Looks like someone carved the small-stock wood themselves and attached the barrel, hammer, and trigger.
Now, that's a concealed weapon opportunity.
Leaving the royal red pillow out of it. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Little Stinker
Build the ship inside the bottle or blow the glass and shape it around the ship.
Sort of like the chicken and the egg dilemma.
What came first? I dunno!
Someone get me out of these circular, mind-numbing Catch-22s! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Ship in a Bottle
GameStop Is What I Call A Sh*t Store
From Amalek to Iran, Israel can never be caught off-guard again and this means both operationally as well as from mistaken assumptions and thinking. Operationally, we need to always have the best technology, intelligence, planning, and training, as well as continually test those with Red Teaming to simulate enemy attacks and our readiness to counter with winning defensive and offensive operations. Moreover, we need to be on our guard in our thinking, as former Prime Minister Ehud Barak says in his book, My Country, My Life, that when he became head of Aman (Defense Intelligence), he sought to address the problem of misperceptions, overconfidence, and groupthink by strengthening “a unit whose sole function was to play devil’s advocate.” They would begin “with the opposite conclusion, and through a competing analysis of data and logical argument, try to prove it.”
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Faith and Fight in Defense of Israel
Can't believe it's been 7 years already!
Came across this picture where I'm sneaking up behind her at the veggie restaurant.
My mom was always so full of life!
And while she went regularly to work, she also made sure to took care of us and the home.
Whatever time I found myself coming home from school or work, there was a wonderful home-cooked meal waiting for me, and the salad always came first!
After I met my wife, Dossy, my mom and dad welcomed her to the family with open arms and hearts, and then together with our own children (their grandchildren), we were one (extended) family.
Mom, hope you and Dad are doing well and G-d bless you both in Heaven! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Dossy Blumenthal)
Missing My Dear Mom
Fry it up in the pan.
Oodles of noodles.
Sautéed with soy sauce.
Wrapped around the large spoons.
Looks filling, gut-busting perhaps.
But ooh so satisfying. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Oodles of Noodles
Sort of reminds me of The Flintstones Car (from the TV Show originally aired in 60s).
No motor or anything; you would just stick your feet out the bottom and you would run while in the car.
Stone Age answer to the need for an automobile.
Hey whatever works and no need to recreate the wheel either. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Flintstones Car(-Like)
It combines beautiful music with incredible art, including woman dancing in a circle.
Music + Art + Dance!
It is a great instrument bar none.
To look at, to listen to, to feel alive with. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
An Amazing Piano of the Arts
- 4.8 million people: 3.8 Million adults + 1 million children! (and another 20 million people trafficked for slave labor)
- 99% female
- 70% Asia and Pacific, 4% in America
- $99 Billion in profits
National Human Trafficking Hotline
- Call: 1-888-373-7888Evils of Sex Trafficking
(Credit Photo: Minna Meles)
Let Go of the Ego and Follow G-d
The new executive orders and legislations reverse the old ones.
- Keystone Pipeline
- Travel Ban from potential Terrorist Countries
- Paris Climate Accord
- Membership in World Health Organization
- Deregulation
- Taxes
As a country, we are (borderline) bipolar!
And like a pendulum, we swing back and forth getting nowhere and driving the rest of the world crazy.
Can't we actually move forward without the perennial one step forward, one step back nauseating dance we keep doing.
Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are moving forward and they are not waiting for us to figure out what we actually want and get our national act together to move decisively and definitively forward. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Going In Circles
24 more episodes of killing the crazy zombies.
Everyone's got to hold on and survive in a world that is in full apocalypse mode.
It doesn't take much for society to revert to biblical Sodom and Gomorrah where the wheels come completely off the proverbial bus.
We should know because aside from advances in technology and medicine, a lot of the world is well on the way there! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Walking Dead: Can't Wait
Pecan, coconut, and chocolate frosting.
Wouldn't mind some gooey fudge filing on the inside, a little more icing all around the outside, and some cherries on top.
How can this be bad? ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Ah, German Chocolate Cake
The little girl hanging onto to the UAV drone.
Reminds me of the wonderful classic film, The Red Balloon, where after the balloon follows the little boy everywhere, in the end, off he flews with it into the wild blue yonder.
As much as we all wish privacy wasn't dead, for the most part, it really is!
Between ubiquitous and persistent satellites, drones, and video cameras, audio and video surveillance, call intercepts and eavesdropping, computer monitoring tools, smartphone location tracking, facial recognition, body implants, and more, let's just say you are never truly alone.
For those who continue to dream the impossible dream of privacy, it is a noble endeavor but quite fruitless without either going deep underground or significant legislative and policy changes that can actually be enforced.
My grandmother used to say that G-d sees everything and she was right.
These days, others are watching as well! ;-)
Privacy Is Dead
It says Shabbat Shalom in a big wonderful way! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Orange Flowers 4 Shabbat Shalom
It was a carefree spot and not a war zone.
The city wasn't filled with anger but with hope.
Politicians weren't giving each other a kick in the ass every day, but rather reaching across the aisle to try and get something done.
The country was trying to go forward, but now it's having trouble keeping up with the problems caused by China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran.
Then we stood tall and wore our colors proud, today we wonder about the crisis of the day and what tomorrow will bring. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
High Kicks Not City Riots
In this painting, art does a wonderful job imitating life.
I love the flower pot as well as the flowers.
Nature, in real and artistic ways, fills us with renewed life. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Beautiful Flowers 4 A Beautiful Day!
Even if it just a little paint; sometimes that can make all the difference.
Frankly, it's not even that important how big or small, just as long as you have a decent roof over your head.
In our crazy world, we can have a birdhouse for every bird, but still we don't have homes for every person.
Homelessness and poverty, whatever your race, color, or identity is still a big problem.
Birds live in birdhouses, but many people still live on the streets. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
A Birdhouse For Every Bird
