"It is time to dismiss..."

"Cei n'est pas une pipe!"...i saw an unusual pattern beneath a bush and was reaching down to pick it up when my old brain said NO!

 last night mama brought her baby to get a drink and maybe catch a kangaroo rat for dinner...maybe not....

i saw in my reptile book that the sidewinder rattlesnake is also called the "horned" rattler...all i see on this snake are a couple of white lines on top of the eyes...this animal was between 12 and 14 inches long so not a full grown sidewinder if that is what it is...the messages from the eyeballs are routed to two different parts of the brain...the old part and the new part...the old part gets the message quicker and in this case the old brain vetoed the hands move to pick up a snake....

good news...a bill was introduced in congress called the "Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act" by senator elizabeth warren and representative  hank johnson...i think that ms warren and ms harris might make a good pair for the presidential race...the current contenders...not so much...

i read this advice given by s. johnson to a clergyman in boswells life of johnson on how to write a sermon...it is also good advice on how to write a blog..."...in the labor of composition, do not burthen your mind with too much at once; do not exact from yourself at one effort of excogitation, propriety of thought and elegance of expression. Invent first, and then embellish. The production of something, where nothing was before is an act of greater energy than the expansion or decoration of the thing produced. Set down diligently your thoughts as they rise, in the first words that occure; and when have matter, you will easily give it form' nor, perhaps will this method be always necessary' for by habit, your thoughts and diction flow together."  samuel johnson 8/30/1780 

"It is time to dismiss bailouts, reject extortion attempts, and recognize that cherry-picking the past is no way to secure freedom and prosperity for the future." Washington Examiner 11/21/23  this after a special committee of African Union and Caribbean Community representing 75 countries endorsed demand that European states should pay reparations for "historical mass crimes"....i dont think so....