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Sunday Funny

Posted with permission from Cartoons by Josh

The Sunday funny, a day early

This trucker certainly doesn’t have a war on Christmas. He (or she) wants to marry Cristmas (sic).

The Sunday funny: Oh Christmas Tree (21st century version)

Another video from author, director, playwright, interviewer, Mark Leiren-Young. Don’t miss the gratuitous use of a chainsaw. As I mentioned before, Mark is the director of the movie, Green Chain and author of a book of the same name and also Never Shoot a Stampede Queen. They make great stocking stuffers.

Santa’s been naughty, just look at those carbon footprints!

Author, director, playwright, interviewer, from the Great White North, Mark Leiren-Young has created a great little video for us. Mark is the director of the movie, Green Chain and author of a book of the same name and also Never Shoot a Stampede Queen. You may agree or disagree with Mark’s environmental stance, but he’sContinue reading “Santa’s been naughty, just look at those carbon footprints!”

CAL Fire seasonal firefighter applications (2011)

The filing period for the 2011 season is November 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011. Fire Fighter I is a seasonal, temporary classification used by CAL FIRE. The Fire Fighter I application period usually occurs between November and January and hiring usually occurs between April and June, depending upon the year’s fire and weather conditions.Continue reading “CAL Fire seasonal firefighter applications (2011)”

Life taking off @fter 50

I hate to brag but since I was born in 1951 things have gotten a whole lot better. The world is a much better place to be since I was born. Things have never been so good, d’ya hear what I’m saying. Listen to what has happened to the average person in the world sinceContinue reading “Life taking off @fter 50”

Postcard from the chaparral

Inspired by a nice layout of red poppies in fair England on the Postcards From K site, I thought I would share these pictures of flowers I took amongst the chaparral forest. I suspect many folks don’t think of flowers in the hot, dry chaparral with its manzanita, chamise, and toyon, but they are thereContinue reading “Postcard from the chaparral”

Let’s not gush about our clean energy options

Estimates regarding the rate of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil blowout get spewier with each succeeding news cycle. The mess being made requires that we Americans consider what we are willing to pay—economically and environmentally— for energy. I didn’t see President Obama’s live televised remarks to the nation on the BP oil spill but watched itContinue reading “Let’s not gush about our clean energy options”

Weekend Postcard from Brasilia

From our 2008 trip to Brazil.

Weekend Postcard from Puerto Rico

This is from the Christmas season, 2002. We wanted someplace exotic that we wouldn’t need to have passports and visas for. So for Americans that’s Hawai’i and Peurto Rico (I assume Guam too, but that was too far). Since it was Christmas time, San Juan International Airport plays some of the cheesiest holiday music onContinue reading “Weekend Postcard from Puerto Rico”