Kudzu Jesus

Here is a picture of Nagasaki after the atomic bomb was dropped in 1945.

Here is a picture of Nagasaki in 2011 following the earthquake and tsunami.

What the hell is that arch made out of!! 

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Did you know that 5⁹ + 3⁹ + 4⁹ + 4⁹ + 9⁹ + 4⁹ + 8⁹ + 3⁹ + 6⁹ = 534494836  - yea - check it out!! 

and yea - it took me a little to figure out what the big deal was. 
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Did you know that this July we will have Three Fridays, three Saturdays and three Sundays?  This is actually a pretty big deal for retail sales because when this July is compared to past July's this year will look REALLY GREAT.  Most retail sales are on weekends.

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Will Walker do what North Korea is doing to help their economy?  In North Korea Pyongyang has order all University's to close for 10 months and all students must now go to work in factories!
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Hey - looks like State Workers are getting a big bonus!  6 days will be put into sabbatical because of some furlough rules where lawyers took less and since all gov employees need to be treated equal.  The question is, what about retired workers that also took those EXTRA furlough days - do we get screwed?
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OH MY GOD!!!!! 

IT'S JESUS!!!!!     Kudzu has finally found a way to keep the Round-Up off of it.  After all - you can not spray Jesus with Round-up. Says so in the bible.

On a side note -if you want to cause a stir on the Garden forums - go on and say you have found this amazing vine called Kudzu and planted it all over the country side!!   WOW - will you get a few responses. 

Kudzu is a huge huge huge problem in the south. You can not kill it and it grows a foot a day covering EVERYTHING.
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Looking for Columbus Horse and Carriage photos?  I have a new mini-site devoted to the event.

http://www.carriage.melottephotoimagery.com/

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Golf last night - did well and kicked the competition ass!  In fact in a little hot at the moment - 72 of the last 90 holes will be included in my handicap.    Of course the GOOD golfers adubya are always telling me to fix my swing which is true but they are only seeing one small area that I'm working on.  Seriously, there is a lot more going on then what it looks like. I can only choose so many swing thoughts at a time  LOL

They say my problem is balance which is only ONE of my problems.  Extending my arms, slower back swing, keeping my EYE on the ball.   Put those three together and my balance is much better! 

remember - I have zero natural ability with sports.

So that is my story!

have a great Thursday
Cheers - stay cool!

Rod

Brewers - FAIL And Slavery is a bad thing

WOW - Yankee Stadium really had an adverse effect on the Brewers.    I suppose if football was not such a large muscle sport Lambeau Field would have the same effect.  I mean come on - dropping the ball on the mound?  BALK!!    O'well, only one game and MAYBE we can win 1 game out of the 3 - probably not though!
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Recall data

PPP and DailyKos reported some polling numbers so I thought I would pass it on. The Koch/Rove money machine is pumping serious cash into the 10th Senate race with negative ad's about negative ads against Democrate Shelly Moore. This is suppose to be the closest contest.

10th Senate
Shelly Moore (D): 45%
Sheila Harsdorf (R-inc): 50%
Undecided: 5

18th Senate

Jessica King (D): 50
Randy Hopper (R-inc): 47
Undecided: 3

32nd Senate

Jennifer Shilling (D): 56
Dan Kapanke (R-inc): 42
undecided: 3
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Here are some road signs that pretty much tell it all.

This first sign lays it on the line.  Leave this ski area and YOU CAN DIE!!!  Blunt honesty!

Do not feed you child to the alligator! But wait - is it an alligator?  Or is it a eyeless, remorseless, toothy Death Monster.  Whatever - don't do it.

Again - what's with the alligators! And really should you even have handicap people in a situation where if they go out of control they will run into an alligator?   Or perhaps this is the the most extreme Special Olympics event ever.
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We have relatives driving up from Texas and spending 4 or 5 days with us.  Should be fun. At least they are bring warm sticky weather up with them.  Be careful Friday - triple digit heat index. 
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Speaking on Politics!   Sarah would have gotten this one right!  And I did not know that John Quincy Adams was a founding father



Yea - republicans are so so out of touch.

Cheers
Rod

Republicans Recall - FAIL!!

LOL - seems Republican incompetency reaches all levels. This one is the Democratic Dave Hansen recall efforts. Going against Hanson was to be one of the Walker machines favorite John Nygren. Nygren turned in 426 signatures. Only 400 were needed. Problem was that 28 were no good so he only had 398 - TWO SHORT!

So - now David VanderLeest will run against Hanson. Cool thing about VanderLeest is his past which includes a bankruptcy, a home foreclosure, an unpaid judgment, building code violations and a misdemeanor conviction (plus domestic abuse allegations that were never prosecuted). Wait - why is THIS guy not a favorite of the Walker machine, he seems to fit right in.

For Dave Hansen, unless Justice David Prosser chokes the lawyers, life is much easier now.

BTW - I read in the paper that the Supreme Court Justices will now talk to each other using puppets so no one gets hurt.
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Wisconsin Football - unless you live in a hole you will know that the Badgers have all of a sudden gone Prime Time and there is a lot of talk about National Championship. Not Rose Bowl, Not Big Ten Championship - but BEST IN THE NATION! The reason is a BIG TIME Quarterback transferred to Wisconsin form his final year. The biggest hole for the Badgers has all of a sudden become their biggest strength.

They still need to fill some holes in the lines but it's not like Wisconsin has problems finding big linemen.

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Speaking of our neighbors. I must say in all fairness that for the past 2 weeks they have been working their butts off landscaping (they are not big yard people). They have planted more plants in 2 weeks then Elwood and I have in 2 years! Their place will look great in a few years when things really grow. So perhaps they were just tired of planting or just worrying about all the weeding they will have to do. 
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Does anybody watch WEEDS? This is a great show with great writing. Yea it's about pot but still, it's a pretty good dramedy, must be since it's in it's 6th season.

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Yet another photo from the Columbus Horse and Carriage Fest 

Have a great day!

Rod