John Henry Day 2007

Exceeding the maximum fun allowed by law...we will be partying so hard, it might be alot like work. You may also want to bring some karaoke music should you want to sing. I have figured out it will be impossible for me to put together a playlist that is going to be expansive enough for our group, so please if you want to sing any particular song or songs..please bring said songs with you. That is all. And don't forget your ridiculously hot outfit.

I will blame Denise..

for it was Denise who recognized the magic of the John Henry Day story, and breathed life into the HIA(a term that was first used by Daniel Mintzlaff, in the year 1993) Denise, you are a witchy woman.

Beating the Heat Last Weekend

Temperatures remained high over the weekend, reaching at least 105 degrees in Rapid. However, hanging about in the shade of various rocks behind Sylvan Lake was pleasant, with temperatures perhaps in the high 80's to low 90's.

Pictured above are friends of Denise who had just completed a morning's worth of climbing before the sun drove them away (to Hill City to have Bomb Pops),

OR

They are strangers who happened to be wandering about and agreed to have their picture taken so Denise could make the HIA audience think she knows people who do fun things.

What do YOU think? Should we have a poll?

Oh yeah, in other news, that same day there was a really hot fire out Nemo by Steamboat Rock that was getting ready to take out the Rolling Hills subdivision when
a 6 million dollar rain knocked it down.

You must check this out...

http://www.mulesandmore.com/

there is hope for star-wranglers/hustlers everywhere...and for the HIA, 2007 is the year.

C'mon Star Wranglers

Are you really gonna let the star hustlers win? Get off your sweet lil' asses and VOTE!

Now Is the Time for Action

Let us bring back the taste sensation that IS the Cheetos Cheesy Checker. Call 1-800-352-4477, from 9-4:30 Central Time, and ask the representative to bring back the Checker. The "Dangerously Cheesy" shape whose absense has left a hole in our lives. You might also want to visit Frito Lay. com.

I only have 1 thing to say about Treasure Island, FL

too many cops.

(not the man) Science in Action

Theodore Roosevelt National Park, ND. Researchers from the Forest Service and National Park Service gathered to compare the quantity of 5 favorite snacks of the elk herd to the quantity of the same said snacks in previous years. None of these snacks were tequila.

The technician pictured is sending a signal to aliens who have a more precise memory than humans, so that when the researchers return in future years the aliens will be able to help direct them to the exact sites. They still will be looking for a nail in a hayfield, but it will be a smaller area of hayfield to look through.

A Cute Dog If Not "The Cutest Ever"

Meet Bob Barker. He lives with Betty Barker, Amigo the Cat, and three humans in Rapid City, SD. When he was very young he broke one of his front legs jumping ON to a couch. He now has the habit of often holding his once broken leg up. While sitting, this gives him the affect of modesty as he hides his boy parts from view.

how cute

is my butt in these pants? if you would like to vote in my cute-butt poll, just visit mullypalooza (once again, by viewing my profile)

Calling All Grasshoppers

I need all you all floating like butterflies and stinging like bees(tall order for grasshoppers, i know) by John Henry Day weekend. Word on the street, is there will be a wake for JH himself. You will need to bring tents and sleeping materials...wait, forget that, Hermosa is the land of no sleep..also make sure to bring at least 1 ridiculously HOT outfit. Be there or be square, seriously. So do what you need to do to get your sweet lil' asses in shape.

Another Reason to Like North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt National Park is a gorgeous refuge for wildlife and people looking for low-population-density breathing room. This year is particularly lush due to them getting more than their rightful share of rainfall, unlike their dry dry southern cousins in the Black Hills.

Got Questions? Need Sound Advice on All Manner of Topics?

The advice blog formerly known as "i have an answer for that" is now known as "Lick O' Sense" We are new and improved with only 6% points of incorrectness. Should you want advice on any specific topic, just e-mail Mully and she will give it to you. To find "Lick O' Sense" just visit my profile. (At Lick O' Sense, your privacy is always protected by the use of "code names")

Announcement

Abeln and HIA spokesmodel Molly A. Wortham announced today July 16, 2007, that the Abeln formerly known as Lincoln T. Abeln will now be known as Jason D. Walker. That is all.

Sasstactics-101, or Where's the Sass?

Oralando, FL...Colonial Dr. AKA US 50. exact address unknown..different Starbucks, different day.
The day is July 15, 2007. An old school sass-slinger walks into the joint, which is overly-air-conditioned, she wears a tank top, no bra......
she gets no sass. Where's the sass youngster, they're just nipples.

Request for Streamlined Blog Reading

Would one of you blog-savvy sorts out there consider putting links to our authors' other pages along the side? It is starting to be very tiresome going to everybody's profile to get to their other sites. Of course, in mully's case, it might be best to not link to every one of her seperate blogs until after the intervention. (we may want to consider enlisting the help of the Starbuck's dude for that) Thanks.

Sincerely, Boomer

More Library Cool

Further librarian shenanigans over at the Unshelved Blog -- a Pimp My Bookcart contest. Behold the grand prize winner:

Severe Sassing Prompts Tiny Firearm Purchase

In these uncertain times, sometimes you just have to take steps to protect yourself. Hey lil' starbucks dude, I'll be your huckleberry.

Site of Severe Starbucks Sassing Pinpointed

Government officials have recently released the details of the actual site of the recent Starbucks sassing that took place in Sarasota, FL on the afternoon of July 8th, 2007.

“The information we have on the situation identifies the site as shown on the accompanying picture. As you can see, this would seem to indicate a drive-by sassing - a disturbing trend that we have noticed has become increasingly prevalent in built-up, humid areas of the country. It may be related to so-called ‘sock-free’ lifestyle that so many of our young people are embracing,” one government official revealed.

With trembling voice, he continued, “We are becoming more concerned by this trend and the severity of the sassing in this incident would put this at Sass-Con 2. We are advising less-sassy individuals to stay indoors and only travel if it is absolutely necessary. Although we had high hopes during Memorial Day holiday this year that this sort of urban bee-stinging/butterfly-floating had abated, it is now clear that the Sass-Com Level 5 we experienced then was a mere blip.”

“While we have no ‘official profiling’, we are interested in speaking to individuals who are seeking to graduate from high school or who work in thrift stores. If you know just such a ’sassy’ individual who has recently indulged in caffeine, please do not approach or confront them and risk incurring their sass. Simply contact your nearest law enforcement official.”

Photo: Al Fish

I've Been Served, Venti Size
I will not soon forget this day that will live in infamy.
4:20 PM Sarasota, FL, specifically 1375 Tamiami Trail
a young punk in a Starbucks uniform,
I took a vicious, unprecedented sassing, and i just kept coming back for more.
It was Liston vs. Clay but it was not I floating like a butterfly, nor was it I stinging like a bee...
I will see you again, young Starbucks dude...

Bend Over, Shake the Dewey off Your Decimal

Call it Career Daze here on the HIA. Or, Take Your Slacker Friends To Work. If MoS Jef hasn't completely blinded you with his science, take a mo to read a li'l feature on the NYT about liberryians.

Clearly, many of us well-acquainted with the hipster cred of li- and guybrarianship already knew pub lib workers and MLIS'ers had it going on. It begs the related question -- how is it that so many HIAers manage to be so very far ahead of -- if not even full innovators for -- the trends that are very important in shaping our world today?

Hey, Nostra-dumbass, try to tell HIAers something we don't already know.

"A Hipper Crowd of Shushers"

Woo! Hoo! Science is Going to St. Louis

Currently dubbed the "most dangerous city in America," St. Louis will shortly be known as the "most awesomely scientific city in America" because the annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (commonly called "Ichs and Herps") is coming to town.

Watch out St. Louis! Don' be givin' us no sucktitude or we will SCIENCE YOU UP! Mother F'ers!

Man of Science is looking forward to all the lovely lady scientists who will be throwing themselves at him after seeing his fab power point presentation: "Preliminary Observations on the Development of the Gill Arches in Catostomus commersoni: chondrification of the copulae and ossification of the basibranchials." Which pretty much proves that god exists and her name is Agnes and she lives on a small island off the coast of Greenland.

Most appropriate that Man of Science will be talking about gill arches in the city of the arch. But that's science for you--always appropriate.

Breaking News!

Due to R. Abeln's withdrawl of herself as judge for any upcoming Ass-Off
competitions, the call has been put out for a new celebrity judge.
Sir Mix A Lot has expressed a certain interest, and negotiations are ongoing.

SCIENCE KNOWS NO HOLIDAY

While millions across the nation celebrate Independence Day by frolicking in grass bestrewn parks swilling beer and potato salad, the dedicated Man of Science celebrates his Independence by diligently remaining at his microscope.

There are no holidays in the pursuit of knowledge. The true Man of Science knows that he can never rest, never take his ease, never let the pursuit wane, for knowledge is like the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker, or the shy lynx, or the sorority girl with only half-a-beer in her system—one must be relentless in the chase or one’s prey will slip through one’s fingers like summer sweat.

Little do the unwashed millions of non-scientists know that as they sit with rolls of fat poking through the weave gaps in their lawn-chairs, and as they stumble to the port-a-potty to relieve their beer distended bladders, and as they “ooh” and “aah” and ogle monkey-like the fireworks exploding above them; little do the mealy-minded masses know that as they unpack coolers and argue the rules of badminton, the dedicated Man of Science works tirelessly for the improvement of their lives.

For who else will stand before the great night, his razor-like mind keeping the darkness at bay? Who else will shine the light of reason into the superstition befouled minds of America, curing the terrors of sloppy thinking? Who but the Man of Science will spend his 4th of July taking pictures of the developing gill arches of Catostomus commersoni—the white suckerfish?



He does this for knowledge. He does this for truth. He does this for YOU my fellow Americans.

He does this because his advisor will kick his ass if he hasn’t made progress in collecting his data when she returns from vacation tomorrow.

I have confessed my love of sunbutter to a total stranger

The checkout girl at the Chamberlain's Natural Foods Market asked me if sunbutter was good....i told her how much i love sunbutter, and of my intentions to marry it.
Sierra was not at all shocked. She merely said, sometimes you can't help what you love.