Bits and pieces

Easter egg hunting is over and has been cancelled for next year due to the death by exposure to cold of the Easter Bunny. And in spite of the claims by Pope Algore’s minions that man made Global Warming continues to advance we have snow this morning on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau and below freezing temperatures in the western part of the state.

Perhaps weeder gander will drop by the local utility and explain that my utility bill has been impacted by only local temperature deviations, and even if the world wide average has been lower or flat for the past 10 years, mmGW remains the single greatest threat to mankind. My guess though is that the utility will just note that it is a local utility serving local customers. But I digress.

As noted below in another post, the Hussein campaign released financial information further connecting Hussein to Rezko, the person currently being tried for corruption in Chicago. The release has timed for minimum exposure. This tried and tired strategy may actually backfire since people are starting to recognize it for what it is.

In totally unrelated news, my dream of the Vols playing the Tigers for the national championship remains, although both will have to play better than they did yesterday to get there. But winning close games provides experience and confidence, two important traits.

And the DJIA is up 195 points… Have we reached the bottom and are now rising?? Time will tell.

Burt Prelutsky has finally come forth with his Oscar comments and makes some excellent points. The best being that in today’s world not many care who won… And may I say the contestants deserve worse.

But that got me thinking about where, and when, I had seen the movies that became my favorites….I do love games that keep the mind from becoming bored… Especially as someone who has spent hours and hours in commercial and military aircraft, I thoroughly understand that flying is about hours and hours of boredom mixed with moments of stark terror… Just kidding folks. Your valiant crew is never bothered by the fact that the starboard engine is on fire and the flight controls are locked.. But I again digress…

“Gone With the Wind” – Strand Theater with my Mom and two aunts. The audience undoubtedly transferred their hostility from The DamnYankees to the Japanese. My Dad didn’t attend, being otherwise occupied on some islands in the Pacific.

“A Place In The Sun” – I can’t remember where, or when, but I do know that I fell deeply in lust with Elizabeth Taylor. It was also the first time I realized people do dumb things and that bad results can happen for unexpected reasons.

“Patton” – Downtown Chicago circa 1971. George C. Scott was Patton. By then I knew that war wasn’t glory, but that sometimes death and destruction is required. I also loved Patton because he wanted to win as quickly as possible using whatever weapons necessary, thereby making the sacrifices of the troops mean something, and that winning quickly saves lives.

Too bad we lost our way in Vietnam, and to a degree, in Iraq.

But enough. Time to review my garden’s soil condition. At some point Global Warming will arrive.