{"id":18810,"date":"2014-09-22T01:04:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T08:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=18810"},"modified":"2014-09-22T01:04:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T08:04:55","slug":"gads-ya-gotta-just-love-free-enterpriseand-other-random-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/22\/gads-ya-gotta-just-love-free-enterpriseand-other-random-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gads, ya gotta just love free enterpriseand other random thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wouldn’t you just know it? Wouldn’t you just? As soon as domestic drones even start<\/i> looking like they could be a nuisance, somebody comes up with this: Drone Shield<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yes, indeedy, you to can keep the paparazzi and other airborne vermin away. Fancy that! But look who all is in the list of potential clients — a veritable roster of the crony capitalist police state. Pity.<\/p>\n

(H\/T MJR.)<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

People laughed earlier this summer when big-time columnist Maureen Dowd tried her first cannabis, did it unwisely, and wrote about feeling like she was dying. They thought she was making a ridiculous big deal out of a pot experience.<\/p>\n

I didn’t laugh. I had an experience like hers. Edible pot. Not for some of us, no, no, not ever. Turns out even the Emperor of Pot, Willie Nelson won’t touch edibles<\/a> for that very reason.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

In more mundane news, I had to pull a tick off the base of my cat’s ear tonight. We don’t usually get ticks and though I’ve yanked a few off dogs, I’ve never tackled a kitty.<\/p>\n

I figured that “tackle” might be the operative word. But Kitsu is such a mild-mannered little thing that after a few token twists to keep her head out of my hands, she sat still for the procedure. She was very offended, and demanded out immediately afterward, but the only one harmed by the experience was the tick.<\/p>\n

I was kind of surprised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wouldn’t you just know it? Wouldn’t you just? As soon as domestic drones even start looking like they could be a nuisance, somebody comes up with this: Drone Shield. Yes, indeedy, you to can keep the paparazzi and other airborne vermin away. Fancy that! But look who all is in the list of potential clients — a veritable roster of the crony capitalist police state. Pity. (H\/T MJR.) —– People laughed earlier this summer when big-time columnist Maureen Dowd tried her first cannabis, did it unwisely, and wrote about feeling like she was dying. They thought she was making a…<\/p>\n

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