It’s December 22 21, 2012. If you all are still reading this, then the Maya were wrong. Hopefully no-one repeated the Y2K mistakes. Me? I’m probably sleeping it off.
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Is This Thing On?
Posted by daddybear71 on December 21, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/21/is-this-thing-on/
Getting through the end of the world with your mind intact
According to the twinkle-toed, inbred, hipster douchebag who stood between me and coffee on the way home from work this morning, tomorrow is supposedly the end of the world. Apparently some Mesoamerican dude chipped out a rather large multi-year calendar about a 1000 years ago, and tomorrow is the date he was working on when he got bored with it and moved on to his next assignment. In response to this, a portion of the human race has decided to collectively lose their bloody minds.
Fox News, never one to eschew grabbing a few page views by publishing something frivolous, has put up a rather helpful guide on how to ‘cope’ with the Apocalypse. Their advice pretty much boils down to thinking good thoughts. Since I’m as much an opportunist as the next guy, here are my more concrete steps for dealing with the end of the world:
- Stock essentials – Beer, bourbon, bacon, and coffee. Everything else you need to consume will be like ashes in your mouth if you don’t have the things you enjoy.
- While you’re at it, stock up a significant stash of booze that your spouse and other housemates don’t know about it. The end of the world may take a long time, and if you’re cooped up with your family for weeks at a time, you shouldn’t do it sober. Not saying you should get drunk and stay drunk, but it can’t hurt to take the edge off every so often.
- If you’ve ever been locked in the house with the kids due to bad weather, you know it’s imperative that you give the little imps something to do. Here are a couple of suggestions:
- Have plenty of board games for them to play. However, avoid games like Risk, Monopoly, and such. Yes, they will keep everyone occupied for days at a time if they’re played right, but I’ve seen knife fights break out between family members over someone welching on a treaty over a campaign to conquer Eurasia. No need to encourage bloodshed so early in the process.
- Movies are a good escape from boredom and fear of the afterlife. While you’re at it, I suggest movies that prepare the children for how the world will work once the elder gods are done ravaging it. My picks are “The Road Warrior”, “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome”, “Pale Rider”, and “Ice Pirates”.
- Encourage your kids’ creativity. Hold a contest for which one can give the ice giant that is demolishing the next neighborhood over the best name. Let the kids make dioramas of the destruction around them.
- Bring your guns. Invite over all your friends with guns. An M-1 Garand might not do much against the demon from the seventh pit on the left, but it can’t hurt. And hey, you finally have an excuse to get that M-1 Garand.
- Once it’s safe to come out from your basement, hold a block party. It’ll bring the survivors together as a community, strengthen the bonds of friendship and family, and allow you to size up the competition for the position of neighborhood warlord.
- If you have a Mayan in your neighborhood, get in good with him by volunteering to assist in constructing his step pyramid. Be sure to oppose any actions by the neighborhood association to get it torn down, no matter what the covenant says.
- And finally, enjoy yourself. Yes, those-who-cannot-be-named are rending your world at the seams, but there’s no use in being a Grumpy Gus about it! Find a way to smile, even if it means seeking out the forces of evil and joining their hellish crusade of fire and rampage.
Have fun everybody! I’ll see you on the other side!
Posted by daddybear71 on December 20, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/20/getting-through-the-end-of-the-world-with-your-mind-intact/
30 Days of Dickens – Day 16
I don’t say half I mean. I can’t. I haven’t got the gift. There are talkers enough among us; I’ll be one of the doers. — Barnaby Rudge
My Take – I’ll admit, I’m a pretty skilled stand-up philosopher. I can bloviate with the best of them. But the time for talk, the time for the soapbox, is quickly ending. The next few months will be a wicked fight. I suggest that we all follow the advice of Robb, and start engaging with our legislators now, especially if they’re on the fence. Be respectful, but be firm.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 20, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/20/30-days-of-dickens-day-16/
Blogs Roundup
- Evyl Robot does an excellent job discussing the gun control programs that we’ve gone through in the last 80+ years. It is an excellent companion to LawDog’s Parable of the Cake.
- Wing gives advice on how to answer life’s most dangerous question.
- Hal Pomeranz gives an excellent write-up on one of my favorite *Nix commands.
- Carteach0 discusses .357 and .38 revolvers for self-defense.
- I’ve never agreed with Michael Z. Williamson more.
- Flopping Aces recounts a truly inspiring story.
- Drang is making my jealousy muscle cramp up. I really need to take a real vacation.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 20, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/20/blogs-roundup-23/
Whoopty Doo
Time magazine has announced that President Obama will be its “Person of the Year” for 2012. Here is a list of other people that august publication has designated in such a manner.
- Charles Lindbergh – Nazi sympathizer and eugenics supporter
- Adolf Hitler – Nazi dictator who ordered the murder of millions
- Josef Stalin – Communist dictator who made Hitler look like Ghandi
- Nikita Kruschev – Communist dictator who almost started a nuclear war and promised to bury us
- Lyndon Johnson – Democrat president who brought us the Vietnam War and the modern welfare state
- William Westmoreland – Army general who tried to defend the Fulda Gap in Southeast Asia
- Richard Nixon – Republican president who looked at the constitution as an annoyance and resigned in disgrace
- Jimmy Carter – Still holds the record for being the worst one term president in American history
- Deng Xiaopeng – Chinese dictator who continued programs that led to millions of abortions and forced sterilizations
- Ayotollah Khomeini – Theocratic dictator who created and led the government that violated our embassy and has been a state sponsor of terrorism ever since
- Vladimir Putin – Russian quasi-dictator who has done a good job of dragging the Russian people back into the gulag
And the hits keep on coming. Some of those people were chosen on more than one occasion. This isn’t the first time Obama has been on that cover, and something tells me it’s not the last.
Hey, I’m just surprised that Time can afford ink.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/19/whoopty-doo/
30 Days of Dickens – Day 15
It is much easier to burn men than to burn their opinions. – A Child’s History of England
My Take – So long as I draw breath, I will have my mind. I may be broken and humbled, but what happens between my ears belongs to me, and I will always use that to do the right thing. Like the old saying goes, “You cannot conquer a free man. The most you can do is kill him.”
Posted by daddybear71 on December 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/19/30-days-of-dickens-day-15/
Thoughts on the Day
- I got through the first night of night shift OK. One pot of coffee and a liter of Coke Zero seemed to do the trick.
- Got about 4 hours of sleep this afternoon, and I hoped to catch a nap before I go to work.
- Of course, hope is not a plan, so I am doing my shift tonight on a little less sleep than is considered optimal.
- When did the Air Force start promoting teenagers to Lieutenant Colonel.
- Seriously, the guy I talked to today had to be no more than half my age.
- The ID card section had the picture from my 1996 ID card on file. Unfortunately, they made me take another picture today.
- Interestingly enough, I had more hair in 1996 with a white-sidewall high and tight than I do now.
- It must be Christmas time. Irish Woman is sick with a virus and it looks like it’s going to make a complete sweep of the family.
- So far, I’ve dropped five daily reads, four podcasts, and a handful of people I read on Facebook. Nothing like a crisis of conscience to get you to clean out your social media cupboard.
- Is it jut me, or is the BOLO series of books generally depressing?
- Nothing says “Merry Christmas!” like “Where Eagles Dare” and “Kelly’s Heroes”.
- I don’t agree with Navarette on his position on civil rights, but I appreciate his sentiments on common decency and wholeheartedly agree.
- I thought I’d have something healthy for dinner tonight, so I ordered a salad. It’s still healthy if it’s got fried chicken, cheese, and ranch dressing on it, right? I mean, it still had shaved carrots.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/19/thoughts-on-the-day-76/
Today’s Earworm
Posted by daddybear71 on December 19, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/19/todays-earworm-287/
Dinner Tonight
DaddyBear’s Beef Stew
Ingredients
Butter, bacon grease, or olive oil, whichever you prefer
1 pound stew meat, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
Seasoned flour (flour, garlic powder, salt, chili powder, black pepper, whatever you prefer)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 large onions
6 to 8 large potatoes, washed and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
4 to 6 carrots, washed, peeled, and cut into 1/4 to 3/8 inch coins
1 bottle of beer
3 cans of beef broth
Put potatoes in a pan with water and bring to a boil. Shut off heat and drain when they are almost fork tender.
Steam carrots until almost fork tender.
In a large pan, heat your fat. Use enough to thickly coat the bottom, but use a bit more than you think you’ll need. Add onions and saute. Run stew meat through the flour, shaking lightly to remove excess. Put meat into pan with onions and mix thoroughly. Dispose of excess flour. Some of the flour from the meat will stick to the bottom of the pan, and all of the fat will be absorbed. Stir occasionally, scraping the bottom of the pan. Once the meat is browned on all sides, pour in the bottle of beer and deglaze the flour from the bottom of the pan. Add beef broth. Bring to a boil uncovered, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add potatoes and carrots and continue simmering for another 10 to 15 minutes. Stew is ready when the broth thickens and the potatoes and carrots are tender. Serve with fresh bread or biscuits.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 18, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/18/dinner-tonight-19/
Thought for the Day
Question: What do the following things have in common:
- A book
- A church
- A gun
- A lawyer
Answer: A government that you allow to take one away from you will have the power to take them all away from you.
Posted by daddybear71 on December 18, 2012
https://daddybearsden.com/2012/12/18/thought-for-the-day-184/
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