Most Inane

The Word of the Week is: inane, meaning very stupid. Our Phrase of the Week is: most inane, meaning extremely stupid. All of the letters in "Most Inane" can be rearranged to spell "Minnesota". For the entire state of Minnesota to close all of its state parks just before the 4th of July weekend is: most inane. For all the wayside rests in Minnesota to be closed on such a heavily travelled weekend: most inane.
MINNESOTA
MOST INANE

Live Wire

I make a motion that Mountain Dew Live Wire is the unofficial official soda pop refreshment drink beverage of the Miles Brothers Corp. Do we have a second?

Consumer Warnings

The Obama Food and Drug Administration recently introduced new graphic cigarette warning labels. These new warnings, which seek to depict the negative health impact of cigarettes, will be required to cover at least 50 percent of every pack of cigarettes sold in the United States by mid-2013. Why not take that idea one step further and require all Happy Meals at McDonalds to clearly display pictures of extremely fat children, to depict the negative health impact of obesity?

Along the same vein, why not have pictures of soup lines at voting booths to depict the negative impact of voting for Democrats?

Bonfire Maintenance

What is the best way to stoke a fire? If you want to keep a fire going or even build it up, would you throw gasoline on it, sprinkle it with water, or stack a few big logs at its base? Gasoline is a quick fix and does not last long. Water dampens the fire and threatens its existence. A few well-placed dry logs will keep a fire going for future good times. Why then, does the Obama Administration keep trying to stoke the economy by dampening it with more and more taxes and regulations?

Wall Flower

Summer Haiku:
Longest days of year
Summer solstice happening
Starting to shorten

Quake Wave

Good Morning became a bad day
How bad, nobody could say
Massive problems needing massive solutions
Still require global contributions

Love Children

How many love children does Arnold have? How often in the past few decades has the Sperminator sown his wild oats? If we can gradually get a handle on the numbers involved with Arnoldgate, we might then be able to estimate how many little Arnolds and Arnoldas we can expect to see in the future. The Kindergarten Cop might have to keep his whistle (and checkbook) handy, for things of this nature, and so on and so forth.

Politically Correct

It is no longer politically correct to say MASTER Bedroom. This vestige from our past drudges up ownershipage of one, by another. Tis also now no longer politically correct to refer to a pet, as a PET. Pets find this term subserviently demeaning. Master Bedroom is now: Main Bedroom, or Bedroom #1. Pets are now called: Non-Human Beings, Animal Companions (or just Companimals).

Las Vegas 1895

What a difference 116 years can make. This is a photo of Las Vegas in 1895. We don't know the name of the gentleman, but quite sure the dog's name is Blackjack.

May Snow

On this first day of May we woke up to snow. Our shovels had already drifted up into the attic. Our push-mower was almost ready to be pushed. The robins were doing their thing. Asparagus was sending up second-year spear clusters. Some late-fall spinach was almost ready for a spring harvest. But this morning, old man winter returned for a cold and windy encore performance. I am not applauding, nor do I plan on getting down any shovels for the obligatory clearing. Fortunately, we covered our plants with pails and top-rocks after hearing the bleak forecast. Luckily, our snow is measured in inches rather than feet (as the western part of our state was dealing with blizzard conditions).

Tell A Vision

Motorola, leader in television, shows how TV can mean better behavior at home and better marks in school.

Top Right caption: Gets homework done - promptly! The simple rule "Homework first - television second" has solved the problem in thousands of homes . . . has made children more interested in school work. "Television" says the New York Times "can be enjoyed in healthy moderation in the same way as sports or movie-going, but only the mother and father can make certain this will be the case.

Bottom Right caption: Will television strengthen family ties? Educators, religious and social workers all agree it can be one of the strongest forces in America for bringing the family together to enjoy good, clean entertainment right in the home. Parents can select their children's "TV diet" from a wide variety of wholesome programs.

Bottom Left caption: Home, sweet TV home! Peace! Quiet! No more "rainy day riots" . . . with television keeping small fry out of mischief . . . and out of mother's hair. And that's just one of many TV blessings. "Taking away television from children who 'act up' is a punishment that really works" writes an authority on child psychology. "The very thought of missing some pet program turns little lions into lambs. And, incidentally, those favorite programs in the late afternoon are the world's finest magnet for getting tardy youngsters home on time."

Taxation With Representation

If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation. --Rush Limbaugh

Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation. --Fletcher Knebel

Here is an updated current listing of any and all countries that have ever taxed themselves into prosperity:

Face Book

Apparently President Obama is such a fast reader that he can read a book as it passes by his head. This book must have been a funny one by looking at his face book expression. One wonders what it must be like to be his brain when our Commander-In-Chief walks through the Library Of Congress. If only he could teach us all how to absorb knowledge as quickly as he can.

Zen Proverbs

Top Ten Zen Proverbs

• 10: If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?


• 9: So little time, so little to do.


• 8: Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook.


• 7: The quieter you become, the more you can hear.


• 6: If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.


• 5: When you get to the top of the mountain, keep climbing.


• 4: Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine.


• 3: To set up what you like against what you do not like - this is the disease of the mind.


• 2: Nothing is exactly as it seems, nor is it otherwise.


• 1: Even a good thing is not as good as nothing.

Gypsy Proverbs

Top Ten Gypsy Proverbs

• 10: There are such things as false truths and honest lies.


• 9: One mad man makes many madmen; many madmen make madness.


• 8: In the hour of your greatest success are sown the seeds of your own destruction.


• 7: The winter will ask what we did all summer.


• 6: Burn your enemies caravan and you burn your future.


• 5: The dog that digs deepest finds the bones.


• 4: You can count the apples on a tree but you can't count the trees from one apple.


• 3: It is better to be the head of a mouse, than the tail of a lion.


• 2: Stay where there are songs.


• 1: It is easier to milk a cow that stands still.