Zippidy do da, someone looked at our house yesterday. The house is for sale and the person seemed like a good prospect. Moving would be very traumatic, but the Queen says she wants to move to Payson, Arizona. Suppose we could move there and watch the world burn down.
We are on a downhill slide with the house. Last year we remodeled the little bathroom, $6,000, we put all new windows and a front door, $20,000, drywalled the garage, 2,500, are remodeling the master bath, probably close to another $20,000. We need someone to buy the house before we end up giving them money to take it.
Took a brief sail with Stroupini yesterday. Helped him rerig his outhaul, and reefing correctly. The lake is full to the brim and the spillway gates have been opened. The discharge is 45,000 cfs.
Note to Honest Omar: Saw your old boat "Gus" with Jim Wall hauling it down the highway on 1806 towards Beulah when I rode the bike to the lake the other day. Not sure if it was headed to Beulah, or Hazen. Will try to see in which town it is docked and give you an update.
That is the news from Lake Woebegon.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Friday, June 28, 2019
Leeches
Rocket science is not hard to master. The way insurance companies operate is not rocket science. Insurance companies operate exactly like casinos. The insurance company simply puts the odds in favor of the insurance company then the CEO rapes the people who are insured. What the hell is this about? It is about health care. Until you get rid of insurance companies health care will be about the insurance company winning, and you losing. Insurance companies provide nothing. Casinos provide nothing except a way for you to loose your money and think you are having fun. At least you get a pleasant illusion at Las Vegas. If the money from paying CEO's and their staff of leeches was used to actually pay for health care life would be different.
So Kadizzle wants nothing to do with the pandering democrats who will not embrace single payer government health care. The rest just want to pander to the ignorant who cannot figure out how insurance works.
So Kadizzle wants nothing to do with the pandering democrats who will not embrace single payer government health care. The rest just want to pander to the ignorant who cannot figure out how insurance works.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
12%
Yesterday the big day came. Kadizzle was going to beat his record riding the ebike to the lake. With the small help from a breeze going the right way Kadizzle huffed and puffed and made it to Pick City on 12% of the battery. That is 23 miles. After refilling the tank with two scoops of ice cream it was time to head back. On the ebike you get to pick how much help the battery gives you. With the 88% to head back to Hazen Kadizzle decided to splurge. The bike has four power settings low green, high green, low blue and high blue. On the way back there was a bit of a head wind. The return trip had the battery down to 50% just by the time Kadizzle turned south to Hazen that meant there were 12 miles left. Using a lot of low and high blue Kadizzle made it back to Hazen with 8% of the battery left. The whole trip was 50 miles. On the way up to the lake Kadizzle peddled a lot and even had the battery shut down much of the time.
Now for today's political slant. Last night with the Mrs. Kadizzle watched the democratic debates. Elizabeth Warren came on strong. The mayor of New York shot some good stuff. Kadizzle is just going to write off the ones who will not support universal health care. What don't they understand? When you let an insurance company CEO suck up millions just for his salary you have a problem. Insurance companies are just leaches. The add nothing to your health but a bill. The democrats that pander to the simple minded need to get off the stage.
Now for today's political slant. Last night with the Mrs. Kadizzle watched the democratic debates. Elizabeth Warren came on strong. The mayor of New York shot some good stuff. Kadizzle is just going to write off the ones who will not support universal health care. What don't they understand? When you let an insurance company CEO suck up millions just for his salary you have a problem. Insurance companies are just leaches. The add nothing to your health but a bill. The democrats that pander to the simple minded need to get off the stage.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Secret Agents
In the small little town of Hazen, North Dakota one dare not confess to being a Democrat, or even liberal. However, like the French resistance in World War II the resistance exist in Hazen. There are secret agents. We have secret signals, handshakes, and means to communicate. Of course the Republicans try to root us out and make sure no intelligent conversations are ever held. The agents feed information right here to Kadizzle headquarters.
Remember Hitler was ultimately defeated. It was people willing to sacrifice that brought him down. The resistance was critical in bring back freedom to Germany. Republicans control the phone company so maybe they are spying on the resistance. The economy is controlled by the Republicans, and the NRA in Hazen. Dissent is not well tolerated. There are secret meetings that take place where Democrats plot against the plague of ignorance.
The glaring insanity and stupidity of Trump has led some Republicans signal they want to join the resistance. Of course this could just be a ploy to plant right wing agents into the ranks of people trying to restore democracy.
Hitler had his brown shirts. They were his punk like gang that did the most rotten stuff. In Hazen the Brown Shirts operate under the guise of the NRA. Liberals in North Dakota are cut off from any public media. Instead KFYR radio broadcast most of the day to the mentally impaired. Then you have newspapers that act as dupes for the Trump gang and publish people like Rob Port. Port is a sad sop for the Republicans. If Hitler was alive today he would recruit Scott Hennen that blares right wing propaganda on KFYR every day.
There are some glimmers of hope. Tony Bender writes for the Fargo Forum and what a pleasure it is to seem him rub it in the face of the dolts with his excellent sense of humor. Have you ever noticed conservatives have no sense of humor? Every decent comedian and talk show host makes a living by joking about the idiocy of the Republicans. Name one, just one talk show host that takes the side of Individual number one.
Remember Hitler was ultimately defeated. It was people willing to sacrifice that brought him down. The resistance was critical in bring back freedom to Germany. Republicans control the phone company so maybe they are spying on the resistance. The economy is controlled by the Republicans, and the NRA in Hazen. Dissent is not well tolerated. There are secret meetings that take place where Democrats plot against the plague of ignorance.
The glaring insanity and stupidity of Trump has led some Republicans signal they want to join the resistance. Of course this could just be a ploy to plant right wing agents into the ranks of people trying to restore democracy.
Hitler had his brown shirts. They were his punk like gang that did the most rotten stuff. In Hazen the Brown Shirts operate under the guise of the NRA. Liberals in North Dakota are cut off from any public media. Instead KFYR radio broadcast most of the day to the mentally impaired. Then you have newspapers that act as dupes for the Trump gang and publish people like Rob Port. Port is a sad sop for the Republicans. If Hitler was alive today he would recruit Scott Hennen that blares right wing propaganda on KFYR every day.
There are some glimmers of hope. Tony Bender writes for the Fargo Forum and what a pleasure it is to seem him rub it in the face of the dolts with his excellent sense of humor. Have you ever noticed conservatives have no sense of humor? Every decent comedian and talk show host makes a living by joking about the idiocy of the Republicans. Name one, just one talk show host that takes the side of Individual number one.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Burning the world down
Mrs Kadizzle has been checking constantly on the status of the huge fire eating up our winter stomping grounds. Over 115,000 acres have gone up in flames. About half the trails we have worked so hard to maintain have been devastated by the fire. The world is going up in flames as we pump as much oil and coal out of the ground as we can burn. Simple minded idiots called Republicans deny climate science. Everything the scientist said would happen, is happening. Capitalism simply does not work. It encourages more cars, more houses, more shopping malls, more, more more. How can anyone travel this country or the world for that matter and fail to see what is going on? The Fox News mind is special. You can live in the Republican dream land of denial and watch Fox tell you everything is fine except for what the liberals are messing up. Immigrants and welfare are the problem, not floods, not tornadoes, not forest fires, and not CO2. Just ignore it and it will go away. That is true, we ignore the glaciers and they are going away, we ignore the forest and they are going away, we ignore the endangered species and they are going away. Not to worry we have a nice big screen TV, a loud rumbling motorcycle, two homes, three cars, and we jet all over. Of course Kadizzle is guilty of all the above, but he is entitled. No one should waste or pollute, but me. So the world spins and who cares it looks like we can make it across the finish line, let our kids clean up the mess. Vote Republican and let the good times roll.
Monday, June 24, 2019
Kinda confused
I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.
He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.
He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.
Thinks he own half of this town.
He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.
He's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.
Thinks he own half of this town.
Starts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
You're up one day and the next you're down.
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
You're up one day and the next you're down.
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.
I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,
When the radiator broke, water all froze.
I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
Naked as the eyes of a clown.
When the radiator broke, water all froze.
I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
Naked as the eyes of a clown.
Taking in Strangers
Kadizzle rode the ebike out to the grocery store. One thing about riding a bike is you meet more people and have a better social life. You can even meet bums, but in this case it was not a bum. As Kadizzled gazed toward the RV park he noticed a tent with a bike, a sure sign of a cross country biker. Kadizzle stopped by as the guy in his early sixties was rearranging his stuff. Like so many people who are on a bike all day he was long and thin. His goal was the Lewis and Clark trail which follows the Missouri.
Kadizzle invited the man over for a beer. Later a knock on the door announced his beer quest. On a nice evening we shot the breeze. Bill turned out to be a newly retired teacher. Mrs. Kadizzle who loves to talk about bikes and beer had her shot at him, then Kadizzle got into the usual political crap.
Time for an observation. After many years of meeting many, many out doors people science shows the majority are liberals, which Bill turned out to be. It is extremely rare to find anyone doing anything vigorous that is a Red Hat Trump brain. Now you will find conservatives driving large motor homes pulling a car ( No offense Omar). Now Kadizzle will give the conservative their due. Kadizzle has met some very hard working, gun toting conservatives that volunteer. This is a bit of a strange concoction. Perhaps conservatives believe in doing their share, but not too much actual sharing of societies goods.
The brave garbage bandoliers just came down the street. Slowly we are trying to sneak our construction waste into their truck. On a hot day riding the back of a garbage truck with the lovely breeze of decay blowing in your face takes courage beyond wearing a Trump hat.
Kadizzle invited the man over for a beer. Later a knock on the door announced his beer quest. On a nice evening we shot the breeze. Bill turned out to be a newly retired teacher. Mrs. Kadizzle who loves to talk about bikes and beer had her shot at him, then Kadizzle got into the usual political crap.
Time for an observation. After many years of meeting many, many out doors people science shows the majority are liberals, which Bill turned out to be. It is extremely rare to find anyone doing anything vigorous that is a Red Hat Trump brain. Now you will find conservatives driving large motor homes pulling a car ( No offense Omar). Now Kadizzle will give the conservative their due. Kadizzle has met some very hard working, gun toting conservatives that volunteer. This is a bit of a strange concoction. Perhaps conservatives believe in doing their share, but not too much actual sharing of societies goods.
The brave garbage bandoliers just came down the street. Slowly we are trying to sneak our construction waste into their truck. On a hot day riding the back of a garbage truck with the lovely breeze of decay blowing in your face takes courage beyond wearing a Trump hat.
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Darling do not fear what you don't really know.
Anxiety is a terrible thing. You go into the future and make up a problem. The problem is no one knows the future, so what you are fearing is what you really do not know. Things rarely turn out as one plans. Kadizzle has seen people worry for weeks about something only to find out the something never was going to happen. How much stress and time is sucked up fearing the unknown. Religion is the classic. People spend their entire life fearing what they don't really know. Look what it does to people. People arm themselves, hoard stockpiles of junk, and worry themselves into fits fearing what they really don't know.
Fear of the unknown is a prison. People hunker down an barricade themselves against reality. You don't know what will happen if you go for a walk in the woods, so don't go for a walk in the woods.
How many people are sitting in front of a television watching someone else live? How many people are neck deep in a book reading about someone else living?
Our beloved leader and his minions play on this natural fear. Immigrants are coming to rob us, rape us and take our jobs. I can protect you from your imagination. Have I got a deal for you. I will tell you what to imagine, and then I will protect you from it.
Fear of the unknown is a prison. People hunker down an barricade themselves against reality. You don't know what will happen if you go for a walk in the woods, so don't go for a walk in the woods.
How many people are sitting in front of a television watching someone else live? How many people are neck deep in a book reading about someone else living?
Our beloved leader and his minions play on this natural fear. Immigrants are coming to rob us, rape us and take our jobs. I can protect you from your imagination. Have I got a deal for you. I will tell you what to imagine, and then I will protect you from it.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Walking, Talking, Idiots
Watching a Trump rally is frightening. There they are people who appear to be alive, but devoid of functioning brains. People who can breath, but are incapable of thinking. Our town has them, your town has them. God chose Trump. Well if your mind is made out of peanut butter God chose everything, even the color of Kadizzle's underwear.
The underwear yesterday was probably black from the mud Kadizzle was in. What an undertaking. Kadizzle decided to unclog the inlet to our little oxbow. Antelope Creek feeds the abandoned oxbow by our house. The drainage is set up to shut off water to the south side of highway 200 when flooding occurs. The gate that accomplishes this is plugged with debris. The net result is our side of the road is getting no water. So yesterday Kadizzle waded in water up to his waist to pull every imaginable piece of crap out of the plugged gate. After two hours the mission was more or less accomplished. The whole job would have been very simple if the city would cooperate and just lift the gate, but nothing is simple in Hazen. The motto here is " nothing is so simple that it cannot be made more complicated."
Back to the bathroom project. Slow is the operative word. The carpenter crew has two people. One is apparently a professional watcher. While the one guy works slowly the other guy watches. In three days Kadizzle has not seen the professional watcher do anything. The bill for this job will be amazing. If we are billed for the watcher it will double the cost of the carpentry work. In the old days professionals used to come to your house one at a time, but even the plumber had a helper. It must be something to do with companionship and avoiding loneliness.
All the planning reminds Kadizzle of the old saying " A camel is a horse designed by a committee".
The underwear yesterday was probably black from the mud Kadizzle was in. What an undertaking. Kadizzle decided to unclog the inlet to our little oxbow. Antelope Creek feeds the abandoned oxbow by our house. The drainage is set up to shut off water to the south side of highway 200 when flooding occurs. The gate that accomplishes this is plugged with debris. The net result is our side of the road is getting no water. So yesterday Kadizzle waded in water up to his waist to pull every imaginable piece of crap out of the plugged gate. After two hours the mission was more or less accomplished. The whole job would have been very simple if the city would cooperate and just lift the gate, but nothing is simple in Hazen. The motto here is " nothing is so simple that it cannot be made more complicated."
Back to the bathroom project. Slow is the operative word. The carpenter crew has two people. One is apparently a professional watcher. While the one guy works slowly the other guy watches. In three days Kadizzle has not seen the professional watcher do anything. The bill for this job will be amazing. If we are billed for the watcher it will double the cost of the carpentry work. In the old days professionals used to come to your house one at a time, but even the plumber had a helper. It must be something to do with companionship and avoiding loneliness.
All the planning reminds Kadizzle of the old saying " A camel is a horse designed by a committee".
Thursday, June 20, 2019
Good Morning
Rain is gently bringing the grass back to life. The birds are out front enjoying the bird feed Kadizzle stole from the neighbors. Our neighbors are the best one could have. They love birds and have a back yard sanctuary with everything a bird could want. The yard is rated five stars by the birds. They buy birds seed three fifty pound sacks at a time. Kadizzle is assigned the job of unloading the stash, and mixing the corn with the sun flower seeds.
Nothing better than good neighbors. Weekly they call us over for a root beer float or sometime a nice steak cooked on the grill. Since they were the former owners of the grocery store you can be assured we get good steak.
The Kadizzles are into day four of the great bathroom remodel. The moon launch was easy compared to this mess. Where in the hell does the shower drain go? Apparently the plans were drawn on a napkin which someone used to blow their nose. As you may have heard Tuesday was a complete waste of time. Both the plumbers and carpenters showed up yesterday. Where in the hell does the shower door go? After a UN meeting the door finally ended up on the south portal. Russia vetoed putting the door over by the vanity. The cost over runs would make the military proud.
Mrs Kadizzle is recovering nicely from her surgery. She is slowly gaining the energy she needs to run the world. Watching every move of Mr. Kadizzle is a big job. Know one knows when he might drop a crumb. Mrs Kadizzle was very sure and very concerned she had some form of cancer. Thankya Jeeesus her doctor called and said no problems exist. Kadizzle expected the clouds to part and Jesus appear with Trump by his side.
This brings us to a movie Kadizzle may have mentioned before. " The Brand New Testament" . Honest Omar if you are reading this it is absolutely mandatory you find and watch this spoof on religion. You may have to change underwear if laughing causes you problems. There will be a test Omar.
Nothing better than good neighbors. Weekly they call us over for a root beer float or sometime a nice steak cooked on the grill. Since they were the former owners of the grocery store you can be assured we get good steak.
The Kadizzles are into day four of the great bathroom remodel. The moon launch was easy compared to this mess. Where in the hell does the shower drain go? Apparently the plans were drawn on a napkin which someone used to blow their nose. As you may have heard Tuesday was a complete waste of time. Both the plumbers and carpenters showed up yesterday. Where in the hell does the shower door go? After a UN meeting the door finally ended up on the south portal. Russia vetoed putting the door over by the vanity. The cost over runs would make the military proud.
Mrs Kadizzle is recovering nicely from her surgery. She is slowly gaining the energy she needs to run the world. Watching every move of Mr. Kadizzle is a big job. Know one knows when he might drop a crumb. Mrs Kadizzle was very sure and very concerned she had some form of cancer. Thankya Jeeesus her doctor called and said no problems exist. Kadizzle expected the clouds to part and Jesus appear with Trump by his side.
This brings us to a movie Kadizzle may have mentioned before. " The Brand New Testament" . Honest Omar if you are reading this it is absolutely mandatory you find and watch this spoof on religion. You may have to change underwear if laughing causes you problems. There will be a test Omar.
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Tear down this wall
The Kadizzles are trying to sell their house. To do so our goal is to spend more fixing it up than it is worth. We are off to a good start. New windows, sheetrock the garage, new front door, paint the house, and now put in the second new bathroom. The cost of remodeling the master bath is insane. Of course we want a zipity do da glass enclosed shower. Somehow the plan did not get communicated correctly to the contractor. So Monday the framing crew comes and spends an entire day putting up the wrong walls. Tuesday they tore all the walls out. Great progress. Today the plumber will come. Surgery is cheaper than modern plumbing. The original plumber was a bit of an idiot. He piped the hot flue gas from our furnace through a wooden wall and about got the house burnt down and us killed with carbon monoxide. That same genius made another mistake when he put the heating ducts in. The net result is something new in plumbing. The shower drain goes through the heat duct. This will be a great mystery for the plumber showing up today.
Poor old Mrs. Kadizzle had a large cyst removed from her ovaries yesterday. The ovaries came out also. She seems to be recovering well and the out patient surgery went well. It might be the perfect time for a coup to overthrow the leader of the free world as she sits recovering in front of the TV.
Poor old Mrs. Kadizzle had a large cyst removed from her ovaries yesterday. The ovaries came out also. She seems to be recovering well and the out patient surgery went well. It might be the perfect time for a coup to overthrow the leader of the free world as she sits recovering in front of the TV.
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Advice
our fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled.
Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life… Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
Don ‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around..
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered… not yelled.
Meanness don’t jes’ happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
Don’t judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life… Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
Don ‘t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin’.
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around..
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.
Most times, it just gets down to common sense
Messing up a one car funeral
What does it take to mess up a one car funeral? Some people have the knack. What could possibly go wrong? Yesterday someone who will not be named messed up my one car funeral. It worked. Steam shot from Kadizzles ears. Flames came out his rectum. Kadizzle was not happy. Such is life. What in the hell did you think would happen when you rode your bike between the hearse and the one car funeral procession. Did you think one person would get killed while they were trying to bury another one. Well you made it between the hearse and the car, but Aunt Mildred hurt her head on the dash when we slammed on the brakes. Out at the grave the undertones of " Who was that dumb bastard" sure did not enhance the serenity of the situation. Now anyone can make a mistake, but you, you plotted to mess up the one car funeral. That is a sin. Only Catholics can have sins easily erased, so you will have to work on getting your sin erased. Those in charge of bringing the sun above the horizon are having a hard time. There is light outside, but no sunshine. Apparently they cannot get it lit. Some sun shine would sure be nice.
Saturday, June 15, 2019
The connections are bad
As Kadizzle rode the ebike to the grocery store he ran across Colonel Klink. Klink's wife has lots of oil cheese as he story goes, so Klink has a big allowance. What happens when you mix a lot of money with a little brains. Some strange things for sure. Years ago Klink went to Africa and shot an elephant. Klink was sure he would be a small town hero so he put up a steel shed in his yard to make the elephant a museum. When he invited people over to see the elephant parts he paid dearly to have shipped to town people said " Why didn't you leave that poor elephant alone?". Klink loves killing things. His next trip took him to Russia to kill a bear. The bear was way out in Siberia not bothering anyone, but Klink had to kill the poor bear.
Awhile back Kadizzle stopped to see Klink. In his garage at that time was an outrageous Harley Hog. It had every bell an whistle imaginable. It looked like the sort of brick one might ride down the road and then stop, and then fall over. Sure enough Klink fell over every time he took the brick for a ride. Klink said it took three people to right the brick when it fell. Now with this as a background the story begins. Klink proceeds to proudly show me his solution to picking up the brick. Only Klink could come up with such insanity. Klink welded a complicated tripod that he could disassemble. The contraption would fit in a plastic tube and could be set up to right the brick when it fell. Now imagine a guy at an intersection whose motorcycle has fallen over. Harley dog gets off and assembles a strange device to lift the motorcycle. Since Klink had the strange device built he decided to try it to lift the riding mower to sharpen the blades. The invention failed and the riding mower crashed to the ground. Realizing the folly of his idea Klink traded the two wheeled hog for a three wheeled hog that will not fall over. It was a long ride from A to B, but he finally got there. Klink stories could go on all day. Klink features himself as a bit of a genius. This can happen when you have unlimited funds from your wife. You can get the idea you can accomplish anything when you are funded deeply. Klink dabbles in real estate buying and selling property. Somehow he features himself a clever land developer. It reminds one of the old saying " How do you make a small fortune? Start with a big one".
Awhile back Kadizzle stopped to see Klink. In his garage at that time was an outrageous Harley Hog. It had every bell an whistle imaginable. It looked like the sort of brick one might ride down the road and then stop, and then fall over. Sure enough Klink fell over every time he took the brick for a ride. Klink said it took three people to right the brick when it fell. Now with this as a background the story begins. Klink proceeds to proudly show me his solution to picking up the brick. Only Klink could come up with such insanity. Klink welded a complicated tripod that he could disassemble. The contraption would fit in a plastic tube and could be set up to right the brick when it fell. Now imagine a guy at an intersection whose motorcycle has fallen over. Harley dog gets off and assembles a strange device to lift the motorcycle. Since Klink had the strange device built he decided to try it to lift the riding mower to sharpen the blades. The invention failed and the riding mower crashed to the ground. Realizing the folly of his idea Klink traded the two wheeled hog for a three wheeled hog that will not fall over. It was a long ride from A to B, but he finally got there. Klink stories could go on all day. Klink features himself as a bit of a genius. This can happen when you have unlimited funds from your wife. You can get the idea you can accomplish anything when you are funded deeply. Klink dabbles in real estate buying and selling property. Somehow he features himself a clever land developer. It reminds one of the old saying " How do you make a small fortune? Start with a big one".
Friday, June 14, 2019
Act like nothing is wrong
Ed Maguire was climbing up the corporation ladder
Access to the pension fund made Eddie's wallet that much fatter
Old Maguire was skimming off the top for twenty years
When the FBI caught Ed red-handed he broke down in tears
Eddie said, "I'm sorry I've been stealing for long
Now get my lawyers on the phone and act like nothing's wrong"
Act like nothing's wrong, everything's just fine
Hold your head up high and act like you don't really mind
If you're terrified like me of terrorists and crime
Please take my advice and simply act like nothing's wrong
Henry Ward was drinking every night until he dropped
One by one all of Henry's best and longest friendships stopped
Henry looked around and noticed that he was all alone
No one wrote him letters, no one called him on the telephone
Henry Ward was happy that his whiskey was so strong
Wall-eyed drunk it isn't hard to act like nothing's wrong
Mary Margaret Johnson was a good old-fashioned woman
Her daughter was an angel, she never saw it coming
Mary Margaret Johnson's daughter Sally was on crack
Sally took to turning tricks to keep herself well whacked
Sally disappeared into an old sad junkie's song
Mrs. Johnson knew just what to do: act like nothing's wrong
Act like nothing's wrong, act like nothing's wrong
Stick your chin out, just pretend you're really brave and strong
If you're terrified these days like most folks you will find
Ignorance is bliss, dig this: act like nothing's wrong
Hear and see no evildoers, act like nothing's wrong
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Access to the pension fund made Eddie's wallet that much fatter
Old Maguire was skimming off the top for twenty years
When the FBI caught Ed red-handed he broke down in tears
Eddie said, "I'm sorry I've been stealing for long
Now get my lawyers on the phone and act like nothing's wrong"
Act like nothing's wrong, everything's just fine
Hold your head up high and act like you don't really mind
If you're terrified like me of terrorists and crime
Please take my advice and simply act like nothing's wrong
Henry Ward was drinking every night until he dropped
One by one all of Henry's best and longest friendships stopped
Henry looked around and noticed that he was all alone
No one wrote him letters, no one called him on the telephone
Henry Ward was happy that his whiskey was so strong
Wall-eyed drunk it isn't hard to act like nothing's wrong
Mary Margaret Johnson was a good old-fashioned woman
Her daughter was an angel, she never saw it coming
Mary Margaret Johnson's daughter Sally was on crack
Sally took to turning tricks to keep herself well whacked
Sally disappeared into an old sad junkie's song
Mrs. Johnson knew just what to do: act like nothing's wrong
Act like nothing's wrong, act like nothing's wrong
Stick your chin out, just pretend you're really brave and strong
If you're terrified these days like most folks you will find
Ignorance is bliss, dig this: act like nothing's wrong
Hear and see no evildoers, act like nothing's wrong
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MORE ON GENIUS
The sun came up again today so here we go. Ah the Trumpster. The man is totally insane. Hope springs eternal. A neighbor came out of the fog. He admitted he will have to vote for a Democrat if Trump runs. This is like a Catholic saying they would vote for a Buddist Pope. It is refreshing to see Republicans with two brain cells working finally realizing what Trump is. There are those who think Trump is actually smart. Ya, sure, ya betcha. Trump is a bumbling idiot. Watch someone attribute human motives to a dog or cat. That is what happens when you attribute intelligence to Trump. Never has a president publicly displayed such idiocy as Individual #1.
Well maybe with some luck we can get the fixer upper sailboat launched this weekend. Kadizzle may go up to the lake and do some work on the ship today. The lake is only four feet from topping out. The Corp seems to be keeping quiet about the potential for too much water. One good rain in the wrong place and Bismarck will need to put waders on.
Monday construction will start for the new bathroom. The first stage will involve removing our wallet and setting the check book on fire. If that is successful we will melt the credit card down.
Well maybe with some luck we can get the fixer upper sailboat launched this weekend. Kadizzle may go up to the lake and do some work on the ship today. The lake is only four feet from topping out. The Corp seems to be keeping quiet about the potential for too much water. One good rain in the wrong place and Bismarck will need to put waders on.
Monday construction will start for the new bathroom. The first stage will involve removing our wallet and setting the check book on fire. If that is successful we will melt the credit card down.
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Put the Republicans on the spot
The Bismarck Tribune has not accepted my last two letters. This is a crisis, so Kadizzle cooked up another letter this morning. The last letter to the Tribune was about rental babies on the Mexican border. Even Mrs. Kadizzle thought it was good and laughed out loud, but not the the old Tribune.
Well here is the letter for today. Always have to throw a spear at the Republicans. If anyone knows how to spell incentivizing or incentivize, please advise, the spell checkers don't like this version. Maybe here is no such word.
Well here is the letter for today. Always have to throw a spear at the Republicans. If anyone knows how to spell incentivizing or incentivize, please advise, the spell checkers don't like this version. Maybe here is no such word.
Legislatures shape human behavior by incentivizing or taxing. Republicans love unborn fetuses, and want all of them to become tax payers. Why not incentivize women to create these taxpayers? Lets assure every mother that her child will be provided with day care, free college, and medical care. Let's make sure every single mother is guaranteed a wage of $20 an hour. So how do we pay for this? If Republicans needed the money to save these fetuses from the fate of abortion they could institute an inheritance tax of 100% on everything over one million. If Republicans valued human life so much that they wanted every implanted sperm to breath they would institute the old fashioned progressive tax system that used to exist. Republicans could have stiff luxury taxes, and there are countless ways the one percent could pay pregnant teenagers to bring their bundles into the world.
Why not put Republicans in a position where they have to choose between bringing fetuses to life and paying taxes? The truth is abortion is not about life, it is about taxes. Republicans hate taxes more than cold weather, minorities, and socialist. Republicans know the key to manipulating the vulnerable is emotions. Guns are emotional, fear is emotional, abortion is emotional. Emotions bring in the crowds, not facts, not logic, not reality. If you make Republicans chose between money and morality they will chose money every time. Make them choose publically, make them vote on bills to raise taxes to help unwed mothers. Tax the rich or let the love bundle die, make them choose.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Writ of Mandamus
Kadizzle has lived in Hazen since 1976. Currently Hazen has the worst city commission imaginable. The commission among other sins refuses to enforce the ordinances. The ordinances prohibit junk car collections in your yard, but after five years and a great deal of pleading the city has done nothing about the junk collectors. So what is the answer? Kadizzle has been educating himself on how to petition for a Writ of Mandamus. What in the hell is that? When a group of immovable objects like the Hazen City Commission refuses to act a citizen like Kadizzle can ask a higher court to force the lumps to move. In this case the State can insist Hazen enforce the ordinance it has enacted.
At the end of the street where Kadizzle lives are two junk collectors. Junk collector one has in his yard three junkers. Two junked trucks and one junked car sit for years. In addition there are four boats, a fifth wheel camper, and assorted other crap. On any given day there may also be up to four or five vehicles that actually run. Add to this a couple cats, and dogs that come down to shit in my yard. Across the street is junk man number two. In his yard are about three sheds, one in the front yard, and usually he manages to park a junked vehicle or two on the city boulevard.
What can we do the simple minded commissioners say. The commissioners claim they have no where to put vehicles if they impound them. Sure as hell they would find somewhere to put a car parked in the middle of main street and abandoned.
The sad and strange thing about the commissioners is they take the side of the slummers. If a slummer wants to put a trailer on the curb, no problem. No matter what a slummer wants to put in his yard, no problem. On the other hand if a property owner wants to keep his property in a neat manner to enhance it's value, the city is not going to help by making the belligerents behave.
At the end of the street where Kadizzle lives are two junk collectors. Junk collector one has in his yard three junkers. Two junked trucks and one junked car sit for years. In addition there are four boats, a fifth wheel camper, and assorted other crap. On any given day there may also be up to four or five vehicles that actually run. Add to this a couple cats, and dogs that come down to shit in my yard. Across the street is junk man number two. In his yard are about three sheds, one in the front yard, and usually he manages to park a junked vehicle or two on the city boulevard.
What can we do the simple minded commissioners say. The commissioners claim they have no where to put vehicles if they impound them. Sure as hell they would find somewhere to put a car parked in the middle of main street and abandoned.
The sad and strange thing about the commissioners is they take the side of the slummers. If a slummer wants to put a trailer on the curb, no problem. No matter what a slummer wants to put in his yard, no problem. On the other hand if a property owner wants to keep his property in a neat manner to enhance it's value, the city is not going to help by making the belligerents behave.
Saturday, June 08, 2019
Baby Rental
When you think the level of insanity cannot go any farther, it does. Kevin Cramer was on KFYR radio Friday explaining how immigrants rent babies to cross our southern border. This quickly brings us to the Sienfield quote by George “ If you believe it, it is true “. Imagine baby rental at the border. Do you pay a deposit? Do they have different rates? Do the good baby rental companies provide diapers? Can you pick any color baby you want? The appetite for lies is never satisfied and right wing media knows they have tapped a vast market.
Remember when Hillary was running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor? With Trump as president reality has taken a sabbatical. Nothing is too bizarre for Fox News, and the local immation on the radio. Maybe baby rental is the answer to abortion. Baby rental companies will certainly need babies. Republicans have invented a whole new world. When I was a child my parents had to pay someone to watch me. In our modern Trump world parents could actually get paid by renting babies at the border. Republicans love babies before they are born, but don’t want to pay to educate them after they are breathing. Baby rental is the answer. Let the babies earn a living and quit being welfare cheats. Trump loves the human rental concept, after all he was renting Stormy Danials.
Thursday, June 06, 2019
Well folks it is another day. If you don't read the New York Times you have a problem. Gail Collins did an excellent job of cutting Mitch McConnell to shreds or the turtle as she calls him. Human stupidity is amazing, but how the people of Kentucky could elect such an evil man is still puzzling.
Here goes the day, but first let us review yesterday. Spent hours fixing a bildge pump. Never would have got the damn thing back in the boat unless skinny Stroupini showed up. A large lump like Kadizzle just would not fit in the sail locker where the pump had to be installed.
Today is tear out the vanity day. Our life savings will be spent on a new bathroom. Somehow the contractor has figured out a way to make the new bathroom cost several hundred dollars a square foot. Wait, I thought I was exaggerating, but let's do the math. It comes out to about $180 a square foot. To save money Kadizzle is tearing out the old stuff, which is todays project. Mrs. Kadizzle who usually supervises every minute detail of Kadizzles work says she will be in the garden today. Wow, it Kadizzle gets to work without supervision it will be a blessing.
It is a cool morning in the kitchen, and Kadizzle decided to use his super duper hand held thermometer to check temperatures. You can point the thing at something and it tells the temperature. The deck is 49 degrees, the garage is 70 degrees, and the kitchen is 60 degrees. The newly insulated garage held 70 degrees of temp over night. Sort of amazing to go into the garage and find it that warm while the house is a 60. Bottom line, the insulation is pretty good.
Trump is in Europe embarrassing us all with his idiocy. If you saw the news you know what I mean. The idiot was being interviewed about why he did not serve in Vietnam. Individual #1 said he did not approve of the war. What kind of an idiot would give such and answer? Trump feels it is morally right to fake a medical problem to get out of a war you don't approve of. Did they actually ask people who were drafted if they approved of the war? The level of idiocy in this country is astounding. If you live in North Dakota tune in to Scott Hennen on KFYR radio in the morning. As Scott sells magic pillows to the red hats he spouts praise for the Trumpster. This tells you there is a massive audience of idiots in North Dakota that sleep on magic pillows. By the way they are on sale at the lowest price ever and make excellent wedding gifts. Just what I want for my gift a magic pillow from a magic idiot.
Here goes the day, but first let us review yesterday. Spent hours fixing a bildge pump. Never would have got the damn thing back in the boat unless skinny Stroupini showed up. A large lump like Kadizzle just would not fit in the sail locker where the pump had to be installed.
Today is tear out the vanity day. Our life savings will be spent on a new bathroom. Somehow the contractor has figured out a way to make the new bathroom cost several hundred dollars a square foot. Wait, I thought I was exaggerating, but let's do the math. It comes out to about $180 a square foot. To save money Kadizzle is tearing out the old stuff, which is todays project. Mrs. Kadizzle who usually supervises every minute detail of Kadizzles work says she will be in the garden today. Wow, it Kadizzle gets to work without supervision it will be a blessing.
It is a cool morning in the kitchen, and Kadizzle decided to use his super duper hand held thermometer to check temperatures. You can point the thing at something and it tells the temperature. The deck is 49 degrees, the garage is 70 degrees, and the kitchen is 60 degrees. The newly insulated garage held 70 degrees of temp over night. Sort of amazing to go into the garage and find it that warm while the house is a 60. Bottom line, the insulation is pretty good.
Trump is in Europe embarrassing us all with his idiocy. If you saw the news you know what I mean. The idiot was being interviewed about why he did not serve in Vietnam. Individual #1 said he did not approve of the war. What kind of an idiot would give such and answer? Trump feels it is morally right to fake a medical problem to get out of a war you don't approve of. Did they actually ask people who were drafted if they approved of the war? The level of idiocy in this country is astounding. If you live in North Dakota tune in to Scott Hennen on KFYR radio in the morning. As Scott sells magic pillows to the red hats he spouts praise for the Trumpster. This tells you there is a massive audience of idiots in North Dakota that sleep on magic pillows. By the way they are on sale at the lowest price ever and make excellent wedding gifts. Just what I want for my gift a magic pillow from a magic idiot.
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
The bathroom goes out the window.
Someday there will be a new bathroom for the bedroom, but in the meantime the old bathroom has to go out the window. Kadizzle spent the entire day yesterday tearing down the old bathroom and throwing it out the window. If only we could do that with the Republican government. Kadizzle had hoped he could salvage the fiberglass shower in one piece. The salvage did not work, and the old shower had to be beat to death with a hammer to get it out.
Mother of all mothers has to go to Bismarck today so Kadizzle will have not adult supervision. This will enable him to go play with the new boat restoration project. Kadizzle discovered a strange thing. Oven cleaner works well to remove bottom paint from boats. Removing the paint is a messy job. The melted paint is like peanut butter that stains everything.
The grass is growing quicker than the wheat around here, but the grass looks very good. Kadizzle liberally sprinkled fertilizer he picked up from the local elevator. The farm supply place spills a lot when they load trucks and they give it away to cheap people.
Maybe with a little luck Stroupini and Kadizzle can go out for a sail today. A little wind would be nice.
Kadizzle watched a Youtube about generating hydrogen with solar and wind power. It seemed to make sense because you can store the hydrogen and it is in effect a battery. How efficient it is creates a problem, but what do you do when you have excess power? Perhaps making hydrogen is the answer. When hydrogen burns it produces water, good water.
Mother of all mothers has to go to Bismarck today so Kadizzle will have not adult supervision. This will enable him to go play with the new boat restoration project. Kadizzle discovered a strange thing. Oven cleaner works well to remove bottom paint from boats. Removing the paint is a messy job. The melted paint is like peanut butter that stains everything.
The grass is growing quicker than the wheat around here, but the grass looks very good. Kadizzle liberally sprinkled fertilizer he picked up from the local elevator. The farm supply place spills a lot when they load trucks and they give it away to cheap people.
Maybe with a little luck Stroupini and Kadizzle can go out for a sail today. A little wind would be nice.
Kadizzle watched a Youtube about generating hydrogen with solar and wind power. It seemed to make sense because you can store the hydrogen and it is in effect a battery. How efficient it is creates a problem, but what do you do when you have excess power? Perhaps making hydrogen is the answer. When hydrogen burns it produces water, good water.
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Maybe progress
Kadizzle has been involved in a Jihad with the Hazen City Commission for well over five years. It all stems from the fact the City Commission will not enforce the junk car ordinances. Hazen has some degenerates that slowly fill their yards with junked cars. Unfortunately one lives up the street from me. Yesterday on their lot they had four vehicles that would run, two junked pickup trucks, one junked car, four boats and a fifty wheel camper. On some days they have up to eight trucks. Keep in mind this is just a regular city lot. Another one of this scuff-laws has about six cars in his front yard. Although the city ordinances are very clear the city fathers don't want to hurt the feelings of the junk collectors. On the other hand the city fathers could care less about those who would like to keep the appearance of the neighborhood decent. Our little street got hit with another one of these collector people who unfortunately lives right across the street from individual number one. This guy likes to park his collection on the city boulevard, and he also collects sheds, one of which is in his front yard.
These people live in a special world where they have a fantasy. Some day I am going to fix up the old Ford truck. Ya, sure, ya betcah. Five years ago you parked the truck in your driveway with the engine sitting beside it. It has not moved an inch.
So last night, five years later the city started to introduce a new ordinance which will require the bums to pay a fee for making their yard into a junk collection. This is a great leap forward. Now for the hard part. They will have to enforce it, which of course they will not. So maybe in another five years if Kadizzle lives that long the collectors will shape up.
These people live in a special world where they have a fantasy. Some day I am going to fix up the old Ford truck. Ya, sure, ya betcah. Five years ago you parked the truck in your driveway with the engine sitting beside it. It has not moved an inch.
So last night, five years later the city started to introduce a new ordinance which will require the bums to pay a fee for making their yard into a junk collection. This is a great leap forward. Now for the hard part. They will have to enforce it, which of course they will not. So maybe in another five years if Kadizzle lives that long the collectors will shape up.
Monday, June 03, 2019
God Chose Trump, and has a plan for him.
The evangelicals missed and important part of the Bible that has some good commentary on Trump.
9 May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 May his children be wandering beggars; may they be driven from their ruined homes.
11 May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
13 May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
14May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD; may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that he may blot out their name from the earth
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