I can't help myself and post anther rambling blog post full of misspellings and grammatical errors which doesn't make a lick of sense...

Ok, some conspiracies are just too good to keep to myself.

Someone should call Lars with this one today. Other than I think Lars is kind of a Moron. He would probably think you were disagreeing with him and speak slowly and give an inane example to prove his irrelevant point, and then when you get really frustrated with his stupidity, hang up on you, leaving me (once again) sitting on the tractor sputtering, "BUT HE WAS ON YOUR SIDE...."

But, I digress...

So a couple neighbors were in the store here yesterday (I wasn't actually there but heard about it).

One of the neighbors has been on vacation in Hawaii where he spent time in a hot tub or pool with a longshoreman and discussed the strike at the Port of Portland.

I think they may have even splashed each other. I'm a little worried that the next time this guy asks me to plant for him I will instead have to bake him a cake or provide flowers. 

But, I digress once more....

The other neighbor who has vast experience with conspiracies then spoke up.

His theory is as follows:

New Supertankers are coming into service.

The Supertankers require deeper channels.

The Supertankers are better adapted to fewer but larger ports.

Shipping companies don't want to go up the Columbia to Portland it is a pain in the butt.

The Columbia may have to be dredged to accept Supertankers.

Environmentalists hate dredging.

Environmentalists want the dams on the Columbia removed. 

With no major port in Portland then several of the dams would no longer be needed.

The Supertankers are moving to California and Seattle.

This consolidates shipping which makes shipping companies happy.

And then I forgot several key points cause I got distracted by a pretty bird or a hay customer....booze

But, he tied it all together by noting that Environmentalists, The Feds, Leadership in several states, the Labor Unions, are all either democrats and buddies or lame-arsed Republicans and buddies and it has been shown that labor unions are pretty corrupt, that government agents have been used to coordinate protests in the past and that many people in authority could benefit from the Port of Portland being shut down.

I sure wish I hadn't forgot half the story. Oh well... I think Aliens were involved. I wasn't wearing my hat. 

And now,

I'm off to load a truck of straw that will go to Washington. No conspiracies there...

My little helper got a new job...

Also,

I have some issues with people who have been praying for me. If you are going to pray for me, pray specifically that I get 1.2 million dollars without anyone dying in a industrial accident or complications in my life or nearby lives. While some difficult decisions were resolved for me, and I blame that on the prayers of Ed Winkle and Gorges Grouse and that tractor collector guy that calls me periodically to see how my mental state is doing, the result is that I will have to work my lazy arse off this summer and I have other things to do rather than work. 

I have a good fishing pole, I have a new (new to me is 1984) motorcycle, I accidently bought my daughter a really cool birthday present on ebay while waiting in line to get fertilizer which will bring house of enjoyment and tramping through the woods carving CROATON on trees, I have new record albums to evaluate, in SHORT I do not want to work, I do not have any way to combine extra acres, I want to move to Florida, I.... I.... I.... 

need more coffee.... Wish someone would load this truck for me...

something is eating the leaves off all the peas I planted...

To put it in terms for the Lars Larson Show:

Laziness= Good

Work=Bad

NOW STOP ARGUING WITH ME, it is my blog!

Another friend died

All my heroes are dying or dead.
I think I will take a break for a while...
It was a beautiful day at Muddy Valley.
He should post more.
Read his blog.
He has pictures of spiders...

Ed would have given us an Easter Post..

Here is one of his from last year. (Click)
Ed's goal was to turn his blog posts into a book.
I suppose it is good to have goals.

We interrupt this blog about aliens and stupid hats to mourn the passing of Ed Winkle

My brother came to my house at lunch time to point me to NewAgTalk. Ed Winkle has left this vale of sorrow for the great hereafter. 
I suspect everyone there is quite positive and they all practice no-till planting, always use the proper inoculant, and are quite happy.
It would seem that many of my favorite people are dying. Went to a memorial just the other day for a really decent man who lived an interesting life and, well, he was just a really good guy.
What do you say?
Perhaps I will go look at my White planter and read the label on my humic acid container out of respect.
I will miss Ed and his HiMarkHighSpots.

I try a new hat

This hat is more comfortable but it does leak a little.

Plus, I have problems with visibility. However, if I would just paste a photo of something I want to see on the inside, then I would always be where I want to be.
When I was in high school we had a film on mental health issues. I always thought the fellow who was in the corner rocking back and forth had a pretty good thing going... As long as your mental world is happy..
But I digress,
I could also take part in jousting tournaments in my spare time! I could be Sir Fartsalot and my duck and I would be quite famous, in the weird little circle of jousting people...

Tests of different devices to protect me from alien mind control rays

I have been wondering if our neighborhood is being bombarded by alien death rays. I have been experimenting with hats to see if interrupting these rays will improve my thinking ability.

I thought I would start out with this Mercury hubcap. I'm having some trouble getting it to stay on my head.

My appeal for money, and rain photos

The I have been working ideas for a gofundme page to buy a really good colander to wear on my head instead of the stainless steel strainer. I was pretty anxious to find those missing minutes where I may have gone to sleep been kidnapped by aliens but I'm thinking that perhaps I was just eternally driving in circles and it would be really boring.
I need to incorporate a really good emotional hook. Having some problems.... Especially since the real reason for my need for money is to buy a Lee Moses album, Four Roses legos for my daughter who is too old to play with them, Four Roses parts to restore my Triumph, Four Roses, and if there is any money left, a FWA White 120 to mow hay with.
Here it is so far...

Give my your money! I am a poor struggling farmer who need money to support his closet drinking problem family.
I must buy a new colander to wear on my head to protect myself from aliens who want to steel my brain in order to create banjo playing robots. This could mean the end of the human race as we know it because, I DON'T PLAY THE BANJO!
I only need 1.2 million dollars! (this is only a one time donation of $1 for 1.2 million people.)
While the colander may cost slightly less, the family dog has fatty tumors and my require surgery again. He is a good dog.

I think it will work...

In other news:
It is now raining... Here is a photo from the day before yesterday. See the nice young fellow who is helping me spread fertilizer. He is an energetic young farmer who is not depressed at all. He loves farming.

Here is a photo from yesterday. I'm getting ready to vacuum out the drill. It is raining. I'm setting in the pickup attempting to warm up.

Here is a photo out the window of the tractor whilst planting orchardgrass for a pasture. There was a nice rainbow.  Someone stopped and took my photo framed by the rainbow. I imagine it is on facebook somewhere.

Five minutes earlier