Back in October I blogged about my trip through Vermont and New York, and some of the best pictures I took during that trip was a shot of Lake Champlain with the Crowns Point Bridge in the background. That same bridge closed literally a day after I had driven over it, and was finally demolished forever yesterday morning:

As it turns out, there were divers in the water around the same time I had driven over the bridge, and it was since discovered that in some parts the bridge was not even connected to the concrete piers beneath it.

Who knew the picture I took of the bridge would turn out to be the very last one I would ever make before it closed permanently? I found myself truly saddened by its demolition, as another piece of our history is now gone for no other reason than because of the gross incompetence and stupidity of our local politicians. Thanks Albany!

Here’s a photo from my last view of the Lake Champlain Bridge before I drove over. You can also read more about its history here.

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I think people who live and breathe the news and politics 24/7 either have nerves of steels, or they got some problems.

There’s only so much I can take of the news before my eyes start to bleed over and I start seeing visions of angry looking leprechauns stealing my iPod and then setting my room on fire with dragon’s breath to assure their escape. Trust me, having these kinds of hallucinations is not a good place to be.

That’s why my blog will rarely be news oriented, but also because, well, it’s just so monotonous too. Oh the monotony of it all! Seriously, when you hit Drudge or anything else these days the news could always be summed up in three words: The world SUCKS. And I suspect that would pretty much cover the news for tomorrow too.

But without the news and politics, I don’t have the writing fodder that others take for granted for their politically charged blogs. So I have to find other sources of inspiration, which usually defaults to what’s been happening in my life lately.

Except that… my life could bore a snail to death. I just eat, sleep, wake up, yawn, go to work, then eat and sleep while I’m at work, then come home and eat and sleep some more. Even my dreams are boring, which for some odd reason lately has me doing exactly what I’ve been doing in real life: eat, sleep, work, sleep, eat, although not necessarily in that order.

I think I need a vacation. I’m obviously working too much.

I did however make a pact with myself, that I would blog at least 5 times a week (Monday to Friday) just so I could keep feeding the Google matrix with my fascinatingly witty repertoire. They say if you do this often and long enough the traffic will eventually come, and along with it, fame, money, babes, and lots of cupcakes (I’d settle for the cupcakes.) But because the mind is like a muscle too, writing on a regular basis would help improve the flow of thoughts as they travel from my bodaciously sexy brain to my smooth and delicate fingers. It also means though that I’m probably going to write some ridiculously stupid things on here, so you’ll have to forgive me if reading my content results in the loss of a few IQ points on your end.

Still, I need to write. I’m always letting my blog languish simply because I don’t have anything going in my life, but I feel determined to just keep at it until it becomes second nature to me, and I’m able to weave an epic, riveting story even out of something as mundane as picking at a hangnail.

So what do y’all think? Would you find yourself at the edge of your seats waiting to see what becomes of my hangnail?

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It’s getting to be that the only news I’m willing to read are the latest DVD releases from Netflix.  Because everytime I flip on a TV or check the Drudge Report I see exactly the kind of nightmarish things I never want to see even if it was being safely played out in some cheap pulp fiction novel.

And what’s the point really?  Am I going to somehow make the world a better place just by being cognizant of the fact that Stuart Smalley could be a U.S. senator?  And I’ll tell you something too, if Satan was gay, he’d look just like Al Franken.

And what about Israel’s counterattack on Gaza for what seems like the bazoolionth time, which is all their fault of course, because those darned Israelis just won’t let Hamas enjoy the fun of repeatedly firing rockets at them.

Then there’s the pending Obamunist Administration already mired in scandal and corruption about to take over and do God only knows what to this country for the next four years.

Meanwhile the media is preoccupied with Obama’s daughter and her first day at school, because you know, that’s the most important thing happening in the world right now.

I’m done with the news.  Seriously.  Ignorance is bliss after all, and I”ll be much happier sticking my fingers in my ears and playing Nancy Drew games until the Rapture comes.

Tags: al franken, corruption, hamas, Ignorance, Israel, media, Nancy Drew, Netflix, news, Obamanation, world
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Hot off my Google Reader:

• Priest gets probation for jogging nude at track (AP)
  - I wonder if he was still wearing his collar?
• Cell phone in man’s chest pocket stops bullet (AP)
  - It’s a Royal cell phone service built for one and all, when you get in trouble give this Royal line a call!
• Obese have right to two airline seats
  - Does that include an extra meal too?
• eHarmony Agrees to Provide Same-Sex Dating Service
  - I wonder if I’ll have better luck with this service than I did with eHarmony if I signed up as a male lesbian?

“…believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear…”

Tags: christian, daily, daily reads, dating, feeds, Google Shared Items, news, news items, newsfeeds
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A conversation I had on IM today:

Lincoln: so hey i see that bailout is working wonders

Casey: what did I tell you? It would make things worse

Casey: We’ve just socialized much of Wall Street, and a good portion of our financial system…a further economic collapse will have a liberal government taking over transaction and payment systems…something clearly foretold as an end-time event…you cannot buy or sell without the mark of the beast.

Lincoln: Thank you Mister Sunshine

Lincoln: Could we possibly hold off the end of the world until after I get a girlfriend?

Tags: bailout, beast, collapse, conversation, financial, girlfriend, government, IM, liberal, stocks, Wall Street
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A face from ears: Palin is carved into cornfield

A 16-acre corn maze near the town of Whitehouse has been carved in Palin’s likeness, complete with her familiar updo hairstyle and eyeglasses.

Suck on THAT, Palin haters. 

Tags: corn, crop circles, farm, farmer, funny, sarah palin
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