"He makes no friend..."

                                   looking expectantly...like the rest of us

big news in the news these days...north korean leader (who is God by the way) seems intent on protecting his country from imaginary foes...the country has not got a thing anyone wants and the poor starving population only have to look south to see their kinfolk getting fat and sassy...the south koreans enjoy the respect of the world due to their great business endeavors and entertainment and general good times...

just heard this morning that the state of mississippi has the lowest standard of living in the USA...but france has a lower one...go figure...

well i was reading about DIOGENES (412-323BCE) in my bio-book...it seems he was not always an ultra ascetic...he came to athens and was a "rake and a spendthrift" but decided to change his ways and got pretty frugal...then he somehow got himself kidnapped and sold to a fellow named Xeniader of Corinth where he ended up tutoring the guys kids and became a member of the household and lived to be 89 years old...so i remembered that Prof. John Hale had a tour of Corinth and watched his DVD and the Prof. said that "Corinth had an extraordinary reputation among the Greeks. It was a city of Aphrodite, "GODDESS OF LOVE".. It was believed to be a city of unimaginable luxury, and of  sexual license. Even the pastries were considered to be the best in the Greek world."...WOW! i rather imagine that old Diogenes sort of backed off the ascetic thing a little when he got to Corinth...or not..

i found a good deal on marked down food in the grocery so i ended up eating 2 pounds of bacon in 4 days...with all the snow still around in the woods i can just shovel snow into the ice chest and have cold water and cool produce and meat all week...

after 10 days in the same spot the Kaibab squirrels became friendly enough that they would climb into tree and watch me in the cab of the truck and the dark eyed juncos land on the hood of the truck with a beak full of grass as they remind me that it is nest time in the forest...robins, a friendly raven, and a few other birds began coming into the campsite recently...i set up the game camera at the compost pile and got a video of the ears of a squirrel...camera placement is crucial...

\i watched a movie called "THE OUTLAWS" from 1943 produced and directed by Howard Hughes...the aviator, millionaire, eccentric...this is probably one of the best westerns i have seen...it stars Jane Russel( Rio) , Jack Buetel ( Billy the Kid) Walter Huston (Doc Holliday) and Thomas Mitchell (sheriff) there are always comments on Ms. Russels big breasts but her acting is superb and her smoldering pout excellent...Buetel does the best Billy the Kid ever and Walter Huston is great as Doc Holliday...the scenery is good and the ending is a pleasant surprise... 

"He makes no friend who never made a foe." Tennyson