope that he understands that I post it with only the kindest intentions:
Sometimes the best solutions to our problems are the simplest: feed the monkey on your back. Or is it, get rid of the monkey on your back? Or maybe it’s, listen to the monkey on your back? Oh my.
I wanted to embed a music video here of Van Morrison’s “Autumn Song.” Unfortunately, they are not allowing it. I recommend checking it out: http://youtu.be/GzKjPPMArvo
Just think, only 3 more days until the next JTI gathering. It sends shivers up and down my spine. I can’t wait to see you all again. Thank you so much for stopping by today to visit my blog. My readers are my family. I love you all.
Say hi to the rest of the family: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.
I don’t know why, but I keep hearing the music from Jaws leading up to the bash at Beejay’s. Does that mean I should feed the shark? Ignore the shark? Jump the shark? Oh dear. Have a wonderful week everyone. See you Saturday. Galactophagist!
Monday, October 17, 2011
"Racine native to sign book"
From The Journal Times.com:
Congratulations to Chad Harbach on his success. The book is his first and took him ten years to write, while juggling other jobs. That's an amazing amount of dedication and discipline.
"RACINE - A Racine native with a $650,000 book deal will visit with local readers at the library Tuesday night.
"Chad Harbach, author of 'The Art of Fielding,' will hold a book signing at 6:30 p.m. at the Racine Public Library, 75 Seventh St.
"Harbach, a Racine native, graduated from St. Catherine's High School in 1993 and from Harvard University in 1997.
"Sports Illustrated, which ran an excerpt of the book in the Aug. 29 issue, said it was 'written with wit and grace and the true fan's eye and ear for the subtleties of the game ... the book will knock out baseball and literature fans alike.'"
Congratulations to Chad Harbach on his success. The book is his first and took him ten years to write, while juggling other jobs. That's an amazing amount of dedication and discipline.
For Lizard Mom...
I don't know. I think it's kind of a bright idea to wait until AFTER they reproduce to ensure future food supply.
