Humpday Happenings...

Now how's THIS for the first FULL day of Spring, hmm?
Yes, that's SNOW you see outside this morning...it's no illusion.
And we have schools delayed around the area to prove it.
Crazy stuff, right?
Our Hoosierland weather for today brings us partly to mostly cloudy skies, temps climbing to around 43 degrees, and yes, the snow will be melting a bit later on.

So how's about we get that hot cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa to warm us up, as we see what's been going on elsewhere?
*** First off of the countertop is our "WHO SAID THAT?" quote of the week:

"Civility, politeness, it's like a cement in a society: binds it together. And when we lose it, then I think we all feel lesser and slightly dirty because of it."
This is the sort of thing we SHOULD be hearing a lot more of, because it's TRUE.
So, who said that?
The answer at the top of tomorrow's post.
Meanwhile, back on the Isle of Wight...
*** Next, time for our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
MARCH 21 -
---It's National California Strawberry Day

(yes, the land of fruits and nuts does it again)
---It's National Common Courtesy Day

(another lost art of humanity)
---It's National Countdown Day

(a countdown to what, exactly?)
---It's National Fragrance Day

(a smelly proposition, perhaps?)
---It's National French Bread Day

(and that has a nice fragrance when it's baking)
---It's National Kick Butts Day

(oh, you mean THOSE. I thought something more apropos)
---It's National Single Parent Day

(ah, yes...the dissolution of traditional families continues)
*** Next up, This is one of THOSE stories, and you'll see why. Here's the link:
http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/03/20/man-shoots-himself-in-butt-he-sheepishly-tells-fort-wayne-police

Yeah, this can ONLY take place on the SE side (it would seem). A man shoots himself in the ass while working on his girlfriends car (changing brakes).
Unless the car was in a driveway or garage, it's not permitted to work on ANY vehicle along a city street (and that's also why we have mechanics).
So, it must be THAT unsafe down here to have a person keep a LOADED weapon on their person (and apparently with one in the chamber). Must be a touchy trigger that made the gun go off (my guess it wasn't a revolver).
Got that special kind of stupid going on, doesn't he?
*** Next,  it would seem that the IPFW bridges are SAFER than the one that collapsed on Florida. Here's the story:
http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/03/20/pedestrian-bridges-at-ipfws-fort-wayne-campus-a-safer-design-than-the-bridge-in-deadly-collapse-in-florida/

Well, not having crossed that bridge, I will admit it LOOKS safer.
You know, when a person tells someone (either in person or by email or text) that a bridge has CRACKS in it...people need to LISTEN...that tragedy could well have been avoided (as most such occurrences can).
*** Next, Kevin Leininger has another good column and here's the link:
http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2018/03/20/kevin-leininger-mockery-of-mike-pence-proves-talking-to-god-isnt-the-problem-agreeing-with-him-is/
This concerns the whole mockery of people of faith (particularly Christians), and how others need to keep their mouths shut, if they have nothing good to say about someone who DOES believe in God.
It's the "people living in glass houses shouldn't cast stones" kinda thing.
Wonder how good that "humble pie" tasted to Joy Behar when she cut a huge slice of it recently?
*** Next up, another one of those "knee-jerk" reactions over guns.
Here's the story link:
https://www.buckeyefirearms.org/ohio-based-kroger-remove-magazines-assault-weapons-stores-nationwide

This time, it's none other than Kroger, who has decided to REMOVE all magazines that have mention of "assault weapons" in them. Now, just HOW stupid can people get?
This almost makes me want to stop shopping there, but there are too few alternatives, which is a problem for me when one company has such a monopoly when it comes to a specific venue (like groceries).

They must think pictures kill people.

Let's just say I feel the need to send along an email (I call them nasty-grams) voicing my displeasure at this decision of theirs. If we want to go down THAT street with banning publications with guns, because it might influence some home-grown terrorist in the making, might as well remove ALL the women's magazines too, because they can foster sexual perversion with various adverts in them.
*** Next, time to put this insanity behind us, and drop by "Kitten Corner"...

I iz in my "happy place".

The kids were a bit calmer yesterday, and as a result, my day was much better...lol.
I don't need to have the kids acting up...we have enough with the morons living alla round us taking care of that "department".

Now THAT is peaceful.

I just like to see some "peace in the valley" as it were with our cats, and that makes everything nicer for all concerned. Enjoying time with one another is what it's all about.
*** Next up, let's all check in with "Midnight and Company"...

"This is the friendliest place around."

Our furry twosome spent a lot of the day close by the house again, and you'll not hear a complaint from me over that. I enjoy the time we spend together outside, and I'm sure these cats appreciate the effort we show towards them when it comes to care and food.

"Yes, it really is, and the food's good".

I wish the people around here were half as friendly as these cats have become.
I keep saying the nicest ones around our neighborhood have FOUR legs, and I've yet to be proven wrong.
*** Last back to the kitchen sink...Where do we draw the line with all this insanity?

When will we decide that enough is truly enough?
And, do many people even care at this point?
Well, there are many of us who DO care, and want to see this idiocy come to a screeching halt.
I think the reason allow this dumbassery to continue is that we have become way too desensitized against things we used to look at as more or less taboo.
That doesn't make us all tea-totaling, bible-thumpers...it just makes us better people for not allowing things we know can be detrimental to the society which we are part of in this country.

I look at the Kroger move as a sort of "book ban", and what did such things lead to in Germany say around the 1930s?
First the ban, then the burning, and then ...well, you know the rest.
I'm not saying we're headed in THAT direction, but we're sure not headed AWAY from it either.
We need to stop being too permissive with the wrong things, because that is not making any of us better people, or promoting a better society.
And if we're not all careful, we'll lose much of who we can become in the process.
That won't bode well for a lot of folks, will it?

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.