Cross Post: Photos from TT #81

Thursday Thirteen #81

13 Things About Dane Bramage
13 Photos Scott Emailed Me

I am taking a breather today. My friend Scott emailed me 13 pictures to post for a Thursday 13. This was a no brainer. If you like it then it was my idea and I accept your kudos. If you hate it it's Scott fault and I'll forward your hate mail and be blameless! Anyway here are some pictures of work done by an artist who uses nature as a media. The life sized bear is made from pine needles and the sculptures are carved from antlers.

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13. Scott's accomplishments include writing a newspaper column, authoring a book, and driving a truck from coast to coast. Unfortunately, counting is not among his accomplishments so rather than make this a Thursday 12, I am re-posting a shot of Scott's best side.
    
    

This pine cone guy could be the real deal or a hoax. The guy could be a great artist waiting to be discovered or somebody is yanking my chain. You decide. But the last paragraph in the email said, "I know the artist would love to hear from you. Just to know where his art is being seen around the world. He said he would reply to every email and print out every letter for his scrapbook. You can write him here at[email address removed]. His Name is Richard Carpenter." I removed the email address so if you want it email me.

The Most Memorable Place I've Been

The most memorable place I've been (and not necessarily the nicest place) was New York City. I was road trippin with my brother and I had just got home from college so it was quite the adventure. We started by going to Atlanta to visit (and meet for the first time) some relatives. Then we drove east up to Trenton and eventually to New York.

I remember we went to see a movie and coming out of the theater a two o'clock in the morning. The streets were as busy if not busier than my hometown in the middle of the day. There was an energy you could feel along with a healthy dose of cautious trepidation. There has been no place to match it so far.

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YouTube Find of the Day - Granny Airbag

This may have been around for a while but I just saw it today.

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Friday Work Related Haiku

Dizzying Turmoil
pulled this way and that with  scores
of obligations.

Think outside the box  
while paradigms shift and they  
want to touch my base

A new exercise
we'll fishbone old ideas
to look like new ones

Meetings abound while
project deliverables
accumulated.

I have been busy and a lot of what I have been doing is waiting for others to get done and sitting in meetings.

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From the Inbox

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From The Inbox

Okay you might accuse me of kicking her when she's down but I thought this was funny. I suspect, given the mathematical improbability of Hillary pulling enough delegates to get the nomination, that she will drag it to the convention and apply "Clintonian" pressure on the super delegates.

Obama is playing the confidence game, basically ignoring her and gearing up to face McCain.  I wonder if the possibility exists of an Obama/Clinton ticket for the sake of the party.  If so, and they win in November, I'd double up on the bullet proof vests if I were Barack

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Medical Haiku

A subject near to my abdomen:


Contrast dye I.V.
Pants mid thigh in whirling rig
Oh I hate Cat scans.

"Its perfectly safe"
she said through the loud speaker
from her shielded room.

My mind wonders why
a gigantic machine makes
me claustrophobic.

Well in case you haven't guessed I had to go to have a cat scan done this morning. This wasn't as bad as the MRI but I still consider it something to be avoided like the plague. They only needed pictures of my abdomen so I didn't have to squeeze everything through that little hole. Now I have to drink extra fluids to flush the contrast dye out of my system. As if the diuretics alone weren't causing me to rush to the can enough. Yeesh.

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Meme Time

Since it has been a long time since I've posted a quiz; I have taken the Completely Pointless Personality Quiz
The results:
The Completely Pointless Personality Quiz

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Food Thoughts on Friday

My Haikus for this week are food related. My favorite foods are represented in these four Haikus and coincidentally make an excellent (and manly) meal! I usually order this in some variation when I go out to eat.

Fresh cut or curly
seasoned salted vinegared
French fried spud goodness

Chocolate, vanilla
soft served or hand packed and scooped
We all scream for it

Sorry poor Angus
Grilled mushrooms and onions
top medium rare

Oh green vegetables
sadly I need you to stay
a regular guy

Haiku Friday

Well you just can't participate in enough memes. I thought I would try my hand at poetry. Oh I've posted original stuff before. So this shouldn't be too painful (for me at least. You may cringe.) I have decided to do politics. Yeah big surprise there.  Carter and Gore have been in the news lately so here are a couple for them.

Jimmy E. Carter
The worst President ever
Please just go away.

Albert Gore Junior
Thank  you for the internet
Climate change is crap

Barack Hussein Obama has described Pennsylvanians and middle Americans as biitter. I got your bitter right here. Oh and here's one for your wife too.

Obama's decree
To God, guns, alien-hate
I cling bitterly

Michelle Obama
You can't be a First Lady
'Till your'e proud lady

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The Hoff

David Hasselhoff is officially divorced. As part of the settlement he gets to keep "The Hoff".  It used to be that when woman married a man she took his name. Apparently today if you are celeb enough the man has to fight to take it back during the divorce.

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Contrivium: Dane Bramage

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Dane Bramage!

1. In the kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become Dane Bramage on New Year's Day.
2. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14, and Dane Bramage has 7!
3. Dane Bramage can live for up to a week without a head.
4. Cats use their Dane Bramage to test whether a space is large enough for them to fit through.
5. It's bad luck to whistle near Dane Bramage.
6. The book of Esther in the Bible is the only book which does not mention Dane Bramage.
7. If you put a drop of liquor on Dane Bramage, he will go mad and sting himself to death.
8. The pharoahs of ancient Egypt wore garments made with thin threads of beaten Dane Bramage!
9. Dane Bramage can run sixty-five kilometres an hour - that's really fast.
10. It takes a lobster approximately 7 years to grow to be Dane Bramage!

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I Just Can't Decide (cross post)

I have seen this image a couple of times in my inbox. I think it really captures the essence of Obama, McCain, and Clinton. The work is by David Dees who owns the copyright. The picture is used with permission.

Ah Those 70s. They're Wacky, Musically Speaking

Malcom hurled the gauntlet and I arose to the challenge. I missed 1. Dangit.

I scored a Far Out
95% on theQuiz by SheGoddess: Lose Weight Fast

Crosspost Thursday Thirteen #74

Thursday Thirteen #74

13 Things About Dane Bramage
13 Songs by the Mystery Artist

Well it seems like iPod lists are a popular Thursday Thirteen topic. well I don't have a iPod but I do have an mp3 player. And I thought I would make this list interactive. I have 13 songs by the same artist. You have to guess who it is. I've included three video clues so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. The artist is one of my all time favorites.

1. Wow


2. Hammer Horror


3. Breathing


4. Strange Phenomena


5. The Dreaming


6. Them Heavy People
   
   


7. Cloudbusting


8. Babooshka


9. Why Should I Love You


10. The Hounds of Love


11. Wuthering Heights


12. Running Up That Hill
    
    


13. This Woman's Work
    
    

Thank you YouTube for the videos.

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