Bright blue sky today. Red crepe myrtle are blooming and look beautiful with the blue sky in the background. If I could figure out how to get pictures into this blog again, I would do so.
01. Phoning bomb and fire threats is not smart
Myra Marcy Baird, who had a friend phone bomb and arson threats to County Court locations because she didn't want to have her day in court.. will now have lots of them. The newspaper says she works at Giant.. and now I know where I know her from. She must be going downhill in the brains department because she certainly has done some dumb things lately.
02. Spoofing Scams
a. The Howard County State Police Barrack's phone number and name appear on caller ID and the male caller says the victim owes fines that must be paid immediately or suffer arrest. If you get such a call, hang up and notify the State Police. The State Police do not solicit fines.
b. Today, the phone rang and the caller ID said my name and showed my telephone number. Curious, I picked up and a woman told me to press 9 for a very important notice. I called her a "bitch" and hung up. I was trying to figure out what else to do. I'll have to talk to my TRIAD police guys.
03. You who?
South Korean, Yoo Byung-eun, aged 73, was found dead this week lying next to a copy of a book he had written, empty alcohol bottles, and suitcases full of cash.
In his life, he had co-founded a church, held a photographic exhibit at the Louvre, and served jail time for fraud. He headed the family that operated the Sewol, the ferry that capsized in April, killing 300 people, mainly teenagers. Police had been searching for Yoo for two months.
04. Asian Names
I've told this story before, but here it is again. Many years ago, one of the governments of Viet Nam, whatever it was called back then, sent a couple of its employees to the United States to see how we handle computer projects. At that time, thanks to Mr. Bob Crum, at the Social Security Administration (SSA) where I worked.. we implemented a control system called TRIM; I can't remember what the acronym stood for.
One afternoon, a Mr. Wan and a Mr. Tiu (one and two) appeared at my desk and a translator asked me to explain the TRIM system to them, because I had the most computer projects at SSA and used the system to control most of them. The translator could not stay, and because of the language barrier, I had to think of some other method than talk to explain the system. So, I rustled up a bunch of phony control forms and instructions and had a secretary make them into book format for the two gentlemen. This pleased them no end. As I tried some pidgin English with them while pointing to each page's material, they would ooh and aah and nod their heads. Finally, at the end of the session, I motioned that the books were for them to keep and they hurriedly grabbed their copies and scampered away as though they had found holy relics.
I am sure that today the antiquated TRIM system of over 50 years ago is still being used for government projects in Viet Nam, and Mr. Wan and Mr. Tiu are enjoying a well deserved retirement for having invented that computer control system.
05. Hacking Cows
An Eldersburg farmer had been losing his internet connection several times in the past two weeks. The Comcast technician found bare spots in the internet supply cable and patched it. The next day, the Comcast guy came out again and once again found bare spots. He patched it again.
The next day, the farmer happened to be looking out of his side window near where the cable lay and observed his favorite cow busily munching on the metal cable. This was the source of the trouble. The Comcast guy came back and armor plated the cable... but the cow chewed through that .. the Comcast guy tried PVC piping.. yep, the cow liked that too. Finally, some sort of steel cage was placed over new cable.. and, if this doesn't work, the cable will be strung up high, out of the rogue cow's reach.
06. The Donut Song
Burl Ives gives us all a bit of philosophy in the words of this song.
"When you walk the streets, you'll have no cares
If you walk the lines and not the squares
And, as you go through life, make this your goal..
Watch the donut, not the hole!"
07. Farm Life
Carroll Corn is now 73 inches tall.. right on schedule. All Winter Wheat and strawberries have been harvested and soybeans "have emerged."
08. Come on now, Fred.
Fellow NARFE member and right winger, Fred Frevert wrote to the Carroll County Times today:
"... contrary to the statement of the current administration, it (immigration reform) must begin with securing our borders." Fred then cites the history of Roman rule in the 5th Century and how loose borders led to the fall of Rome.
09. Religion .. Mr. Peroutka
Michael Anthony Peroutka, who donated the dinosaur fossil to the Creation Museum belongs to the League of the South, a secessionist group that the Southern Poverty Law Center says is a "hate group." Embarrassed, Republican leaders are trying to get Peroutka to resign from that League.
10. Religion .. The End Times
Reverend Mike Taylor is pastor and president of RAPHAH Ministries Christian Center, an evangelic outreach in Taylorsville, Maryland. He writes in the weekly religious column that Jesus' parable of the wheat and tares tells of the pending "harvest" and "end of the age." He says that God is now "wrapping things up." Preachers have been scaring their flocks with "end time" baloney for 2,000 years. I guess that sooner or later they will be right though.
11. Religion .. Sing
The sign outside of the Deer Park United Methodist Church says:
"Can't sleep ... don't count sheep.. talk to the shepherd."
Huh?
12. Tea Party Logic?
Last October, a rally was held at the National Mall by Tea Party guys and some truckers and veterans who believe their crap. They came to denounce Obamacare and the President. "Don't Tread On Me" and Confederate flags were flown. As reported by The Week magazine, one Tea Party leader, Larry Klayman, said in a speech that the U.S. is ruled by "a president who bows down to Allah" and called on Americans to demand that Obama "put the Quran down" and leave the White House "with his hands up." Sarah Palin and Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee saw nothing wrong with this nonsense and cheered along with the rest of the nutcakes. Unbelievable!
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1 comment:
Was that a "Vaughan and a Tiu?"
It was udder-ly ridiculous how that cow kept trying to horn in on that farmer's cable! Maybe the bull on Fox attracted her?
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