The Red Brick Times

Ray and I went kayaking on the Huron River yesterday. We put in by Mason Rd. and went upriver to just short of the turnpike bridge. There was almost no visible current but I figure, "hey, goin' up river has to be more effort than goin' down, so we can paddle 'til we're pooped then coast back". Wrong. I didn't really notice it but the wind was at our backs at first giving us a push. Going back into it required a lot more paddling. I'd never realized how much a kayak is affected by even a small (but steady) breeze.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day and, freckle faced boys that we are, we both got cooked. Sunscreen? We don't need no stinkin' sunscreen! Yeah, right. I had some with me too but didn't think of it until we were on the river (it was in the car). Fish were spawning like crazy on both banks and it was fun to be so close to them while they splashed like that.

For the most part the Huron River is farmland for as far as the eye can see. We were deep onto a friend's farm property so when we got back Niki got the walk of her dreams. There are so few places I can let her go off leash around here that, when I can let her romp that way, it always makes me feel good.
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Pretty quiet around here lately. Even the swine flu fizzled after dire predictions of worldwide disaster. Anybody heard any good jokes lately?

A Buddhist walked up to a hot dog vendor and said: "Make me one with everything."

Want to do the community a service? Get your orange jump suit on and join us on Saturday May 23 to pick up trash along Nickel Plate / Diagonal Road. We will meet at the Duck Pond picnic area at 9:30AM. We clean up twice a year. Who is we? East Elyria Kiwanis. From Rt 301 to Parsons Rd usually takes us less than 2 hours if we get a dozen people. There are 9 who have committed so far.
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A retired gentleman bought a new corvette. While trying out his new car he accelerated to 80 mph, then 100, then 120. At which point his was pulled over by a state trooper.

Trooper: "If you can come up with an excuse of speeding I have never heard I won't ticket you."

Speeder: "A year ago my wife of many years ran off with a state trooper. I thought you were bringing her back!"

Trooper: "Have a nice day."

# posted by  jeichenlaub : May 20, 2009 7:58 AM
 
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Run for Your Lives!
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Be sure to read the "email alert" sent out by Minority Leader John Boehner, a representative from (I hang my head in shame) Ohio.

# posted by  whatley : May 08, 2009 3:21 PM
 
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Internet Metering: OPEC does it with oil, these guys figure they can do it with bandwidth.

"Cable companies Time Warner and Comcast, and phone giants AT&T and Verizon sell the vast majority of high-speed Internet service in the United States. Phone and cable companies like these have no other competition in 97% of US markets, thanks to corrupt policies passed by the Bush Administration at the companies' behest.

These duopolies are betting on the future of their "triple-play" phone-Internet-TV service, so that you'll pay them more than $100 per month and they can keep earning record profits. They know that if you start downloading video from online innovators like Hulu.com and Roku.com, eventually you won't need their expensive, advertising-ridden television service. If you decide to use online phone providers like Skype, you won't need their expensive phone service. The answer? Jack up the cost of Internet, and once again eliminate the competition."

Makes you wish there was a lobbyist representing you in Washington, don't it?

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If money is what they most crave, starve them out. Do without. Look at how much of the ad space in printed media is centered around television - sales of sets, recorders, players, surround sound, home theater, media. It's almost pathological in its desperation to immobilize bodies and minds. It's the world's biggest treacle well. Internet is striving to be the same, with myriad filters designed to separate you from your drug unless you pay and pay. Please sir, may I have some more?

# posted by  Andy : May 12, 2009 7:17 AM
 
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