Help Keep The Galveston Federal Judge In Galveston! - The Petition Site

Help Keep The Galveston Federal Judge In Galveston! - The Petition Site. Go ahead and click.  This is an online petition to keep the Federal Judge in Galveston in Galveston instead of Houston, or where ever they may want to move it.  There has been a District Judge in Galveston since 1836 and there is a huge industry(and the jobs with it) surrounding this seat that would have to uproot and move if it was moved out of Galveston.

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Keeping moving

I am considering taking the dingy down off the boat and rowing it up and down the bayou for a little exercise this weekend.

The Great American Die - In

Barry Sears: Why Real Health Care Reform Is Impossible. Crazy... this is what we do. (always worry when I say "this is what we do" really...) We have the GREAT AMERICAN DIE IN!  Go out and cancel your health insurance now.  Really, it's time to stop the madness.  Next time you are sick, go to the doctor, any doctor and tell him/her that you are sick and you have no insurance and you are going to die on their doorstep if you don't get treatment.  Tell them you will only pay what you feel is what their service is worth and do that.  Pay what you feel it's worth not a penny more.  If you have to pay in chickens so be it.

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Report: Perry campaign recruiters getting paid | AP Texas Politics | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Report: Perry campaign recruiters getting paid | AP Texas Politics | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle. Talk about having to pay people to vote for you... gawdz

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I've wussed out

And reinstalled the AC. It got up to the 90's and that cold front wasn't coming fast enough for me to get a good nights sleep. My nose is getting better btw. It's not done yet making me sneeze and snort etc. But I'm feeling better and that's what is important. When I got home yesterday, I discovered my Mac had died. It wouldn't turn on. It's probably the power supply, but it does throw a wrench in my system. It was old and I need to replace it anyway. But at least I would have hoped it would have waited until I had some extra cash around to buy me one of those tiny mac minis or whatever they are. It's a computer the size of of a dash radio, small is always good here. Buy a T-shirt and help me replace my old Mac You will love them. All Astronomy all the time. Just the pretty Hubble/Spitzer shots and no fancy writing or distractions from Natures glory. Enough with the shameless plug, I am very tired and I am going to bed early. Goodnight.

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Historic Galveston Oaks Cut Down

Historic Galveston Oaks Cut Down. It happened over the weekend.  The sorrow I feel about this is overwhelming.

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Being carried away by the mosquitoes...

It happens.  I'm sitting outside right now typing away and slapping away at the mosquitoes.  It got up to the upper 80's and dang it, I still am being stubborn about getting out that stupid ac.  Anyway I enjoy the outside, mosquitoes and all.  And... I got my laundry done.  It's been waiting on my to do for a month now.. gawd.  Having a head cold doesn't help matters.  It does get me out of the heat I guess.  I'm feeling better though, muselix is your friend.  Thinking of friends.  I've reposted that button for Robert again.  Here it is so it can be reposted on my other blogs as well.

Help Robert pay for his Meds! [...]

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Ragweed kicks my butt

So I called in Sick today.  When I can't motivate myself to move in the morning because I can't breath even after double dosing on the Loratidine I think it's time to call in and try to sleep whatever it is off.  I did.  I slept until 11, ate something, then conked out again until 5pm and cooked a little dinner.  I'm feeling much better now.  I needed all that sleep I guess.  Perhaps too much sleep dep was starting to get to me. 

Lazy end of Summer

It's been a lazy day today. I meant to do laundry, but I still lack all the quarters I need, and the local stores here are reluctant to sell rolls.

Bringing back bad memories

I found this video on Youtube today, snatched from slashdot. Floods have been hitting Istanbul this weekend. I think a lot of us here in South East Texas can relate.

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I came here to write

But dang it if I am  not chatting online.  The music is pretty good tho.  And, I will hack something out if it kills me.  Projects ahead.  Get back to that chapbook.  I have a draft I haven't looked at in a while.  Time to get off butt and do that.

I think it's time we came to terms with all the hate speach

I have a lot of good friends that just so happen to be Republicans.   Many of them are scared, many are worried, and not about Obama either.  They are worried about the future of their own party.  And rightly so. Here's another blog post I came across shared today that may interest you sane moderates out there. An Open Letter to My Republican Friends | Dog Canyon.

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Just a quick update ...

I am going to Coffee Oasis for a bit and listen to music and write. I may get ice cream, but lacking ice cream, I may get cheese cake. My rent was much less than I expected it.

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Sailing off the dock...

I'm always looking for an excuse to go sailing.  Opportunity doesn't knock that often for me.  I've been thinking that what I really need is a little tiny sunfish or something that I can take out alone.   So I can get some quiet time out in the air and see places around the lake around here.   As it is, I need a couple of hands to handle Windreacher.   When you live on a boat, you are reluctant to take it out.  I mean, you live on it, you have to put things away and you worry that much more because you do live on it.  As it is, if I get that engine removed like I really want to, they will need to be real sailors as opposed to party/sailors that are most common around here.  Sucks doesn't it. It would be nice to have a few willing friends to come down here on a regular basis who have no problems getting into working on boats.  Elissa has it made.  It's hard to work on this stuff by yourself.  Getting motivated is the hardest part.  I'm usually too tired to fiddle with this stuff after I get home at night.  I'd give anything to have a job that pays me what I get now close to where I live.  The commute is grueling enough on a bus, I can't imagine what it would be like if I had to drive myself to work every day.

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Year after Hurricane Ike, damage remains - Washington Times

Year after Hurricane Ike, damage remains - Washington Times. We had a huge hurricane completely upend our lives here and no one noticed.

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At this time last year ...

I was with my family at my sister's house. The power had gone out that night at around 3:10am. I remember that time because I had suddenly woken up and checked the time on my phone. I sat up and opened up my laptop and got on the internet and downloaded this picture of Ike as it had just made landfall about an hour before.

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Yea!

I got the chat page to work. Just click on the page labeled "chat" or go here: http://chaosbutterfly.com/wordpress/chat/

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Rain falls on rich and poor alike today

Rain-Soaked Obama Reflects Somberness Of 9/11 Anniversary - The Two-Way - Breaking News, Analysis Blog : NPR. I thought this was an amazing picture and I had to share.

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Where were you on 911?

StumbleUpon WebToolbar - where_were_you_on_911_twitter.html?ft=1&f=103943429.

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When I thought I had milked Hubble for what it was worth..

They post new stuff. Of course I have to snag them and post more T-Shirts. I am such a shameless geek.

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Looks like Mt. Wilson is going to be ok

Here's a link to their moved website at http://joy.chara.gsu.edu/CHARA/fire.php. They have been working hard at setting backfires to remove fuel from the largest of the wildfires. I heard this morning that the "Station" fire is about 38% contained. They have a long ways to go before it's over.

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Follow The Money ...

Especially where it concerns health care.  I posted a few days ago about a one idea featured by a writer who is of the mind that insurance should only cover "catastrophic" care and the rest should be out of pocket.  Just to let you know, as it is now, the status quo, insurance companies are making a lot of money.  Here's a list of CEOs and their last year's booty.

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Updates to the Cafepress site

I've added T-shirts. Cafepress has now a huge inventory of dark T-shirts that are perfect for all those hubble pictures that I so love to put on stuff. Feel free to check them out at http://www.cafepress.com/chaosbutterfly. I'll be making more updates in the next couple of days, so keep tuned for more.

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California is burning down

Being that I am an astronomy nut, I wanted to share the webcam from the top of Mt. Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles.