Rat thoughts

I figured out why we never seen Applejack's parents in the show.  They've actually been there the whole time.

You see, Granny Smith is really Big Macintosh's mother.  The two of them had a little redneck fun one night, and Applejack was born.

Since Applejack is Big Mac's daughter and Big Mac is Granny Smith's son, that would make Granny Smith Applejack's grandmother.  And because they share the same mother, Big Mac and Applejack are also brother and sister.

It's probably best that you don't ask about Apple Bloom's relationship.

Doesn't seem to be bobbing along.


That's a wheel from a car, embedded in a tree.


The donkey likes to go walkies with me.


My Little Orgy

Yes!  Now I have the Mane Six, Spike, Princess Pepto Celestia and Princess Luna, Cheerilee and the Cutey Mark Crusaders.  Now I just need Zecora, DJ Pon-3, The Great and Powerful Trixie, Derpy Hooves and Nightmare Moon, if these ever actually come out.

"Pony School Pals" kinda sounds like the name of a porno.



My Little Phony

I saw this at a "farm & home" supply store in Nebraska City.  This is supposed to represent a family?  When both adults are clearly mares?  Nice to see the Chinese are promoting same-sex marriage and alternative families.

I was particularly amused by the fact that the pink pony, who totally isn't Pinkie Pie, has blue and yellow balloons on her rump.  Not at all like Pinkie Pie, no....

Next door to the district support center was a rail car repair facility.  One of the cars they had in their yard was from the long defunct Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway.  This boxcar has clearly seen better days.

The facility also had the cutest little locomotive.  It's an EMC SW1 switcher, built in 1939 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.  I couldn't get a good photo of it because it was always behind a row of boxcars, but here's what it looks like.



Klaatu barada nikto



Push Button.  Receive Bacon.  Eat Bacon.



When I see "SDSU", I think San Diego State University, not South Dakota.



Someone had an inflatable bear named Snowflake.



Snowflake taking a break.



I finally found a use for a Mac Mini.



My laptop at work.

Made using General Zoi's Pony Creator.

I resisted watching My Little Pony for so long, but I finally decided to watch an episode of it just to see what all the fuss was.  The episode I saw wasn't a very good one for a first time viewer, being the very last episode of the season.  But I gave it another chance and managed to catch the pilot the next day.  I was hooked.

So I figured I'd get an MLP toy for my desk at work.  I picked up a Rainbow Dash figure at Walmart.  Then I bought a Pinkie Pie. Then Applejack.  Next thing I knew, I had the whole herd.  I don't have Spike, however.  It appears you can only buy him as part of a set, and the prices being asked for on eBay just for Spike are almost as much as one of those sets.



Why are ALL the Princess Celestia toys Pepto-Bismol pink?  And why do half the characters come with weird pets?  Pinkie Pie came with a mouse, not her pet alligator Gummy, and Rarity came with a blue chicken thing, not her cat Opalescence.  I don't think Rainbow Dash has ever been shown with a pet, much less a squirrel.

John deLancie as Q Discord?  Pure. Genius.  From his Twitter posting:  "Roddenberry warned me that I had no idea what I was getting into with Star Trek. Someone should have warned me about My Little Pony! Egads!"

I quickly got my SO hooked on the show, now he's thinking about getting the toys (except he says they look like they are balding with really bad comb-overs).  Our other roommate just chuckled when I mentioned how good the cartoon is, so I set his DVR to record the show.  I caught him watching it last night.  Yes, come over to the brony side.  We have cupcakes!