Check out this video done by actual Alaskan school students who apparently are not taken in by the blathering and bleating of their state representatives and senators. Their insight gives me hope for the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1x38XYEd6Q
Baby bird season approaches
Baby bird season is almost upon us. That means a busy, busy time at Bird TLC. It also means that anyone who would like to learn how to be a baby bird mom and have the thrill of raising a baby to adulthood and freedom should check the Bird TLC webside (birdtlc.net) for the dates of the baby bird mom training. And lord if you have any newspapers, please drop them off for us. We go through them at rapid rates this time of year. Our new address is 7800 King Street.
Thanks. And be careful driving. You never know
Children are our future… a convenient phrase for politicians
For those of us brave or insane enough to follow the shenanigans of the Alaska Legislature, the end of session comes as quite a relief. This is especially true in those years where no one tries to circumvent the will of the voters for a limited session by calling a special session. Of course, our legislators still manage to go over the time allotted by extending the current session. Why pay attention to the will of the voters now? Why start a new tradition when the old one is so effective – just ignore what the voters want and do
If it’s called Celebrity Wife Swap…
…shouldn’t I recognize the celebrity?
For those with nothing better to do on Thursday 4/24
I’ll be giving a talk at the Great Harvest Bread Company at 7 PM on the topic of self publishing and why. You can go to http://www.49writers.blogspot.com and check out my latest blogging thoughts there.
My snow tires are off
Let the late April blizzard begin…
I understand this is Easter but please!
I know all I want to know about Jesus already so please don’t knock on my door or stuff papers into my door meant to tell me about him. I’m thrilled for you that you find this wonderful and exciting. Respect my right to not get all giddy about it and to NOT want to stand in my doorway with three hysterical barking dogs while you ignore my attempt at being polite and continue on about trying to save my soul. I don’t need you to save it. I’m doing just fine by myself.
How about…
How about if we banish all political ads from all tv channels except for one created exclusively to run them. Then, anyone with the masochistic desire to see the same thing over and over and over and over again, can go to that channel and watch it till their brains turn to mush and their hair turns gray while the rest of us enjoy political free tv.
My world is right again
I checked my bank account and my tax check has been deposited. I no longer owe the federal government money. I feel better. I hate owing. And next year I’ll have straightened out my social security money in such a way as to go back to my lifelong habit of getting a refund. This year will then be deposited into the same black hole to which I’ve consigned my misbegotten marriage.
A salute to volunteers wherever you are
April 6 though 12 was National Volunteer Week. You might have missed the headlines announcing this since there were apparently no headlines announcing this. I missed it completely and, given that on any week of the year volunteers surround me in one capacity or another, I should be ashamed that I did.
According to the Points of Light website that sponsors this week of recognition, its purpose is as follows. “National Volunteer Week, April 6-12, 2014, is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. It’s about demonstrating to the nation that