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A Couple From The Road

Yabu — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:44:01 +0000

The Juju Woman, Stretch, and I took a little road trip starting last week. More on that later

Anyway, here’s a couple of pictures of a beautiful mom and her baby at Keeneland, and some Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash #1. Corn , Rye and Barley. Proof: 125 (62.5%). Never been aged, fresh from the Still. I’m telling you, that Dog Mash is some Bad Bad Juju. Strong, but not as strong as Burns Blue Beads Clear.

Unbelievable

Yabu — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:12:56 +0000

This video which is all over everywhere (no link here) and documents a rant by North Carolina Social Studies teacher and a student is unbelievable. What is sadly believable, is we have teachers like them teaching our kids. I never had a teacher who could not speak proper english and who could not enunciate words. I’ve also never had a teacher or professor scream at me like that. I,ve also never had ateacher or professor who didn’t research what they “were” teaching. I’m not the greatest writer in the world, I’m more of a math person, but I’ve recently read some graduation high school senior term papers, and I couldn’t believe it. Seventh or eighth grade level, but they can sure as hell play some video games, text, and watch a bunch of television. They can drive a smart phone.

The education system in the U.S. is in dire straits, and if we don’t fix it Obama’s “shovel ready jobs” they will be the only jobs they can find, maybe. Digging a ditch.

One more thing, kids don’t read books anymore, that’s a huge problem.

Bottom line, we need to fix the teachers first, but that will be a huge task.

Anticipation

Yabu — Mon, 21 May 2012 04:03:37 +0000

Like I’ve said before, the Juju Woman is my grill girl. She has that charcoal configuration gene.

This is right before she put it to the heat. Lots of garlic and herbs from our garden. Been marinating for a while. I’m gonna build a couple of casseroles. Some people say we have it backwards, I say we’ve got it down.

Anticipation

Grouper Cheeks

Yabu — Mon, 21 May 2012 04:00:38 +0000

At least, that’s what we call ‘em.

I Got The Tenderloin

Yabu — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:00:17 +0000

Too damn good is all I can say.

Trapped

Yabu — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:00:58 +0000

Stretch is thinking, ” If that thing comes down, it’s dead”.

Black’s Magic

Yabu — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:55 +0000

Best damn hot sauce I’ve ever had. Homemade, St. Croix, USVI. It does have a little Scotch Bonnet in it.

Fire

Yabu — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:40 +0000

Hand Signals

Yabu — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:18:04 +0000

I’m teaching Stretch hand signals, for the hell of it. I’m trying to do it like they do it on an aircraft carrier flight deck. I have no idea what they really do, but I give a little salute, take a knee, point one arm towards the door, and give him a thumbs up with my other arm. He launches just about every time. Too damn funny, and too damn cool. His call sign is his first name, unless I want to call him by his middle name, which is Cornbread. He will also follow those same hand directions whichever way you point. Amazing. He just about has it down. When he traps, all I have to do is shake a container with some dry food in it, and he’s calling the ball.

I should go into the Doxie training business, because they are as stubborn as stubborn can be. So am I.

Kaleidoscopes

Yabu — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:35:56 +0000

A couple more from the Juju Woman. I call ‘em Nepalese Bus Kaleidoscopes. They are functional, two interchangebale wheels, and four different views, really you only need one, which means two. They’re about 9 or 10 inches long, and not one is the same. They are about as original as you can get. I guess you have to look through one to see what I mean. She also makes “plain” ones. Just depends on what people want. She can pimp it, or not.

The Juju Woman, without a doubt, makes the nicest Kaleidoscopes I’ve ever seen.