Hey out there, did anyone lose a second hand? No, not your right or left hand, the little worthless sweep hand on a watch that lets you know it is 5:20 and 15 seconds.
While cleaning up for what is probably our last open house for the year, I noticed this little silver thing in the hallway carpet. I thought it was a staple or maybe something NK had purchased for some of her crafty doings.
If it is yours, you must have either been to a prior open house or you apparated/disapparated to our hallway at some point in time. I must say, how it got here will probably be one of those great mysteries of life never to be answered.
Oh yeah, the answer to yesterday's test is:
Get your drunken ass off of the merry-go-round.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
This is a Test
You are driving a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a drop off (The ground is 18-20 inches below the level you are traveling on), and on your right side is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you. In front of you is a galloping horse which is the same size as your car and you cannot overtake it. Behind you is another galloping horse which is the same size as your car and you cannot outrun it. Both horses are traveling at the same speed as you are. What must you do to safely get out of this highly dangerous situation?
I will provide the correct answer tomorrow.
I will provide the correct answer tomorrow.
Sad Commentary on Life in America
Did you hear about this? It’s back to school time and what is everyone buying, pencils, paper, crayons? What about your child’s bulletproof backpack? Did you get one of those? We bought little K a backpack while we were at Disneyland. Damn, why didn’t we know about them then, we just bought a pink one. The new one also deflects a knife attack so we could have killed (sorry about that) 2 birds with one stone.
We pride ourselves in being a civilized society so why now have we become so uncivilized that we need to protect our children with bullet/knife proof backpacks? What have we become that necessitates something like this? Have a few dads in Boston over reacted to the current state of affairs in the United States? Who is responsible for this, the saddest commentary on our life ever? I wish I knew the answer to all of these questions, maybe then I could do something to reverse the trend.
I would like to blame our apparent addiction to guns but I don’t think that, by itself, is the primary cause of the type of increase we have seen in school violence. That addiction has just made it easier for someone to get their hands on one. Maybe a key factor is related to the lead assed society that has been created by video games, especially the violent type. One cause I can’t ignore though is parental guidance. There seems to be a definite lack of it in our society today.
We pride ourselves in being a civilized society so why now have we become so uncivilized that we need to protect our children with bullet/knife proof backpacks? What have we become that necessitates something like this? Have a few dads in Boston over reacted to the current state of affairs in the United States? Who is responsible for this, the saddest commentary on our life ever? I wish I knew the answer to all of these questions, maybe then I could do something to reverse the trend.
I would like to blame our apparent addiction to guns but I don’t think that, by itself, is the primary cause of the type of increase we have seen in school violence. That addiction has just made it easier for someone to get their hands on one. Maybe a key factor is related to the lead assed society that has been created by video games, especially the violent type. One cause I can’t ignore though is parental guidance. There seems to be a definite lack of it in our society today.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Looking up the ducks ass
On the news last night (yeah, I still watch it but I am trying to confine myself to the national news) I saw a young mother looking up the ass of a stuffed toy duck. The reason she was doing this is that the Mattel Toy Company has everyone with young children checking every toy they have, checking for lead and magnets. This is the 2ND time in a couple of weeks that major recalls have been issued.
We have banned lead for the past 30 years in the U.S. but we just can’t seem to control the introduction of lead into products sold in this country. I used to contend that beyond toys, lead may also have been introduced into the food chain in the early 1970’s, primarily food consumed by children and teenagers.
When I was a child, I couldn'twait to get outside and play, it didn’t matter what we played, we just did not want to be inside. In the early 70’s, I started to notice a lack of children outside so I checked to see if the birth rate had declined. Nope, no decrease in the birth rate (we provided two for the world) so I started looking elsewhere for the missing kids.
What I eventually discovered was children over the age of five had large amounts of lead in their system and they were staying indoors. Did exposure to the sun cause some chemical reaction that I was not aware of? I had to know why since I was concerned that our two kids would suffer from the same prognosis. Since I did not have the Internet then, research was difficult so I had to depend on asking parents why their kids were absorbing lead in record numbers, what kind of diet did they have?
What I found was not what I thought at all. Yes, there was lead, no it did not come from their diets. It came from a change of habit. Since all I did at that time was work, go to school and sleep, I had missed a major change in the everyday life of kids (and many adults), the introduction of video games. What I found was not lead from paint, all of the lead was in their ass and they could no longer lift their large behinds off of the couch.
We have banned lead for the past 30 years in the U.S. but we just can’t seem to control the introduction of lead into products sold in this country. I used to contend that beyond toys, lead may also have been introduced into the food chain in the early 1970’s, primarily food consumed by children and teenagers.
When I was a child, I couldn'twait to get outside and play, it didn’t matter what we played, we just did not want to be inside. In the early 70’s, I started to notice a lack of children outside so I checked to see if the birth rate had declined. Nope, no decrease in the birth rate (we provided two for the world) so I started looking elsewhere for the missing kids.
What I eventually discovered was children over the age of five had large amounts of lead in their system and they were staying indoors. Did exposure to the sun cause some chemical reaction that I was not aware of? I had to know why since I was concerned that our two kids would suffer from the same prognosis. Since I did not have the Internet then, research was difficult so I had to depend on asking parents why their kids were absorbing lead in record numbers, what kind of diet did they have?
What I found was not what I thought at all. Yes, there was lead, no it did not come from their diets. It came from a change of habit. Since all I did at that time was work, go to school and sleep, I had missed a major change in the everyday life of kids (and many adults), the introduction of video games. What I found was not lead from paint, all of the lead was in their ass and they could no longer lift their large behinds off of the couch.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Promises Broken
Up until this past weekend, we were under the impression that when we buy our house in O re gon that we knew someone that could help us do some things that may need to be done. This weekend, the good ship kaos started to sink (it’s leaking everywhere) and its Captain now seems to think we should buy a house that will not need any touch up (did I state that correctly?).
So, this being the case, the good captain seems to have reneged on his promise to help set the newest Kaos ship of state on the correct course. What say you matey, a few pipes finally get the better of you? Don’t think we should buy a fixer upper?
Well you know we never thought we wanted to get something that required any extensive work (remember I said that is one of the things I wound never do again). So rest assured, you may need to fix up your abode but don’t worry about ours (except maybe for some sound and other wiring).
So, this being the case, the good captain seems to have reneged on his promise to help set the newest Kaos ship of state on the correct course. What say you matey, a few pipes finally get the better of you? Don’t think we should buy a fixer upper?
Well you know we never thought we wanted to get something that required any extensive work (remember I said that is one of the things I wound never do again). So rest assured, you may need to fix up your abode but don’t worry about ours (except maybe for some sound and other wiring).
Monday, August 13, 2007
I'm Done
I have now finished my first reading. I will hold true to the bond and not comment beyond my remorse that there will be no more.
A short story
When he woke up, he was drenched in sweat. He had that dream again. He thought he was through with the dream, the first time it came was last September, and then it went away in December.
Now it was August and it was back with a horrible vengeance and there were new entrants. It no longer just came at night, sometimes during the day when his mind wandered, he could see the slaughter.
In his dream he was standing in the middle of a field and was surrounded by hideous creatures. They all had pronged little sticks in their hands and they were poking him with them. Some of them were tearing at him like they were trying to tear his coat off, trying to expose his body and they pulled on his silky strands of hair, trying to cleanse him. They had torn his big red hat from his head and two of them were roasting it.
Herbie could only cringe, one of the creatures was an eye named Buck from Ohio. Another was a bird from Kansas and yet another a bull from Texas. They had all just finished mangling all of Herbies friends in the past few weeks and he knew that the panther and the tiger were still out there. The one on the horse was the most daunting.
Now it was a different year with its leader still unaccepted, (the man from silver and black) but now somewhat seasoned and everyone had high hopes. Maybe if they were right, the dreams would go away for good. Only in the next few months will we know for sure.
Now it was August and it was back with a horrible vengeance and there were new entrants. It no longer just came at night, sometimes during the day when his mind wandered, he could see the slaughter.
In his dream he was standing in the middle of a field and was surrounded by hideous creatures. They all had pronged little sticks in their hands and they were poking him with them. Some of them were tearing at him like they were trying to tear his coat off, trying to expose his body and they pulled on his silky strands of hair, trying to cleanse him. They had torn his big red hat from his head and two of them were roasting it.
Herbie could only cringe, one of the creatures was an eye named Buck from Ohio. Another was a bird from Kansas and yet another a bull from Texas. They had all just finished mangling all of Herbies friends in the past few weeks and he knew that the panther and the tiger were still out there. The one on the horse was the most daunting.
Now it was a different year with its leader still unaccepted, (the man from silver and black) but now somewhat seasoned and everyone had high hopes. Maybe if they were right, the dreams would go away for good. Only in the next few months will we know for sure.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Not the News
This will sound rather callous but I am sick and tired of groups using the news to beg. It’s not just groups, sometimes the begging is initiated by the local TV networks. Yeah, it’s hot outside, it’s always hot outside in August. So why in the hell should anyone expect any different and be surprised that it is going to be miserable and that maybe they should save a few pennies and buy a fan for their home. But no, every year, when it gets a little warm, TV news starts begging for fan donations.
The Salvation Army needs water and they want someone to give it to them. Go buy the damned water, you are selling everyone’s donations at your stores so you should have the $$ to buy a little water. Hell, you probably have more money than the Catholic Church, especially since they have had to pay out so much recently.
Guess what people, in a few months it’s going to get real damned cold and you may want to think about buying a coat and maybe a space heater if you need something like that. Stop buying lotto tickets and beer, maybe you should consider quitting smoking. If you did that you could save enough in less than a week to buy a fan yourself instead of having someone else beg for you. So get off your dead ass and do something for yourself, the world does not owe you anything.
The Salvation Army needs water and they want someone to give it to them. Go buy the damned water, you are selling everyone’s donations at your stores so you should have the $$ to buy a little water. Hell, you probably have more money than the Catholic Church, especially since they have had to pay out so much recently.
Guess what people, in a few months it’s going to get real damned cold and you may want to think about buying a coat and maybe a space heater if you need something like that. Stop buying lotto tickets and beer, maybe you should consider quitting smoking. If you did that you could save enough in less than a week to buy a fan yourself instead of having someone else beg for you. So get off your dead ass and do something for yourself, the world does not owe you anything.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Some things to think about
I have been lazy for the past two days and haven't really thought much about anything with the exception of how much I hate watching the news (maybe I'll write more on this tomorrow) and insurance companies (every time you turn around your rates go up).
For today though, here are a few lesser known laws of Murphy.
. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
3. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
6. If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time on a hill, in the fog.
7. The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first.
8. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
9. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
10. When you go into court, you are putting yourself into the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
For today though, here are a few lesser known laws of Murphy.
. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
2. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
3. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.
4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
6. If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time on a hill, in the fog.
7. The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first.
8. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
9. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
10. When you go into court, you are putting yourself into the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Struggling
There was a young laddie named Chuck
Who got his ass stuck in the muck
He tried and he tried
He cried and he cried
But deeper and deeper he struck
He wiggled and wagged
He zigged and he zagged
But his ass was still stuck in the muck
To get out the muck
his friends pulled and they plucked
and they finally yanked him out with at truck
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You probably thought his friends would tell him "your fucked".
Who got his ass stuck in the muck
He tried and he tried
He cried and he cried
But deeper and deeper he struck
He wiggled and wagged
He zigged and he zagged
But his ass was still stuck in the muck
To get out the muck
his friends pulled and they plucked
and they finally yanked him out with at truck
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You probably thought his friends would tell him "your fucked".
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Goals
I try to set goals everyday, kind of like when I was working but not too many and not nearly as difficult. Today my goal is to read, as in Harry Potter. NK got the book first and since I was in the middle of another book, I'm just getting started.
So, no TV, no phones, no nothing, just going to hide and read.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Top Ten things I won't do
Top ten things I won't do (in no particular order). Even though I may have done a few things in the past that are listed here, everything here is something that I won't do now (or again)
1. Try to ride a skateboard. This is a lesson I don't need to learn unless I have a strong desire to break something (did you see that idiot at the Xtreme games fall 40 ft. without his board?).
2. Eat a Pizzone, I don't care what Pizza Hut does, they just sound nasty.
3. Go see Body World. While I understand the fascination some would have, I have no desire to see anything below the skin.
4. Travel to any country east of England that starts with an I. I say east of England because I would like to go to Ireland. You will never see me anywhere near a Middle-Eastern country. I have held this belief since 1967. I have not felt it to be a safe place to visit, even though the architecture in the region might be worth it.
5. Go hunting (except with a camera).
6. Work - don't need to.
7. Drive Drunk - no explantion required.
8. Buy anything from CompUSA (especially an HP laptop).
9. Go to Graceland, don't care about Elvis, don't care about his home.
10. Watch any show with Regis, Dr. Phil (it pains me just to type his name), Nancy Grace or any talk show. I can find better things to do with my time than listen to the opinion of some moron.
One more, much to my regret, I will probably never surf again.
1. Try to ride a skateboard. This is a lesson I don't need to learn unless I have a strong desire to break something (did you see that idiot at the Xtreme games fall 40 ft. without his board?).
2. Eat a Pizzone, I don't care what Pizza Hut does, they just sound nasty.
3. Go see Body World. While I understand the fascination some would have, I have no desire to see anything below the skin.
4. Travel to any country east of England that starts with an I. I say east of England because I would like to go to Ireland. You will never see me anywhere near a Middle-Eastern country. I have held this belief since 1967. I have not felt it to be a safe place to visit, even though the architecture in the region might be worth it.
5. Go hunting (except with a camera).
6. Work - don't need to.
7. Drive Drunk - no explantion required.
8. Buy anything from CompUSA (especially an HP laptop).
9. Go to Graceland, don't care about Elvis, don't care about his home.
10. Watch any show with Regis, Dr. Phil (it pains me just to type his name), Nancy Grace or any talk show. I can find better things to do with my time than listen to the opinion of some moron.
One more, much to my regret, I will probably never surf again.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Floor
Due to popular request (how did you know I would take a picture of the sample?) here are a couple of pictures of our choice. It looks like tile, feels cool on the bare foot but is actually linoleum. I felt like being a smart-ass and just say it again, it's a kitchen floor.
Blue Monday
Quick, who can figure out how many square yards in our kitchen? It's 253 inches by 136 inches. Does anyone remember their high school math. NK got it right off the bat, I confirmed it on the Internet.
The only reason this was important yesterday is we are now looking at replacing the kitchen floor since the house has not sold. The current floor is white and while we had hoped to move on without replacing it, we know it should be done. So, if we are going to have to do it to sell the house next year we want to enjoy the new floor ourselves, at least through the winter.
The amazing thing about our shopping expedition is that we actually found flooring that we agreed on within about 30 minutes. Usually when we go shopping for anything like that (this includes furniture, bedspreads, curtains....anything and everything for the house) we can never seem to agree. Yesterday we even found a sectional sofa that we both liked. Not getting that though, it was too big and we don't want to have to move it.
Oh, and by the way, the answer is 28 sq. yds.
The only reason this was important yesterday is we are now looking at replacing the kitchen floor since the house has not sold. The current floor is white and while we had hoped to move on without replacing it, we know it should be done. So, if we are going to have to do it to sell the house next year we want to enjoy the new floor ourselves, at least through the winter.
The amazing thing about our shopping expedition is that we actually found flooring that we agreed on within about 30 minutes. Usually when we go shopping for anything like that (this includes furniture, bedspreads, curtains....anything and everything for the house) we can never seem to agree. Yesterday we even found a sectional sofa that we both liked. Not getting that though, it was too big and we don't want to have to move it.
Oh, and by the way, the answer is 28 sq. yds.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Postmortum
Another Texas legend has died. While most people may not instantly recognize the name, Marvin Zindler gained fame by taking on the La Grange brothel known as the "Chicken Ranch". His effort was fictionalized somewhat in the movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
He spent his last years as a consumer affairs reporter for the Houston ABC affiliate and was well known for his inspections of restaurants. He always seemed to find "slime in the ice machines".
Sound of Silence
On Tuesday, June 4, 1968, Don Drysdale pitched his 6th consecutive shutout game to break a record held since 1904. But no one cared about that on June 5, 1968, probably not even Drysdale himself. The game was played in Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine (now Dodger Stadium) against the Pittsburgh Pirates. About 4 miles away and a few hours later another event was taking place that would negate any other news item that day.
After winning the California Democratic primary, Robert Francis (Bobby) Kennedy was shot while passing through the pantry area of the kitchen at the Ambassador hotel. While others were wounded, RFK was the only causality. Much like the assassination of his brother, we can only wonder what our future would have been had he not been killed.
While I don’t normally review or recommend a movie, but if you have not seen "Bobby", it is a must see. But I am not writing this just because of the movie. Something chilled my bones while I was watching it. In 1968, RFK was a Senator from the State of New York. He was not officially a resident of NY until he decided to run for the Senate (sound familiar?). Although he was born in NY, he spent most of his life outside of the state.
In 2008 another former non-resident of the state of NY will be a candidate for President while an unpopular war is in progress. When HRC finishes up in the California primary next year I hope we don’t have a repeat of an event 40 years earlier.
BUT NO MATTER WHAT, GET AND WATCH THE MOVIE "BOBBY".
After winning the California Democratic primary, Robert Francis (Bobby) Kennedy was shot while passing through the pantry area of the kitchen at the Ambassador hotel. While others were wounded, RFK was the only causality. Much like the assassination of his brother, we can only wonder what our future would have been had he not been killed.
While I don’t normally review or recommend a movie, but if you have not seen "Bobby", it is a must see. But I am not writing this just because of the movie. Something chilled my bones while I was watching it. In 1968, RFK was a Senator from the State of New York. He was not officially a resident of NY until he decided to run for the Senate (sound familiar?). Although he was born in NY, he spent most of his life outside of the state.
In 2008 another former non-resident of the state of NY will be a candidate for President while an unpopular war is in progress. When HRC finishes up in the California primary next year I hope we don’t have a repeat of an event 40 years earlier.
BUT NO MATTER WHAT, GET AND WATCH THE MOVIE "BOBBY".
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Not Food
Well, I was going to talk about food today but it just didn't sound interesting after I wrote it. I was only talking about how we prepare a menu, shop to it and try to stick to it with moderate success most of the time. But this morning NK opened a bottle of arthritis meds only to find they had changed the lid from screw off to one with the flip off type that anyone with any common sense would know that if you have arthritis in your hands/fingers, it is hard to get any leverage to push up on the flip off cap.
This could get me going on an entire rant of the callousness of drug companies but I don't want to elevate my blood pressure thinking that much about it. Then my doctor would probably want to change my medication again with an even newer hypertension drug that would cost even more because my health (wealth) plan (that's United Healthcare's wealth) does not cover any drug costs (or any other for that matter) until we reach our deductible (it's over $5K each year). And for that privilege, we get to pay $345.00 a month to UHC, what a deal. I won't vent too much though, NK and I are both fairly healthy (knock, knock) and just to have coverage is better than none at all.
This could get me going on an entire rant of the callousness of drug companies but I don't want to elevate my blood pressure thinking that much about it. Then my doctor would probably want to change my medication again with an even newer hypertension drug that would cost even more because my health (wealth) plan (that's United Healthcare's wealth) does not cover any drug costs (or any other for that matter) until we reach our deductible (it's over $5K each year). And for that privilege, we get to pay $345.00 a month to UHC, what a deal. I won't vent too much though, NK and I are both fairly healthy (knock, knock) and just to have coverage is better than none at all.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Well, it's Friday, it's August and the dog days have set in. Sometimes I haven't got a clue for a subject and then like a bolt from the sky a couple of things hit me. The first thought is that school starts fairly soon around here. This only comes to mind because we live near a high school and since before school was officially out for the summer, work crews started tearing up the parking lot. Once they completed that, there it sat and sat and sat, sometimes just a muddy mess. Now that school is about to start (about 3 weeks away) they seem to be doing a little work each day, digging holes bringing in more stuff, etc. They don't seem to be getting anywhere closer to completing whatever it is they felt they had to do though. They have demolished the tennis courts however.
Normally, none of this would matter one iota to me, but remember, this is a high school and how do high school students get to school? Of course, they drive. But alas, no parking lot, where to park, oh where to park? We have spent the last ten years complaining to the school about the kids racing down and around our quiet, narrow little cul-de-sac, parking in front of our mail boxes, parking on both sides of the street and leaving their litter. Why NK even got mooned once (it was actually directed at another student but she could probably pick the kid out of a line-up and not from the front).
Last year we finally got some relief with little or no parking problems (I did have to call the school the first day to complain though). Now it looks like the battle will soon begin anew.
Tomorrow I'll talk about food.
Normally, none of this would matter one iota to me, but remember, this is a high school and how do high school students get to school? Of course, they drive. But alas, no parking lot, where to park, oh where to park? We have spent the last ten years complaining to the school about the kids racing down and around our quiet, narrow little cul-de-sac, parking in front of our mail boxes, parking on both sides of the street and leaving their litter. Why NK even got mooned once (it was actually directed at another student but she could probably pick the kid out of a line-up and not from the front).
Last year we finally got some relief with little or no parking problems (I did have to call the school the first day to complain though). Now it looks like the battle will soon begin anew.
Tomorrow I'll talk about food.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
No Sale
Our realtor called yesterday, he is still on vacation but he wanted to know what our plans were now that our contract with his company had expired. He was not full of hope as he stated that we could always try again next year so I guess he has given up.
Today we got letters from two different agents from the same company wanting us to list with them now that our original MLS has expired. I did talk to an agent on Monday but we will not list with another agent this year. NK told our current agent that we will extend the listing to the end of August, then it is off the market. :(
Today we got letters from two different agents from the same company wanting us to list with them now that our original MLS has expired. I did talk to an agent on Monday but we will not list with another agent this year. NK told our current agent that we will extend the listing to the end of August, then it is off the market. :(
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Jena, La.
Mychal Bell was tried and convicted by an all white jury of aggravated second degree battery for his role in a fight between white and black students at Jena High School. The cause of the fight, the black students wanted to sit in the shade of a tree previously restricted to "whites only". The next day, there were 3 nooses hanging from the tree, a child's prank according to school officials. While 3 students were suspended, tension in the small town mounted. At school two days later, a group of white students, including the noose hangers, taunted students, calling them “niggers.” A white student was beaten by a group of black students, taken to the hospital and released within three hours. He attended a school function that night. Six black students, including Bell, were charged with second degree attempted murder for the fight. The day before that fight occurred, one student was charged with simple battery after he cracked a bottle over anothers head.
Mychal Bell and the other 5 students did not use a weapon of any sort but was charged with a crime that requires the use of a weapon and one that mandates that serious bodily harm occurred. Now in reading this you might think this came from the 60's or even earlier. Wrong, this started in September 2006 and Bell, the first tried, was to be sentenced yesterday. Sentencing has been postponed while the Fed's investigate. They should take a hard look at the LaSalle Parish DA who told the black student population "I could end your life with the stroke of a pen".
Oh, and the offending tree? It received the death penalty and was cut down.
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