Wednesday, November 17, 2010
I know I have posted that I was going to post more often but that hasn't happened lately. It was June for my last on. I keep seeing it on my bookmarks and I thought that would help me post more but apparently not! I have been fooling around with bio-identical hormone therapy. This a new twist on the subject via the book Sex At Dawn:The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality. I have a long story to go with this post and I hope to post it fairly soon. I have been reading more. I am currently reading; Ratio, the science of cooking, or something like that, and Turn Coat, a new Butcher Dresden Files Wizard book, and sadly, a political book that I can't remember, that is very depressing, so I assume I am shutting it out of my head. A big storm is coming this way here in the NW and it should be fun. Off to listen to Coast to Coast AM. nite nite
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Oil Consumers Take NO Guilt From the BP Spill!
There has been a lot of talk lately that the 'fault' of the oil spill is to be blamed, partly, on the consumers of oil, namely, us.
This is a spurious argument!
We have known that there were problems with oil since the 70's and it would not be too hard to argue that even in the 30's the oil companies knew they had to get rid of more efficient modes of transportation to make us more dependent on oil.
What alternatives were we given?
We have been controlled by the oil companies ever since they saw how easy it was to make us dependent on oil.
They bought up and disappeared any viable alternative.
They didn't lobby for government monies to create any alternatives, they lobbied to have restrictions lifted and lobbied to have fewer taxes on their profits.
Our alternatives were not given, they were taken away.
Do not feel guilty for the ultimate failure of Government oversight and corporate greed.
A.Shamus
This is a spurious argument!
We have known that there were problems with oil since the 70's and it would not be too hard to argue that even in the 30's the oil companies knew they had to get rid of more efficient modes of transportation to make us more dependent on oil.
What alternatives were we given?
We have been controlled by the oil companies ever since they saw how easy it was to make us dependent on oil.
They bought up and disappeared any viable alternative.
They didn't lobby for government monies to create any alternatives, they lobbied to have restrictions lifted and lobbied to have fewer taxes on their profits.
Our alternatives were not given, they were taken away.
Do not feel guilty for the ultimate failure of Government oversight and corporate greed.
A.Shamus
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Okay, I am trying to post more often. (now that I have a little more time) for all you followers. (read zero, or maybe someone has read this, but I haven't found a counter that works with this site, I am only computer literate enough to do certain things, and keeping track of viewers is not one of them, so if anyone out there knows how to install a counter let me know, thanks in advance).
Today I made some hay whilst the sun was shining! We finally got a day of sunshine in the NW and I found a sickle bar mower (I had been trying to rent one and none of the rental houses had one available.) I was coming home from a local pub and there at the curb side just a mile from my house was a mower for sale! $100.00USD
The reason I wanted a sickle bar mower is because I have goats, and I didn't have time to mow during the 2 days in the last 3 months that were dry enough for mowing, and the grass was 3 feet tall, that my friends is HAY!, which goes for about $15.00 USD a bale! If I use a sickle bar mower I can turn the tall grass into hay and feed the goats with hay as local as you can get.
To go to the way back machine: I have not told all youse guys and gals that I have a small martini farm. Yes, I grow the martini glasses and get pickled. (the true definition of a martini farm is having a martini while watching the farm buildings deteriorate and the grass grow.) This is what I have been doing for the last ten years.
I had every intention of making a good garden and having some eggs and pigs etc. I did have some chickens and goats (not goats for milking, but I could, but you can't mix vodka with goats milk, I don't think? [Well, if I am digressing all the way,] I guess that a white Russian could be made with goats milk but it's probably not common and it's certainly not a martini.) Anyway! For the time and economy, I am making an effort to do a little more with the farmlet. So I let the yard grow to 3 feet and attempt to make hay.
I am getting a LOT of shit from my wife for letting the grass go and for the $100.00 for the mower but I cut enough for 5 bales and that right there is $75.00 USD! I have plenty to go so I am thinking I should get about 20 bales this year! We do need some sun for the curing of the hay and I will have to turn it and make an old fashioned hay stack (there is not enough to bring in a baler) and move it to the hay loft of the barn. So there is plenty of work left but that beats the gym membership!
My shoulders and upper body are very sore! I will keep you posted on what happens with the hay.
Best
A.Shamus
Today I made some hay whilst the sun was shining! We finally got a day of sunshine in the NW and I found a sickle bar mower (I had been trying to rent one and none of the rental houses had one available.) I was coming home from a local pub and there at the curb side just a mile from my house was a mower for sale! $100.00USD
The reason I wanted a sickle bar mower is because I have goats, and I didn't have time to mow during the 2 days in the last 3 months that were dry enough for mowing, and the grass was 3 feet tall, that my friends is HAY!, which goes for about $15.00 USD a bale! If I use a sickle bar mower I can turn the tall grass into hay and feed the goats with hay as local as you can get.
To go to the way back machine: I have not told all youse guys and gals that I have a small martini farm. Yes, I grow the martini glasses and get pickled. (the true definition of a martini farm is having a martini while watching the farm buildings deteriorate and the grass grow.) This is what I have been doing for the last ten years.
I had every intention of making a good garden and having some eggs and pigs etc. I did have some chickens and goats (not goats for milking, but I could, but you can't mix vodka with goats milk, I don't think? [Well, if I am digressing all the way,] I guess that a white Russian could be made with goats milk but it's probably not common and it's certainly not a martini.) Anyway! For the time and economy, I am making an effort to do a little more with the farmlet. So I let the yard grow to 3 feet and attempt to make hay.
I am getting a LOT of shit from my wife for letting the grass go and for the $100.00 for the mower but I cut enough for 5 bales and that right there is $75.00 USD! I have plenty to go so I am thinking I should get about 20 bales this year! We do need some sun for the curing of the hay and I will have to turn it and make an old fashioned hay stack (there is not enough to bring in a baler) and move it to the hay loft of the barn. So there is plenty of work left but that beats the gym membership!
My shoulders and upper body are very sore! I will keep you posted on what happens with the hay.
Best
A.Shamus
Sunday, May 23, 2010
My new favorite band, The Music Machine, with a very early example of what I would call Heavy Metal, with 'Talk Talk'. Now I am not a big fan of heavy metal, but I have an interest in origins of things and up till now my usual thought of the origin of heavy metal was 'Summertime Blues' by Blue Cheer, with this band it gives them a run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJR_KGZO4U0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJR_KGZO4U0
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