Posting has been slow for the last several days. I suspect that this will continue as I enjoy my temporary digs in Phoenix, AZ. The Pino family are visiting family in the desert and are enjoying much deserved rest and relaxation.
Here is a view from the temporary home office:
And this is the office itself. Wonderful way to make a living:
Happy Memorial Day Weekend ya’ll!
For a long long time I resonated with a “team” more than I resonated with a concept.
I mean, I grew up pullin’ for the Vikings, so, naturally, they are the coolest team in the whole world and the Packers just suck.
And the Cowboys [Drew Pearson—shiver]
And the Steelers
And the Falcons
I digress. Anyway, teams.
My dad liked Reagan, but not until later in life, much later, did I learn that dad was a democrat, and pretty hard core too. We would often argue and debate and each of us left the conversation seriously considering the voting tendencies of the milkman. I wonder how much of that was due to the fact that I grew up THINKING dad was a Republican?
Weird.
I’m pretty convinced that I’m a Christian because I grew up in a Christian family in a Christian town in a Christian nation. I think that’s pretty clear.
However, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to try and back away a little bit and see things…twice. It’s an old Billy Joel song, “Things I didn’t know before I learned by doin’ twice….”
Anyway, its awareness, being able to see and focus and count the things going on around you. Sometime they happen so fat, ya miss ’em.
Try it: See if you can count —
See what I mean?
Posted in Fun, Politics: National, Raising Men
Tagged Cheeseheads, Dad, Democrat, Minnesota Vikings, Politics, Republican, Ronald Reagan
Oh my oh my!
Leftists the world over are going to lament this:
Q58. What political news source do you trust the most? RANDOMIZE 1-7. ONE ANSWER ONLY
N= 1070 100%
CNN …………………………………….. 18%
MSNBC ………………………………… 7%
FOX News …………………………….. 28%
ABC ……………………………………….. 6%
NBC ………………………………………..10%
CBS …………………………………….. … 6%
C-SPAN …………………………………. 3%
Other (DO NOT READ) …………. 10%
Undecided (DO NOT READ) ….. 12%
You can take CNN and add it to MSNBC and STILL not get to FOX!
Huh.
Zuckerberg. Facebook. Obama. Taxes.
When you’re “cool with that” make sure you’re really REALLY cool with that.
Cause if you ain’t, life is a bitch!
California SB 242, proposed by Sen. Ellen Corbett, would force social networks like Facebook to allow parents access to their child’s account(s) and, more importantly, force all privacy settings to their maximum level by default. Parents can request that images or text be removed from any social network page “upon request … within 48 hours upon his or her request.”
Here’s the interesting part: any social network failing to perform these duties will get hit with a $10K fine per incident.
LOL. I mean; LMFAO!
10k a pop. Can you imagine what the folks at facebook.com are thinking as they read this news?
The details are incredible. The chance of fraud unreal.
I just hope that Facebook can learn a valuable lesson here.
When you deal in the gutter with Liberal Leftists, expect those Liberal Leftists to ACT like Liberal Leftists!
Facebook to allow parents access to their child’s account(s) and…request that images or text be removed from any social network page “upon request … within 48 hours upon his or her request.
10k
$10,000
10,000 clams
per “clam”.
Go ahead Zuck, tell me how “cool with that” you are now!
Posted in Fun, Government, Idiots on Parade, Liberty, Politics: National, States Behaving Badly
Tagged Abuse of Power, Barack Obama, California, Facebook, Leftist, Liberal, Mark Zuckerberg, Nanny State
I think this is the first installment of Pino’s [okay, THAT pisses me off! My spell check just flagged Pino as being misspelled. Damn it. It did it again!] Law. I’m sure that can’t be correct. I often cite things off the cuff that just seem like they should just be, well, law.
But after moocho searching, I can’t find any documentation of any such law. So, here goes.
Pino’s Law: I
No matter how many travel coffee thermos you have in the house, ALL of them will be dirty and in the dishwasher 98.5% of the time.
I never used to bring coffee to work. We had awesome coffee provided AND I was at my desk by 5:30-6:00. Now, we have shitty coffee, if any, and I’m at my desk by 8:45 – 9:00. I need coffee before 9:00.
So….I bought a coffee maker and some coffee and began to make coffee. And then be late. Late ’cause I had to drink my coffee before I got in my car.
THEN I discovered the wonders of individual thermos. Wonder of wonders!
But it was always, ALWAYS dirty.
So, I bought another one. And another one and another one……
And the flippen things are ALWAYS dirty!
Anyway.
Pino’s [damn spellcheck!] Law I
Harmon KillebrewHarmon Clayton Killebrew, an iconic Minnesota Twin known for his prodigious home runs and humble demeanor, passed away Tuesday morning at his Scottsdale, Ariz., home at the age of 74 after a nearly five-month battle with esophageal cancer.
I’m sure it’s urban myth, but a favorite back home is the story of a reporter speaking with Killer during the height of the steroids controversy. The young man asked Killebrew how many home runs he could hit if he were playing today? Killebrew kinda looked past the reporter, pondered the question for a second, sighed and said, “Well, I think I could hit 15, probably a few more if I was lucky.”
“15!?!”, responded the reporter? “Only 15? Are the pitchers that tough today? You just don’t think you could hit ’em?”
Killer kinda grinned at the reporter “Son, theyre no tougher today than when I was YOUR age. But you have to know, I’m 65!”
Damn!
RIP Mr. Killebrew
I do a lot of things.
I like to think I’m busy; my wife would like me too think I should be busier.
Sometimes I get run down and worn out.
This should be my antidote:
Pretty cool!
Credit to my buddy Ed Galore.
Check this out:
Make your own. Form the comments:
Materials don’t matter, but you have to make it so you are able to adjust the lengths of each pendulum precisely. Our longest pendulum completes 51 swings in one minute. The next one 52 swings in one minute. Etc etc. The 15th one 65 swings in one minute. You can choose any numbers (and time) you wish. The important thing is that they all have executed an integral number of swings in whatever time you decide. That’s when they come together again and start the cycle over.
I like going to the YMCA to work out. Mostly I like going to the tavern after I work out for a beer. But this is my story so we’ll just go with the whole YMCA thing.
In recent months, the YMCA has shifted the way it market’s itself. They’re moving away from the “YMCA” towards a more general “The Y”.
Meh.
Who cares?
Then I saw this:
Interesting, huh? Even catchy.
Ramblin’ Rose Triathalon.
Now look closer:
Pure awesomeness!
The YMCA, in an effort to be more gender neutral, has a “Women Only” event.
Freakin’ Leftists 😉
Folks, I lean Right, to the point of tipping maybe. I certainly deserve that description. Most of the content here is a critique of the thoughts, actions and policies of the Left. I mostly abhor the nanny state and all that goes with it; entitlements and political correctness and “this in the name of fairness”.
I don’t hammer the Right enough, however.
With that said, I discovered a group of bloggers over at Poison Your Mind.
While they lean Left I find their tendencies more compelling. They carry well thought out positions and, more important in the blogosphere, they are able to convey them with well written out posts and comments.
Go check ’em out!