One More Good Adventure

The recent run of mass shootings has brought the gun nuts out from under their rocks. The cry is that the only way to stop gun violence is to arm everyone. Really? Chances are, no matter how good you think you might be with a gun, or that you’re going to be able to defend yourself or anyone else if you have a gun on your person is just plain bovine excrement. Why? Check this out:

Sometimes I don’t want to live on this planet any more…

I came across this extremely interesting site this morning. Filled with interesting low-tech solutions, either new or adaptable from old technology, you can easily waste a few hours browsing through:

http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/

I just learned from a neighbor that the person responsible for the wonderful fireworks displays in our barrio came from the generosity of Boquerón resident Carlos Ruiz, the Philadelphia Phillies all-star catcher.

Despite his fame and fortune, Carlos is just a local boy who made good and gives back to his community.

Thank you, Carlos, everybody here appreciates your efforts.

p.s. This is my 600th post to the blog.

In answer to my cyber friend, Linda, who commented on my Christmas Eve fireworks here in Boquerón, yes, they DO shoot off fireworks on New Years Eve. About a quarter to midnight you could hear explosions all over the area. Up and down the hill. One neighbor down the street has some high-powered bottle rockets and then at the stroke of midnight the real show began. The people who shot off the display I recorded Christmas went all out for New Years Eve. Some of them were as good as anything you’d see at a municipal fireworks display in a modest city in the States. Some of them actually had me applauding they were so good and at the end I had to yell, “Bravo” at the top of my lungs. What those people shot off would probably have bought me a fairly decent car. Sitting on my porch I could see big displays being fired off up near the town center, right in front of my house and down by El Cruce (where the Boquerón road and the Interamerican Hwy. meet). To say I was impressed would be an understatement.

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 45,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 10 Film Festivals

Click here to see the complete report.

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.” Psalm 100.

Another great voice has been added to the celestial choir…

We started of the year losing the great Etta James January 20.

And we close the year with the loss of the fantastic Fontella Bass today, December 27.

Plug a set of earphones into your computer, turn the volume way up high and listen to what we’ve lost.