Telling the truth for over 11 years now

Dang! Ed. forgot... again... to remind me that we passed another anniversay last week. The day was 3 July 2009, a day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate our times. And, for the very first time, Walt Whiteman was there! [Or here? But that's neither here nor there. Ed.]

Since then we -- your obdt. servant, Poor Len Canayen [and Ed.! Ed.] - have put up well over 4000 posts, only a handful of which have been deleted, although some of the videos have disappeared thanks to the PC police at YouTube. We have been helped immensely by Walt's dozens of Agents. You know who you are, and thank you!

Thank you, too, to our assiduous readers. Remember, your comments are always welcome. Click on the headline of any article and it will open in a separate tab or window, with a "comments" box below. Ed. moderates the comments so it's pointless to call me a racist (see profile), but civilized dissent will be published.

And remember... the truth is not "out there". The truth is here!

СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ!

ВIТАЄМО НАШИХ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ

ЧИТАЧІВ І ДРУЗІВ

З 27Ю РІЧНИЦЕЮ НЕЗАЛЕЖНОСТІ УКРАЇНИ.

СЛАВА УКРАЇНІ!

BОЛТ, БІДНИЙ ЛЕН І ЕД

9th anniversary of WWW

Ed. reminds me that I should have said something about our ninth anniversary. A mention is past due, since my first post was actually on 3 July 2009. How the time flies when you're having fun!

I must admit that I have kind of slacked off this month, what with other anniversaries -- American independence and Canadian "independence" -- and events demanding my attention and, indeed, my corporeal presence. I will write more when I am feeling a little better!

Ukrainian Independence Day

Вiтаємо наших українських

читачів і друзів

з 25ю річницею незалежності України.

Слава Україні!
Bолт, Бідний Лен і Ед

500

This is Walt's 500th post. That's an average of pretty close to 36 per month in the 14 months we've been "live". [Or you could say "undead". ed.]

To celebrate this anniversary, Agent 46 has sent along a transcript of a little conversation in the surgery of a large metropolitan hospital. Five surgeons are talking...

The first says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table, because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered. "

The second responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians. Everything inside of them is colour coded."

The third weighs in with, "No, I really think librarians are the best, because everything inside of them is in alphabetical order."

The fourth chimes in, "You know, I like construction workers. Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over."

But the fifth shuts them all up when he observes, "You're all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on. There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains, and no spine -- and the
head and the ass are interchangeable!"

The lesson of the four worms

Yesterday at mass the good father decided that a visual demonstration would add emphasis to the homily. So he placed four worms were placed in four separate jars.

The first worm was put into a container of alcohol. The second worm was put into a container filled with cigarette smoke. The third worm was put into a container of chocolate syrup. The fourth worm was put into a container of good clean soil.

At the conclusion of the sermon, the priest reported the following results. The first worm in the alcohol -- dead. The second worm in cigarette smoke -- dead. Third worm in chocolate syrup --dead too. But the fourth worm in good clean soil was still alive.

So the priest asked the congregation "What did you learn from this demonstration?" Agent 46, who had been sitting in the front row, quickly raised her hand and said, "As long as you drink, smoke and eat chocolate, you won't have worms!"

FOOTNOTE: In all the hooraw of the July holilday weekend, an important anniversary went unmarked. It was on July 3rd, 2009, that Walt posted on this blog for the first time. How the time flies when you're having fun!