HoF Ads: Cat-Herding

This weekly series will feature ads that I consider to be the very best (in one way or another).  Please do not hesitate to tell me about your favorite ads, and if you have some (good) taste, I just might add yours to the list.

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The TribulationTimes Herald-Exhorter]

Tuesday's Sites To See

The SOLE purpose of this weekly series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as a recommendation, and I have included sites that are rather disturbing to me.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

 Link: [My Life for a Year]

 Link: [Naples and Hartford in Season]

 Link: [Noke - Bernburg]

 Link: [Oakland Daily Photo]

 Link: [Occasional Toronto]

 Link: [Omaha Lens]

 Link: [One Perfect Bite]

 Link: [Orange Slices]

 Link: [Out and About in New York City]

 Link: [Paris and Beyond]

 Link: [Pixel Posts]

 Link: [Princeton Daily Photo]

 Link: [Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent]

 Link: [Stefanodav's Shot-Blog]

Link: [The Tropical Flowering Zone]

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Come Monday...Putin is on Us

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of (or commentary about) websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

It is our (Americans) fault that someone like [Vladimir Putin] could come to power in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.  For we could have rushed to the aid of the citizens of the former communist countries, but we wanted them to lie in the bed they had made for awhile.

So, instead of fostering feelings of eternal gratitude with people, who had watched their means for existence disintegrate right before their very eyes, we reinforced the notion of us really being their enemies.  This made it easy for someone like Putin to come to power.  For he has not been shy about wanting to rebuild the Soviet Union, and life was not all that bad for many in the area during that era—certainly not as bad as it has been since.

Yes, some of the blame must be layed at the feet of the British, French and the rest of the free world.  For they sure didn’t do much, but in all fairness, our leaders were probably discouraging them from doing what they could.  No, I do not have any evidence.  It sure makes sense to me, though.

The West Germans did more than anyone else to help their people, who had been trapped on the eastern side of the [Iron Curtain].  Hence, there is now a truly united Germany, which is as strong as a country as it ever has been—both economically and politically.

Alas, I see the Russian encroachment into Ukraine as being a no-win situation.  For unless our Heavenly Father does some serious changing of hearts and minds, it will only be by military force that Putin will be stopped, and I do not see him refusing to go nuclear when he starts losing a conventional war with the west.

In the end, the west would not lose even a nuclear war, but the survivors would be hard-pressed to claim victory.  May our Heavenly Father have mercy upon us all.

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

A Sunday Drive

Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a weekly series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.

 Link: [Melissa Ann Goodwin]

 Link: [Mid-Atlantic Martha]

 Link: [Modern World]

 Link: [My Ancestors and Me]

 Link: [My Five Men]

 Link: [Nancy's Arts * Crafts]

 Link: [Note Songs]

 Link: [Oakview Cottage]

 Link: [OEBooks Blog]

 Link: [Of His Pasture]

 Link: [OurCrazyFarm]

 Link: [Paying Ready Attention]

 Link: [Peter's Blog]

 Link: [Photo-Sleuth]

Link: [Picking Up The Threads]

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Saturday Morning Cartoons (+)

No, it is not that I am in the midst of experiencing a second or third childhood.  For it is arguable that I have never really grown up because of my march toward maturity being interrupted by some episodes of arrested development along the way.  So, instead of thinking that this series is meant as a wistful look back upon a simpler time, think of it as being a rather simplistic mind remaining in a moment for an extended period of time.  In any event, I hope you find it enjoyable.

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Friday's Sites To See

The SOLE purpose of this weekly series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as a recommendation, and I have included sites that are rather disturbing to me.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

 Link: [High Riser]

 Link: [Hiking Fiasco]

 Link: [I Must Be Off!]

 Link: [It's All About Purple]

 Link: [Jon and Eileens' Travels]

 Link: [Las Aventuras]

 Link: [Life Images by Jill]

 Link: [Little Wandering Wren]

 Link: [Livorno Daily Photo]

 Link: [LorikArt]

 Link: [Mancunian Wave]

 Link: [Manju'z Kitchen]

 Link: [Meandering in Lotus Land]

 Link: [Mornington Peninsula Daily]

Link: [Moving Pictures]

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

ATF: NoCal Dreams and Nightmares

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Creedence Clearwater Revival]

Lodi

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Just about a year ago

I set out on the road

Seekin' my fame and fortune

Lookin' for a pot of gold

Things got bad

And things got worse

I guess you’ll know the tune

Oh Lord

Stuck in Lodi again

Rode in on the Greyhound

I'll be walkin' out if I go

I was just passin' through

Must be seven months or more

Ran out of time and money

Looks like they took my friends

Oh Lord

I'm stuck in Lodi again

The man from the magazine

Said I was on my way

Somewhere I lost connections

Ran out of songs to play

I came into town

A one-night stand

Looks like my plans fell through

Oh Lord

Stuck in Lodi again

If I only had a dollar

For every song I've sung

Every time I've had to play

While people sat there drunk

You know I'd catch the next train

Back to where I live

Oh Lord

Stuck in Lodi again

Oh Lord

I'm stuck in Lodi again

Link: [Johnny Cash]

Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash

I hear the train a-comin'

It's rollin’ round the bend

And I ain't seen the sunshine since

I don't know when

I'm stuck in Folsom Prison

And time keeps draggin' on

But that train keeps a-rollin'

On down to San Antone

When I was just a baby

My mama told me son

Always be a good boy

Don't ever play with guns

But I shot a man in Reno

Just to watch him die

When I hear that whistle blowin'

I hang my head and cry

I bet there's rich folks eatin’

In a fancy dinin’ car

They're probably drinkin' coffee

And smokin’ big cigars

Well I know I had it comin’

I know I can't be free

But those people keep a-movin'

And that's what tortures me

Well if they freed me from this prison

If that railroad train was mine

I bet I'd move it on

A little farther down the line

Far from Folsom Prison

That's where I want to stay

And I'd let that lonesome whistle

Blow my blues away

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

HoF Ads: Dachshund Stampede

This weekly series will feature ads that I consider to be the very best (in one way or another).  Please do not hesitate to tell me about your favorite ads, and if you have some (good) taste, I just might add yours to the list.

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]

Tuesday's Sites To See

The SOLE purpose of this weekly series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as a recommendation, and I have included sites that are rather disturbing to me.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

 Link: [Animal Artistry in Pastel & Pencil]

 Link: [Art and Architecture - San Francisco]

 Link: [Avignon in Photos]

 Link: [Barcelona Daily Photo]

 Link: [Bikesbirdsnbeasts]

 Link: [Birding, Kyfer, Misty and Me]

 Link: [Bloodcrave Photography]

 Link: [By Stargoose and Hanglands]

 Link: [ChickChat]

 Link: [Double-Half or One Ten without Ham]

 Link: [Drifting Through Life]

 Link: [Eucalypt Habitat]

 Link: [Foto ao Acaso!]

 Link: [Garden Delights]

Link: [Ginnels Gates and Ghosts]

Please Also Visit:

[FishHawk Droppings]

and

[The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter]