I was hearing on the news (and reading on the Internet) a story about how a couple of guys in Georgia have claimed to find a Bigfoot, and that they have the corpse in their freezer. Now I think that is just a hoax, Bigfoot has never been sighted that far south, and the so-called corpse looks like a cheap gorilla costume! I will be interested to see how this story pans out! I wonder if there will be any kind of prosecution if it IS determined to be a hoax? I hope so, these kinds of things need to be nipped in the bud!
Harvesting corn
Well, this weekend I will be busy harvesting corn most of the time. It’s a really good crop this year! I’ve been harvesting a little bit and taking it to the Farmer’s Market over the past couple of weeks, and the customers have bought every ear I’ve taken to the market! They love that super sweet corn that I grow! I can’t blame them, I love it too! This is a great corn that you don’t have to rush to the table as soon as you pick it – it gets sweeter after a day or two so you can buy it today and eat it tomorrow and it tastes even better. I think that is why it is so popular, it is hard for people to get regular corn to the table fast enough to really enjoy it.
Drilling for oil
I was reading an article on the Sierra Club’s website about offshore drilling. The article I was reading was discussing how on Monday President Bush lifted the moratorium on offshore oil drilling. This moratorium was imposed 18 years ago by his father when HE was President. Up until this point there were two moratoriums against offshore drilling, one by the President, and one by Congress.
Congress is expected to maintain its moratorium against the drilling, so offshore drilling is not expected to take place. Congress is expected to maintain its moratorium because they have been advised that offshore drilling will NOT bring the short term relief to the skyrocketing cost of gasoline. According to the article I was reading, oil companies already have a lot of unexplored resources that they can access and don’t need to drill for oil offshore. The article did not detail what those unexplored resources are, so I was a little disappointed in that; I’d like to know what those resources are!
Afghan villagers kill two Taliban
I was surprised to read on the Time website that some Afghan villagers actually stood up to the Taliban and killed a few of them. According to the story, the villagers had invited some aid workers to come to their village to dig a well. While the aid workers were in the process of digging the well, some Taliban militants came along and tried to abduct the aid workers. According to the culture of the people, you cannot invite guests to your village to help you with something and then allow the Taliban to come along and abduct and behead them, so the villagers defended the workers.
The skirmish resulted in two of the Taliban being killed and the rest of the militants ran off into the countryside. The government has sent additional security forces to the village to protect the village from retaliation from the Taliban. I wonder how long those security forces will be there. Seems to me that they’ll have to be there forever and a day because as soon as they leave, the Taliban will be right there slaughtering the entire village!
Happy Independence Day
Well, Happy Independence Day y’all! As I’m sure you realize, farming is a 24/7 job, so I have to squeeze in my celebrations where I can. I’ve been invited to a neighbors for a cook-out this evening and to watch fireworks, so after I’m done with my daily chores I’ll be heading over. My neighbor says he’s got some pretty good fireworks and I’m looking forward to seeing what he’s got! I really enjoy fireworks, I think it’s a shame that so many people are stupid about using them and get hurt. Their stupidity costs us smart ones the chance to buy really good fireworks. Oh well, we will deal with what we’ve got and enjoy them while we can still get them.
There’s been talk about the state outlawing ALL fireworks of ALL kinds, even those stupid little sparklers. I couldn’t give a rat’s behind about the sparklers; I think they are lame anyway and parents give them to their kids and then the kids get burnt – stupid -stupid – stupid. But I do hope that they don’t outlaw fireworks completely. Maybe they should make everyone take some kind of intelligence test before they let them buy them! Go down to the DMV, take the test, get a license to buy, and then they have to present their license at the fireworks stand!
The Hulk movie
My friend and I went to go see The Hulk movie matinee today. We had our misgivings; The Incredible Hulk movie we saw a while ago just wasn’t very good. But this version we both like a lot better. The story line was better, the special effects were great, the acting was great, and I think that when the DVD comes out I’ll be buying it to watch the movie a few times again!
Hello world!
Welcome to my blog! I plan to use this blog to write about the things that interest me; politics, the environment, the economy, business, health, and general family life. I’ll be writing about daily life as well as what’s in the news and what I think about it.