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What does it say about a nation and its educational system when Brave garners many times the audience than a movie about Lincoln? I, alas, am part of the problem. I have seen Brave but not the Lincoln story. I think the problem is that the vampires were not really cute men thus loosing the young female fan base. But how can they love vampires when they killed the president’s mother. And most of the world’s other major problems remain unsolved. But there was the great news that Sharp has introduced a 90 inch LED television set. Wow!! Think of what that can mean to the nation. It could cause a housing boom to make them big enough to hold the device. And remember that new house construction would contribute significantly to our economic recovery. Now if only it had a retina screen whatever that is.

Glad to read on Facebook that many of you are off for the summer, have found new employment, are in far away place, taking care of loved ones etc. And what about the Supreme Court’s decision.  I never expected Chief Justice Roberts would be the swing vote on this issue. And since most of you know the importance of the Commerce Clause in the expansion of Congressional power it is also surprising that the majority did not allow the individual mandate to be based on that clause. It is based on the right of Congress to pass a tax bill or something like that. Now we are going to see some very interesting political strategies from now until the election. I really enjoy watching the race unfold. Grasshopper, remember that there in no definitive answer to anything. It’s like eating right, working out both mind and body and then being hit by a meteorite on your foot causing you to fall backwards into a volcano. So don’t sweat the small stuff and there is no big stuff or that is what a drunken major once said in an officer’s club in Japan in the 1960’s.

What a great idea to use the presidents as subjects of supernatural events. We could start with the James K. Polk, Little Hickory, and his role in saving the world from the tacky undead. The tale began  when a teenage James K.  survives  a violent attack that turns his three best buddies into zombies. Which, of course, he sadly has to dispatch.  Maybe we could get Justin Bieber or however you spell his name to play the young James. Next we go on to other presidents such as Millard Fillmore, “The Original GhostBuster.” A young John Adams, teaming with a young Thomas Jefferson, traveling around slaying all kinds of evil creatures could be a long running television series.

A Syrian pilot has defected to Jordan and several goats have been hired to eat an invasive reed on Staten Island. Perhaps these are not related but it could be like the butterfly’s flapping wings in South American causing a tornado in Iowa. In addition the northbound 5 Freeway being closed somewhere around Las Vegas could also be related. Anyway they are going to turn Staten Island into a park and maybe keeping some goats there. I think that is a good idea. More parks should have more goats. One of the goats was named Van Goat in chase you wanted more facts.

I previously wrote about the  bird nest on our porch/balcony. Was worried that putting up awnings on back windows would scare the mother away. They were put on this morning an the mother has returned. Other great animal news is that there were four young skunks on our camp site at El Capitan State Beach. As everyone knows, four young skunks stealing cookies and potato chips on a June evening is great news. It means the world tipping point will be put off by 6 million years. If that were not enough, on my walk with manly miniature poodle,Kip, I turned South and at that moment saw two squirrels and four crows. All the animals and numbers are in alignment. This has not happened for three thousand years.

Now that we can take a group breathe and enjoy all the other amazing happenings. Tonight the Heat play the Thunder and if I am not wrong one of these interesting weather-named  teams will win. It is really hot and humid in Miami. Have been reading more about the 100 trillion or so nonhuman cells that are apart of each of us. There are  bacteria, virus, fungi and no telling what else. I don’t know about you but that makes me feel mighty important. Just think, you were not alone when you graduated or we even alone.

There was a video that was talking about how much poop and how many problems it posed health wise in developing countries. Also Microsoft is coming out with a new tablet and that should make Mac haters happy. But I don’t think this will help with poop disposal . Finally there is weather on Titan, a moon of Saturn. A lake of liquid methane about 3 foot deep covers a large area and the scientists think it bubbles up from a methane aquifer . But it would probably not be a good place to invest in beach property.

It was a warm sunny day in Southern California and I was suddenly overcome with the urge to get the hot dog from Costco. My mind and heart were together along with my stomach in this craving. Since I am retired with nothing really pressing and having taken manly miniature poodle, Kip, for his walk I jumped in my car and headed for Costco. I parked some distance away and as I drew near the food venue I saw that here was no line, What luck, I thought. Then as I drew even close I saw a dreaded note, “closed for construction.” Now this is really a minor problem compared to nearly any other like the strife in Syria, Pakistan, Nigeria, and the length of the school year in LAUSD. So How to get over this. I just read the Big 5 ads. You can get watches, shoes,  guns, an inversion system, a 150 lb. crossbow and best of all a 5 power night vision monocular. Now if only they had a $1.50 hot dog with drink included.

You can see that possibly I have too much time on my hands and perhaps volunteer to help little kids or clear land mines . There are some many sites on the internet to learn useless random facts or maybe some of the great truths of life. Any I read again that coffee was great for the body and soul and that if your father was older when you were born and his father was older when he was born you may live longer because with age the tolemeres and the end of the chromosome get longer. If you want to know why ask Mr. Laderman.

Also read that big box stores such as Best Buy were having perhaps fatal problems. They cannot compete with the online retailers such as Amazon. Of course many more jobs will be lost. One day almost everything will be digital. One teacher for a million students, on line families and maybe just digital people. But could there ever be an on line $1.50 Costco hotdog? I think not. Now for my predictions.  The Supreme Court will announce some decisions on a Monday. Oklahoma City will win if the MIami Heat do not. A lot of money will be spent on attack ads but none of them will be aimed art you or I. Either President Obama or Governor Romney will win the presidency and someone claim that I wasn’t born on this planet

At a time of economic turmoil and political polarization is there a light at the end of the tunnel? Or is there a tunnel? Sometimes there appears to be no good solutions and maybe there are none. But look at the good side of things. We are living longer and getting fatter. We would probably live even longer if we were not getting fatter. How can we stop the epidemic of obesity? We could eat less or perhaps be struck by world wide swarm of zillions of locusts. Or we could consume fewer sugary sodas. 

Anyway Tuesday was a day of great events that, I think, portend a great year and decade. First there is the Transit Venus which I hope you did not look at with the naked eye. Second there was the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen. Finally and not least was the retirement party of Leonard Loo. I think the fly by of the Royal Air Force Jets was for him. On top of that a little bird has built its nest on our back porch and has laid 5 eggs. Among my people a small bird laying 5 eggs is a very good sign.

It means that all of you will get a good job or good grades. Or it could be that the job you did not get could have lead to your capture by brain sucking aliens. Speaking of that they found some Vampire graves in Bulgaria. Iron bars had been pushed through the dead bodies to keep them from coming back and sucking blood. I always thought it was wooden stakes. It would bee good to know in case of a breakout infestation of Vampires in the United States.