Dreaming Dog

Kokopelli

2010-01-02T22:11:00.004-07:00

A rather disturbing statue of Kokopelli surounded by monochromatic statues of children. The flute player is absent his most distinguishing charicaristic. I suppose if he had his huge erect penis this statue garden would have been even more creepy.

A Good Dog.

2009-11-16T17:32:00.002-07:00

Mho, Mo,

named for a

Mohave rattlesnake

Mo-mo, Modiddely, sometimes

Mo-de-do-de do-do

as he danced when

I got home

good dog

gone

Rufus Sided Tohee...I think.

2009-11-15T17:22:00.002-07:00

2009-10-15T11:18:00.000-07:00

2009-10-15T11:09:00.003-07:00

Our office pet rock. He started out as "The rock what looks like Jimme Carter" Since then he has been embelished a number of times. He almost seems like an ole frend now.

Salt Lake City Society of Super System Operators

2009-08-30T10:39:00.009-07:00

My birthday greetings. (BEST EVER!)

2009-08-30T09:56:00.008-07:00

I was in Salt Lake City on a training mission.

My Boy, Spencer.

My dog Jack, on the left.

My dog Mho, on the right.

My lovely wife Hillary.

Hours of fun.

2009-06-17T16:55:00.003-07:00

Some time long ago a child was given a hammer, nails and a board. I hope the adult this child can still get pleasure from a hammer some nails and a board.

My wife, in shells.

2009-05-24T07:49:00.000-07:00

Mothers day roses.

2009-05-24T07:38:00.001-07:00

From the boy to his mom.

Death at a bus stop.

2009-05-24T07:36:00.000-07:00

Treble Cleft Raven

2009-05-09T18:18:00.002-07:00

Goat among flowers

2009-05-09T18:17:00.002-07:00

AND THE GLORY OF GOD...

2009-05-09T18:16:00.002-07:00

FELL UPON HIM.

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea...

2009-05-09T18:14:00.002-07:00

but forgot the Monkey

DON'T!

2009-05-09T18:13:00.002-07:00

Let your pen get near your olive

Jewels unimagined

2009-05-09T18:11:00.001-07:00

Sleep the sleep...

2009-05-09T18:09:00.001-07:00

of a dog with a clean conscience

Every man shall dwell...

2009-05-09T18:08:00.002-07:00

Beneith his own fig tree.

DOGS LIKE OLIVES!

2009-05-09T18:06:00.001-07:00

Yes, they do.

Two little dogs.

2009-04-27T07:38:00.002-07:00

Julia and Gertie

2009-04-27T07:31:00.002-07:00

2009-04-27T07:24:00.002-07:00

Someone died here. Were people sitting in the white plastic chairs? Did they jump up when it happened? Was the last thing this soul read before departing this existance "Snacks and More"? A picture is worth a thousand words or perhaps a million questions.

New camera, new hobby.

2009-04-27T07:18:00.003-07:00

I have begun a fascination with roadside shrines.

How long until Michelle Obama is pregnant?

2009-02-22T16:08:00.003-07:00

When our new president's poll numbers start to sag or if he faces a serious reelection challenge there is in his arsenal a public relations weapon far beyond what the American public has ever seen.

100% solar Jeep

2009-02-17T07:09:00.002-07:00

My Jeep Cherokee is now 100% solar powered. I have accomplished this not through a complex system of charging stations, bulky expensive portable cells or my home solar hydrogen conversion kit. I have for the past 100,000 miles been burning fuel that was converted by the organic process of photosynthesis using solar power millions of years ago. This process actually takes atmospheric carbon dioxide and with the power of the sun, released the oxygen and combines the solar into an organic molecule. These molecules were then modified by a completely natural earth friendly process into an unrefined fuel. Even the process of perfecting this fuel was accomplished using this same stored solar energy.

Life imatates art

2009-02-15T09:58:00.002-07:00

Hot Damn! This woman is smart, hot, and so forth.

2009-02-15T07:41:00.001-07:00

http://www.moonlit-path.com/poetry/lyon-2-9-09.htm

2009-02-15T07:31:00.001-07:00

Just a touch of irony here; During the depression of the 1930s my great grandfather did well for himself and my great grandmother as the only coal distributor in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Now, 80 years later I am making a good living doing essentially the same thing. I work for a publicly owned utility whose main (almost exclusive) source of energy is coal. By operating the electrical transmission system I am delivering coal to around a million people 24 hours per day. It’s funny how despite appearances things really don’t change.

Major hollywood revelation!

2009-01-26T07:20:00.003-07:00

Having seen "The Dark Knight" three times, including once at the I Max I believe there is a cameo by Stafford Repp who played Chief O'Hara on the Batman TV series. Look carefully during the funeral parade. Either this is a figment of my imagination, a ghostly apparation or computer generated since Mr. Repp passed on in 1975. Johah Goldberg of National Review's "The Corner" seems to agree. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzdkMjI5MzcwMjAzZGY3NzlmMjk1NWU1YTMyMjk3MzA=

President Obama

2009-01-26T07:04:00.003-07:00

I did not vote for President Obama. Already after only a few days of his administration I disapprove of his actions. I share with a large and growing minority of Americans serious doubts about his judgement and moral compass. But I vow that for as long as he is President he is my President and as was his predecessor duly elected by the American people. I will not follow the precedent of the last eight years and refer to my President in any way disrespectful to the office of the presidency.

Grandfather of moden chiles.

2008-09-17T16:10:00.002-07:00

These are chiltepins, wild chile of Southern Arizona and Latin America. I have finaly cultivated a couple of plants for my patio.

Puzzled Dog, wonders at man’s inconsistencies

2008-09-14T13:40:00.000-07:00

this man
the dog’s man
does love his dog
this dog
does know this
this man nuzzles the squirming dog
growling and talking nonsense
upon waking each day
this man gives the dog
a wet stinky dollop
something wonderful
in his dish
every day
this dog knows
this man loves
this dog
but why
why
does this man go mad
sink the dog
into a tub of blood warm
soap stink
not good stink
soap stink
as he laughs

A new link

2008-09-14T10:50:00.003-07:00

I am adding a new link to my favorites; "Blogger Play". This is a feature shows in nearly real time the pictures people are posting on their blogs. This feature shows what is on the minds of people all over the world. That which is important: babies, dogs, friends, food, scenery, art, crafts, buildings. The things which make up the lives of people in every culture. At midnight when it is morning in Asia, there is virtualy the same flow of pictures as when the sun is high over the western hemisphere. The only signifigant difference is the ethnic makeup of the babies. According to Google these images are filtered to keep out lewdness but every so often, maybe one in a thousand images is NSW.

2008-08-20T21:08:00.002-07:00

Morning rain graces datura

Last cool touch of morning

Traffic surf sounds in the distance

CHANGING MY WAYS

2008-08-20T20:48:00.002-07:00

As of right now, I am changing the focus of this blog. I may still ocassionaly comment on politics but will shift my concentration to what really matters... Life, the Universe and EVERYTHING. Art is serious, life is fun. Life is serious art is fun.

2008-08-20T02:40:00.000-07:00

2008-08-05T15:24:00.000-07:00

This may well be the soulution to climate change!

2008-07-10T16:37:00.000-07:00

I think we should all start up our cars, turn the airconditioning all the way frosty and then just let them run! It might even be better to roll the windows down cruze around town and yell complements at pretty girls in tight shorts! How cool is that?! I know just one person doing this will not make much difference but what if hundreds of us did?! Pretty soon we would have polar bears in LA! How cool is that?!

A Challange

2008-07-02T12:06:00.000-07:00

Several times recently I have heard supporters of Senator Obama’s run for the Presidency asked to enumerate his accomplishments. I have yet to hear any one name even one. I have a different question I have asked several Democrats without a coherent answer. Can any one tell me; in what significant way do the proposed policies of Barak Obama differ from the policies practiced by Adolph Hitler.
At first glance this question seems too simple. I have had liberal answers from dismissing the question as silly to sputtering in frustration and swearing. There are too many similarities to enumerate in one entry. I will, I promise, in the near future compare the customary Obama with the historic Hitler.

It could happen.

2008-07-02T12:04:00.000-07:00

Today I peer into the dim and distant past… I see myself sitting in front of the television with a cold drink in my hand. I leap up and cheer. I shout exhortations and advice. This is not however a sporting event but a Republican debate. The moderator has asked all the candidates the question. “What will your strategy be against Hillary Clinton in the fall?” None of the candidates had the foresight to mention the possibility that someone other than Senator Clinton would be the eventual Democratic nominee.
Since that time glaciers have come and gone. Tectonic plates have shifted, mountains have washed to the sea, others have risen in their places. In political time eons have indeed passed. Rather than the obvious Giuliani vs. Clinton contest Senators Obama and McCain have been all but anointed.
Almost everyone is assuming that, at their convention, the Democratics are going to nominate a man who’s main experience in life has been as a “community organizer”. It could well be that Senator Obama; this shining messiah has indeed risen through the world of Cook County politics and “liberation theology” unscathed. It is possible. It is also possible that a mighty leprechaun army will take over the world and proclaim me the “Magnificent Flying Monkey of Eternal Turpitude”.
Even I, a political outsider in the outer desert of Arizona have heard rumblings of impending political scandals. Names such as Larry Sinclair, Donald Young and Tony Rezko are being voiced. As I see it if the Clinton campaign has any more dirt on Obama it will come out shortly before the convention. If dirt is coming from the Republican direction it will be a literal and proverbial “October surprise”.

After a conversation with a Canadian

2008-06-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

I am thankful for the Bill of Rights.

Manhattan Project

2008-06-20T15:17:00.000-07:00

I have heard people propose another Manhattan Project to address America's energy needs. Are they not aware this has been done? It was done in the 40s and called "The Manhattan Project"

TWO DEFINITIONS

2008-05-09T07:52:00.000-07:00

I don't know to whom to attribute this quote: Democracy is two coyotes and a rabbit voting on what's for dinner. Liberty is the rabbit pulling a pistol and demanding a re-vote.

THEN TAKE IT!

2008-05-04T07:29:00.000-07:00

Often, when people find out for whom I work (an electric utility) one of the first questions is; What about solar? I usually, circumstances permitting, explain the limitations inherent in solar energy (a subject for a whole 'nother post).
What I ponder today is; Why do so many look to others (utilities, congress, political candidates etc.) for solar energy when they should simply look up. Hello! where do you think solar energy comes from? When were we conditioned to look to others for our well being? Urban and suburban man has become accustomed to looking to others for most necessities; food, water, gas and electrical energy, communication services etc. My dogs look to me for all their necessities but they at least have the sense to lie down in the sunlight on a cold day. Sunlight is delivered to our homes daily. Even on cloudy days we depend on the sun for at least some of our lighting.
All this leads me to an old, rather morbid, folk tale. It seems, during a time of famine, a friendless old lady found a soup bone. She took said bone home and hid it in her cupboard to use for soup the next day. During the night she awoke to a ghostly voice... "I want my bone". She ignored the voice only to be awakened again by the same voice only louder... "I want my bone". At length, this went on until finaly the lady lept from her bed and shouted "Then take it!"

And so, from now on when someone says to me "I want my solar" I will reply... "Then take it!"

2008-05-04T07:26:00.000-07:00

Sunday Poem

2008-05-04T07:08:00.000-07:00

Pious Dog,
and his Sunday Meditations

this day being Sunday
the man
ponders the infinite
the holy
the trinity
eternity
transubstantiation and
the priesthood of
believers

this dog knows
of these mysteries and
knows
all this would interest him more
if it was crunchy
and filled with marrow

The Bill of Rights

2008-04-17T08:25:00.000-07:00

Hot damn! When I read of Mark Steyn's troubles in Canada and now Brigit Bardot's prosecution I thank whatever gods may be for the Bill of rights. We live in a country in which we are allowed to criticise our leadership in any way we choose. We can criticise other religions other countries the loyal (and often disloyal) opposition with no real fear of government reprisal. Our only legitimate fear in exercising our right to free speech is that some fanatic will personally attack. For this contingency we have the second amendment.

The Static Var Compensator

2008-04-14T07:19:00.000-07:00

This is where I have been spending my time.

I'll be back

2008-04-10T06:31:00.000-07:00

I've been gone from the ether-universe a few days working 13 hour days helping commission a 15 million piece of electrical equipment. I will have thoughts on this and even a few pictures later, when I have time to write.

2008-04-05T08:10:00.000-07:00

BOYCOTT ABSOLUT

2008-04-05T07:52:00.000-07:00

This is the first installment in what is to be a continuing series:

This Irks Me

I have been reading lately about a high school boy who incurred the wrath of school officials after taking his home made Taser to school. One can not make your own Taser than one can make your own Coca Cola or your own Ford Mustang. Taser is a registered trademark of Taser International. The device this boy made is a crude relatively ineffective stun gun. Check out real Taser products at Taser.com
In the interest of full disclosure; I do have a financial interest in Taser International.

2008-04-04T10:23:00.000-07:00

Today, as I write, I am listening to Nick Cave's CD "Dig Lazarus Dig" as my educated wife is pointing out literary references contained therein. A great work from a smart creative man.

2008-04-04T10:16:00.000-07:00

This man is so deep. He has all the depth of a pop star or a sports "hero". "Yes we can", "Change we can believe in" "I like turtles"

One recent poem

2008-04-04T10:01:00.000-07:00

Five Early Journeys

barefoot this morning
I thought I saw a
snake on my path
but
it was a stick
I am glad I wasn’t bitten

sliver moon dawn
moon rise
I will see
you again new
at dusk
penumbra

I search dawn
dark sky
this morning you
were not there
tonight I look west

I step to my porch
first dawn glow
bougainvillea flit on the sidewalk

hour of indecision
is it night or morning
café stool forces a choice
bird perch
or slump
no in between

2008-04-04T09:41:00.000-07:00

I can never remember; Is life serious and art fun or is art serious and life fun? Is life art or art life? I think art is art and fun is fun.

At Last!

2008-04-04T09:18:00.000-07:00

Please allow me to introduce myself... I'm a man of moderate wealth and dubious taste. I follow politics the way many men follow sports. Because I sort through available facts,(current events, history and science) I favor the conservative side of the game. I realize there are many smarter people than me who disagree with me ergo I am ready to listen, ready to learn.

And so, I welcome myself to the blogisphere. More to follow