Monthly Archives: June 2012

A Commencement speech you will never hear

Posted on June 20, 2012 by igotsomethin

No one will ever invite me to give a commencement address.  I’m a nobody from nowhere, after all.  But I’ve got nieces and nephews, step children and step grandchildren that I care about, so what follows below is what I … Continue reading →

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Gifts and Gratitude Part 1

Posted on June 11, 2012 by igotsomethin

It might have been our second summer here in development hell when a couple of house finches elected to build a nest in some clematis I have growing on a trellis.  Of course, I didn’t know they were house finches … Continue reading →

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Welcome to our Nightmare

Posted on June 2, 2012 by igotsomethin

Welcome to our nightmare:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hx-G1uhRqA   (End:Civ resist or die)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYUYzYdL1E4   (The Fuck it Point)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8  (The Story of Stuff)   http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/28/1094024/-Droney   (Cartoon)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY   (Time lapse of nuclear explosions)   http://www.ted.com/talks/garth_lenz_images_of_beauty_and_devastation.html   (Lovely … Continue reading →

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