Friday, July 8, 2011
Very Proud of Braz!
Braz pictured top Left..So Proud Son!
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This picture makes mom and dad very proud and knowing he's in harms way doesn't make it easier but knowing he's loving what he does and representing this country like his Grandfathers all did is a very defining Moment for us a s parents. Our Boy no longer little, I met Braz and Ty as 5-6 year old and became step dad to them, essentially taught them everything I knew to make their childhood more fulfilling and taught them right from wrong and the ethical way to treat others. God has blessed me with 3 boys, and I enjoy every bot of them, even the hard times and the crazy things that they do. Now they are grown as 25, 19, and 18 year olds and have forged onward in their lives. Makes us very proud to see the boys working on growing as young men and learning life on a daily basis. Thanks Braz and all the troops for the sacrifices that you put in for all of us. Hoping that this meaning less war is over soon and we can bring all of you home soon
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Alive And Kicking
Feeling really tired today, too much pool and gym the last week has really worn me down! Will I stop...no, not a chance I like the feeling of having a sore body if not minor pains ands ailments, Keeps me grounded !As for the day It is going to be warm and humid again but we cannot complain, this is very mild in comparison to most places in the country and I understand why we pay so much for everything in Southern California... The Weather
A whole lot of stuff going on in the world, don't get me started on the wars and the ongoing bullshit that continues to occur. But that's for another day and time, that stuff will continue with or without my concern. The debt ceiling crap is also a very important dog and pony show that will probably see the Democrats give in and give away the house to get the Republicans to agree to something. such a tired adage of no taxes and smaller government , while they use the rhetoric and ideology, the country falls further into trouble and they continue using their outdated methodology of thinking while the country falls further into debt while the Rich continue to NOT pay their fair share of taxes....oh well fuck em all I say!!!!
I have so many things to gripe about but really don't want to waste too much energy, the important thing is that my world is golden and have nothing to complain about, the world outside my own is a different story altogether. People are so funny to me, the fact that there are so many factions of stupidity is amazing to me!! i scratch my head at the political nonsense that's going on which explains the fact that i have never voter or even registered, cannot be a part of that hypocrisy even though people say it is an American right, to me it's the same a pro life versus pro choice, let me choose whatever the hell I want to do and let the people who need to judge do their job, not the commoners and regular dumbasses who carry around bibles saying their saved! Saved from what, themselves, their false sense of security and prosperity and a belonging to something that is very personal, but they have to make sure the cameras are running and the stickers on the car to indicate"I'm saved and better than you who is not" Fuck that crap! Grandstanding Christians are the most dangerous people in the world, look at the Republican base of things, those are dog shit choices if i were a Republican, but I'm neither,I just govern under the rules of common sense and the golden rule and the simplest ways to treat people well, be treated equally well and be honest in my efforts to do so.
So much for letting it go and not venting upon the worldly issues of the day, but what the hell am I supposed to do, I can bore myself to death speaking of how awesome my life is and how wonderful my wife is all of the time, i do that incrementally and in smaller doses that maybe I should, but know that I am in a great place with great people and have the answers to most of the issues that arise on a given day with the aforementioned common sense and a little higher than normal life IQ and social skills. Life Isn't that difficult until we make it so. A good day and great time to be alive and well, Beats the Piss out of the alternative.... right!!!!!
A whole lot of stuff going on in the world, don't get me started on the wars and the ongoing bullshit that continues to occur. But that's for another day and time, that stuff will continue with or without my concern. The debt ceiling crap is also a very important dog and pony show that will probably see the Democrats give in and give away the house to get the Republicans to agree to something. such a tired adage of no taxes and smaller government , while they use the rhetoric and ideology, the country falls further into trouble and they continue using their outdated methodology of thinking while the country falls further into debt while the Rich continue to NOT pay their fair share of taxes....oh well fuck em all I say!!!!
I have so many things to gripe about but really don't want to waste too much energy, the important thing is that my world is golden and have nothing to complain about, the world outside my own is a different story altogether. People are so funny to me, the fact that there are so many factions of stupidity is amazing to me!! i scratch my head at the political nonsense that's going on which explains the fact that i have never voter or even registered, cannot be a part of that hypocrisy even though people say it is an American right, to me it's the same a pro life versus pro choice, let me choose whatever the hell I want to do and let the people who need to judge do their job, not the commoners and regular dumbasses who carry around bibles saying their saved! Saved from what, themselves, their false sense of security and prosperity and a belonging to something that is very personal, but they have to make sure the cameras are running and the stickers on the car to indicate"I'm saved and better than you who is not" Fuck that crap! Grandstanding Christians are the most dangerous people in the world, look at the Republican base of things, those are dog shit choices if i were a Republican, but I'm neither,I just govern under the rules of common sense and the golden rule and the simplest ways to treat people well, be treated equally well and be honest in my efforts to do so.
So much for letting it go and not venting upon the worldly issues of the day, but what the hell am I supposed to do, I can bore myself to death speaking of how awesome my life is and how wonderful my wife is all of the time, i do that incrementally and in smaller doses that maybe I should, but know that I am in a great place with great people and have the answers to most of the issues that arise on a given day with the aforementioned common sense and a little higher than normal life IQ and social skills. Life Isn't that difficult until we make it so. A good day and great time to be alive and well, Beats the Piss out of the alternative.... right!!!!!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
My Mind, My body, My views....My My My!
Feeling a little worn out today from too much pool time last night at the gym, even the Spa didn't help afterwards, just made me more tired is all! Terria finished round one of the planter beds and just received a picture text indicating that round two is nearly complete, all that's missing are the flowers and plants, maybe even a smallish tree of some sort?? The yard is taking shape and the day is looking like a nice one so far with the sun beaming down and looking like a mid 70's day here in the Nard.
I am glad to feel like writing right now, been awhile since I've been freely able to come here and scribe something that wasn't somewhat forced and thought about too heavily, this morning feel like spewing a little Gregasaurus madness, or whatever 830 am can muster up which may not be too much but something nonetheless! Yeah still trying to get into my second cup of coffee, the first one was done perfectly by Terria on my way to work. Thanks for the wake up call BTW!
Day three of eating better and feeling better already , slept really well last night even with the Sciatica still flaring up at times, more at odd times and really can't gauge as to the severity, just fighting through it and stretching it as much as possible and working it out daily. Truly hoping the thing settles down before we leave for Chicago next Thursday but will deal with whatever i have going by then. Whatever the case may be I expect this trip like all of our others will produce some really good times and allow the chance to see and do things we have never done before , in a place that we've never been, next stop New York!
It was really nice getting back into the swing of watching my old friend Keith Olbermann and his new show, almost the same as his old show on MSNBC but actually less in cumbered and a little freer to do his own thing. I can truly get behind anybody who exposes the Republicans for what they are, a bunch of hate monger , non truth telling hypocrites who have and will continue to be exposed for trying to bring down the President even at the risk of destroying the economy and the country for their own agenda, which at times seems to be racially motivated and geared towards dwelling on the negative and not seeing the goodness that has come from the new regime. but the fact tat billionaires get tax breaks and we don't is amazing to me, big business really does run this country ,if not the Republican house these days. but the Republican base is a joke, the fact that there is no agenda for the country but to dethrone our current President. Yes he's an American, born here, not a Nazi or the Messiah as they claim just a guy who made changes that people aren't used to, but with 8 years of Bush's Bullshit leadership and 2 phony wars for his own agenda and gain, Halliburton too, Dick Cheney. I'm all for smaller govt. but not at the cost of doing it right, when the shit gets broken we fix it as a nation, we saved the auto industry and a million jobs with that too but credit will never be given and t5hose Republicans who opposed to relief bailout are looking pretty stupid when the big 3 just made big profits and saved a million jobs via the trickle down effect of the auto industry staying solvent . Those Nay sayers can go fuck them selves when it comes to our President , he is a man of character and a man of his word, he will stop the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts sooner than later and bring back the support to fight the fight here at home and get this country back on track and to quit spending as Olbermann stated ($20 billion) on Air Conditioning for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, all that money for AC, when we shouldn't even be there at all. Must be nice Bush and Cheney made billions on those wars.
As I said .,I'm all for smaller Govt. but want to understand something before I go, The anti abortion nut jobs, or the Republican base , the biblical wizards that they claim to be,even while throwing hatred and lies all about and trying to weaken a nation with rhetoric and idealism. So by saying we can't have a choice in abortion, aren't they as Govt playing a bigger part in our daily decisions and yet they say they want the govt to be smaller, just one example of the hypocrisy that the far right base is so accustomed to living on a daily basis. Ok, I'm done with the spew and rant and rave of my dislike for the hypocritical far right republicans is now officially over, Til 5 pm tonight when I watch Keith Slay them again and have me in stitches
I am glad to feel like writing right now, been awhile since I've been freely able to come here and scribe something that wasn't somewhat forced and thought about too heavily, this morning feel like spewing a little Gregasaurus madness, or whatever 830 am can muster up which may not be too much but something nonetheless! Yeah still trying to get into my second cup of coffee, the first one was done perfectly by Terria on my way to work. Thanks for the wake up call BTW!
Day three of eating better and feeling better already , slept really well last night even with the Sciatica still flaring up at times, more at odd times and really can't gauge as to the severity, just fighting through it and stretching it as much as possible and working it out daily. Truly hoping the thing settles down before we leave for Chicago next Thursday but will deal with whatever i have going by then. Whatever the case may be I expect this trip like all of our others will produce some really good times and allow the chance to see and do things we have never done before , in a place that we've never been, next stop New York!
It was really nice getting back into the swing of watching my old friend Keith Olbermann and his new show, almost the same as his old show on MSNBC but actually less in cumbered and a little freer to do his own thing. I can truly get behind anybody who exposes the Republicans for what they are, a bunch of hate monger , non truth telling hypocrites who have and will continue to be exposed for trying to bring down the President even at the risk of destroying the economy and the country for their own agenda, which at times seems to be racially motivated and geared towards dwelling on the negative and not seeing the goodness that has come from the new regime. but the fact tat billionaires get tax breaks and we don't is amazing to me, big business really does run this country ,if not the Republican house these days. but the Republican base is a joke, the fact that there is no agenda for the country but to dethrone our current President. Yes he's an American, born here, not a Nazi or the Messiah as they claim just a guy who made changes that people aren't used to, but with 8 years of Bush's Bullshit leadership and 2 phony wars for his own agenda and gain, Halliburton too, Dick Cheney. I'm all for smaller govt. but not at the cost of doing it right, when the shit gets broken we fix it as a nation, we saved the auto industry and a million jobs with that too but credit will never be given and t5hose Republicans who opposed to relief bailout are looking pretty stupid when the big 3 just made big profits and saved a million jobs via the trickle down effect of the auto industry staying solvent . Those Nay sayers can go fuck them selves when it comes to our President , he is a man of character and a man of his word, he will stop the Afghan and Iraqi conflicts sooner than later and bring back the support to fight the fight here at home and get this country back on track and to quit spending as Olbermann stated ($20 billion) on Air Conditioning for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, all that money for AC, when we shouldn't even be there at all. Must be nice Bush and Cheney made billions on those wars.
As I said .,I'm all for smaller Govt. but want to understand something before I go, The anti abortion nut jobs, or the Republican base , the biblical wizards that they claim to be,even while throwing hatred and lies all about and trying to weaken a nation with rhetoric and idealism. So by saying we can't have a choice in abortion, aren't they as Govt playing a bigger part in our daily decisions and yet they say they want the govt to be smaller, just one example of the hypocrisy that the far right base is so accustomed to living on a daily basis. Ok, I'm done with the spew and rant and rave of my dislike for the hypocritical far right republicans is now officially over, Til 5 pm tonight when I watch Keith Slay them again and have me in stitches
Monday, July 4, 2011
Music, Motorcycles and Fireworks !
When I'm feeling a little blah the one thing that brings me back is music, the great sounds of yesteryear have yet to leave this body and soul and don't know if they ever will. Sitting here waiting for the gang to get back from the Dodger game I try to occupy my mind and the time with some flashbacks of music that touched my life and reminded me of a different time in my life where things were simple and the penalties for fucking something up weren't as steep...progress I guess?
The day essentially spent alone was actually a mentally productive afternoon, after the gym and a short break of nothing,I had a chance to ride the bike today and get out on the road for a quick spin, for some reason a very different ride for me as I thought the whole time I was riding, about family and the workweek, all things that I shouldn't do while I ride the motorcycle and actually had to correct myself 3 or four times with no panic just mere daydreaming for some stupid reason.The bike rides so damn nice and does everything I ask it to that it seems like a bore at times but looking down at the speedo it is anything from boring when you see it from that perspective, speed has a way of energizing and keeping things in perspective. feel like I'm actually back to where I was in November 2009 but even better than that, the whole processing danger versus fun factor has a much clearer point , I ride hard where I know I can and it's safe, other places where I would push it I no longer do, it saved my life on Friday's ride as a car crossed over the double lines to turn into a lookout, knowing this could happen I slowed to a snails pace just in case that would happen, it did, I stopped in time and lived to tell about it, 2 years ago the turn would have been taken at 65 mph without fear of reprocutions,now taken at 30-35mph and well I am safe as a result of this new found awareness. No more invincibility for me, I proved that to not be the case anymore so wisdom wins out.
Actually had nearly 5 days off from work and am truly ready to get back into it again, miss the job and the people and the fact that I am so damn lucky to have a job and one that is such an incredible place to be on a daily basis. So I await Terria and Brandon,Tim and Ape coming home from LA.the stopped at Tommy's for round 2 of chili dogs and heartburn,I stayed home to watch the Dogs during the firecrackers as they get upset, not too bad tonight but there were rattled a bit, and the fact that I refuse to watch the Dodgers until they change ownership and get rid of the jackass Mccourt running the team and robbing the city and their fans of the great tradition that we have had since they left Brooklyn. So the team will be sold eventually and things will get better and everybody will be happy again. So work in the morning and gym afterwards then we see what we shall see..Good days ahead!
The day essentially spent alone was actually a mentally productive afternoon, after the gym and a short break of nothing,I had a chance to ride the bike today and get out on the road for a quick spin, for some reason a very different ride for me as I thought the whole time I was riding, about family and the workweek, all things that I shouldn't do while I ride the motorcycle and actually had to correct myself 3 or four times with no panic just mere daydreaming for some stupid reason.The bike rides so damn nice and does everything I ask it to that it seems like a bore at times but looking down at the speedo it is anything from boring when you see it from that perspective, speed has a way of energizing and keeping things in perspective. feel like I'm actually back to where I was in November 2009 but even better than that, the whole processing danger versus fun factor has a much clearer point , I ride hard where I know I can and it's safe, other places where I would push it I no longer do, it saved my life on Friday's ride as a car crossed over the double lines to turn into a lookout, knowing this could happen I slowed to a snails pace just in case that would happen, it did, I stopped in time and lived to tell about it, 2 years ago the turn would have been taken at 65 mph without fear of reprocutions,now taken at 30-35mph and well I am safe as a result of this new found awareness. No more invincibility for me, I proved that to not be the case anymore so wisdom wins out.
Actually had nearly 5 days off from work and am truly ready to get back into it again, miss the job and the people and the fact that I am so damn lucky to have a job and one that is such an incredible place to be on a daily basis. So I await Terria and Brandon,Tim and Ape coming home from LA.the stopped at Tommy's for round 2 of chili dogs and heartburn,I stayed home to watch the Dogs during the firecrackers as they get upset, not too bad tonight but there were rattled a bit, and the fact that I refuse to watch the Dodgers until they change ownership and get rid of the jackass Mccourt running the team and robbing the city and their fans of the great tradition that we have had since they left Brooklyn. So the team will be sold eventually and things will get better and everybody will be happy again. So work in the morning and gym afterwards then we see what we shall see..Good days ahead!
Yazoo - 04 Midnight (Live on The Tube)
Damn Incredible Song!!! the great art of regret is a horrible thing to live with!
Alison Moyet performs Situation
One of the best 20 best songs I own...love Alison Moyet, also know as the lead singer for Yaz(Yazoo)
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