Thursday – Snow Edition (Alberta Only)

[date Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:24 AM]

PN:

There is always some irony, some sarcasm, some humor to be harvested watching the world.

Here’s some that got to me over the last few weeks –

How about a “PhD” on food stamps? This one’s for real:

http://chronicle.com/article/From-Graduate-School-to/131795

It’s kinda like a bubble leaving the hoop that you blow on to make such a perfect spherical anomaly. The last contact with any reality is the ring……

Here is a perfect explanation of why I am confused every single day by my lying eyes (and conniving mind):

[youtube http://youtube.com/w/?v=FjHJ7FmV0M4]

Mr. Feynman has my vote for “unveiler of the year” award winner. And that was nigh on 30 years ago! Just agreeing……. the human entity is a miracle, and the universe is spectacular.

I’m becoming more convinced every year that the REAL problem with our lovely western societies is the mendacious influence of bureaucratic zealousness. Take a look at this:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/15/detroit-groundskeeper-fired-after-finding-loaded-gun-handing-it-to-cops/

Here’s a real stunner from our friends at the United Nations. Trying to tell us Canadians what rights to endorse! Bureaucrats and wack-jobs have taken over the world. An editorial from Brian Lilly at Sun News:

http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/video/featured/prime-time/867432237001/tearing-down-the-un/1643021704001

Here is an article of some interest – a six generation photo:

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/05/six-generations-of-daughters-from-baby-to-111-year-old-great-great-great-grandmother/

I have two 4 generation photos with me in it. Which led me to search for the world record “most generations (living) in one family (photo)”. I found this one year old article:

http://shine.yahoo.com/moments-of-motherhood/meet-the-worlds-quot-greatest-quot-grandma-six-generation-family-sets-new-world-record-2494263.html

The world record (recorded) is seven generations, held by Augusta Bunge and her family (USA). Here’s the Guiness entry:

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records-3000/most-living-generations-%28ever%29/

It snowed today in Cowgary (mooo! brrrrrr!). To mark the occasion, here’s a top 10 for snow:

http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-fascinating-facts-about-snow.php

I whine about snow a lot. This season in Vernon there were 38 snowfalls, but the total amount is insignificant to some of the records listed in the above article. 1140 inches is a cool 95 feet of snow. Makes the 4 feet or so in Vernon seem balmy-ish weather. How about 76 inches in 24 hours? The Americans either have the best record-keeping, or the inside track on record setting…..

Finally, some hilarious entertainment from the “Jack Layton Foundation”:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/05/16/thomas-mulcair-sticks-by-oil-sands-criticism-despite-conflicting-evidence/

This guy is a laugh riot….. NDP….. Negative Demented Pissants? Neutered Dormant Peckerwoods? Nine Dog Poos? Not Developed Personalities? I couldn’t find a definition on the Intertubes anywhere. Send me your take and I’ll tabulate the results…. Ronaldo, you must have a file on this band of clucks masquerading as concerned citizens…..

Cloudy, grey, snippets of sun, cool. Still waiting for summer….

Joe (Smirking) Mekanic
p.s. Ramirez makes funny real….