And for Today's Political Junkies

A quiz?

Something Special

This is for all of you who wander here, but especially for PJ

Life Can Only Get Better

According to Rep. Steve King, R-IA we will be fine once his resolution passes.

The Crab's Easy Driving Rules

1. Turn signals have a purpose other than just adding more electronics to your vehicle. USE THEM!
2. Chances are your vehicle has cruise control. Following someone who varies between 50 and 70 mph is no fun. If you don't know how to put the cruise on and can't read the operator's manual, ask someone to show you how the f&@* to do it!
3. You don't have to turn the cruise control off to talk on your phone (if you must)*.
4. Stop lights: Green-go. Red-Stop. Yellow does not mean double your speed!
5. Food: Trying to eat your french fries, drinking your super sized soda, yelling at your kids so they don't spill in your super sized SUV, while driving 80 mph down the 2 lane highway in the winter is just plain STUPID!!!!
6. If you have a death wish that's fine. Just don't include me.

If it sounds like I'm a bit upset, you get an A.

Institute for Silly Research

This Internet thing can be fun and educational, too! Today on my normal Sunday morning search for things mundane I learned that "Space Aliens" probably wrote the nursery rhymes that we learned as children. Here is a brief excerpt:

Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down;
Hickory, dickory, dock.

Clearly this seemingly nonsense verse only becomes meaningful when we realize that it is nothing less than the principles of special relativity being explained in a form people a thousand years ago could understand: we can see a clear description of the 'mouse'-- obviously a small type of space probe of a type used by Mother Goose's alien race--moving 'up and down the clock' as it maneuvers at speeds approaching that of light between the time it leaves and returns to its dock.
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To learn more go to the Institute for Silly Research link.

Not a Duck

The Crab is in Control!

H, who helped develop this bit of idiocy, turned over complete control to me yesterday.

I have added a list of things that I like browse while having my 1st cup of coffee and my last beer. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do.

the Crab

The Crab's Moustache Update

I made a serious moustache trimming mistake this morning. Survival chances look slim.

Parenting: Lesson #1

PJ and I raised this miniature donkey shortly after we were married. Having to get up every two hours to feed Sophie was our first parenting lesson*. The veterinarians all said that chances were slim that she would survive. She did. For 19 years.

We did this with baby pigs, lambs, goats, and calves. We may have tried wild animals too. I just can't remember.

* PJ did this a LOT more than I did.

Winter has arrived

A Minnesota Highway Patrol Officer, speaking about yesterday's weather:

"Tell people they can't leave 15 minutes late and get there 20 minutes early," Barnard said. "There are cars in the ditch, cars rolled over. It's winter now."