Monday, June 29, 2020

The Internet Is Full of It

Are you letting Sheltering in Place drive you crazy? I have a sure fire way to get yourself back to your Pre-Coronavirus State of Sanity...Or do I?

If you don’t have a dog, get yourself a dog. Then you can spend all your waking hours reading dog related I Can’t Believe I Just Wasted All That Time Reading All This Doggie Information information .

If you already have a dog, you probably are unemployed because you were spending all your time reading all that Doggie Information and your productivity fell off dramatically and you got fired.

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OK, I don’t have a dog so I can’t walk in your Dog Obsessive Shoes and I can’t understand how cute your dog(s) is(are).

At least do this... Read through the Internet Headlines I am about to paste below and take a moment to think about these thought starters...

Ø After I am gone, do I want to be remembered by my neighbors as, That Guy Who Was Always Bending Over and Picking Up His Dog’s Poop While His Dog Was Watching Him and Thinking, “Who was it said that you are the superior being?”.

Ø I wonder where my bad back came from?

Ø Maybe I should I take up bowling?

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Educational Information about Your Dog...

Ø Normal, Soft, Runny and More: What Your Dog’s Poop Tells You.

Ø Dog Poop Disposal – Where Do You Put Yours?

Ø 6 Things Your Dog's Poop Can Tell You About Its Health.

Ø What Are the Causes of Black Dog Poop?

Ø How Often Should A Dog Poop?

Ø What should dog poop look like?

Ø Dog poop shape.

Ø Dog poop size.

Ø What’s in my dog’s poop?

Ø Dog poop consistency.

Ø Causes of dog constipation.

Ø Dog poop color chart.

Ø Chocolate brown dog poop.

Ø Green dog poop.

Ø Orange or yellow dog poop.

Ø Red streaks in dog poop.

Ø Black dog poop.

Ø Greasy and grey dog poop.

Ø White spots in dog poop.

Ø There is blood in my dog's poop, what should I do?

Ø Why does my dog eat poop?

Ø Why is my dog scooting on his bum?

Ø Why does my dog’s poop change after he starts a new food?

Ø My dog has had diarrhea from the day I've got him, is this normal?

Ø My dog ate something on its walk, should I expect to see loose stools?

Are you deluding yourself? I can’t answer that question for you but I can tell you if you think I copied and pasted all Dog Poop Headlines that were available on the Internet, you are deluding yourself. I just touched the surface.

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That is enough about Dog Poop. Here is some Crime Related or Near Crime Related Doggie Headlines...

Ø Colorado woman, 21, killed after argument over pooping dog leads to shooting.

Ø Georgia man shoots dead neighbor and his dog because he believed the dog was defecating in his yard.

Ø Oregon man who targeted ex-friend with dog poop bomb avoids prison.

Ø Neighbor Accused Of Dog Poop Murder Claims Self Defense.

Ø Dog poop ‘prank’ leads to road rage, attack on innocent teens, California police say.

Ø Police: Argument over dog poop leads to Kentucky shooting.

Ø NASA Exec, 52, Charged in Shooting Death of Neighbor, 24, During Dispute Over Dog Poop.

Ø Dad of allergic child at 'wits' end' over owners who break rules and take dogs on Broughty Ferry Beach.

Ø A dog scared my son, another dog pissed on his toys.

Ø Dogs ate all our chickens.

Ø Some worthless mutt ran up on our picnic and ate our food.

If you think I copied and pasted all the Crime Related or Near Crime Related Doggie Headlines that are available on the Internet, you are deluding yourself.

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Where are we? Here is probably where we are...

Ø You are mad at me for writing this Blog Posting.

Ø You are not about to give up your Dog(s).

Ø You love your dog(s) more than when you started reading this Blog Posting.

Ø I am not about to become a Dog(s) Owner any time soon.

Ø You are mad at me for writing this Blog Posting.

It looks like a standoff.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 


Sunday, June 28, 2020

Getting Around Galilee vs. Getting Around The Earth

All of my Dear Readers who have been Dear for awhile know I can see into the Future. This time my seeing was different because I found myself Looking into the Past and then Looking into the Future from the Past.

You are probably going to find this Blog Posting Confusing and Crazy but there are a lot of Confusing and Crazy things going on in the world right now. If you stop and think a bit, what better place for Confusing and Crazy is there than a Blog named Foolishness...Or Is It?

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Around 2,000 years ago this conversation took place between God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son...

Ø Jesus said, “I think it is time I go and save the world because things are really going badly down there”.

Ø God the Father said, “Sonny, I think you better wait till 2020. Things will be a lot worse by then”.

Ø Jesus said, “Father, you have never been wrong in the past but are you sure I ought to wait?”

Ø God the Father said, “You are pretty smart yourself. I tell you what I will do. I’ll think about it and let you know.”

God the Father, being a God of his word, got right on with his Think About It Promise...

Ø He looked into the year 2020.

Ø After he stopped shuddering at what he saw, he saw Jesus riding around on an Ass while Texting.

Ø He immediately understood that Ass Transportation was a really slow way to get around.

Ø He also came to an understanding that the area Jesus would have to cover in Galilee in 30AD was not really that big when compared to the Entire Earth in 2020.

Ø Ass Transportation just would not do in 2020.

Ø His Son was going to have to travel by Private Jet in 2020 or, instead of being away from heaven for 33 years, he would have to be gone for a couple of hundred years.

Ø He thought about how much he liked having his Son around and he shuddered again but this time at the thought of such a long separation.

Ø He got out his calculator (Actually his calculator was in his head. He had always been good with numbers.)

Ø He calculated how many Loaves and Fishes Jesus and his Disciples would have to sell to save up $50 Million for a Private Jet.

His decision was made in an instant. He called Jesus back into his presence and said, “Start packing”.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: I did not read this article (link below) about the Noah’s Ark Replica and Theme Park in Northern Kentucky, Ark Encounter. I just got a kick out of the article headline... “Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damageJ


Saturday, June 27, 2020

Hearing Anything Repeated On TV A Couple of Thousand Times Makes the Anything You Heard Absolutely a Fact No Matter How Untrue It Is

love writing titles to my Blog Postings that make My Dear Readers think I have lost it. If this one does not make you think I have lost it, you may be losing it.

Actually I am not losing it because I don’t believe what the above title implies.

We are currently being bombarded with commentary about the wonders of Police Attached See All Body Cameras because...

Ø This is how we can get proof that the Police are really terrible people who enjoy making other people miserable.

Ø This is how we can get proof that the Police are really wonderful people who are always trying to help out everyone they come in contact with.

Ø These all-seeing cameras will show exactly what happens during every minute of every one of the 375,000,000 interactions between these Terrible/Wonderful Police People and their Victims/Beneficiaries.

Because of the above facts it is incumbent upon the American Tax Payer to demand that their taxes be spent to equip every Surviving Police Officer with a See All Body Camera and for each of us to rest assured that our taxes are well spent...Or should we be so assured?

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In reality what happens with these See All Body Cameras is repeated over and over and Fella is again the only one who notices what’s really going on and he has laid it all out for you in Easy to Understand Bullet Point Clarity...

Ø The Police Officer (PO) approaches the Law Abiding Citizen (LAC).

Ø The PO informs LAC of the reason he stopped LAC.

Ø Information is gathered depending on the Infraction of the Law which LAC has been stopped for.

Ø For example, if LAC had been stopped for suspicion of being a Drunk Driver, a Breathalyzer Test will be performed.

Ø In the case of DUI, if the LAC blows 5 Times the Legal Limit, he will be handcuffed and taken into the Police Precinct for further processing.

All this time the See All Body Camera performs flawlessly. It records (audio and video) everything, however, the handcuffing is where the Fhit Hits the San.

The LAC objects to the Handcuffs and the Prospect of Being Arrested and he attacks the PO. The PO defends himself. In other words a scuffle begins. The See All Body Camera continues to record everything. It is a Modern Policing Marvel...Or is it?

No it’s not! It does record everything but nothing can be seen of what it is recording because the Pictures on the Video are jumping all over the place because of the Scuffling and the Fighting and the Cussing and the Running and the Tackling and the Punching.

The end result is the Video taken by the See All Body Camera Is Completely Useless. It looks like the See All Body Camera had been placed inside a paint can and the paint can had been put into one of those paint mixing machines at Home Depot and the machine has been turned on to “Super Duper Shake”.

All is not lost. In the Trial and on the Nightly News there is video that will clearly show what actually happened.

Justice will be served but that Justice will come from the 27 videos that were taken on the Smartphone’s of the 27 Innocent By Standers that were Standing By during all of what happened or what didn’t happen.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that See All Body Cameras are not wonderful. It’s just that 27 Smartphone’s are better and the really good news is the taxpayer does not have to pay for the 27 Smartphones.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Wait! Our 9% Approval Rated Congress has just stepped in and passed a law that answers all my concerns expressed in this Blog Posting. They have passed a law that Prohibits See All Body Cameras from jumping around during Scuffles. That oughta do it.

 


Friday, June 26, 2020

Are You Still Into Thinking About Things?

A recent Blog Posting (6/20/20) introduced you to Our World In Data. While I was gathering information for that Blog Posting I stumbled across information for this Blog Posting.

I warn you there is no funny in this Blog Posting. Nothing to Laugh at Blog Postings may be an Emerging Trend. Don’t be too hard on me. It’s the world around me that is causing this Emerging Trend to Emerge... 

I don't consider myself to be a Negative Thinker but I am a Realistic Observer of what I see around me. As a result of this mind set, I think it is safe to say that Space Aliens Flying Past the Earth Probably Lock Their Doors.

While this Blog Posting may not be funny I think it is interesting. If you are still interested in thinking about interesting you might find this interesting and I encourage you to read on.

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All of Our World In Data’s numbers quoted below are from 2017...

Ø 620,000 people died from Malaria.

Ø 945,000 people died from HIV/AIDS.

Ø 1,600,000 people died from Diarrheal Rated Diseases.

Ø 2,560,000 people died from Pneumonia.

Ø 3,400,000 people suffered Premature Deaths due to Outdoor Air Pollution.

Ø 8,000,000 people died prematurely as a result of smoking.

Ø 9,600,000 people died from the various forms of Cancer. 

If 2017 were a typical year for dying (and who is to say it’s not), that’s a lot of dying in a single year. If you multiply this yearly dying times 219 or 220 years, that’s really really a lot of dying. 

Here is an Ah Ha Moment for you to Ah Ha at... While all these people have been dying, the Earth’s Population increased from 1 Billion in 1800 to 7.7 Billion today.

This is quite a jump especially when you add in the further considerations below...

Ø Millions of people have died from all the many Wars since 1800.

Ø Millions of people have died because they were Murdered since 1800.

Ø Millions of people have died from Accidents...
è Cars Crashes
è Planes Crashing
è Boats Sinking
è Weekends in Chicago (not ready accidents)
è Banana Peels

These further considerations bring to mind what Yul Brenner said to Anna when he used to be the King of Siam, “Etcetera, Etcetera, Etcetera”

No wonder the people who are always worrying about Over Population have been so busy worrying about Over Population.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 


Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Bankruptcy...Or is it?

This Blog Posting was first written in 2007. I have now updated it and I bring it back because what I was confused about in 2007 is still confusing me in 2020.

I spent over 30 years in the world of business. I rose to the very pinnacle of a Mediocre Automotive Career. I thought I had a firm understanding of business terminology but I must have been wrong. A good example was I thought I understood the term “Bankruptcy”. I was pretty certain it meant...

Ø Your company was in deep dodo.

Ø Your company had had it.

Ø Your company was toast.

Ø Your company was about to close its stores and/or plants.

Ø Your hard work had all gone for naught.

Ø No need to circle the wagons because the Indians already were inside your camp and raising hell.

Ø Your boss was about to nail your office door shut.

Ø The wheels were off the wagon. 

That’s what I thought before but now I have found out that Bankruptcy must be a changing concept because...

Ø Kmart went Bankrupt.

Ø Right after Kmart went Bankrupt Kmart bought Sears and Roebuck.

Ø At that time Sears and Roebuck was hovering on the brink of Bankruptcy.

Ø Eventually Sears and Roebuck did go Bankrupt.

Can you understand my confusion?...

How In The Heck Can A Bankrupted Company Buy Any Other Company Much Less A Company That Is About To Go Bankrupt?

Does anyone know where a Kmart Store is? I went online to find the nearest Kmart from where I hide out. It was a confusing search but it looks like the nearest Kmart is 146 miles away. That’s too far to travel even for a Blue Light Special.

If there is a Statue of the guy who passed over the “Don’t Buy Sears Roebuck” button on his computer and clicked on the “Buy Sears Roebuck” button, that statue ought to be Torn Down.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 


Tuesday, June 23, 2020

The Mysterious 27 Club Is Mysterious

I have been known to read excerpts from a book entitled the Book of Unusual Knowledge just for the sheer pleasure of cramming more Unusual Information into my Information Thirsty Head.

Of course, another reason is some of it sounds like Foolishness to me and I know Foolishness.

To be honest with you, I don’t believe in every bit of Unusual Knowledge in my Unusual Knowledge Book. A good example is the Unusual Knowledge on the cover. It states that...

“It took about 30 Million Hours for Stone Age Workers to Build Stonehenge”

Really?! We hardly know what Stonehenge was all about or how big it was but we do know it took 30 Thousand Thousand Hours to Build It?!  

Archaeologists believe it was constructed from 3000 BC to 2000 BC. The surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC. Radiocarbon dating suggests that the first bluestones were raised between 2400 and 2200 BC,[2] although they may have been at the site as early as 3000 BC.

I think the out in this estimate is the word “about”. It’s another way of saying, “It took somewhere between 10 Hours and 30 Million Hours to Build Stonehenge”. That’s as good a guess as any.

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On With Today’s Blog Posting which I hope is Interesting to you but It’s Not Funny.

My Mysterious Book has 3 of its 704 pages devoted to, The Mysterious 27 Club where it says that a bunch of Musicians Died at 27 Years of Age.

The legend starts with Robert Johnson a guitarist who died on August 16, 1938 when he was poisoned by the husband of a woman he was involved with. It took awhile for the Club to get going but between 1969 and 2011 6 more Members joined the Club...

Ø Brian Jones was one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones. His life descended into Drug and Alcohol Addiction. He had a very large liver when he was found dead of a Drug Overdose in a swimming pool.

Ø Jimi Hendrix died at 27 in 1970. He had an affinity for Drugs and Alcohol. He died choked on his own vomit after taking too many sleeping pills.

Ø Janis Joplin died at 27 of a Heroin Overdose. She was known to play as hard as she worked, typically with the aid of drugs (including Psychedelics and Methamphetamines) and her signature drink, Southern Comfort Whiskey.

Ø Jim Morrison was yet another hard-living, super-famous, devil-may-care rock star. His group, the Doors, hit the big time in the late 60s and he was dead at 27 by July 3, 1971 from a Drug Overdose.

Ø Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994 at age 27 after a lifelong battle with Drug Addiction, Chronic Pain and Debilitating Depression.

Ø Amy Winehouse died in 2011 at 27 after suffering from a Serious Addiction to Drugs and Alcohol. She died of Alcohol Poisoning with a Blood-Alcohol Level 5 Times the Legal Limit.

Where has all these awful stories gotten us. As for me, I am to the point where I see a lot of Foolishness and I have a very serious question...

During the time it took you to read this Blog Posting, how many thousands of people have started taking Drugs for the Very First Time?

They must know about the many famous and not famous lives that have been ruined in the past. Tens of thousands of lives have been and are being snuffed out every day because someone said to them, “One time can’t hurt”.

It’s as simple as this...

If there never had been a first time, there could never be a second time and there would never have been a Last Time.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella


Saturday, June 20, 2020

Main Stream Media Investigative Reporters Are Mysteriously Dying and No One Knows Why...No One Except Me That Is

Yes, my Dear Readers, I am on top of it! (I much prefer being recognized for being On Top Of It than being acknowledged as Being Full Of It).

I know why Investigative Reporters are dying and, if you will do the following, you will know also...

Ø Skim the list below from Our World In Data.

Ø Don’t concentrate on it, don’t analyze it, don’t think about it too much or don’t start clicking on the links because you might die also.

Ø The list contains 116 Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Charts.

We used to say, “That’s More Than You Can Shake a Stick At”. Today I’m going to say what we used to say, “That’s More Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Charts than You Can Shake a Stick At”.

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Let's get back to the Dying News Media People. Here is why they are dying...

We all know that the News Media thrives on Bad News. We all know that every member of our News Media has a sign on the wall in their Cubicle, Office, Car, Home and Palace that reads, “Good News Is Not News”.

The Our World In Data list below found its way into Newsrooms across the Good Ole USofA. The excitement it created was a sight to behold. They looked at it and exclaimed, “Wow! This is a treasure trove of Bad News! Why that’s more Bad News than You Can Shake a Stick At!”

As they dove into the list they found that they could not stop looking for Bad News Story after Bad News Story inside the list. They stopped eating. They stopped sleeping. Divorces was everywhere in Media World. Even when they found really Alarming Bad News they could not stop looking and clicking for more really Alarming Bad News.

Then it started happening...Their heads started to explode. It was awful!

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Ok, proceed with caution and, for your own safety, remember to skim...

Our World In Data

(https://ourworldindata.org/)

All our research and data on Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19)...

Read the article


Charts

That appears to be a complete list but it is not a complete list. I actually see one chart that did not make the list.

Yes, My Dear Readers, there could have been a Chart #117...

The Number of Skinny People Who Got COVID-19 Divided By the Number of Over Weight People Who Would Have Gotten the Disease If They Had Mistakenly Worn Their Masks Inside Out

How they could have missed this one I’ll never know.

Would I kid u?

Smartfella