• Old Fartz lunch today. The weather will determine if I join in today.
• Strange, I never saw Erin yesterday. She’s on the property, but never visited with us.
• DJ was there all day and that may have been the reason.
• More later.
• Maybe.

Don’t read this if you’re squeamish about death!

Wet shit falling from the sky, flashes of light that blinds, loud cannon like sounds are making Whiskey pace the house looking for a hiding place! What is this shit?

If I lose power, I will be pissed.

New high school principal

We watched high school principal Dennis Prager of Colorado, along with Sara Palin and Tom Brokaw on TV a couple of weeks ago…. What a dynamic, down to earth speaker. Even though Palin and Brokaw were also guest speakers they did little but nod and agree with him. This is the guy that should be running for President in 2016

A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give.
By Dennis Prager .

To the students and faculty of our high school:

I am your new principal, and honored to be so. There is no greater calling than to teach young people.

I would like to apprise you of some important changes coming to our school. I am making these changes because I am convinced that most of the ideas that have dominated public education in America have worked against you, against your teachers and against our country.

First,
this school will no longer honor race or ethnicity. I could not care less if your racial makeup is black, brown, red, yellow or white. I could not care less if your origins are African, Latin American, Asian or European, or if your ancestors arrived here on the Mayflower or on slave ships. The only identity I care about, the only one this school will recognize, is your individual identity — your character, your scholarship, your humanity. And the only national identity this school will care about is American.

This is an American public school, and American public schools were created to make better Americans. If you wish to affirm an ethnic, racial or religious identity through school, you will have to go elsewhere. We will end all ethnicity, race and non-American nationality-based celebrations. They undermine the motto of America , one of its three central values — E pluribus unum, “from many, one.” And this school will be guided by America ‘s values. This includes all after-school clubs. I will not authorize clubs that divide students based on any identities. This includes race, language, religion, sexual orientation or whatever else may become in vogue in a society divided by political correctness.

Your clubs will be based on interests and passions, not blood, ethnic, racial or other physically defined ties. Those clubs just cultivate narcissism — an unhealthy preoccupation with the self — while the purpose of education is to get you to think beyond yourself. So we will have clubs that transport you to the wonders and glories of art, music, astronomy, languages you do not already speak, carpentry and more. If the only extracurricular activities you can imagine being interested in are those based on ethnic, racial or sexual identity, that means that little outside of yourself really interests you.

Second, I am uninterested in whether English is your native language. My only interest in terms of language is that you leave this school speaking and writing English as fluently as possible. The English language has united America ‘s citizens for over 200 years, and it will unite us at this school. It is one of the indispensable reasons this country of immigrants has always come to be one country. And if you leave this school without excellent English language skills, I would be remiss in my duty to ensure that you will be prepared to successfully compete in the American job market. We will learn other languages here — it is deplorable that most Americans only speak English — but if you want classes taught in your native language rather than in English, this is not your school.

Third, because I regard learning as a sacred endeavor , everything in this school will reflect learning’s elevated status. This means, among other things, that you and your teachers will dress accordingly. Many people in our society dress more formally for Hollywood events than for church or school. These people have their priorities backward. Therefore, there will be a formal dress code at this school.

Fourth, no obscene language will be tolerated anywhere on this school’s property — whether in class, in the hallways or at athletic events. If you can’t speak without using the f -word, you can’t speak. By obscene language I mean the words banned by the Federal Communications Commission, plus epithets such as “Nigger,” even when used by one black student to address another black, or “bitch,” even when addressed by a girl to a girlfriend. It is my intent that by the time you leave this school, you will be among the few your age to instinctively distinguish between the elevated and the degraded, the holy and the obscene.

Fifth, we will end all self-esteem programs. In this school, self-esteem will be attained in only one way — the way people attained it until decided otherwise a generation ago — by earning it. One immediate consequence is that there will be one valedictorian, not eight.

Sixth, and last, I am reorienting the school toward academics and away from politics and propaganda. No more time will be devoted to scaring you about smoking and caffeine, or terrifying you about sexual harassment or global warming. No more semesters will be devoted to condom wearing and teaching you to regard sexual relations as only or primarily a health issue… There will be no more attempts to convince you that you are a victim because you are not white, or not male, or not heterosexual or not Christian. We will have failed if any one of you graduates this school and does not consider him or herself inordinately fortunate — to be alive and to be an American.

Now, please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of our country. As many of you do not know the words, your teachers will hand them out to you.

It was on, nothing else was, I laughed  my ass off.

We went to Chama to pre-ride the mother’s day ride next Sunday. At the time we left, we were unaware that this was for a mother’s day ride and now we question whether the ride will be huge or tiny. I doubt that Nina and I will go. I did about 300 miles today and the ride was about 240 miles. Nice ride. Great lunch and CHEAP! Everyone was surprised how reasonable the food was there.

As always, click on a picture to see a larger image.

• While reviewing the site and some listed draft posts, I ran across something that Archie (Nina’s cousin) sent me. I pre-posted it last year when she sent it, so it will pop up soon.
• There was a HOG board meeting today. We had a great member turnout for the meeting and one of the members stood up and volunteered to take on the Ladies of Harley position.
• Lunch was on the grill after the meeting and I scarfed down a couple dogs and some chips and queso. Spent over an hour there shooting the shit with other members.
• Dennis was there and after the meeting he and Fred headed to Albuquerque to attend the gun show. I hope he gets back before it starts raining. I saw lightning out west of here.
• Tomorrow is a road captain’s pre-ride to Chama. I’m looking forward to that since it’s been many years since I’ve been to Chama. Oh yeah, I’m now a road captain for our group.
• For my non-riding readers, a road captain leads group rides. There’s also a road captain at the rear to act as a sweep. The sweep will pull over and help any rider that has problems during a ride.
• I should have pictures for you tomorrow.
• Peace out People!

• I have Jeannie telling customers that I thought May had 31 days because I forgot to have Tori pick up money for the ATM.
• They’ll bitch, but I’m beyond caring at this point.
• I ended up rewiring a couple light fixtures yesterday. I will have to finish one of them up later after I pickup some wire nuts. Right now it’s been taped and I’m not comfortable with that.
• I used to have plenty of nuts here, but someone stole the toolbox that is carried all the things I use for electrical repairs.
• I keep forgetting to get a new one with the supplies I will need and I was even at Lowe’s yesterday and still forgot.
• Anyone else tired of the Baltimore shit?
• Going to be riding this weekend I think. The weather looks pretty good right now.
• Looking back at the calendar for April, I missed more days posting last month than ever before. Did you miss me?
• Crap, these idiots are still talking about Baltimore!
• That Katmandu thing is pretty sad. I feel for the residents in this time of great loss.
• Just heard that Chicago is the front runner for the Obama library. I’m glad I no longer pay taxes in Illinois and Cook County. ½ a billion freaking dollars to pay homage to that fool.

• And I almost feel human! Just 15 minutes short of 8 hours. I like that shit.
• Old Fartz lunch today.  We went to Los Alamos and had lunch at the Blue Window Bistro. Very good food. Nice menu.
• 13 people joined the group and we ranged from 60 to mid 80’s in age. Old Fartz is a fit name for the group.
• The trip to Los Alamos is pretty nice and has quite a jump in elevation. I found the Sirius radio is spotty when driving along the face of a cliff, but it was manageable.
• My neighbor rode out with me, but I lost him on the way back. He’s sort of a slow ride on the turns, but in Santa Fe was where I lost him. He was too far back and didn’t make it through a red light.
• Strange thing. I have over 1400 miles on my bike this month and only 400+ miles on my Jeep. Never figured that would be the case.
• My June 1st court appearance was changed to July 17th, smack dab in the middle of my scheduled vacation. I think  visit to the D.A. office is in order. I gave them the dates prior to them even being assigned and was told that they would work around them. Morons!
• Added after the fact: I forgot to mention that I walked again this morning. Yesterday was easier, but for some reason I found it harder to do after a full night sleep.