2nd Wonder of Moos Road!!

Here are two of the coolest men on Moos, and, unfortunately, Wendlant roads...

Tom represents the "Hanging Gardens Of Wendlandt", since he is the architecht of the amazing gardens, grounds, and verdant environs that exist there, on his elaborate acreages!- the SECOND WONDER OF MOOS VALLEY!! Slightly behind the CHANGING LIGHTS!, and barely in front of-

Chuck, of the swimming pool of Moos, is... THE COLOSSUS OF CHUCK!! The muscular, manly personage that, clad only in a loin cloth of mesh, and ostrich-skin cowboy boots, commands the waterways of Moos Valley- a godlike figure, that, when battle threatens, dons a speedo, and is quick to do battle with the invaders, whether from Wendltlandt, or from the pits of Hell (same difference)- THE COLUSSUS OF CHUCK is always READY!!

Heck, even if I can't get the photos ready, I believe these WORD-PICTURES will give you the idea... just imagine these words written on parchment, in the blood of .... oh, that place in Onalaska that takes plasma-!! PLASMA SCRIPT!!

Scary, but how else to describe...THE WONDERS OF MOOS ROAD VALLEY!!!

Stock advice from a mailman!

Buy CMI (Cummins) At $114 today- I read in Forbes magazine to buy at $101! (Issue just came out today!!) I'm a mailman, I should know...

They make diesel engines, for the big trucks on the over-the-road hauls, and have for a long time. They know diesel engines! (Did you know that Rudolph Diesel, famous 19th century German inventor, committed suicide in 1913? One theory is that the German military "took him out", since he opposed his engine's usage in their submarines... another, that his engine scared oil barons of the time, since diesel can use vegetable-based fuels rather than just petroleum based fuels... but, who really knows? Great minds tend to be unstable as well as brilliant. (Look at Mois!!)

Anyway, back to CMI- diesel engines are the future! Cleaner, more efficient, and VERY reliable and long-lasting (just ask my tractor!), once you experience the difference, you realize a conventional 4 cycle engine is basically a model-T-cantankerous, rickety, and doomed for extinction.

We'll all be driving diesels in 7 or 8 years... (except me, of course!) Anyway, since Cummins (CMI)is moving into passenger cars and trucks diesel engines, with low-sulphur diesel fuel..

BUY CMI!!

Amazing Wonder of the World- Changing color light bulb!!

Here is the most amazing light bulb of Moos Valley!!

HOW does it change, even as you watch, from one color...
to another...

TO YET ANOTHER??!!








HERE, IT IS GREEN! Yet, in the next photo,as you will see:

IT IS BLUE!!!

Believe me when I tell you that there are yet more colors, even, that this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of
in your philosophy"...

The Seven Wonders of Moos Valley!!

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In the ancient world, there were 7 wonders...

Now, in the modern world of Moos, there are a new seven wonders- and here is the first!

Campfire lights of Moos!!

How do they glow?
Why are they so beautiful??
What is the secret of their iridescent, fiery loveliness, that has guided generations of weary travelers
back from the pits of Wendltllant, and into the warm, safe, and welcoming bosom that is Moos Road?

Many a scholar compares the hauntingly beauteous Campfire lights of Moos to the Lighthouse of Alexandria that succored lost sailors in the world of antiquity- and, they often add, of the incomparable beauty of one particular light- the amazing changing color light!

At times, this one light is regarded, by itself, as another Wonder!!

Apple iPhone! The BEST!!

iPHONE worship happens in Chicago, at Bacino's restaurant!!

Right after this photo was taken (by another iphone!), the assembled all built a golden calf...
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NOT!! (heh heh)

I am SICK of hearing about the shortcomings, and how EXPENSIVE the iPhone is:

The truth of the matter is this:
The iphone is CHEAP, for what it is, NOT expensive!! Why?

1. It's a cell phone
2. It's a camera
3. It's a computer, with OSX Mac operating system. (the BEST!)
4. It operates flawlessly, and intuitively, and almost effortlessly!
5. It's the BEST iPOD EVER!!
6. It's a Map maker that equals GPS without the drawbacks!
7. IT's a GREAT PDA!!!
8. It's a MAC! With the Safari browser!!
9. It doesn't run Windows!!
10. the iPHONE is so convenient, and beautiful, and just plain slick to use that you won't want to put it down!!

And so, as you can see, for less than $600.00 (4 GB version), you get a tiny, intuitive computer, that goes online via wifi, wherever you are near one. OH, and I almost forgot: it's also a CELL PHONE, will take pictures (it's a camera, too??), and it plays music, both through headphones, or even it's own (excellent!) built in speakers!

I bought Apple stock (Aapl) at $7...at $35... at $76... AND NOW THE STOCK IS AT $132!!

THE STOCK was supposed to collapse after they "HYPE" of the iphone died down- but, after we all saw that the iphone EXCEEDED the hype, the stock only went HIGHER!!

It's like Sly & the Family Stone- "I want to take you HIGHER!!"

I wouldn't sell short of $150 at this juncture.

But, if I had Blackberry (RIMM) stock , or Palm, or their ilk...

I WOULD be very worried..

I'd probably be checking their stock CONSTANTLY on ...

my iphone!

Paul & Nancita discuss the future Thistle Acres

Although this photo was taken some time ago, it is believed that, during the downing of the above fruit drinks, the idea for Thistle Acres was born!

Paul & Nancy were just resting up from measuring, and then cutting to exact length, every blade of grass on the immaculate "Manicured Acres".

Thistle Acres, South Dakota

Paul & Nancita at Thistle Acres!!

Sign at front:
Meskwaukee Injuns invited- Nancita, your projen- progen- your kin welcomes you-all to a refuge from oppression!
Here, there is only beer, rocks, thistles, and (hopefully soon!) a really BIG tractor for all of us to play with!

Check back soon, for info on the upcoming -

Brandon South Dakota/Tama Iowa North
Meskquakee Native American
Indian Casino/4 wheeler grotto!!

Paleface/Roundeyes bring CASH ONLY!!

Paul mentors Ron in smoke/grilling

Well, young feller, you put the meat on like this here, and then you- oh, yes, you do need to have hot coals first, good question!
Next, you move the meat to the back of the grill...
What? Oh, yes, another good question- you DO need to use meat, not bean sprouts or tofu...

Then, you close down the draft- what? Oh- yes, you SHOULD always ask your wife permission first- and then...

BigBandPhil and Milky sing for Holly!

Holly is here being congratulated by her grandparents, "Big Band" Phil and his FIRST wife, Milky/Carolyn Bowers!
I hope to record BBnd and Milky this weekend in Chicago in performance- if I do, I will upload it via youtube to... THIS AMAZING BLOG!! YES YES YES!!

It was a great party, on May 26, 2007- many, many Bowerses and friends of Moos Road were there, and a gala time was had by all...

Including:
1. Admiring Jay's square foot garden!
2. Listening to BBPhil and Milky sing a song for Holly next to the tent
3.Eating "Pauled Pork", grilled on the smoker by... PAUL!
4. Jeep rides in the CJ5!
5. Seeing all the friends and neighbors in their "native habitat", eating and drinking in a tent in the yard.

I felt particularly pleased to have plucked the indigenous "Wendtland Road" natives from their own sad, third-world environs, and enabled them to have a cultured afternoon on Moos Road, eating cooked food!, and learning, like Eliza Doolittle did, to eat with utensils!

The highlight, though, was when we all sang:

"Coulee folks should stick together, Coulee folks should all be pals!
Wendland dance with the Moos Road daughters,
Moos Road dance with the Wentlundt gals!!"

It's great when folks can all get along!

Square foot gardening baby garden!!

Here is a photo of my BABY square foot garden! Baby, as in small...

I love my baby.

No weeds, perfectly spaced, perfectly hydrated (note watering can to right), and vertically inclined for the future:
this is one happy vegetable garden! (OK, there are a few flowers!)

Get the book Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholemew.

You will NEVER go back to single row gardens!!

Next time- My 8X4 foot square garden- in my OLD, giant, single row garden space!!

The rest is all just sprawling raspberry bushes now... (my favorite!!)

Be square,
Jay

Strange alien brothers redux...

I know, I know... you've already SEEN this photo! But, since no one commented on it, I have to give you my take; left to right: "Do the Hippy Shake!(!Ron!), 1st puppet (Jeff), Jay's right hand in his left pocket as he makes him talk, Jay, aka "little boy bluejay", Rah, (Jay's left hand is in his back, controlling his every move)...Jimmy (being controlled by Rah, and Jay is controlling Rah...and, finally, "thumbs" Danny "horner", who has just left his corner, and pulled out a plumb (from BOTH pockets!!)...

After this photo shoot, I found dozens of plums in the truck bed, and also numerous teenage girls, who were screaming frantically about "that lad doing the 'Hippy hippy shake'!!

There was also some mention, from their parents, about Radon testing availability...

Grad tent and grad listen to grand peres

Graduate enjoys her special tent, and the people who came with it, as her grandparents read her the riot act about what they expect after graduation:

"And furthermore, after walking uphill both ways to our 14 hour per day jobs in the asbestos plant, we always came home and read our grandparents to bed, and then harvested the tobacco crop, rolled it, and sold it to minors that same night!"

Two Bowers- two beers- one truck!

"Now Jay, if you were to go to that truck, open that red cooler,
and get me another beer, well,
uh.. well, maybe I'd let you wear this sharp, plaid shirt!

MAYBE, I said!"

No camera- no problem!

CHEESE!!

The Bowers Boys were recently cornered at the corner of Jay's truck and filmed. I think their stances tell you volumes about each one...
Further comments are unnecessary- just look at each boy, in turn, and write me your take on their poses. I await your insights!

The Bowers Camera has died- on the day of Holly's graduation!!
Thanks to the Loney's and Lauren Tucker, whose cameras did NOT die, (and whose generous impulses to donate their images and/or cameras kept the Bowers family photo album alive), there ARE photos to include herein...

And another camera, a Canon sd 1000 is already ordered, and enroute, hopefully. More on this, and that, too, shortly.
Jay

Quick little bloggie-kins

Little Boy Blue has daughter graduate High School!

In a surprise move, Jay "Lil' Blue Boy" has had a daughter that actually graduated from high school!!

"Lil' Blue Jay", infamous aged rapper, has surprised the public before...

"Yo! They all think 'cause I be OLD,
that I not be bold,
and for that I scold
for it be really cold
when you bein' told
yo' daughter don't deserve no scroll...

You know what I talkin' about??"

The above was stated by aforesaid "Lil' Blue Jay" when asked about his daughter's graduation, cum laude, from the prestigious Holmen High School academy, where she was active in Show Choir, Orchestra, and lots of other high-toned endeavors.

Lil' Jay became violent when asked further questions...

AP

Holly graduates Holmen High!

I just want to say- I've been away- and Holly's HS graduation is the reason! I'll post some photos soon- probably a slide show, as well- but for now, let me just say how MUCH I appreciate all of YOU who came, and shared this really special day with her!

slide show for last of Ty's big "Minnesota Caper"

Ty saw those other jerks- how could he help?

He looked around for a rescuer- license plates are always helpful!!

The Long Journey- Last of the trilogy!

I clambered aboard the riverboat, and shook off my soggy, white fur. I knew this would be an interesting journey, whatever else happened...

After a few days shipboard, I began to "know the ropes". I opened a small "club", Ty's Cafe Wisconsican, down in the framework of the lower deck. Fine catnip, mouse o 'deurves, and games of chance were all featured. A number of cats attended: cats-of-the-world who had arrived at the same state I was at; or, more accurately; between states! (In our case, Wisconsin and Minnesota)...

One day, I was smoking a cigarette, and helping a young cat-couple who were trying to emigrate from Iowa into somewhere in the United States. I looked up, and there she was!

Of all the gin joints, in all the world, she had to walk into mine!

"Sweetheart" I purred, "I want to chase your tail!"

And I did; all the way to Minnesota that little gray kitty led me! Our adventures have been made into a major motion picture, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Adapted for human tastes... but, I'll say it here, the real story is much more exciting, and most of it you've read here!

Here's lookin' at you, kit!

Over the River and through the woods caper part dieux!

I had clawed my way aboard the Wendtland rust-bucket! Whew- I didn't like to admit it, but my three pack-per-day habit, coupled with the exertion that would kill any normal cat, had about done me in! I lay back, leaning into the bondo of the rocker panels of the normal Wendlandt Rd. vehicle, and fell asleep-er, I mean, into a "cat-nap" as we sped into the night...

I woke suddenly, as a shadow fell across my prone, 18" long, pure white form. Feigning continued slumber, I opened my eyes into a slit- above me was a typical Wendlund Road scumbag- skinny, tatooed, with a three-day beard and nicotine-stained fingers that were pointing a cheap automatic pistol at my face... I gathered my muscles beneath me, and, as the nicotine covered finger tightened on the trigger, I SPRANG!

A flurry of claws and teeth, and I had scared that Wendlondt WOMAN into dropping her cheap pistol! I snarled into her slatternly face, and laughed inwardly as she drew back, gasping in fear! This is what she got for her terrorizing of young kittens! Contemptuously, I battered her once again, and she leaped from the careening vehicle, into the Mississippi River!! At least she was clean for the first time in her life, I thought, and continued up towards the cab of the vehicle.

A man was there: fat, flabby, and with a vacuous face that suggested too much daytime tv and an incredibly icky, shrewish wife- well, at least that last would no longer be a problem! I leaped onto his bald head, and started scratching vigorously-

Screeching, he started swerving from side to side, and slapping me on his head! With each slap, I dug my claws, and finally my teeth into his scalp, until he finally ran off the bridge we were on, screaming bloody murder!

With a crash of smashing metal, and tearing lumber, we hurtled into the deck of a Mississippi river boat! I jumped off of his dying carcass, and ran into the gamblers' lounge. I was in need of a break, and the bright lights and blackjack tables before me promised a much-needed diversion!

Who knew where I'd wind up, and what would happen after this? Not I, certain-mot!!

To be continued...

The Long Journey Caper

By Ty Cat

Hi'ya, sweetheart!

It all started on a day like any other. I was minding my own business; staking out my territory, traveling around the yard and the neighborhood. Trucks and tractors needed to be checked on, and those "birds" were driving me... well, let's just say I was distracted.

I took a deep breath of the fresh air that enveloped Moos Road- that road is a clean, upstanding road. The kind of road that never needs a cat like me; the kind of a cat that just can't stand corruption- a cat that just like to see justice done! If I'd a stayed there, on Moos, I'd a been fine..but then, a cat like me just has to see "what if"...

I wandered over Wendtland Road way...I never mean to go ALL the way onto those mean streets- but, they call me, you know? I get close, and some CRIME is going down- I mean, crows swooping down on a defenseless kitten- a junk-yard dog biting a poor 'possum- something is always going wrong! And there's just something in me that can't stand it.

On this particular day, I pulled my hat down low, kind of shading my eyes-like, and sauntered over. Some cats I've seen around that live there, in the culvert, were warming their mitts over some burning tires, and as I walked by, they kind of gave me the eye. But, they know better than to mess with me...

Suddenly, a jalopy whizzed by! A small kitten, piebald but with a tender expression, was just crossing the street. Right in the path! I caught the license tag- "WNDLNRULES!" and just had time to wonder what kind of payoff was needed to add that many letters to a vanity plate before I MOVED!! I knew what kind of gangs ruled WENDTLAND, and just what they were capable of.

With the dexterity of a (jungle) cat, I leaped into action! I grabbed the little kittie, threw her to the side into the safety of the Moos Road side, and then grabbed onto the bumper of the careening rust-bucket as it whizzed past!

I clawed my way onto the back of the vehicle, grasping each gaping hole in the rust of the body as if I was a mountain climber nearing the peaks of Kilaminjaro! I was going to take these goons DOWN, that I knew in the depths of my feline soul. One of my lives, already, was used up tonight- that left eight. Not many, for a lot of cats. But, as I've often said:

"Eight ball is my game!"

To be continued:

New vitamix nutrition drink photos!

I added them to the previous entry- you can see just how MUCH nutrition via good, real food volume goes into one of these meal/drinks! The one thing I left out was the teaspoon or so of cod liver oil... you don't even taste it!

Soon, I will tell the tale of Ty, aka "tee wee" the white cat, who wandered away for 12 days... and turned up across the Mississippi River, and at the top of a huge bluff in Minnesota!!

What a nut! (But we're glad to have him back!)

Nutrition is very important!

I have not kept up with posting: let that cease right now! We have new vinyl in the kitchen- what a disruption in your life to empty out your kitchen!! I'll put kitchen photos up soon- for now, let's talk about my... VITAMIX! (a high-powered blender) that will revolutionize your nutrition!

OK, how does it do that?

We all know we are supposed to:
1. Have 5 servings, daily, of fruits and vegetables.
2.Protein, in a low-fat form
3.and NONE of the BAD stuff!

But, just how is this to be achieved, given this era of refined carbohydrates, and the fast foods most of us eat? How are we supposed to steam/broil/bake/or even CHEW FIVE servings (EACH) of fruits and vegetables, without destroying their nutrients by over/undercooking, etc.??

Easy: Each morning, I take my vitamix blender cup and add about 1/2 cup of crushed ice. (Cubes would work as well, but my fridge has a crusher...) Then, I add about 1/2 cup each of orange juice and (whole!) milk. Then, I spoon in about 1/2 cup of yogurt or cottage cheese (for protein)... next, I open the freezer, and throw in:
a handful of frozen berries,
a handful of "California mix": frozen brocolli and cauliflower!

Next, I peel an orange or grapefruit, (with my extra-special, super-sharp serrated knife!), and toss THAT in! THEN, I take a banana, peel it(with my extra-special fingers!), and throw that in as well...

Often, I'll also put in a handful of baby carrots, and a raw egg or two...

Then, I FIRE THAT BABY UP!!!!

As that NOISY Vitamix contraption runs, I usually go to:

Turn on the Tivo to record CNBC...
then, plug in the iPod to download that day's podcasts, specifically the Steve Dahl show, (Chicago), and David Pogue (The NY Times), among others...

Next, I go back and finally turn off the Vitamix blender (after several minutes of powerful, noisy PULVERIZING!!

The nutrition afforded me by that few minutes of noise, which pulverizes, and renders digestible by breaking down the cell walls of those foodstuffs into an easily digestible drink, is enough to COVER MY ENTIRE DAY'S NEEDS!!!

As I see it, the rest of my day's eating is, basically, RECREATIONAL, and also affords me some "bulk" to make me feel happy- MY NEEDS ARE ALREADY MET!

I can't emphasize how effective this simple regimen is. I'm not hungry; I don't have "cravings", and I feel relaxed... How much of our stress in life is created by " nutritional shortcomings"??
Quite a bit, I'm thinking!

Also, since doing this, daily, I haven't been sick..AT ALL!!

For about a year... I used to always have peeling skin on my hands and feet. Since doing this Vitamix regimen... it has totally disappeared!!

This has been a revelation for me, and I hope for you as well! I will add much more information and advice soon as well- just stay tuned!

One hint: I ordered "spirulina" recently- I will tell you more about it, just return to this blog...

Jay

the Blufftones!

The Blufftones are currently practicing at the Onalaska United Methodist Church on Monday nights at 7:00 PM. We sing in church, at nursing homes, on television, on the radio, and on stairwells... wherever the mood strikes us! After all, singing is just- slow talking!

Barbershop, hymns, and gospel are all enjoyed, and acappella is preferred.

Jaymo's junk initial post

Jeep, tractor, truck and pets! Jaymo commands!!

I've started this blog- a new adventure awaits, for both you and me, dear reader! I enjoy learning new things- this is one... and the template of this Google blogger.com is enticing, to say the least!

Come, follow me now, on this thrilling journey to, uh, who knows where! It may be tiresome, but, one thing is sure: YOU'LL NEVER BE BORED!! (You'll just feel kind of... tired...)

One thing I know is this- I'LL never be bored!!

I can't WAIT to tell you all about:

1. My motorized contraptions
2. My (new) square foot garden
3. American Idol, which is about to play just this moment!
4. My pets- Charlie the dog, Ty, Angel and Conrad the cats, and the many deer in the valley
5. My job, carrying the mail in La Crosse, Wisconsin
6. My Vitamix blender
7. My strength training regimen
8. My stretching regimen
9. My yard and environs
10. My investment ideas
11. The Bowers' family cabin
12. Daughter Holly
13. Parents/musicians Phil and Carolyn Bowers
14. My many brothers, and ONE sister
15. Moos Road
16. Moos' Road's evil twin- Wendtlandt (SIC) Road

Well, believe me, there are many more interests than just these surface ones! Stay tuned, and you'll be surprised, sometimes pleasantly!!
J