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Sunday, May 30, 2010

MR. TOAD COMES TO VISIT

I was sitting at my computer fixing photographs for posting, when I noticed that it had started to rain…..it doesn’t take much on this metal roof! Anyhow, a noise outside the door engaged my attention…...I looked through the screen and saw this
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I’ve been a complete flop at securing a photograph of the tiny indoor geckos, and even the much larger outdoor TOKAY GECKO, the “pit bull of the Gecko world” has managed to evade my (somewhat desultory) efforts - although he continues to sit on my screens and bark at me. I told myself that this quarry would be different…..and it was - well, sort of. I crept over, opened the screen, and shot again
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Bingo! But, I wasn’t satisfied, so I tiptoed out and attempted to circle past him to get a full-frontal photograph…..and
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off he went into the bushes…..

Foiled Again!

I’ve had a very long day on CORREGIDOR ISLAND and am heading for bed. Tomorrow, I complete the grading for the class I’ve been teaching, and I should have time to post.

Posted by Earl on 05/30 at 07:56 AM
PHILIPPINES TEACHING ASSIGNMENT • Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff •

Monday, May 24, 2010

OH GOOD GRIEF!

BOY BECOMES YOUNGEST TO CLIMB MT EVEREST
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At 13 years old…...

Posted by Earl on 05/24 at 05:23 AM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE •

Saturday, May 15, 2010

WRETCHED EXCESS

$300.00 for a toaster?

$250.00 for a trash can?

I’D RATHER RETIRE EARLY!

Posted by Earl on 05/15 at 09:04 PM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE •

Thursday, March 05, 2009

WHAT DOES A TRILLION DOLLARS LOOK LIKE?

I don’t think ANY of us really know what a trillion means…..despite the fact that the number is being thrown around with abandon, these days. I remember when a $400,000,000,000.00 (four hundred billion dollars) was an UNCONSIONABLE deficit…..but that was a long time ago - back when a Republican was in the White House. Now, the government can commit to spending well over one trillion dollars it doesn’t have (meaning it will borrow or print the money), and (almost) everyone is cheering.

Anyhow, thanks to Jonah Goldberg at THE CORNER, I’ve been to a website where one can see in a very graphic fashion the full reality of $1,000,000,000,000.00 (one trillion dollars). Get ready, because it’s a little bit shocking. OK…..(I’m not making this up).....(don’t say I didn’t warn you)........HERE IT IS.

Posted by Earl on 03/05 at 12:32 PM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • Politics • Domestic • Government Outrage • Economics •

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

IS IT IN YOU…...?

Takes off from a recent ad campaign (that I haven’t seen) in a delightful way…...

Hat Tip: The PHIL FILES

Posted by Earl on 12/16 at 10:33 AM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • Religion • (0) Comments •

Sunday, December 14, 2008

YOU PROBABLY THINK ALL THIS CARPING ABOUT THE NANNY STATE IN ENGLAND IS EXAGGERATION, DON’T YOU?

Well, try this on for size…..
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Fire extinguishers could be removed from communal areas in flats throughout the country because they are a safety hazard, it has emerged.

The life-saving devices encourage untrained people to fight a fire rather than leave the building, risk assessors in Bournemouth decided.

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. They know BETTER THAN WE DO WHAT’S GOOD FOR US.. And since we won’t do the right thing on our own, they’ll simply make us! Remember….it’s for your own good.

Posted by Earl on 12/14 at 10:22 PM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE • (0) Comments •

Thursday, December 11, 2008

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? THEY’RE REAL, YOU KNOW…......YOU CAN SEE THEM!

You have to go where it’s REALLY COLD, so they don’t deteriorate over time…...we’re speaking, of course, of the abandoned structures left behind over the years, as courageous human beings explored the least known continent on earth…..

Posted by Earl on 12/11 at 11:02 AM
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • (0) Comments •

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