Allright. I gotta go in for a bit of knee surgery -- a coupla holes here and there, pick put arthritis and repair torn tendon ... so It may be awhile with the blog. This pic?? Well it's a bit of Union Pacific history in Cheyenne. Part of the beautiful UP Depot downtown, backside next to tracks. Neat stuff.
Friday, May 13, 2005
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Cystis Fibrosis
Hello Ladies and Gentle beings --Got a bit of "wonderful news" (drip sarcasm here) -- seems my 4 year old grandchild, Megan has Cystis Fibrosis. Ahhh, nice. Well it did explain a lot of mysterious things in her short life from birth, and now we are armed with the knowledge, it's time for attack. I have been looking up this disease and find it's interesting, a possible connection in gene structure to chronic bronchitis, diabetes, and other digestive problems. I suspect with all the nice things I have, that I am probably a carrier, and so is my daughter who married a carrier and Bingo! As Krista said, "We should have played the lottery that day" (when they met...)Poor little Megan! Any of you people who wish you could eat everything and remain slender and petite, be careful of what you wish for. It's a good symptom of CF, meaning you aren't getting all your benefits from food and you have to eat a whole lot of it, plus supplements... ahhhh!
Our whole family is falling apart. Eldest daughter has diabetes. I can tell you from first hand experience, that's a joy.
So! Color me a pro-gene research person!!! Let's bring on the clones!~! Fight these diseases!! Remember, gene research and cell cloning does NOT mean killing babies. We can harvest those from placentas. There are many ways to clone for organs, (I need a new pancreas myself) --- While there is no truth to ostriches hiding heads in the sand, we homo saps do have a tendency to hide our ability to think and discover under dogma and outmoded belief systems.
Our whole family is falling apart. Eldest daughter has diabetes. I can tell you from first hand experience, that's a joy.
So! Color me a pro-gene research person!!! Let's bring on the clones!~! Fight these diseases!! Remember, gene research and cell cloning does NOT mean killing babies. We can harvest those from placentas. There are many ways to clone for organs, (I need a new pancreas myself) --- While there is no truth to ostriches hiding heads in the sand, we homo saps do have a tendency to hide our ability to think and discover under dogma and outmoded belief systems.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Jump (More on Discovery Article)
Great minds think alike dept: No sooner do I blog about the Discovery article, than next day I get card from daughter --"Well trained by their mother, they were perfectly content just to watch their friends jump off a bridge and felt no compulsion to join them"---
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Lil Loco Train
Lil loco train from our old trainyard, UP railroad in Cheyenne. This one is in a city park. I remember those when they were running!
Follow the Leader
Discovery peoples have an article in their mag this month -- that sheep, and other herding animals will go however a few leaders go. Schools of fish, birds in air do same thing. It's not mental telepathy as much as just going where the few individuals take. Hmm. Peoples do same thing. A few leaders can influence a whole 'herd' of people. yeahhh, but not ALL Lemmings go over the cliff - some actually say "Hey waitaminit ---" and put on brakes. Okay, okay, they don't actually do that, but some will stop and not go over. So with people. Some do not go with the crowd. Therein lies the difference that sometimes makes a few changes resulting in increased survival of species. Jump? Or not jump? That is a common choice we all have. It never continues to amaze me how people insist we do not have instincts that guide our behavior. We do. The trick is, to know it and base choices upon that awareness. We are in for a wet week. Spring is doing its thing out here on the prairie! Still not enough water.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Kick this over!
Lately saw a program on Decisions That Changed the World, and it was an article On Lyndon B. Johnson. Maligned and devalued, he nevertheless made some very important strides in legistation to fix segregation. But, never mind his problem with the Viet Nam War, his real problem is he's uglier than JFK. We still react very much to charisma and good looks, not that its not deserved, but often it stacks the favors. I am not a real dog, kinda cute, grandmotherly, don't scare horses or small children, but I have been at the crux of such discrimination. It bites, both ways. When the time will come when homo sapiens is truly wise, and no longer judges by surface impressions only, then perhaps we can finally progress as human beings worthy of continuation as a species. Ugly is as Ugly does, but dumb, stupid ignorance is to the bone.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Pic again...pic-ing away --
Okay this pic should come up twice because I'm slightly dycletic (yes, I know - speling)
Anyways, not our horses! So the town's finest has to round em up... P.S. it took several hours. The horses were having way too much fun.
Anyways, not our horses! So the town's finest has to round em up... P.S. it took several hours. The horses were having way too much fun.
Picture 104
There it goes. Easter morning, not eggs in the grass or even bunnies, but horses in the yard!!
copcars in the yard
Now howscum we gots capcars in the yard?? Is it an episode of "COPS"? Noe, the reason is in the next pic
Friday, April 01, 2005
lionboy
I know, I know. This is firstest of April, not March --- but The lion still roared out of March in some places. This guy is happy, He survived Easter --and Easter morning we looked out the front as we were putting batteries in our digitcam and LO!
Horses In The Yard!!
Six horses, one cop car. Soon four cop cars. Every one else gets rabbits and eggs. we get cop cars and horses!!!!
Horses In The Yard!!
Six horses, one cop car. Soon four cop cars. Every one else gets rabbits and eggs. we get cop cars and horses!!!!
Speaking of the Devil
Been reading and drifting around in the blogs -- According to the fiction series, Humans, Hybrids, and Hominids, A good punishment for sex crimes, rape, child molestations, etc, is castration. Take the balls. Take the testosterone. Stop it right now. Any freedom abused, is freedom lost.
While I'm on the subject of rights and the forfeiting of same, I feel that if you take a life, (murder, sweeties), Then you forfeit your rights. ALL OF THEM. They catch you in the act, and kiss your "rights" goodbye. You have none. We can take your carcass and do what we want. Test drugs, try out mind-experiments, operation experiments ---
Death penalty?? Too boring and staid. No punishment.
Become a lab animal. Right. Deterrent right there.
NO it's NOT April fool. I serious. Behave yourselves out there!!
While I'm on the subject of rights and the forfeiting of same, I feel that if you take a life, (murder, sweeties), Then you forfeit your rights. ALL OF THEM. They catch you in the act, and kiss your "rights" goodbye. You have none. We can take your carcass and do what we want. Test drugs, try out mind-experiments, operation experiments ---
Death penalty?? Too boring and staid. No punishment.
Become a lab animal. Right. Deterrent right there.
NO it's NOT April fool. I serious. Behave yourselves out there!!
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Knee-Jerks (Put The Hammer Away, Doc!)
Last cry on the Shiavo case -- Leave the poor woman alone! Let her go in peace! Amen!
Sheesh!!
The lilac bushes are coyly offering lil green tips now. Good ol Rocky Mountain high! We got it in Wyoming too. Spring, spring spring spring. This is by far my bestest time. Born in April, see. Break out in song!
Been reading a whole slew of Rob Sawyer's Human series. All in one gulp. Nice premises -- Nice yarns. Still makes me almost sure that the reason for all the misery and war and agony with us homo saps is because of an inherent inferiority complex and insecurity issues. This compels to grab and cling to all the material gains we can get. Can't have too much, oh no, sir. OH, Robert Sawyer. He writes science fiction. Pretty good at it. You'll find his stuff in the library, and just recently he's nailed down some pretty impressive awards. I'm not specific now because I can't look it up and write this too. Google him. He's got a website!
If I had money, I'd look into the medical and drug stocks. New stuff on horizon in the medical fields is gonna make those things look awfully lush and happy. Go, and enjoy you peops who can afford it!!
Also another guy to pick on is Http://posthumanblues.Blogspot.com. MacTonnies is the one who got me blogging in the first place, and he's got a ton of good stuff to explore!
Like I said, bits and pieces today. Sorry. Gotta do the laundry that's piling up, so its amazing what all is drifting around. Going to tackle The DiVinci Code next, thanks to my library card. Ummmm, libraries and computers. Can't beat either one.
Prosit!
Sheesh!!
The lilac bushes are coyly offering lil green tips now. Good ol Rocky Mountain high! We got it in Wyoming too. Spring, spring spring spring. This is by far my bestest time. Born in April, see. Break out in song!
Been reading a whole slew of Rob Sawyer's Human series. All in one gulp. Nice premises -- Nice yarns. Still makes me almost sure that the reason for all the misery and war and agony with us homo saps is because of an inherent inferiority complex and insecurity issues. This compels to grab and cling to all the material gains we can get. Can't have too much, oh no, sir. OH, Robert Sawyer. He writes science fiction. Pretty good at it. You'll find his stuff in the library, and just recently he's nailed down some pretty impressive awards. I'm not specific now because I can't look it up and write this too. Google him. He's got a website!
If I had money, I'd look into the medical and drug stocks. New stuff on horizon in the medical fields is gonna make those things look awfully lush and happy. Go, and enjoy you peops who can afford it!!
Also another guy to pick on is Http://posthumanblues.Blogspot.com. MacTonnies is the one who got me blogging in the first place, and he's got a ton of good stuff to explore!
Like I said, bits and pieces today. Sorry. Gotta do the laundry that's piling up, so its amazing what all is drifting around. Going to tackle The DiVinci Code next, thanks to my library card. Ummmm, libraries and computers. Can't beat either one.
Prosit!
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Thought for the week
Nanotubes and Buckyballs! Look those critters up and prepare to be intregued. The Enterprise Mission is getting better and better all the time. I feel a nice lil story coming on. Hmmm. Dare I outline?? talk about exolife from the viewpoint of a young xenobiologist, who finds herself in space and has adventures on the tone of Lancelot Biggs, Spaceman. I love the idea of buckyballs anyway.
Will the xeno's be present or past tense?? We'll see. That's what's great about being
a writer like I am --- keep it loose and let the lil man in my seat write while I watch. Lots of times, I don't know where it's going until it does.
The Earth's been wobbling in and out and the magnetic North is now in Northern Canada. Yes, they (scientists) have been tracking like crazy. Look up polar tilt and you can find their notes.
Gotta clean out my freezer. Made some "Whatchagot stew" and got cocky. Never have poisoned myself before, but --- A bit old, some of the meat was. Out it goes. God bless Garbage Disposals. Had a nice hilarious bout of purging in my own personal Garbage disposal. Well, that's the spring tonic I've been thinking of having.
But I'm better now. Having nice, juicy spring snows in this area. Dare I hope for green grass this spring? OH please!
Pass the buckyballs.
Will the xeno's be present or past tense?? We'll see. That's what's great about being
a writer like I am --- keep it loose and let the lil man in my seat write while I watch. Lots of times, I don't know where it's going until it does.
The Earth's been wobbling in and out and the magnetic North is now in Northern Canada. Yes, they (scientists) have been tracking like crazy. Look up polar tilt and you can find their notes.
Gotta clean out my freezer. Made some "Whatchagot stew" and got cocky. Never have poisoned myself before, but --- A bit old, some of the meat was. Out it goes. God bless Garbage Disposals. Had a nice hilarious bout of purging in my own personal Garbage disposal. Well, that's the spring tonic I've been thinking of having.
But I'm better now. Having nice, juicy spring snows in this area. Dare I hope for green grass this spring? OH please!
Pass the buckyballs.
Friday, March 18, 2005
killer_tomatox
Ahhh, killer tomato? Interesting turn of events on this lil feller. Makes your mouth water doesn't it. Yummy
poiciy and susy
Can you understand: Now our Goverment will tell us that UFO's are no threat to us, and there are no extraterrestrials, but do you know there's a law on the books about extraterrestrial exposure, and if you contact a UFO or terrestrial, you are in violation of law punishable by fine and imprisonment?? hmmm
Friday, March 11, 2005
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