Ramblings of an American Madman

Ramblings of an American Madman - Volume II - Just another Day - just another day in the life of a historian - seems that job is simple enough - kind of like writing a blog - just throw some crazy information down and call it history - doesn't really seem to matter if it is correct or not just seems to matter if anyone believes it - oh, and the crazier the better in some cases - yes, I said some historical accounts are crazy, but that seems to be the way of the wildwood weed - anyway, time to see if I can spin some craziness into current affairs that will be crazy history soon, any suggestions?
Thank you for the applause - I know it has been ages since we journeyed down this rambling path of madness - seems to be a theme going on here - craziness and madness - love it, love it - but as with all things love it is ok to step away for awhile and savor the embrace upon return - oh, did that just come from these fingers hitting the keyboard or was it one of those "if you give a thousand monkeys typewriters and enough time one of them will be named Bill" type of moments - not really sure if that is how the analogy goes but it is 64% there - I said analogy - he he he - anyway back to why I have not posted a blog for such a long time - called laziness and a general dispute going on within myself as to whether I should create a serious blog outlining current events and really delve into the hard hitting issues of the day - nah, what a load, it was all laziness, anyway...
So, what has everyone been doing since our last encounter? Rhetorical question as you may know... don't really want to know what you have been doing, not sure why I asked, as with most things on here, not sure why - this time of year is interesting, in a Keystone Kops kind of manner with the mid-term elections coming up - for those of you not familiar with Keystone Kops please investigate and then let me know also, pretty sure it is a breakfast cereal, or is that Kaptain Krunch I am thinking about? Love the peanut butter Kaptain Krunch, has to be in the milk just long enough to lose some crunchiness but not too long that it gets too soggy, a real science to eating it - so, mid term elections - a guy dresses like a Nazi, a lady is a witch or used to be a witch, book burnings, signing oaths of allegiance, the Alaska lady still around - still sticking to the theme of craziness - and yet with all this fun I really haven't heard any sane solutions to more pressing problems like jobs, health care, world conflict - oh did I say sane, that is a prize not allowed in cereal boxes anymore, after the choking incident on Capitol Hill - a bill was passed the very next day! Did anyone else see the ad for a local candidate stating " A man for our times " - the candidate is sitting on a horse and he is wearing old western cowboy attire - is that our times? riding horses? dressed like it was 1870? or is it some kind of subtle suggestion of the future if this candidate is elected, I will drag you back to the oldy times, sonny - more likely an unfortunate choice of words and picture, unfortunate, unfortunate.
As it turned out, our schedules were such that I was able to have lunch with Big Larry and Hambone, dispelling the myth and rumors that I am all three characters and only make stuff up about the other two in order to write down funny and witty things in this blog, thus taking up word count and fulfilling my writing contract so I can collect my checks - completely untrue, nothing funny or witty about any of this - Big Larry and Hambone are real people, ask the waitress where we had lunch, you can find her name on the police report - it was nice to get together with the boys and catch up on what each of us has been doing for the past few months - seems Hambone has been working a little for the dairy again, he thinks the owner has dementia and if Hambone gives him a different name each time the owner doesn't remember the whole truck, cow, milking machine, Fourth of July incident - nothing too much happening with Big Larry - he seemed content and happy with his life, says he thinks planting a few flowers this summer around his camper helped with his general and overall outlook on life - more likely it was the Robutussin D he drank earlier that day - seems he has a cough and the 'tussin' helps with his general and overall outlook on life - the lunch went ok until Big Larry and Hambone started the age old argument of whether man actually landed on the moon or if it was all staged on a Hollywood set - seems Hambone saw some old movie about this and was confused that it wasn't a documentary - Big Larry took offense to the questioning of NASA and somewhere between club sandwich, fries and "Regular Coke" the police were called, court dates, apologizing to chain restaurant, we never did come to a definitive conclusion to the discussion of the moon landing - maybe next time.
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What color do the leaves of your tree turn in the fall? Bye green Bye!!!