Crazy Club opens franchise in Port Townsend

At the Verizon Store this morning two crazy ladies agreed to open a Crazy Club franchise in Port Townsend.  This is excellent news Stroupini and Kadizzle cannot wait to share with the club back home.  Both the fine women seemed abnormal enough to get things going. Kadizzle explained the need for comfortable chairs, and the basic concept of the Club.   Of course they will have to report on their meetings.  Ladies you can report via the email address you were given.  Hopefully they can quickly gain membership.  As the day went on we took several nice hikes and stopped to pick black berries. The abundance of black berries in this part of the country is beyond the comprehension of prairie dwellers.  With Bob we visited an incredible used sailboat junkyard.  It was very fascinating and full of useful items at better prices than you would pay for new parts.

After the most incredible run around with United Airlines Kadizzle finally made arrangements to get home via Denver.  This will enable him to see the snoochel which will be wonderful.

Have not heard from Jasper Littlebottom so one must assume she is high in the Cascade Mountains chugging up and down trails.  Yesterday at the boat Stroupini dropped his phone into the water at the marina.  That is how we ended up at the Verizon store to recruit our new members.

Deer Harbor

From Echo Bay Kadizzle and Stroupini buzzed down to Deer Harbor.  Deer Harbor is a very scenic little bay where we docked. Our great goal was to have a nice breakfast. As luck would have it the near by food establishments were closed. As Stroupini took care of some business Kadizzle walked half mile down the road to a place that was supposed to be open, it was not.  Kadizzle decided to hitch hike to Orcas for breakfast. The plan was to call Stroupini and have him do the same thing.  Not going to work.  Kadizzle was picked up immediately and headed on his way, but there was no phone service. The locals were very kind and zipiti do da Kadizzle was in Orcas.  Getting hold of Stroupini finally it turned out Stroupini did not want to ride over to Orcas.  Kadizzle had his expensive meal and returned by shank's mare.  The fruit trees on the Island are abundant, and Kadizzle was able to eat wonderful ripe plums while he waited for a ride.  Most of the San Juan Islands are populated with people suffering from acute prosperity.  Seeing the homes and boats is fun.  The well to do know how to keep the riff raff at bay, and there is no better way than putting water between the rich and the poor.

Darch the only member of the Crazy Club from Canada sailed into Deer Harbor on his catamaran.  It was great to see Darch and our whole crew including Kathrin, and her friend Nancy took a very nice hike on the Island.  On the hike again we enjoyed fresh pears and apples picked from the trees.  Back at the docks we had a beer.  Darch came over from his moored yacht at six and picked us up for dinner. What a wonderful dinner it was with wine and friends.  After some singing, and lying Stoupini and Kadizzle talked Darch into being the Canadian ambassador for the Crazy Club.  We returned to the ship for a good nights sleep.  Up in the morning we bought coffee and headed out early for Port Townsend.  Darch sailed nearby headed to Ancortes.  Back at Port Townsend by one the  whole trip was pleasant and well worth while.

Tied to the Bouy

As the coffee perks Stroupini and Kadizzle greet the day.  After a long wonderful sail yesterday from Port Townsend to Succia here we sit in all the glory of Echo Bay. Surrounded by other sailors we awaken to brilliant sunshine with Mt Baker greeting the sun in the East.  The cannons have been discharged  and soon we will untie from the bouy and ride the tide to visit with Darch in Deer Harbor on Orcas Island.  A seal came up right behind the good ship last night and winked at us.  The little craft has been good to us, but we were cursed with a few unexpected sounds last night. First the stern anchor was banging, and for some strange reason the ship kept hitting the anchor bouy.  Stroupini had some snores lit early in the game.  Later Kadizzle managed to fall asleep.  The first round of sleep was assisted with a half glass of wine.  Dealing with tides and currents is a new experience.  To my amazement we were doing 8 knots at one time with the tide strong behind us.  The crew is sharpening our navigational skills.  Stroupini occasionally breaks out the flute and plays a sailor tune or two.

Walking the Beach

Out here on the beaches of Port Townsend Stroupini and Kadizzle walk the beach every night after supper.  Last night we encountered two wonderful young people, girl and boy cousin.  The young guy had a ukulele.  Stoupini, Kadizzle and the musician sang as the player sat on a beach log.  Strolling along the beach whistling, and singing with the ocean air is a refreshing prelude to sleep.

The wooden boat festival will start here soon. An amazing collection of seminars and learning experiences will be available.  Coming from a boring town like Hazen,  it seems like paradise to be in a town with so much going on.  If you are a water person or a sailor this is a candy store.

Hopefully we can get going on the sail tomorrow.  The weather has been overcast, but the sun is due out.  Just breathing ocean air at sea level is a pleasure.  Television is beating John McCains death to death.  At least McCain had the dignity Trump so lacks.  McCain is such a good contrast to the rat who is now president. If anything comes from McCain's death it should be the realization that a person can be a Republican and not a worthless greedy rodent like Trump. 

The Coast Guard

Today we had a nice sail in Port Townsend.  Dealing with container ships, tides, and currents is a different game from sailing in North Dakota.  As Stroupini and Bob worked on the boat Kadizzle wandered about as usual.  Yesterday Kadizzle had a nice encounter with the Officer of the Day at the Coast Guard station. Today Kadizzle met a different officer of the day.  The officer gave Kadizzle a personal tour of the Coast Guard cutter.  These young Coast Guard guys have an excellent career and are such good polite host.  Kadizzle got to go completely through the ship inspecting everything.  It was very interesting to hear about the lifestyle on-board.  The ship had just returned from an Alaska tour.  It was the first time they had two women on board.  Of course getting sea sick is part of the training. The gentleman that gave me the tour said one of the women was cooking and got sick. She left the kitchen and did not tell anyone.  The crew showed up to eat, and no one was there.  Not a whole lot more room on the boat than a submarine.  Amazing how clean and well kept the ship was. Everything was spit shined.  If Kadizzle was a young man he would join the Coast Guard in a heart beat.  Hopefully we will be sailing north to Succi by Sunday, or Monday.  The currents here are treacherous.  With the engine going full bore we could only make about one and a half mile per hour against the current.

Walk the beach

Stroupini and Kadizzle walked the walked the beach of Port Townsend and shot the breeze. Strange to be on the ocean after being a prairie dog for so long. The train line down out of the mountains was great.  Going through the longest train tunnel in the United States was interesting. Kadizzle looked up the history of the Stevens Pass Tunnel.  Amazing what they did in 1929 building a seven mile tunnel high in the Cascades. 

It appears we may be able to meet Darch farther north by sailing up toward Canada. Plans will have to be made to meet Darch on Saturday.

Kadizzle should have been a bum.  Yesterday as we had lunch Kadizzle was walking into a nice little cafe.  In front of the nice little shop two men were sitting there enjoying lunch.  One man had ordered a very nice pizza.  In a joking manner Kadizzle looked at the pizza and said " Are you going to eat all that pizza".   The man said no, take a piece.  Kadizzle explained to the man it was just an attempt a humor and not a serious request.  The man insisted Kadizzle share the pizza.  Kadizzle took a piece and a conversation started. The intent had been to go into the lunch place and buy lunch, but all Kadizzle had for lunch was a beer after eating the pizza.  Kadissle talked with his pizza beificary for awhile and invited him to visit North Dakota and sail.  The pizza saint may take Kadizzle up on the offer.

Stroupini just figured out a mystery.  About two months ago Kadizzle and Stroupini found a huge barrel in an old milk house.  The barrel would have held perhaps a thousand gallons of whiskey.  After reading an article in the morning paper Stroupini speculates that the barrel may have been used to make whiskey for a local speakeasy called the Blind Pig which was not far away.  It would have been the perfect disguise to make whiskey in the milk house.

So here we sit in Port Townsend with Mrs. Stroupini getting up to date on politics, Kadizzle getting up to date, and Stroupini reading the local paper.  Stroupini says the sky my clear for our sail.

Morning on the train.

Stroupini and Kadizzle just had coffee in the dining car.  Sleeping on the train is next to hopeless. Some pudgy little kids kept making noise.  They split the train in half in Spokane.  The unwashed, the deplorable s, and everyone close to broke is on the train.  It is very nice to meet good liberals on the train.  Met a guy from England who said he did not meet any Trump warriors yet.  At around ten we will be in Edmond.  Nice country.  The train is stopped in Wanachee apple country.  The smoke is still in the air. Going through Glacier the smoke was very thick. 

KFYR right wing propaganda radio

One of the biggest embarrassments to North Dakota is the blaring of right wing idiocy from a 50,000 watt radio station in Bismarck.  Scott Hennen who features himself a miniature Rush Limbaugh blast the slanted lies for a couple hours every morning.  Scott pumps up the right wing dolts on their tractors, and in their trucks.  It is the old routine Hillary's emails, Obama's this that and the other, and most amazing his attack on my good friend Dina Butcher.  Dina is fighting for ethics reform in North Dakota.  Of course the Republicans want no part of closer scrutiny when the energy industry tries to bribe the legislators.  Who could be against more transparency and scrutiny for rotting right wing legislators?

Kadizzle has tried several times to get The Bismarck Tribune to print one of his letters criticizing KFYR.  Probably from some sense of not picking on each other the Tribune would never print  a letter pointing out the duplicity of KFYR.  However, today was a victory. Kadizzle got the Tribune to call out Hennen and his constant lying.  The trick was not to name KFYR or Hennen. Instead by inference Kadizzle was able to point out the little Trumpster.

The Bismarck Tribune may have had enough of Scott and his right wing bullshit.  The other day Little Rush said the Tribune was a liberal rag.  Maybe the Tribune had enough.  Anyway it was with great joy that Kadizzle got off a good shot at the most pathetic radio station in the state.  Almost forgot to mention that after Scott pumps up the Hoopleheads for about two hours the real thing, Rush gets on and really lays on the distortion as thick as peanut butter.

One day when Scott hung up on Kadizzle when he called into propaganda headquarters Kadizzle got pissed off and went to the office of KFYR to complain.  The sales manager explained that the Hoopleheads were a good easy market to reach and they love Scott when he reinforces their delusions.

An interesting thing about KFYR is the advertisers.  Every scam outfit knows that the Hoopleheads listen to right wing radio, so you have the gold scam, the My Pillow nonsense, and all the 19.95 type sales pitches.  The My Pillow nonsense says it all.  Some right wing dinger came up with a new way to stuff a pillow with styrofoam.  The pillow is just like any other pillow, but the placebo effect works wonders on Hoopleheads.  The Pillow guy has made a fortune selling pillows.  He needs to branch out to My Socks, My underwear, and My idiocy. 

Back to the embarrassment.  Imagine some sensible person driving through North Dakota.  They tune into KFYR.  Wow, they hear total dolts calling in and being praised.  What impression do you think an intelligent person would have of a state that sounds like it's biggest corp is right wing dolts?  Fox News is bad enough, but when it spreads to the point where you have mini Rushes firing out nonsense for two hours every day you can see how we end up with Trump.

Almost forgot to mention the most fun part.  Hopefully Scott Limbaugh will find out about Kadizzle's letter in the Tribune today.  Stoupini and Kadizzle will be driving to the train in Minot.  We will be able to hear Scott explain to the Hoopleheads what a terrible paper the Tribune is and what a flaming liberal Kadizzle is.  The Hoopleheads will call in from the trucks and tractors and forsake the Tribune.  It will be so much fun to tweak the Hooples and get their blood circulating.  If all goes well some blood may make it to their brains.

The day before the Train

Kadizzle will hop on the train tomorrow. This will be the first passenger train ride since 1976.  It will be the same ride as 1976 when Jasper and Kadizzle hiked across Glacier Park.  Only this time Kadizzle will go on to the coast with Stroupini.  Once in Port Townsend we will board Stroupini's sailboat and sail north.  What this means is the house has to be put in order before the journey.  Can it all be done in a day?

How about some politics.  Last night Kadizzle drank a little too much.  Between Kadizzle and the preacher we downed three bottles of wine.  We had a lot of good discussion.  Kadizzle has perfected religion.  When you commune with God on your back porch with your own personal minister it just gets no better.  There is no getting up early, no dressing up, and the custom service is far better than anything a church can offer.  The backyard chapel is more inspirational than the stained glass mortuary.

The conversation ranged from the Trump insanity, to science, and there was some philosophy and religion thrown in.  In the end we agreed we live in a very strange world.  Kadizzle has the best religion.  His minister does not chide him, his minister allows him to be an agnostic without threatening hell, and there seem to no rules.  Just be nice and respect people as best you can.  Now the minister did ask Kadizzle if Kadizzle would repent.  This was a bit confusing. Kadizzle got repentance mixed up with confession.  After we got that straightened out Kadizzle did repent. Hole on Kadizzle has to go on the net and look up the word repent.  OK, repent means to express regret.  Indeed Kadizzle does regret the way he treated some people he was very close to.  Repenting makes you realize that as you grow older you understand things better.  Almost always when you are older you are more forgiving and see things in a larger light.  Yes, given the chance to do it over, Kadizzle would have done it differently.  Now back to the man who needs so badly to repent.  Yes you guessed it, the ultimate rat, Dear Leader.  If Dear Leader started to repent, he would never get done.  Just repenting for his sins with his wives would take days.  Who knows if there is a hell, but it a hell exist Kadizzle hopes those coal trains rumbling through town are getting the stockpile ready for Trump.  Given the opportunity to do so much good the Republican rat has chosen to do so much evil.  Well folks that is all for today, Kadizzle needs to go to the executive suite.  Hopefully there is something to read while Kadizzle makes a long distance call.

Very quiet

Jasper Littlebottom is out there somewhere hiking.  Back here on Earth Kadizzle is sitting in a silent house. There is no one to give orders or bring life to this museum.  Of course there is unlimited freedom to drop underwear on the floor, spill coffee, leave the lights on, the windows open, and waste time profusely.  Without a boss Kadizzle is faced with the big decision of how to spend the day.  Perhaps church service with Shiny.  Maybe Stroupini will show up.  Kadizzle wrangled the electric bike and rode around a lot.   So the bike will go again.  Icabod the editor gave the bike a try.  It lit up Icabods eyes.  Imagine a bike that gives you a little help when you peddle.  It creates the illusion you are more than you are.  This is becoming the new thing.  The news last night featured exoskeletons that Ford is trying for employees.  The mechanical helpers will assist you in lifting your arm.  Just think if Trump had an exobrain that would help him think.  Perhaps just something that shocked him when he lied would sure help.  So let the day begin.  Maybe Kadizzle will check the stats on this blog platform to see how many Russians are still with us.  Hi Russians.  Are you Russians going to make us have Cramer and Armstrong as our representatives in North Dakota? Be nice Russians we are overrun already with dolts.  OK Russians, Kadizzle knows what you are up to.  Checking the number of Russians following the Kadizzle blog is now half what it used to be.  However, there is a new catagory that just showed up,  74 people from " Unknown regions just showed up.  You Russians don't think Kadizzle can see where you are hiding.  Just coincedence that after Kadizzle called out the Russians following the blog 74 people show up from " Unknown regions".  Well you can't fool me, I am from an unknown region, North Dakota.  Wait we are known for rednecks, and Trump drunk idiots. You Russians are clever, but you will have to get up earlier to fool Kadizzle.  Wait, you are almost a day ahead of us, so you are getting up a day earlier than Kadizzle and you still cannot fool him.  You Russians did not have much trouble fooling Trump. 

Once upon a time.

Sitting here with a gentle breeze blowing through the bedroom Kadizzle is wasting his life, and time surfing the net.  If you watch the Youtube below Kadizzle just came across you can see a good video on how Kadizzle spent his summers in college. Kadizzle was a shuttle car operator underground.  The video does a good job of explaining how we mined.  It brings back memories.

Pioneering Underground Mining The kind of mining Kadizzle used to do.

Sleeping on the lake

Sleeping in a sailboat is so nice it is almost like fun.  Kadizzle moved the Sovereign over to a little bay by Girl Scout camp to spend the night, dropped the anchor and had a pleasant evening.  A glass of wine and some good stories on NPR.  A boat on anchor faces the wind.  Open the front hatch and you get a pleasant breeze off the fresh lake water.  On the water free to move with the wind the silence is deafening .  Then off you go into that wonderful world of sleep.  Waking up there is a mule deer over on the hill wondering what that boat is doing down there.  If you are reading this mule dear Kadizzle is having a nice cup of coffee.  Prairie Public Radio is getting Kadizzle up to date.  Dear Leader is going to postpone his parade until next year.  92 million is the estimate to honor Dear Leader with a military parade.  Of course his golf budget far exceeds the budget of our county, but Dear Leader is our hero he tells us what we like to hear, and he scars us with his stories of Mexicans and fake news.  We love Dear Leader. He is the kind of liar we all aspire to be.  What crazy thing will Dear Leader do today?

No Climate Change

People don't notice the president is mentally ill.  Also they don't notice the planet is burning up.  We now live in a time when reality is best ignored, and that is exactly what we do.  The smokey haze has been here in North Dakota for days on end.  So what my house is not on fire, who cares.  Last night Kadizzle was spinning through the channels and noticed a program about people living in the far north. They are about to get flooded by the ocean.  They seem to think there is a problem, but it does not effect me, so there is no problem.  Glacier Park is on fire, so what, I already got to see it, let it burn.  The idiot we have for president says the problem in California with fires is the fact that California is letting all the water flow to the ocean.  We have a big problem all the water in the midwest is flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.   How can you have such an ignorant president and people just don't notice.  Well if you can be on fire and not notice, you can have an idiot for president and not notice.

Leonard Cohen - Passing Through lyrics below

Leonard Cohen - Passing Through

I saw jesus on the cross on a hill called calvary
"do you hate mankind for what they done to you? "
He said, "talk of love not hate, things to do - it's getting late.
I've so little time and I'm only passing through."

Passing through, passing through.
Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
Glad that I ran into you.
Tell the people that you saw me passing through.

I saw adam leave the garden with an apple in his hand,
I said "now you're out, what are you going to do? "
"plant some crops and pray for rain, maybe raise a little cane.
I'm an orphan now, and I'm only passing through."

Passing through, passing through ...

I was with washington at valley ford, shivering in the snow.
I said, "how come the men here suffer like they do? "
"men will suffer, men will fight, even die for what is right
Even though they know they're only passing through"

Passing through, passing through ...

I was with franklin roosevelt's side on the night before he died.
He said, "one world must come out of world war two" (ah, the fool)
"yankee, russian, white or tan, " he said, "a man is still a man.
We're all on one road, and we're only passing through."

Passing through, passing through ...

Passing through, passing through ...

Perhaps

Stoupini stopped by on the electric bike.  Another friend is going to pick up the bike at his house and give it a try.  Kadizzle has been amazed how much people like the bike.   If Kadizzle's experiments are any indication you will start to see these bikes more and more.  Kadizzle and Stroupini are becoming addicted.  For old farts they encourage you to get out and get your ass in gear.  You peddle, you need a break you just give the bike a little jolt of electricity.  So far the battery has been amazing.  Both of us have made some fifteen and twenty mile trips using only half the reserve.  An old friend who briefly tried it on his farm immediately wanted one.  Maybe it creates a great illusion you are getting exercise, but Kadizzle has had some sore leges so something must be happening.

Stroupini and Kadizzle are planning a train trip out west, then some sailing, with Darch.  Darch is the CEO of the Canadian Crazy Club.  So life goes on and summer has flown by.

Bulletin, Bulletin, Breaking News

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey (The Borowitz Report)—Blasting his former colleague Omarosa Manigault, Donald J. Trump said on Monday that “the White House is no place for a lying lowlife from a reality show.”

“People were impressed by Omarosa because they saw her on a TV show,” Trump told reporters from his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. “Well, I’ve got news for you: being on a reality show does not qualify you to work in the government.”

Explaining why he considered her a “lowlife,” Trump said, “She’s rude, abrasive, and offensive. Having someone like that in the White House is an embarrassment to our country.”

But worst of all, Trump said, was Omarosa’s lying, which he called “constant.”

“She can’t go a day without lying, and what’s more, she’s narcissistic and paranoid,” he said. “A psycho like that shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the Situation Room.”

Pronouncing himself pleased that Omarosa was no longer in his Administration, Trump concluded his scorching remarks by saying, “The sooner we can rid the White House of reality-show con artists, the better off the country will be.”

Reality has left the room

Everything is peachy, Trump told me so.  I got my gun, my fishing boat has gas, the Mexicans are going to pay for the wall the Hazen football team is looking good.  Of course those pesky numbers keep popping up.  Real wages adjusted for inflation are at an all time low.  More people are living from pay check to pay check.  People cannot afford health care.  People are working longer and retiring later. No, no, no, things are just great. Forget about all that just listen to Fox News, and throw in some Rush Limbaugh.  If there are any problems it is because of liberals, Obama, Mexicans, the lazy poor people, and anyone you do not like.  Kadizzle got on the scale this morning the numbers were disappointing.  Is Kadizzle going to let that bother him, hell no.  Obama rigged the scales, Hillary owns stock in scale companies, and look at Rush Limbaugh, he is not fat he knows   about those liberal scales that just try to scare people.  Kadizzle might call up Fox and Friends to see if he is really fat.  Fox could interview some people.  Surely liberals are just trying to make people feel bad because they appear to be fat.  Reality used to be such a nuisance, but Trump has done a great job of stamping it out.  You have a flat tire? That is nonsense, democrats will tell you it is a problem.  75%o of your tires are not flat.  Now lets put some Trump spin on it.  You have a spare, that means you really have five tires.  Thanks to Republican tax cuts.  So 80% of your tires are not flat.  That means that if each tire is 80% OK  you have enough air in all the tires to get to the gas station and have the one lazy tire removed and given to Mexico.  Trump will make Mexico pay for the flat tire because a Mexicans left a dry wall screw on the road that flattened the tire in the first place.  Now, is everything fine.  Of course it is.  The only collusion was between the Mexicans putting screws on the road and the democrats protecting the Mexican rapist.  Now, isn't America great?  And we will even make it greater.  That is why lying is so much fun.  It puts you in control of reality.  You can lie about anything, and Trump has show us some real good tips.  As they say " Don't believe your lying eyes".

How the upper middle class keeps everyone else out