"Rooted" may be a better choice of words. What you see above is the top of an actual fence post that used to sit on my property.

The photograph above represents what I eventually came to see whenever I paid it a visit. So I brought it to life with my camera and some computer software simply as an exercise in creativity.

I can only attest for the 23 years I have lived here but local historians believe it's a good bet this post was probably placed in the ground over a hundred years ago. The general consensus is that it was set where it shouldn't of been; just outside my property line.

So last spring when the city of Alpine was reassessing it's property the location of my errant post was duly noted.

When I took down the fence [by demand] this post was so stubborn I had to pull it out with a tow chain hitched to the chassis of my truck. Apparently it was placed in the ground when it was still alive and as a result of an apparent "last gasp" effort, it sprouted roots. Seriously, a fence post with actual roots.

My wife has labeled me as a know-it-all (and as she is one herself she must certainly be correct). Know it or not it's her rhetoric reference to the the fact that my opinions are rooted in 62 years of experience. The fence post story illustrates the fact that right or wrong, in the end, even the most established and rooted of "whatever" can be dislodged with proper persuasion. So please feel free to attempt to dislodge any of my opinions that follow if deemed necessary.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Some excellent health advise...














- Davey Kilban (the other Gary Larson).

"How Open-Minded Are You?"

Open-minded equates to stupidity.

An open mind is what you hear when criteria goes down the toilet. When someone says they are open-minded, they are waving the white flag, for there is no way a human being can defend a decision, if he forfeits the framework for making one.

Yet, university professors and the media tell us that being open-minded is good! But try it in the real world. Imagine being open-minded using power tools or pit bulls — it would only end in tears. Just ask my good friend Jim who only has one hand (he was born with two) and Michael Vick. Worse, being open-minded is a refusal to identify evil. That's because defining morality is seen as close-minded.

I think it's time we declare a war on open-mindedness. It is a costume of fake intelligence, a way to undermine all of us who make real decisions each day.

The next time someone tells you to be open-minded, hit them. If they get angry, simply tell them they're being narrow-minded. After all, they should be open to violence, especially if it allows you to grow as an individual. Then, take their wallet.

Credit: Greg Gutfeld

The Liberal Disease...

I find these two videos very disturbing. I have to wonder who is applauding in the first video as Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.) celebrates a murdering tyrant. You may think the second video is an isolated incident. I don't, there's too many such videos out there on the web. Even if it is, my good buddy's Melanoma started out with just a few tiny, isolated cancerous cells.


Don't forget, use the slider at the bottom of the window to change videos. Hover your mouse over the video for controls.

- Larry

Keep your self-righteous fingers off my processed food...

Don't try to pry me from my Häagen-Dazs dark chocolate ice cream. I bought it at Safeway, and it's sitting on my IKEA kitchen table.