This And That

What is going on with the tomatoes?

First they were ALL bad. Then Florida tomatoes were OK but other tomatoes were bad. GREAT! So I can still eat this tomato because it is a FL variety. And look! The supermarket is still selling them, with a big sign saying "Florida Tomatoes". So they must be OK!!

And now Florida and Mexican tomatoes are suspect. WHAT?!?!?! You already said FL stuff was OK!! And now you change your mind???

Oh yea, I did have a bout of the squirts. Liquid poo. A rumble down under. Nothing too bad. Kind of like some sort of mild food poisoning that lasted for a full symphony, as opposed to only one movement.

THANKS FDA!!! You guys are really on the ball here! Getting the word out to the public SOOOO FAST! And never changing your mind AFTER we eat something you say is safe.

I hope the director of the FDA, everyone in the Executive Branch, and EVERYONE who voted to cut the FDA budget gets the same squirts I had times 10,000. The super squirts. Squirts that would make you wish you had just drank some tap water in Mexico City. The "oh no its leaking down my leg and pooling in my shoes" squirts. You deserve nothing less.

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The free weather class thing was cool. It was shorter this year than last year. No lunch break. But we were done by 1 PM where as normally it is at least 3 - 3:30 PM when it is over. As expected, I did forget a few things. But now I remember again. I think.

The Skywarn volunteer spotter program is nation wide. And free. There is no cost to you. Well there is a cost to you, but you already paid it. With taxes. So might as well get your moneys worth.

http://www.weather.gov/skywarn/

Towards the bottom of the page there is a heading "how can I get involved". At the and of the paragraph there is another link. Click that then pick your state then pick the red dot closest to you. Send an email asking when the next Skywarn class is. Go to it. It lasts only a few hours. Then you get the magic hotline directly to your local weather office. If you see something you report it. Thats about all there is to it.

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No boring technical boat crap today - for today is a day of rest. For some. For others the day of rest was yesterday. And for some others the day of rest if their next day off - which is on a weekday because they are shift workers at at place that never really closes. So sometimes you have to work on a weekend. But you get Tuesday off! And you get paid more on Sunday.

Anyhow - it is a day of rest so no boring boat stuff nobody except me really cares about.

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I think that is it. Out of material. Stay tuned for a very long overdue IGUANA MOVIE REVIEW which will probably be tomorrow. Or the next day. Or whenever. If I do not forget.

This And That

You know what I hate? Ill tell you anyway.

I hate it when I am on the laptop in the middle of the night and the only light in the room is from the laptop screen and a moth is buzzing around the screen. So then I mush the moth and now there is a smudge on the screen. Great! Got to get up for a paper towel or something. And while I am up I might as well get my pre-sleep beer. Or maybe my second pre-sleep beer. After the third pre-sleep beer you are not going to be sleeping for long - you will need to get up to take a leak. So two pre-sleep beers is the limit.

My Iguana Music list needs updating. Manic Monday by The Bangles no longer works. The link is dead. And I kind of still want to bang The Bangles. At least I used to. Back in the 80s. Don't really know about now though. That was a long time ago, my standards were lower, and the band was a lot hotter. Back then anything that had boobs and moved was fair game. Not that I really knew what to do with boobs, all I had to go by was late night shows on Cinemax (SKINamax).

Anyway, the point is that if you notice any Iguana Music links not working, let me know. I will attempt to rectify the situation.

MOVIE REVIEWS!

Glen or Glenda. This is legendary film maker Ed Wood's first film. And why is Ed legendary? He made the worst movies ever. See all he wanted to do is tell a story. That is it. Just tell a story. So he did not care about sets or acting or stuff like that. The story was what was important. He never did retakes - the actors had one shot and that is it. So all Ed' movie reviews will use the "bad movie" scale - where 1 tail whip is just a bad movie and 5 tail whips is a bad movie that is so bad it is a classic.

Anyhow Glen Or Glenda has the feel of a 1950's "educational" film. You know, like how your life would be better with an automatic dish washer. Ed was a cross dresser is real life (a big problem in the 50s). This film attempts to explain why this is not a big deal. Nobody is really hurt by it after all. So what if some guy wants to wear angora sweaters? Ed's girlfriend, who was in the movie cast as Glen/Glenda's girlfriend should have taken a hint here. It is sad when you think that it is Ed's plea for acceptance from society - something he never would get. All he wanted to do was put on women's clothing and hang around in bars. Like this guy.

Was that so wrong? Anyway three tail whips. Bela Lugosi saying "PULL THE STRINGS" made this movie. Classic. You have probably seen this part of it. PULL THE STRINGS! if this line sounds familiar, you now know where it came from.

LAST KING OF SCOTLAND - a newly graduated medical student from Scotland goes to Uganda to do some good. But he ends up as the evil dictator President's personal doctor. The young doctor realizes that his employer is a class A asshole, and evil. So he tries to get out of the situation. The movie President is based on a real guy who really killed an estimated 300,000 Ugandans, and likely much more. I think the doctor character might have been based on a real guy too. Three tail whips. A good movie, but it could have been better.

PS - I also know The Ocean by Led Zeppelin, Desperate But Not Serous by Adam Ant, Ray Of Light by Madonna, Drive by The Cars, and Substitute by The Who do not work anymore. I really have to fix my Iguana Music links.