IHEFM 2017

Here is our annual It's Hot Enough For Malcom picture!

Pop Culture Frenzy, Round 58

Welcome once again to Pop Culture Frenzy.

"Comedian" Kathy Griffin has created quite a stir with her, er, art.  Unless you've been in a coma for the past 48 hours, you've heard about it.  In this round everyone gets one turn to answer.

What did Griffin do?

Bonus question.  Why did she do it?

Cyndi?

She made a statement of outrage toward

 the authoritarian violence that Donald Trump represents.

You know, you whiners never cared when Obama 

was treated with more disrespect than any president ever.

  How about what Ted Nugent said?  You guys don't mind that!

Hostmaster:  Molly?

She posed with a fake head that looks

 like President Trump covered in blood.

  I think she was trying to be funny.

  I don't get how it's funny.

Hostmaster:  Bryan?

She put on make-up and a blank expression

 and held up a beheaded Donald Trump. 

 The audacity of the stunt is not amusing but sure got attention.

  When she apologized, she said she moved the line,

 then crossed it.

Hostmaster:  Fluffy?

She said she wanted to do something

 big, new, political.  Evidently inspired by those

 zany ISIS freaks, she did a photo shoot featuring

 herself holding the bloody severed

 head of the President of the United States.

Hostmaster:  Kathy Griffin is a third rate hack who specializes in crassness.  There is an audience for it.  Once, accepting an award somewhere, she told Jesus to "suck it".

As a rule, I have no sympathy for people who do something stupid then apologize only after being called out on it.  But I actually pity Kathy Griffin.  She is evidently so desperate for attention that no low is too low.  Her desire to be edgy, to be significant, has led her to ever uglier infamy.  She's still not satisfied.  Now she's suing members of the Trump family for opining on her base performance. She claims they are "bullying" her.

Someone needs to remind this pathetic clown that we all have the right to expression, including pointing out that she is a  repugnant no-talent fishwife.

So ends this round.

Round 58
Fluffy/Molly   28
Bryan/Cyndi    23

Memorial Day

Prayer for Memorial Day

God of power and mercy,
you destroy war and put down earthly pride.
Banish violence from our midst and wipe away our tears,
that we may all deserve to be called your sons and daughters.
Keep in your mercy those men and women
who have died in the cause of freedom
and bring them safely
into your kingdom of justice and peace.
We ask this though Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Greater love has no man then this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
-John 15:13

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.  May they rest in peace.  Amen.

Some Like it Hot

This is day two of a what you might call a heatwave here at the homestead.  May can be a wild month, that's for sure.  Just last week you needed a coat and gloves.

Now it's swimming weather.  (And a dandy excuse to post another baby duck picture.)

Some Like it in a Pot

While cutting the first thyme this season, I found a squatter in the pot.

A thyme for frogs, you might say.

The little frog hung around the pot for a couple days, then vanished.

Maybe he didn't like living on borrowed thyme.

Some April Stuff

About five weeks old, the ducklings are beginning to feather.  They're looking pretty scruffy, but that scruff is enough to brave the outside.

These dogs wandered by looking for a drink of water.

Meanwhile, there's another batch of youngsters here at Bad Dog Ranch.

These Pekins are just three days old.

Pekins are said to be rather mellow.  There may be something to that.  They don't rush into a clump till you place your hand in their enclosure.


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The Campbells tend to clump up as soon as a person comes into view.

Interestingly, dogs don't seem to cause much clumping.

Good Friday

And being found in human form
he humbled himself and became
obedient unto death, even death
on a cross.

Therefore God has highly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name which
 is above every name, that at the name
of Jesus every knee should bow, and
 every tongue confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:8-11

Shameless Beauty

Such a pretty girl.

Typically, Clover is not a willing model.  When she sees the camera she walks away.  On this day, she stayed put and cooperated.

Notice the mud on her nose and the mud on her feet.  She's been behind the garage.  She gets yelled at when she messes around in the drip line after a heavy rain.  Could her acquiescence to a photo session be an attempt to divert notice of her wrongdoing?!