It's time for another blog-wander. In no particular order:
1. The Two Jonahs have a suggestion for the dream Democratic Presidential ticket for 2012. Warning - their proposal may not be safe for work!
2. Captain Tightpants explains why we shoot deer in the wild. An excerpt:
The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective.
3. Ken at Popehat reminds us, "Oh, won't you please shut up?" He explains why at the link. It's very important and worthwhile reading.
4. The Adaptive Curmudgeon is reduced to calling in a plumber after his own efforts fail miserably. Hilarious frustration ensues.
5. Robb Allen points out that Federal expenditure on education has never been about the children, and backs it up with one of the most powerful pieces of evidence you could imagine. Go read, and let your blood boil at the waste - then vote in 2012 to shut down the Department of Education and fire everybody responsible for this fiasco!
6. John Robb tells us the Parable of the Happy Turkey. "It demonstrates how people that are comfortable are unwilling to question their vulnerabilities ... and dependencies ... until it's too late to do anything about it". It sure does!
7. Finally, Jason Good brings us "Self-Help Advice From A 2 Year Old". An example:
Pee on the floor and stomp in it like a puddle. You’ll be shocked how much better you feel.
I haven't tried that yet, but as soon as I finish tonight's blog posts . . .
Peter
4 comments:
I can remember three hold my beer and watch this moments with wildlife.
1) Rope and ride a moose. Worked better than expected.
2) Rope a bull elk. Ended with a very scared cowboy, lost rope, pissed off elk and a horse that became petrified of wapiti.
3) Bulldog a doe. Ended with multiple head wounds, broken collar bone and a chipped tooth. Deer throw punches in bunches.
Gerry
Haha Gerry.
I can sort of see 1), since my country actually for a brief time had moose cavalry(didn't work very well, but it scared the shit out of the other army's infantry).
In the decades since Education became a Cabinet level position, the administrators have multiplied like cockroaches, but only partially because of greed and Parkinson's Law (people want to multiply subordinates, not rivals). Every year the (Cabinet Level, remember) Department of Education has to justify its budget, and so demands all kinds or measurements and metrics from schools that might otherwise be doing something useful, like educating rug rats.
Not that getting rid of the Department would lead to getting rid of the administrators. We'll need a hunting season.
Mikael,
The moose just ran around in a circle in the corral. No bucking or rolling on the cowboy. A gentleman moose if ever there was one.
Gerry
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