Blacksheep Speaks

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Today is my brther in law’s birthday. He’s an okay kinda guy, so everybody out there needs to wish him a happy birthday, too:)

Ed shares his birthday with some pretty noteworthy people. William James Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo clinic, comes to mind. He was born in 1861, though, so I doubt they ever got to shake hands. And in 1901 Nelson Eddy was born. Anyone who doesn’t recognise THAT name is too young to call themselves a person. In 1919, Slim Pickens made his appearance in the world, and Hollywod should be extremely grateful. Fatty Arbuckle in 11933, Harmon Killebrew in 1936, Fred Grandy in 1948, the list is impressive. Great day, great people. Happy birthday, Ed.

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There are definite disadvantages to living in my part of Arkansas. oist movement is by highway, but what do you do when they have the darn highway blocked for something idiotic and time consuming, and YOU have to get through it because somehing on the other side of this blockage is waiting, and you’re late?

Welcome to the Cave City Watermelon Festival. And I don’t even LIKE watermelon.

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From 70 to 80 percent of all ripe olives are grown in California’s approximately 35,000 acres. In the 1700s, Franciscan monks brought olives to Mexico and then into California by way of the missions. The first cuttings were planted in 1769 at the San Diego Mission. Commercial cultivation of California olives began in the late 1800s. Today, anywhere from 80,000 to 160,000 tons of olives are produced in California each year.

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Check this out, people. It’s interesting.

The city of St. Petersburg, Russia, was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, hence the name, St. Petersburg. But it wasn’t always that simple.
In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Russian leaders felt that Petersburg was too German-sounding. So they changed the name of the city to Petrograd — to make it more Russian-sounding. Then, in 1924, the country’s Soviet Communist leaders wanted to honor the founder of the Soviet Union, Vladimir I. Lenin. The city of Petrograd became Leningrad and was known as Leningrad until 1991 when the new Russian legislators — no longer Soviet Communists — wanted the city to reflect their change of government.

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Okay, all my life I have heard the phrases "Sly like a fox" and "Crazy like a fox" and I understamd both phrases, maybe better than some because, living in an area habitated by actual foxes, I almost understand them. So what is the excuse for THIS? I don’t even begin to understand the logic, but…..enjoy? (Warning, link leads to flash animation that is slow to load and loops, so if you think you’re done, you probably are)

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On the national news yesterday there was a story about a young man, age 23, I believe, who has accomplished the extraordinary feet of flying around the world. He’s the youngest person to ever do such a thing, and I am extremely proud that this guy is an American, and am very impressed that he had the willpower and stamina for this.

I am not impressed at all with the angle the news media took on this.
They gave a cursory mention to the fact that he is the youngest, quite an accomplishment, in my opinion. The act itself, also adding to the accomplishment, was also secondary. They were touting that he is the first AFRICAN AMERICAN to do so, which, at best, should have been a footnote. This boy did not accomplish being black, and his color should have NOTHING to do with it in a country which wants true equality.

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Last night we were watching our local station while we ate, and the news happened to be on. The sportscaster was reporting about a race, Nascar probably, but I don’t really follow the races and was therefore not really paying attention. What GOT my attention was a scene of a nasty looking crash on the track, at which point the sportscaster made the statement "We all love the crashes".

Speak for yourseld, you sadistic ass. Anyone who takes pleasure in someone else’s pain and misfotune has severe "issues" and I do not appreciate the generalization. My husband went so far as to write the station. The email he recieved in return blew off the incident with "I was just joking". Death and pain are not funny. Period.

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Well, at least one internet identity thief didn’t spend all his time as a child watching television. There’s proof. According to a Washington AP press release, a phisher known on the internet as "Supra" actually went online in an underground chat room that helps these crooks sell stolen identites and tried to sell the personal information of one Herman Munster. His given birthdate was that of the show itself, and the address was the correct one from the show. Where the thief got the Mastercard number is anyone’s guess.

Hmmm….maybe we should make our kids watch MORE TV……

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Malaysia was in the news recently. But, given what else has been going on in the world, it’s pathetic what these Malasians had to do to GET in the news. It seems that a statue was stolen. It seems that Malasians must be very short overall, because the article said that the statue was "lifesize" and said statue was also "four feet tall". What kind of statue would cause such an uproar when stolen, you muight ask? A great work of art by a master? A statue of a brave military hero? Well….no.
The statue was a likeness of Homer Simpson.

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