Beyond the moon.....

In a recent speech President Obama put forth our nations plans for future space exploration. Canceling the recent plans by the Bush administration to go back to the moon. We at the crazy couldn't agree more. Although the manned moon missions were wonderfully successful. Both in achieving the goals set down and in developing new technologies for humankind. (Womankind? Mankind? Don't want to offend anyone here.) (By the way, if you are one of those people who believe we never went to the moon, we have to ask how can you possibly be reading this post as obviously you are an ignoramus?) (Ok, there are some people we don't mind offending.) So kudos to President Obama and N.A.S.A. for putting us on the path to deep space exploration. We now have a reason to develop faster spacecraft, more advanced oxygen generation, and communication technologies. If we are ever to leave this planet and explore beyond our solar system this is the first step. (Actually the moon landing was the first step, a small staggery stumble of a first step, but a first step just the same.) We at the crazy find it amazing how many people think that space program is a waste of money all the while benefiting from the advances in Avionics, Telecommunications, Computers and Engineering that the moon missions provided.
So here we are on the edge of mans next step into space, let's make it a big one. Just our opinion, ciao for now.

The midnight marauder...

Ok, actually we're talking about the 5:00 am marauder, the other night our son Connal got up early in the morning, maybe about 4:30. I was awakened from a sound sleep as he came out of his bedroom shut the door to our bedroom and proceeded down the stairs. For those of you who don't know us Connal has cerebral palsy and is physically and mentally impaired, (which rarely slows him down.) He often gets up before us and usually will go downstairs and turn on the computer and find a game to play or some such thing. (We have shortcuts on the desktop to cartoon network, PBS, and a few online game sites.) I could hear him going downstairs and muttering to himself as he does. I distinctly heard him say "Dude" and "where is everybody." And then silence. No video game sounds, no movement in the living room. So assuming he was going into the kitchen I thought it best to get up and see if he was hungry before he began pouring himself some cereal and milk.
(He usually uses a little too much milk.) Came around the corner and found him standing in the middle of the kitchen with a look of mischief on his face and holding a big wooden meat mallet in his hands. Told him "I don't think you need that." and took it away from him, he said "Thanks"
Later on I asked him what it was for and he said. "Zombies." It seems we have a zombie infestation in our house. We have an old root cellar in the back yard and Connal once told us it is full of Zombie Spiders and Zombie Bears. (We are beginning to sense a theme here.) Connal has had a zombie fixation since he was old enough to say the word. Connal's favorite holiday is Halloween, and often in the middle of December will point at the large posable spider we keep above our front window all year round and say "I want more Halloween." which means he wants Halloween decorations. (Sometimes we indulge him.) Just thought I would mention it. Now besides the Sandman, The Bladder Fairy, The Hunger Gnome and Peanut Butter Akka, we have Zombies. (And not just regular zombies, zombie spiders and bears.) And thats about it. Ciao for now.

Spring is here.... again.

Strange weather for the Upper Peninsula, a very warm March, followed by a dry (so far) April.
Except for one normal snow storm we have had a lot of sunny warm days. It would be easy to blame it on Global Warming. (Or climate change if you prefer the less drastic sounding term.)
We at the crazy have done research, and more research on global warming. We have read all the articles we could find both for and against it. We have researched temperature change in the ocean. Migration pattern changes in birds. (Yes, a lot of species of birds are moving farther north earlier than ever before.) Compared winter glacier photos all over the world. And all of these things seem to point to global warming. But the thing that really tips the scales for us is the effect the weather change has had on commerce and travel. The ice road truckers of the north have had shorter and shorter seasons every year. Almost every ski resort in the country has complained that they just haven't had enough snow to open for a normal season every year. (The sale of snow makers has quadrupled in the last ten years.) So we here at the crazy believe global warming is happening, and we think it will have a negative effect on a lot of people. (although with human ingenuity being what it is there will be some people who figure out a way to profit from it.) Ok and now for the point. We don't yet believe their is enough evidence to support the idea that global warming is caused by man. (Don't get us wrong, we would love to see the reliance on fossil fuels stop. And the use of wind, water, solar, and any other renewable or recyclable energy sources be brought to the forefront.) Ok people don't grind your girdles, we don't say it's not possible man is a major contributor to global warming. Just in our opinion there is not enough evidence to support the theory yet. We will continue our research. And just want to point out that just because we aren't sure of our species effect on global climate, doesn't mean that man isn't having an effect. After all we could be wrong. Couldn't we. Ciao for now.

And the weather changes...

Yesterday here in the U.P. was cold with blowing snow, the day before was somewhat sunny and a high in the mid fifties. Now today will be sunny and a high near fifty. As they say about the weather up here, if you don't like it, wait five minutes it will change. Days like yesterday can really put a damper on our ability to get anything done. Needed to do laundry, get some dishes done, take care of some grocery shopping. (Got the shopping done, that's about it.) So how did we spend our day? Television. The shame is great. Watched our collection of the wonderful Firefly series. Then watched Dr Horrible's sing along blog. Then a recent fantasy movie the name of which escapes us at the moment. After some difficulty getting me out of the new recliner Lisa came up with a plan to allow me to avoid the chores I should have been doing, it works like this, if I can come up with three good excuses for not getting out of my chair I can avoid the chore. Ok, gotta admit I felt pretty lazy yesterday, too lazy to come up with good excuses. "It's a new chair and I gotta break it in." didn't work. How about "I'm not fat enough yet and I'm trying to attain critical mass." and finally went metaphysical. "The natural order is for things to entropy (fall into chaos) so who am I to try to fight nature." Ok, had to do some laundry yesterday, but managed to put the dishes off until today. Damn... Oh well, guess I should get to them. Ciao for now.

And in the creepy department...

It seems David Carradine of Kill Bill and Kung Fu fame gave an interview to Celebrity Ghost Stories four months before he died in which he stated the deceased husband of his soon to be wife was "hanging out in the closet in their bedroom." He described how angry the ghost seemed to be and how it was breaking glass constantly in the house. He mentioned one day going into the closet and finding one of the ex husbands tie's had been turned about so he could read Grateful Dead on the label. Four months later he is found dead hanging in a closet in Thailand. (Police keep waffling between accidental death, murder, or suicide.) A very strange coincidence to say the least. But most assuredly to be placed in the WHAT THE F*** place in your memory. (If they find a Grateful Dead tie in the closet be afraid.) At any rate a thai newspaper recently released photos of his death scene and people who have seen it point out that his hands are tied, which seems to me would be unlikely if this was an auto erotic asphyxiation. Or a suicide. So I think perhaps the police in Thailand should be looking at murder. Except the Police point out that the security video of the hotel shows no one else entered his room. I guess some mysteries will never be answered. Just a thought and another journey into the world of the crazy. Ciao for now.

Oh and by the way....

Happy Easter to those readers who are of the various Christian faiths allowed in a free society, we find it humorous that some Orthodox churches actually hold a procession going outside to look for the body of Christ and when they don't find it they shout "Christ has risen." But to each his own. Our main religious celebration involves Chocolate Easter bunnies and hard boiled eggs. (You see the chocolate Easter bunny represents our belief that Christ was a black man, and when they metaphysically ate of his flesh he was filled with chocolaty goodness. The hard boiled eggs represent our belief that at the last supper Judas said "Man it's so hot in here, I could hard boil eggs in my underwear." Ok actually that's not true, both the Easter bunny and the Colored eggs are ancient symbols of fertility, celebrated for thousands of years before anyone ever heard of Christ. The name Easter seems to have been derived from Eastre, the anglo saxon name of the tuetonic goddess of spring and fertility. Early Egyptians and Persians also colored eggs during the vernal equinox. The entire Easter holiday is based upon the idea of rebirth, as in the coming of spring after the winter sleep. Ancient religions celebrated the return of Persephone from the underworld to the light of day. Is it any wonder that the Christians chose these holidays to represent the rebirth of Christ. So again, Happy Easter to our Christian friends, and to you pagans out there Rejoice spring has come. Life begins anew. Ciao for now.

Pay attention people this is important...

We at the Crazy love our country, Land of the free, home of the brave. (Sometimes home of the morally bankrupt.) but all the same we feel the old U.S. of A. is a great place to live. Someone recently told us that we are losing our freedoms in this country. Really? Which specific freedom mentioned in the Bill of Rights have we lost. Let's see, freedom of religion and freedom of speech are both mentioned in article 1 of the bill of rights, and obviously free speech isn't gone or I couldn't write that I thought Karl Rove was an asinine weasel with the mental capacity of a recently deceased yak. (We know, were being too easy on him.) Freedom of Religion, any country that lets Scientology list itself as a religion has got to be free. Let's see, the right to bear arms, a lot of states have recently passed laws to allow the carrying of hand guns in public. (Just thought we should point out that in the states where these laws are passed the crime rate seems to be going down.) Ok, next, No soldier shall be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner. (Anybody reading this have a soldier quartering in your home without your permission? It's called trespassing, call the cops.) Unreasonable search and seizure. Cops can't come into your house, (or your car for that matter.) without a search warrant or probable cause. If you are growing pot plants in your window, and driving around smoking out of a hookah chances are they have probable cause to search your vehicle or house, but otherwise you can tell them to Sod off. (Or any other sort of ---- off sentence you prefer.) but please try to have some respect for the law as they have what can be a very dangerous job. Due process of Law, we still have the right to be represented by an attorney and to face our accuser if we are arrested for a crime. (Do not mix up attacks committed as an act of war with act's of domestic terrorism. Timothy McVeigh was a domestic terrorist, the masterminds behind 9/11 committed an act of war. We at the crazy don't care if they are tried in a civilian or a military court. But try em, and fry em and lets move on. (We told you are opinions would be colored by our emotions from time to time.) Amendments 5, 6, 7, and 8, all deal with legal rights and so far are the law of the land.
(Although it is a sad fact that the richer you are, the more likely it is that you shall be acquitted of a crime, although Berny Madoff may not see it that way.) So let's see, where are our freedoms being lost.... Well... anyone.... Can't see it. So at least at this point in time it appears that none of our freedoms have been taken away from us. We at the crazy love to hear your opinions, ideas or anger induced rants. So don't hesitate to send an email to Yuuperguy@sbcglobal.net and let us know your thoughts on this. Or if you simply want to call us names that's fine too, it's a free country.