Skalduggery

I once enjoyed a wonderful ride to work each morning, and unfailingly, provided I had the ready cash, I’d stop by the coffee goddess’ place of business and pick up a great cup-a-joe. Though it’s a rare day I find myself traveling this little byway, I thought it a perfect spot to share this Christmas Eve morning.

To all of you out in the world that visit this blog: from our family to you and yours, we wish you the best possible Christmas Season this year and an even better year to come!

Cheers! Steven & Crew

Happy Thanksgiving

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder

Here’s hoping all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day no matter how you might celebrate it, and moreover, that it be a day of fun and laughter… it’s nice to smile while being thankful.

May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take the prize,
and may your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off your thighs! ~Unknown

Cheers All 😀

Something from David

I was dropping by for my daily dozen and ran across THIS at Responsibility. As it turns out, Xerox has a nifty little website that sends cards to our troops.  It’s so easy a caveman could do it – so drop by and choose a card, a greeting, and send it along.  As Tom said at Responsibility, “If you have a blog, post this.  If not, send it on to your address list.  Someone who is away from his or her family at the Holidays will appreciate your efforts.” Thanks in advance for the cheer and good spirit you’ll bring to a person far from home.

Cheers all.

Granted that’s a bit over the top, but I love reading this guy! He manages to be deliberately disrespectful by engaging his readers with accusations that fall only a little short of gross exaggerations. In part because of his journalistic background, but largely because he believes his readers share his own disgust with hate accusations so common today, he’s not just credible – he’s fun. The print magazine has an excellent bit of art for O’Rourke’s article – I’ll risk providing that bit of art and the first two paragraphs… Click the picture to access the article – it’s a grand bit of fun!

Whew, I’m pooped. Jimmy Carter has got me run ragged with all the hating I’m supposed to do. Jimmy says I’m a racist because I oppose President Obama’s health care reform program. Even Jimmy Carter can’t be wrong all the time. And since Jimmy Carter has been wrong about every single thing for the past 44 years, maybe–just as a matter of statistical probability–he’s right this time.

I hadn’t noticed I was a racist, but that was no doubt because I was too busy being a homophobe. Nancy Pelosi says the angry opposition to health care reform is like the angry opposition to gay rights that led to Harvey Milk being shot. Since I do not want America to suffer another Sean Penn movie, I will accept that I’m a homophobe, too. And I’m a male chauvinist due to the fact that I think Nancy Pelosi is blowing smoke–excuse me, carbon neutral, biodegradable airborne particulate matter–out her pantsuit.

If that doesn’t whet your appetite for a little fun, then you need to read this just to get your smile on. And your indignation. Take a trip to a great political rag… TWS!

Cheers all, happy Tuesday!

I’ve had a bit of an exchange with a few readers and writers concerning the ethics and basic practicality of Obamacare – the Sunday Funnies seemed like something to make everyone smile just a little, and yet, say something worth thinking about. Sometimes political cartoons are just wonderfully fun! So, here are two I found while surfing my favorite wingnut haters at MSNBC… click the pictures for a listing of daily political cartoons:

Cheers all!

The vacation’s over and I’m getting ready to head out to work… *sigh* Only here in Oregon are people crazy enough to bundle up because it’s cold, and then take their shoes and socks off so they can splash in a numbingly cold Pacific! That’s exactly what we did 😉  So this is just a tidbit to say regular Thursday posts will resume now that vacation’s over. For fun, here are couple more shots of the girls having fun!

And of course the new dog “Einstein” is included with Mom and her daughters 😀

The trip is coming to a close, I’ve tons of pictures, a few I’ve taken to the “darkroom” known as Adobe Lightroom (a fantastic bit of software for digital photographers), and it’s time to start catching up on blog posts, email, etc. The grandpa gig is a great one to have, and now that I’ll soon be headed back home I get to put together a few of those little videos that people get so annoyed with… 😀

So, for a filler tidbit before I’m back to business – here’s an annoying video (unless you happen to be family I guess) that I put together to celebrate Chase’s arrival. Fun to put together, fun to share with captive audiences… well, you’ll get the picture… The song,  A Simple Love, is by Melissa Ethridge, and the photos were by yours truly – from the toast when I arrived to the snap of “Little Tony” catching a nap.

Oh! And “Little Tony” just puked all over dad – gotta say, this is sooo much fun to watch happen to someone else!!!

In the mean time,

Cheers All!!

Fuhgidaboudit!