Here's a new thought

I'm sitting here getting ready for work and am overwhelmed with dread. Suddenly I ponder, if the world gives you lemmings do you make lemmingade?

STP, what is it?

For some it brings to mind an oil treatment, others Dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine, a hallucinogen from the 60's referred to as silence, tranquility, peace. However, as of this Wednesday it will be an annual event, SCREW THE PIGS day. Now pigs encompasses a wide demographic. For some it can mean the police, others the prosecutors (a wink and nod to The Great Instigator) , and to a great many the politicians. For hermit types such as myself it can just refer to people in general. I'm quite sure there is a big group that would have it stand for Screw That Paul, and thats alright with me.

Now when STP day lands on a Friday that creates a golden STP day. On such occaisions we are all to dress like the Blue Man Group but in gold and drink golden ales all nite long. I would appreciate everyones support of this day of commiseration, celebration, and rebelion in this its inugural year and those to follow. We've all been screwed by these various P's at one time or another, now it is time for us to turn the tables, or bar stools as it were.

99 bottles of beer on the wall? Thats school boy stuff

What goes up must go down, one Dusty bottle at a time. Soon to come, four days of planting and watering with expectations of happy faces blooming. The doors open a 5:30 Wednesday.

Random thoughts

The other day I found myself behind a car with both an Obama/Biden sticker and a Darwin fish with legs emblem. I had to laugh at the contradictory message of endless hand outs and survival of the fittest. The icing on the cake is that she drove in a loop in my neighborhood. Lost in more ways than one.

On TV there are a couple of shows, Operation Repo being one, that shows peoples cars being taken back for non payment. I find it amusing in two ways. First it is the ghetto trash that gets paid to retrieve the cars. My second thought that is if this is so entertaining why not show people whose houses are being foreclosed on! Maybe call it Operation Home Invasion.

Lastly, a couple days before christmas I was given a bag full of baked goods, a Hickory Farms package, and a three and a half pound bag of M&Ms. In bold lettering at the top of the bag was "resealable bag". Why?

Christopher Dodd did not mention the freedom from the fear of carrying a mass of parasites.
I hope the emergency rooms are prepared for the flood of people coming in due to wounds from
rape because we all, at least hard working self sustaining Americans, are being screwed.

Its hard to not drink when its snowing

Not that what is falling right now is really snow, but it is winter white stuff. From what the Great Instigator told me the other day two feet of snow fell on Tuesday down in Flagstaff. I used to love walking down to the brewery, sitting towards the front end of the bar and watch snow and pedestrians fall. Seeing Phoenicians slide and spin across route 66 while Griper would see to it that my glass was never empty. Great days for Old Crustacean!

Its also difficult to not drinking while sitting at a computer. Or it could be that it is difficult to sit at a computer when not drinking. Hence the lack of hardly believable tales from A Free Wheelin life. Only two more months (did I just write only?) and the beer will be flowing. I am already planning my beer menu for that extended weekend. The first night will be a handful of Belgians. The next will be Thomas Hardy's Ale, and JW Lees Harvest ale vintage comparisons. The third night is reserved for Barley Wines, and the fourth for Porters and Stouts. Only two long months.