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| Saturday, July 4th, 2009 | | 7:38 am |
For the 4th!
Today is the 4th of July! Today one of the things you often hear is all the Sousa marches that are supposed to give you a patrotic feel.In that light,I have one here that seems to sum up the shape our county is in right now(despite everything our prez is trying to do right now).Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F85eon989zU Current Mood:  crazy | | Friday, July 3rd, 2009 | | 5:50 pm |
Little known fact
TV pitchman Billy Mays was laid to rest today in a cemetary just a few miles away from where Anthrocon is currently being held.Who would have guessed? Current Mood:  surprised | | Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 | | 9:12 pm |
time goes on
In less than 3 hours,I will turn 44 years old.It's amazing how somethings change over time,yet some things stay the same.I saw a movie on TV the other day that was made in the late 80's.Even though it doesn't seem that long ago,I could not get over how "dated" everything looks now.Guess there is something to that whole "perception of time" philosophy I heard about while watching a Science Channel documentary once.Well,I have one more year to go before my offical "mid-life crisis" is supposed to kick in(according to a lot of Men's magazine articles).Wonder if I'll have enough money saved up to buy a Corvette and get a trophy wife by then? Current Mood:  contemplative | | Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | | 10:42 am |
An odd day
Today is Father's Day.However,due to the fact that I never had kids of my own and my own Father passed away some two years ago now,it kind of leaves me feeling a bit odd.I keep wondering if not setting down with woman,getting married and starting a family was the right decision.I am a person who doesn't like to do what is expected of them(a non-conformist rebel of sorts),so for a long time the idea of having a wife,home & 2.5 kids(one of each sex according to the ideal American Family) repulsed me.I wanted to do my own thing.While I did get the home and the steady job,I didn't have the family.I guess that now that I'm hitting middle age(I'll be 44 in two weeks),I start to wonder what life would have been like to have been a father.Oh,well.I guess I'll just play the hand life has delt me and see where I end up. Current Mood: contemplative | | Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | | 6:00 pm |
| | Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | | 6:21 pm |
Memories
This was the very first rock song I ever heard as a kid.I was aorund 7 years old back in the early 70's and our bus driver had his transistor radio tuned to our local college radio station.I keep imagining Goofy doing all the odd bits in front a rock band trying to play onstage(of course,being Goofy he usually ends up flying off the stage with his arms flailing,but doesn't give up and keeps coming back to try again!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGaVUApDVuY Current Mood: nostalgic | | Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | | 8:26 am |
| | Monday, June 8th, 2009 | | 6:16 pm |
Huh.
You know,I always wondered what it would like like if you took a bunch of hardcore speed metal heads form the late 80's aged them 20 years and crossed them with a bunch of pirates.Well,maybe I was running a fever at the time since I didn't imagine this bizzare thing. XP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53A4GyB96RI Current Mood:  distressed | | Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | | 6:04 pm |
| | Thursday, May 28th, 2009 | | 7:16 pm |
| | Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 | | 7:11 pm |
*sigh* It happens again
We lost our Irish Water Spaniel Maggie today due to complications from Lymphoma.This is the 3rd dog that has had to be put down or died on us since Feb.So far,Bailey is doing fine but his tendency to get into stuff that he shouldn't keeps me both villigant and concerned.I'm not going to get another dog until Bailey is older.Right now he's only 6 months old and I think it wouldn't be smart to put another dog into the picture at the moment,given how hyper he can still be.You would think that by now losing a pet wouldn't bother me,but it does make me feel unsettled.I will miss that dog,just as much as I missed Tuska & Rip who both passed away with a week of each other two months ago. *sigh* Current Mood:  morose | | Monday, May 25th, 2009 | | 8:43 am |
I'm still here.
In case anyone wonders,yes I am still alive and well.These past few months have just been a blurr for me.Between work and home,I haven't much time to do a lot online or elsewhere.Now that summer is coming,I hope that will improve for the better.In other news,My black lab/New Foundland cross dog Bailey is finnally coming down a bit(neutering helped a bunch).He still likes to chew stuff(like my newspaper this morning!) but he's not going aorund the house trying to be bad like he used to be.I plan on starting obedience classes with him in a few weeks,so that should take care of him for the most part(I hope!).I got 4 tons of wood pellets for my stove delivered and put away last week as well as filling up my oil tank and having the furnace serviced.I know it sounds odd to do this kind of thing now,but with the price of both oil and wood pellets on the rise,I really couldn't wait any longer.Not sure if I will be able to go anywhere for my vacation this year,due to Bailey's classes and my budget being kind of set.Plus,I really should do some body work on my truck.The bed is getting surface rust on the sides and needs to be ground down and re-painted.That will take a some time to do,and I really should since I have put this project off for a couple of years now.Well,we shall see what happens I guess. Current Mood: hopeful | | 8:33 am |
| | Friday, May 1st, 2009 | | 6:10 pm |
I just don't know
Right now I am suffering from my worst allergies.The birch and oak trees are in flower and I am caughing and sneezing.Now,this would just be my own personal little hell that I have to go through for the next week or so,but here is where it get's me worried.I was in the supermarket today when I start caughing and sneezing.In between this I noticed people in the store close by giving me worried stares.Did they actually think I had the swine flu? I finally said aloud: "It's allergies! Nothing to worry about!" As soon as I did,people went about their business as if nothing was wrong.As am going to my car,I am thinking, "how the heck am I gonna get through this allergy patch without having to worry about some shmuck seeing me go into a caugh and sneeze fit in a public place calling the CDC thinking that I'm the next swine flu case??" After I got home,I began pumping myself full of over the counter decongestants & allergy stuff(making careful not overmedicate myself in the process) just to get this crap managed. *sigh* I really hope that I get over this soon. Current Mood: worried | | Thursday, April 30th, 2009 | | 6:05 pm |
| | Monday, March 30th, 2009 | | 11:47 am |
Time for an update
Just inb case anyone might ask,I am still alive.I have had my hands kind of full lately with both work and a new addtion to the family here.He's a black lab/newfoundland cross pup that I named "Bailey".At 4 months,he's real hell rasier to be sure.Hopefully,I will have some furnature left from all his chewing by the time he ever grows up. >.<. Other than that,I might get back to some writing since I feel the bug starting to bite me again.Until then,let's boogie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf4SwWw_z0c&feature=related Current Mood: amused | | Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 | | 7:22 am |
Grr!
I keep getting an email from someone on one of those "network" sites simmilar to facebook(Tagged.com I think it is).What I find annoying about this is: 1. I don't know the person in question,2. The site wants you to register before you can view the message and 3. when you do attempt to register,you suddenly have to pick out a punch of other people that you don't know before you can complete the registration.I don't know about the rest of you,but I like to know who I'm talking to before I do(or at least have heard of them before hand).I have an IM addy plus an email addy on my website(plus,in a few other places too).If someone really wants to talk to me,they can use one of them.I dunno,maybe I'm jsut too old and stogy,but that's how I feel about this sort of thing.Plus,I also fear that this might be some kind porn site,since I have gotten emails simmilar to this in the past.Oh,well.I guess these emails are headed into the spam folder. Current Mood:  annoyed | | Sunday, February 15th, 2009 | | 8:10 pm |
Blow your own horn dept.
Decided to once again nominate one of my short stories for an Ursula Major Award in the "Short Fiction" category.The story I chose is "The Scientist's Return".It's on Cassie's site,if anyone would like to read it.BTW,the nomination page is here,if you would like to cast your vote for my little story: http://www.ursamajorawards.org/nominations.htm Granted,in all the years I have done this,I have never won,but it never hurts to try. Current Mood: hopeful | | Friday, January 30th, 2009 | | 8:39 am |
Yeah,things are going welll
It started with all the back to back snow/ice storms we have been having here and all that it entails.Then,my mimi Eskimo Dog Tuska started to limp on one leg a month back,then he started to fall over.Took him to the vet last week and found out he had massive neurological problems that could not be cured,so I had to have him put down.Then,last month my sis's IWS dog Rip was diagnosed with diabeties and had to have regular insuin injections.Well,a few weeks back he devolped a massive baltter infection(which screwed up his insulin levels,to the point we had to have him over night at the vets to get him regulated).We thought we were getting a handle on it,since the dog seemed a lot better.Then,when I woke up this morning,I found Rip dead in the kitchen.I guess he died in his sleep overnight.So,I had to take him up to vet's to be creamated just before breakfast.Our last dog Mags(a 4 year old IWS) has lymphoma and get's chemical chemo treaments.At least, she's in remission but with the loss of both of her "buddies" within a two weeks span has my sis and I concerned.Add to the fact that out luck has not been good lately.To be honest,I am very numb about all this.Maybe it will hit me later I dunno.I guess helping the vet take your dead dog to the vet's stroage freezer for the 2nd time in a week has a way of doing that to you. Current Mood: numb | | Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 | | 4:28 pm |
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