“Ninety per cent of politicians give the other ten per cent a bad name.”–Henry Kissinger
You are what you eat. You get what you vote for. This is my only political post of the entire year, so get your fill now. Next question?
Cosmic Quote #70
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2013 Funny Names In Review: Introducing the Horsey Awards!
December 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Another guest post on the Blog of Funny Names. Check out the first annual Outerbridge Horsey Awards!
“I don’t deserve this award. But then I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that, either.”–Jack Benny
Oscars…Emmys…Tonys…Pulitzers…who cares? There is a new accolade that every up-and-coming celebrity can now aspire to, over and above anything else out there.
Welcome to the first annual Outerbridge Horsey Awards, given to the best of the funny names honored herein during the previous 12-months. Yes, not to be outdone by the actors, journalists, broadcasters and pig farmers of the world, we can be just as self serving as any of them. Here are the inaugural winners of the Horseys; they are sure to be the envy of the galaxy, if not the entire universe. (Note: if you don’t know who Outerbridge Horsey is, you haven’t been paying attention to this blog. Shame on you.)
To imbue a Hollywood-like aura to this affair (and please be wearing a tuxedo or evening gown…
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Photo Op#2: Storm Damage
November 4, 2012 by 8 Comments
“It is only in sorrow that bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.”–Amelia Barr
There will be no poetry; there will certainly be no wise-cracks. I will even refrain from New Jersey jokes.
We had no power for six days, but on balance we were extremely lucky. How is the following for an equation of everyday life?
325 +7 = 0.
For my readers on the metric system I will put it this way.
100+11=0.
Translation? 325 feet (~100m) above sea level and 7 miles (~11km) inland equals no flooding damage. But as the pictures herein demonstrate, we had plenty of tree damage and some fence damage to go with it. Nothing came near the house. My thoughts and best wishes go out to those in NY and NJ who were not so spared (and there was plenty of damage here in CT, fortunately we did not get the worst of it).
These uprooted trees lean away from our driveway, but directly over the neighbor’s fence and storage shed.
Most of our downed trees were in the woods. This is the most impressive one.
Minor fence damage.
Equines present and accounted for. We now return you to our regularly scheduled program.
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