Vicodin and Crutches

No two steppin' in the New years this year.

So in 2011 I bought my first house, got my very own four legged piece of Summer and am ending the year on Vicodin and crutches. Finally sold pictures at the gallery and at end of the year found my photo groove again.

I guess I give the year two thumbs up.



People grow and seasons change and the sun goes east to west
Essence of love and golden rays of future days
Things left unsaid while passing their time
True to the soul of your wondrous mind
Countdown the dreams as a New Year starts

Peace Love and Happiness to all.
Thank you for being here everyday.
You make me smile and think and most importantly happy we are here together.

It's Friday Friday

When was the last time you heard this?

Well it seems the pilot light must have gone out on the furnace cause it is damm cold in the house this morning. Need to have the gas company come out and look at the unit since it is on the roof and I know nothing about this thing.

Last Friday of 2011. Adios.

Been a quiet week at work and I have no problems with that at all. Needed one.

Should I do a roadtrip this weekend.

Time to take a shower in my cold house.

Blues

Here is some nice tasty blues and ripping guitar work. Enjoy.

If you have not seen Breaking Bad rent it from Netflix. Brian Cranston, the dad from Malcolm in the Middle, is a teacher/meth dealer. Great tv show amd worth the rent.

So I plan to plant gourds, pepper, little maters in the garden, some herbs and a few other things. What type of fun veggie should I plant.

Come on people lets work with Iran. Yes they keep our buttons and we bite every time.
Instead of being the bully we need to try the other side of the coin of kill them with kindness. Their people will be behind us. They are an educated populace and know full well what is going on.

I still have not won lotto. Boo.

Lynn Samuels

Today's post is dedicated to the late Sirius talk show host Lynn Samuels.
Yesterday I learned that Lynn passed away on Christmas Eve.

Somewhere around 2006-2007 while roaming around the Sirius radio channels I came across this voice that was unlike anything else I had ever heard on radio. It was the voice I knew of a what one envisions of a stereotypical New York Jewish woman. I was right. I was hooked from that point on.

She was on the Sirius left channel Monday through Friday and I began listening to her at lunch most every day. Lynn's show was politics and entertainment and what was going in her apartment building or any other subject that happened to wander into her mind at the time. She was a liberal who hated Obama, wanted to carry a handgun, hated illegal immigrants, loved Stephen King and most importantly loved her audience. She had quite a foul mouth and was quite liberal in her use of "fuck" amongst other words that you can't say on regular radio.

She was my lunch date for several years. For some reason unknown to anyone Sirius took her off weekdays earlier this year and moved her to Saturday's this year. With her show being Saturday and Sunday morning's from 10 - 1 she become my weekend morning date. Going out to yard sales and flea markets or on a roadtrip Lynn was my faithful companion. This move to weekends broke her heart I believe.

Sometimes you know somebody you never met and they touch you in some way and they become part of your life. Lynn was one of those people.

The song post for today was what she played and sang along with every Friday at 2 p.m., I never did know why. She vowed never to play it again as long as she was only on weekend.

Here is her Obit in the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/nyregion/lynn-samuels-radio-talk-show-host-dies-at-69.html?_r=1

Here is her website. The top two posts are Lynn Samuels Christmas and podcast 2.
They are little snipets of shows over the years. Give it a listen.
http://www.lynnsamuels.com/

We will miss you Lynn. We will not forget you.

Movin' On

Quiet and moderately enjoyable Christmas. Presents were good and the ham was good.

Went for a nice ride yesterday and on Christmas day. Got some good pictures. Time to upload them and show the world. The groove is coming back.

I like not having to get up for work. Maybe I win 206 million in Powerball tonight.
Remodel the house house and guest garage house. Put a pool and hot tub in. Redo the yard and get a good garden growing. Buy a new vehicle and new camera. See America.
You wanna go for a ride?

What to do for New Years?

Snow in Tennessee?

The Eve

Well I expect to go to bed early tonight since Santa has a lot to leave at my house and I do not want to delay his trip over to Sammy's house.



May you all have a joyful Christmas Eve my friends.

Eve of The Eve

What the hell is up with the outfits in the second video.

Have you had any Eggnog?

Summer is getting a bath for Christmas much to her dismay.

PEZ Christmas.



Have an Eve of a day.

Wild Child

Don't post enough Doors. Here is a nice little video.

Work is having lunch for us today.

Rain yesterday. Rain today. Some rain the next few days. Where is the snow?

No Christmas fudge from Mom. Boo.

What the hell is going on in Syria?

Ron Paul? If he really is libertarian why is against abortion. It should not matter to a libertarian.

Have to go grocery shopping for bacon, eggs and food for my Christmas dinner. I guess maybe ham will the ticket.

Have a short work day.

Tired

I like Bob's version. Fits his voice quite well.

Fell asleep at 10 p.m. the last couple nights. Very tired the last few days.

Looks like rain on and off through Christmas. No chance of snow here.

I have 8 months worth of pictures on my camera. How damm lazy is that?
I need wireless upload from camera to pc.

If you use Kindle check out Kindle Nation Daily they have tons of free book listings.
It is pretty cool. I downloaded six books this past weekend.

Started getting seed catalogs. Gonna plan my garden. Thinking some little gourds might be cool to grow.

Time to walk Summer between the raindrops.

Blog with later. Sorry for being lazy.

The Countdown

Good thing we are out of Iraq we can go to Korea next.

The Solstice and Christmas are a coming. Are you ready. We are going to have a warm week. Where is the snow?

Took Summer for a 2 mile walk in the woods yesterday. She was good and tired about 3/4 of the way through and was dragging. Saw lots of deer blinds in trees and on the ground. Good thing it was afternoon time or maybe I could have been shot.

Went into a store Saturday afternoon and left when I saw the line for the four registers was about 100 people long. Wow.

Have a good Monday.

Catch up on the web comments later my friends.

Feel the Spirit

Observations

These guys are a band I need to see live.

Well we are now "officially" out of Iraq. Except for the 15,000 to 17,000 CIA, FBI, DEA and other assorted letters that are still there. Oh yeah the security is being provided by contractors. The embassy is 104 acres. One of the largest in the world.
Of course we have a large force in Kuwait so we can go in and be the hero's or invade Iran. You make the call. Pathetic.

Ken and others like my myself who have a Kindle have quite clearly noticed the rising prices of a large number of books from Amazon and other e-reader services. Why in hell would I pay more for a non book when I can get the book cheaper. If I wait a bit I can get the real thing much cheaper on Ebay, your local yardsale or free from the library. To hell with 'em. I can get plenty of decently written novels for free or under $2.00. I will not pay the prices they are asking and the backlash is beginning. Just buy your cheap novels or get as many free ones as possible and laugh. Are the publishing houses trying to kill e-readers?

The drones are coming. Jamming devices anyone.

Be afraid of SOPA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

Quiet

Here is shot from Bryce Canyon from the 2006 vacation. I recommend going out there if you can. The west is a very interesting place. Bryce was impressive.

Not much else going on. Work is still very busy. Have not seen it like this in many years. Not sure what it means but governments seem to have money to spend.

Did you know local governments have used drones on U.S. citizens? When is the U.S. version of the Stasi coming to your neighborhood?

That is it for this morning.

Have a whimsical Wednesday.

Sleepy Time

Vollis Simpson's whirligig park.

Temps are cool this morning. Gonna be in the 50's today and 60's Wed and Thursday or Thursday and Friday.
Hardly feels like winter as of now. The winter solstice is coming soon. The longer days will be nice. Do not like getting home and it being dark.

One of the odd things with the weather and atmosphere is how it affects the sound of train whistles. There are times like yesterday when they seem extraordinarily loud and you can hear them a long way off. Have you noticed this Ken?

I am thinking of heading over towards Cherokee New Years weekend and do some shooting, weather permitting. Need new pictures of the area and want to get more pictures to put in a different gallery.

My house has about 20 different temperature zones.

A picture fell off the wall the other night. Damm trains. :)

Tasty

Some tasty Black Crowes blues for breakfast. Enjoy with your coffee.

Went to the gallery yesterday and some things have finally sold and 4x6 actually sold while I was there.

Gonna go picture taking this morning before I head out and Christmas shop. Not motivated for that adventure at all, the shopping part.

Seems the cable man was here this week and replaced the cable running from the pole to the house. Two problems. One, I had no idea they were going to be here roaming around the yard. Two, the cable is now running on the ground across the walkway leading to the guesthouse and there are miles of extra cable laying in the yard. Now I suspect that they replaced the cable because of shitty service and that is a good thing. However they should have left a note saying they were here. A call would have been better and why leave the cable running on the ground across the yard. Amazing.

The dryer works great.

The Gibsonville Xmas parade was yesterday. Tons of church were represented. Typical small town parade. Lots of folks were in town watching. Would be nice if they had a reason to stay afterwards.

Time for a shower, feed Summer, wash clothes and head out for a bit

Peace.

Occupy a Friday

Another long week is winding down, thankfully. Very long days this week.

Going to the gallery tomorrow morning. This is the last month I am keeping my photos there. Time to look for one closer to home and one that will produce some sales.

Some Christmas shopping to do and nothing else planned.

Switching Summers food to a grain free food. I think the other food is causing her to have fry skin.

Nice drone that Iran captured.

Why are they so long

Newt wants John Bolton for Secretary of State. Yea, that is what we need, a war monger in that position.

The Gibsonville Christmas parade is Saturday afternoon. Picture time.

Man this week has been a long week.

Looks like I'll be staying in NC for Christmas. Too expensive to fly home.

My dryer works quite well. Much better than line drying.

When is the press going to let the people know we are engaging in a secret war with Iran. It is happening. Could get ugly.

5 p.m. Friday needs to be here now.

Mariah for my present

This woman can sing so amazingly well, and she is still damm hot.

I'd like her under my tree, please

Fools

One of my favorite songs. Desperado is a killer album. On my top ten list.

Did you see Donald Trump going off on assorted folks yesterday. What a big blow hard he is. Occupy should go to his offices and hold a sit-in in his offices.

Tree is decorated.

I'll have a dryer up and running today. Hooray.

Very odd weather. Super humid.

Time to walk the monster. I am getting the evil eye.

Damm

Well I did not win Lotto so I have to work this week.

Picked up my dryer Saturday. Gas company is coming tomorrow to hook it up. It will be used tomorrow evening. Hooray.

Trimmed the azaleas way way down Saturday. They were much to high. They should look good in the spring when they fill in. I would rather cut them down and may after the spring bloom.

Put some ornaments and lights on the tree in front of the house.

The tree will be done tonight.

Otherwise a standard weekend doing things around the house.

Christmas shopping should be done soon so.

Looks like my grandmother will be in CT. for Christmas. Not sure if I am going home or not. Really can not afford to go. We shall see.

Wanted to mow the leaves in the back. The pull cord on the mower decided not to works. Seems like it is sprung. Arrgghhh.

Fish for dinner.

Friday Morning Madness

Hell yeah. It's Friday. Enough said...........................................

Grow your own

American slavery still exists.

Grow your own veggies.
Stomp on a Newt.

Have a nice day.