Animadversions on Sundry Topics

( Derbyshire faire,MI, second week )

( Derbyshire, near Muskegon, MI )

Baby guineapigs: when first born they are essentially a head with legs,within an hour later, they turn into small but fully formed guineapigs. (although ducklings are really cute too once they have feathers)

( Twig, Minnesota, Olde World Faire )

( Some questions answered )

New commercial--image of two Reese's peanut butter cups. Voiceover and words on screen--
Sharing things is nice ....
Stupid, but nice.

And thus the handbasket moves closer to the abyss.

( Mayfaire, Michigan )

( What happens when it doesn't rain all the time )

For my uncle Bob, who joined the Marines in the summer of 1941 and got back home in 1946, and uncle Ken, who sat out the war and then got to liberate the concentration camps, and my dad, who was some kind of spy, and never talked about it at all, and Ed, who came back from Vietnam a decorated hero, and Pat, who came back missing a few pieces, and Tim, who didn't come back at all, and Betsy, who has 4 kids and made major, and Cal, who still is in Canada because he was too prominent a war resister to get amnesty, and all the others who've had to deal with this stuff over the years. Thanks!

( Don't know why, there's clouds up in sky, stormy weather... )

( and the rain it raineth every day [in Tennessee] )

( And now off to Tennesee, behind here )

( Ashville Viking Festival n Ohio )

( More booth work and a trip to Scarborough )

Hark, hark, the dogs do bark, the beggars are coming to town
Some in rags, some in tags, and some in velvet gowns.

(yeah, really 2 lines, but it's classic)

This is going to sound very insensitive, but here we go.

In the last week one college campus of which I have some knowledge has had two students die of a combination of overdose of (nonprescribed) prescription drugs and a large amount of alcohol. Now, there are a lot of responses which could be made to this, but one of them at this place is pasted for your delectation:

4. The [college] Division of Academic Affairs will review the [college] Student Association^Òs recently approved Freshman Safety and Orientation Act of 2009. The act calls for the creation of a new course for incoming freshmen focusing on personal safety, drug and alcohol abuse and other issues related to living in an urban environment.

Dunno whether to laugh or cry. Oh, and the vast majority of entering freshmen are from one of the larger urban areas of the US, hardly just fallen off the turnip truck. (In fact, I'd guess the small town kids can figure most of the "course" content out on their own).  Of course, having a formal course is just the way to get everybody to pay attention.

O tempore, o mores.

I guess the "just say no" and celibacy education courses in high school aren't working, hmmmm?  Or, is the world getting that much more naive? 

It's raining, and cold, and I am procrastinating. So, ganked from Captain_Snarky

( Couples Meme )

( Sort of on the road, and sort of not--Off to Ohio )

( Week 2 of North Carolina behind here )

( North Carolina Faire, week 1 )