Another success story for the signs saying "no guns"

(source of photo uncertain)

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?

"LITTLE FALLS, Minn. –  A Minnesota homeowner who shot and killed two teenagers during a break-in was convicted Tuesday of premeditated murder....

Before retiring from the U.S. State Department, Smith worked on technical security issues for American embassies, such as building layout and alarms."

source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/29/minn-homeowner-convicted-premeditated-murder/?intcmp=latestnews

You would think it would be hard to break into a house owned by someone who worked on preventing break-ins for a living.  

TACC holds another protest

Turkeys Against Climate Change (TACC) holding another protest against TWW for burning fossil fuels to keep warm. 

It's beginning to look a lot like (next) Christmas

Clinton II

'On the other hand,' Hamada added, 'if you get his wife to talk, she'll tell you: "The president is a pathological philanderer. He uses the Secret Service for this, and has used them to hide evidence that he's a cheater".'

see: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2611563/The-Obamas-failed-marriage-looming-divorce-open-secret-claims-member-Japans-parliament-president-using-Secret-Service-hide-affairs.html

An African American big city police chief said what?

17" of crystalized dihydrogen oxide falls on Hayward

Here are some photos from Garbin Moraine 10 miles SW of Hayward part way through the downfall. 

Garbin Glacier Receding Rapidly

Duct tape only works for so long

Bring back the good old days

Guess whose coming to dinner

Time to buy more Tubex

The screen around the base of the trees made a living area where the critters could live and eat instead of keeping them out

They ate the white paint and all

TWW hopes pruning paint will save the trees

Gullibility test of the day

Another innocent person shot. Did the victim deserve to die?? Read the following story to test your gullibility: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600053/Boy-16-arrested-connection-senseless-slaying-Indiana-newlywed.html

quote of the day

And to top that from a 'leftist':

"MAHER: What do you think about the Mozilla CEO having to step down over his donation to a pro-Proposition 8 group. 

The Mozilla -- which I'm wearing right now, by the way. I didn't know what Mozilla was. I saw it on my computer, but -- it's Firefix, right? It's the browser. 

So this guy apparently does not want gay people to get married and he had to step down. What do you think of that, the question asks.

FMR. REP. TOM DAVIS (R-VA): Because he gave $1,000 eight years ago and it's come back to haunt him.

CARRIE SHEFFIELD, FORBES: Well, and he gave it when President Obama was still against gay marriage. So, I don't think it's very fair.

MAHER: Good point. Also, I think there is a gay mafia. I think if you cross them, you do get whacked."

source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/04/04/bill_maher_there_is_a_gay_mafia_if_you_cross_them_you_do_get_whacked.html

Happy April Fool's Day

If you are living up north and it is April you are a fool.

Gullibility test for the day

Good thing everybody now has health insurance since when the volcano blows there will be a big need for it. The video is proof the buffalo are leaving Yellowstone since they know the volcano is going to blow.

Warm weather blankets Garbin Moraine

Record setting temperatures blanket Garbin Moraine

Snow disappeared in record time as wet ground creates fog in the morning

Ice left the lake by family cabin earlier this morning for good

Another crackpot letter to the editor in the works

Editor: 

Climate scientists talk about albedo as the ratio of reflected radiation from a surface compared to radiation hitting it. It is measured on a scale from zero for no reflection of a perfectly black surface to 1 for perfect reflection of a white surface. This means white snow sends most light back towards space and dark snow absorbs light and heats up so it melts quicker. Yellow snow is somewhere in between. Last year during the Birkie the climate change people were fretting about the end of winter. This year we all are fretting. So how can we help end winter? We need to learn from the celebrities and their ideas about saving the planet. First, temporarily stop recycling dark objects. Put them in your yard on the snow to turn sunlight into heat. Next, take snow off your roof so bare shingles absorb the light and generate heat to melt the other snow on the roof. Also, spread the ashes from your wood stove on the snow to make black snow. Finally, collect dog, deer and rabbit waste (use caution here) and put it on the snow in your yard. Space prevents listing more ideas here. Think like a celebrity and use your your creativity to collect heat and melt the snow. The longer you have white snow the longer it will stay cold. We can end winter if we work together.

Does Amazon control the weather??

The pictures above show what happened when TWW ordered some cranberry juice from Amazon for Mrs. TWW.  The bottles either had been tampered with or the factory had problems.  He took the pictures and tried to put a nasty product review on Amazon.com but could not get these pictures to upload.  He then called a Amazon customer service person who asked him what the problem was and gave the usual scripted "we are sorry" spiel. Then she asked how everything else was going and TWW said it was snowing again.  The woman said she was in Jamaca and it was nice and warm down there and she would send up some sunshine.  She also put in a replacement order (for free) and the new juice is on the way. TWW is still waiting for the juice and the sunshine (he is sure the juice will come but not so sure about the sunshine).  

That was written on Tuesday.   On Thursday it was 50 degrees F on the official Garbin Moraine porch thermometer and sunny.   

Global warming walk in the woods

A footsie?

South boundary of land

Another example of  albedo (see below) 

Coyote?

You make up your own caption

Dumping ashes makes snow melt faster.

Now if you have wasted your time reading this far:

"Albedo (/ælˈbiːdoʊ/), or reflection coefficient, derived from Latin albedo "whiteness" (or reflected sunlight) in turn from albus "white," is the diffuse reflectivity or reflecting power of a surface. It is the ratio of reflected radiation from the surface to incident radiation upon it. Its dimensionless nature lets it be expressed as a percentage and is measured on a scale from zero for no reflection of a perfectly black surface to 1 for perfect reflection of a white surface." source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo

What this means is all the coniferous trees TWW and friends planted are warming the planet so never trust a tree hugger. 

Quote of the day

source: http://www.bustle.com/articles/17787-how-to-argue-for-gun-control-5-anti-gun-regulation-arguments-debunked

Quote of the day and pic of the day

"The larger point is that there have been so many unilateral executive waivers and delays that ObamaCare must be unrecognizable to its drafters, to the extent they ever knew what the law contained."  

source: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304250204579433312607325596?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304250204579433312607325596.html


Recent trip to warm up the car after putting trash can on Bass Lake Rd.