OT, but important: Are you and Miss Olive safe in Chico at least for now? From what I can tell from the InciWeb map, Chico is some distance to the southwest from the North Complex/Bear Fire, but if the wind picks up again and changes direction, who knows? Prayers still up for you and your Editor.
Otherwise, cannot keep up with news as it happens. We were in a blackout for 24 hrs (wind and fire damage) and I’m scrambling to catch up.
Did Mattis talk coup? I doubt it because Woodward is a first class cunt. OTOH, the good general did mess his own drawers when he went anti-Trump on us. So, he is not above reproach.
Will Pelosi, et al., try to flush election night? They’ll have to get through a lot of patriotic ‘Muricans to do it.
Did the USFS fail (or worse yet?) the campers in the Mammoth area, only to have the Cali NG swoop in for a daring air rescue? That’s a rumor but I wouldn’t put it past the USFS, whose egregious mishandling of the forests should make them criminally liable. In my day, the forests were managed, FFS.
Hell if I know anything that’s going on. Not a GFZ here, though. Just saying.
VanderleunSeptember 10, 2020, 12:53 PM
Olive and I are fine. Safe and snug and well away from fires. (though smokey.)
PA CatSeptember 10, 2020, 1:20 PM
“Olive and I are fine.”
To quote the Bard: “For this relief, much thanks.” And I hope the smoke clears soon.
Boat GuySeptember 10, 2020, 8:30 PM
Alex, ” that woman” is Mrs. Best.
Another good one from BRCC. If you haven’t heard “Quarantine” enough to sing it from memory; well, get with it.
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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Gerard Van der Leun
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Wow, who is that woman!?!
OT, but important: Are you and Miss Olive safe in Chico at least for now? From what I can tell from the InciWeb map, Chico is some distance to the southwest from the North Complex/Bear Fire, but if the wind picks up again and changes direction, who knows? Prayers still up for you and your Editor.
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6997/
I need all the humor I can get. Love BRCC vids.
Otherwise, cannot keep up with news as it happens. We were in a blackout for 24 hrs (wind and fire damage) and I’m scrambling to catch up.
Did Mattis talk coup? I doubt it because Woodward is a first class cunt. OTOH, the good general did mess his own drawers when he went anti-Trump on us. So, he is not above reproach.
Will Pelosi, et al., try to flush election night? They’ll have to get through a lot of patriotic ‘Muricans to do it.
Did the USFS fail (or worse yet?) the campers in the Mammoth area, only to have the Cali NG swoop in for a daring air rescue? That’s a rumor but I wouldn’t put it past the USFS, whose egregious mishandling of the forests should make them criminally liable. In my day, the forests were managed, FFS.
Hell if I know anything that’s going on. Not a GFZ here, though. Just saying.
Olive and I are fine. Safe and snug and well away from fires. (though smokey.)
“Olive and I are fine.”
To quote the Bard: “For this relief, much thanks.” And I hope the smoke clears soon.
Alex, ” that woman” is Mrs. Best.
Another good one from BRCC. If you haven’t heard “Quarantine” enough to sing it from memory; well, get with it.
Me LIKEE!!!!!