Friday, November 14, 2003

-------------------- Picture of the Day  Raisin drying.  This area of the San Joaquin Valley is where they all come from.  The Sun Maid plant is just a few miles from here.  Notice the soil looks very sandy.  A man from France noticed that many years ago and thought grapes could be grown here because the soil look so much like what he saw in France.  Thats a story I will do another day.  The grapes are laid on these paper sheets on the dirt beside the grape vine they were picked from.  The biggest fear of raisin growers is rain.  If it comes to soon and gets on the drying grapes the crop is a total loss due to mold. If there is rain in the forecast you will see the field workers rolling up these paper sheets as fast as they can.  The paper has one side that is plastic impregnated. If it gets rolled up in time the grapes are protected.  They can be unrolled after the rain has passed.  Anything that is unrolled when the first drops begin to fall is left to rot.  You will be happy to know that the crop was rain free this year and prices should be stable. 11:55:03 PM    comment []

-------------------- Hillary to headline Iowa Fund-raiser. I knew it!  Go Hillary!  Please run and keep this from being the most boring Presidential Election in history. Pick one of those lame jerks running and make him or her your running mate.  Doesn't matter who you choose because your never going to let them set foot in the big house anyway.  Capt. Poopdeck 11:31:04 PM    comment []

-------------------- north dakotan goes big. [Julie Neidlinger] The guy is an avid hunter, and is the voice of the UND Fighting Sioux. This would put him at odds with the gun control crowd and about any Native American activist group you can name. He's from a conservative state, a state which has been his main audience (read: support). I never really thought of him as liberal or conservative. I thought of him as a decent balance somewhere in the middle, giving me something to think about. But now he's bashing conservatives because he has a chance to be the new liberal Rush? Screw you, Ed. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. You tell em Julie.  Capt. Poopdeck 6:49:32 PM    comment []

-------------------- homeland security vs. wet nurse.  [Julie Neidlinger] 6:39:38 PM    comment []

-------------------- AHMMMM...NO.... I do NOT want to live ">this long. I'll be 34 tomorrow. But if there's even an inkling somewhere down the road that I'm starting to look like that, kill me. God, kill me.... [Discount Blogger] 6:31:31 PM    comment []

-------------------- Robert Orben. "Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away." [Quotes of the Day] 9:19:09 AM    comment []

-------------------- whatta maroon. Why doesn't someone take a roll of duct tape and shut this sucker's mouth? Most of the problems we have... [Gut Rumbles] 9:13:50 AM    comment []

-------------------- Troops in Iraq. Did you know that there are more than 30 other countries with troops in Iraq? [Blackfive - The Paratrooper of Love] 9:10:20 AM    comment []