Let’s face it.  There are snakes in the country.  Belly Acres is no exception.  During a front porch conversation with a friend who lives in Florida, we started talking about what people had been doing lately to get rid of the snakes. 

I listed out all the ways I could think of to get rid of the boogers.
The Top Five Methods to Exterminate a Poisonous Snake

My friend started listing the types of snakes they tend to encounter in Florida.

The Top Five Poisonous Snakes In Florida

Beyond the hearty green festivities of Saint Patrick’s Day, March actually contains more days of celebration than many may know.  …and regardless of one’s heritage, there are at least 5 days in March providing motive for merriment.

• Saint Patrick’s Day – Irish
• Pi Day – Greek
• The Ides of March – Roman
• Daylight Savings Time (DST) – annoying morning people
• March Madness – shoppers (or basketball fans)

For more details on each March fiesta, see The Top Five Monumental March Days to Celebrate

I just recommended Stephen King’s UR to a fellow Kindle reader.  …an absoulte MUST read for the Kindle.  🙂


…made me think of my own task of managing the bookshelves of tradiational tomes.  Dude, the guy in this video makes rearranging bookshelves look like fun! 





I’m thinking digital copies are MUCH easier to manage. …but then, what do I do with all those traditionally bound books?


I created a LM5 article on possibilities for passing along used books.  Maybe that will help.


But what about all these ebooks I’m accumulating?  Can I loan or share those?  Can I ever purge them from my library if they’re truly terrible?  How am I supposed to organize my digital bookshelves????

You can scroll through the other entries directly through the following link (starting with 22, of course.)   http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_172_if-google-search-results-had-sense-humor_p22#ixzz1G9vZCLhu

Whatcha say front porch pickers?  What’s your guilty reading/audio/video pleasure?  Name some funny ones!  We could all use more laughs.  🙂

Ok.  I obviously can’t say too much about where I work, but this clip from YouTube is a public video to explain to folks what we do at the CDP (Center for Domestic Preparedness).  As for me, I work on the training manuals and materials.  The second video (below), however, is why I REALLY love working with emergency responders.  Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!  Love it, Chattanooga!!!!!!!

Some Beach – Blake Shelton’s Barn and Grill

Come Sail Away – Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology

My Life – The Essential Billy Joel

It’s My Life – Bon Jovi Greatest Hits – The Ultimate Collection

What an absolutely beautiful day in Belly Acres!  The boys were definitely out kickin’ up mud today!  …well, dust and dirt clods.  …hasn’t rained a lot lately.  🙂


If you haven’t seen the music video for The Lacs’s “Kickin’ Up Mud,” you’ll enjoy this link to the official video.  If you like the song as much as I do, you can purchase it through iTunes through the following link: Country Boy’s Paradise – The Lacs.  If the muddy pole dancer is a bit much for you, (I could have done without that, myself.) there’s an unofficial video below.  Mostly, it’s the song in the background while guys really do enjoy some serious mud ridin’. 








Ooooouuuwwweeeeeeee!  That looks like fun!  Any other mud ridin’ fans out there?  What’s your vehicle of choice? Do you prefer wet/water-like muddin’ or thick muddin’?  Have you been mud riding?  Have you been covered in mud?  Whatcha think?  Love it?  Hate it?

Weather’s gettin’ just right!  I we don’t meet up on the porch first, I’ll see y’all on the trails.  Have a great week, y’all!

Bwahahahahaha!  Really?  What Alabama attorney would WANT to defend Harvey Updyke Jr, accused tree poisoner of the Toomer’s Corner oak trees?

The first two attorneys withdrew citing conflicts…association or family association with Auburn.  This third attorney cites an “irreconcilable conflict” between him and the defendant.

Bwahahahahahaha!!!!! 

Truly, what are the chances that ANY attorney in the state of Alabama wouldn’t have SOME connection or conflict in this case?  Everyone I know has SOME kind of connection to UA, AU, or both.

Now, I’m REALLY interested to see how many court appointed attorneys it takes before finding one who can stomach representing this guy.  Anyone taking any bets? 

Really?  Seriously?  I really thought the first time I read this Facebook post, that it was a joke.

Then, I clicked the link to the story.  http://bit.ly/g5bh2G.

Holy cow!  …and these are folks in our community!  AAhhhhh-ite porch pickers, hide them car keys.  …ain’t nobody borrowing nor lending a vehicle for a while unless it’s a high efficiency hybrid or electric.  …No stab wounds over gas money!  …sounds like a bad post apocalyptic sci-fi movie.