pain

poor georgie’s almanack:
After knee surgery Amy had painful rehab session today. 
PT person definitely is a massagonist.

an aha! moment

poor georgie’s almanack: 
Maybe the reason microbes are so intent in doing us in ... is that we are the aliens.

RIP JFK

poor georgie’s almanack:

Q: Where were you Nov. 22, 1963, when the curtain fell on Camelot?

A: 12:37 pm ... Going-away luncheon. The light-hearted staff of Chicago’s chamber of commerce applauded as I held up a large faked photo of me shaking hands with JFK. It symbolized my imminent departure for a job in JFK’s Latin American foreign aid program.

12:38 pm: The photo, still held high, as a waiter broke into the room and announced, “The President has been shot.”

what do you want?

poor georgie’s almanack:

What the environmentalists want will kill the economy. 

What the economists want will kill the environment.

why testing the waters makes one sick

poor georgie's almanack:

The political PH factor. 
Acid: Blue. Pessimism.  
Base: Red. Fear. 
Neutral: Green. Neglect.

Typhoon aftermath

poor georgie’s almanack
TV typhoon news coverage suggests that people have lost everything but their guns.

help

poor georgie’s almanack:
Cruise lines, heavily staffed by Filipinos,  working hard to help their employees hurting after devastating typhoon.

different kind of smell test

poor georgie’s almanack:

Unintended consequence.

Colorado police dogs have are being reprogrammed to not bark when they smell marijuana.

skeptics

poor georgie’s almanack:
English global warming skeptics blame the Sun’s effect on clouds.
U.S. teachers blame The Cloud’s effect on English.

or

poor georgie’s almanack:

English global warming skeptics blame the Sun’s effect on clouds.

Parents blame The Cloud’s effect on sons.

Thumbs up

poor georgie’s almanack:

Amazingly, in our digital age when agreement on anything seems impossible,
no one is against the opposable thumb.

Spy

poor georgie’s almanack:

It’s complicated.

No one wants their own govt. to spy on them, but no one can stop other govts. from doing so.