Fun under the sun

It's been a while since I waxed thoughtful about my D11 girlfriend Jan Tanner...
but that sure doesn't mean I just stopped thinking about her
She's another one who's well aware of the forced adoptions going on
tearing families apart limb by limb each day in El Paso County
I seriously doubt she give gives a damn, tho --
and since my kids are two who have been so wrongfully wrangled
and it's so hot out that I grow annoyed
I'm gonna re-run some tasty Tanner-ish tidbits from way back when
starting with this one, originally posted July 2010
enjoy

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Hey: if a tree falls in the woods, and there’s no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?

I’d say, “yes.”

But there are some who simply aren’t so sure.

Take, for example, today’s total solar eclipse. The only humans to witness this event were castaways, Easter Islanders, well-funded scientists, and/or well-heeled sun-worshippers.

So, just in case Judy Noyes is out of town today, you know where to look for her. Hopefully, she’s booked a yacht back to the mainland; otherwise, she might have to lash together a raft made out of grass-skirted natives. Ah, well…whatever floats your boat, I suppose.

The primary audience for this not-so-common-but-far-from-rare solar event will be a bunch of fish and squid in the Pacific Ocean…and I gotta wonder: will they flip about frantically, fearful that some long-fingered villain has poked their all-seeing god in his eye? You'd think he’d have seen it coming -- damn that over-the-shoulder blind spot!

Or perhaps the fish and squid believe that their god’s holy eyelid got stuck...and they’ll all spawn furiously, certain that a whole lotta hot, cold-blooded sex will provide just the right lubricant to unloosen that lid...a new slant on the old expression, “Here’s mud in your eye.”

Gee, those squid sure can get frisky.  As I understand it, they're so driven, five or ten male squid may attempt to mount a single female squid at once (hmmm, shades of Isis)...and those males unable to mount an unoccupied female squid are known to mount each other.  Oh whadda night.

And if it seems like the squidsex goes on for like WAY TOO LONG, just imagine what that female squid's thinking.  Consider this also -- that video is about how long the eclipse lasted -- talk about anti-climactic.

Then again, the Underwater Oracle of the Amphibious Elite may have revealed that their god is angry...and that only one thing will cause the sun to shine again: mass amphibian sacrifice.

Such advance knowledge may have led their leaders to fraudulently collect 50 million clams from the schools of fish…enabling them to orchestrate an elaborate ceremony of frantic, flipping, fatal fish sex on the beach, followed by a fancy sky burial.

Certainly, the aroma of all that rotting fish flesh will reach their god's nostrils and placate him; after all, the sun’s still shining in Florida.

How can I be so sure?  Well, I just am.  But then, who am I?  Just a little nobody black spider.  




So, if you don’t believe me, ask someone more trustworthy...such as one of the many faces of Colorado House District 16 hopeful Jan Jorgensen Tanner, and/or her brother-in-law and fellow dough-inflator, H. Mark Tanner.

Jan’s probably relaxing at Mark's modest Gulf of Mexico beach cabana right now, after a long day of scuba diving with her expensive under-water camera, photographing all of those grease-laden fish and squid going belly up.

From what I understand, that Gulf of Mexico oil’s plenty sticky – you can’t just rinse it off – so Jan might need help from Mark's live-in staff before she’s ready for dinner…a sumptuous meal of filleted sunfish and swordfish...followed by a cool dip in the crystal-clean water of Tanner’s backyard pool…and a nightcap of progressive liberal drinking and snake handling before sleepily stumbling off to bed.

Ah, the antebellum life.

Most likely tho, the fish and the squid looked at things about the same way as the rest of us poor schmucks who weren't able to get a glimpse of the total solar eclipse -- as sort of a non-event.

I could be wrong, however....so, if Judy or Jan suddenly show up looking tanned, slightly greasy, and smelling of fish...well, you’ll know why...and be sure to thank them -- ‘cuz the sun’s still shining here in Colorado.

Let me be the first:  Thank you, ladies.

- - - - - - - - fin - - - - - - - -

Hope you enjoyed this i-don't-believe-in-your-god BASH, ala Rich Tosches; even though I didn't get paid for it -- like he does -- I found it amusing and gratifying, nonetheless.

Sorry about all of the repeat "Spydra just published a new rant" messages -- it's all Jan's fault...it always is.  No, really, Blogger just bites when it comes to letting you see what things will look like once they're published...and I ended up having to start all over; small price to pay for *perfection*...and it gives me more time to ruminate about Jan.

November's still quite a ways off...and the spider oracle forecast calls for plenty of sun to shine on Mom's Evil District #11 Girlfriend between now and then...although I guess in Jan's world, that means cloudy with a good chance of rain.

Sibylline Spydra

Centuries ago,
Concurrent with the 50th Olympiad
Not long before the expulsion of Rome's kings
An old woman
"Who was not a native of the country"
Arrived incognita in Rome.
She offered nine books of prophecies to
King Tarquin
And as the king declined to purchase them
Owing to the exorbitant price she demanded,
She burned three and offered
The remaining six to Tarquin
At the same stiff price
Which he again refused
Whereupon she burned three more and
Repeated her offer.
Tarquin then relented and
Purchased the last three
At the full original price
Whereupon she
"Disappeared from among men."

USOC: A the B Park

this originally ran in April & May as part of my "Decoding Skorman" series

USOC @ A the B

Olympic plan for park gains speed

Majority of City Council supports theme as tourist draw

Publication:

The Gazette 

Publish date:

November 16, 2003

 

Author:

ED SEALOVER

Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera's plan to turn Confluence Park from an area for people to gather and relax into an Olympic tourist attraction has gained support from a majority of the City Council.

All that is stopping the council from ordering city employees to alter longtime plans is a decision from the U.S. Olympic Committee on whether it will permit the move.

After speaking recently to Jim Scherr, the USOC's chief of sport performance, Rivera said he is optimistic the committee will lend its name to the park.

Efforts to reach Scherr for comment were unsuccessful.

If the change happens, nothing will be taken out of plans for the 30-acre park in the southwest area of downtown that is seen as an anchor to revitalization. A giant fountain and performance oval still will be put in place. A kayak run remains in the plans for phase two of construction.

Under Rivera's proposal, however, the city will add a Wall of Fame on which Olympic gold medalists are honored beside the main sidewalk or a Walk of Fame in which prints of hands, feet and skates will go into the walking path.

Other council members jumped on the mayor's bandwagon because they think the theme will bring more people to the park and might help get sponsors for the proposed $30 million second phase.

"I can't imagine anyone looking at a travel brochure for Colorado Springs and seeing the name 'Confluence Park' and saying, 'Hot diggity, I've got to go there,'" Councilwoman Margaret Radford said.

"The Olympics here have a huge presence. I think the park being named after something so identifiable is a real plus for Colorado Springs and frankly for the Olympics as well." Former Mayor Mary Lou Makepeace conceived the park idea.

Makepeace wanted to create an area where all city residents could congregate. Its centerpiece is planned to be a 50-foot-tall fountain near a tiered grass area that can host concerts and other events.

Although residents think the city is spending too much for the park and too little on fixing roads, about half of the $28 million for its first phase was approved in a 1999 bond issue. Most of the rest has come from public or private grants.

Plans for the park, scheduled to open next summer, remained largely unchanged for four years.

Then Rivera brought up the Olympic-theme idea last month with the Urban Renewal Authority, which is overseeing southwest downtown revitalization.

The mayor then spoke to council members individually about his proposal.

As of early this month, council members said they have offered him overwhelming - if not unanimous - support.

Even Vice Mayor Richard Skorman, one of the park's biggest backers, said the changes appeal to him because they could garner national attention.

Skorman said he hopes Olympic sponsors will appreciate the idea and help pay for the kayak run and other phasetwo additions.

"It will give more of a reason for people to go down there," Skorman said. "It will not only be a place for people to recreate and see the views, it will be a place for people to come and learn."

Looking in from the outside is Makepeace, who nurtured the park from an idea to an area on which ground was broken in January.

Although she doesn't want to be seen as a complainer, she questioned why the council would push an Olympic theme over an original park when a facility two miles away is dedicated to the games.

"I think that's great, but why don't they have that at the Olympic Training Center?" Makepeace asked of the proposed Wall of Fame.

"An awful lot of people put in an awful lot of time on the (original) plan. . . . I just don't like things that short-circuit citizen processes."

Rivera said he expected to hear from Scherr within a week or so.

The Olympic committee must consent to the plan because any use of the Olympic logo or name is illegal without its permission.

If the committee gives its approval, there is only one debate left: whether to rename the area Olympic Park or America the Beautiful Park, after the poem Katharine Lee Bates wrote, inspired by a trip to the summit of Pikes Peak.

Council members are unanimous in their desire for a name to replace the one denoting the location of the park at the confluence of Fountain and Monument creeks.

"I've truthfully never been happy with the term 'Confluence Park' or the identity of Confluence Park. There's no identity there," Radford said. "Let's celebrate where two extremely minor bodies of water merge? Oooh!"

Eye've got a question...

I remember reading late last summer or earlier this year that equipment failure was to blame for the stationary and waterless Julie Penrose Fountain, which stands smack dab in the middle of Egypt the Beautiful Park in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado.


Well, WHY has the spectacular obelisk light show also ceased to be?

Hmmmmm???

IN ORDER TO KNOW, WE MUST FIRST ASK.

THIS PARK WAS FINANCED WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.

WHY ARE THE GLOW-IN-THE-DARK OBELISKS SITUATED WITHIN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED SUN-WORSHIP TEMPLE ON THE FRITZ, OR JUST TWO MORE SAD VICTIMS OF BUDGET-CUT STEET LIGHTS!?!?!?  

I WANNA KNOW...AND SO SHOULD YOU!!!

Sigil sign language

"pleiades sigil"

I searched the web for the term,

and found this site:

Pleiades sigil

http://www.renaissanceastrology.com/pleiadesmirror.html

another Pleiades sigil

I was reminded of my most favoritest park in all the whole world

- America the Beautiful -

make of it all what you will.

This is a post about sigils

so that you understand better what they look like

all but the picture with the snow were taken July 27, 2011

snow picture snapped circa December 2009

xoxo

America the Beautiful Park wall sigil 1

America the Beautiful Park wall sigil 2

America the Beautiful Park wall sigil 3

America the Beautiful Park bench sigil

America the Beautiful Park pavillion sigil

America the Beautiful Park stone pylon sigil





 

America the Beautiful Park sidewalk sigil

America the Beautiful Park trashcan sigil

Decoding Skorman: Peas in the Skorman pod

(3/20/11)

Hello everyone.  As we all know, the upcoming election is *hugely* important.  Some polls have shown Richard Skorman leading the mayor's race, which is entirely unacceptable.

As you may know, I attended Palmer High School; I was also a backup singer for Jamaican Eclipse and Be Positive (B+), reggae bands that frequently played all over the place downtown.  Poor Richard's Feed and Read, as we called it back in the day, was a popular place for artsy musical liberal bohemian types to meet...and as such, I had ample opportunity to visit Skorman's establishment.

During my previous life as an artsy musical liberal bohemian type, I encountered Skorman often enough to recognize his face on sight; I can't say the reverse was ever  true.  Skorman never -- not even once -- gave any indication that he recognized me back...either as a semi-regular patron or as a member of the band, nor was he ever friendly towards me in the least.  

But if I was accompanied by, say, a popular male high school art teacher...or with the male lead members of the band, Skorman was all "Hi, hello and how are ya!"  I can't say why, exactly...because often, my escorts were much darker in hue than me.

Exactly the same was true of former councilwoman Judy Noyes when I would visit The Chinook.  I'm not sure if Noyes supports Skorman, though I'd be willing to put some money down on the bet that she does. 

The snubs and averted gazes accumulated over the years, and were a source of confusion for me for a long time.  In the end, I came to the following conclusion:  even though we were all black, both Skorman and Noyes perceived that I was the band's token female -- hardly a position of power -- and as such, a low-ranking field negro.  

Surprised?  You oughtn't be...because, as you may know, a lot of times -- secretly -- liberal democrats are racists.

Furthermore, John Weiss, owner of the Colorado Springs Independent, is practically Skorman's BFF.  

The one and only time I encountered John during my brief tenure at the Independent occurred halfway through a team meeting.  As we were talking, an extremely short man -- like, 5 feet 3 inches or so -- came around the corner and entered into the conference room, wearing an oversized cowboy hat of approximately the same dimensions.

John Weiss

The only other time I'd ever seen such a strange little man was in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" -- and for a moment, I thought it might be some kind of a joke.  The non-plussed expressions on the faces of my co-workers helped to stifle my laughter; evenso, I'm sure my face wore a somewhat startled expression -- which, to my dismay, he noticed; he narrowed his eyes at me before exiting the room.  

No one had introduced us, and so I found it necessary to inquire as to the stranger's identity...and it was a terrible, sinking feeling in my stomach when I learned it was the Independent's big cheese, John Weiss.

Shortly thereafter, I was terminated -- and the only reason ever given me was, "You're not a good fit."  

I have worked in lots of places, with lots of people, and in all sorts of environments...and only one other time did I ever feel quite as uncomfortable, excluded, and utterly out of place as I did at the Independent:  it was when I toyed with the notion of pledging Alpha Kappa Alpha at CSU in Fort Collins.  Those young black women took an instant and intense disliking to young black me, because I failed to "act black."  I did not fit in -- something I've dealt with time and again over the course of my life.

Rejected regularly by narrow-minded blacks; welcomed just as regularly by open-minded, artsy musical liberal bohemian type whites.

And so it came as a total shock to find I was the black sheep...the dreaded red-headed stepchild at the all-inclusive, diversity-celebrating, everybody-welcome Colorado Springs Independent.

John Weiss and Richard Skorman

I've already written at length about Judy Noyes here, here and here.  During their time on city council, both Noyes and Skorman played key roles in the establishment of America the Beautiful Park.

I recently discovered some unsettling information concerning John Weiss, Barack Obama and public education innovation....and will write all about it in much closer detail over the next week or two.

Here's yet another awful connection:  both Weiss and Noyes are connected to the Colorado Springs Conservatory and the Friends of the Fountain Fund (Uncle Wilbur AND Julie Penrose)...which for me explains volumes about the strange secrecy at the elitist Conservatory....as well why both fountains never seem to have any real want for money.

I don't know how rich Noyes is...but my guess is plenty.  And very few people seem to be aware of exactly HOW rich, powerful and influential John Weiss has become, thanks in large part to his machinations in the public education arena...as well as his pro-gay, pro-socialism, pro-Obama, pro-medicinal marijuana newsweekly.

Calls to mind Jan Tanner.  And if I'm ever able to connect Jan to Richard Skorman, trust that I'll shout it from the highest mountain.  

All  of them, leftist peas in a pod.

Friends, I do hope you realize the drastic and unpleasant changes that will take place in Colorado Springs should we allow Richard Skorman to be the first "strong mayor" of our city.  Skorman would most certainly be the left's enforcer...maneuvered and manipulated by John Weiss to promote and implement his radical socialist and gay agenda.

If we allow that to happen...well, we only have ourselves to blame.  I personally swear to do everything within my realm of control to put the Fiddleback Kibosh on Skorman's run for office.

Right now, I spend my time diagramming Skorman's sentences, the way Mr. Hardgraves taught me to at Mann Middle School, as well as picking out leftist jargon, codewords and doublespeak, the way Mrs. Tanner taught me to over the past couple of years.

Two challenging courses of study; two capable teachers; one very excellent student.

Candidate Skorman has uttered the following phrase numerous times; hence, my next article will have as its subject "World Class City." 

Eight Questions

the spider stops to contemplate 

upon these questions numbered eight

* * * * * * * *

Barna

8.  Since "The Pulpit" is much, MUCH more about gay than God, why does the Gazette continue to permit GLBT-lovin' God-bashin' Barna to title his column as such?  I mean, just imagine if I had a column called "The Gay Pagan" and all I ever wrote about was religion...?

Better yet, with a typing speed of 125 WPM and plenty skill, why doesn't the Gazette hire me as either their education or religion writer, and allow Mark to focus on his expertise?  Or is it that they only allow bland white liberal atheist males to write irreverently for them (with a couple of token liberal blacks of mediocre talent tossed in here and there for flava)?

7.  Why wouldn't anyone vote Lisa Czelatdko over Mike Merrifield?

6.  Why when it was "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" did everyone tell me anyway?

Sandberg

5. Who killed Jocelyn Sandberg?  Why doesn't anyone in the GLBT "community" seem to wonder, remember, or even care about that anymore -- or are they all too busy adopting, enlisting, and gittin' hitched?

4. With regard to local politico and mountain runner Jan Tanner...that both her married surname Tanner and maiden surname Jorgensen family crests plainly depict three blackamoors heads  is no mere coincidence and of much significance; obviously, there's something these folks are trying to keep within the family;   besides pizza, historically, what is the Tanner-Jorgensen family business?  

3.  Wazzup at America the Beautiful Park, wazzup with every single person or entity involved with its creation, and what is its significance with regard to the Southern Delivery System?

The dark and light eyes of Horus,
depicted to the left by the Drake Power Plant/America the Beautiful Park geoglyph,
and depicted to the right by Marilyn Manson

Eastburn

2.  I have written about the manifold reasons that I have an especial familiarity with suicide; I apologize in advance if I upset and/or offend anyone with the following question...but with all of the strong-mayor stuff, and changes to City Council, and changes to Memorial Hospital...isn't it possible that Dr. Ted Eastburn's death only appeared to be a suicide?  He was a great man, one who would have received my vote for mayor; just days before his death, he lunched with Richard Skorman...and I'm curious if the Doctor mentioned anything about running for mayor at that time?

1.  Whether calling ourselves conservatives, liberals, Progressives, Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Tea Partiers, communists, socialists, capitalists, fascists, fabians or otherwise...do we as Americans understand or have any clue where we're going as a nation, as a people and as a world?  Do we really want to go there?  Since it's all foretold in the Bible, is it stupid to pray evenso, that we find the fortitude to work together and turn the tide?

No Good!

Hi, friends...

You know, life without a telephone is full of surprises...people just come a knockin', and guess who came a knockin' today?  That's right...my rocket scientist son home from college!  

Woot woot!  

Not only is it great to see him, but I can abscond with his laptop and connect from anywhere in the apartment.  

Double Woot!  

At any rate, today I came across this America the Beautiful Park footage that I thought you'd enjoy, since after all, 'tis the season.  But I was struggling with what to name the post.  So I asked rocket boy, who is also a football expert, and he gave me the right answer.  

Enjoy.

And again, to the doubters of my contention that the fountain is representative of the Vagina of Isis, note the story below, which (unbeknownst to me) was published in the Independent about one month prior to my THREE: REVELATION post...

....call it just my dirty mind, but the word selection is...unusual...no?

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Penrose squirts again!

POSTED BY J. ADRIAN STANLEY ON WED, MAY 19, 2010 AT 8:21 AM

Since the city said it could no longer pay to run the Julie Penrose Fountain — a popular destination in America the Beautiful park — it's been up to the community to keep it going for the city's kids.

The nonprofit Friends of Julie Penrose Fountain has repeatedly stepped up to the plate to raise funds for the fountain, which needs $25,000 a year for water, staff to maintain safety, supplies and maintenance costs.

The El Pomar Foundation issued a $12,500 challenge grant for the fountain this year, which was mostly matched through small community donations. However, the Friends were still $4,000 short. Thankfully, the H. Chase Stone Trust stepped up to close that gap.

So, it looks like at least one of the city's fountains will be running. For this year.

The Friends note that the fundraising effort isn't over yet. With the 2010 season paid for, they're now focused on raising funds for the fountain in 2011.

But before they start that effort in earnest, they'll take time to celebrate this small victory:

The Friends of Julie Penrose Fountain will be hosting a “Turn on the 


Fountain” Celebration for the community to enjoy from 12-2pm on May 23rd in America the Beautiful Park. Additionally, Phantom Canyon has introduced the “Continuum Ale” (a Belgium white) this month and will donate 25% of summer sale proceeds to benefit the Friends of Julie Penrose Fountain.




Sponsored by:
The "Friends of Julie Penrose Fountain" - Board Members:
Kristen R. Downs, Chair (447-9090)
Carrie Bartow, CPA, Clifton Gunderson LLP
Jan Martin, City Council Member
Mary Kay Burnett, Urban Renewal Authority
Lisa Czelatdko, Board Member