Tire Wall

On the other side of my bridge the land slopes down before it starts climbing the mountain up to the cabin site. This creates a not so small pond when the creek floods. In order to alleviate this issue I'm going to fill it in. However, without some way to stop the fill from washing away it would be a losing battle. To stop that from happening I'm building a wall out of tires. Now these tires have to be packed with dirt so they don't float away themselves. Usually the method to do this requires pounding dirt up into the tire sidewalls so they are solid. I'm going to take a little easier approach by cutting out one of the sidewalls so the tire resembles a large "bucket" and then filling it with sand, rocks and gravel and whatever else I can find.

Not sure what I'm going to do with the cut out sidewalls yet. I could use them in the driveway proper, just tossing them in low spots and covering them, which would add a little flotation in the mushy spots. The other purpose I'm thinking of is for the garden. I understand they can be used around plants to help warm the ground and keep down weeds.
Definitely have to get the rest of the wood on the bridge. I tried carrying one of the large tires over the  metal beams. My balance was off and that water is way too cold to go swimming just yet.

Changes

This is what I was anxious to see. I'm showing some significant erosion around one end of the beams. The ballast that I put in, concrete wash, was a little powdery. the powder washed away. leaving the concrete chunks and gravel. I'm definitely going to have to do something here before the spring floods. Still have about a foot of beam supported, but I'll feel better with a little more.

The day the Internet died.

Control of the media by the government. Would you like the government to stop you from getting the news or communicating with your family and friends? Don't you depend on the internet as much or more for communication and news than television or radio? Haven't you heard about the "Internet Kill Switch"? Think it can't happen? It's happening now, and we could be next.

The day the Internet died. 

Heroes and Victims

In today's society we hear about victims every day. The media puts this in our face constantly. We are victims. There is nothing we can do. We must rely on the government and their multitude of agencies, the police, anybody but ourselves.

Out of this last tragedy of some maniac gunning down a politician, then picking off the crowd, who did we hear of? An intern who held a bloody rag to the congresswoman's head.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm glad he was there. But his story is basically that he saw his boss was bleeding and held a rag to her head. So he's the big news?

What about Judge John Roll? Here is his story.

Why aren't we hearing about this hero? Where is mainstream media and why aren't they reporting about what this man did? I believe it's because we are to remain victims. If given an example of this man's heroics and many other untold stories like it, we may stand up as one and put an end to this culture of victimization.
We may start acting like men.
And they wouldn't like that. Not at all.

I am TJIC

I am TJIC, and why you should be too.
I'm not saying he is right. I am saying that he has the right to say it. If the first amendment falls, the rest mean nothing.

I give up.

I've tried not to be political in this blog. Lord knows there are a multitude of "those type" of blogs out there.
I give up.
This is the only medium that I have to stand at my window and shout to the world, so in my frustrations at the way things are and my thoughts (and others) on the way I believe they should be, I'm lettin' 'er rip. I follow a lot of conservative/anarchist(which doesn't mean what you think it does)/survivalist type blogs. These guys are on top of the situation when it comes to their rights. I will be posting links to articles I find interesting and giving my thoughts on the matter when I feel the urge. If I wasn't worried about the signs, I wouldn't be doing this.
But I am.

Now this makes me nervous...

Ok, we have a sign. But what does it signify?
In the last two weeks:
    450 red-winged blackbirds, cowbirds, grackles and starlings found dead on a highway in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    3,000 blackbirds dead in the small town of Beebe, Arkansas
    Thousands of 'devil crabs' washed up along the coast near Kent, England
    Thousands of drum fish dead along a 20-mile stretch of the Arkansas River
    Two million small fish dead in the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland
    Thousands of dead fish found floating in a warm Florida creek
    Hundreds of snapper fish found dead in New Zealand
    Scores of American Coots found dead in Texas.

What the hell is going on? I'm not sure, but it sure makes me nervous.