The Lighter Side of Doomsday!!!!

A little while ago a friend introduced me to an interesting website with thousands of really cool images.


Every few days or so I will visit http://www.worth1000.com/ to have a look around and to steal some of these images.


This website is full of interesting photos and illustrations. My favourites are the images that have been tampered with using photoshop programs!


I thought that it would be funny to start a small collection of images that would illustrate the problems concerning our world’s environment.


The problems that are facing future generations are so great and so complex that it is easy to become overwhelmed by them.


By using humour as a tool to teach people about these problems I thought that I might be able to ‘turn on’ a few more peaceful activists.


Time will tell is this plan is successful or not.

Jim

A Mexican Adventure

A few days ago, I received a letter from my friend and yours, Stik! Apparently, without my knowledge, Stik had decided to take a little vacation down in Mexico. He told me that he needed to get away from the Canadian snow for a little while. He is a pretty slim guy and I guess that all the snow shoveling had hurt his back, so he needed a little rest.


Stik told me that he had traveled down to a beautiful sunny resort with two of my friends. He was really concerned when, after waking up one morning, he noticed that his friends were not in their room. Stik thought that they might have been kidnapped so he went to the local police to ask for some help!


The policeman that he spoke to, told Stik not to worry. He said that his friends might have simply gone out for a day tour of the area and if Stik waited around that they would probably return some time soon. So Stik waited and waited…


After almost two hours had passed Stik decided that he was a little hungry and could use a good meal in a local restaurant. Since he had been hangin’ around a telephone booth, he decided to use the phone to call for a rental car.


Stik told me that although he enjoyed driving, he did find it a little difficult to reach the gas petal.


Instead of finding a restaurant, Stik had found a local Tequila Pub. He went inside and soon became friends with Phoenix. They talked… and drank tequila all afternoon. Stik confessed to me that he didn’t find Phoenix all that attractive, but he said, “The more I drank, the prettier she became!” Phoenix was only going to be in town for another day. She was there for the ‘Day of the Dead’ celebrations that took place a few days before.


Well! Wasn’t Stik relieved and happy when Bill suddenly appeared at the entrance to the pub?!!! Bill told Stik that he was very delighted to find him again after having accidentally split up early that morning. Stik introduced Bill to Phoenix and they all continued enjoying some more tequila!


After a few hours, Stik was in no shape to drive back to the hotel. He thought that it was smart of Bill to give Carolynne a call, to ask her to come and pick them up. Carolynne had spent the day shopping and all day long she was wondering where Stik had got off to for that day. Now she knew!

Phoenix was very sad to see Stik leaving and just before they got into Carolynne’s car she ran into the parking lot with a piece of paper with her phone number on it. Stik told me that he was not going to be starting any kind of long-distance relationship, but he would keep the phone number for a while in case he happened to venture down to Mexico again in the near future.

Thanks Carolynne and Bill, for taking care of my friend Stik during his holidays – he had a great time!!!

Jim

Camping Weekend

CAMPING

Here it is – my first blog and now I have to neglect it until next week.

Joanne and I… yes and the dog - are going away for a few nights of camping. I was told that I was very lucky cuz just before my phone call to the campground reservation line a cancellation occurred and I ended up with the last camp site of this weekend.

We are pretty lucky to live in Southern Ontario with so much camping so close by with the largest freshwater lakes in the world. This weekend we’re going to The Pinery campground – near Grand Bend. This shoreline faces directly west so sunsets are always on the agenda.

Koly is going to love it. Whenever we go anywhere he always finds the water and then he hunts rocks from the bottom and makes piles of them on shore. He even goes completely under the water some times and Joanne and I have seen him hold his breath for almost thirty seconds. He loves his rocks… but his teeth don’t. We let him have his enjoyment and then we have to distract him with a stick or a frisbee to chase. We don’t let him hunt rocks for too long.

Enjoy your weekend!!!

Jim