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November 27th, 2009

01:11 pm - mostlycajun.com Today in History – November 27 1826 – John Walker invents friction match in England. 1868 – Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River – United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land. 1895 – At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies. He didn’t envision it becoming a propaganda tool, but parts of it have done just that. 1924 – In New York City, the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held. They used animals from the zoo in the first couple of parades. In 1927, the first big balloon, Felix the Cat, made its debut. 1967 – Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price. It’s at an all-time high of almost $1170 right now. Current Mood: recumbent Current Music: Tri County Barn Dance - Steve Morse Tags: m3m3

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November 25th, 2009

04:49 pm - Train-wreaking I like to watch home improvement type TV. For many years the ONLY! show I'd watch every week was "This Old House". Well I found a new guilty pleasure, "Holmes on Home". The trouble is I get very PO"d at the ripping off of the homeowners. It literally is a train-wreak put back to rights. As the shows says we as a civil society require licenses for a manicurist so why not for contractors? Current Location: out of the cold rain Current Mood: lonely Current Music: Memories of You - Liz Story Tags: info de do de doh!

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11:16 am - mostlycajun.com Today in History – November 25 1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain, begins. They’re back now! 1867 – Alfred Nobel patents dynamite, taming the power of nitroglycerine. 1950 – The “Storm of the Century”, a violent snowstorm, paralyzes the northeastern United States and the Appalachians, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 323 people die due to the storm. Da*n that global warming! 1950 – The People’s Republic of China joins the Korean War, sending thousands of troops across the Yalu river border to fight United Nations forces. Otherwise, the war was over. Now it will drag on, fighting in earnest for three years, and then border incursions by North Korea for the next couple of decades. 1973 – Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure. Communities get used to money from speeding tickets as a revenue stream. Federal fiat produces a nation of scofflaws. Current Mood: awake Tags: humor

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November 23rd, 2009

03:26 pm - mostlycajun.com. Today in History – November 23 1644 – Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship, and written by John Milton is published. When the Left gets finished with us this time, this will be a banned book. 1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched – one of the last clippers ever to be built, and the only one still surviving to this day. These were the Boeing 747’s of the day, the technological peak of sail-powered commerce. 1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. 1914 – Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair. 1959 – General Charles de Gaulle, President of France, declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for a “Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals.” Funny… when Hitler said it, everybody got all pi**ed off… Current Mood: lazy Current Music: Extollere (Feat. Katharine Blake And Mediaeval Baebes) - Delerium Tags: m3m3

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November 21st, 2009

11:24 pm - A Squirrel Came to Church A Squirrel Came to Church Well when I was kid I'd take a trip every summer, down to Mississippi. To visit my granny in her ante bellum world. I'd run barefooted all day long, climbing trees free as a song. One day I happened catch myself a squirrel. I stuffed him down in an old shoebox, punched a couple holes in the top and when Sunday came, I snuck him in the church. I was sittin way back in the very last pew showin him to my good buddy Hugh, when that squirrel got loose and went totally berserk! Well what happened next is hard to tell. Some thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell. But the fact that something was among us was plain to see. As the choir sang "I Surrender All" the squirrel ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls Harv leaped to his feet and said, "Somethin's got a hold on me!" YEOW! Chorus The day the squirrel went berserk, In the First Self-Righteous Church in that sleepy little town of Pascagoula. It was a fight for survival, that broke out in revival. They were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah! Verse 2 Well Harv hit the aisles dancin and screamin some thought he had religion others thought he had a demon Harv thought he had a weed eater loose in his fruit of the looms. He fell to his knees to plead and beg, and that squirrel ran out of his britches leg, unobserved to the other side of the room. All the way down to the Amen pew where sat Sister Bertha "Better than you" Who had been watching all the commotion with safistic glee. Shoot, you should've seen the look in her eyes when that squirrel jumped her garders and crossed her thighs. she jumped to her feet and said, "Lord have mercy on me!" As the squirrel made laps inside her dress, she began to cry and then to confess to sins that would make a sailor blush with shame. She told of gossip and church dissention, but the thing that got the most attention is when she talked about her love life then she started naming names! Chorus The day the squirrel went berserk. In the First Self-Righteous Church in that sleepy little town of Pascagoula. It was a fight for survival, that broke out in revival. They were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah! Verse 3 Well seven deacons and then the pastor got saved and 25,000 dollars got raised. And 50 volunteered for missions in the Congo on the spot. and even without an invitaion there were at least 500 rededications. And we all got rebaptised whether we needed it or not. Now you've heard the Bible stories I guess of how He parted the waters for Moses to pass. All the miracles God has brought to this ol' world. But the one I'll remember to my dyin day is how he put that church back on the narrow way with a half crazed Mississippi Squirrel The day the squirrel went berserk. In the First Self-Righteous Church Of that sleepy little town of Pascagoula. It was a fight for survival, that broke out in revival. They were jumpin pews and shouting Halelujah! Current Mood: artistic Current Music: Barcarole - Pat Metheny Group Tags: humor

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02:50 pm - 'theBobs'" house ca June 1952 Google has the Pop Mech June of 52 article on the Colorado home of the Heinleins. Still IMO a good design though as a chef I kinda giggle at the kitchen. http://tinyurl.com/yf5pm7y Current Mood: amused Current Music: Minuano (Six Eight) - Pat Metheny Group Tags: info de do de doh!

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01:09 pm - mostlycajun.com. Today in History – November 21 164 BC – Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restores the Temple in Jerusalem. These events are commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. 1620 – Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact. “Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith…” 1877 – Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. A well-equipped machine shop could replicate his instrument. Can you build a CD writer? Or player? 1942 – Warner Brothers Cartoons: Tweety Bird, aka Tweety Pie, debuts in “Tale of Two Kitties” “I tawt I saw a puddy tat!” 1969 – The first permanent ARPANET link was established between UCLA and SRI. ARPANET is a precursor to the internet. 1980 – In recent Louisiana history, Lake Peigneur drained into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe was drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole. The resulting whirlpool sucked the drilling platform, several barges, houses and trees thousands of feet, to the bottom of the dissolving salt deposit. 1995 – Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time. Current Mood: tired Current Music: Airstream - Pat Metheny Group Tags: humor, m3m3

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01:59 am - Bacon-wrapped Roasted Turkey With Pan Gravy One of our local rags, the PiPress has run this AP story http://www.twincities.com/food/ci_13814759?nclick_check=1 Scary init? Current Location: comfy chair Current Mood: amused Current Music: The Moon Song - Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden Tags: f00d p0rnz

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November 20th, 2009

02:08 pm - )mostlycajun.com Today in History – November 20 1620 – Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704) 1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights. The present administration would like to retract a few of them now. 1820 – An 80-ton sperm whale attacks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this story). 1888 – William Bundy patents the timecard clock. 1923 – Rentenmark replaces the Papiermark as the official currency of Germany at the exchange rate of one Rentenmark to One Trillion (One Billion on the long scale) Papiermark. Wait for it… 1943 – World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins – United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns. 1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released. Macintosh users yawn…(or giggle…) Current Mood: satisfied Current Music: The Mist - Kitaro Tags: humor, m3m3

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01:26 am - Ain't it der Truth! Random pithy quote: The probability of someone watching you is directly proportional to the stupidity of your actions. Current Location: office chair Current Mood: amused Current Music: October 17 1988 - Keith Jarrett Tags: humor, m3m3

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November 19th, 2009

12:29 pm - mostlycajun.com. Today in History – November 19 1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1928 – 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover. Thirteen years later, they’d regret it. Today any America-hating bigmouth is fair game. 1959 – Ford cancels Edsel. Today they’d just double the advertising budget and pass out a few bonuses. 1965 – Kellogg’s Pop Tarts pastries introduced. Quick. Easy. Mediocre, but that’s good enough to sell. 1985 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. Reagan doesn’t bow… Current Mood: artistic Current Music: From The Air - Laurie Anderson Tags: m3m3

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November 18th, 2009

11:05 am - mostlycajun.com. Today in History – November 18 1307 – According to legend, William Tell shoots an apple off of his son’s head. My brother the bowhunter could have done that with a stinkin’ walnut. 1803 – The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere. And two hundred years later, Haiti STILL hasn’t figured out how to get past the African definition of “republic”. 1805 – Lewis & Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st Americans to cross continent. 1883 – American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. 1913 – Lincoln Beachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego) 1916 – World War I: First Battle of the Somme ends – In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916. After 1.5 MILLION casualties, the British are a whole SIX MILES deeper in German territory than when they started. 1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon stars Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is also considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey’s birthday. Warner Brothers comes along in following years and shows how it’s supposed to be done. Mickey Mouse is a wimp. 1978 – Jonestown incident: In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his Peoples Temple cult in a mass murder-suicide that claims 918 lives in all, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo J. Ryan is assassinated by members of Peoples Temple shortly beforehand. Nutcase preacher with a socialist message disguised as Gospel leads people to their doom. Hmmm… Current Mood: amused Current Music: Golgotha - Asura Tags: humor

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November 17th, 2009

10:43 am - http://mostlycajun.com/wordpress/?p=8072 Random Thoughts for the Day • I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die • Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong • I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger • There is great need for a sarcasm font • How the he** are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet? • Was learning cursive really necessary? • Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood • Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died • I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired • Bad decisions make good stories • You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day • Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again. • I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to • “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this — ever • I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What’d you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away? • I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste. • I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call. • I think the freezer deserves a light as well • I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay (From a post on CSP Gun Talk’s Political Page by “BillD”) Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: 1-2 - Brian Eno Tags: m3m3

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10:40 am - This blog is the product of an undocumented journalist. Today in History – November 17 1800 – The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C. And it starts slowly sliding downhill… 1820 – Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica (the Palmer Peninsula was later named after him). Explorer? No. Scientist? No. What, then? Seal hunter… 1871 – The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York. 1917 – Ralph Johnstone become the first American pilot to die in a plane crash when he failed to pull out of a dive in Denver. There were earlier fatalities, but they were passengers. 1970 – Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse. 1992 – Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test. It’s the mainstream media, making up news as they go along. Now they’ve made up a President. Current Location: via mostlycajun.com. Current Mood: relaxed Current Music: 1-2 - Brian Eno Tags: m3m3

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November 16th, 2009

10:16 pm - Bab Speeling I actually managed to spell a word correctly tonight, call me chuffed. Oh, The word was extinguisher. Current Location: homey home Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: Thermographic Components - Atrium Carceri Tags: learning

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11:52 am - mostlycajun.com. Today in History – November 16 1532 – Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa. Yeah, I know it’s about gold, but they also halted the quaint practice of making mummies of living children. 1676 – First colonial prison organized in Nantucket Massachusetts. 1894 – 6,000 Armenians massacred by Turks in Kurdistan. In case you wondered how we ended up with all those Armenian names in the phone book. 1940 – Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world. Real ghettoes have soldiers who keep the occupants inside. Nobody gets out alive. 1945 – Cold War: Operation Paperclip: The United States Army secretly admits 88 German scientists and engineers to help in the development of rocket technology. These guys helped put us into space. 1963 – Touch-tone telephone introduced. Wonder how many folks still remember having to “dial” a phone? How about “wind” a watch? 1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. Current Mood: annoyed Tags: bah bah

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November 14th, 2009

11:54 am - mostlycajun.com. Today in History – November 14 1533 – Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca in the Inca empire. They didn’t have an exit plan either, so they just took all the gold and took over the country. 1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside’s plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg. The Union lost this one with TWO casualties for every Southern casualty. In the long run, they could afford the losses. The South couldn’t. 1910 – Aviator Eugene Ely performs the first take off from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia. He took off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher. 1965 – Vietnam War: Battle of the Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. After the Ia Drang campaign is over, the Americans lose 304 KIA and the NVA loses over 1500. Current Mood: recumbent Current Music: The Big Sky - Kate Bush Tags: humor

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November 13th, 2009

04:09 pm - mostlycajun.com. This blog is the product of an undocumented journalist. Today in History – November 13 1789 – Ben Franklin writes “Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes” 1969 – Vice President Spiro Agnew accused network TV news departments of bias & distortion. And that was in 1969. Today he’d pop a gasket. They just ELECTED a president. 1969 – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death. They don’t march against the death that ensues in later years after they “give peace a chance”. 1970 – Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century’s worst natural disaster. 1985 – The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people. FEMA slow to respond. Bush widely blamed. 1995 – A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians. A group called the Young Baptists Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility. Current Location: Home on LaGrange, thx to <a href="<lj user="beamjockey">">Mr Higgens</a> Current Mood: aggravated Current Music: 10-astral_waves - illusion of eternity (tibet in dub) 2 - Astral Waves Tags: hunting

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November 12th, 2009

11:09 am - Bambi Bambi walked right to me this morning. He's now being processed into MEATZ! I will eatz! Well and in Mr Tavian in there too. 15 yards from my ground stand that was set up downwind to the trail. Yes indeed, I did have the backstrap for brunch Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: The Morning Fog - Kate Bush Tags: foodz p0rn, hunting

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November 11th, 2009

01:52 pm - To my Brothers and Sisters To all my Bothers and Sisters, past, present and future. Stand Tall, you are counted. Current Mood: thankful Current Music: Bird Charmer - Harold Budd Tags: mindfulness

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