Sinister Plot
You see the look of concentration in his face. This is due to the fact he just hatched this sinister plot to play a trick on his food competitor, the Blue Jay, by hollowing out the peanut and making off with the actual contents but leaving the empty shell in place. He waits nearby and when a Jay falls for this by pulling the empty shell out of the green slinky, he starts laughing his head off. This is where his name comes from - Nuthatch – hatching sinister plots involving nuts. Ok, I won’t lie to you – hatch is related to hack – hacking at nuts wedged in crevices or green slinky like contraptions. But I like my word derivation better.
And this of course, brings us back to sinister plots. (WARNING: this is a rant and has nothing to do with the image)
Has anyone noticed that the price of gas at the pump is basically back to what it was before the price of oil began to tank. Well, you may think it’s because the oil companies finally paid attention to motorists who were loudly complaining that this cheap gas was raising havoc with their engines. (Remember here that the connection is that quality is directly related to price – the higher the price, the higher the quality and vice versa). Hmm, since when have oil companies ever listened to the average consumer? Exactly, never. So, I am sharing the real reason for this increase in price with you. Remember my two recent trips to Elk Island Park in my beat down old truck? Yes, you guessed it. Apparently, these trips of mine increased demand for gasoline so tremendously that prices had to go up in response to this shortage caused by my barreling down the highway. I would have been the last to think that I could single-handedly help out the economy this way. Ahh yes, so very proud. You are welcome!
So, I am left wondering, am I listening to an echo or are they playing the same old refrain (my initial word selection did not use refrain but I want to maintain my family rating; it starts with an s and ends in a t and there are two more letters in-between) over and over, thinking we won’t recognize the tune. Summer – gas price high – Winter - gas price low and it does not seem to matter one iota where the price of oil is at.
“Looking For an Echo – Kenny Vance”
Sinister Plot
You see the look of concentration in his face. This is due to the fact he just hatched this sinister plot to play a trick on his food competitor, the Blue Jay, by hollowing out the peanut and making off with the actual contents but leaving the empty shell in place. He waits nearby and when a Jay falls for this by pulling the empty shell out of the green slinky, he starts laughing his head off. This is where his name comes from - Nuthatch – hatching sinister plots involving nuts. Ok, I won’t lie to you – hatch is related to hack – hacking at nuts wedged in crevices or green slinky like contraptions. But I like my word derivation better.
And this of course, brings us back to sinister plots. (WARNING: this is a rant and has nothing to do with the image)
Has anyone noticed that the price of gas at the pump is basically back to what it was before the price of oil began to tank. Well, you may think it’s because the oil companies finally paid attention to motorists who were loudly complaining that this cheap gas was raising havoc with their engines. (Remember here that the connection is that quality is directly related to price – the higher the price, the higher the quality and vice versa). Hmm, since when have oil companies ever listened to the average consumer? Exactly, never. So, I am sharing the real reason for this increase in price with you. Remember my two recent trips to Elk Island Park in my beat down old truck? Yes, you guessed it. Apparently, these trips of mine increased demand for gasoline so tremendously that prices had to go up in response to this shortage caused by my barreling down the highway. I would have been the last to think that I could single-handedly help out the economy this way. Ahh yes, so very proud. You are welcome!
So, I am left wondering, am I listening to an echo or are they playing the same old refrain (my initial word selection did not use refrain but I want to maintain my family rating; it starts with an s and ends in a t and there are two more letters in-between) over and over, thinking we won’t recognize the tune. Summer – gas price high – Winter - gas price low and it does not seem to matter one iota where the price of oil is at.
“Looking For an Echo – Kenny Vance”