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I monitor MITechNews.com. Why? Why! It is often as funny as John Stewart when they report on Michigan’s efforts to fix an economy that was broken before Ford pardoned Nixon.

I’m not saying MITechNews writes funny, just their beat delivers the funny. Today they slipped away from their usual material to report that an Air Force lieutenant colonel is trying to find the producer of this video posted on YouTube.

From the article, this unnamed officer (nice reporting by the way) gushed about the video: In the past few days, almost half of the Air Force has seen the video and have been deeply moved by it.

This now explains why we are having so many troubles in Iraq. We only have 3,000 members of the Air Force. According to YouTube stats, the video has had about 1,500 views. Tip of the hat for more fine reporting. I probably shouldn’t completely blame MITechNews for the reporting, since their source is a Grand Rapids, Michigan TV station — then again, whatya doin’ trusting TV reporters?

The killer is this direct quote from the unnamed officer:

“What you just did, is beyond words. It’s inspired everyone in the military, everyone who is fighting, both in Iraq and those here. A person who would do that is patriotic, maybe more patriotic than me. It shows what we’re fighting for and it doesn’t get any better than that.”

Have you seen this cliched piece of crap yet? Moving? Please. The producer’s soundtrack is Taps played on a horn. The camera angles and wipes are all standard — I do like that the birds flying at a lower altitude look as if they can ram the jets. Troops are inspired by this?

Final reporting rant: Who cares? Where’s the man bites dog? This was a month ago.

I’m pretty sure this is one of what we lovingly referred to as “The Sorry Butt Sisters.” There were two hens that we got from the man up the road that were missing all of their tail feathers when they came to live with us. They were pretty pathetic, but now look at her… gorgeous AND laying eggs!

They say you have to give a Border Collie a job… this is Meg’s idea of helping make the bed.

The red headed boy decides to help too…

Oh, who needs a made bed?

It’s been suggested that I start a weekly update of our honey situation. Well, here’s this week’s…

How does it disappear so quickly, you ask? One spoon at a time, my friend. One spoon at a time.

(click the picture to see the last honey posting)

It’s the right time of year for putting in our orders for spring chicks. I’m hoping to add two new breeds to our flock this year - the Cuckoo Marans and the Buckeye. I want the Marans for their deep, chocolate colored eggs and the Buckeyes because they are the only American chicken developed completely by a woman (maybe the only chicken). Feminist chickens!

Here is an example of a Buckeye rooster (Walter the Buckeye Boy) I found on flickr. Isn’t he beautiful against that purple background?