tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62536932008-08-27T22:22:53.177-07:00"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."<br /> <em>- H. L. Mencken</em><br /> <a href="mailto:gozz@gozz.com?subject=fearofclowns%20feedback">gozz<em>@</em>gozz.com</a>Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comBlogger1081125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-80003290206782567512008-08-27T22:20:00.000-07:002008-08-27T22:22:53.184-07:00

Crooks and Liars.

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-18874908632989380072008-08-27T20:02:00.000-07:002008-08-27T21:20:31.992-07:00

People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.. - Bill Clinton The best speech and line of the convention so far.

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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Oregon Zoo officials say a newborn elephant is doing well after it was trampled by its mother shortly after its birth Saturday.

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What she said.

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Krugman, [I]n the world we actually live in, pro-corporate, inequality-increasing Republicans argue that you should vote for them because they're regular guys you'd like to have a beer with, while Democrats who want to raise taxes on top earners, expand health care and raise the minimum wage are snooty elitists. If there's anything else we need to understand about the economics of the 2004

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-52457639793889677352008-08-25T19:06:00.000-07:002008-08-25T22:02:10.659-07:00

From the Strib, Vandals broke three plate-glass windows and a glass door early Sunday at presidential candidate Barack Obama's state headquarters in St. Paul. Here is what someone thought of my Obama bumper sticker (purchased at said Obama headquarters) that I displayed at a golf resort in Wisconsin a few weekends ago. UPDATE: A billboard outside of the MSP airport welcoming the kerrfluckers

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-68009380815807060522008-08-22T00:21:00.000-07:002008-08-22T00:46:52.079-07:00

Days before McCain's inevitable gaffe yesterday regarding the number of houses he owned, the backlash had already begun. From August 18, four days ago: A conspiracy theorist couldn't make the timing more destructive to the McCain campaign. I believed John Kerry was playing rope-a-dope in 2004. I was wrong then, but even if rope-a-dope wasn't Obama's plan, McCain yesterday showed his real

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-44281376474503103032008-08-21T21:59:00.000-07:002008-08-21T22:07:38.521-07:00

That's one of the back porches off the master bedroom in one of the mansions owned by the presidential candidate who's running a campaign highlighting the accusation that his African-American opponent is "elitist".

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-8374940236590012892008-08-21T19:46:00.000-07:002008-08-21T20:08:58.195-07:00

The print and television media coverage is obviously biased in favor of Sen. Obama, yet you do not hear McCain complaining about it. He continues to march face-first into the howling political winds like an American buffalo on a mission. I like that. When Obama received European adulation (as if he were the Second Coming), McCain did not complain but rather continued his steadfast campaign on

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Hardly.

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-76493979621991912442008-08-18T14:38:00.000-07:002008-08-18T14:47:30.550-07:00

Heh, "Stay away".

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A tusker trampled a woman to death and injured two others in Jharkahnd, police said Saturday.

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Today as an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, registered in the state of Minnesota, I solemnized my first marriage - between my friends Heath and Jennifer. I thought the ceremony was at 6:30 pm --- oops, it was 5:30. Fortunately I had asked Him for a wide berth without rain.

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-71403859543222424012008-08-15T21:31:00.001-07:002008-08-15T21:39:34.624-07:00

Today was my mom's 80th birthday. My mom and dad are both 80 and super healthy. And still a good-looking couple!

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-7659650048223448432008-08-14T20:20:00.000-07:002008-08-15T22:40:16.686-07:00

Today I received five Brazilian yellowheads, a beautiful D. tinctorius morph. Pictures don't completely convey the brilliance of their metallic coloring.

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One woman was killed and 32 others were injured when an elephant ran amok after the Thalagolla perahera in Ragama. A female elephant was killed by a tusker on Monday night (July 28) in the Hatipota forest of Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal. Two male elephants from the herd of wild elephants seen in the neighbourhood had been pursuing the female. A fight broke out between the males during the

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-43516435004367207512008-08-07T22:13:00.000-07:002008-08-11T19:50:55.192-07:00

My hot lemon pepper a few weeks ago - came back from having no leaves due to neglect in a flood and drain system - after 1 week in the deep water culture system: Two weeks: Three weeks: From seeds purchased on eBay, "Punjab small hot". This pepper seems to be low growing and bushy, unlike most hot peppers. At two weeks in DWC: Three weeks: Naga jolokia, in DWC since seedling

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-8638494283059043292008-08-04T23:46:00.000-07:002008-08-15T22:49:34.832-07:00

Good Lord, kill me now. Jesus Christ at a waffle bar.

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-18244611183347844992008-07-25T22:52:00.000-07:002008-07-25T22:56:06.880-07:00

The McCain campaign feebly attacks Obama not only in a ridiculous manner but in a ridiculous manner that is equally applied to McCain.

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I've gotten used to the fact that FOX NEWS is a crypto-Republican public relations firm, but even unscrupulous public relations firms stay away from push-polling. The assimilation of FOX News into the Republican party apparatus is now complete.

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-28802769174290997662008-07-22T22:52:00.000-07:002008-07-24T23:19:58.702-07:00

Iraqis are begging for us to stay, nomatter what they may say. McSame, "I have been there too many times. I've met too many times with him, and I know what they want." Full interview (with commentary) is a hoot.

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-62127923451371770362008-07-20T20:52:00.000-07:002008-07-20T21:21:44.207-07:00

Three of my four new banded D. leucomelas froglets. They are about two months out of the water (meaning two months since they morphed from tadpoles to froglets). They're really tiny. Sexed pair of adult/sub adult D. azureus. The males are smaller and have broader toe pads. Sterilizing wood for the vivariums. I had it in a 225° F oven for 3 1/2 or four hours. Sterilizing live oak leaves

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Carolyn's fingers Iceblink Luck Pearly Dewdrops Drops Love's Easy Tears Swallow Me Millimillenary From the Flagstones Wax and Wane Musette and drums Orange Appled Throughout the Dark Months of April and May Sugar Hiccup Summerhead Bluebeard Pink Orange Red Heaven or Las Vegas Treasure Hiding Ella Megalast Burls Forever Rilkean Heart

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Chhattisgarh, About 1,200 people of a tribal village in Chhattisgarh have moved to safer places on Friday to avoid a night of fury of a wild elephant that has razed a dozen houses and killed an elderly woman.

Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17689682439939867502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6253693.post-78654616605226974002008-07-18T01:28:00.001-07:002008-07-18T01:33:04.769-07:00

Please, In a release Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) announced he will hold a hearing July 25 examining "the imperial presidency of George W. Bush and possible legal responses."

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