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Can You Pass This Test?

March 10th, 2008 . by Cary

Follow the link and take this test.

Report your score in the comments section below.

A 24 or better is required to pass. According to the information I received with the link, 96% of High School seniors who took the test failed. More than 50% of people 50 and older failed too.

Thank you for stopping by, God bless you all, Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

P.S. – I scored a 27.

Red Friday

March 7th, 2008 . by Cary

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Wearin’ the Patriot today.

We had dinner at Golden Corral last night. While going up to get more steak, I spotted a gentleman wearing a VietNam Veteran ball cap, with his ribbons sewn on. I stopped, thanked him for his service, and said “Welcome Home.” He thanked me for the sentiments, and said a lot of people just aren’t aware of what the average Vet has gone through. I told him I made a point of thanking the Vets I spotted, because too many of them hadn’t been thanked by anyone, and almost none of them were told “Welcome Home” by anyone outside their family. His wife sobbed loudly at that point, and he could just nod and turn away.

Have you thanked a Vet lately?

Thank you for stopping by, God bless you all, Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

Thursday Roundup

March 6th, 2008 . by Cary

Not a lot happening this Thursday – and since I’m heading over to the church to help with some renovations, I’ll just get this done and get out:

John at Fire of Liberty says “It Happens” – what is it? Go find out… a rather explosive article on power generation.

Bushwack has some keen observations on cows, the Constitution, and the Ten Commandments.

Gawfer points out an error in the methods used by the Religion of Peace to show that they are, in fact, Peaceful.

The Loon salutes the 82nd Airborne with an update on where they are headed next.

Jenn left an open thread while she went on vacation to Vegas. She should know better than to leave an open thread while she’s gone…

Be sure to check out the blogrolls on the left, the above were the most recently updated when I checked.

And, just for giggles – a Redneck Mansion!Not really, it’s an outdoor theatre set as documented here.

Thank you for stopping by, God bless you all, Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

Tuesday Stuff

March 4th, 2008 . by Cary

Did your March come in like a lion? Ours did – wind was gusting up around 35 or so, it tried to fool us all by staying cool all weekend – so I’m pretty sure that it will be very pleasant around here for the next few months, until the heat sets back in.

(note to global warming idiots: it’s always hot in the summer around here, because it’s the desert. that’s what happens in the desert – it gets hot in the summer. go back to wishing you hadn’t mailed out the ‘polar bears are dying from lack of ice’ whiney flyer that arrived after news of the thickest polar ice cap in years being formed has reached most people.)

This is also the time of year when people in cooler areas of the country (anywhere there is snow, for example) start thinking about the fact that the bowl games, and, more recently, the Super Bowl, were played here, and the weather didn’t suck. The FBR Open showed green fairways and fans wearing shirtsleeves with frosty beers in their hands. In a few weeks PIR will be the center of NASCAR’s universe, and again, fans will be shown in shirtsleeves and shorts, while the rest of the country is still thawing out. These people in the cooler areas of the country are processing all these scenes of joyful nice weather gatherings, and calculating how much it would cost to move out here.

I have one request to make of those of you considering such a move: give me a call in July, or August, and arrange to come out and spend the week. I can’t guarantee a good time, because I won’t be leaving the house unless absolutely necessary, and even then only in the early mornings hours before the sun comes up. Are you kidding? I don’t go outside after 110 on the thermometer, unless it’s for really, really, really cheap golf rates – and even then, only with enough ice and water to make a penguin uncomfortable. Now, think about this: those days are, more often than not, found in groups of 100 or more. Yes, more than 100 days over 110 more often than not. That means that for a third of the year, you never leave the house.

It just dawned on me that you have that issue now – only because you are snowed in and CAN’T leave the house for over a third of the year. Huh. Just blew my own argument out of the water. How’s that for talented?

Thank you for stopping by, God bless you all, Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

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