The Thirteen Thursday Oracle
1. At the Floyd Yoga Jam this weekend I had a silly pint of beer. See HERE.
2. Another petal in the lotus of Floyd. – What Woody Crenshaw, owner of the Floyd Country Store, said about the Yoga Jam.
3. The photo above reminds me of a land shark (the name of one of my Asheville Pottter Son’s kilns), but it’s actually the Brahma Nirvana yoga tent at the Floyd Yoga Jam.
4. I woke up on Tuesday to my husband wearing a baking apron and holding a dead black snake in his hand. It’s not what you think. While making pizza for some of the people he works with, he went to feed the chickens and found a black snake in the pen sleuthing for eggs.
5. I know I’m probably in the minority, but I like to watch presidential conventions more than the Olympics.
6. I have a friend on Facebook named “I love it when I wake up and Barack Obama is the President.”
7. Ever wonder why most every politicians feels the need to end a speeches with God Bless America: Analysis of more than 15,000 public communications by political leaders from Franklin Roosevelt’s election in 1932 — the beginning of the modern presidency — through six years of George W. Bush’s administration revealed that prior to Ronald Reagan taking office in 1981, the phrase had passed a modern president’s lips only once in a major address: Richard Nixon used it to conclude a 1973 speech about Watergate. – From Before Reagan, Only Nixon Said God Bless America HERE.
8. Watch a WSLS reporter balance on the yoga slackline at YogaJam HERE.
9. An update on the movie, The House of Good and Evil, being filmed in Floyd is HERE.
10. I said this (or something like it) first: Only in America can you be pro death penalty, pro-war, pro-nuclear weapons, pro-unmanned drone bombs, pro-guns, pro-torture and still be pro-life. – John Fuglesang, American comedian
11. I also said this: Republicans and Democrats are like Fords and Chevys. Like the Yankees and the Red Sox, they have an almost irrational need to take sides.
12. Amazing chewed apple art HERE.
13. Check out which way do you see the world, from the left or right HERE.
September 6th, 2012 9:31 am
I like the silly cups!!
I can not get over the eaten apple!!?? It goes with the TT!
September 6th, 2012 11:17 am
Number 7 — good question.
Number 10 — Yes, only in America. :-\
I skipped the RNC because Ryan is from here and I’ve heard it all before (and I didn’t vote for him two years ago, either), but have liked a lot of the DNC speeches, especially Michelle Obama’s and Bill Clinton’s.
September 6th, 2012 11:24 am
Those were my two favorite DNC speeches too. I also like what the Governor for Massachusetts said. I only watched a little of the RNC convention. I guess I’m not a complete glutton for punishment. I couldn’t get through Ryan’s speech because I kept asking, where is he getting that? Turns out the fact checkers were wondering too.
September 6th, 2012 2:37 pm
I skipped the RNC because I live in Texas and suffering under Governor Goodhair (Perry) is enough for anyone.
Loved Michelle Obama. Loved Bill Clinton. Wish they hadn’t caved and put God back in the platform. I have no problem with God, I just want people to understand that separating church and state isn’t trampling on anyone’s religious freedom.
After months mostly away from the blogsophere, I’m finding that I really look forward to visiting your page.
September 6th, 2012 2:50 pm
I love #7, that is really good food for thought. Good indication of how the current wave of fascism has progressed.
September 6th, 2012 3:05 pm
Yeah, I just now read about how they voted at the last minute to include “God” and Israel.” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/05/dnc-god-jerusalem-platform_n_1859200.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
I don’t know why they even felt the need to vote and follow like sheep. And you see how it boomeranged to bite them.