Are you a good witch, or a bad witch? — The Wizard of Oz
Pick a side. You are either on the side of freedom, or you serve the side of tyranny. Either way, the time to show your colors is long past.
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Movie Quotes – Day 332
Posted by daddybear71 on November 28, 2014
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Heads Up
Brigid is donating all proceeds she makes from her book, “The Book of Barkley” to animal rescue organizations, and she’s found a really good one:
Please take a moment and click on these words: Peanut’s Promise.
This group, up in the Windy City, not far from where we live, is doing incredible things, their latest project–rescuing Labrador Retrievers who have lived solely to breed purebred puppies, with bad food, harsh elements outside 24/7, little, if any medical care, and no love or affection. Some had no more than a depression on the ground to sleep in. When they get sick, or old, or barren, they are discarded. In this case the breeder is giving them up, a blessing for them, but a lot of work for the volunteers with that many dogs, all neglected, coming in at once. I am just one tiny little part of that effort, but I wanted to help and spread the word.
Because it broke my heart to see it.
Because every Lab should have a home where he’s a family member, as loved as the two-legged ones.
She’s put TBOB on special until Christmas, so if you haven’t read it, now’s a good time to get a good book and do some good work.
Posted by daddybear71 on November 27, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/11/27/heads-up-5/
Thought for the Day
Posted by daddybear71 on November 27, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/11/27/thought-for-the-day-221/
Thanksgiving Thought
11 You will be made rich in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. 12 This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. — Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, Chapter 9, Verses 11 and 12
We all have much to be thankful for this year. I hope that this day finds all of you in a good place, with good people. If not, know that you are treasured by us all.
Posted by daddybear71 on November 27, 2014
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Movie Quotes – Day 331
They all have husbands and wives and children and houses and dogs, and, you know, they’ve all made themselves a part of something and they can talk about what they do. What am I gonna say? “I killed the president of Paraguay with a fork. How’ve you been?” — Grosse Pointe Blank
How do you tell someone who lives within 25 miles of where they were born what it’s like in places where the water doesn’t run and the light ends at sunset? How do you explain to someone whose idea of the military is a vague memory of something their father did or what they see in movies and games that a life in uniform is more than a paycheck, more than a few moments of adrenaline? How do you come home when you don’t know what it looks like anymore, and those who you come home to are strangers?
Posted by daddybear71 on November 27, 2014
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Musings
- I swear I spent hours yesterday sweeping and mopping the floors. You couldn’t tell today, but I swear I did.
- Took the new-to-us dog to the vet to day to get checked out.
- No chip, so unless someone steps forward, she’s going to be our dog. Her name is Derby.
- No worms, and except for her weight, she’s in good health.
- She’s not a lab puppy. Rather, she’s a lab-beagle mix, and she’s between 2 and 3 years old.
- One of the reasons she’s so scrawny is that she probably just finished weening a litter of pups. She’s also coming back into heat.
- In related news, she goes back to the vet next Thursday morning to get spayed.
- We formally introduced Derby to Blue and Moonshine after we were she was healthy.
- There’s some “I’m the Alpha!” posturing, but I don’t think integrating her into the family will be a problem.
- She eats like a stray. Eat, look, eat, look. We also need to work on her not begging and trying to snatch food from us. It just takes time.
- A quote to have a professional come out and trap the stinky critter came to $325, because skunk.
Posted by daddybear71 on November 26, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/11/26/musings-95/
How to Survive a Household Skunk Attack
By the Irish Woman
- Swear until you cry
- Bathe your unpopular pets in a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and baby shampoo. Repeat until your pet is once again lovable.
- Bathe yourself using this process until you feel sociable.
- Wash every surface down with vinegar and water.
- Start swearing again because your house still smells like burnt rubber.
- Febreeze all the furniture.
- Stop and drink a bourbon and coke because your house still smells like skunk.
- Begin washing all the laundry you had sitting in the room ready to fold because it too smells like skunk.
- Drink another bourbon and coke.
- Go to bed with the windows open and an ambient temperature of 30 degrees with the hopes that the clean frost-filled air will do the trick.
- Wake up and start swearing.
- Go talk to the neighbor about setting a trap on their property so you can once again use your backyard without your dog getting sprayed.
- Just smile when the neighbor loans you their trap and they ask you to humanely trap and relocate the skunk because they have been feeding the #$$!@@#$! thing every night and they like skunks.
- Return to your house where you are hit with a fragrance of fresh skunk and quickly remember that a good skunk is a dead skunk.
- Smile at the delivery man who has brought you an expensive ozone generator, complete with $23.00 overnight delivery.
- Remove all pets and people from the house.
- Turn on the ozone machine and leave the house for two hours to spend another $40.00 on dinner.
- Return home to find that your home no longer smells like skunk, but rather has the fresh smell of a new freezer.
- Keep washing laundry.
- Replace the shower curtain and liner that made first contact with the skunked dogs when they were bathed.
- Keep on doing laundry.
- Drink another bourbon and coke.
Note – Real skunks were used in this story and not been harmed, yet. Only top shelf bourbon should be consumed during this crisis. All skunks are guilty until proven innocent.
Posted by daddybear71 on November 26, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/11/26/how-to-survive-a-household-skunk-attack/
Signed Copies of Minivandians
A couple of people have asked how to get signed copies of the book. If you’d like a signed copy, drop me an email (daddybear@daddybearsden.com), and we’ll make it happen. Cost is the list price at Amazon for a physical copy, $12.00, and I’ll pay shipping. If you’re active duty military, I’ll knock $4 off the price. These will be done on a batch basis, so once I get a few requests, I’ll make an order on CreateSpace, then ship them out once they arrive.
Remember, signed copies of my book make excellent insulation for outhouses, are outstanding as shims to level a gun safe, and if enough of them are taped to your vest, will stop any and all AirSoft pellets. Guaranteed to take up space and time, or your money back!
Posted by daddybear71 on November 26, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/11/26/signed-copies-of-minivandians/
Movie Quotes – Day 330
Lies will not sustain a tyrant. — The Vikings
The truth will out. It’s just that simple. No government is so air tight that it can keep the citizenry in the dark forever. Even in the darkest communist tyrannies, the common folk know that there are those who have power and abuse it, and those who do not. Whether this leads them to active rebellion or just to abject apathy, lies are the poison that will rot them from within.
Posted by daddybear71 on November 26, 2014
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Holiday Shopping Idea
It’s that time of year again, and a lot of us will be spending a lot of money doing on-line shopping. Heck, to avoid the crowds, the noise, and the lines, having to wait a couple of days to get your turnip twaddler is not that big a deal. I do a lot of my shopping at Amazon. It’s the Sears Roebuck of the new millennium. Where else can I order a book, accessories for my AR-15, and an ugly sweater, and have it shipped to my door?
If you’re going to shop at Amazon, there’s a way you can do more than buy a gift wrapped marmoset deboner at 3 AM in your pajamas. Amazon has come up with a program called “Smile“. Basically, if you got to smile.amazon.com, then set up a charity to receive your donation, a portion of your purchase will go to that charity. Your prices don’t go up, so the cost to you is the few minutes it takes to select a charity and then all you have to do is remember to go to smile.amazon.com when you start shopping.
So, pick a charity, do your shopping, and do some good.
Note: My only affiliation with Amazon is to publish my books through them. I was not asked to write this article, nor was I compensated in any way for doing it.
Posted by daddybear71 on November 26, 2014
https://daddybearsden.com/2014/11/26/holiday-shopping-idea/
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