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  Daylight savings time will change on Sunday March 14, 2021. Dang, I never get that right. Move the clocks ahead, move the clocks back, try and keep that little drill straight and good luck you just might need it. Amerika needs to set the clocks one time and just one time move the clocks forward or backward doesn't really matter. Just leave the damn time alone. Nobody and I do mean not anyone gains even a second more time than what is allowed for each and every individual. So I stated about yesterday that the change to daylight savings time would happen on the first Sunday of March and I missed it by about a week. Mea culpa... Changing the freaking clocks is hardly big news. Changing the freaking clocks is more of a nuisance and damn irritating. It will take everyone just about two weeks to re-adjust the old body clocks and that's a certainty. Circadian rhythms don't you know. It is a statistical anomaly that car accidents increase by about a factor of ten for ...

Yes my friends its correction Saturday. I needs a make the correction known to the general public and anyone else besides the NSA that may in fact be interested. I wrongly stated that the C-PACkers soiree was being held in Babylon-On-The-Potomac this fine last weekend in February. (bye the bye, Babylon-On-The-Potomac is Washington, D.C.) Wrong and as wrong as wrong can be. The C-PACker soiree is being held in Florida this year. Go figure. Orlando Florida to be quite specific. The Hyatt/Regency Hotel in Orlando Florida to be even more specific. The silly fuckers generally hold their hog-hollering contest in Babylon-On-The-Potomac just about every year but, not this year. So I stand corrected and that's what I get for simply relying on instinct and what used to pass for almost but not quite normal. My bad... Speaking of the C-PACkers, did you know the goofy freaks erected a golden statue of trump? Oh yeah they did. It's the 'golden idol trump' and you can get your picture...

Yes my friends there are only two yes count them two days left in February. Dang if'n February doesn't just fly by. You know like when time flies while having fun? Almost but not quite like that. So what that all means is, you only have two days left to get in on all the 'presidents day' sales. Those mattresses and recliners and big screen televisions and new samstung cell phones. All the crap that Amerika's early presidents never got the chance to spend money on. There aren't any new iphones though on account of Apple targets the release of new iphones on prime marketing days. And yes, Amazon is threatening to sue Apple for trademark infringement. You know on account of Apple's 'prime marketing' research rubbing against the Amazon trademarking any and all associative uses of the word 'prime'. Good lord we live in the days of litigious knee-jerking at every turn. Won't be long and hungry Amerikans won't be able to head to their favori...

  Danger! That's right so be aware. The conservative rat pack mostly known as the 'Conservative Political Action Committee' holds it's annual soiree this weekend in Babylon-On-The-Potomac. Babylon will be filled with lunatic crazy people, conspiracy theorists, insurrectionists, white supremacists, racists in general, and donald trump. Trump is the "featured" speaker at the gathering. There are any number of marginally insane Amerikans that still think trump won last November's election. The clear and present danger to Amerika would be the fact that a)- these crazy bastards are armed to the teeth and b)- the freaks will be packing their guns. The Capitol Police will probably have to call on the National Guard, again, to help keep the Capitol Building from being invaded by the CPAC loonies. Again. Yes my friends this will be another shining example of Amerika the Homeland on display for all the world to wonder at. The world will be wondering what the fuck is...

There is news circulating that just about every politician in the Amerika is prattling bullshit. Blah blah blah and then more blah blah blah. Most of the blah blah is incomprehensible gibberish with a smattering of what the fuck did he/she just say. Sad really. Okay and now let us get on to the machine art and we probably just did the stuff. surreal theater playhouse 42 -   conga line up or something entirely different - and remember the really important part...do you know what day it is? :]

  Here it is the last Tuesday in February and I could suppose that we should mourn the demise of Tuesdays. February Tuesdays that is. Amerika should mourn the loss of 500,000 citizens to the Covid-19 that ex-pres trump allowed to die. Trump couldn't understand the science or the medical science behind the Covid-19 plague so he stood back in total ignorance (referring to trump as ignorant is giving the prick the benefit of any doubt) and let Amerikans die. Damn the man is an asshole. A murderous asshole at that. But the U.S. Senate let the asshat skate free. I'm hoping that the New York Attorney General and the Manhattan District Attorney will hold Herr trump to a by the law book standard which the U.S. Senate didn't have the balls to do. It is rudely apparent that at least 43 U.S. Senators are completely incompetent and are deserving of being removed from Office. Immediately. Enough of that and let us celebrate the last Tuesday in February with some machine art and stuff....

  Yup, I got nothing. Nothing to say anyway. With the possible exception being, trump will continue to plague Amerika up to and until some legal authority somewhere puts his murderous ass in jail. Trump plans to announce his run for president 2024 at the annual CPAC soiree coming up here real soon. CPAC is an association of cracker idiots and other fascist nitwits that gather annually in Babylon-On-The-Potomac to cackle and crow about all things fascist. Ordinarily these freaks could simply be ignored. However, they've got about a mountain of money and that makes them inordinately dangerous. Treasonous? Yeah maybe that last one. Anyway it's on to machine art and I'll skip the stuff for today which just so happens to be George Washington's actual birthday. February 22 and a way back when. Not today. Machine artsy shit coming up right about now. tusker and sadly, just about the last tusker left on Planet Earth - look up and the vertigo will kick in - Amerika shoul...

  Today is Quadragesima Sunday. Well it most certainly is and I'm willing to bet that pert near everybody had no idea. Quadragesima Sunday is the first Sunday of Lent and the first Sunday after Ash Wednesday. Go figure. Go ahead and say quadragesima ten times fast. I dare you. I always thought that the Lenten season lasted forty days from Ash Wednesday. Damn if I didn't have that all wrong. Quadragesima Sunday marks the forty days to Easter Sunday. Or is the count to Good Friday...jumping jebus on a south bound bus, these ecclesiastical gizmos are kind of hard to figure out. So what might 'Quadragesimal Sunday' mean? I'm glad you asked. Quadragesimal means 40. Yup and that's it. Quadragesimal means forty. That's exactly the kind of miscellaneous bullshit you can take with you to a Jeopardy performance, you know if you happen to get picked to perform on Jeopardy, and win big. I'm also willing to bet that not even Ken Jennings knows the definition of '...

  We'll keep things simple for this here Saturday the 20th day of February 2021. Politics proceed per usual. National hysteria seems a bit not so hysterical. Climate change continues to change right before our very eyes and although that's pretty dang strange, the changing is not so hysterical. Well unless one lives in Texas then all bets are off. I'd send them an electric blanket except the Texans don't have any electricity. The power is coming back on line be it ever so slowly. Hang in there Tex, help is on the way. Now let us get right to the machine art and stuff. surrealistic jungle - flamenco - be well everyone and keep your feets dry.

 Yes today marks the third day of Lent. So go out and have yourself a cheeseburger. No fair cheating with a tuna melt or a fish burger. Nope. To properly thumb your nose at ecclesiastical Lenten etiquette, eating a cheeseburger is the way to go. For even better effect on 'thumb your nose at proper Lent Day' have a double cheeseburger and live large. Yes indeed. Flaunt them churchy rules and catholic schemes. Eat meat for Lent and make a declaration of freedom from those ever so annoying catholics and vegan types. What the hell might a vegan actually eat? You know if one might be a "practicing catholic", one is not supposed to eat meat on any Friday during Lent. I know that on account of my mom was catholic and she made us eat fish sticks every damn Friday for the duration of Lent. I hate fish sticks. You can't hide the taste of fish sticks and not even with tartar sauce. Not mustard. Not even tabasco sauce. I hate fish sticks. I can proudly admit that I've nev...

  All the power lines are down. Or froze. Or just hanging in space limp and without juice. You know, electrical juice? Water pipes are busting out all over and there's icicles hanging off the ceiling fan that used to work but now on account of there's no electricity, the dang fan won't. Won't work. Roads are impassable and covered in ice. Yes people, that is the Texas of today. Yesterday and probably tomorrow. Of course the icy grip on the old Texas panhandle and elsewhere will pass into the record books and then the weather will turn off hot and hot as in Texas hot. Welcome to the new normal loving referred to as 'climate change'. Of course Texas Governor 'Wheels' Abbott is in complete denial over just about all of the ills facing Texans at present. The winter freeze strangling Texas and according to Abbott, its those dang wind farms and solar energy. Of course Texas gets very little of its energy from wind farms and solar generation. 'Wheels' s...

  There goes Tokyo, go go Covid-zilla number 19 of course. Variants may apply at some future time. So remember ladies while in Tokyo and the Covid-zilla number 19 of course games, keep quiet so as not to upset the Japanese. And the Japanese wonder why they keep getting slapped upside they heads. The Covid-zilla games will be cancelled and there is very little doubt about that. The way the Covid-zilla number 19 of course mutates into REALLY nasty variants, the cancellation can only be inevitable. So sorry... now for machine art and whatever. if a thing looks like work, well for hell sakes, it is - this little number turned out better than I'd imagined - pretty dang cool I'd say and I did. :]

  Oh yeah, it snowed about two inches of wet, sticky, sloppy, and clogs up the snowblower snow. Got the snow blown and it wasn't a joyous Utah powder snow. Nope. It was work. Groan and bitchy old guy gripes and complaints. Utah powder snow is ever so easy to get the snowblower through. The wet, sticky, sloppy snow shit  simply is not conducive to good snowblower action. However and all bitching aside, the snow is blown and our driveway and sidewalks are passable. Yeah me. Now for some machine art and yes the machine art is a thing.  zoot's allusion - the return of donk - happy Tuesday everyone, make peace and love as any alternative simply sucks. :]

The slop-kissy Valentines Day seems to have came and went without much kerfuffle. Thanks to Boris Johnson for that understatement. You see Britain's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and that would be the U.K.'s version of trump,  stated categorically that America's face-to-face with insurrection and murder was   nothing more than a "kerfuffle." Gosh Boris buddy, shut the fuck up! That's the best the U.K. could muster when Boris was being pestered with media journalist questions about what to make of the American Capitol riot. You will of course remember January 6, 2021 and the assault on America's system of government and the seat of that government which as it turns out would be the U.S. Capitol. You also might possibly remember the disgraceful performance offered up by America's Senators that allowed trump to skate free, once again, by refusing to vote enough votes to impeach the slimy slug that is trump. Trump sparked the riot on January the 6th. That ...

  The surprise is, there's no surprise. Surprise? The U.S. Senate voted the article of impeachment against trump a failure. It would have taken 67 senatorial votes to impeach ex-president asshole and the Senate could only muster 57 votes to impeach. Senate minority leader Itchy McConnell voted to acquit and then offered up a rather weak-ass speech as to why trump is responsible for the Capitol riot but Itchy couldn't vote to hold trump accountable. What...The...Fuck?!? Yes McConnell is a glaringly sad excuse for a person of honor which is what U.S. Senators are alleged to be. Honorable. I mean the dumb ass freaks actually swear an oath to uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution. Of course it is entirely possible the U.S. Senate has changed the rules and Amerika's Constitution. Anyway, had the Senate actually voted to impeach now that would have been a surprise. Feckless, spineless, without cajones, and utterly corrupt. That would be 43 U.S. Senators. Amerikan democracy will...

  Yes my friends, sometimes we have to wait until the 'next day' for really important stuff to hit the headlines. Here we go with some of yesterday's best - the CDC announced their brand newest project for Amerikans. The CDC announces, proudly I should add, the official and no shit Covid-19 Pandemic Coloring Book For Children Of All Ages Without Any Vaccine Of Course. Now that should be a best seller alright. Mighty Itchy McConnell, minority party leader of the U.S. Senate, announces his intention to "acquit" the trump. Gosh, that isn't new or news. Itchy had his head surgically implanted into trump's inner rectal sanctum a couple of years back. However with the Friday announcement from Itchy, Amerika is supposed to be surprised. Anyone paying even the slightest bit of attention to trump's historical if not sad impeachment trial, won't be surprised in the least. You see, most of Amerika's senatorial "leadership" is woefully retarded a...

Friday and that just about says it all. Or not. Did you know that today is Abe Lincoln's birthday. Oh yes it is. Back in the day, Lincoln's birthday was a federal holiday and most states complied with the day's celebration. Now days it's a 'Presidents Day Birthday Sale' and you can go out and buy yourself a new bed or new car or new carpet or a tummy tuck or face lift or botox for your wrinkles or just about whatever a person's heart might desire. Of course 'Presidents Day' is Monday and that would be the day after Valentines Day and if you count those Gregorian calendar days, the day will be the 15th of February. Did you know that the proper pronunciation for February is feb-rue-airy. Of course had one been paying any attention to 7th grade grammar class, well, you'd know that. Or maybe not. 7th grade grammar class was one of those bore you to tears endurance runs and if you barely passed the class with a D- you were home safe. Safe enough. I wa...

  Something almost romantic-esque. I'm not certain what might pass for "romantic" these days. I think the entire notion of romance has grown old and worn out a welcome. Back in the day and I'm not sure what 'day' that might have been, flowers and chocolates and formal wear and stuff like that there were the items that passed as romantic. The entire point being that it is almost Valentines Day and these days the guys are supposed to buy their sweetie some cheeky and adult "playwear" which is not about the woman. The cheeky adult wear is for the guys. Something that will make his eyes pop and get the old libido working overtime. Anyway, there's today and tomorrow which just so happens to be a Friday and then Saturday and then...BOOM! Valentines Day and you won't be able to do much cheeky shopping on Sunday. Cause you know, it will be Sunday and the cheeky shopping places will more than likely be closed on account of it being Sunday. Seems a bit...

  Is what it is. Wow is that about existentially deep or what. Let's go with what. I've got nothing. However that might not be so bad after all. It is however Hump Day and that's got to count for something. Cue the camel... Machine art and not much stuff. tiger - ghosts - TTFN.

And hold on tight. It's avalanche season a way out here behind the Zion Curtain. Yup. Storms have brought occasional snowfall to the Wasatch Range, be that ever so infrequent, and as the ambient air temperature gets warm with each passing day the snow melts a bit and then more of that infrequent snow and PRESTO! The perfect meteorological excuse for an avalanche. There have been almost 360 of those ever so annoying avalanches this winter and that's a lot of dang avalanches even for this part of our winter world. The weather guy on television stated that fact as of last night. The actual number of avalanches. So there you go. Avalanches are in abundance but will the faithful skier/snowboarder/snowmobiler take heed of the warnings? Hell no. The local weather journalists along with the National Weather Service's Avalanche Warning Center keep issuing warnings to stay the hell out of Utah's backcountry and the dummies just keep on testing fate and getting buried in wet co...

  Monday. What other misery could there be? The question is rhetorical. Tampa Bay pounded the bejesus out of Kansas City so that settles that. Tommy Terrific has seven yes 7 Super Bowl of Sundays rings and pretty soon he'll be able to start wearing the rings on his toes. That would make the rings The Super Bowl of Toe Rings. Good for Tommy Terrific. The actual good aspect to Sunday's Super Bowl of Sundays is that Coach Bruce Ariens won himself a Super Bowl ring. The oldest coach in the NFL to have won a Super Bowl. Good on ya Coach and way to go. The Bucs could NOT have won the title without Coach Arien. Well and Tommy Terrific. Can't do a damn thing about that. Anyway its a Monday and the fun and games regarding the trump second impeachment starts about today and the media concerns are gearing up for what should amount to just about nothing. I seriously doubt the Senate will convict trump even at his second attempt at impeachment. Trump will skate as the rank bastar...

It's here. Super Bowl of football Sunday. Finally (yeah like there aren't more important things to do on this fine Sunday). Have you placed your bets? Have all you football obsessed Amerikans offered up prayers for your team? Teams? Stocked the fridge with beer and the ever so important snacks to chow on during the game? Made arrangements for the kids? You know something besides chaining the little darlings out in the backyard. Made peace with your annoying neighbor that always picks the opposing team from the team that you've picked? Stocked up on shotgun shells. Amerikans are supposed to 'rally round the family with a pocket full of shells'. Yeah that's a shot at the Rage Against The Machine guys. Actually I kind of like the song of the same name. 'Pocket Full Of Shells' or is the title 'Rally Round The Family'? I should probably google that up. Not now. Oh that's an unintended funny. You know, 'shot' and 'shells'? Comedy is...

  It's true. Valentines Day is a week away from tomorrow. Gosh that sounds almost like science fiction. Wait, Valentines Day most certainly is science fiction. Hallmark and card creators across this here Amerika turn huuuuge profits off of gullible and love struck suckers and that IS the real reason why Amerika celebrates the martyrdom of some obscure Catholic saint. And yes, the day is honored as "holiday" for St. Valentine who got his fool head chopped off or burned at a stake or some other form of social sport that was popular way back when. Possibly the guy was brutalized by heathen. The martyrdom happened so long ago no one and not even Pope Francis knows the whys and wherefores of how the poor fool got himself cacked. However and in the meanwhile, we've got us a Super Bowl of football on tap for tomorrow and that might distract lovers both young and old for at least a partial moment in time. Or not. Will you be buying the winners of the Super Bow...

  Friday February 5, 2021, a day that will live until about 12:00 a.m. midnight... well maybe not exactly midnight but dang close. At 11:59 p.m. and after about a minute it will turn out to be tomorrow and tomorrow will be Saturday February 6, 2021. Wow is that about prophetic or what. Okay not prophetic. What we have here is the simple ticking of the old clock on a wall. An inevitable if not the eventual forward sweep of time. Time and not space/time although that notion could fit in here somewhere and we might ask Dr Stephen Hawking but Dr. Hawking is no longer around so we can't ask him. You'll just have to take my word of it. Wait a minute, you could always ask Dr. Neil DeGrass (DeGrasse?) Tyson. Dr. Neil fills in for Dr. Hawking when Dr. Hawking isn't available. Which given all the tricky little ancillary details, Dr. Hawking won't be answering any question so... Here it is Friday and Amerika is almost at the Super Bowl of football. I'm taking the Packers by fi...

  Marjorie Taylor Greene. I think I spelled her name correctly although spelling hardly matters at this point. The women is exactly ten hairs short of being a baboon. Thanks to Lewis Black for the descriptive. Credit where credit is due I sometimes make mention. Lewis Black is one funny man. Anyway, the official and sacrosanct United States House of Representatives will vote today on whether to strip the crazy lady of any House Committee assignments she may have been given by the rethugs in the House. Greene is about one loose cannon on the rethuglican side of Congress and House Minority Leader, one Kevin McCarthy, refuses to even make mention of the woman's mental condition. McCarthy needs all the rethuglican votes he can muster and he could care less if Green poses a clear and present danger to the House, America's presidency, herself, or Democrats that reside in Congress. If Greene manages to get a pistol inside the House, well, let the bloodshed commence. You see...