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Sequoia National Monument - Tree Roots

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So, before a week rolls by, I thought I'd post something.

For Thx-giving (there's probably an emoticon out there to even further destroy the english language) I went to a place called Porterville. It's a simple town. An hour north of California's armpit, i.e. Bakersfield. It's smells like cows there 24x7. I hear it's the methane they produce that's the cause. Really, it's a wonderful thought too, knowing that the air you're drawing up your nose and in to your body came from the nether regions of some big, sweaty bovine. It makes me bristle.

On the way out of the 'armpit', with gas station long john's in hand, we saw through the haze of methane a light on the horizon. It looked like some kind of wild fire, and with the ground being dead dry this was likely. As the light became brighter, I could see dozens of stationary orangey lights oozing more orange at me. It was a factory of some sort, lit up like a pumpkin on Halloween. The stacks were vomiting up something gray as the orange points basked in their own oranginess.

What the heck am I writing?

"basked in their own oranginess", is 'oranginess' even a word? Well, I hope so.

Anywho, after crying myself to sleep over the fate of so many ill-informed kine, I was taken the next morning to Plano Jerky Co. and gorged myself on 4oz. of peppered teriyaki beef jerky. I felt no remorse.

Later that day, well, yesterday, that is Friday, yeah...uh, later-yesterday my friend, Felipe (full name is Felipe Castillo - it means Horse-Lover in a Castle, no that's me, I made that up, but that is his real last name), his mother Carmen and I drove to Sequoia National Monument (used to be Park) which was only abouts an hour away, aye! (feeling Canadian). It was beautiful. Absolutely amazing. I find it so ironic that so many contrasts can exist in one state and so near one another. I also find it so amazing that so many so's can exist so close to one another in one so very poorly written sentence.

So, here's try number three. Forget the adjectives, the metaphors, the so's, all that jazz, no not jazz, that's an analogy, I think. Okay.

No. 3a
We saw a ball of fire. We were intrigued. We looked for a place to stop the vehicle. We did not find a place to stop. We drove past the ball of fire slowly. We were travelling sixty miles per hour.

No. 3b
The ball of fire was attached to a cylinder. We assumed it was burning oil. We did not know if this was on purpose or if this was an accident. There were no firemen. No one else stopped. It was bright. I got a headache. I accelerated to seventy-five. The ball of fire disapeared.

No. 3c
We still do not know why there was a ball of fire. We should have stopped and taken our sandals/tennis shoes off. We did not. Our fates are sealed.

That was dry. But hey, lookie here, I had fun, I hope you have fun and my blog is done!

Ciao for now,
Dan

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That is all.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

eponym

SYLLABICATION: ep·o·nym

PRONUNCIATION: epe-nim

NOUN:
1. A person whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something, such as a city, country, or era. For example, Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
2. Medicine A name of a drug, structure, or disease based on or derived from the name of a person.

ETYMOLOGY:
French éponyme, from Greek eponumos, named after : epi-, epi- + onoma, onuma, name; see no-men- in Appendix I.

OTHER FORMS:
ep'o·nym'ic —ADJECTIVE

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

elide

SYLLABICATION: e·lide

PRONUNCIATION: i-lid'

TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: e·lid·ed, e·lid·ing, e·lides
1a. To omit or slur over (a syllable, for example) in pronunciation. b. To strike out (something written). 2a. To eliminate or leave out of consideration. b. To cut short; abridge.

ETYMOLOGY: Latin elidere, to strike out : e-, ex-, ex- + laedere, to strike.

Hello,

I'm back from outer space! And when I came back I saw that look upon your face and I said to myself, what a wonderful world. Anywho.

This has been an update from Dan.