What Would Happen If We Started To Execute Muslims...

...in response to the extremely cruel and barbaric executions carried out by them against Christians, Jews, Hindus, Taoists, Atheists, Gays and even other Muslims? I wonder, is it about time we respond to them in like manner because cruelty and abhorrent behavior are all they understand? Today, with the news of the Jordanian pilot having been burned to death in a cage (source), it has become evident that it is the case. That is all they understand. See, the linked video but be advised it gets very graphic and shows a man being burned to death by Muslim/ISIS barbarians:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4030583977001/warning-extremely-graphic-video-isis-burns-hostage-alive/?#sp=show-clips

Would Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims and all other religious folks stand for us responding in like fashion without raising an outcry just as MOST Muslims will not raise an outcry over the recent unfathomably cruel beheadings nor even over the psychopathic burning to death of the Jordanian pilot. You can bet they would not stand for it because most folks would be very much opposed to it if our government forces or individuals within our society suddenly started kidnapping, torturing and butchering random Muslims. 

Yet, you can also bet something else - if it was done with enough frequency then the fucking Islamists would get the idea, sooner than later, and after enough Muslims had been killed off in similar fashions they would cease and desist. Why - if only because the it truly would be all they could understand and they would fear being next.

I am not advocating such behavior on our part - just thinking about how it would likely work out if we were to act in like fashion.

All the best,
Glenn B

Sure Has Been Cold Up This Way

 

In fact, it's gone from freezing to freezingerrrrrr.

 

All the best,
GB

Sharia Law Coming To A Campus Near You

In an unprecedented move at a California university, a Muslim (aka: Islamic terrorist, in my opinion) reportedly has declared that "Hamas & Sharia law have taken over UC Davis." (source) So now we not only need to worry about Dearbornistan, MI or Islamberg, NY but also evidently have Islam in full anti-Jewish fervor running rampant at the University of California, Davis Campus. Yet, in California, the state and local governments are continuing to restrict the ownership of firearms by citizens who may soon need to defend themselves against these Muslim interlopers. 

I am willing to wager that it will soon turn nastier with outright violence against Jews (and that others cannot be far behind) in that community if these Islamists get away with their most recent disgraceful behavior without being expelled from UC Davis and I also would be willing to bet that the school administration will take no such action. Yet, Sharia law has no justified place in our society but you can bet that UC Davis administrators will play the tolerance card for these Muslim students even though these Muslims are being extremely intolerant of others.

All the best,
Glenn B

Would I Be Way Out Of Line...

...after only watching three (3) playoff football games, the two divisional championships and the Super Bowl, per year for the last 3 or 4 years, to say that it was either that the Seattle coach or the quarterback called the worst play of recent playoff history by calling for a pass when they had time for at least two ground plays tonight. Or was it that it had to have been outright payola that led to them giving the game to the Patriots?

I have seen many an arsehat football play in my life and that pass, that was intercepted with what maybe 20 seconds left in the game, had to have been one of the biggest fuckups in NFL history! Yeah, granted I am no football wizard but neither was the jerkoff that called for that play to be run. A pass! A PASS! A FUCKING PASS!!! They were simply disgraceful under pressure (or corrupt) to have called for a loser of a play as to pass in that situation - and to pass into a tight defensive field. The quarterback would have been better off just falling on the ball and moving onto the next play - they had two downs left after that one in which to try to run it in. Friggin Seattle Sore Losers (as they then started a fight as if it would help) should be their new name.

Anyway, I played $175 in pools and got $100 back. Better than losing it all. My son and I enjoyed the game at Zum's and the bill was only $90 with the tip. Considering I had to pay a 10% tip on the pool money, that left me with the $90. That was just exactly enough to pay for Zum's! Yeah, I know, had I not bet the $175 I would have been better off but the $175 wagered was already written off as a loss as soon as I bet it on Super Bowl boxes.

Luckily Brendan drove us home, I had been expecting to drive but got to have a few more biers than I expected after he made it obvious he was not drinking more than one. He had only one weiss bier during the game and drank soda and water after that. He also enjoyed a roast duck dinner, a  cup bowl of goulash soup (I had the soup too) and a freshly baked soft pretzel. But I digress, so let me get back to him driving us home. Nice to know the old man can sometimes depend on the young buck as the undesignated but self appointed driver. The only real downside for me is that it is now snowing and tomorrow morning should be a mess on the way to work (shit, I have to work tomorrow). Yet, that is another day and another story. Tonight with my son, that was GREAT!

All the best,
Glenn B

Decisions - Decisions - Decisions...

Here I am about one hour before game time with not a beer in the house but yet I do have a decent but small selection of hard stuff. Was supposed to go to Zum Stammtisch Restaurant in Glendale, with Brendan, to meet up with my brothers-in-law but they are both sick and the male heir is out cold I think and is almost definitely hung-over. Now I have to decide if I want to be bothered to go out to get some decent ale or just stay home and hit the spirits. Thing is, I am just about broke, was depending on a gift certificate I have for Zums to cover most of it for the big game. Now I have to make a decision - a tough decision at that, considering I just stuffed my face with a roast tenderloin, dumplings kraut and snow pea pods and have an apple turnover, that is still warm, awaiting me upstairs. Decisions, decisions, decisions............

Hark what is that I hear at this precise moment? It is the voice of the male heir calling me from above asking me if I still want to go to Zums. To what act of the Heavens do I owe this miracle? I guess we are going to Zums and I will use my gift certificate there after all!

All the best,
GB

Tomorrow - The Best Holiday of Them All

Remember folks - tomorrow is the best holiday of them all. Why? Even though it's not an official holiday it is the best holiday in my book because I don't need to give gifts, thus I don't need to shop for any gifts, don't have to shop for food,  don't have to cook for guests or do the dishes, don't need to dress up for anyone, don't have to go to services, don't have to put up with any arsehat relatives who come to mooch for holiday dinner and presents, don't have to put up with any guests at all (mainly because virtually no one especially relations would bother celebrating it with me) and I don't have to drive to grandma's house (and back again) or go to see the mother-in-law (well maybe for you, mine lives with me). As opposed to even that other great holiday known as Festivus: you don't need to put up the pole, air grievances or put yourself through any feats of strength.

Yes, tomorrow is my favorite holiday of them all by far because I can celebrate it however the heck I want and so can you. In fact you don't have to celebrate it at all if you don't want to - it's optional. 

All hail the Ground Hog and his shadow! All hail Ground Hog Day!

All the best,
Glenn B

 

Visiting The Old Neighborhood - Was An Excellent Use of My Time Yesterday...

...when I made a trip to Glendale and Ridgewood, NY. First I stopped at Rudy's Bakery on Seneca Avenue but have to admit that was a waste of time. They wanted $3 apiece for Linzer tarts that I was going to buy but I just walked out the door probably never to return. That is unless she who must be adored wants them badly enough; yesterday I checked with her via a text msg and she told me to forget them at that price but today it seemed she wished I had bought some (they are heavenly delicious)..

My next stop was Queens Wines & Liquors on Myrtle Avenue. I picked up three bottles of Nurnberger Gluhwein for the wife. It's a German spiced wine and is pretty good, especially when you warm it up a bit on a chilly winter's night. It's too bad I had to pay about the top dollar I have ever seen asked for it but this is the only place I know of convenient to me to buy it. It was likewise for the bottle of Schladerer Kirschwasser, it was way too expensive but it was convenient at the moment so I got one bottle. It's for me and for whomever else will drink it with me. Schladerer Kirshwasser is absolutely the best commercially made hard spirit that has ever passed my lips.

Then I hit up Morscher's Pork Store on Catalpa Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens (part of NYC). This place is a pork lover's treasure chest. If you like smoked pork, pork deli meats and fresh pork - this is the place to get it. Of course, they have beef too (and I think even some lamb and chicken). They have everything you might want to go with your main dish of pork too like Light Lithuanian bread, dumpling mixes, Bowers mustard including horseradish mustard, various krauts, and lots of other European (German, Gottschee and Polish) delectables. They also have very courteous, genuinely nice, folks working there who are honest too. In fact, I handed the guy behind the counter $20 too much and he promptly told me I had given him the wrong amount when he told me the price was 'one hundred dollars and thirty eight' and I thought he had said $138.00. What he meant was $100.38. That was a big plus for me, it also is a plus for them as it assures I will be going back again and again when I get in that way, just as I have been doing for many years. (Now, I cannot wait for the wife to cook the schweinefleisch tomorrow, it's a fresh pork tenderloin roast - and I bought two of them, about 2.5 pounds more than she had wanted, to assure we could literally pig out.)

I made one more stop at a commercial establishment and that was at Zum Stammtisch Restaurant in Glendale. While there, I enjoyed a hefe-weissbier and a shot of kirschwasser. Then another bier followed by a huge portion of boiled beef under horseradish sauce that was accompanied by red kraut, two potato dumplings and my last bier. I was actually grateful that the bartender, Pat, did not think of bringing me the usual bread and butter before the entrée, there was so much food as it was that I could not finish it. It was so delicious that regardless of how much there was on my plate, I almost go it all down; I probably left only a mouthful or two at most behind. After that, I finished off what was left of my last bier and headed out but not toward home.

My next and last stop was at a dear friend's home in Glendale. I visited Joe Y and his mom and as a bonus for me his sister I-I-I was there (inside joke). We had a nice time just BS'ing and I cracked open the Kirschwasser for me and Joe. The ladies did not want a drop although Joe's mom tasted just about that much of it. Joe was about to open a bottle of Jack, but I insisted we have the kirschwasser and told him it reminded me much of the booze a friend's dad used to make. Joe had a shot and was duly impressed and agreed with me, it indeed tastes like the nectar that our friend's dad used to make and that he also insisted we imbibe back in our earlier years. Joe liked it so much he had three nice dollops of it. I had two small ones that I made sure to keep well below the amount I gave Joe. After all, I had to drive home and Joe was already home. Anyway, it was a nice time seeing Joe and his family, and it was a visit that was way overdue on my part.

In all, I had a great afternoon and evening in the old neighborhood. I look forward to my next visit there which I plan to make sooner than later.

All the best,
Glenn B

That's A Lot Of Bacon, Ribs & Sausage

A father and son team in North Carolina bagged a charging 700 pound plus feral hog (source). Just the thought of all that pork makes me hungry. I would have to not only buy a big chest type freezer to store it out in my garage, I'd still likely have to give an awful lot of it away.

I'd probably also have to do a good pants cleaning after being charged by a hog of that size.

All the best,
GB

On Nuking The Chinese

Which one of these two do you think had the better idea about nuking the Chinese. I love Chinese food and sometimes nuke it till it glows just to heat it up but I'll have to admit, I see some merits to the other idea.

All the best,
Glenn B

Politics Explained

Finally somebody explained politics to me

 

 

Right or left doesn't matter. It is really up or down in politics.

 

 

When top level people look down, they see only shit-heads;

When the bottom level people look up, they see only assholes.

You will Never see another Flow Chart that describes politics so clearly.

 

Once again, a hat tip and my thanks to Herr Rich M for this one.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

"Let There Be No Doubt...

Islam is part of America" were words spoken by the Great Appeaser, Barack Hussein Obama, and I must agree with him in as much as I believe it a cancer  on America that must be surgically excised without delay. He also said we are not at war with Islam and I could not disagree more.

Along those lines, here is a video that may help awaken even the most skeptical among you to the fact that Obama has it all wrong about Islam:


A hat tip to Herr Rich M for this one.

All the best,
Glenn B
 

A 100,000% Profit On A 5K Investment - Some Folks Have All The Luck



Salisbury Cathedral From The Meadows By John Constable

Someone bought the painting - Salisbury Cathedral From The Meadows by John Constable - at a Christies auction just over a year and a half ago.  That person paid $5,212 for it. This past Wednesday, the same painting, after having been professionally cleaned, sold at Sotherby's for 5.2 million dollars! Yes that is just about a 100,000 percent profit (source). As usual, the auction house will get a nice sized chunk of that sale price but the owner has to have pissed his pants in delight over that sale. I am guessing that the guy responsible for realizing it was an original by Constable, and that it had not been painted by the artist's fans as thought when sold at Christies, will be getting a nice bonus. Imagine though being the boob at Christies responsible for it selling at only just over 5K - that person could be cleaning toilets for a living in the near future if not already so (or may also get a consolation bonus from Sotherby's).

All the best,
Glenn B

Romney Out Of The Running - Praise The Lord And Pass The Broccoli

Romney has announced that he will nor run for the presidency in the 2016 elections and while that is music to my ears (and to the ears of most conservatives and Libertarians) it alarms me that some of his support team for the 2012 election seem to be flocking to Jeb Bush (source).

So while I can say a heart felt thank you to Mitt Romney for being patriotic smart enough to realize he would lonely likely lose if he ran and thus for taking himself out of the race - I can only wish that Jeb Bush hates broccoli just like GWB and that the heavens above shower it down on any plans he has to run for the presidency. We don't need another RINO in the White House. Nor do we need another loser running for the presidency and thus one who could put Hillary into it! What we need is someone with much more libertarian and or conservative values and ideals and the balls to stand by them. 

All the best,
Glenn B

The Danes Are The Breasts At Slowing Down Speeders

Yes, without a doubt, Denmark may have come up with the best breast way to slow down speeders. I love it.

Alert, don't watch the embedded video if seeing a pair of naked breasts or three will offend your sense of prudishness. While the video does contain partial nudity, it is only R rated at best and really is not offensive as I see it. In fact, I rather enjoyed it and so will most manly men and lesbians and other breast connoisseurs.



All the best,
Glenn

Oh Those Fembots - Gotta Love Em

I imagine there was some pretty decent recoil cushioning behind those barrels.

Later,
GB

Any Which Way But The Truth...

...is the way the Obama Administration seems to describe the Taliban. Not being able to bring themselves to classify the Taliban as terrorists, evidently because Obama and his minion made a deal to swap US Held Taliban prisoners for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl (and they do not want to appear to have made a deal with terrorists), has got to be one of the most twisted compilations of balderdash (or bullshit) ever to have come out of any bureaucrats or politician's mouths. See:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/29/white-house-acknowledges-but-also-denies-that-taliban-are-terrorist-group/

Really folks, if you are even thinking of voting for another demoncrat for president in 2016, you should have your head examined and maybe you also should think about turning yourself in to your local priest or preacher for an exorcism!

All the best,
Glenn B

Philadelphia Police Respond Almost Faster Than A Speeding Bullet...

...to an apparent armed robbery attempt by a masked man. Whoever says it takes the police too long to get to crimes in progress must have never considered that it might be a donut shop being robbed.
 

All the best,
GB

Achtung Amerika

This Is Truly Disheartenting - We Were Becoming A Police State

After 32 years as a federal law enforcement agent, who was pretty gung ho in getting the bad guys (arresting the real ones based upon actual probable cause that never bent the rule of law), I am saddened each time I hear of yet another example of how we are more and more becoming the citizens of a police state. What makes me even sadder though is the realization that we are not becoming citizens of a police state any more. That makes me sad because the key word in that last sentence was becoming; the fact is - we are citizens of a police state right now, at least citizens of one in its initial stages.

There are no ifs ands or buts about it. If you do not think I am correct then watch this video and think about it again. There are many more examples of how the politicians, bureaucrats, courts and in fact many of the people of this once great nation have all supported the formation of a police state and now they have it.



A hat tip to Wirecutter for having posted this video in his blog. which is where I first saw it. It is too good not to have shared it.

All the best,
Glenn B

Religious Freedom Or Pure Balderdash

I am all for religious freedom when the issue truly is religion and not something like a religion tying to become a world ruling government like Islam. In that same light, I find it execrable when folks try to use religion to scam the system or merely to find away around rules & regulations (governmental or corporate) with which they disagree. Such, I believe, is the case with the guy who refused to submit to biometric hand scanning at his place of employment. He reportedly was forced to leave the company. As is rote in the USA, a lawsuit ensued. He was awarded $150,000 for religious discrimination. Why? Because he reportedly said he believed that using the biometric hand scanner would "...give him the mark of the beast..." or the mark of the anti-Christ (source).

I don't care what are or are not your religious beliefs but if that is not absolute bullshit then nothing is bullshit as I see it! Hand scanners don't give you the mark of the beast - being an evil, sinning, devil worshipping, no good mother fucker is much more likely what would do that. My guess is maybe the guy thinks he already has the mark and figured it would be seen in the hand scanner or maybe (and this is my more likely guess) that he had figured a way to scam some bucks but that is just conjecture on my part.

All the best,
GB

A Nice Neighbor...

...is my neighbor Peter. I went out to shovel at 0630 this morning and did our backyard patio and walkway. I only did that so the Chihuahuas could go out to pee and crap. Of course, at least one of them did it in the house anyway, she doesn't like snow at all. Anyway, after that, my back was aching. I figure why not ache, the snow probably was about 10-12 inches deep (maybe more but not less) even though I had shoveled that twice last night. Then about an hour and a half ago or so, I went out to shovel the side of the garage and in front of the house. I shoveled my way down the garage sidewalk and started on the driveway, what little of our tiny driveway was not covered by our three small cars parked in it (and parked partly on the lawn and garden as it really is a small driveway) and when I looked up I saw that our front sidewalk was already cleared. Our neighbor Peter had hit it with his snow-blower! I saw him still doing his driveway, went to thank him and after that he did my driveway too, the part that abuts directly with the street. That tiny bit, maybe 8'x4' would have taken me 45 minutes with that much snow and all the additional snow pushed and compacted into the mouth of the driveway by the snowplows. Good man that neighbor of ours. I owe him for that - maybe a gift certificate for $25 bucks of gas is in order - that should keep the snow-blower blowing for a couple of years, well maybe only a year if he keeps doing our sidewalk too.

By the way, the sow keeps falling. Must be at least another inch or two on the ground since he hit it with the snow-blower. 

All the best,
Glenn B

The Blizzard, Politicians Or The Media - Which Was The Biggest Blowhard

Ok, so far we have survived what NYC Mayor Bill Balderdash de Blasio dubbed as possibly the worst blizzard in New York City's history. He apparently was so certain that this would be the worst killer storm of NYC's history that as of 11PM last night he ordered the city to shut down all public transportation and banned people from driving on city streets and highways (source). NY State Governor Andrew Cackling Cuomo Granted, warned of catastrophic effects and banned driving in 13 of NY's counties (source) all in the greater NYC area and he ordered a $300 fine be imposed on anyone who violated that order. It's not just that these politicos have banned public transportation and driving, it is the rhetoric they have used in forewarning of the blizzard. To have listened to the two of them yesterday this was going to be a huge blizzard of the killer variety and probably the worst ever for the greater NYC area.

Granted there has been a fairly large amount of snowfall over the past 24 hours considering the areas hit. for the greater NYC area. It probably was a good idea to ban traffic overnight (the ban has already been lifted) but why shut down the subways? No one, not even the two nanny state NY politicians ever forewarned about this storm duplicating anything like the effects of Superstorm Sandy that hit the subways hard. So again, why close them down. Also, why close all NYC parks making it illegal for people to bring out the skis, snowboards, sleds, and whatever else to have fun with in the snow. Imagine that it was temporarily illegal to build a snowman in any NYC park! Why all the panic? I think it was only so these two idiots (along with Christie in NJ and the other jerk Malloy in CT) could look effective thus boosting their political clout. In other words, it was merely political correctness that led to all of the panic stricken rhetoric that came out of their mouths (note I am not saying that led to road closures as that was prudent, but in essence trying to panic the public was pure bullshit to boost their images as politicians of action).

If you doubt me, on that call about the doomsday type snowstorm rhetoric being little more than PC, then take a look at this report on the weather channel:

http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/winter-storm-juno-new-york-new-jersey-connecticut-impacts

Did you read it Balderdash de Blasio and Cuomo? It said that the storm was expected to be the 18th worst snowstorm in NYC's history - not the worst, if 15 inches fell on the city. Now it may have been worse, there is a good chance that more than 15 inches fell but it was nowhere nearly as bad as previous storms  remember here in this area (and I lived in NYC for decades and now live just outside it).  Yeah, it's true that NYC does not get many storms with over a foot of snow, only 27 since 1869, an average of about one every 5 years. Guess what though, the averages are deceiving. In fact, NYC has had nine snowstorms with more than 12 inches of snow since the year 2000 (or an average of one every two years within the last 15 years - so much or Global Warming). So why all of the extra hype over this one? It's because these two NY Nannies got hammered by the press and the public after a big storm hit the same area last year and they were caught unprepared.

New Yorkers though, the regular Joes and Janes, they are usually failry well prepared for storms like this. Yet this one caused higher anxiety levels than usual. For instance, one radio report I heard yesterday on 1010 WINS had a huge chain hardware store saying they had sold 5,000 shovels from a single store in one day! Reports were spewed hourly about New Yorkers doing last minute shopping in preparation for being snowed in. Sure, every time a big storm is predicted, people prepare a bit more in the day or two ahead of it but this one was different, this time the politician's, bureaucrat's and media hype almost stirred people into an anxiety fueled frenzy. As one New Yorker put it: “There’s just more anxiety,” Mr. Dutta said. “You’re anxious to get home, but so far, things are working out.” (source)

Of course, let's not forget the media.  Just heard Chris Clydesdale Christie, on a local ABC news show that the storm was not nearly as bad as had been expected. When a reporter in sum and substance questioned then why were there all of the preparations, road closures, driving bans and the like he said it was because the media kept saying the storm was going to be one of the worst in history. The media was gleefully reporting about how bad this storm was going to be. Did they forget that the weathermen rarely get it right? No they did not, but they don't care whether or not a prediction will be spot on or miss by miles - do they! What I think they care about is creating hype to help sell themselves.

Did you notice that the storm was nameless, at least until yesterday. Then it was suddenly named Juno! Again, it had no name until yesterday. Why name it? My guess is that they named it because they fell for the panic and because of pressure from the insurance industry. You see, after Superstorm Sandy, insurers here in the NE changed their rules about hurricane damage deductibles. No longer did a storm have to be a certain level hurricane to make a huge deductible kick in for homeowners and business owners. Oh no, now the storm only has to be a "named storm" to make those deductibles kick in. The amount of bullshit coming out of the mouths of bureaucrats, and politicians over this storm has been amazing.

I must admit though, I am grateful to the politicians and to the media for not giving Al Gore a platform from which to spew any further Global Warming edicts. Along those lines, I guess I should thank the blizzard too.

As for my opening question, I am going to say there was a tie for which was the biggest blowhard and that tie was between the politicians and the media. The blizzard came in a distant last in that regard. - at least so far and I say that because it's still snowing a bit but mind you - just a bit. 

All the best,
GB

 

Hunkering Down For A Day Or Two

Well, here I sit at my computer desk blogging away while the power is still with us. If the so called nor'easter of a blizzard actually becomes just as bad as they say it may, chances are the power lines will go down and we will be without any for at least a few to several days. Hopefully though, the lines will hold out and the power will stay on. At least I can keep the scaly critters warm by bringing them up into the living room where we have a gas fireplace. Needs power to light it up but supposedly will run on a battery as backup; I hope so in the event the power goes out. It's on right now set at low but the bitch of that is the thermostat is in the same room so the heat does not come on.

I am in the basement, usually the warmest room in the house (furnace is down here) and it's getting chilly down here. I can always set the thermostat to about 80 and warm up the rest of the house but then the living room will be baking with both the heat and fireplace on. I figured though that it's best to keep the fireplace on in case the power goes out and we cannot figure out how to hook up the backup battery. The battery can only be put into the unit when the power is out. Screwy as all hell that the battery cannot be in the unit at all times but that is what the wife said she read in the instructions, then again....

Anyway, it's pretty moronic that they did not make allowances for it to be turned on manually without any electricity at all. I would never have bought a gas fireplace with an electronic on and off and a remote control but my wife did the whole deal and good for her. She can crawl in there and put the battery into it if the power fails. Anyway, right now things are good but then the storm has not yet hit with the expected fury it is supposed to bring. Time will tell.

I do have some other stuff to help keep warm. A 12 pack of cider, 1.5 liters of Potato Vodka, a quart (or liter) of Sailor Jerry's Rum, 2 bottles of Golden Monkey Tripel Ale, a shitload of wine and whatever else is stashed away by my son. Should easily take us through tomorrow or the next day although I fear the ciders and ales may be gone before this night is out. Damn, I should have picked up at least a case when I got the 12 pack yesterday and I wish I had a couple more of those Golden Monkey ales but I drank a couple of what I had of them a few days back.

I don't know what the wife has stashed away to eat except for about half a leftover meatloaf from last night. When my son got home from work, he brought along some goodies from a local pizza place including a meatball hero for me. I ate half of it and stashed the rest for a post midnight snack. I figure to be pretty hungry after having shoveled two or three more times before I crawl into the sack for the night. I like to shovel the snow a bit at a time, instead of waiting until the snowfall stops, and plan on doing that tonight as long the wind is not whipping it right back onto my property. That way, it is easier on my back than doing it all at once. Not looking forward to the backache but the exercise will do me good. Doing a few inches at a time, instead of shoveling it all at once, the all at once being up to the 24 inches they suspect we may get, also helps prevent me from having the big chest bender.

Time to go check on the wife and kids, they went to the neighbors' house for some boozing goodness.

All the best,
Glenn B

Global Warming Going Berserk In The Northeast

Yes, here were are in the northeast USA as another nor'easter no doubt fanned by the winds of Global Warming bears down on us full force. The temperature where I live is shown as 24 degrees Fahrenheit right now - ever so globally warmed and toasty. In fact, with those winds fanned by all that warming, the wind chill factor has it feeling like 10 degrees out there right now. Man oh man is it ever so warm for this time of year! Did I forget to mention that the other Global Warming phenomenon is happening right now too? Yes, you guess it didn't you - there are several inches of snow on the ground already and that after several inches were shoveled away by me earlier and by my wife before that today AND many, many, many more inches of it are expected to pile up upon us over the next 24 hours. The mayor of NYC and the Governor of NYS have warned us that this my be one of the worst ever, if not the worst ever, snowstorm to hit this area. 

So, I just wanted to say thanks to Al Gore and all his scientific egg-headed cronies for all the nice weather because according to them - if it's hot it's because of Global Warming but if it's freezing cold and you are in the middle of a raging blizzard - well, that's due to Global Warming too except now they call it climate change. SCREW THEM, they are truly arsehats - nothing more and nothing less!

All the best,
Glenn B

Archery Like You Have Never Seen Before...

...and if you actually have seen someone shoot arrows like this before - well, all I can say is that it was a first for me. If that was all for real then this guy is friggin amazing!



Did you say (or at least think) WOW! I did. This guy could wipe out a few guys, close in, with guns before they knew what had hit them.

A Hat tip to Herr Rich M for that one.

All the best,
Glenn B