Military won't fight mosquitos

Kadizzle was struck by a headline in the Bismarck Fox Tribune today. "Military will not fight mosquitoes". Guess what, it is the Air Force that refused to join the fight. Now these guys got jets, drones, and aircraft carriers, yet they refuse to fight mosquitoes. What has the country come to? Perhaps the Air Force does not think mosquitoes are a national threat. With Obama in office this was bound to happen. Bush demanded the Air Force attack Iraq. So what if he was wrong. Now we have a president who will not attack mosquitoes in Williston. This is surely a sign Obama has forsaken our right wing state. Let me use the Glenn Beck Chalkboard on this one. North Dakota did not vote for Obama. North Dakota ask Air Force to attack Mosquitoes. Obama refuses. North Dakota gets eaten by mosquitoes. You think I am making this up? Yesterday on the way back from Denver The Commander and Lord Kadizzle were listening to Fox radio. Hanity was explaining how the liberals and Muslims are out to destroy our country. Obamas refusal to send the Air Force to Williston is a sure sign of this vicious attack. This summer when Kadizzle is bitten by a misquito he will know Al Qeada is behind it. I think the Qeada's live in Beulah. I never met Al, but his wife works at the Cenex.

Make Water Run Uphill

With a wonderful day and not in the mood to do anything productive Kadizzle decided to make a little fountain out by the hammock in Erin's and Fran's front yard. So up the hill with three pieces of hose and a funnel and one flower pot later here it is.

Fox News and God discuss merger

The wave of stupidity sweeping the country is like nothing Kadizzle has ever experienced. Last night Kadizzle watched Fox's premier clown, Glenn Beck. The man is totally insane, and now invoking God in all his commentary. Glenn was explaining how God does not help groups, just individuals. Glenn is trying to explain that God is against social justice. Traveling on a plane is dangerous, because you are in a group, and God doesn't help groups. You see all groups lead to socialism, and of course that leads to communism, and then worst of all liberalism.

The ability of this nit wit to take good and turn it into evil is beyond comprehension. We all know how he turned empathy into a bad thing. Now "social justice" is a bad thing. Somehow all good is now evil in the Fox mind set. Obama was evil because he tried to help the poor and disadvantaged as a community organizer. Remember people that organize are evil, can you say "Union". Fox and the clown have turned the world upside down. Now any attempt to help people leads to Nazi Germany. Don't ask me how, but Kadizzle will try to give you the Fox spin. You see if you help people you might decide to tax the rich in order to do it. This is the greatest evil of all, asking wealthy people to pay taxes. Of course this leads to Nazism.

Now Newt realizes Glenn has tapped a whole new vein of simple mindedness, so Newt is jumping on the Nazi wagon. Newt is openly calling Obama the worst thing since Nazi Germany. Glenn is mining the Fundy vein. Glenn gave the commencement speech at Liberty Baptist University. Here we go again the right wing is going to tap into the religious nuts again. Kadizzle used to wonder how people fell for McCathy, Hitler, and all the other crazies, but Glenn Beck shows there is still a big market for paranoid crazy talk. The simple minded love to be scared. The Hoopleheads are just like little kids, they love being scared. Tell a Hooplehead someone is going to take their gun, or elect a black president and they shake. The Hooples are totally confused by a black intelligent president. They can understand a white idiot, but a black man that speaks eloquently and talks in understandable English? What is this all about. For the Hooples it is like the confusion they experience at a magic show. They know something happened, but they just are baffled.

Conversation at Bubba's Beauty Salon

As Bubba cut Kadizzles hair she mentioned the inexperienced flight attendant that she flew into Denver with. The weather was terrible and tornadoes were in the area. The flight had to circle Denver for an hour before it could sneak in. As the plane bounced closer to the runway, the flight attendant announced "If there is an emergency landing don't take anything with you during the evacuation". Bubba said that really made her feel good. While Bubba trimmed up Kadizzle, he thought he had to out do her story, so he related the time he was in a rough landing. Kadizzle told Bubba how the flight attendant handed out magic markers and told everyone to label their body parts with their name. At this point Bubba said "Did they tell you to label your fingers, or did they say start with the biggest pieces first?". That blasted Bubba she can always get one up on you at her hair salon.

Terrorist Humming Bird attacks Bee Bumble Bee

Chichi was sitting in the hot tub yesterday with her neon pink swim suit when Humming Bird Alawi swooped right within inches of her. Although Chichi was terrified she regrouped and went out this morning with Sylvie to watch the little terrorist drink the nectar.

The little Princes

Kadizzle has always liked children. Sylvie the new granddaughter is providing endless entertainment as we babysit for Erin off for Paris in the Springtime with Fran. Sylvie's greatest talent is diverting The Commander. Kadizzle is free to browse magazines, surf the net, take a snore nap, and all the other pleasantries in life. Of course there is a downside. Every bright colored fribble for sale at the Dollar Store now has the potential to be part of the decoration in Sylvie's room. As if shopping were not a sufficient evil, adding one more little person who must have everything put the budget over the top. The Commander is getting the organic bug up her exhaust. This means that all food for Sylvie will now cost twice as much, and it looks like she must have organic grandparents to go with it.

Sara Palin says your not a real American

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Requiem for a gleet

This morning Kadizzle gave birth to a wonderful gleet. There is debate if passing a gleet is more painful than having a baby. Babies rarely take more than a day. This young gleet took almost a month. Kadizzle has decided to name him Sate, after his namesake Satan. Thank the lord Sate was a normal delivery and not a kidney cesarean. This is Kadizzles first gleet carried to term. In the past Kadizzle has had about three either busted up with lithotripsy or through the fishing technique.

Now speculation abounds as to if a gleet fairy exist. Since children can put a tooth under a pillow and get a quarter, Kadizzle figures the Gleet Fairy will leave at least $100 for a gleet.

Grandaughter Sylvie gives first Concert

After breakfast Sylvie asked Grandpa Kadizzle if he would like some music. Sylvie Suggested Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in E minor. Kadizzle thought it would be a nice interlude. Sylvie's rendition was definitely unique, and the crowd applauded until she played a encore. For the encore two guest were invited to sit on the piano.

Back in the Rockies

Jones E Bear (Erin) is going to Paris to meet up with Fran, so Kadizzle, The Commander, and Megan will hold down the fort in Evergreen. The mountain streams in front of the house are running full and making a pleasant sound. Seems like Kadizzle's gleet seems under control. Now, Kadizzle must be careful. In the Deadwood series a gleet was a kidney stone. However, when you look up a gleet there are a lot of references to syphilis. Kadizzle is not sure if the gleet has passed or is just resting on the way out the door. Now The Commander will be consumed with watching Sylvie. AAh what a blessing.

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Time for some sanity

Last night Kadizzle sat in a hearing for as long as he could take it. The local Hoopleheads have been fighting for years over what time it should be. Hoopleville is technically on Mountain Time, but about two thirds of the population lives and works on Central time. The net result in Hoopleville is you are never sure what time it is. In the old days when Kadizzle had a job the time line ran right down the middle of the bed. The Commander's side of the bed was on Mountain time, and on Kadizzles side of the bed it was central time. Each night stand had its own clock with the appropriate time. Around here we have about six types of time. We have fast time, slow time, plant time, my time, your time, Bismarck time, Hazen time, and of course anytime. If someone says come over for dinner at six you have to say, my time, your time, fast time, slow time. One would think after thirty years of this they would get it fixed, but this is a big issue. Remember how the South always referred to the Civil War as The War of Northern Aggression?". Well, around these parts the time issue is like The War of Eastern aggression. There are actually feuds that go on around here over the time issue. At the meeting last night an old goat got up and cried over his love for Mountian Time. Kadizzle knows when he is on his death bed and he looks up at his dearly beloved Commander and says "My time has come darling" The Commander will say "Fast time or slow time?". It is time to fix this nonsense, but the Hooples refuse to budge they love their time on this planet, and there is no way they are going to give up slow time. With slow time your time will come an hour later, and by God they want to live for that extra hour.

These People walk among us.

Hearing the racist remarks, and the crazy ideas implanted by Fox coming from the mouths of people in our wonderful town of Hazen makes one give pause. Everyone has had that experience where you thought someone seemed normal, and then they start telling you about the danger of the "One world order" or some other strange right wing lunacy. The other day Glenn Beck was touting how the NASA symbol, the one with the electron circling an atom, was actually the flag of Islam. No one in their right mind would believe this nonsense, but you start talking to some of the local dingers, and then you say "Oh no, there are people that believe that crap". Then you find our people in somewhat responsible positions believe the birther nonsense, and it scares you to think the supply of the paranoid insane is way higher than you ever imagined. When ever Kadizzle thinks about Nazi Germany he ask himself how did this happen? The answer seems to be there were a whole lot more simple minded susceptible Hoopleheads on the streets than anyone thought. If you ever doubt the supply of simple minded watch late night television and watch the infomercials. Someone is watching that stuff and buying all the get rich quick schemes. In the daytime they watch Fox News.

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Your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore (lyrics below)

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While digesting Reader's Digest
In the back of a dirty book store,
A plastic flag, with gum on the back,
Fell out on the floor.
Well, I picked it up and I ran outside
Slapped it on my window shield,
And if I could see old Betsy Ross
I'd tell her how good I feel.

Chorus:
But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
They're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.

Well, I went to the bank this morning
And the cashier he said to me,
"If you join the Christmas club
We'll give you ten of them flags for free."
Well, I didn't mess around a bit
I took him up on what he said.
And I stuck them stickers all over my car
And one on my wife's forehead.

Repeat Chorus:

Well, I got my window shield so filled
With flags I couldn't see.
So, I ran the car upside a curb
And right into a tree.
By the time they got a doctor down
I was already dead.
And I'll never understand why the man
Standing in the Pearly Gates said...

"But your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more.
We're already overcrowded
From your dirty little war.
Now Jesus don't like killin'
No matter what the reason's for,
And your flag decal won't get you
Into Heaven any more."

Get ahead

Here is a little something someone sent me that is indisputable mathematical logic. It also made me Laugh Out Loud. This is a strictly mathematical viewpoint.....it goes like this:

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:

H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%


and


K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND, look how far ass kissing will take you.

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty, that While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass Kissing that will put you over the top.



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Reality Doesn't Matter

One thing Kadizzle loves about the right wing Hoopleheads is their ability to ignore reality. The tax rates are currently as low as they have been since 1950, yet the Tea Party bunch thinks they are being taxed too much. Just like the weapons of mass destruction lie Bush told, it was not what was true, but what you chose to believe. Fox News has made an industry out of telling people what they would like to believe. If you have a dream or a fantasy Fox can pump you up. Rush more than anyone is the king of fantasy salesman. Want to believe some silly right wing nonsense, Rush is there to help. In the old days when Kadizzle went to college you were supposed to back up what you said with something called research and facts. Those days are over.

The Gun Crazies come to Hazen

The big excitement in Hazen was the gunfight at the RV Corral. Out on the west end of town a poor fellow pulled a gun on his buddies when it looked like they might take his friend's pillow. In most places you get shot if you try to take someone's wife, but at the RV Corral pillow theft is not taken lightly. After a severe beating the gun toter was subdued and hauled to the hospital. Know one knows if the gun slinger took his pillow to the hospital or is now using it in jail. I know a lot of little kids who get attached to a blanket or pillow, but Kadizzle had no idea this could go on into adulthood. The RV Park is now considering two improvements, A gun range with targets made from pillows, and a vending machine to dispense bullets. Before Kadizzle left last year with The Commander there was some discussion about taking Kadizzle's shotgun. Now, that the danger of pillow theft is clear perhaps The Commander will let Kadizzle take the shotgun next year. However, Kadizzle knows who steals his pillow, and she is the same person who will not let him bear arms. The constitution protects everyone's right to defend their pillow, and it is plain why we need to strike down any laws that would put pillows in jeopardy. Kadizzle does have bumper stickers available that read "You will get this pillow whey you pry this gun from my cold dead hand". Although pillows are made from feathers, this is not something we should take lightly.

Kadizzle Converts Dishwasher to Stove

Kadizzle is as proud as can be. His attempt to convert a stainless steel dishwasher front into a stove top looks like a success. Even neighbor Bob admired the fine conversion. The Commander wanted to convert from alcohol to propane in the boat. The Commander said there was no reason to be burning what you could be drinking. Another major part of the project is figuring how to store propane safely on a sailboat. The propane must be kept in a special locker. Rumors on the lake are that no one will raft up with us for fear of an explosion. It is amazing that Kadizzle can create a bomb by accident when The Taliban cannot train someone in New York to do it on purpose. If the New York Bomber had let Kadizzle install a propane stove in his truck thing would have worked out for him, or at least he could have cooked a meal. The stove on the boat will look great, but now the dishwasher will look a little sad without the door on the front, but a piece of plastic and some duct tape should cure that little problem.

The Commander does the Census

To help support Kadizzle The Commander is doing the Census. The Commander ran into this woman in Pick City her current assignment.

Commander Granny

In today's paper there is a cartoon with two Goldman Sacks guys commenting on how nice it is to have the public's attention diverted to the oil spill in the gulf, and the bomb in times square. Kadizzle has been blessed with a granddaughter that serves the same function. Commander Granny now has Sylvie to keep her occupied with projects. Lately The Commander has been refurbishing the old toys our own kids had. Cabbage Patch what's her name got her stuffing washed. Bert and Ernie got to go to the dryer carnival and spin themselves. The living room is full of stuffed animals, and of course that means there is stuffed animal droppings everywhere. One problem with The Commander hunting new toys for Sylvie is that she often ends up keeping them for herself. All the birds and butterflys with moving wings now surround the garden. Another nice thing about the grandchild is the basement is getting bigger. After years of saving every old toy and little furniture for "our grand kids" the stuff is finally starting to migrate to Colorado. Erin will now see her house filled to the brim with more stuffed animals than a Chinese factory.

An Idiot I suppose

In 1976 Lord Kadizzle left Morgantown, West Virginia. Kadizzle needed a job, and The Commander said he better get one. With marriage looming Kadizzle started a new career in the coal fields of North Dakota. Stan Rodgers wrote this song about someone from Eastern Canada moving to Calgary, but Kadizzle likes the song and changed it a little to suite his circumstances. You can smell the stink of the DGC gas plant in Hazen when the wind is right. Things have worked out pretty well, but Kadizzle has always love the line in this song " and that makes me, and it is plain to see, an idiot I suppose".

I often take these late night walks when Cissie is not around
I turn my back on the house left black and make for open ground
Far out beyond the farmers fence where the highway makes no sound
I forget the stink and I always think back to that eastern town

/ D ABm G Bm / G D - A / 1st / G D DA D /

I remember back thirty six years ago, this western life I chose
And every day, the news would say some factory's going to close
Well, I could have stayed to take the dole, but I'm not one of those
I take nothing free, and that makes me an idiot, I suppose

So I bid farewell to the eastern town I never more will see
But work I must so I eat this dust and breathe refinery
Oh I miss the green and the woods and streams and I don't like cowboy clothes
But I like being free and that makes me an idiot I suppose

/ G D A D / G D Bm A / D ABm G Bm / G D DA D /

So come all you fine young fellows who've been beaten to the ground
This western life's no paradise, but it's better than lying down
Oh, the streets aren't clean, and there's nothing green, and the hills are dirty brown
But the government dole will rot your soul back there in your hometown

So bid farewell to the eastern town you never more will see
There's self-respect and a steady check in this refinery
You will miss the green and the woods and streams and the dust will fill your nose
But you'll be free, and just like me, an idiot, I suppose

Kidney stone fun with American health care

Kadizzle just read about a guy who was shot, burned, and had kidney stones. The feller said kidney stones were the worst. Kadizzle has, according to the last scan, four kidney stones. However with the wonderful health care we have in this country Kadizzle is just too cheap to have them broken up correctly. That is what the doctor recommended about four years ago. Kadizzle has health insurance, but it is Blue Cross, which has a deductible of about 2k. This is the Blue Cross that pays the executive 2 million dollar in North Dakota. I wish these stones on him. So the economical thing to do is die or pee the stones out. The last couple of days Kadizzle has been trying to give birth to some kidney stones. Women have an advantage with the equipment they use to deliver presents from inside. Although kidney stones are small, so is the delivery system. Jasper Littlebottom was skeptical that Kadizzle even had a problem until he did a demo of peeing blood. Fortunately the current episode has been fairly painless, the little boogers are just moving around cutting up the kidneys, the doctor said they were too big to come out. The episode seems to be subsiding. When Kadizzle gets motivated he will probably have to pay the six thousand dollars to have the stones broken up. In any other country it would cost about one quarter of this amount, but in our country those executives have to drive nice cars. The head of Wellpoint, one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country gets 14 million per year. Kadizzle could bust some stones with that cash. Hope that guy gets cancer of the bunghole.

Act Like Nothings Wrong, you got to listen

In a somewhat slower but undeniably similar vein is the album's ninth track. To induce a child-like innocence into this deeply jaded song, Kimbrough deploys a toy xylophone from the get-go. In the first verse, he sings about an Enron-esque corporate crook who gets caught but hopes for the best with this impossibly upbeat chorus:

"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."

Maybe Tom DeLay listened to this Kimbrough song before his beatific mug shot was snapped. You'll sing along, too, until you wince and realize this has been the unholy Bush scripture since 2000. But with the way the war polls are looking, the right wingers may not be atop the charts much longer. This song portrays Kimbrough's various musical and songwriting talents at their cheeky best.

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Super Scum

There are a few people who are such evil rats that they should have a special ranking. Newt Gingrich is certainly one. Rarely would Kadizzle cite The Bismarck Fox Tribune, but today Richard Cohen sums up Newt pretty well. In the class of top notch lying scoundrels with hearts of stone Newt is right there. Of course Karl Rove is on the Devil's first team, along with Glenn Beck. Take time to read Cohen's article he does such a good job of painting the whole picture of Newt and his unique ability to do the deeds of evil.

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Just sit there and you will get promoted.

Kadizzle has always wondered about the meek. The Bible says the Meek shall inherit the Earth. It could happen. For years Kadizzle has observed that those who just shut up and sit there do very well. Don't make waves has worked well for a lot of people. In the old days when Kadizzle had a job one thing was clear, ideas were not important. If you wanted to get ahead just sit and wait. Being quite and passive was a successful strategy. If you did nothing, you could do nothing wrong. One guy might have two bad ideas and one brilliant idea. The company saw him as a trouble maker. The guy who did nothing never caused a problem, he got the promotion.

In a society with free speech, it is amazing how people are afraid to say anything. All around us are frauds of every sort, but nobody says anything because the fear they may offend someone. The guys on Wall Street can rob the country blind, and have for years, but no one says anything because they don't want to seem anti social. Those who are not meek take advantage of the meek on a daily basis. The meek acquiesce to every kind of injustice because they so fear speaking up. When God said the meek shall inherit the Earth was that a compliment or an insult? I think he was saying "If that is all the better you can do, this is all you get". You have every right in the world to speak up for what you think is right, why don't you do it?

A Jihad with West River Telecommunications

Our local phone company is a hornet's nest of hypocrisy. The Republicans have taken it over and use it to promote their political candidates. This is incredible in and of itself when one considers that the phone company is a cooperative. Cooperatives by their very nature are Democratic, and socialist. What fries Kadizzle's ass is the same Republicans who insist there is a socialist behind every tree are running the most socialist organization in town. Now for the real clincher, the telephone coops support legislation that enables them to have a monopoly. Although it would save Lord Kadizzle a bundle if the local cable company provided Kadizzle with phone service, it aint going to happen. Why? Because those Republicans running the phone company refuse to permit the cable company to compete for telephone service. These are the same Republicans who are all for competition and free markets. The flames shoot out Kadizzles ears when he realizes these hypocrites are the same ones that cry foul when we try to have national health care. For some reason national phone service is just fine, but national health care smacks of socialism. So Kadizzle cannot use the telephones wired to his house for long distance calling. The socialist phone company with a monopoly in Hazen charges an outragous amount. The only way around it is with a cell phone. Now for the kicker. The cell phone franchise is run by the phone company. These unprincipled scoundrels promote the Republican cause using a telephone coop that was designed to defeat the very philosophy of greed they promote.

In The Land of the Crazy

One nice thing in a small town you know all the crazies, and many of them first hand. The other day Lord Kadizzle was down at city hall talking about the upcoming election. It never occurred to Kadizzle how serious it could be if no one ran. The city planner explained to me the danger of no one running. Hazen has had an eccentric quasi crazy man that has been around for years. The fellow has ridden a bike very similar to Pee Wee Herman's for years. When the gas station closes at night he shows up to get the hot dogs they are going to throw out. Once as judge Kadizzle had the fellow in court for a zoning violation. The first thing he told Judge Kadizzle was that Judge Kadizzle had no authority in Hazen because he was not born here. Kadizzle told him he could not get a building permit for what he wanted and was not to build it. Mr. Crazy then told Judge Kadizzle he would go to Beulah, the town ten miles west and get a permit. Crazy did not grasp the concept you cannot get a building permit in Beulah to construct a building in Hazen.

Now back to the voting. The city planner explained to Kadizzle that for almost every position in the city Mr. Crazy gets three or four write in votes. If no one runs for Mayor, that almost automatically means it will be Mr. Crazy. So it is essential someone run for every office.

Kadizzle and Coal

Coal practically runs in Lord Kadizzles veins. He worked his way through college as an underground coal miner, and work most of his life in the coal industry. However, none of this made him blind to the reality that the age of coal is over. Special interest would love Americans to believe you can clean coal and burn it. The laws of physics just simply will not let that happen. North Dakota could set off on a wave of prosperity by embracing nuclear power, but the coal lobby will not let it happen. There is no way out of the energy mess in the United States unless we embrace nuclear power. Nuclear power has it's problems, but they are small compared to suffocating from burning coal. The Bismarck Tribune which is the local arm of Fox news is such a lap dog to the coal industry that it will not even mention nuclear. Young people get so tired of the backward conservative thinking in North Dakota and they leave. This is the state that voted for Palin, and sadly would probably do it again.

Kadizzle put the Law Suit to rest.

Years ago Kadizzle was hired as an expert witness. In order to perform Kadizzle was forced to buy a nice suit. The case settled out of court, and Kadizzle ended up with a suit. That was over twenty years ago. Weddings and Funerals are about the only time that suit sees the light of day. Unless the equator expands on Kadizzle the same outfit should get him across the finish line. The Commander to cut cost will bury Kadizzle in the suit. This will be an appropriate end to some threads that are always at major events. Unfortunately two other suits no longer fit. The wedding suit would not stand a chance, and the birthday suit is wrinkled and stretched.

If you don't know who John Prine is you better find out.

If you have never listened to John Prine, you are missing one of the best song writers that ever breathed air. More than likely you have listened to someone else sing his songs. If you can get the song he is talking about in this clip and listen to it. The lyrics are in case you cannot hear it in the clip. " a half an inch of water, and I though I was going to drown". That is where the woman came up with the Happy Enchilada.
You must watch the video below. "In Spite of Ourselves" is the theme song for The Commander and Lord Kadizzle.

The Black guy at the Klan rally

Tomorrow, Kadizzle will lay his old neighbor Pat Galvin to rest. Pat was always a lot of fun. When Pat and I built his sun room years ago we had a couple of breaks per day. At noon Pat took a brief nap while he fell asleep listening to Rush Limbaugh. After he awoke we would work until "Conversation". Pat habitually went to "Conversation" everyday. Pat might hold court at Jimmie's Bar, or it might be at the coffee shop. As Pat's only employee on the construction project, it was often my privilege to go to the coffee shop where a fringe benefit was a piece of pie with ice cream.

As everyone knows Pat was a staunch Republican. Kadizzle tried every cure known to man, but Pat died a Republican. At his funeral tomorrow Kadizzle will be a pall bearer. The service will be attended by all the party faithful. As a terrible liberal Kadizzle will know what it is like to be a black man at a Klan rally.

Pat's last words to me were " I am glad to see you, but I don't know why". If Kadizzle ever gets up yonder, and meets his old friend again, that is how I will greet him. The truth is I would know why I was glad to see him. We always had a good laugh when we met, you could count on it.

Granny Gone Wild

The Commander has now become Commander Granny. Once you become a granny, your shopping gland is stimulated and many things you could have walked by, now beckon," Buy me for Sylvie". The Commander looted Kadizzles wallet yesterday, and a bad outcome was on the horizon. The Commander thought there were just too many twenty dollar bills in Kadizzle's wallet, and that by the rules half of them were her's. The worst possible thing is to have a granny with grandchild fever go to the dollar store. If you were fishing for grannies the best lure would be anything made out of bright plastic. In the old days granny occasionally bought fribbles, but now fribbles are no longer a luxury they are a necessity. There is no fribble too exotic to pass by. When The Commander fell under the spell of the fribble shop it was not long before she came home with all sorts of strange items.

Move to Sanger and live with Ghosts

Yesterday the Kadizzles visted the abandoned town of Sanger. A friend is trying to revive the little town along the Missouri. It would be a wonderful place to build and enjoy the tranquility of the Missouri.

An Old Friend will die Today

My longtime neighbor will not see the sun set today. Two people could not possibly have been more on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, but we made it fun. His sense of humor brought everyone a lot of joy. We traded barbs almost every time we saw each other. On my last visit he said "I am glad to see you,but I don't know why?".

My old neighbor had conviction, he believed what he believed, and was not going to change his conviction on a whim to get a few votes. One thing I always remember fondly about Pat was the time I was running for the board of directors for the local phone company. A member of his party was sent through the crowd to tell everyone to vote against Mike Quinn. Pat told the political hack " No one tells me who to vote for!".

Pat was a sailor, and I never met a sailor I didn't like. Pat and I worked on a lot of projects together and we always had fun doing it. Anyone who ever met Pat remembered him for his ability to get a laugh out of anything. Pat never took himself too seriously. We had only known each other for a few years when I ran into Pat one day going into the NAPA store at the end of the street. Pat was selling hair pieces at his barber shop in those days. Of course he had one for himself. As Pat held the door open for me at the NAPA store he reached up and grabbed his hair piece like it was a hat. He held it over his heart and said "Good day sir". Curious I asked Pat "How do you hold that on?". Pat replied without hesitation "With wood screws".

Pat knew my political views and his were diametrically opposed, but he also knew if he needed me for anything all he had to do was call. I knew the same about Pat. In this regard we learned a lot from each other. Both of us considered ourselves to be Irish and I think this was our common bond. Many times Cissie and I have considered moving, but what has always kept us here was the good neighbors. We have always been blessed with a real neighborhood. Pat has moved to a different neighborhood, but I am sure a lot to the angels there will soon know his stories by heart, and I presume he took a few of his books there to peddle.

It looks different from here.

Kadizzle was pondering the question, "Do people ever really change their opinion?", then an old experience came to mind. Many years ago Kadizzle worked for a coal company in Eastern Ohio. The man he worked for was a human relations guy. Even though the man had a good job with a good coal company, he had never been down into a coal mine. Almost every day he bashed the coal miners. The coal miners were lazy union dogs demanding way too much.

The day finally came for his first trip underground. Kadizzle remembers it well. We went into the Franklin Mine. In a coal mine roof bolts are used to support the roof of the mine. Normally the mine roof is flat from one bolt to the next when the bolts are doing their job. However, in the section of the mine where my boss was on his first underground tour, everything had had fallen out from between the bolts. It looked bad, very bad. Kadizzled looked at his boss whose eyes got so big they looked like golf balls. You could tell he was scared. All of a sudden those coal miners he had been calling lazy slackers were hero's. He looked at me an said they deserve every cent they get. There is no way in hell you could get me to work here. My boss had a new found respect for coal miners.

Moving without Moving

( This is art, not pornography, the painting is titled : Sunbathing in the Dunes, 1916 by Paul Gustave Fischer)

Kadizzle has always been puzzled as to why sailing is so relaxing and people seem to enjoy it so much. The concept does not seem exciting. You get in a boat and if you are lucky you might go eight miles an hour. Many times when the wind is up a little there is a sense of excitement, but yesterday Pat, Rodger, Richard and Kadizzle were out on the lake just barely moving, but having a nice sail. This gets back to moving without moving. When a sailboat moves across a calm lake with barely a breeze it is like some sort of magic. There is no sound, nothing is moving to push or pull the boat, but it moves. The only other time such a sensation exist is in a hot air balloon, which is also a very peaceful experience. When you sit still and move you get the sensation you are a spirit. Spirits don't make noise, and they don't need a motor. Silently gliding through the world creates a different perspective. One nice thing about sailboats is the ability to sneak up on wildlife. You can glide into a bay and see deer, geese, and sometimes even a moose. Kadizzle may have become hooked on sailing many years ago when he glided silently into a bay a little west of Pick City. On a beautiful day by himself in his little nineteen foot boat he quietly glided into a secluded bay on a perfect warm sunny day. With no expectations or warning to young apparitions arose from the beach and took off up and over the hill. Apparently the two naked young ladies thought they had found the perfect secret spot to use natures tanning booth. More than anything it reminded Kadizzle of deer bounding over the landscape. Kadizzle has never been a deer hunter, but if the deer looked like this he could sit in a tree stand all day. Every time Kadizzle sails by that spot he reflects on those two young deer gracefully climbing that bluff. Kadizzle has even sailed back in that bay hoping to see deer again, but he never has. Perhaps that is a good thing with a weak heart it could be his demise, but it would be a nice way to pass into the next world.

You have to love those Wall Street Theives.

Yesterday my daughter Megan told me she was paying 25% on her credit card. Kadizzle had to do some rearranging to get her a different line of credit. That wonderful Chase Bank that rips off young people so they can pay the CEO hundreds of millions.

On the way home from the lake yesterday NPR ran a story about how the Wall Street banks are ripping off the federal government. Those good old boys are borrowing money from the federal government at 1% and buying treasury bills that pay 3%. Now you can see they are just exercising their right to rob the U.S. Treasury. Perhaps that is where they are getting the money to lend to Megan for 25%.

The best part of the show is the Republican party, which has just accepted massive bribes to do what they do best, "Just say no". Just say no to banking reform. Yes this same bunch of compassionate conservatives that love us all, are now making sure the thieves on Wall Street have the right to rob every young person in the country trying to get ahead. In case you have not been following the Goldman Sachs story Kadizzle will bring you up to date. Goldman Sachs that is now doling out billions in bonuses came up with a clever scheme. Goldman in cahoots with another thieving outfit put together a package of mortgages designed to fail. Goldman sold the package and vouched or it. Then Goldman and its partner thief bet the package would fail by selling it short. It failed, people got thrown out of their home, and all the bankers lived happily every after. Now, it is just a matter of pumping some campaign contributions into the Republican party and we can do it all over again.

What is Hull Speed? What is Dull Speed?

Airplanes for years could not break the sound barrier. However, they eventually did. Sailboats on the other hand have never broken the barrier of hull speed. What is hull speed? After a sailboat reaches a certain speed it can go no faster. It makes no difference how much horsepower you add, the boat will go no faster. Physics dictates that the amount of water that has to be moved out of the way by the boat will increase at exactly the rate you add power. The formula for hull speed is 1.25 times the square root of the boat length at the water line. So a boat that is 36 feet long at the water line will have a hull speed of about 6 times 1.25, or 8.5 Knots.

Now Kadizzle has discovered that this formula also applies to boat repair. A boat can only be cleaned and repaired at a certain rate. When trying to fix up a boat, it will fall apart and get dirty at about the same rate you are fixing. This is call the dull speed. The name comes from the fact that there is so much fiberglass to clean that when you get the last of it cleaned the first place you started will be dull. Today Kadizzle will work on the boat. For years he has been trying to paint all the teak on the rail of the boat, but dull speed always defeats him. By the time he gets it painted the paint has started to peel where he started.

Young Pirates out of Control.

Visiting friends last night Kadizzle was faced with keeping two little twin four years olds and their little girl cousin entertained. Soon it became apparent that they could be assigned tasks as pirates. This worked well because they could be sent on missions, which got them out of Kadizzles hair. They were sent to look for other ships, then they were sent to bury the gold, and on it went for over an hour.

Of course we talked pirate talk with some "Ahoy maties" and lots of "ARRRRR's". The pirates got pretty good at addressing the pirate King Kadizzle with "Aye Aye Sir". Black Beard proved to be a real nuisance, he kept coming back alive. As the evening ended one of the twins approached Kadizzle for final instructions before Kadizzle left. Kadizzle admonished the diminished pirate "Don't let anyone get my gold". The young pirate looked Kadizzle in the eye and said " Don't worry it's your F..king gold". Kadizzle could hardly withhold his laughter, but realized there would have to be a review of pirate language. It sounded like the gold would be safe.

Fun with Sewage

After twenty years of loyal service the sewage lift pump in the basement gave out. Today Kadizzle has the pleasant job of replacing it. As if the expense of a new pump were not enough, the bonus will be cleaning out the basin and the other assorted task that make playing with sewage fun. Hopefully this pump will live longer than Kadizzle. At eighty I don't want to do it again. That is one nice thing about getting old, when you complete a task, it may be the very last time you have to do it. This reminds me of two of my favorite humor moments. One was a cartoon of a guy in Cuba. The poor guy was tied to a post and blind folded. He was about to be executed. A member of the firing squad offered him a cigarette. The guy refused saying "No thanks, I am trying to quit".

H.L. Mencken as a young reporter covered a hanging in Baltimore. The poor black man who was about to be hanged was asked by the hangman if he had anything he would like to say before he was hung. His reply was "This is sure going to teach me a lesson". That is sort of how I look forward to changing the sewage lift pump.

Leave it to Ray,

Who but our friend Ray Kerns would have to have a working canon on his model Keel Boat? Ray always does it right. Ray has been building models to display at the trading post in Stanton, in conjunction with the Knife River Indian village. Historically these models are as accurate as he can make them. I presume he has real whiskey in the jugs.

Phony peope at the Phone company.

You would expect the people at the telephone company to be phony, and believe me the people that run our local phone coop are. West River Telecommunications is our local phone company. It is unique because it has been used as an arm of the Republican Party for years. Coops are usually considered good examples of socialistic, democratic organizations. How did this one turn into an evil nest of Republicans? It all started when a staunch Republican, Mick Grosz, went from the board of West River to the CEO position. Mr. Gross had been a Republican legislator. This was unusual, normally the CEO is an employee that earned the position or someone from outside is hired. Next, he arranges to get another Republican legislator on the Board, Randy Christmann. For years West River Telephone has been used as an instrument to keep Christmann in office. The phone company sponsors events where Christmann hands out food, and they make sure his face appears everywhere.

Now, remember those Republicans who are all for free enterprise? Remember those Republicans who are against socialism? Remember those Republicans who are all for competition? Guess what? The Republicans at West River Telecommunications don't want any competition from free enterprise. The cooperatives have lobbied to make sure private companies cannot compete with them in my home town to provide phone service. This goes against everything Mr. Christmann, and Mr Grosz stand for. If they wanted they could grant Midco permission to provide phone service in the small towns. However, they know they would get trounced. Midco Cable company has the abiltiy to provide internet, telephone, and cable TV. With package deals they can do it for less than West River Telecommunications. Midco would offer people free long distance service. West River Telecommunications has such high rates for long distance only fools would use it.

Phone coops were granted a monopoly in the days of land lies only. The excuse was to provide phone service for people living out in the middle of nowhere. Somehow it has been overlooked that cell phones now exist. Farmers don't need land lines. The Coops have perfected the a system of subsidies that allows them to such off the tax payers in populated states to pay for their unnecessary service. This is bad enough, but when they deny cheap service to the people in their own state they have gone to far. Like every scam it is hard to kill, we are used to it.

How to get the attention of a Coal Company

In my early days in the coal industry I worked near Cadiz, Ohio. Consolidation Coal had a large office there. Mandatory dust sampling had just become the law a few years before. Coal Mines were required to take dust samples from miners to see how much coal dust they were breathing. The samples were sent to the federal government for testing. One day I went to a mine and watched a technician putting samples up to his mouth and sucking the coal dust out backwards off the filters. I said "What are you doing?". The answer was "I am making sure these samples will pass". They had another trick. They would hang some dust pumps out in clear air where they would pick up a little coal dust, but not too much. These samples would be exchanged for the real ones.

One day the whole scheme blew up. Federal Marshalls with hand trucks went right into the vice presidents office as he sat at his desk. They immediately took all his file cabinets and every scrap of evidence they could find. The shit hit the fan. To be honest, I don't think he knew about or condoned what was going on, but it sure got his attention. When the Mine Health and Safety Administration sent the first coal mine foreman to prison the world changed.

If we want to stop killing coal miners needlessly, there is a simple elegant solution. Send Mr. Blankship from Massey Coal to prison. Of course he should get a trial, but I feel any reasonable jury will find him guilty of murder. The 14 million a year he gets will not mean much once he is in prison. It will send a very strong message through the coal fields. Wall Street could use a little dose of prison reality. After a few CEO's write back to their buddies how much fun prison sex is, you will see reforms on Wall Street taken on voluntarily. It would be so nice to know an ex CEO from Wall Street is being bent over in prison receiving the same treatment they gave the country.

Kadizzle will not run for Judge in Hazen

After 20 years of being the Hazen Municipal Judge, Lord Kadizzle will not run for re-election. The Commander will not run for re-election to the Park board after many, many years of service. Local rumors have it that Kadizzle is not running because of his anticipation that Obama will appoint him to the Supreme court. Kadizzle is well known in legal circles after his ruling in Quinn vs June Berry pie. In that case Judge Kadizzle ruled in favor of a man who ordered June Berry pie and was told they had no vanilla ice cream. The man was suing for mental stress. Kadizzle ruled it was unreasonable for a local restaurant to offer June Berry pie without ice cream. Kadizzle cited the "Life, Liberty, and pursuit of happiness" provision of the constitution. The ruling read in part, "This man went to the restaruant in pursuit of happiness, no reasonable food service place would build up a man's expectation by placing June Berry pie on the menu and then put it in front of him without vanilla ice cream".

Republicans are expected to challenge Kadizzle because he has never produced a birth certificate. Those on the right claim he may not have been legally born. Since Kadizzle is from West Virginia where cousin marriages are common, the right wing extremist claim that if you are the progeny of a mixed marriage that involves cousins you are not a person. Many on the left have doubts about Kadizzle also. With New York trying to limit salt on food, and considering higher taxes on French Fries, the left worries Kadizzle may come down of the side of big business and support no taxation on high calorie foods.

Earth Module Scheduled to Land

After orbiting Arizona, passing through Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, the Earth Module will make a re-entry into North Dakota. One nice thing is you do not need a heat shield.

Dare to be Stupid

My younger brother Colin used to make fun of a fundamentalist group called "Dare to be Great". Like the typical fundamentalist fraud they went around the country robbing the delusional in a bus. Colin called them DARE TO BE STUPID. The Tea Party movement in this country reminds me of the DARE TO BE STUPID movement. Here is a bunch of people that get no real information. They thrive from listening to people like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Glenn and Rush know how to get the DARE TO BE STUPID crowd all fired up. They are against everything, except tax cuts for the rich. They believe anything their right wing heroes spin. Michelle Bachmann is in a contest with Palin for who can be the hero of the simple minded. Palin is famous for her whopper about Death Panels. Now Bachmann has tried to outdo Palin. This is an excerpt from and article about Bachmans lies.

(ChattahBox)— There is no end to the paranoid right-wing ranting of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). Her wild accusations and outright lies, have run the gamut from accusing President Obama of perpetrating a plot to “effectively nationalize energy” and starve “freedom loving Americans,” and of creating “re-education camps,” to indoctrinate young people. And she recently urged her constituents to “slit our wrists, be blood brothers” in opposing health care reform. Now, she is back on her campaign against “government run healthcare,” declaring at a recent town hall meeting in her home state of Minnesota that critics of a government healthcare system would be placed on a list and refused medical treatment. Where did the wacky Congresswoman come up with such a preposterous claim? Some unnamed person living under Japan’s healthcare system told Bachmann that’s what occurs in Japan. OK then.

How big is a Coal Mine?

In this picture you can see a small portion of a coal mine. Most big mines are ten times this big. The mine Kadizzle used to work in now goes from the Ohio River in West Virginia for miles under Pennsylvania.


With the recent mine disaster Kadizzle thought he would write about coal mining this morning. Many people imagine a coal mine as a bunch of guys at the end of a single tunnel with picks mining coal. It just is not true. When a mine goes anywhere there are usually six tunnels heading in the main direction. Each of these six tunnels is connected about every fifty feet. Miners actually call them entries, and the connections are called crosscuts. After the main entry is established, this is the one the air and coal will be moved through, then the sections begin. A section is like a huge side branch where coal is extracted. Again six entries are driven up the middle of the section, while rooms are driven off to the side. Several sections at once may be working. In no time at all you have miles and miles of tunnels. One crew can typically mine four hundred feet in one day. So you see coal miners are working in a vast maze. To add to the confusion, all the air has to come in one set of tunnels, and all the exhaust has to go out another. So there are two separate air courses. Many days Kadizzle worked underground and was clueless where he was or how in the hell to get out. When miners ride a mile or two into the mine they are in enclosed cars, so there are very few clues where you are going. Finding your way out of a mine without a disaster could be hard, but in a panic even worse. There have been more than one case where people thought they were going out, and were actually going in. On a couple occasions Kadizzle did walk out. It was strange when you got to the point where you could see that little light that was daylight. You walked and walked and finally you were outside. The best job in a mine is window cleaner.

Moma, Sylvie, and the Lama

We are at such a high elevation Lamas are common here in Evergreen Colorado. These things look like shag carpets with legs.

Dutch girls in the Restroom

As the Kadizzlites finished the winter southwest tour they ended up in Bluff, Utah. As usual the Earth Module stayed at the Cadillac RV resort, or as Ed likes to say the Kadizzlac. The RV park offers showers as part of the package. The shower house has four restrooms each with a shower and sink. The rooms all are attached to a central room that serves as a bit of a lounge with a table and chairs and some reading material. One day as Kadizzle went for his shower he entered the common room and met two nice looking Dutch girls who were touring the United States. Kadizzle did what he could to help them plan their trip. Later they came over to the Earth module for more advice. In the course of the conversation they mentioned they were going to New York City. Already The Commander had them looking at Megan's Noble Youth web site. Kadizzle suggested that if they went to New York they might stay with Megan. It all came together and today they are in New York at Megans apartment. Megan asked "How did you meet my Dad?". The Dutch girls replied "We met him in a restroom in Utah". Megan was a bit shocked, but anything is possible.

The Hidden Brain

Kadizzle has been reading, and hopefully learning from the book "The Hidden Brain". The premise of the book is that people make a lot of decisions based on our hidden brain. The hidden brain is like the auto pilot for thinking. One incident and example in the book are fires in crowded places. Frequently when a fire occurs in a theater, or other public place people are killed because everyone tries to use the same exit they came in. The hidden brain automatically notes where you came in and also notes that is where everyone else is going. Even though there are enough exits people pile up and die because they hidden brain uses a primitive logic system. Many studies find children are prejudiced for what appears to be no good reason. The amazing thing about young children is that black children are prejudiced towards blacks. The hidden brain of children picks up on clues from society, and reacts accordingly, even though the parents never do anything to encourage this behavior. Sometimes you wonder how could anyone even consider voting for Sara Palin? It is the hidden brain in action. People want to do what people in their group are doing. Unconsciously they are picking up signals from their group and reacting to those signals. The hidden brain uses a primitive form of logic.

One day after a long hike Kadizzle was dying for a diet coke or some beverage to drink. Stopping at a roadside store there were two clerks and two cash registers. One cash register had ten people in line, the other checkout had no one. Kadizzles first reaction was to just forget about the coke and leave because he did not want to wait in line. His hidden brain said there is a reason everyone is in that line, so that must be where you have to go. However, Kadizzles concious brain directed him to the empty register. Right away the clerk took his money, and he left the store while those other people stood in line. Before he left he asked the clerk "Why is everyone in that line, and no one will come over here to you, don't they like you?", The clerk laughed and replied, they must not.

Look around you and you can see this logic all the time. Ask a young person what political party they feel they are a part of. Most of the time it will mimic the parents views. There is not much logic in this, but it makes sense from the hidden brain's viewpoint. Most magic tricks rely on the hidden brain. The hidden brain can be distracted very easily.

Up on the Mountain

At 8500ft the weather changes so quickly. Yesterday seven inches of snow, today it is almost gone and the sun shines warmly. One of the best things on the mountain at Erin's is the wildlife that comes by on a regular basis. Deer graze and nap in the backyard. Two foxes make the pass by almost every day. One of the foxes has a rare coat of black with a white tail. No it is not a skunk. The story is some guy used to breed foxes up here. The big thrill is when the Elk come by. The altitude seems to remove what little ambition Kadizzle ever had. The water is the best anywhere. It is pure mountain water. Seeing the dishes come out of the dish washer sparkling is something that does not happen in North Dakota. You can get a cold drink out of the tap that reminds me of the good mountain water in West Virginia. Two little brooks run down beside Erin's house. When the summer comes it is going to be great fun to put the rubber ducks in the stream to entertain the Ticklepinch. It is almost time to put the Kadizzle chub in the hot tub.

The World Will Change Dramatically.

Hewlett Packard is working on a new form of computer memory that will change the game.
The amount of memory that can be stored in any given space will increase dramatically in a few years. To top that they way computers will work will change. Follow the link it is a good article.

Grandpa's Salvation

Normally The Commander watches Kadizzle's every move, and provides close adult supervision. Since the little lady in the pink hat has come along, The Commander has a new charge. Kadizzle can read, blog, or do as he pleases as the little Ticlkpinch distracts Grandma.

Stranger in a Strange Land

Everytime Kadizzle visits his daughter, The Commander and Kadizzle get caught in a marathon session of television watching. Since Erin works from home, she usually sits gramps and grandma in front of the TV to keep them out of trouble. The strange thing is the nature of the series we end up watching. In recent times the most bizarre series we ever watch are the ones we watch at Erin's. In the last two days we have been caught up in hours of Big Love Fran has recorded for The Commander. The series is about a polygamist in Utah in modern times. The plot has so many sub plots, twists, turns and total insanity that it is almost impossible to keep up with. Having just come back from Utah and seen many of the real things this insane series is based on it is scary. The stuff really goes on. In the last two years we have done Deadwood, and Dexter. Both of these series also are only for the brave. Dexter is a serial killer who kills serial killers. Deadwood is the best Western ever, and the fact that it is done in a Shakespearean style really makes it unique. Kadizzle recommends all these series. Deadwood was probably the favorite. Don't start into this mess if you do not have time to waste. When people were limited to one episode a week that was fine, but when you have the whole series on CD you can count on wasted days.

Noise CD for Sale,

Kadizzle is a peaceful man and likes the quiet of the lake, and the peacefulness of the wilderness, but often the tranquility is destroyed by the sound of some loud engine. Many times it is a loud motorcycle or boat. The sad thing is many of these devices are made deliberately loud. Kadizzle has come up with a solution. Now, on CD you can buy the Obnoxious noise CD. When you want to roar down the street or lake and listen to loud noise you just play the loud noise of your choice on headphones. Only you have to hear the noise. No more waking up everyone in the neighborhood. The noise CD has a track for everyone. Track one "Motorcycle Mania" Track two "Boom Box Bum" Track Three "Two Stoke for Dumb Folk". Track four "Noise to float your Boat". Track five "Rappin to disturb Nappin". If you order now you can get the free head phones, and the "Stupid and Proud" bumper sticker, all for $19.95.

Kadizzle the Coal Miner

Every time there is a mine disaster Kadizzle remembers his days as an underground coal miner. Kadizzle was young and in college, for a summer job he was an underground coal miner. One thing he was told as part of the safety training, which was damn little in those days, was that when you heard and explosion and the air stopped moving you better be on your way out.

One day just as we started the shift we got the two classic signals. There was a loud muffled boom, and sure enough the air quit moving. At the time we were at least a mile underground. Worse yet smoke was pouring into where we were. After you are in mining awhile you get the feeling most miners don't expect to survive an explosion. I was amazed how calm everyone was. I think everyone thought we were just walking dead men. As a crew we gathered together and decided we were going to try to walk out. I suggested we take our water and lunches.

After we had walked a relatively short distance the air cleared up. This meant we had walked past the explosion. The foreman figured out pretty quickly what had happened. When our crew walked in to work we had walked through a puddle of water about thirty feet long. The puddle had a huge power cable in it. The cable had shorted out in the water and exploded. Now, we found out we would be fine, but had we been in that puddle five minutes later, we would all have been electrocuted. The cable was illegally laid through the puddle, it should have been hung up. Kadizzle always clearly remembers that day, and what he remembers most was how calm everyone was. It was like telling eight people you are dead, and looking at the expression on their faces. Miners are a unique breed, and some of the best people you will ever meet. There are no phonies down where the coal is.

A Cold Boil

Since Erin lives at 8500 feet the coffee doesn't taste right. The high altitude lets the water boil at about 196 degrees. Normally in Hazen water will boil at 208 degrees. So the coffee is colder and just not the same. In the old days when Kadizzle worked at the power plant the water in the boiler would not boil until something over seven hundred degrees since it was under pressure. Now that would have made some good coffee.

Playing with Deaf Kids

Kadizzle loves kids and cannot resist romping with them. Easter Sunday Kadizzle found himself having a meal with some relatives and friends. Holly, Rob and their two little boys are deaf. Before long Kadizzle and all the children were all in the back yard playing "Get Me". Kids love to be chased caught and let go. It is easier to sneak up on deaf children. Riordian, the smallest of the two was shy like all kids are. He wanted to be caught but when he was caught by some stranger he was a little scared. So Riordian would make the sign for "where is dad" every time I caught him. Kayan had to be the interpreter. In frustration Kadizzle said to Kayan "That doesn't make any sense". Kayan replied "I told you a thousand times that is what he is saying, even if it doesn't make any sense." It did make sense when you thought it out. Riordian would periodically go in the house get a boost of courage from his dad and then come back out to join the fun. At some point Riordian scraped his leg. Now, how does Kadizzle comfort someone he cannot talk to and explain he meant no harm. Riordian ran in the house crying, but soon came out. Somehow Kadizzle managed to convey his concern by getting Riordian to come over and let Kadizzle examine the scratch. Things were back to wildness soon. It was amazing how well all the kids knew sign language. It seems like the most simple logic, but it took awhile for it to sink in to Kadizzle that you cannot communicate with deaf children unless they are looking at you. Deaf kids are used to adults that know how to sign, so constantly they were signing to Kadizzle with no results. They must have been thinking this idiot has no vocabulary what so ever. Which of course was true. Children without hearing must be more sensitive to facial expressions than most children. They seemed to immediately be able to detect a fake mean face from a real one.

Matt Taibbi, How Wall St. Riiped Off Main Street

Rarely does Kadizzle laugh out loud from reading something, but if anyone can do it it is Matt Taibbi. He has to be Kadizzle's favorite writer. Here is example when Taibbi discribes one of the crooks "Blount is a stocky, stubby-fingered Southerner with glasses and a small pinched face - if Norman Rockwell had ever done a painting titled "Small Town Accountant Taking an Enormous Dump," it would look just like Blount."

After reading the article you can see that Wall Street is just a bunch of sophisticated gangsters, that never go to jail. Of course the Republicans are fighting any kind of real reform that would keep the Wall Street crooks in check. Read the article it is a wonderful example of how all those people on Wall Street are getting bonuses for destroying our country.

The Lizard Lounge

Now that the southern hiking season is over all we have to live on is memories. After a long hike in the Paria River area we would often end the day with a drink at the Lizard lounge. Around the campfire on the old couch one can sit and drink a beer in the warm sun. As you sit you can watch the lizards that have made the furniture their home peak out from under the cushions. Next he will peek out somewhere else. Life is good.

Powdered Water Popular in Southwest

The Kadizzles hauled the Earth Module over the Rockies yesterday. It is always a tense trip and with The Commander for co-pilot there is even more tension. Apparently The Commander thinks Kadizzle is blind. "That car put its brakes on", "Did you hear the wind?", "Go around that truck", and "Don't go around that truck". Kadizzle would love to have one of those old deals they made for kids that you could put on the other side of the care with a horn and steering wheel. Anyway we made it to Erin's to marvel at our granddaughter who is just learning to stand.

Now, back to the powdered water. Water is always an issue when traveling in your RV. In a supermarket near Tuscon Kadizzle was wandering through the isles bored. In the isle with the bottled water a vendor was stocking shelves. Kadizzle with a serious face asked him, "Where is the powdered water". Without hesitation he said "If they have it, it would be in this isle". Two days ago in the little store at an RV place there were two people behind the counter. Again Kadizzle asked if they carried powdered water. Both looked at each other and then one said "I don't think we have it". If anyone knows where I could get some it would be the perfect product for hiking, RVing, and a host of other uses. It seems to exist, stores just don't want to carry it because it would compete with the bottled water.

Awake at 6,000 feet

What is left of the Kadizzlites have awakened to a cold morning at 6,000 feet. The coffee water boils sooner and not as hot. First, we have to heat the joint up a little. Hopefully nothing froze. Today Kadizzle guesses The Commander will insist on a forced march. No doubt it will be down into some vast canyon. On our short hike yesterday there were many little sites where you could see ancient people had been crafting arrow heads. Kadizzle was hopping to find something interesting. The wife of the camp host found a seven inch spear point. The best Kadizzle could do was a arrow head with the point broken. There is a letter in the Bismarck Tribune today by a preacher who is a bit upset about Glenn Beck coming out against social justice. Glenn Beck is as close to Hitler in his techniques as anyone you will see in your lifetime. It is very scary that people actually watch and believe such a delusional maniac. If you watch him very long you can see he needs treatment. It seems like our country is slipping into the McCarthy era once again. The simple minded always like someone like Glenn Beck to scare the beJesus out of them. Glenn fits in so well with the Fox News crowd. News on Fox and entertainment cannot be separated. No other news organization manufactures its own news. Only Fox has the balls to whip up some organization like the teabaggers then pretend it emerged on it's own.

Weather Clears at Canyonlands or Where's Waldo

If you look closely you can find Lord Kadizzle in this picture. Pictures can never capture the immense size of the world. The Commander insisted we hike into some hidden arch. We never saw the arch, but had a nice hike, I guess it was hidden. The weather showed a little mercy on us. Got into a bullshit session with the camp host. According to him he has been attacked three times by black bears, and each time shot them. Something about probabilities makes me wonder. His stories were good, and it could have happened, just a little skeptical. Every time it happened he just happened to have a gun an shot the bear. I would say he is either a liar, or a lucky man. Also noticed the bears kept getting bigger. The last black bear that attacked him was nine feet tall. Perhaps this all was a tall tail on his part.

Life in a small box

The Kadizzlites have been living in a small box with wheels for about three months. From the living room to the bedroom is about four steps. The views are usually magnificent. Heat can be a precious commodity. To have heat you need electricity. This means the battery, or the generator. The battery will not last to long running the furnace. So the routine is to get up warm up the module and begin the day. Since the module is self contained, all water must be carried on board, and after it is used stored on board. Living in a module makes you very conscious of how much water, electricity, and fuel you use. Periodically the module has to be recharged and discharged. The trick is to go as long as you can between refills. This means turn off the light right away. Don't run the water. Close the door. If more people could readily see their impact on resources, the world would be a better place. Living in the urban environment people don't have a clew how much they consume. In an Earth Module every drop counts.