Friday, April 29, 2005

“Extinct” Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Rediscovered

Filed under: General, Informative — Lemon @ 11:08 am

A letter I received from the Defenders Of Wildlife organization:

Dear Jinny :

The majestic, but mysterious ivory-billed woodpecker was thought by many to have gone extinct more than 60 years ago. Conservationists now have compelling evidence that this beautiful bird still lives on the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas.

Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of Wildlife’s Executive Vice President, stated: “Today’s compelling evidence of ivory-billed woodpeckers in protected land near the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas is cause for celebration, and for reflection on what we’ve done right to protect the land that has been a hidden home to these mysterious birds for decades. Today, the importance of our National Wildlife Refuge System gained new meaning as our efforts to protect one of America’s wild places yielded a true miracle of nature.” For Rappaport Clark’s full statement, go to: http://www.defenders.org/releases/pr2005/pr042805.html

The ivory-billed woodpecker is the largest and rarest woodpecker in the United States. It is distinguished by its large size (18-20 inches in length), a crest (red in males, black in females), ivory-colored bill, and large amount of white on its wings. Historically, it inhabited lowland forests from eastern Texas to North Carolina, including much of the Mississippi delta area.

For more information on the ivory-billed woodpecker, go to:

http://www.defenders.org/wildlife/birds/04/ivorybill.html

Thursday, April 28, 2005

It controls east site of the Web

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 12:20 am

It controls east site of the Web

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

A Stellar Wind

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 11:44 pm

Check out the website and click on the cool little pictures.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

I Declare

Filed under: Krackpype — Lemon @ 9:29 pm

In light of recent events happening to all and sundry,

I Declare Today is Gene Simmons Day.

Go on, stick your toungue out at the world . . .

Smokin - make sure not to expose yours carelessly . . .

It Seems I’ve Caused A Ruckus

Filed under: General, Soap Box — Lemon @ 12:10 am

Last Thursday night the local Denny’s was in chaos. One waiter, thirty tables, a shit manager. Things were altogether too sour.

Fast forward to Friday night . . .

Our waiter, Garrett, the waiter from that night, gives Sean, Smokin and I comment cards because Sean wants to complain about the smoking policy. Smokin wasn’t there on the night in question, Sean complains about smoking policies, and I, well I “go there”. I make a full complaint about the manager and her shiftlessness.

Fast forward to Saturday night . . .

The three of us walk in the door and nearly run into the manager in question pulling the comment cards out of the box. “Ohhhh this is going to be bad” think Smokin and Sean. I luckily don’t notice. I’d have run.
She reads the cards. Her face distorts and twists and yellows. She shows the waiters the card, my card. She complains to the woman behind us “I guess they didn’t see that 18 top!” Nope. Sure didn’t. Luckily she thinks the card was left by some rowdy girls that were also there on Black Thursday. The waiters know - they praise me. I’m scared she’ll notice. Sean fidgets. Smokin and I try to seem occupied when she’s talking about it, as though none of us care or know about what she’s saying.

Fast Forward to Tonight . . .

She’s not there tonight. I ask Steve, our waiter for the evening, if I’ve caused a ruckus, if the staff is mad. “No, you said what needed to be said. By the way, she threw it away and I got it out of the trash and gave it to tonight’s manager.”
Wow, she’s a worse manager than I thought . . . Later, Steve says tonight’s manager wants to talk to us about that night. Great. I get nervous. Now I’ve really started something. He comes to the table later, much later than Sean would have liked. Oh well. I tell the story . . .

One waiter, thirty tables, a shit manager. Garrett is doing everything that is humanly possible to keep things going. It’s impossible. Rowdy girls are going behind the counter to refill their drinks despite his protests that he’ll get in trouble. Then the truckers follow suit. He’s running back and forth with huge trays to tables in the back stopping with the heavy trays along the way to take more requests for more things. He runs to the back to get coffee, only to be stopped all the way back, time and again. The manager sits in her booth smoking and watching. He stands at the computer trying to make sense of all the tickets. The computer freezes. He runs to clear tables. He runs to fill coffee cups. The manager sits in her booth smoking and watching. Another order up, he runs to the back to get more heaving trays. A couple comes in, they stand at the front waiting to be seated. He’s occupied at the table, slinging hash. The manager sits in her booth smoking and watching. The couple stands there for five minutes. Finally the manager seats them, because they’ve begun to stare at her. Meanwhile, chaos reigns. Another couple comes in. She ignores them until they seat themselves, five minutes later. She also refuses to cash people out. At one point the waiter waves a man on and pays his bill later with his tips. The manager watches from her booth and doesn’t care. She knows what is happening and doesn’t offer to help. I ask her to refill my coffee. This she does, I’m only in the next table over. Any further than that and she makes him do it. He doesn’t have the time. He’s still trying to fix the computer, and she stacks dishes under his feet. When they topple over, she claps, starting the whole of Denny’s into applause. Then she yells at him. This is what Thursday night was at the Denny’s - anarchy and cruelty. This is the story I tell the manager. The waiters stand around as I tell the story. I’ve caused a ruckus.

She did take an 18 top that night after we left. For the money. It was the only respite he got all night, but he could have used the money. He had already earned it.

Friday, April 22, 2005

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 12:40 am

Want to know what’s going on in the world?

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Coon Ass

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 8:00 pm

So, I don’t remember if I’ve talked about Milton and Verna on this blog before, but my friends know the stories . . .

Well, Ole Milty has gone and topped himself now. To protect the various vegetation in his FRONT yard - blueberry bushes, tomato plants on stakes, squash, etc - he has installed a rabbit trap. That’s right, a rabbit trap.

Now, of course, when I was growing up in the country, my dad had a rabbit trap by the strawberry patch, but all that ever came of that was that my dad would take the bunny and put him in the forest and basically say, “Bad bunny, no strawberries” and then little Peter would cottontail it right back where he came from, no harm done.

But do you know what people like Milty are gonna do with it?
That’s right, Cajun Fried Rabbit Surprise. Poor Bunny . . .
This ain’t the old homestead, buddy - the HA’s getting a call tomorrow.

Monday, April 18, 2005

The Outer Limits

Filed under: General, Krackpype, Soap Box — Lemon @ 9:53 pm

Due to a little mis-firing in the brain this morning, which was my own fault entirely, I was stuck in the 70’s all day. I don’t just mean remembering little things from the 70’s or songs from the 70’s. No, what I mean is, is that I was having some weird perception shift where every little thing made my entire world and existence seem like I had traveled back in time. Sean said that happened to him early last week with his MF Crisis post. That’s all well and good, but if you know me, you know that I have a severe distaste and near phobia of the 70’s.

It all started with this one innocent little book.

Yes, I know, the title says 80. However, I think everyone will agree that 1980 was a little closer in resemblence to 1975 than 1985.

I read the book while I waited for Amazon to quit, well, nevermind, and so there I was reading about CHIPS and Gary Coleman and then I landed on Eight is Enough. That prompted an internet search to find all of the children and what had happened to them and what I found wasn’t pretty. I won’t go into it except to say that that’s where I think the perception shift started. Here’s a tip: if you don’t like an era as much as I don’t like the 70’s, don’t go messin’ around with it. Stay clear.

For the rest of the day, every corner I turned, even every direction my eyes turned, there was the 70’s. Sean’s clothes on the floor, dust motes in a sunbeam, Milton painting his trim (which isn’t that far off from the 70’s anyway), the old nasty books I was shelving, etc. A table mat on Sean’s bedside table that I thought was attractive yesterday, today seemed like it was about to be a new home for Sue Ellen’s whiskey glass.

That’s getting 86′d tomorrow.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

A Favor for A Friend

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 12:49 am

Hope you like it. When you get it to your computer, downsize it and it won’t be so pixelated anymore. If it doesn’t work, I saved it in its original size, which is the size we use for avatars.

At Sean’s request, here’s the revised version with bi-annual haircut:

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Piersophile

Filed under: General, Soap Box — Lemon @ 1:16 pm

Ok, so maybe I’m totally wacked out from reading the last of the Incarnations series, but this shirt is f’kin ridiculous:

That shirt isn’t from the junior or adult section of Smokin’s favorite store - it’s from the girl’s section. Do you see how low that neck goes? Almost to the navel! Sickos!

Yeah, like I said, Piers has me freaking out a little. I am thinking there is no way Epiphany read that entire book. I am having the worst time reading it. He’s gone into a three or four chapter diatribe about why it’s okay for middle aged men to date 14 year olds. I’m not exaggerating. This man had two teenage daughters when he wrote this. Yuck.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Maybe He’s not Gay Afterall?

Filed under: Krackpype, Soap Box — Lemon @ 10:49 pm

These two look to0 much alike not to be related. Think he’s the father?

Hey, didn’t someone say I needed photoshop or something? Too tired to care now, anyhow. That’ll do.

Bound and Determined

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 9:53 pm

Sorry I haven’t been posting much, but the long awaited peace is almost here. I’m still a little tied up, but there is an end in sight now. I’m on a new program to get more done and it seems to be working. Here’s to hoping I won’t burn out. Cheers!

Saturday, April 9, 2005

Proverbs

Filed under: General, Soap Box — Lemon @ 10:58 pm

Sometimes it’s difficult to relate to our friends when they act differently than we expect them too. This week my friends have been reticent to spend time with me, because I’ve been a little on the moody side. I guess they don’t want to ruffle my feathers? You know, of course, that all people go through rough times, right? Even happy people should be allowed to have psycho episodes now and then. If we didn’t let loose sometimes, well, we might be even more creepy. Like the Welch’s juice girl.

Case in point:

Love me when I least deserve it, because that’s when I really need it. — Swedish Proverb

Thursday, April 7, 2005

Complaints?

Filed under: General, Krackpype — Lemon @ 11:54 pm

Yes, emphatically, YES! Evil, pissy, SOUR, Lemon. I am wallowing in strife and pain and I plan to stay the rest of the week. I am curling up my upper lip and settling in with a book about Satan and will not withdraw until the darkness abates. I need rest, and to visit my other home beyond the veil of sleep. The past three years I have missed my April hibernation and with each passing year I rot more and more. Soon I will be rotten to the core! YOU CAN’T STOP ME. Maybe I should indulge in some yoga tomorrow morning to take the edge off . . . . ? :)

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Snoop Dog

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 10:36 pm




Bow Wow Wow Yippee Yo Yippee Yay

Boredom! How much can you take? Boredom, I’ve got to relieve all the stress . . .

So do you ever have those days when you don’t feel at all like posting and all you really want to do is post the grossest pic in your collection? Here’s mine, now lets see yours . . .

And for Epiphany we have this brand new . . .

Monday, April 4, 2005

Help Me, Marley!

Filed under: General — Lemon @ 11:08 pm

Bob, not Jacob. Ziggy’s no good either.

I was going to post about how badly I’ve been taking criticism the past couple of days (well, today, mostly) but when I was looking for my horoscope just now, I found this link. By the way, when something on my page is yellow, click it.
But back to the point. If you go to that site and play with the toys, you may have some luck with stress relief. Before I get any more criticism, I have to say that I know that I’m probably putting up too many links and not enough blog. So shoot me. And when you go to the site, pay attention to the four icons above whatever you are looking at because they change every time you switch pages. There are a lot of options.



A preview of the site

Sunday, April 3, 2005

In The Sweet By and Bahai

Filed under: General, Informative, Krackpype — Lemon @ 10:22 pm

Here’s a pic of my new church : )


Bahai gardens and temple in Israel

I took a quiz at Beliefnet.com that’s purpose was to connect you with the faith most appropriate to your beliefs.

Rankings:

1. Bahá’í Faith (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (98%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (96%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
6. Jainism (86%)
7. Sikhism (86%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (86%)
9. Hinduism (82%)
10. Reform Judaism (80%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (77%)
12. Neo-Pagan (76%)
13. New Age (75%)
14. Orthodox Judaism (71%)
15. Taoism (69%)
16. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (69%)
17. New Thought (68%)
18. Islam (61%)
19. Scientology (59%)
20. Jehovah’s Witness (58%)
21. Secular Humanism (53%)
22. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (52%)
23. Orthodox Quaker (50%)
24. Seventh Day Adventist (38%)
25. Nontheist (38%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (36%)
27. Roman Catholic (36%)

Agnostics may even be interested in the quiz because it accounts for that, and for every question there is a science option. The quiz is very speedy; I was done in about a minute and a half.

It seems that one must be censored, even in their own domain.

Saturday, April 2, 2005

Peroxide

Filed under: General, Informative, Krackpype — Lemon @ 1:45 am

Let’s go a little lighter . . . Anyone care to join me for a new wave, techno gyration? Pull out the strobe light, baby and get down!