Dr Wingnut

Year: 2007

  • Better than switch grass

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    In the Minneapolis Star-Tribune today, they printed a story about Black Jatropha a poisonous shrub that produces seeds with the potential for use as a biofuel.  It needs no fertilizer unlike corn (and soy), needs little water, and yields more oil than soybeans.  Why the hell do we worry about switch grass when there’s a…

  • Hang loose

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    In Micronesian, there’s a word, kukaro, which has no corresponding word in English. When people say they are going to kukaro, they mean they are going to relax, sit around, and hang out. They are being, not doing.Eli and Beth Halpern

  • Soooooooo Blonde

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    How Blonde Is She???  She was Soooooooo Blonde…She thought a quarterback was a refund.She thought General Motors was in the army.She thought Meow Mix was a CD for cats.She thought Boyz II Men was a day care center.At the bottom of an application where it says “Sign here:” she wrote “Sagittarius.”She Was Sooooooooooooo Blonde…She took…

  • Zen Today

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    Practice random acts of independence and senseless acts of freedom.Professor Zen

  • The organist

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    Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married.  She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room.  She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea.  As he sat…

  • Fortitude

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    The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.Abe Lincoln

  • More Maxine

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    Getting old is so hard at times…  Yesterday, I got my Preparation ‘H’ mixed up with Poli-Grip.  Now, I talk like an asshole…but my gums don’t itch!via email from Bob Rosen, Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:44:27 -0700