green mush and bile
The daffodils and crocuses were up, and Saturday started out warm and balmy. In my excitement for spring I planted two angel's trumpet plants I had received earlier that week. No sooner than I had planted them, the wind started howling and the temperature dropped radically. That night we had a hard freeze, so cold the fish pond froze an inch. The next night was no better, and my plants were frostburned to mush. I always do that with at least one batch of plants early in the season.
Nothin' much else to report, so here's a random assortment of news, starting out with hateful bile spewed from the mouth of Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern (sallykern@okhouse.gov) on gays:
"I honestly think it's the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam."
That was just a tidbit from her frothing rant, more can be heard here, as someone in her presence had one of those newfangled recording gadgets handy. There's so much wrong with her tirade I won't even start, but it is an informative slice of heartland psyche that has bought into everything that is fed to them, without question. Such thinking is what gets us the wholesome behavior of people like U.S. Senator Larry Craig who get what they need from public restrooms.
"Time to Fix the National Mall," by Marc Fisher of the Washington Post. Personally, I've never noticed all the port-a-potties down there but those goddamn anti-ter'r ugly-ass jersey barriers HAVE GOT TO GO! Bitches, please - no slab of ugly-ass concrete is going to stop a determined ter'rist. Jersey barriers just make unimaginative bureaucrats happy.
Two days after his retirement was announced on March 4, 2008, Brett Favre talked about his decision on at a news conference in Green Bay. His scruff is mighty at this moment:
Photo by Tom Lynn. Complete scruff photo gallery here from the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel Online, 3/6/2008.
Don't cry for me, Brett.
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That Sally Kern spew is remarkable in its hysteria, isn't it? I had no idea I was worse than Osama bin Laden. Apparently I have underestimated my vast powers for evil.
Speaking of terrorists, I was at work when the news of Favre's retirement broke, and suddenly phones were ringing all over, and I throughout the office I heard cries of "Oh no!" and "Oh God!" (Quite a few people commute to work from Hudson, WI.)
The admin who sits on the other side of my cube wall burst into tears. I still had no clue what was going on, until she called her husband. "Honey, I have bad news, and I didn't want you to have to hear about it on TV. Favre just retired!"
My stomach unclenched. I was worried that a dirty nuclear bomb had gone off in a shopping mall or something.
There were also some scattered cheers from Viking's fans, I must admit.
Since I don't follow football (beyond tracking a couple hotties), I wasn't in either camp, but I thought I'd share my little account from the Twin Cities.
I doubt reactions were quite as visceral in your office.
""I honestly think it's the biggest threat our nation has, even more so than terrorism or Islam.""
Well I am one of the final five Cylon Models.
Ask Rob.. its true :-)
Larry Craig is from Idaho, not Oklahoma. Oklahoma is the state that brought us Will Rogers and Karen Silkwood.
Okay maybe this is just mistyping but Larry Craig is NOT from oklahoma, you can Wiki that. Sally Kern is from Oklahoma and I accept that.
They really are that bad sometimes out here and yet in my town just 20 minutes from the capital I feel comfortable holding hands and kissing in public. Go fig. Maybe I'm the cause of all the hysteria??
Silly Sally was given a short blurb on CNN yesterday where she defended her "Worse than terrorists" line by saying it was an internal threat since cultures that openly and wholeheartedly embraced the "homosexual lifestyle" (as if there really is one, you asswipe!) didn't last for much longer. Um...Sally Darling - care to give examples?
My bad, I've corrected the Idaho/Oklahoma thing. That's what I get for posting late at night.
Yes, Brett. You should only cry for Argentina.
Wow... Castor beans, Angel Trumpet, just wait for the toxicology labs to start showing up, add some Foxglove, Delphinium, and Nightshade and you could have the DC garden of Doom!