Keep looking up...

Awww, I really liked this guy.  Jack Horkheimer is gone at age 72.  The host of Star Gazer, the show usually on PBS that gave info about what astronomical events were currently happening on a weekly basis.  The past few years I watched online, and I bet they'll still run them since these events are usually pretty much the same year to year, or every few years.  He always made even boring events interesting in the enthusiastic way he described them.  I guess I'm going to go get some Saturday supplies so I can drink a toast to him.  The universe already seems a little smaller.

A nice place to spend the weekend...

I guess that last pic was a bit heavy.  This is something that came in to the gallery this week for custom framing.  It looked really nice as a getaway.  Too bad it's on the other side of the planet.  I'm usually content with how relaxing it can be inside my own head but a place like this kind of makes a good point regarding being rich enough to travel and afford extreme luxury pampering.  The pic should exist full size when clicked on, maybe not.  You can see the details better in the large version.  The problem with a place like this is that there are probably assholes there too.  They're everywhere.  Oh well, that's what the daiquiris are there for I guess.  :)  Ok out for a few winks tonight.  Happy weekend everyone...

But BEFORE they're well fed...

Yeah bears ain't exactly smartass wiseguys like Yogi.  Just thought I'd bring some senseless savagery and carnage into y'alls weekend.  You're welcome!  There was just a story in the news today about another handler killed by a "domesticated" bear.  I'm sure these people think it'll never happen, but animals are capable of snapping into a mode where the only thing that matters is their survival and not whether they're killing someone who's been nice to them for years.  I bet most of us have been holding the family cat when the doorbell suddenly dinged and received life-threatening slashes and puncture wounds.  The animal just reacts, and somebody dies.  It happened to that French fruit in Vegas, and that wasn't even a real attack.  Just a little rough play was enough to pull most of the guy's brain loose from the rest of him.  It even happens with the killer whales, they start playing and forget that we humans need to breathe and next thing you know the handler is drowned dead.  People need to stop assigning reason and sensibility to these animals for whom instinct is the word of the day.

Canadian police find bears guarding pot crop

VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A pair of marijuana growers in Western Canada appear to have been using bears to protect their illegal crop, but the well-fed animals proved to be a bit lax in their guard duties, police said on Wednesday.
Officers were dismantling two large outdoor plots of marijuana near Christina Lake, British Columbia, when they realized there were 10 large black bears wandering around the farm property, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
Officers were initially worried the bears might be dangerous, but quickly realized the animals were actually very docile and content just to sit around as the marijuana was seized, police said in a news release.
Two people were arrested in connection with the drugs.
The bears, which were apparently being fed dog food to keep them on the property, may eventually have to be put down, police said.

Well, that was certainly a great idea on paper!  These bears should first make an appearance on David Letterman then be shipped to a nice zoo somewhere, like in Vancouver.  They'd be great mascots to the smoking masses.  If tourism wasn't big enough there now, these bears would probably be a draw. 

Too bad I don't have my real computer available or I would have photoshopped a nice pic of a grizzly smoking a joint.  Adding Cheech and Chong brought back memories of that night back in the 90's when I smoked a joint with Tommy Chong, with Brian, Mark, and a couple other friends.  It was after one of his yearly comedy shows here.  What a night.  I brought 3 nice fatties of the sticky green stuff I was growing in my walk-in closet.  We enjoyed one before the show, then one with Chong after it outside the building, and he signed the last one for me.  It's hanging in a frame over there on the wall right now, having survived several dry spells.  I could never bring myself to slice it open, although I was really tempted a few times.  :D  HAH!  So how's everyone today?

How crazy is too crazy?

I suppose there's no real harm except to the little old lady who's been worried for the last fifty years that some day the devil is gonna come for her for some small sin she committed when she was just a kid.  Or the nun who's sure that God forgave her for that impure thought... then around the corner comes these two.  Dead.  On the spot.  I'm wondering if they'd be allowed into Disney World.  There's nothing in The Haunted Mansion even remotely close to being this disturbing.  How can an 8 year old kid go back to the fantasy mice and ducks after getting a look at this?  Whatever... I'd like to see them both in about 30 years.  Well, I have a nice long weekend, I think I'm gonna get some painting done.  How's everyone today? 

A drink and a smoke...

Ahhh, a Scotch and a cigar.  A beer and a bong is going to have to do.  Since I didn't see anything in the news today to set me off, I decided to post something relaxing instead.  In the interest of combining entertainment with education, I'm going to invent an event called the Info McNugget.  Today's IMN follows today's theme, and comes courtesy of www.scotchwhiskey.net. 

It should be noted that there is no “right” or “wrong” way to drink Scotch whisky – it is very much down to a question of personal taste. However, let us offer a few basic suggestions and, for those interested in pursuing the pleasures of “nosing” and “tasting” further, we provide a link below to a detailed introduction to “nosing and tasting” scotch whisky.

Many who drink Scotch whisky neat say they do not want to spoil the taste by adding water. However, equally as many will say that adding a touch of water, particularly if it is pure, soft spring water, (ideally the same spring water used in the making of the particular whisky!) serves to enhance the distinctive aroma and flavour of a whisky. Tap water may contain high amounts of chlorine and therefore would not complement any whisky - your best bet is to opt for bottled Scottish mineral water!

Adding ice to a whisky can provide a refreshing drink but it should be noted that it will dull the fine taste and wonderful aromas and so should never be contemplated when conducting a “whisky nosing and tasting.” Similarly, carbonated water is not an ideal accompaniment for whisky as it will also interfere with the aromas.

The addition of mixers such as ginger ale, soda and even coca cola, is a popular trend, however it does beg the question - why drink whisky at all if you need to mask the taste?  This concludes today's Nugget.

Ok, time for the drink and smoke I mentioned.  Yeah, I know it's not the weekend but I had to put some gas in the car on the way home and that sixpack was begging and pleading to come home with me.  What can I say, I have a heart!  I couldn't leave it sitting there freaking out.  I'm also a bit pissed that there's only 3 days of work for me this week.  Gotta medicate that throbbing vein in my forehead.  Funny how work tends to come in waves.  The last few weeks we had a decent amount of work come in, and now it looks like this week AND next week is going to suck.  

So when are we gonna get some more blogs to network together?  I started the link list but there's just this one so far.  (I had to put a link or the box wouldn't show up).  Anyway, I know I said this before, but it's unbelievably easy.  They've really put together a user friendly format here.  If you wanna have some fun and wind up with a place to speak your mind, post pictures, link to a page of your family, hobbies, band, etc look into it and just ask if you have questions.  YARRR!

 

Kiss your ass goodbye??? NAH!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, please return your seat backs and tray tables to the upright position... ahhh, fuck the seat backs and tray tables!  You've all got about 8 seconds to live!  Just enough time for one last naked free-for-all.  Knowing I was about to die, I'd have the nearest flight attendant pinned to the emergency exit for some zero-G, hair-on-fire, no-stopping-for-broken-bones ape sex.  And then just my luck, we'd all survive.  You've got to be kidding, one person died in this plane?  That's really amazing.  If I had been on this plane, and it happened too fast for the last second raping, with my aforementioned luck there would have been two fatalities.  At least this person went out legit, not squashed like a bug under a desert racing truck.  Now THERE was natural selection working at it's finest.  Did you guys hear about that?  8 people killed by a truck at a race in the Mojave Desert, standing right alongside the track with no road or guardrails, so close they could touch the racers as they went by.  Two different ways to die... I'd choose the plane crash. 

Ok, the blog is now a real blog.  I've officially posted a politically incorrect rant of sorts.  I'm trying to keep it mild for any female readers.  It could get worse...

Oh yeah, it's almost the weekend!