Random Things

Giant Ledge – Catskills

This was home to a young monkey.

I grew up in the southern part of the Catskill Mountains. Catskill State Park encompasses 4 counties in NYS. The hunting, fishing , hiking, skiing, scenery is fantastic. There are even some nice people to be found.

Summer evenings I used to fly out of a little strip in Ellenville NY – LHJ – head west ish and circle the reservoir and turn back for beer and whatnot with my redneck buddies at some of the skankiest dives in the northeast. Good Times.

Head a bit northwest and you get to Lake Ontario –

That’s Sodus Bay Lighthouse – it’s a park now.

Around the corner (point to the right) one of my aunt and uncle’s has a camp. Was up there over the weekend of the 4th for a visit.

You can see the park from their side yard.

Heading east…

Bannerman Island

In the Hudson River by Newburg/Beacon NY sits an old arsenal. I think it was partially destroyed in the early 1900’s by an explosion.

Slightly west:

Pete’s hotdogs – Newburg NY – best hotdog on the East Coast. They’ve been around for 90 ish years I believe. When you stop there (and you must if you’re in the area) order a couple of Texas Loaded and a Cream soda. Tell ’em I sent you.

Now for random places I’ve never been – but the photos are interesting.

Eastern State Pen – Philly

Kennecott Mines – Alaska

Waverly Hills Sanatorium – KY and lumps cousin

Craco – Italy

Arico Leper Colony – Spain

Bannack State Park – Montana

Aniva Lighthouse – Russia

Ryugyong Hotel – North Korea

Deception Island – Antarctica

Tupolev 104

Sakhalin Island Airfield

VW Bug Graveyard – PA

Stack Rock Fort Island – Wales

Siberia

Scola Tower – Italy

Miner’s Cottages – North Wales

North Carolina

2000 year old Bath house – Algeria

Athens Greece

Romania

Another Weird S#!T from Around the World Post

Some traditions are just fun or funny or both.

Alcohol most likely was involved in many.

Some of these you’ve probably seen before….

Oldest – It’s Not Your Mom This Time

She’s probly not the oldest slut dumpster known to modern man – records are as sketchy as her past tho.

She does know sperm however.

The oldest of which she cataloged back in the day.

Amber’s Collection circa 100 million years ago

Thanks!

Another year and another chance to express our thanks for this amazing place we still inhabit.

The crew here is truly an exceptional cross-section of society and skills.

Lying Dog-faced Pony Soldier

Things that Drumph Never Said

Ballistics and Other Boring Stuff

I’ve been trying to think of an entertaining way to organize thoughts on our cursory talks about firesticks and their associated consumables.

This is stolen directly from Merriam-Webster:

bal·​lis·​tics | \ bə-ˈli-stiks \

Definition of ballistics

1a : the science of the motion of projectiles in flight b : the flight characteristics of a projectile

2a : the study of the processes within a firearm as it is fired b : the firing characteristics of a firearm or cartridge

Not sure I’ll pass the test.

Copperhead Meme

Stacey Abrams is So Hot

Stacey Abrams photoshopped to appeal to suburban women

You know what I find really odd about the Stacey Abrams phenomenon? Nothing. I find nothing odd or interesting about it.

She’s a person that claimed, without evidence, that she won the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia and along with her media allies, spread the claim far and wide in the run up to the 2020 presidential election.

They lied repeatedly for political gain and no one cared. I did a bit of research about her claim and only USA Today had the courage to run a fact check rating the claim ‘partly false’. They were so brave that they fact checked an anonymous Twitter account and made sure that even though there was actually no evidence of fraud or cheating in 2018 and that she’s been lying for 2 years about it, to give her a 500 word tongue bath for registering 800K new voters. As if that matters. Something is true or not. It isn’t ‘partly false’ because you go girl! or whatever. It’s either a lie or it isn’t.

The sad reality is that her story is totally normal now. She’s a loser that lies without hesitation because she can. Everyone around her lies to keep the lie rolling, and normal people that question the lie are called out for not lying enough or squinting hard enough to see that the lie is ok because she’s…you know. And you have to treat…you know…people differently because those other people that treat…you know people equally are probably racist.

The same narrative is used for almost everything now. It’s all the same. It’s all lies. Happy Monday!

Stacey Abrams summed up in one picture

For MCPO, cuz I lurves him

well, and for me too…cuz I lurves me some banjo