Left Over from Halloween?

He doesn't scare people anymore.  He's falling apart.  He went home.  It's too cold to be out there looking for little costume kids to scare.  The crows got him.  Oh well, I do so much like the image.

Difficult Search but Mission Solved

And look at the starting point.

Couldn't Resist . . . Definitely the way to Fly

Maybe offer a hot tub room before boarding.  Clothes would be on the plane, on your assigned seat, with your valuables.  I mean you gotta trust these gropies who make minimum wage.  Show all and be done with it and who knows, you might meet somebody really nice, schools wouldn't have to teach sex education, one flight on vacation would do it. 

O-Merry-Ca

President Rubs Out Raises for Middle Income
Government Workers, Takes Republican Lead

President Obama on Monday announced a two-year pay freeze for most of the 1.9 million civilians who work for the federal government, as he tried to address concerns over a mushrooming deficit and placate Republicans who have targeted the workforce for big cuts.

Rochelle Diamond, a program analyst for the Agriculture Department, said that raise would have been insignificant anyway. But on principle, she's mad that Republicans have, in her view, pushed the president to take aim at federal workers. "I look at those Republicans who are forcing his hand, and I think, 'We should be looking at what they make and start there,' " Diamond said.

Diamond has a good point.  Why not have the Congress cut their pay in half;  cancel their health benefits and buy for their family as we have to; scrub their liberal retirement benefits which says if you serve in Congress four years you get a full salary at retirement, no social security, but who cares when you are pulling down $200,000.  Are these people really worth it?  Is the President worth his salary and perks.  If we all have to buckle down, let's start it at the top first Mr President, not with the little people who work to save our lives daily. 

WaPO  Photo by AP

Ele-Phant!

Beautiful painting.  I love the colors and the composition.  It could open up any wall in any house with curiosity.  Lovely.

Well My Parents Came Over on the Boat with No Problems

It wasn't a crime then. I bet if they created a million jobs here they would be welcomed even by the nasty old Rethugs.

A First Snow in Sweden

This looks like a shot of Christer's apple tree.

Snow tracks, certainly his dogs made them.

Christer has a most enjoyable blog.

He's a blogger buddy to Cat in the Bag

Visit his blog at Crane Creek below.

CRANE CREEK

Did Someone Paint These Smiles on the Mom and Pop Faces?

Sure looks funny odd to me.

It's Off to Work We Go!

I probably won't be jumping off roofs to save goldfish today as business is winding down for the holidays.  But I wish the lady in the photo above "good luck".  Looks like she has her hands full on the way down.  I only have to drive to Rockledge, Florida for the morning and maybe do lunch there, then back to the home office for light paperwork.  It's going to be a slow week but no matter, it's a good time for daily exercise.  Walk those two miles or play some basketball, swim if you can, some northern gyms have heated pools.  But wherever you are, make it a great week as we, here in the U. S.  look forward to a prosperous New Year and family Christmas.  Not too much spending this year.  Although the papers are reporting black Friday tripled in size of people out there shopping.  So one never knows.

Take Over

It's new and boy is it exciting!

How True

What's New for Christmas

Well, maybe you can find this pair of washer/dryer on sale.  Try Sears first.

Oh Really!

I was kinda hoping I could be someone who wasn't taken.

Sunday Morning

“People tend to immediately think of meditation as someone sitting quietly, emptying their mind. But if you look at original Sanskrit term, bhāvanā, and the Tibetan term, gom, from which this term meditation is kind of being used now as a translation. Bhāvanā has the connotation of cultivation. It’s like cultivating a field. So there is this connotation of cultivation, and the Tibetan term gom has the connotation of familiarity, a process of familiarity. Meditation can be, as His Holiness often points out, analytic where it’s not simply sitting down and quieting your mind, but it can actually be a process where you use kind of discernment and move from stages and stages to, in some sense, uncovering layers and layers to get to a point.”

 The Dalai Lama listens to his interpreter, Dr. Thupen Jinpa, while leading a discussion during the Seeds of Compassion Conference at Key Arena

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Sunday Morning Funnies

Most TSA Humor

"oh no, not me too."

Record Profits, Yay, In This So Called Socialist Society

Lover's Lane

Oh No, Here They Come

Funnies

I'll Take Your Order Now

click on any image to enlarge.

Simply Whiskey Sour Recipe for the Holidays

Yummy!

These amazing Tiramisu Pancakes started out as a casual idea spurred by a tweequest for things to do with half a cup of mascarpone, and the fact that I had just posted a pancake recipe on my blog. Five batches of pancakes later and more mascarpone cream ingested than I care to reveal (more than half of which was simply the result of gluttony), I now have what is proving to be the favorite breakfast item in my house. The fact that it also easily works as a dessert gives it extra versatility points.

RECIPE

This Might be a Pretty Big Word for you But What Day is Today?

It's Caturday!

Is This "The Look of Love?"

What a trustworthy expression this kitty has.  Welcome to Caturday!

Cat Antics

Could I have more of these gold fish please?

Stop it! You idiot! I can't Breathe!

Christmas wrapping taste awful!

Happy Birthday Maggy Magnanimous!

Old Tuna Face turns 7 years old today and she's becoming a wonderful pet as she ages.  More cuddles please! And stop beating up on your sister!

Hollywood YouTubies Getting Ready for their Christmas Play

We wanna watch the show too!

Poster Baby This Week is Cured

Praise the Lord!

Drop in Again Next Caturday

and we'll have some more fun and treats.

Big Seller for This Christmas . . .

It absorbs all troubles.  Maybe I can wrap my bills in it.

TGIF

Looks like our TGIF model this week is spending her holidays in a bar.  I'm sure she's there just waiting for me.  Well, that would be nice, but I'm afraid today is a half work day for me and I'll be busy till 2PM then off for my TGIF weekend.  It's unseasonally up to 80 these days, here in Florida.  So we exercise in the morning when the temps are cooler.  You make sure you exercise too.  Make it a great weekend and if you see our TGIF Model in your local bar, say hello for me.

I Wonder

This is Disgusting!

Obviously it should be the other way around.  Americans should demand the Congress take a pay cut during these difficult times.  Staff cuts too for those who only vote "No" on legislation.  If you're going to vote no anyway, you don't need a $90,000 a year salary plus benefits staffer telling you what you are voting on.  Fix Congress?  Yes!  Start with the salaries of these Welfare Queens cuz that's what they really are.

Good Morning!

I hope your Holidays are good!

Happy Thanksgiving Day Everyone!

President Pardons Turkey in the Rose Garden

Remember Our Combat Troops Who are still Serving in Hot Spots Around the World, We Give a Special Thanks to them this Thanksgiving Day.

My Thanksgiving Owl

Beautiful wing span, love the yellow in its eyes.

Your Flowers are on the Way!

Really good shot.

Let's See How Twinkle Toes Like Dancing in the Big House

AUSTIN, Tex. — Tom DeLay, one of the most powerful and divisive Republican lawmakers ever to come out of Texas, was convicted Wednesday of money-laundering charges in a state trial, five years after his indictment here forced him to resign as majority leader in the House of Representatives.

He could serve 15 to 99 years but will likely get home probation.

NY Times Here

Things Don't Seem to be Going Well at U.S. Airports

Of course this idiot wouldn't know the difference.

The TSA's new safety procedures are egregious and invasive and little more than security theater. It doesn't make us any safer. People shouldn't have to choose between starring in a porno and getting molested to get on a plane.

That said, it's certainly not the worst governmental abuse of our civil liberties. Give me a choice between getting fondled by the TSA and having AT&T spy on me on behalf of the NSA, and I'll take the latter. At least it's my choice to get on a plane, and I can do everything in my power to minimize time spent at airports.

I also assume you ladies would rather be fondled at the airport than have Republicans put a lock on your uterus.

And at least those TSA people are engaging in non-discriminatory groping, as opposed to the manhandling brown and black people get from police on city streets and sidewalks.

But white men are too special to suffer such indignities. Their right to their junk (and Viagra, if it stops working) is sacrosanct!

Found at Dkos in right margin.

Don't Forget to Pack Your Toothbrush

The Busiest Travel Day of the Year is Today

"I just want to know if the TSA workers actually believe they are keeping people safe by feeling us up if we opt out of the full-body scan," said Cara Eshleman, a baker from Arlington County who is flying out of Reagan National Airport on Wednesday and plans to opt out if she is directed to a full-body scanner. "It's too bad I already bought my ticket. If I'd have found out about this before, I wouldn't be going anywhere for the holidays."

FOUND

Lovely Arrangement

I used to have a pitcher like the one in this image.  It was lost along the way but I always search for one like it and so far no luck.  But I imagine I would have to be in a big city to find one. 

Ouch!

I'm sure the hugs are free.

Interesting Design

Anyone know its' origins, leave a comment.