Open Thread – Cinco de Mayo… sort of
If you thought you missed Cinco de Mayo, you may have another chance if you live in Anchor Point, Alaska.
Hey, at least they tried.
[h/t Mr. Whitekeys]
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If you thought you missed Cinco de Mayo, you may have another chance if you live in Anchor Point, Alaska.
Hey, at least they tried.
[h/t Mr. Whitekeys]
I’ll repost this when there’s a new open thread. OUR taxpayer dollars may fund two new nuclear power plants in Georgia, unless there’s sufficient public outcry to stop it. Banks won’t fund nukes, why should we?
http://www.GreenAmerica.org/takeaction/nonukeplants/
Mothers Day is approaching. What some mothers want to mark the day is LABELS on food that is and/or contains GMO. Here’s a video:
http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50202/p/salsa/web/common/public/content?content_item_KEY=10346
California voters are going to decide this. Of course, Monsanto and their ilk have zillions of dollars to spend on this, and they’re spreading the misinformation and disinformation as widely as possible. If you’d like to contribute to this effort (which affects us all, since so much food is California-grown), here’s the link:
http://www.organicconsumersfund.org/donate/moneybomb.cfm
with buttons for credit cards and Paypal, telephone number, and address for checks. As you can tell, I support this effort passionately, and have contributed toward it myself.
Mr.Whitekeys..that is what got my attention. It was one of the best when we visited years ago…I still wear the apron I got there…”A decade of Sleaze…Booze, Spam and Rhythm and Blues”
I got the coolest thank you in the mail for pitching in supplies and support for my favorite racing team, Rogues Gallery Kennel. The kennel that races misfits and rescues.
I received several things, but my favorite is Penny’s dog bootie that went on the trail to Nome. It still has trail and dog smell on it which makes it, well, about the best present someone could give this dog softie. Penny is the little leader, smallest dog in both Iditarods she raced, most of the time under 30 lbs. Even her bootie is little!
OK, that teared me up. Then I read the note from Colleen explaining why she wanted me to have the bootie. I pitched in a super duper headlamp when they were gearing up for the race, and Colleen told me it literally lit her way to Nome as her old one died on the way. Teared up doesn’t even describe it.
Colleen said goodbye to her 14 yr old “forever dog” this weekend. Hubby Joseph wrote a wonderful tribute to Tika on the blog and if it doesn’t make you too sad, read and enjoy the love shining through the post. So many of us here have had the immense joy of making best friends with a dog or a kitty, and we all know how hard it is to say goodbye.
My forever guy is still a part of me, all of my pets are. I wouldn’t change any of it for anything. Goodbye Tika – happy tails and trails!
http://rogueskennel.com/blog/?p=1256
Forgot the link, just like I forget email attachments. If they aren’t attached, why are they called attachments?
such a sweet post to start off this Monday. Teary, but very sweet.
Hmm, Cinco de Mayo – it’s not that hard to figure out. it’s kind of like asking someone when the Fourth of July is. Well, maybe they don’t speak Spanish.
Of course it does help to actually look at a calendar. I had been writing 5-5 at the Food Bank for about a half hour yesterday when I suddenly realized that it was only May 4.Oh well – didn’t really matter and no one seemed to catch it either. I guess we can all blame that on the full moon, that not paying attention thing.
Hey, if we’re all still around in 2055 we can all write 5-5-55 all day long! Something to look forward to and incentive to keep us spry and spunky!
I plan to still be here.
I’ll only be a hundred, though later that year will turn 101. I wonder what The Mudflats will look like then?
This made me smile this morning. Thought I’d share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCR97cUIkpY&feature=related
Listening to Clarence Bekker just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside…and I can’t help but smile at Grandpa Elliott! 🙂
I hope lots of people living in sunnier climes got to see the perigee full moon last night (supermoon). It was pouring pets here, so no moon to be seen. The full moon before Easter was spectacular! I get all excited when I see a full moon because our chances of having a clear night are pretty much next to nothin’. It happens, but you can’t count on it so I get all tingly when I do get to enjoy it!
We saw it but only after it cleared the trees. To get the full effect we should have gone somewhere that’s not the bottom of our hill with tall trees in the way. But it was beautiful and larger than usual even after it was up for about an hour.
Wow! The moon was really close if it cleared the trees off your hill. Anybody hurt?
You are a pea in my pod.
I’m still laughing.
ah slip – you do crack me up.
No, we did not see the moon in the slough. But the hooligan, sea lions, and gulls are responded to the pull of the tides and that was exquisite.
Lowest tide of the year tomorrow! Monday morning at 8:40 AM at a minus 4.8. We’ll be on the wetlands unless it’s blowing 30. Enjoy and wave at all of those critters for me.
“pouring pets”… just the usual cats and dogs, or were there some gpldfish and other critters thrown in ? 🙂 Moon WAS big last nite, but other than a sore throat from howling and some extra hair on the back porch, no extra effect here,,,,,,
gold fish- not gpld fish… dang, must have been that REALLY big hangnail from last nite that caused a key misstroke…
Yes, we did have gpldfish coming down – how did you know?
🙂
There were Cinco de Mayo celebrations of varying types all around my neighborhood yesterday. For one thing, there are Mexican restaurants of several types (Tex-Mex, Mission (SF) style burritos, low end, high end, taco joints, etc.). The young Mexican man who works in the vegan bakery a few blocks away was leaving early to take his wife to a party. If the noise coming in my windows last night was any indication, many people on the sidewalks were quite drunk. Then again, that’s pretty normal for Saturday night in the east village.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has conceded the presidential election to Socialist challenger Francois Hollande.
Hollande is set to become the nation’s first left-wing president since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995.
Sooooooo, would Hollande be like a Democrat ?
Definitely left of Sarkozy.
Just read this about Hollande.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/EU-France-Presidential-Election/2012/05/06/id/438154?s=al&promo_code=ED5A-1
warm one here today- mid 80’s forecast-just piddlin’ in the yard- plums on both trees, tomatoes still thriving- although I need to figue out how to reinforce the deer coverage for them.. chased one outta the yard last night , snooping by the plants…( Remington, Remington, Remington!) Aniversary this coming week, 32 years with the same woman – don’t know how she’s done it…and without meds!! She’s a big A’s fan, so Friday nite game- good seats, aahhhhh the simple pleasures are the ones we like the most…. not much beats a good hot dog with a ball game in front of it and a cute lady by your side…
Happy 32nd to you and the missus, in case I forget later in the week. Blessings to you both.
I’m sorry I didn’t get to meet you two while in town! My best to both of you for hanging in there. Sometimes it’s easier just to stay because packing sucks. Just teasin’, your marriage rocks! Just stay away from two words; “is on” and you’ll be on the way to golden.
How ’bout three words instead; “is on the”. Counting is hard for me sometimes, like talking. I can talk alright – the words just don’t come out in the right order. It’s catching. My hubby and BFF do it, too when they are around me and both of them point their fingers right at me. Blaming others is the way to go, so I blame my parents for not fixing this when I was a kid.
350.org and other organizations held a worldwide “connect the dots” day yesterday to alert the world to climate change. Slideshow here:
http://www.climatedots.org/
I am wondering if our insurance company is run by Republicans. We turned in a claim after we had damage to our house when a tree branch hit the soufitt over our patio causing damage. It also knocked off the gutter during an ice storm. An adjuster came to our house to look things over. We then got a letter that our policy doesn’t cover this damage. If our house was hit by a CAR, or a PLANE—they would pay up. What a Crock!
In all the years we have lived in this house, we have turned in only one very small claim.
We have 5 different policies with this company. We turned in one claim on one of our vehicles.
Car/Deer accident.
I am now trying to decide whether or not to dump them.
I’m sorry about your claim, that is really a low blow.
I say “Dump them”. That company wants your house to pull itself up by its bootstraps. If we don’t speak with our purchasing power, we don’t speak at all as far as these @ssholes are concerned. All they understand is the buck. Take that buck somewhere else!
A lot of credit unions offer insurance – if you have a big one, check with them. More and more we are moving all of our services to our credit union as they do mortgages and insurance along with being the best credit union in the world. At least my world!
They probably consider it an “act of God”; most insurance doesn’t cover what God does.
Evangelical nut jobs better not go into the insurance business, or no claims would be paid! Life, death, accidents and everything in between are all God’s fault ya know.
Hee hee! If you follow that logic, then no evangelic nut job would file for insurance if there is an act of God clause. Hey – I wonder if they are filing anyway? Bet they are. That’s hypocrisy! Hee hee.
Insurance companies excel at exemptions. They are the rot of the US economy.
I read where Mr. Whitekeys was fired from his job writing for the “Alaska Magazine”. I guess they lack the sense of irony.
Really? I only read one essay by him in the magazine, as I was waiting in a doctor’s office. It was the best thing in the whole rag.
A one line email to the Editor at AK Mag would be appropriate. I tried really hard not to swear in mine. I had to rewrite it several times to accomplish that.
Link above to HQ.
Maybe we can get him to start his own blog???
FANTASTIC IDEA!
AKM, would you have your little bird whisper this idea into his ear, please?
I do so miss the Fly By Night Club!
Me, too. I saw Spam on a menu in Wasilla the other day and immediately thought of the Fly By Night.
Then take a moment to write the asses at Alaska Magazine who fired Whitekeys for being too funny. They don’t get funny. They don’t get anything these days as their mag has turned to fluff and I stopped buying it.
http://wickershamsconscience.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/keys-canned-say-it-aint-so/
Here is the editor’s email – I fired off my response.
Debbie Cutler: (907) 275-2101
debbie.cutler@alaskamagazine.com
It’s a lovely Sunday here in the neighborhood. Roses are about to bloom. I discovered yesterday that the Japanese bean beetles are already on my freshly sprouted bush beans. Went out to the grocery store and bought some hot peppers. I chopped them up and boiled them, then let them steep all night. Today, I’m going to give those bastards a major hot foot!
A miracle occured earlier this week. I had to go talk to the next door neighbor about the feral cats because the mamma cat moved her kittens from my garage to her yard. Now we seem to be on friendly speaking terms and she appologized for not being very friendly. She also told me she likes my flowers. So, there you go.
Excellent !!! way to stay with it Merry !!
I caught a grasshopper on my cauliflower yesterday. I gave him a dirt nap. Made my whole day. My biggest threat to gardening is my golden retriever. He does high speed drive-bys (or through) and grabs a hunk of whatever on his way. Hot pepper spray would surely by an unpleasant surprise for that pup!
I put kennel fencing across the back half of the yard where the garden is. My two “adorable” pooches would tear my garden apart in a heartbeat. Brie goes straight for the compost heap as if it’s a great dane sized salad bar. Ick.
Merry, is this THE neighbor? The one who kept you planting more and more flowers as she scowled more and more? This is a miracle, a wonderful event! Hasn’t this been going on for quite some time? I wonder what broke through the dam of perpetual funk she seemed to have going on?
Yay! Way to hang in there!
The one who kept scowling changed her tune after I gave her some extra plants I had from a flat I rescued last year at the habitat restore. I also gave her some veggies out of my garden. The poor woman had no idea what broccoli was. Kill em with kindness. No, this one is the next door neighbor that has been mad at me after requesting I cut down my pine trees to protect her pool heater. It’s been a bizarre few years but for now, I will take the peace. Maybe flowers just have their own way of talking.
You GO girl! Love it more than I can say!
The magic of flowers and home grown veggies is awesome to behold! 🙂
Do you think they wanted to say “May 9” but turned the “9” upside down so it was a “6”? Wednesday is May 9, not May 6, or maybe they were using a different calendar?
…it’s pretty hard to read the Mayan Calender in it’s orginal language… must have missed something in the translation
Good sleuthing, legal beagle.
Hmmm so whats the time zone in Soldotna? I thought Drinco de Mayo was a week long event in AP. So their about right.
You mean the time zone in Homer. Homer has pretty much been in its own zone for a long time, and I happen to love Homer time!