Berthold Bay

A sailing friend took this picture.  Old Kadizzle has spent hundreds of nights holed up in this spot.  May fond memories.  So many sailing tales around the campfire here. So nice to sail into this bay every spring.  Was there about a week ago. 

It was the best of Trails, the worst of Trails

Winky and Kadizzle had to lay low while the estate was shown in Hazen.  Off to the Badlands once more we headed with the ebikes.  In segments we have been doing the Ma Da Hey Trail.  On this trip we hit the jackpot.  The trail was just stunning.  North Dakota does have some wonderful spots.  Some of the turns were so sharp dropping down to the Little Missouri that you had to come to a complete stop at the switchback.  OK,  that is the good news.  Now the bad, in the infinite stupidity of regulations carried out to the extreme bikes cannot be taken into the wilderness portion of the Badlands.  Kadizzle generally agrees with this rule, but every rule has it's short comings.  In this case it meant somehow we had to skirt about two miles of the wilderness on bikes.  Now it was obvious other people had tried to do this, but what it meant was we had to take a bypass that pretty much, did not exist.  In fact it did not exist.  Pushing the bikes and riding through brush we were not able to get by the protected part of the park.  A couple simple solutions exist.  First they could build a bypass, second they could make an exception.  The trial we needed did briefly wander into the sacred territory.  If they let bikers use the sacred portion of the trail they would be on it for less than ten minutes.  The reality is no one is way back in that part of the Badlands except the people on foot and bikers.  It is just the classic case of an insane application of a rule.  The intent is good, but the outcome is not.  Anyway perhaps if Kadizzle becomes awake this morning he will ad a video or picture to this post later.

Swigert Class of 2020 Video (This is Sylvie's teacher, the absolute best)

Will Change Come?

You can dance, and spin, and hit them on the head, but they will not change.  Kadizzle is an old man.  It has taken 71 years to learn you cannot change society until people are cold and hungry.  If the great depression proved anything it is that change will only come with pain.  When people have had enough change will come.  Currently the spark may be ignited for change.  The root of the mess is inequality.  Kadizzle firmly believes capitalism must be changed or discarded for something that mandates sharing.  When so many do without while a few wallow in unneeded wealth we have a problem folks.  Let this sink in.  The four richest people in the United States have as much wealth as the bottom half of the country.  If that does not ring your bell, push some button in front of you to go to cartoons.  So you are a black person living in a slum.  What do you have to lose by showing your anger with a barbecue at Target? When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose. 

If people cannot see Trump is the flower at the top of the plant. Trump sits atop the rubbish heap of stench that got us in this mess.  There are none so blind as those that will not see.  Republicans have one goal and one goal only. Protect the rich, enrich the rich, it is that simple.  If you cannot see that push the cartoon button.

When Kadizzle goes to Denver he goes to Walmart.  At Walmart he engages a few black people to take their pulse.  Kadizzle wonders how they are going to vote, or if they are going to vote.  Kadizzle got his answer black people are voting with matches and bricks.  They have had enough.  Don't blame them.

Scott Hennen

Yesterday Kadizzle had to take a truckload of tree branches to the dump.  Irritated with Trump's lying about Joe Scarborough Kadizzle wondered how KFYR radio host Scott Hennen would spin the story if he was confronted with it.  Hennen plays the role of little Rush Limbaugh in Bismarck, ND.  for KFYR radio.  The rednecks with red hats love the radio station.  If Trump farts Hennen will praise the zephyr and call it the wind of God.

Kadizzle called Hennen while he was on the air for his morning session of lies.  Kadizzle asked Hennen for his spin on the Scarborough story.  Hennen said it was alright for Trump to jump in because he story was in the papers. It was the newspapers that were at fault.  Whenever Hennen is confronted with facts or the truth he talks over you, hangs up the phone, or goes to a commercial.

Hennen has a secret weapon.  Since his show runs with a time delay he can cut you off and pretend like the conversation ended politely.  Radio listeners would get that impression.  The net result is you don't get to express your opinon.  The real irony to this crap is they call the show "fair and balanced".  If indeed the show was fair and balanced someone would be on the air with Hennen representing the other side of the story.  Kadizzle has suggested this to Hennen at times.  In the end Hennen's show is a little propaganda outfit for the Republican party helping with the dumbing down of our country.  Hennen also understands the way to play up Kelly Armstrong, Kevin Cramer, and any Republican that wants to be a kiss up to Trump. Hennen gets them on the show and throws some softball questions with continual compliments.  Hennen's advertisers are the guys who sell erection pills, magic pillows, gold scams, and the who gammit of things that appeal to the poorly informed.  KFYR's business model is give the people at the circus what they want.  It is the Fox News model in action.  Now if anyone does not see the problem just keep the radio on after Hennen is done spinning. Guess who comes on next.  Yup, it is a couple hours of Rush Limbaugh the world champion liar.

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Launch the boat

Kadizzle has launched hundreds of sailboats. Yesterday we put Stroupini's boat in the water.  The most memorable was a launch many years ago of the Jennie Rose.  The sailboat was sitting high on the trailer as sailboats do.  McGarve and Kadizzle had the boat at the top of the ramp. The ramp was long and steep because of the low lake level.  We were about to back the boat down by the water.  The procedure for launching a sailboat is a bit complicated.  Because a sailboat draws so much water one must get the boat out into the water at least forty or fifty feet before it comes free of the trailer.  To do this the trailer is first parked by the waters edge, then an extension is put between the boat trailer and the truck that will back it into the water. So we were going to back the trailer with the boat on it down to the waters edge. McGarve was on the boat by the wheel.  Kadizzle began to back the boat. When Kadizzle tapped the brake the boat trailer came lose from the truck.  In order to prevent disaster safety chains connect the trailer to the truck.  However ,  the chains were rusty and immediately busted loose.  There he goes.  McGarve is going down the steep ramp about 12O feet long.  McGarve's eyes were the size of pumpkins.  Kadizzle was watching in amazement.  McGarve thought Kadizzle had locked the safety latch and Kadizzle thought McGarve had done it.  Of course neither had .  The boat took off down the ramp and into the water.  The boat floated free without a hitch. It actually was a wonderful launch.  Now the marina operator who had a few bolts loose saw the whole thing.  In a fit of excitement he called the park rangers and told them a disaster had taken place.  There was one major problem the boat trailer was out there in the lake somewhere.  Kadizzle assured McGarve it was no problem.  With utmost luck Kadizzle tossed a small anchor out and caught the trailer.  As we pulled the trailer out of the water the rangers came rushing up.  They asked if there was a problem.  Kadizzle with a great deal of fun said " No, we do this all the time".

Insanity

Here we sit, Kadizzle, and the people inside his head.  The coffee is good, Winky went nuts because something went wrong with the coffee maker and the coffee went all over the floor.  Cannot resist listening to the ex con tell his stories on youtube.  It makes one realize how nutty the world is.  Here it comes.  Trump.  Trump is just a lousy con man.  Trump is a mentally ill nut case.  Kadizzle grew up with a psychopath that lived a few blocks away. These people have no sense of getting caught.  The con man on youtube was telling his story about how his pizza business was too much of a headache so he thought he would just burn it down.  The first try did not work, so he went back later and burnt down the whole block.  The insurance company knew he did it, but could not prove it.

When Kadizzle lived in Wheeling, it was at one time known as little Chicago.  Al Capone came to the racetrack there.  Anyway if you have seen the mob type operate they are not hard to figure out.  Trump is nothing but a mob guy.  Who could be so stupid as not to see it. Trump dismisses all the good guys and fills the positions with idiots and other mob guys. Trump's gang scamed the virus. Trump tries to get people to buy his drug as a cure.  It is like a cheap tv commercial.  Trump or one of his buddies must have had stock in Clorox.  Why else would he try to get people to drink bleach.  Now for the amazing part, the idiots who cannot see what is going on.  Simple minded people surround us, they walk around in a daze.  When someone hangs with the mob, they are part of the mob. Look at Cramer, and whats his name Burgum.  If you watch the con man video you will find out loyalty is everything in the mob.  Does that sound familiar? Our country is being run by the mob.  How can people be this stupid. Trump will not show his taxes.  Did anyone forget Al Capone went to jail on taxes.   Now, this takes the cake.  One of Trump's guys goes to jail, and he pardons them. Imagine a mob boss who can pardon people.  Are we really this stupid?

Going to prison

Wow, Kadizzle has been studying up on going to prison. It sounds like no fun at all. Go to youtube and let Larry Lawson tell you about prison.  The United States is on par with the worst country in the world for the way people are treated. Not, much time to tell the story, because Winky and Kadizz are going biking in the Badlands today.  However, the guys stories are fascinating. Today he talked about being on con air. That is the prison airline.  Locked in your seat you cannot use the bathroom for up to sixteen hours.  Check out his first experience in prison where they make a cocktail of human waste to throw at the warden.  After they do that everyone gets beat senseless regardless of your innocence. Check it out we need prison reform desperately.

Awakening with a devious scheme

The old lump got out of bed and decided he needed a shower.  In the shower he thought about the article he read in the NYT.  The article outlined how Trump caused a lot of distress for a family that lost a daughter.  Trump claimed Joe Scarborough murdered the woman.  A complete lie.

Read the article.  Now here is the plan.  We are plagued with idiots.  The guy who sells us insurance is a Republican dolt.  Kadizzle if he gets the courage, which may not happen would go to the dolt and say " If you don't read this article about Trump I want all my insurance canceled and I will go with another agent".   Here is the problem, the dolts are never forced to see the truth.  What if a lot of people joined my movement and forced the people they do business with to face a little truth?  Republicans have the luxury of pretending they do not know how evil Trump is.  We let them get away with it.  What if conscious Americans forced the unconscious to smell the smelling salts? What if you said, " OK, I am not buying this car unless you read this"?  All the dolts hear is Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.

Now maybe one could go about this politely, and say something like " It would sure help me be a customer if you read this.

The Problem with Shitt's Creek

The Kadizzles got drawn into the show Shitts Creek.  By normal standards the program and the people are absurd.  Wait they are not.  There is a new normal where people believe in and support Trump.  Kadizzle has walked away from the silly show and realized reality is every bit as goofy.  We have a lying, cheating, immoral rat for president, and he does three stooges stuff all the time.  It is no different from Shitts Creek. The right conclusion is there is no normal. Normal people do not vote for Trump, but there he is. Normal people would not wear a red hat that says I am an idiot, but you see the idiots. Normal people would not let someone give you money from your own wallet and tell you it is a gift.  Normal has completely evaporated.  One day we are in a pandemic locked in the basement and the next day we are crowded on the beach.  One day we are worried Obama is going to push granny off a cliff, and the next day we are looking for cliffs where she can sit and get the virus.

One inch smarter

Who knows why, but Kadizzle was called into the kitchen to stir the oatmeal.  For no reason known to man Winky wanted to measure Kadizzle's head.  Kadizzle thought he might be getting a new one.  Well Kadizzle's head is 22 inches around at the equator.  Next we measured Winky's head which turned out to be 21 inches.  This explained a lot.  How much difference one more inch of brains can make.  Not sure what kind of head Winky is ordering for Kadizzle, but he hopes it will fit.  Does it come programmed, or does it have to be filled with bull manure? Would be kind of nice if the new head has more hair, and less age marks.  Maybe the new head will be digital with a better hard drive. The hard drive on this head is worn out and there aint much hard.

Sailing Adventure

Down the lake the little boat went in front of the wind.  A pleasant sail that took the small boat to Berthold Bay.  Low and behold Nick was there with some friends on the Jennie Rose.  The Jennie Rose is the boat Kadizzle has been helping restore for the last couple years.  Sailing back into the area where the Jennie Rose was anchored we went aground.  The depth meter on our boat is useless. Getting back on the water brings back hundreds of memories.  Each Spot on the lake has a story.  Shad owned the boat we were on and probably got tired of Kadizzle's endless recollections.  The bunk on the small boat was small and narrow.  After we had some socializing tied up next to the Jennie Rose we crawled in to sleep. Shad snored all night and Kadizzle had the fire belly from the fire pickle and a couple rum and cokes. The weather forecast seemed to promise a sled ride back in the morning, but that was wishful thinking.  Leaving early to beat the oncoming rain we ended up beating into massive waves.  The morning was cold and spray from smashing the waves did not make it any better.  The wind god had to show he was boss and made us fight out way back.  Tired we finally made it back to the marina.  Kadizzle is getting old and the battle wore him down.

Being a " Know it all"

At various times someone has said to Kadizzle in not the nicest of fashion " You are a know it all".  Well Kadizzle must admit he certainly has the characteristics. To know everything is not as easy as just signing up as a know it all, it takes lots of study.   Currently Kadizzle is learning how to fly a jet passenger plane, operate a tugboat, be a bum, and too much else to relate here.  How do you know everything.  You go onto Youtube and just watch video's.  Hat's off to Omar, all the stuff you have to remember to fly passengers is way more than Kadizzle will master.  Omar did that for a living. Tugboats are more complicated than Kadizzle thought.  This morning learning how to manipulate a huge cargo ship turned out to be more complicated.  Being a know it all is a lifetime study.  Just being a good bum involves way more than Kadizzle thought.  Bums, at least professional bums need to know a lot about trains.  Kadizzle learned so much from Shoestring the bum he never would have though of.  How do you hide, how can you tell where a train car is going,  and the list goes on.  It turns out every job has way more knowledge than one might think.  Kadizzle has mastered being a lazy, worthless old man if anyone wants tips.  Now if you have infinite curiosity Youtube is endless.

Way back one hundred years ago Kadizzle was in college.  When Kadizzle went to the library and tried to do research he quickly ran into his lifelong problem, attention deficit disorder.  Wandering down the narrow isle of the library to find a book, another book would catch his attention.  Soon Kadizzle would be paging through a book that had nothing to do with his research.  Back to the subject of being a know it all.  One of the best ways to know everything is ask questions.  If you are not bashful about asking questions you will find out a lot. What is that for? Why are you doing that? and of course Why do you want me to quit bothering you and get the hell out of here?

Hym ha Fiddler

Shanika and Kadizzle set off to try a motorcycle in Sydney, Montana.   It was a pleasant drive into the oil rich country of the west.  Always Kadizzle is bumfuzzled by all the idle equipment in the boomtowns.  The oil boom caused so much to be built that is now sitting idle. A lot of people lost a lot of money.  Convenience stores with ten counters and endless isles of soft drinks are empty with next to no customers.

About forty minutes or so before we got to Sydney, Shanika called motorcycle Willie to let him know we would arrive.  Willie turned out to be a fiddle f**ker.  You know the type person who finds it difficult to walk in a straight line.  A normal person about to try to sell a motorcycle would make sure it had oil, it would start and have it ready to go, but not Willie.  When we arrive Willie is in the garage with the cycle torn apart changing the oil.  So after a constant stream of pauses and meaningless conversation it finally comes time to start the motorcycle.  It starts right up, amazing.  Willie had just put a little charge on the battery.  However, it would not start again.  The battery was bad and could not hold a charge.  This meant some more fiddling.  The motorcycle had to be pushed out by the truck and jump. started. 

Kadizzle took the BMW 650 thumper for a spin.  It was a nice cycle but just did not seem to fit Kadizzle's profile.  Shanika tried it and decided it was too big.  So back to Hazen we flew with no cycle.  Some good conversation, a nice drive, and some wasted gas.  Such is life.  The coffee just finished perking. 

When old Kadizzzle was a kid people would ask the usual question " What do you want to be when you grow up?'.   Kadizzle wanted to be a bum.  Kadizzle has been watching bum videos on Youtube.  Winky doesn't like it.  Shoestring is the bum making the videos.  He is a very professional bum and just happen to pass through Bismark a week or so ago according to his video.   Youtube is amazing.  If you can get enough people to watch your documentary on being bum you can make enough money to buy a couple sandwiches.  In fact people have sent Shoestring money to help him be a bum. 

How the mind works.  This train of thought at five A.M. made Kadizzle think of singing the old depression song halaluja I ama bum.  Kadizzle broke out with this song in New Zealand and low and behold the lady running the Airb&b knew the song and started singing along.

Back to bumming.  Shoestring has a terribly mangled hand.   Shoestring got off a moving train and fell.   He pushed himself away from the track by putting his hand on the rail.  Whoops two fingers gone.  There is a story he tells with the event how the police immediately issued him a trespassing ticket in the ER while his cut off fingers dangled in the glove.  If you are tired of virus news watch Shoestring and learn the art of bumming.

Winky's breast get rave reviews.

Old Kadizzle was wandering around the house. Looking out the window there was a long line of cars coming down the street.  Since we live on a cul de sac it seemed very strange.  The cars were driving by our house honking their horns. Puzzled Kadizzle went into the bedroom where Winky was getting dressed.  She just happened to have her shirt off with her naked bosoms exposed toward the window. Since our house is so isolated we rarely pull the curtains.  Winky did not realize a parade was going by. Kadizzle told Winky it might not be a good idea to be facing the window half naked. Kadizzle told Winky " They must like what they are seeing, all the cars are honking". It took a little time to register, but Kadizzle figured out the town must be having a graduation parade for the seniors.  Hopefully nobody saw Winky's inadvertent display.  If anyone did it will spread like wildfire that Winky flashed the seniors.

Lying and cheating for the greater good.

Kadizzle had a bad experience with a North Dakota rat politician.  In fact he has dealt with a couple of the dishonest rats.  Now the Republican rats are fighting amongst themselves.

This little Rat or should it be said big rat helped rig an election against me.  It has been written about before on this blog.  It is a strange world. Living in a rural area everyone knows everyone.  Kadizzle used to work for a man that supports this rat. The ex mayor of Hazen supports the rat.  It is disturbing to find our people you thought were somewhat honest would buy into the old idea that you can do something dishonest if it creates a greater good. Dirty tricks, lying, and immoral behavior are all part of politics.  It is a matter of degree. However, who you support says everything about you.  If you publically say you support Trump you are admitting you don't have an once of sense or decency.  The only other possibility is you are delusional. The evidence is clear about Jeff Delzer, Kadizzle has first hand knowledge about how the man operates, and how dishonest he is.  This morning Kadizzle called the old mayor who supports Delzer the rat.  The mayor said he knows nothing about the crooked crap Delzer pulled.  This is pretty much impossible.  If you come out of the huddle and claim you are clueless if it will be a pass or a run, who would believe you.  This is their game.  Deny it ever happened. Trump gets away with this like no one in history.  If you get caught, just simply lie. 

MAGA Good music for a bad president.

Hard to Imagine

It is hard to imagine, but we are on a massive ball of rock hurtling through space drinking coffee. Not only is the massive chunk of rock moving, but it is also spinning. The rock has spun around and now it is morning.  This rock is whizzing around a massive atomic explosion and it is my 71st trip around the continuous atomic bomb that has been going for billions of years.  Nothing unusual about that.  Like ants we wander around oblivious to the scale of our world.  Radio waves are jumping through the air like bees, but we don't see them.  Radiation is everywhere heating, cooling, and burning.  Clueless we make up silly stories to calm ourselves.  Magic replaces logic, it is easier. We have elf's, saints, gods, and devils. We are clueless how we got here and if we will end up in some other strange universe when the breath goes out of us.  Little diseases try everyday to kill us.  We try to kill each other.  We fight over air, water, salt, dirt, and whose Jesus is best.  Wow, it is total insanity.  Each of us lives in our own fantasy, fly like a butterfly, sting like a be, and Trump says don't you want to be just like me.

Another Week

Here we go another week.  Stoupini and Kadizzle took the ebikes for a spin at the state park.  Kadizzle did not realize the park has a pretty nice trail.  It is easy by trail standards but a nice ride along the lake shore.  All the sailors are starting the season. Kadizzle misses his boat like a lost loved one.  May have to get another.

Winky buzzed of early this morning to the grocery store.  She is sure there is more safety at the store from the virus when fewer people are there.  People are predictable, the excitement of the virus is wearing off and more and more the game is going back to normal.  Like so many things the entire episode will become a thing of the past.  The unique thing about society is the ability to ignore problems. Air pollution is the classic case.  It does not happen all at once.  Gradually the air gets worse.  The net result is people accept a yellow haze as normal.  Climate change is another case where things happen slowly.   If a disaster happens slowly it is not much fun.  The first time someone with a gun shot up 27 little children it was a big deal, now we accept it as normal.  When Trump told his first couple of lies people noticed, now he lies constantly and it is accepted as normal.  Just read how the police shoot people at will in Brazil and it is accepted as normal.  Very quickly our society will accept the old the sick and he wounded being cut down by the virus.  As long as I am warm and my belly is full who cares. That is the American way.  I got mine, the hell with you. 

Electric Crash

Sure enough adding a battery to Winky was a mistake.  The woman is incapable of going slow.  The two old coots took the electric bikes to Harmon Lake to enjoy the wonderful bike  paths.  Kadizzle stopped on a metal bridge to let Winky meet up with him.  As Winky came barrelling toward the Bridge Kadizzle  told her " Go ahead if you want".  Apparently Winky decided she would rid in the lead.  Kadizzle was looking forward as Winky came from behind.  Then there was a crashing explosion and Kadizzle looked down to see Winky splayed on the deck of the bridge.  Her handlebar caught on Kadizzles.  Now an ordinary person would slow down if the had to go through a very narrow spot, but not Winky she had to go like a rocket with disastrous results.  Her helmet saved the bridge and her head from damage.  With some bleeding little scrapes she got up and blamed Kadizzle for the whole thing.  Kadizzle as an old municipal judge tried to explain to her that if you hit someone who is parked it is your fault. Fortunately rocket woman was not hurt and the equipment survived.  Bikes do have brakes, the trick is to use them.  In the end we went 18 miles.  Winky said she did not get enough exercise on the ebike.  Kadizzle has tried to get it through her head she can turn down the assist and she will need more effort.  The concept may never sink in to the hyperactive part of the marriage.   Now there are some physics involved.  Peanut weighs about half what Kadizzle does. This means her electric motor does not have nearly the work to do that the motor on the Kadizzlator does.