Thursday, January 31, 2019

Polar Vortex 2.0
















Good morning, welcome back to Vlog moskow.
The polar vortex is back.
So I'm in the car, fixin to go to lighthouse beach.
Current temperature is minus seventeen.
And the first order of business is to see if the car will start.
Come on Betsy.
Oh that didn't sound good.
Ahhh, she doesn't like this.
There's reverse.
The steering's tight.
Transmission just doesn't want to go in to gear.
Everything's frozen up.
So my last polar vortex video was three years ago.
You know the weather man will say
A polar vortex like this happens every hundred years.
Yeah. Hit's every three years.
The sky is clear.
It's absolutely clear blue sky today.
That's the thing.
When it turns cold here in Chicago.
I mean really cold.
The clouds go away.
It's nice.
Now my wife, she's says when it's this cold.
It's too cold to snow.
I say that's a myth.
Going to lighthouse beach.
Yeah we've had some snow recently.
There's lake michigan.
I'm leaving the car running.
What are the chances of a car thief coming out and stealing my car today?
I don't see anybody out here.
Can't even see the lake.
It's just steam.
No swimming.
Water closed.
Yeah, no shit.
At the edge of the water you have ice flows.
It's like a dark mist over the lake.
I've got a hat.
I've got gloves.
The coldest thing on me is the exposed skin on my face.
Alright I'm heading back to the car.
It's cold.
That wind just whips across the lake and hit's you.
It's always like, feel like fifteen degrees colder down on the lake front in the winter.
Yeah, sure enough, no cars thieves have stolen the xb.
And there you have it.
Polar Vortex 2.0
I'll see you again in another three years.
And like the video.
And subscribe.
We'll see you the next time on Vlog Moskow.


Good morning, welcome back to Vlog moskow. The polar vortex is back. So I'm in the car, fixin to go to lighthouse beach. Current temperature is minus seventeen. And the first order of business is to see if the car will start. Come on Betsy. Oh that didn't sound good. Ahhh, she doesn't like this. There's reverse. The steering's tight. Transmission just doesn't want to go in to gear. Everything's frozen up. So my last polar vortex video was three years ago. You know the weather man will say A polar vortex like this happens every hundred years. Yeah. Hit's every three years. The sky is clear. It's absolutely clear blue sky today. That's the thingWhen it turns cold here in Chicago. I mean really cold. The clouds go away. It's nice. Now my wife, she's says when it's this cold. It's too cold to snow. I say that's a myth. Going to lighthouse beach. Yeah we've had some snow recently. There's lake michigan. I'm leaving the car running. What are the chances of a car thief coming out and stealing my car today? I don't see anybody out here. Can't even see the lake. It's just steam. No swimming. Water closed. Yeah, no shit. At the edge of the water you have ice flows. It's like a dark mist over the lake. I've got a hat. I've got gloves. The coldest thing on me is the exposed skin on my face. Alright I'm heading back to the car. It's cold. That wind just whips across the lake and hit's you. It's always like, feels like fifteen degrees colder down on the lake front in the winter. Yeah, sure enough, no car thieves have stolen the xb. And there you have it. Polar Vortex 2.0 I'll see you again in another three years. And like the video. And subscribe. We'll see you the next time on Vlog Moskow.

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Thursday, January 4, 2018

Top Ten Books















The top ten books I've read

#10 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
This fast read is an epic struggle between an old fisherman and the catch of his life.

#9 The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Santiago journeys to the oasis to learn the secrets of the alchemist.
While traveling santiago listens to the desert and discovers the Soul of the World. ... Beautiful ...

#8 The Road by Cormac McCarthy
This is a brutally dark masterpiece. After the apocalypse a father and his son walk alone through a burned America. ...

#7 The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Juxtaposes the pride of Chicago's Columbian Exhibition and the unfathomed evil of serial killer HH Holmes.
Great stuff,,,

#6 Friday Night Lights by HG Bissinger
Odessa Texas. Failure, racism, pride and triumph written through the lense of Permian High Football.

#5 The Dirt is a collaborative autobiography of Mötley Crüe by the band – and  Times writer Neil Strauss
This sorted story is told with interviews of the groupies, band members, roadies & drug dealers that were there.

#4 And Then All Hell Broke Loose by Richard Engel
This suspenseful page-turner that lays out all of the mullahs, the caliphates and strongmen of the middle east

#3 The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
LA noire. This hard boiled crime drama depicts a   corrupt society people will go great lengths to preserve the appearance of virtue.

#2 Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Oakland A's GM Billy Beane forever changes baseball when he defies old school baseball wisdom embracing saber metrics and wins the pennant...

And here it is, coming in at #1

#1 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Hauntingly beautiful story of a blind French girl
and a German boy whose paths cross in occupied France during World War II.

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Monday, April 24, 2017

Trumpty Dumpty




















#trumptydumpty #meme #trump #resist #shutdown #wall #governmentshutdown #nowall #maga #trumpwall #trump100days

Snyder's Pretzel Lady



















Time to pay the pretzel mistress ...

#pretzels #foodie #dominatrix #Kinky #Fetish #snacks #meme

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Republicare


Trump unveils "wonderful new" Republicare bill ... #republicare #healthcare #obamacare #trumpcare


Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Presidents Day
















Presidents day is next Monday. Actually it's Washington's birthday. Well some states don't celebrate Lincoln's birthday, so they lump Lincoln's in with Washington's. In Illinois we celebrate Lincoln's birthday on February 12th. I didn't get that day off work! We also get off the first Monday in March for Casimir Pulaski day. Who? Casimir Pulaski, revolutionary war hero. The father of American cavalry.

"Presidents day" "Washington's birthday" "Lincoln's birthday" Illinois "first Monday" "Casimir Pulaski day" "Casimir Pulaski" "revolutionary war" hero "American cavalry" #PresidentsDay #NationalStrike #TheResistance #Resist #Resistance 



No deed goes unpunished ...












"Episode 6": Brace tells Delaney that his mother was confined to a mental asylum after she attempted to drown him and that his father had saved his life. Zilpha murders Thorne and his corpse is disposed of by Dumbarton. Ibbotson takes confession but the priest is in the employ of the Company. The gunpowder is not found and is successfully transported to the dock, but the Company destroy Delaney's ship. Delaney gets hopelessly drunk, and on recovering, he finds Winter's corpse. Chichester continues his investigation into the Company's corruptness discovering that the name of the slave ship had been changed and was registered as being empty; that it was staffed it with a skeleton crew; and that Stuart Strange’s own brother owned a sugar plantation in Antigua.

#Taboo #bbctaboo #TomHardy #TabooFX #jamesdelaney #winter #taboowinter

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Flea Market Kart














We go to the Grayslake flea market every other month, or so. Last time we had way too much stuff. Decanters, geodes, figurines, rocks, etcetera, etcetera. It was getting heavy. And my back started aching. So I grabbed a cart. Gina was like, "It's taking forever with that huge freaking cart". I was like, yeah but my back feels much better. This weekend I'm taking my folding dolly, with a couple of milk crates and a tie down. Much easier on the back.

"Grayslake flea market" Decanters geodes figurines rocks "shopping cart" "folding dolly" "milk crates" "tie down". "do it yourself" #fleamarketflip #thriftstorefind #DIY #upcycle #FleaMarket #repurposed #furniture #antiquefurniture #antique

Friday, February 3, 2017

Solar Eclipse 2017













Mark your calendar. August twenty first, two thousand seventeen. 8/21/17 There's going to be an eclipse. The west coast will see the eclipse peak at 10:15 am. Here in Chicago the eclipse will peak at 1:19 pm. On the east coast the eclipse will peak at 2:42 pm. Most of America will see a partial eclipse. Those in the totality zone from Oregon to South Carolina will see a total eclipse. If you want to view the eclipse, get some eclipse glasses. Or better still, look at the shadow of a tree. The leaves project little moons into the shadow. Don't view the eclipse with your sunglasses. Your eyes will fry.


"partial eclipse" "totality zone" "eclipse glasses" "solar eclipse" occults syzygy. "total eclipse" "circular orbit" Moon elliptical umbra #eclipse2017 
#eclipse "celestial display" #NationalEclipse "April 21"







Monday, January 30, 2017

#DeleteUber?












Uber is in trouble with the human rights community. Why is that? Uber lowered rates at LaGuardia when Taxi drivers struck to protest the Trump Muslim travel ban. Wait, you're pissed cause Uber was charging less? Twitter users rallied with #deleteuber. I have deleted the Uber app. You don't even use Uber. Rival Lyft pledged $1 million dollars to the ACLU. And Uber pledged to create a $3 million legal fund for Uber drivers. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is a member of Trump’s economic advisory group. Travis is urging the government to reinstate U.S. travel rights for residents, whatever their country of origin. Uber's website was flooded with complaints. “You work with Trump, I’ll work with Lyft,” read one complaint. So you downloaded the Lyft app, and will never use it. Give me that. I'm not working with Trump. You're not working with anybody.

Uber "human rights" LaGuardia "Taxi driver strike" "Trump Muslim travel ban" Twitter #deleteuber "Uber app" Lyft, ACLU, "Uber CEO Travis Kalanick" "Travis Kalanick" "Uber CEO" "travel rights" #Science #ScienceMarch #sciencematters #DeletingUber #AlternativeFacts #TrumpLies "Trump Lies" "Fake news" #fakenews #proPeace #proAmerica #proTrump #antiGlobalism #TrumpSupporter

Friday, January 27, 2017

Doomsday Clock












The 2017 doomsday clock has been reset to two and a half minutes to midnight. It is the first time since the cold war in 1960 that the clock has had less than three minutes to midnight. The Trump white house's denial of climate change, their promise of nuclear escalation, their embrace of falsehoods pawned off as alternative facts, and their cyber manipulation of our democratic process, have led editors at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to take time off of their Doomsday Clock. Scientists at the Bulletin stated, "It's almost the end of the world and we have to say things like "Facts are Good". The ironic thing is their Doomsday clock is not based on science or fact.
 
"Trump Whitehouse" "nuclear escalation" , falsehoods , "alternative facts" "cyber manipulation" "cyber warfare" "democratic process"   "Doomsday Clock" "the apocalypse" "nuclear proliferation" Armageddon "Cold War" "climate change" "nuclear escalation" "Donald Trump" "cyber warfare" "global warming"  #climatefacts #AlternativeFacts #TrumpLies "Trump Lies" "Fake news" #fakenews "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" "Bulletin of Atomic Scientists"



Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Haunted Circus Cemetery












In 1918 a Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train got rear ended by another train. Sixty one circus workers in the rear sleeping cars were instantly killed. Four days later they were buried at Wood Lawn Cemetery. Five elephant statues mark the boundaries of Showmen's Rest. On the gravestones, the dates of death are all marked June 22, 1918. Beneath is a mass grave containing the remains of clowns, trapeze artists, strongmen and other circus performers. Legend has it that the elephants were buried where they lay. Locals claim to hear the haunted cries of the elephants at night.

"Woodlawn Cemetery" "Circus Train Wreck" "Showmen's Rest" "Hagenbeck-Wallace circus" "Secret Clown Cemetery" clowns, "trapeze artists", strongmen "circus performers" "haunted cries" gravestones "mass grave" "haunted cemetery" "paranormal experience" "The Greatest Show on Earth" "Ringling Bros" "Barnum & Bailey"

Friday, January 20, 2017

Whitehouse Zillow












So I was driving home from the store, thinking about yesterday's video / blog posting. I decided to change the name of the YouTube video to Whitehouse Zillow. That's mostly what the video is about. I did throw in a little snarl about politicians, referencing the meme I threw in at the end of the video.




















People are so hung up on their guy getting in or not getting in that they miss the big picture. I'm just saying. Do you think Donald is that much better or worse than Barack? I don't. But that's not really what the video is about, now is it?


Zillow , Whitehouse , "Donald Trump" , "Trump Tower" , "Trump Penthouse" , "Trump White House" , "Obama Renting" , "The White House" , "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" , "Same as the old boss" , "The Who" , "Won't get fooled again" , "Who's Next" , "Drop the Mic" , "Obama Mic Drop" , potus , "white house cost" "white house price"

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Meet The New Boss












Zillow has a listing for The Whitehouse. Four hundred fifty million. That's an upgrade for Donald. His penthouse in New York is only worth 100 million. Obama's renting a DC house worth only 6 million. Quite the downgrade for Barack. But he won't miss the Whitehouse. I'm sure he and Michelle are happy to leave.


Zillow , Whitehouse , "Donald Trump" , "Trump Tower" , "Trump Penthouse" , "Trump White House" , "Obama Renting" , "The White House" , "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" , "Same as the old boss" , "The Who" , "Won't get fooled again" , "Who's Next" , "Drop the Mic" , "Obama Mic Drop" , potus , "white house cost" "white house price"