Dog dug it up. Imagine that.
Pic:
Proverbs 26:11. Or Kipling, if you've a poetic turn of mind.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Treasure Blog: Whale Puke
Ambergris.
Dog dug it up. Imagine that.
Pic:
Proverbs 26:11. Or Kipling, if you've a poetic turn of mind.
Dog dug it up. Imagine that.
Pic:
Proverbs 26:11. Or Kipling, if you've a poetic turn of mind.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Peckerwood Suicide
Lacking a Golden Gate Bridge, or even an Arthur Ravenel, Jr., Bridge, our local residents have taken to jumping off interstate overpasses into the traffic below.
Second one in two weeks. I guess this one is probably a copycat.
Second one in two weeks. I guess this one is probably a copycat.
Glad We Cleared That Up
Over at Reason magazine, they actually did a survey of random Americans, asking them to define an "assault weapon" in a few words:
Here's some of the replies. An Assault Weapon is:
A SEMI AUTOMATIC
A MACHINE GUN
SOMETHING THAT CAN KILL AND HURT PEOPLE REAL BAD MAKE THEM BECOME DISABLE OR LOOSE THEIR LIFE
MACHINE GUNS A GUN WHERE YOU CAN PUT IN A MILLION BULLETS
ANYTHING THAT IS NOT A PISTOL.
SHOTGUN
ONES THAT CAN SHOOT LONGER BULLETS
A WEAPON THAT WAS CONCEIVED ILLEGALLY
A KNIFE AND A GUN
THEY DANGEROUS
IS A WEAPON UMM WHICH SOUL PURPOSE IS USE IN KILLING PEOPLE
Click the link for more.
Here's some of the replies. An Assault Weapon is:
A SEMI AUTOMATIC
A MACHINE GUN
SOMETHING THAT CAN KILL AND HURT PEOPLE REAL BAD MAKE THEM BECOME DISABLE OR LOOSE THEIR LIFE
MACHINE GUNS A GUN WHERE YOU CAN PUT IN A MILLION BULLETS
ANYTHING THAT IS NOT A PISTOL.
SHOTGUN
ONES THAT CAN SHOOT LONGER BULLETS
A WEAPON THAT WAS CONCEIVED ILLEGALLY
A KNIFE AND A GUN
THEY DANGEROUS
IS A WEAPON UMM WHICH SOUL PURPOSE IS USE IN KILLING PEOPLE
Click the link for more.
Wish I'd Had a Camera Handy
Our little community of Indian Trail, North Carolina, gives households two rolling garbage containers, one for recyclable trash, one for everything else. Today was garbage day so everyone rolled their containers up to the street.
My neighbor across the street just got home. His house is atop a rise, his driveway is about 10 yards long and slopes down to the street. Neighbor, rather than pulling his car into the driveway and walking back down for the garbage bins, stopped his car at the bottom of the drive, got out, and lifted one garbage bin onto the trunk lid of his car. He then got into the car, stuck his left hand out of the window, and grabbed the handle of the other container, released the parking brake on the car, and drove up the drive with one container on the trunk and the other rolling alongside the car.
I'll point out that it's January 30th and he still has his Christmas lights out, as well.
My neighbor across the street just got home. His house is atop a rise, his driveway is about 10 yards long and slopes down to the street. Neighbor, rather than pulling his car into the driveway and walking back down for the garbage bins, stopped his car at the bottom of the drive, got out, and lifted one garbage bin onto the trunk lid of his car. He then got into the car, stuck his left hand out of the window, and grabbed the handle of the other container, released the parking brake on the car, and drove up the drive with one container on the trunk and the other rolling alongside the car.
I'll point out that it's January 30th and he still has his Christmas lights out, as well.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Arrival
Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop by Euell Gibbons.
This is an old classic. If you're interested in foraging your own food and living off the land, Gibbons' books are a great resource (he also wrote Stalking the Wild Asparagus, Stalking the Healthful Herbs, and Beachcomber's Handbook). He gives tips on identification of edible wild foods, cleaning and preparing them, and recipes.
Gibbons was famous for a 1970's TV commercial he did for Grape-Nuts cereal in which he asked the question, "Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible!" Here's Gibbons in another Grape-Nuts commercial:
This is an old classic. If you're interested in foraging your own food and living off the land, Gibbons' books are a great resource (he also wrote Stalking the Wild Asparagus, Stalking the Healthful Herbs, and Beachcomber's Handbook). He gives tips on identification of edible wild foods, cleaning and preparing them, and recipes.
Gibbons was famous for a 1970's TV commercial he did for Grape-Nuts cereal in which he asked the question, "Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible!" Here's Gibbons in another Grape-Nuts commercial:
Frankenstein's Spitfire Flies
Assembled from the parts of dead Spitfires from around the world,it comes to life:
Here's a vid of its first flight:
Here's a vid of its first flight:
Treasure Blog: 1913 Liberty Nickel
One of only five minted, and that illegally, since 1913 was the first year of the Buffalo nickel.
Apparently a mint worker got a little greedy.
It's going up for auction - - price expected to be paid? Well, it would be like winning the lottery. That much.
Apparently a mint worker got a little greedy.
It's going up for auction - - price expected to be paid? Well, it would be like winning the lottery. That much.
Sort of Like Goebbels With Hitler
60 Minutes' Steve Kroft on his rapport with President Obama:
“We have a format that suits him. It’s long, we can do 12 minutes or 24 minutes,” Kroft replied. “We do a good job of editing.”
Adding that he’s covered Obama since his candidacy, Kroft noted it’s a “question of fairness.” Obama “knows that we’re not going to play ‘gotcha’ with him, that we’re not going to go out of our way to make him look bad or stupid. Though we’ll let him answer the questions.”
“We have a format that suits him. It’s long, we can do 12 minutes or 24 minutes,” Kroft replied. “We do a good job of editing.”
Adding that he’s covered Obama since his candidacy, Kroft noted it’s a “question of fairness.” Obama “knows that we’re not going to play ‘gotcha’ with him, that we’re not going to go out of our way to make him look bad or stupid. Though we’ll let him answer the questions.”
Monday, January 28, 2013
Best Comeback Insult EVER!
Found at Ann Althouse's blog:
Blogger Howard said...
Fucking bullshit article. Jobs got a shitty cancer lottery ticket. He likely messed up once he got sick by going for the gorp treatment instead of surgery.
In any event, he lived a thousand more lives compared to everyone else.
Do you feel better tearing down the great man? Life is safe in the little box where rebels go galt repeating opinions from Fox -n- Friends and praying to gawd for heaven and a big mac.
1/28/13, 10:13 PM Blogger Chip Ahoy said...
Do you feel better blah blah blah crap blah blah FOX blah blah
Why no, Howard, I don't. Do you feel better painting with broad brushes slapping paint all aver the place and holding those brushes in both hands and both monkey feet?
1/28/13, 10:21 PM
Now that there is some funny shit.
Blogger Howard said...
Fucking bullshit article. Jobs got a shitty cancer lottery ticket. He likely messed up once he got sick by going for the gorp treatment instead of surgery.
In any event, he lived a thousand more lives compared to everyone else.
Do you feel better tearing down the great man? Life is safe in the little box where rebels go galt repeating opinions from Fox -n- Friends and praying to gawd for heaven and a big mac.
1/28/13, 10:13 PM Blogger Chip Ahoy said...
Do you feel better blah blah blah crap blah blah FOX blah blah
Why no, Howard, I don't. Do you feel better painting with broad brushes slapping paint all aver the place and holding those brushes in both hands and both monkey feet?
1/28/13, 10:21 PM
Now that there is some funny shit.
Probably Misguided, But...
...there's precedent for going into the desert looking for wisdom.
And who knows? Maybe he found wisdom. In any event he's probably not as pudgy now as in the photograph, which I hope he'll appreciate.
(I tried to find that dramatic clip from The Ten Commandments of Moses battling the desert, but could only find the part where Ramases sent him on his way. Oh, well.)
And who knows? Maybe he found wisdom. In any event he's probably not as pudgy now as in the photograph, which I hope he'll appreciate.
(I tried to find that dramatic clip from The Ten Commandments of Moses battling the desert, but could only find the part where Ramases sent him on his way. Oh, well.)
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Musical Interlude
Weekend Players, Jericho. English vocalist Rachel Foster doing the singing. She has the sort of rich, deep voice I like in a female singer. A "brown" voice, I think they call it. Carrie Newcomer has a similar voice, as does the vocalist for Everything But the Girl, Tracey Thorn:
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Found On Facebook
Look at the trigger discipline. I think this is the only pic I've ever seen of W holding a firearm.
h/t The Victory Girls. Note: I'll note the possibility of it being a photoshopped photo, just to be on the safe side. No evidence of it being so, but no evidence of it not at this point.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Ladies, Now You Can Have One of Your Very Own
You can put your makeup in it, mebbe.
Of course, that's for you single ladies. Married ladies already have the ones formerly owned by their husbands. ;-)
Of course, that's for you single ladies. Married ladies already have the ones formerly owned by their husbands. ;-)
Dogs Wearing Gas Masks
WWII-era photos.
Sample pic:
I think my buddy Murphy's Law will have problems getting one of those on Murphy. You can make an expedient gas mask out of a 2-liter soda bottle and some paper towels if you'd like to try, though.
Sample pic:
I think my buddy Murphy's Law will have problems getting one of those on Murphy. You can make an expedient gas mask out of a 2-liter soda bottle and some paper towels if you'd like to try, though.
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