Singing Sylvie does favorites

Girls Gone Wild

The Glory of digital children

Megan, is Lord Kadizzle's go to person for computer problems. This morning the little artist loaded the remote itunes app onto Kadizzles new itouch. Now old Lord Kadizzle can control his or anyone else's music selection from anywhere there is a wi fi connection. In theory Kadizzle could probably be in Colorado and change the songs on his computer in Hazen. Not sure why one would want to do this, but it should work. Being able to turn the volume up and down is great. Back in the old days when Black and white TV was about as technical as the world got it would have been hard to imagine the current state of knowledge. Yesterday Kadizzle took the GPS and went to each corner marker on Erin's lot. Kadizzle came back in to the house and entered the data onto Google Earth. Google Earth showed a satellite picture with the boundaries of Erin's lot and gave the approximate size of the lot. What will they think of next, I just got it, a wet diaper sensor. A little device you put in Sylvie's diaper that sets off an alarm when there has been a flood.

Moutain Elf Captured

Constant Train Wrecks

With the help of computers Kadizzle and family have now reached a new high in time wasting. Megan's boyfriend gave Lord Kadizzle an itouch. Of course Kadizzle had to get some apps. The only game Lord Kadizzle got was Train Conductor. Unfortunately Erin tried it and is addicted. Now two people can waste untold time on that, not to mention the countless other distractions. The idea is to route trains without wrecking them. Points are awarded and naturally competition has arisen. Megan loaded the game on her iphone, so not the battle for time wasting is really heated.

Back in the Mountains

The Grandparent wagon lumbered its way back to Evergreen. Many hours of listening to "The Help", on the Itouch. Made the trip shorter. It is an Amazing story about racism in the sixties in the south. Would do all good to remember the racial mess this country has. Sadly our current situation with Fox News and it's subtle racism is sad. Republicans promoting the Tea Party. No one wants to say it in the open, but many on the right just cannot come to grips with a black president. The determination to destroy Obama is the main agenda for the Republicans. They could not stand the idea of a successful black president, it would rattle their whole belief system. They will never admit it, so they have to change the story to socialism. Total nonsense. The Republicans could have taken a generous approach and helped Obama. What a contribution to the country the Republicans could have made. They could have shown Americans a black man can succeed, and in the process done a lot to suppress racism. Instead the right has decided to subtly promote racism by signing on to the agenda of Rush, Glenn, and Fox. As a grandparent is would be so nice to leave our children a better world, instead these people want to maintain the things that have made life difficult for so many.

The Crazy Club

When you are retired and live in Hazen, it is like being home on a school day. All of a sudden you realize everybody is gone. However, you soon find the other crazies that are not in school. People who all march in line, and buy the party line from religion to politics are not very interesting. The crazies go against the tide and actually have a point of view. Some of the crazies, have no point of view they are just so confused it is entertaining. One of the crazies is in his mid sixties. He is building a tree house. Almost everyday Kadizzle updates the battle against the Hoopleheads, or the "son a bitches" with another local eccentric. Another crazy has no use for religion and the ensuing nonsense that goes with it. It is fun to talk to her and hear her stories of how she has to try to control herself around the "saved". Another crazy is determined that he must spend all his money before he dies so his wife does not get it, so he keeps buying trucks he doesn't need. Besides the crazies there is an abundant supply of Hoopleheads worried someone will get their gun, the Kenyan president will confiscate their bullets, or the latest rumor at the coffee shop will come true. "An idle mind is the devils playground". In the case of the Hooples and idle mind is just that an idle mind. The crazies on the other hand have decided to take their minds on a trip and at least it is entertaining.

Life at Sandy's Hunting Campe

This video is strange. Click on it the first time to play it and you get a musical version. Double click on it and it will take you to the narrated Youtube version

We need to act

Alaska and North Dakota

Two of the biggest welfare states in the country are Alaska and North Dakota. Alaska usually wins, but North Dakota is always right up near the top. It is a wonderful system. As a state you send the federal government one dollar and they send you back two. Now for the strange part, both states love right wing politics and have just elected Republicans. Of course the Republicans are the stand on your own two feet bunch that should be the first to cut off the welfare cheats like North Dakota and Alaska. North Dakota soaks up farm subsides like a sponge. If the Republicans do as they claim and cut everything in sight these handouts should be some of the first to go. It will be fun to see how this plays out. Every old goat loves medicare and social security, but every old goat fears socialism, so how does that work? We have become a nation of crazy people that want to diametrically opposed things. Why can't we have tax breaks for the rich and lots of good safety nets like social security? Ronald Reagan started the fantasy. The gipper said you can cut taxes and you will have more money. It clearly doesn't work, but the delusion goes on.

Automated Stupidity

Lord Kadizzle just talked with his sister Suzie in West Virginia. She remarked what a waste of time computers can be. Kadizzle got a lecture from The Commander and his daughter last night on the wasted time spent on the google. It is wonderful. People used to have to work so hard to get stupid and waste time. Now, we have a magic machine than draws you in and gives you the illusion you have done something. If you really get good at it you can also waste money. The gadget that was supposed to bring a new round of productivity to the universe has done more to waste peoples time than any invention since television. The recent elections have shown that the spread of information has no effect on people getting smarter. Just like television you can watch the history channel, or learn something on the science channel, but that is no fun, lets watch Fox, and football. You might as well give a calculator to a tribesman in the middle of the Amazon. Kadizzle used to work for a company that was obsessed with how much money they were going to save by spending millions on a computer system. The vice president of operations was a smart man and always challenged the computer nerds to walk him over and show him where the saved money was stored. Indeed computers do save time. With the time you save you can go to Facebook and spend an hour finding out who burped today or watch a video of your friend waiting for the bus. It is just wonderful. Once the Chinese get enough computers we will be able to compete with them again. Like us they will not have time to build flat screens and sell them to another country on credit.

Grandparents obsessed with granddaughter

The grandparents are obsessed with the little Sylvie. She has remarkable language skills for her age. Grandma took her to get the mail and the listened for Chick a Dees

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