Motley Moose – Archive

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There is rampant hysteria today about the mentally ill being dangerous and having access to guns. To some the mentally ill are the major problem with gun violence. Take for example, Ann Coulter’s recent headline: “Guns don’t kill people, the mentally ill do”.  

Overnight tonight in the wee hours of March 9th (2am, to be precise), the United States will switch from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time. Or at least most of the United States will: Hawaii and most of Arizona being the notable exceptions.

Besides making you late for things (if you forget to set your clocks ahead one hour), the loss of that hour of sleep in the spring can really wreak havoc on your body.

When I was in second grade my teacher Mrs. Bluestein wrote on my report card “Take a look at her art!” With encouragement like that I’ve been an artist all my life. When arthritis set in my hands and I could no longer hold a pen or paintbrush for any length of time I turned to computer-generated art. In the last couple of years the tools available for computer-generated art has exploded and the techniques available now are finally at the point where I can create the art I want. I have been asked to explain how I do my art from the concept through the finished product. So follow me as I show you how I created my latest work called “Sisters: The Dragon King’s Daughters.”

From the White House – Weekly Address

In his weekly address, President Obama says that businesses have created jobs every month for three years straight – nearly 6.4 million altogether, and have added 246,000 new jobs in February. We must keep this momentum going, and that’s why the President recently met with Republican leaders to discuss how we can replace the harmful, arbitrary budget cuts, called the “sequester,” with balanced deficit reduction.

Happy Saturday, Bombrewskis! I hope you are well on this fine sunny/rainy/snowy/foggy/none of the above morning.  Now, where is my coffee?

Interrogatories

If you could be painted by any famous artist in history, who would you choose? If you could be photographed by any famous photographer in history, who would you choose? What fictional character do you most identify with? If your life story was made into a movie, who do you think should play you? (Don’t limit yourself to living actors if your favorite is no more.)

The Twitter Emitter

Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Drones

— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) March 8, 2013

To those who belief the Earth is a gift from God. How do you think He feels about us covering it in crap?

— Peter Flom (@peterflom) March 8, 2013

“No comment.” – Me, after every single prayer ever.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) March 8, 2013

Why is it that the rape discussion so often boils down to “arm the women” or “guard the women”? How about respect women and don’t rape them?

— ¡socratic! (@socratic) March 8, 2013

If wearing “sexy clothes”= asking for it, then owning belongings=asking to get robbed.

— King of Blackness (@JamilahLemieux) March 8, 2013

Rick Santorum: “Scientists say the earth hasn’t warmed like this for 11,000 years. Which is funny, because the earth’s only 6,000 years old”

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) March 8, 2013

Paul Ryan: “The Dow set a record closing high for the 4th straight day, proving once and for all that we need to cut Medicare now now now.”

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) March 8, 2013

McCain: “It’s wrong for Rand Paul to get libertarian kids in dorm rooms wound up about drones. He should be winding them up about #Benghazi“

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) March 8, 2013

People say follow your dreams, but I don’t want to go outdoors in my underwear.

— Chris Dashiell (@cdashiell) March 9, 2013

Mitt Romney said he lost because minorities love Obamacare. He lost because he says shit like that. thkpr.gs/XLZm8V

— DC Debbie (@DCdebbie) March 9, 2013

New White House rules mandate that any emails to Bob Woodward must be approved by 35 other people, at least 7 of whom must be psychologists

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) March 9, 2013

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Just five months after its inception, the Nuclear Regulation Authority has already fired a senior official for having an “inappropriate exchange” with the operator of a nuclear power plant.

Meanwhile, a high-ranking official at the land ministry (the parliamentary secretary for reconstruction, if you must know) mysteriously resigned, allegedly over “a relationship with a woman.” Can’t have that!

Researchers at the environment ministry believe there may be a connection between the March 11 megaquake and a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Hokkaido last month that caused blackouts and highway closures.

It was reported that officials at the National Police Agency are making an effort to develop better aging-prediction technology out of concerns that “the faces of people on police wanted posters end up looking markedly different from fugitives.”

This will be the last one of these.

Make sure your peeps know where to find you.

Well, it’s Spring, and the winds are all happy,

As they blow the garbage around,

Because what else must winds be happy about

Other than doing what winds do.

And here I am in my property

Such a strange term.

I am on it, out of it, around it,

I have yet to dig a hole to be in it.

Yes, it’s Spring! And it will freeze yet again next week

It’s Predicted!

And, quite oddly, there were spurts of raindrops on the resonant metal roof of this house in which I sleep and wake and read and type and too frequently cry.

I do the cooking and bathroom stuff in the other house.

It’s complicated.

I spend time every day carrying water around. Coffee grounds for the nitrogen, and any water that is relatively unsaltified, on the yard. I buy this water and I’m damned if I’m going to just give it back.