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California approves high speed rail

  California has approved high speed rail.  The Democrats got it passed.  The Republicans are not for it.  
   I can understand Republicans objecting to the project because of the cost.  The cost will be, are you ready for this, $68 billion dollars.

  It will create a lot of jobs but the ability for people to get around at a high speed is the main reason I think it is a good idea.

  You have to have government do things like this… That is one of the reasons we have government.

  Texas has been talking about high speed rail.  But here the Republicans control everything and the Republicans want it to be funded by private corporations.  They do not want the government to fund high speed rail.
  So it does not look like it will get done.
  Texas is such a big state that this state needs high speed rail. 
 

High-speed rail in the United States

  When the weather gets cooler this year I may take the train to a few places in Texas.  But if I do I think I will spend the night and then return by train.  
  If we had high speed rail I could take the high speed train and leave in the morning and eat lunch and check out some city in Texas and then return to Fort Worth in the evening.
  I think the last time I was on a train was when I went to welding school in OH.  I took the train from Kansas City to Cleveland OH.  That was just before John F. Kennedy was elected President of the United States. I remember because I had to vote for Kennedy by absentee ballot.

Why Is The Penis Shaped Like That?

“Excerpted from "WHY IS THE PENIS SHAPED LIKE THAT? …And Other Reflections on Being Human" by Jesse Bering. Published July 7th by Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. Copyright © 2012 by Jesse Bering. All rights reserved.

If you’ve ever had a good long look at the human phallus, whether yours or someone else’s, you’ve probably scratched your head over its peculiar shape.

Let’s face it: it’s not the most intuitively configured appendage in all of evolution. But according to the evolutionary psychologist Gordon Gallup, the human penis is actually an impressive “tool” in the truest sense of the word, one manufactured by nature over hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution.

You may be surprised to discover just how highly specialized a tool it is. Furthermore, you’d be amazed at what its appearance can tell us about the nature of our sexuality. If you think there’s only one way to use your penis, that it’s merely an instrument of internal fertilization that doesn’t require further thought, or that size doesn’t matter, well, that just goes to show how much you can learn from Gallup’s research findings…”    The Huffington Post

Absurdity Today – June 30, 2012

New theme

  TypePad, they host ShowMeBlog, came out with a new theme.  So I just had to give it a try.  You know me.  So that is what you are seeing right now here today on ShowMeBlog.

  I just got my computer back.  Darlene, my ex-wife, has been using my computer for 24 hours.  She may get her new computer today or tomorrow. 

  Her old computer did a melt down for some strange reason.

Richard Dawson dead at 79

"Los Angeles (CNN) -- Richard Dawson, the longtime host of "Family Feud" known for planting kisses on female contestants, has died, his son said in a statement Sunday. He was 79.

"It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my father passed away this evening from complications due to esophageal cancer," Gary Dawson said in a post on his Facebook page. "He was surrounded by his family. He was an amazing talent, a loving husband, a great dad, and a doting grandfather. He will be missed but always remembered."

Dawson died Saturday night at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son said.

Dawson was the show's host from its premier in 1976 until 1985. He also hosted the show's 1994-1995 season..."

 

Smallest Penis and Smallest Brain

  This guy not only has the smallest penis but the smallest brain.  The post on the the web page talk about the police but I think the police were very fair to him.  He was refusing to follow their request and he was tossing stuff at them.  Also you will see him pounding a police officer on the shoulder clearly harder that he should have.

The smallest penis in the world

  I think years ago I had a post here about the largest penis in the world.  Over the years that post got a lot of traffic.
  Well here is the smallest penis in the world. 

“30-year-old Pole Pzhyzbylovich Lee has a penis length of 2 cm at rest and 3.5 cm in erection.Guinness World Records experts Pzhyzbylovich was named winner of the smallest penis in the world and ended up in the list of world records in 2008.

Kathryn Joosten dies at 72

“Actress Kathryn Joosten, best known as "Desperate Housewives'" most meddlesome neighbor Karen McKluskey, died Friday after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 72.

Joosten's death came less than three weeks after the emotional "Desperate Housewives" series finale, which saw the redemption and eventual death of Mrs. McKluskey as well.

Joosten won two Emmys for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her "Desperate" role, in 2005 and 2008, and was nominated for a third time in 2010.

Prior to her residence on Wisteria Lane, Joosten had another tony TV address: The White House. She played Mrs. Landingham, President Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) secretary on "The West Wing" for the series' first two seasons until her character died in a car accident…”  The HuffingtonPost

I never have seen “Desperate Housewives” and did not know she was on the show.
I did watch “The West Wing” and I loved her on that show.
Very sorry to hear that she has passed away. 

Big change

  ShowMeBlog has been hosted by TypePad since 2003.  It has been a good run but I think it is time for a change.
  I am going to start forwarding the domain: 

ShowMeBlog.Com    to      http://www.1982bbs.com/

I will decide later on some decisions about what I will do with the ten years of data here on ShowMeBlog.  Do I want to transfer it over or just leave it here. 
There will be other decisions that I will have to make. 

  TypePad is an excellent service but Blogger is where I have Howard’s Notebook and the design is so much more easy there.
  As you know I been messing with the look of ShowMeBlog on TypePad for years and just never found a look that I loved.

  Giving up on ShowMeBlog/TypePad after ten yeas maybe a big error for me.  We will see what happens.

The T takes you places

  When I lived in Miami I got a bus and rail card that let me ride for free because I was over 65 years of age.  That was nice.
  I live in Fort Worth (TX) now and because I am old I have a pass that lets me ride for half price.  A normal bus rider day pass is $3.00 a day.  So I can get a bus pass for the day for $1.50 and that is not bad.

  Well The T (Fort Worth Transportation Authority) has a service called MITS for Mobility-Impaired Transportation Service.  They pick you up at your door and take you were you want to go and then bring you back when you are ready. 
  If you are approved I found out something… MITS passengers pay $2.75 one way so it is not cheaper.  But if you are approved for MITS you can get a MITS +1 card and then you can ride on their regular bus routes for free.
  I think I will see if I can get approved for MITS and then get the MITS +1 card.
  Now to be approve for MITS I have to have a verified disability that prevents me from riding the regular city bus service. 
 
  My “disability” would be that trips that take two or three buses are a real problem for me.  My bladder does not empty completely so I go often.  It is a real problem for me to go anyplace if there is a delay.  I have to not drink anything for hours and hours before I go but even then it is a problem. 
  Now my mobility is not bad… I can move pretty fast when I am trying to find a bathroom. 

  But my doctor has a couple of places that he sends people for tests and there is no bus line near the test site.  So I have to take a cab and it is about $25.00 each way.
  So I think I can get him to fill out the form for me and if I am approved I will just use it when I need to use it.
  We will see what happens.

   I miss the bus and rail service in Miami.  The bus service here is pretty good but what was nice about Miami  was the rain service that cut across the city.