For my trucker friends

Your result for The How Well Do You Know Trucking Test...

True Trucker!

91% Pure!

You scored 91% pure. You definitely know something about trucking. I probably don't need to teach you a thing.

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The only thing they didn't ask is was my IQ below 50.



I kid, I kid.

One Word

It's almost hard to believe that one word can say SSSOOOOOOO much.

What is the word?

OBAMUNISM

What is it?
Communists and Socialists and Marxists of America unite! We finally have a real president who holds our values dear. We support Obama because he wants to nationalize health care, take money from hard-working Americans to give to the poor, and make one class of people. Hooray for communism! Hooray for Obama! Hooray for Obamunism! (That whole democracy thing just wasn't working out anyway.)


If I wasn't freaking broke, I would own at least one of these shirts.

Which Corrupt Illinois Governor Are You?

This is just really, REALLY disturbing.

Your result for The Which corrupt Illinois governor are you test...

Otto Kerner Jr.

You could have been a contender, but ya blew it cuz you're a sucker.

You are Otto Kerner Jr., born in Chicago in 1908 and educated at the Ivy league Brown University as well as Cambridge and Northwestern Law School. You married the daughter of Anton Cermak, one of Chicago's most influential mayors, and fought in World War 2, winning the Bronze star and retiring from the military in 1954 as a Major General. You served as a US Attorney and then as Illinois' Governor from 1961-1968. Wow! You have the resume of a potential US President. What the hell happened?

What happened is that you engaged in the same practices that nearly all politicians have engaged in since before the pyramids. Skim a little graft hear, wet your beak there, line the nest with the cash you pick up helping out your friends. However, you broke the #1 rule in Illinois politics, which is:"Don't get caught!" You took a huge bribe from Marge Lindheimer Everett, manager of Arlington and Washington Park race tracks in exchange for choice racing dates and to get two expressway exits for her Arlington Park racetrack. The bribe was in the form of stocks.

Some say taking a huge bribe wasn't your biggest mistake. Your biggest mistake was taking a bribe from an apparent idiot. Amazingly, the scandal came to light because Everett had deducted the value of the stock on her federal income tax returns under her own theory that bribery was an ordinary and necessary business expense in Illinois!

You were sentenced to 3 years in the Federal Pen, but were released after about a year because you had terminal cancer. You're buried at Arlington National Cemetary because of your distinguished military service.

There are 4 possible outcomes to this test. Congratulations, you are the least of Four Evils!

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I suppose it could have been worse.

Major Changes

Holy Hell.

What has happened in the last three days?

I feel like I just woke up out of a coma.


First off. You may have noticed a slightly different look on the Horn. With everything that has happened since yesterday, I felt a change was needed. And I think they are for the better. First, the header picture. This is a photo I took last November at the Fort Obie Turkey Shoot. While it is no Oleg Volk, I like it and think it is fitting. There are plans for this to change again later this spring, when my new custom scrimshawed powderhorn arrives and I finish one or both of the custom flintlocks I am working on. I have a vision of what it will look like, but I may have to enlist Mr. Volk to take the photo.

Second, as of 10:15 Thursday, I am no longer an orphan lost wandering in space. I was adopted into the Bad Example Family (WARNING-Trying to follow the Family History WILL give you a headache). Grandpa Harvey (the Family Patriarch) is also responsible for the providing the information that I used to start this wayward venture. Go read the adoption announcement. It includes a nice little stroll down memory lane.

Also, since big daddy is Contagion, there is also inclusion in the Frizzen Sparks Family.

Blogrolls for the Bad Example Family and Frizzen Sparks Family are now located on the sidebar.

And Finally.

He who I hoped to emulate, and have failed miserably, has resurrected himself in an all new Less Commie More Orgy v3.0.

Yes, Sports Fans, Graumagus is BACK. Frizzensparks LIVES. You'll laugh, you'll cry from laughing, and you will be ENLIGHTENED in ways that I could never even come close. The most important thing, is get your ass over there and read. A lot. HOWEVER, please keep in mind that some of it may contain passionate language and stupidity hate. If you are easily offended by reason that has nothing to do with you, you will end up crying.

The High Holy Day

Is TODAY!!!!

That's right boys and girls, it is St. Patrick's Day. The High Holy Day.

And for any o you naysayers, it IS A HOLIDAY. Here's proof.



And St. Patrick's Day would not be complete without a good pint of Guinness. And to properly enjoy a good pint, it should be drawn from the keg in a two-part pour.

Here, Fergal Murray, Brewmaster at the St. James Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland, where Guinness is brewed, explains the perfect pour.



So enjoy your pint with some good music.

Dubliners-Rising of the Moon


The Chieftains w/ the Kelly Family-Rocky Road to Dublin


Liam O'Maonlai-Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore


Planxty-The Jolly Beggar


Stan Rogers-Witch of Westmoreland


The Friars-Another Irish Drinking Song


And for your laughing enjoyment,

Tommy Tiernan on Duck Sex (NSFW)



If any of you are close by, at Budde's in Galesburg tonight, there will be corned beef and cabbage, beer, and Irish music (possibly or probably including me).


Slainte!

Blogroll Updates

I have added several new links to the blog roll on the right sidebar. All work reading. So spread the love.

Bass

I found this interesting.

Your result for The If You Were A Beer Test...

Bass

(100% dark & bitter, 33% working class, 100% genuine)

So the deal with this test is that each taker, based on his or her scores, is assigned a beer that fits their personality (Corona, Bud Select, and so on), and along with the personality description, there's a poster or an ad for that beer. As you can imagine, most of the images feature booty models, sports cars, or, maybe even more depressing, retro kitsch.


It's a testament to Bass Ale, and therefore to YOU, that when I went to look for ads for Bass, all I found was this. An ad from 1937. Bass is legit, and if your scores are true, so are you. I tip my glass to that.


Personality-wise, you have refined tastes (after all, Bass is kind of expensive), but you know how to savor what you get. Your personality isn't exactly bubbly, but you're well-liked by your close circle of friends. Your sense of humor is rather dark, but that's just another way to say sophisticated, right? Cheers.

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I'm Getting Hungry

This may be the greatest idea EVER!!!!

Restaurant plans 'impeachment dinner'

Star Courier

Mon Feb 02, 2009, 08:36 PM CST

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Bishop Hill -

The Filling Station restaurant in Bishop Hill will hold an impeachment dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday to celebrate the Illinois Senate’s 59-0 vote last Thursday to impeach former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Blagojevich made cuts in the state budget last year that resulted in the closing of three of the state historic site’s main buildings last fall and the laying off of four state employees.
The staff at the Filling Station will be serving “ex-governor’s stew” made with “outrageous onions”, “I’m not a criminal” carrots, “out of context” potatoes, “slippery” celery and “behind bars beef,” all in a deep gravy over “slimy” noodles with “corrupt” biscuits, “apprehended” applesauce, “mudslinging” coffee and im“peach”ment pie.
“Join your neighbors for a final complaint fest about our ousted leader and share your hopes for the future of our community,” said one of the employees of the restaurant located near the north end of town.
The cost of the meal will be a free-will contribution.
Large contributors will be considered for a very lucrative job at the Filling Station which reportedly involves a lot of hot water.

Nothing more to say than: Anybody hungry?

Holy Crap...

...they're multiplying.

I have created blogspawn #1.

Frequent commenter and good friend Jim E has gone off and got himself his own blog.

He claims it is gonna be about hunting and stories from the road. He's got a couple of posts up about his success during deer season this year along with a story on hunting ethics and herd management.

So go visit the Jim Engstrom Blog and share the wealth.

My kind of Christmas

Pretty accurate.

Your Christmas is Most Like: Miracle on 34th Street

Sweet and caring, Christmas is about helping for you. While Santa may not exist, you try to share his spirit.

What Movie Is Your Christmas Most Like?

The First!!

For the record: This is the first time I have been tagged with a meme. It is one thing to do it for yourself, but to be ordered to do it. DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!! Navy CPO-yer on the the LIST!!

But anyway.


The rules:

1. Post the rules of the game at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player then tags five people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read the player’s blog.
4. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

What were you doing five years ago?

June 2003, I was working for a local concrete contractor for the summer between my Sophomore and Junior years of college. I had graduated BHE and was preparing to head to Western.

What are five things on your to-do list for today?
1) Buy 2 waterproof cameras to photo Contagion when we tie him to a log in the middle of the river.
2)Load canoe on truck.
3)Make Scotch Eggs.
4)Load the rest of the gear for weekend canoe trip
5) Clean other junk not needed out of the truck before canoe trip.

What are five snacks you enjoy?
1)Cheese
2) Animal Crackers
3)Cathy's Cookies
4)Wheat Thins
5)Movie Theater Butter Popcorn

What are five things you would do if you were a billionaire?

1)Adios debt for me, folks, brother and his wife and nephew, and set us up for the rest of our lives.
2)Make sure Fort Obie ground is protected forever with a trust and fix up the fort.
3)Build a really cool, big log home looking over a lake, surrounded by a big grass field filled with lots of pheasants to hunt and my dream workshop where I can work on restoring my tractors, my truck, building canoe paddles, building and repairing canoes, building guns, build knives, and lots of other cool projects that have been stewing in the back of my head for YEARS!
4)Guns. Lots and lots of guns. Not because I am some sort of a gun nut, but I just really enjoy shooting and hunting. Some would be modern pieces-like AR-style rifles (civilian M-16's), Barrett .50 cal, and then a bunch of antique stuff, and some really expensive stuff like this.
5)Philanthropist. I would go around setting up trust funds for organizations that I think are doing great things. Of course the Mason's, since I am a member. The FFA, 4-H. Other really worthwhile charities, too. Also, lots of scholarships through my Alma Mater's.

What are five of your bad habits?
1) I really like big fat stinky cigars or a fine pipe of tobacco. I don't indulge too much but enjoy them when I do.
2) I sometimes speak before I think and insert my foot in my mouth. Not that I am ever embarrassed by what I say, it just sounds bad when I say it.
3) I am not always good about brushing my teeth.
4) I am an accomplished passer of gas.
5) I tend to yell at stupid people, either when I am around them or when they are on tv. My favorite phrase-"You're an IDIOT!!!"

What are five places where you have lived?
1) Galva, IL
2)I have had apartments in a few other places while there for work, but my permanent address has never changed.
3)
4)
5)

What are five jobs you’ve had? (a short list)
1)Farm hand (x5 different farmers)
2)Recycling center (my folks own it, but I really hated working there. the only time it didn't suck was when I was driving or riding on curbside collection routes.
3)Timber Framer-worked for a really cool timber frame company for about a year.
4)Construction worker-framing, roofing, concrete
5)Project Engineeer





DONE


I tag, Contagion, Ktreva, Wes, Evilpeopleinc, Bruce Wayne.

What is a Democrat

Contagion will like this one.

What an Insult!

I don't remember how I found it, but the list of "The 9 Most Devastating Insults From Around the World" is really screwed up.

****Caution. This list borders on or even cross over into disgusting and disturbing. You have been warned.****

I found #7 particularly interesting and it immediately reminded be of Contagion. How many times have you heard him use the great "Gobshite" insult....




....ya manky Anglish Git.

Another One!!

There has been another visitor that quite sparked my interest.

I wish I knew who these were associated with. Hopefully Hare(brained) is reading my extreme displeasure with him (and Foster, too).

Maybe I can be an Agent of Change...



...or, at least, fear.

The Dukes

Confession. I love "The Dukes of Hazzard." No, not the movie that came out a couple of years ago, but the original t.v. series with John Schneider, Tom Wopat, Catherine Back, Sorrel Booke, and Denver Pyle.

I grew up watching the antics of the Duke boys and how they would cause so much heartburn for Boss (J.D. or Jefferson Davis) Hogg and Sheriff Roscoe Coltrane, while Daisy would leave Enos bumbling. It was the good life.

And yes, I even own the first 3 or 4 seasons on DVD.

And now I see that over at Yahoo! Sports, they have a contest up for "The Greatest Driver That Never Was." And in the finals it is Bo Duke versus The Bandit (Burt Reynolds from "Smokey and the Bandit"). So head over and cast your ballot for Bo Duke.

Aun hE RAAPS er

He folks. Lets have a little bit of education and fun today.

Have you ever wondered about how ducks have sex?

Apparently, the drake swoops down from the sky and HE RAPES HER!!!!!!!!!! HE RAPES HER!!!!!!!!!!

At least according to Professor Tiernan.

NSFW Warning. Do not watch this video where anybody will hear it or hear you laughing. Graphic.



Learn something new every day.

Who should be worried?

Me or Harry Reid.

I am thinking Harry Reid.


























He's a douchebag, just for the record.

Hard headed and all over the place.

Your Thinking is Concrete and Random

You are naturally inquisitive and curious. You're excited by new ideas, and you are a true independent thinker. You are interested in what is possible. You like the process of discovery. You are often experimenting, challenging old ideas, and inventing new concepts. Rules, restrictions, and limit don't really work for you. You have to do things your own way, and you can't be bothered to explain yourself.

What Kind of Thinker Are You?

Sounds pretty close.

You have got to be kidding me

Confession. I have a guilty pleasure. Almost religiously I watch WWE rasslin'. Usually on Monday 'cause I forget about it on Friday, and I will miss it for meetings and anything like that, and I don't get the Pay Per Views, but I still enjoy watching. It is as close to a soap opera as I will get.

Now, having said that, even I am really amazed and slightly offended at this.



Yes, that's right sports fans. A member of the United States Congress, who represents North Carolina, including Charlotte, actually took time during a session of the House of Representatives to give a speech on the merits and career of Ric Flair.

I like Ric Flair. At least in these last few years. It used to be I really hated him, but such is the Evolution (pun intended-if you don't get it-don't worry) of the characters played in professional wrestling.

On a different note, was anyone else really distracted by the hand movements of the speaker. Holy jeez. After growing up doing public speaking since I was 4, and watching countless speech contests as my brother made his way to the top to win the FFA National Prepared Public Speaking Contest, I have seen good public speakers, and really poor ones. From those you couldn't understand to those who paced (and really quickly at that) from one side of the room to the other, to those who were at the top of their game and nothing they did was random-every move of the hands, every step, every inflection is used to put you on board with the speakers point of view. But the hand movements of this Congresswoman were terrible. She would be well served to glue her hands to the podium.

Kinda reminds me of a joke. What do you call it when and Italian has one arm shorter than the other?


A speech impediment.
(and it is not just Italians, I am that way, too.)

And finally, that Ric Flair "Woooo!!" at the end of the speech sucked. And I just can't leave it at that. So from The Man himself:



And remember. To be The Man, you've got to beat The Man!

Woooooooooooooo!!


h/t to ThunderPig.

I Died!!!!

Yep. That is exactly what I would do.

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