Iconic Rambler

Spring rain

2012-02-16T06:31:00.002-05:00

Rain today, Saturday and Sunday. Trees beginning to get some buds.

Summer is going to get her first comb and trim at the groomers on Sunday. Hope she is excited.

My Dad bought his first foreign car. They bought a 2011 Nissan Altima with 10,000 miles. Good choice of car.

The first Nascar race of the season is Saturday night with the running of the Bud Shootout. Please let it be a good race.

Rick Santorum is a right wing religious nut bag. He is the American Taliban.
Mitt Romney is a bore.
Newt is a freak.
Ron Paul is ?????

Time for an english muffin and more coffee.

Happy Valentines Day

2012-02-14T06:38:00.002-05:00

Videos for thought. I have a migraine and can't think.

Sending my love to the valentine that is somewhere but here.

Fun

2012-02-13T06:27:00.002-05:00

I love the theme song.

Really did not do much this weekend. It was cold and windy. I did a little leaf blowing and raking Saturday morning and then the usual house chores.

I expect another insanely busy work week. Uggh. I need more money and we need more help.

Daytona will be starting this week. Bud Shootout is Saturday.

I need some shade flowers for the yard. Ideas?

Brrrrr

2012-02-12T10:07:00.002-05:00

20 and windy this morning. Summer is hanging out outside laying in the sun. She comes in for a drink of water and then stands at the door to go back outside. Have at it.

Dog hair and dust. The evil twins.

Going to do taxes. Going to see if being a home owner really gives me a bigger refund.
A decent refund would help pay off some bills and let me start to work on a house renovation budget. I need to get the whole downstairs repainted. I actually prefer that the dining room gets wall papered.

My cable/internet bill is $130.00 a month. Insanely expensive.

I need to start looking a another vehicle. Mine is at 180,000. It still runs well but at that mileage one never knows.

Time to do some chores.

See you later.

The view from here

2012-02-10T21:37:00.002-05:00

So the gov't and the 5 major banksters agreed to a $25 billion dollar fine to fix the mortgage mess they created. That works out to a max of $2000.00 per eligible homeowner.
How is that going to help? Oh wait, it is not going to help. No bankers going to jail. Watch who they donate to this election year.

When is the day that Greece comes apart at the seams? It looks to be getting close.

My leg is coming along quite well. Not using the brace when I am in the house and all seems ok. A little stiff but other than that I like the progress.

Outside of the usual weekend chores I want to leaf blow a little.

I also want to sand and begin to paint a table this weekend. I think I am going to paint the bottom white and paint the top black. The black will be using chalkboard paint. I think it will be pretty cool.

I should take Summer for a little walk. Very little, with my brace on.

Later kiddies.

Rocky Top Phishing

2012-02-09T06:20:00.002-05:00

I do not think I have posted any Phish before. Thought this would be a good start.

It looks like France is out of the picture for this summer. They have not started renovations yet and they have not even picked out a contractor. Since they are making two apartments into one home it will take several months. Still a chance but I am going to start to look at other plans for this summer and France next summer.

Going to start some seeds this weekend and maybe work a little outside. Do some leaf blowing and rake some and toss some grass seed around.

Well this movie is going to piss some people off.

Roseann Barr is running for President. Now that would be an interesting administration.

Time for coffee

Peace

2012-02-07T06:38:00.001-05:00

Enjoy your Tuesday.

BOO

2012-02-06T06:32:00.002-05:00

Well the Super Bowl was really not a great game. I think both teams did not play that well for the most part. Congrats to the Giants who seem to have the Pats figured out.

Egypt is going to put 19 Americans who work for NGO's on trial. Good job Egypt. Nice to see your country falling apart after last spring.

Time to get some seed starting going. Have healthy plants when they get transplanted.

My parents will be here on their way too Florida. It is the weekend of the Daytona 500.That will be cool.

Have a magnificent Monday.

Super Sunday

2012-02-05T14:10:00.002-05:00

Tasty little cover from a band I have yet to see.

Well today is America's couch sitting day. Watching football related tv up until 6 p.m. and then the pre-game festivities before the kickoff. I expect a great game and hope the Pats win.

Time for a shower and then off to the couch and stuff my face with food.

Swelling has gone down and it seems to be related to getting my blood pressure meds refilled and back on those again.

Hope you enjoy your Sunday my Super friends.

Swollen

2012-02-04T09:38:00.002-05:00

I heard this on the radio last night and thought it was worth letting you all remember what a cool song it is.

My leg is swollen so it is back to using both crutches. UGH.

Need to get some snacks for the game. Shrimp maybe. Cheese, yup.

Nap time since I slept crappy last night.

Ring Ring

2012-02-02T20:44:00.002-05:00

So today while on the way back from lunch, spinach ravioli, I get a phone call from someone whose name has been changed to protect the innocent. They were supposedly from my bank where I have my mortgage and a couple other things

Hello may I speak to Mark.

This is Mark.

Hi this is Dumbass from Regions bank.

Hi Dumbass.

I am calling you today with some information, but first I need to verify you are Mark. I need you to give me.....

You want what Dumbass.

I need information to verify you are Mark.

Excuse me but you called me, correct.

Yes.

And you want me to verify I am Mark by giving you information.
Since you called me I am not giving you any information.
Since You called Me you can just give me the information you called me about.

I can not do that with verifying you are Mark.

Well I am Mark and I am not giving you any info on the phone since You called me.

Umm ok.

Bye dumbass, have a nice day.

Umm ok.

Really I get an unsolicited phone call from whoever and I am going to give them ANY information so they know who they are talking with. F that. My world does not work that way. If you call me you better know who you are calling.

Friday is here. Woo HOO

Sweetness

2012-02-01T18:19:00.002-05:00

Simple and beautiful cover.

Have to put together a letter to my bosses asking fora raise. After two years it is time for one. going to ask for a decent increase or give them an option of a smaller increase and 10 additional paid days off which would bring me to 20 days vacation.

Wish me luck.

2012-01-31T06:28:00.002-05:00

The doctor says three more weeks using crutches. Things are moving along quite well and he is pleased.

The Florida Highway Patrol has much to answer for regarding that deadly accident on I-75. One thing that has not been mentioned is that on north end of both the north and south bound lanes where the accident happened are rest areas that have FHP officers patrolling the rest area. They are permanent fixtures of those rest areas. One has to wonder why that highway was open. It is a stretch of highway I have traveled many many times.

60's the next three days. Seems like spring.

Kettle them

2012-01-30T06:31:00.002-05:00

So Saturday was another day of Occupy Oakland vs. the Oakland police and once again things got nasty.

One thing this video shows is there was no reason for the cops to fire on the protestors here.

Another thing not being reported in main stream media, msm, is what the protestors say happen at the YMCA. The police and the moronic mayor of Oakland say they broke into the YMCA. The protestors are saying the police were kettling them, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettling, telling them to disperse while they had them completely surrounded. They end up at the doors of the YMCA and where surrounded by the police on three sides and the YMCA at their backs. They claim the people at the YMCA let them in so they could escape out the other side. Unfortunately for the police they have so little credibility here that one finds there stories hard swallow.

Occupy is coming out of its winter slumber.

I have a doc visit today to get a progress report on my leg. I am skipping into the office, well maybe not. I do expect a good report though.

Is it Friday yet.

Conversation I hear a work the other day regarding African Americans and how they feel.

"Why don't they get over it slavery ended 150 years ago."

"Yea I agree." from two different people.

Holy shit I had to keep my tongue at the risk of saying things that would have cost me my job. What a bunch of fools. Segregation did not end until 1965 and if you think Jim Crow does not exist today then you have no idea of what really goes on this world.

My job is killing me.

Sunday Morning Goodness

2012-01-29T07:25:00.002-05:00

Hope you have a mystical morning.

Lovely day yesterday. Low 60's and lots of sun and not a cloud in the sky.
Took a few pictures and I am going to go out a took a bunch today.

Here is a great site that will keep you well informed about internet censorship.

https://www.eff.org/

Watch out because the U.S. will try to get around SOPA and ACTA by blackmailing other countries into retifying or passing their own versions. It is already happening.

Here is a protest in Warsaw.

Watch out big brother is coming to get you.

Have a great Sunday mi amigo's.

Oh to be a Friday

2012-01-27T06:39:00.002-05:00

Don't forget T Rex. Wonder what Marc Bolan would have done had he not died so young.

Going to the bank today to met the mortgage man and see what options I have about lowering my mortgage.

63 here this morning. Should be sunny this weekend so pictures are in order.

Off to shower my friends.

Snooze

2012-01-25T06:56:00.002-05:00

Snooze button. Snooze button.

No time to do much blogging.

Enjoy the Heep.

2012-01-24T06:14:00.002-05:00

I look at this photo everyday. I have too for motivation.

My left arm is killing me. I slept on it last night and did not even sleep well.

Congratulations to the Supreme Court for the decision against the police and for the people in limiting police actions without a warrant. The was about privacy and will be the big as social networking grows larger in all its forms. Keep an eye out as we go forward as the powers of police get larger and larger.

Fight the Power.

Fading America Photography

2012-01-23T06:26:00.003-05:00

I set up a web page on Facebook yesterday for Fading America Photography and have the links for the pictures pointing to fadingamerica.com. Time to use Facebook to start making some money from my photography. Have never dome much with the website and sold only a couple prints. Since I now can like both together it is a perfect way to promote my work.

I will be uploding pictures to the Facebook page all this week and then adding more to fadingamerica.com after that. I think I will also use Megashot to promote the work.

Time to get off my keyster and make me some money from my travels.

Remember the post last week about the plastic beach artists. I saw them on a tv show last night. It was a signal to get going and do some work.

My new job?

Where is it?

2012-01-22T14:53:00.002-05:00

Neat little tune.

Crappy sleep both nights this weekend. Uggh. Like I need that to go along with everything else.

The racists win in South Carolina, hardly a surprise.

I feel like putting on a life preserver and then taking a long hot bath a falling asleep and then waking up like a prune.

I think I need a massage.

I feel like I need another job.

Hope you had a good weekend.

Rainy Days Always

2012-01-21T08:46:00.003-05:00

I made a trip to the mailbox last night without my brace on and only had one crutch in case it was needed. Went well. It was not a fast trip but it was a good one.

I still have a little bump on my head three weeks after the fall. Thankfully I am still mentally stable. ertbvmvvmky$%&[] went the dog, uurgg, and then the bats flew home. Vote for a Newt. Still here.

This is what my fortune was from the fortune cookie yesterday.
"When you learn to be flexible, amazing opportunities reveal themselves!" Does that apply to climbing ladders and then falling. If I was flexible would bones have been broken?

Have you seen the 3-d printers that are now on the retail market. You can make your own toys and stuff. I want one when I win lotto or maybe next week.

I am full of piss and vinegar this morning and want to say things to push someones buttons.

Why is it raining. There are some old cars I want to shoot in the morning when the sun is coming up. They are in the woods off the highway and they look great in the sunlight at that time of day. Hopefully I can capture them like my imagination has seared the imagine in my mind.

Republicans for open marriage. Vote Newt 2012.

Finally Friday

2012-01-20T06:30:00.002-05:00

Lovely version of one of my favorite songs.

Looks like crappy weather most of the weekend with rain on and off heading this way.

The leg is getting better each day. Still can't walk on it fully but the pain is only occasional.

Goodbye Rick Perry, thanks for your stupidity.

Stephen Colbert for President.

Wrap your arms around your Friday.

Do you ache like I do

2012-01-19T06:33:00.002-05:00

"Frampton Live' was the first real rock album I was ever given. Thanks to my cousins for this choice.

My body aches from using crutches, especially in the morning.

Wow, work is such a drag. So glad I am back.

Looking to refinance my mortgage to lower my monthly payment. I think I can lower it one % point.

Is posting this going to be a SOPA violation? If so "#$%& you" to Chris Dodd and company.

Time to soak in the tub and wake my bones up.

Have a Thursday.

Embraceable

2012-01-16T22:13:00.004-05:00

One Plastic Beach from High Beam Media on Vimeo.

The doctor visit went well yesterday. He was very happy with my progress. The x-rays looked very good. The brace in the picture above is what I am wearing now. At least now I can move my leg much easier. Getting in the truck is still a pain. I go back in two weeks. I expect full recovery soon.

The beach plastic video is something that I have wanted to do with plastic and other things I have found on the beach for many years. I need to get to the beach soon. i feel a beach roadtrip coming soon. I also have a bunch of army men I need to do something with.

Martin Luther King

2012-01-16T07:56:00.002-05:00

Martin Luther King - Where Do We Go From Here? (Conclusion) from MLK Speeches on Vimeo.

So today we celebrate Martin Luther King and of course we go off to work and school and visits to our doctors and for the most part ignore an American who we still have so much to learn from. Why as a nation do we ignore the people who fundamentally changed and shaped America.

This is a great speech, one of many by King, that should be required learning in schools across the America.

We are one.

No Stranger to me

2012-01-15T09:55:00.003-05:00

Stranger was THE band in Florida when I moved to Tampa in 1989. I had seen them a couple of times before when I went to Florida to visit Mike. They were one of those bands that was so close to going to the next level which would have been the top and they never made it. Hard to figure out why that happens to bands. Their shows were always one hell of a party and hangovers the next morning were not an uncommon event.

Took my immobilizer off yesterday at about 8p.m., and have not put it back on, and guess what, the swelling has gone down significantly.

The Pats kicked God badly last night. The 49ers game was great. Hope the Packers roll today.

Going out to get gas and take some pictures of barns. William Christenberry type barns.

Saturday morning acoustic

2012-01-14T10:44:00.004-05:00

Cleaning some windows this morning. Vacuum this afternoon. Nap whenever I want.

Who wins today God or the Patriots? Bet the ratings will be huge. Super Bowl type numbers will be watching this game.

I am itching to go for a drive and shoot some pictures. Maybe tomorrow morning.
Shoot from the drivers seat.

I am going to put socks on Summer so she can pick up her own dog hair. I think she may object to such work.

Have a sunny Saturday.

No sleep for Skippy

2012-01-13T05:37:00.002-05:00

Short nap tonight. Not doing anything leads me to sleep even less than usual.
Good or bad, you decide. Keep getting spasms in my left leg that kept me awake.

The folks I bought the house from just sold the house they moved into. They are having a yard sale today. I think I will drive over there and skip around to see if i can find anything to bring back to this house. Can't not go since it is right around the corner.

I have my follow-up visit with the doctor on Monday. I assume I will be going back to work after that.

What is going on in Iran? Are we waging a covert war with help from Israel?

Looks like a dusting of snow over the hills at Ken's place.

Have a good Friday the 13th. Watch out for ladders...................

Halfway Clean

2012-01-12T14:12:00.002-05:00

At least half of me is clean. Taking a shower with one leg sticking outside the tub for most of the shower is interesting. I did manage to lift my left leg in so I could wash some of the iodine off. Actually the bench Mike made works well and is very safe.

The leg does not hurt as much today although the swelling in my foot refuses to go away. My foot and ankle have lots of blood just sitting around looking ugly.

Lots of birds at the main feeder today. They must be bulking up for the next cold snap.

Time for a nap

Hello, my name is Skippy

2012-01-10T08:25:00.002-05:00

So here I am. It is Tuesday morning and the surgery was successful. Two screws in the tibia. One in the front and one in the back. I removed the immobilizer cast this morning since that was causing me more pain than anything else. It was stretching one of the muscles and was unbearable. I will put it back on when I go out and about.

Having Mike here has been a blessing. Not sure if he realizes it or not.

The Doc wants me out of work for 7 to 10 days basically to keep me from being to mobile.

Going grocery shopping today and stock up so that I can be set for a couple weeks for the most part.

That is for now. I am back and ready to take on the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you ready for me?

Weekend of the couch

2012-01-07T20:02:00.002-05:00

One of the top guitar intro's ever. The player's Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter also played for Alice Cooper. You can hear them on the "Welcome to my Nightmare" movie and you hear many shades of the solo's here on that movie.

Mike will be here tomorrow evening. He is bringing me to the hospital on Monday and he will be here until Wednesday morning. Hopefully everything will go according to plan and things will be easy for him. I expect Monday night will be mostly sleepy time.
Tuesday morning may be rusty and then onto the recovery road.

Outside of vacuuming today most of the day was spent doing nothing except taking cat naps. Very boring in reality.

I had the screen door and door in the kitchen open this morning and twice a bird flew in. Once to drink water from a pan I had soaking and the other time it flew around the kitchen landed a few times and then it zipped outside again. I closed the screen door since I figured chasing a bird around while I am on crutches would be an issue.

Laundry in the morning.

Enjoy your Saturday evening.

Ouch, I am getting screwed

2012-01-04T21:04:00.002-05:00

Well the outcome at the doctors today was not good. The top of the tibia, on the left side of my left leg, has a nice break and then it gets smaller going done in a j looking line to the outside of the bone. The ultimate outcome is I am having two screws put in on Monday. It is outpatient surgery so I have to get a ride to and from the hospital. Then I also have to find someone to spend the night. My parents are out since my mom is still sick in bed with some kind of virus. Have no idea what to do about that at this point. Then about two months on crutches after that.

I have no food in the house for the most part. No bread, butter or milk. My knee is absolutely killing me tonight. It exhausts me to deal with this by this time of the day.

Now on to the song. Sung this at parties many times and at one wedding. The last party I was at the police came because we played the song over and over and were singing it very loud.

2012-01-03T06:37:00.000-05:00

Not much for this morning.Going to call the orthopedic doc and hopefully get the appt. for today.Going to take a bath this morning. Pray I do not slip in the tub. Here is one for reason to get rid of the claw foot tub.Summer is confused by the crutches.

1 2 12

2012-01-02T12:10:00.000-05:00

Need a little positive message this morning. My leg hurt like hell this morning and then a short time after I was and about I misjudged my crutches and fell on the ground. Good morning world.Swept the living room by moving around from sitting place to sitting place. Did the dishes and have a small tender loin in the oven.One of my neighbors is coming over to wrap the faucets outside since the first real winter weather is coming tonight and I do not need freezing pipes. Not much else going on. Hope all are well.

Happy New Year's moi przyjaciele

2012-01-01T11:23:00.000-05:00

I thought I would start the year off on a different musical note than what I usually have here.

First of all I like musicals and West Side Story of course is a classic.
This film came out in 1961. Too think that it is 50 years old this year and had the lyrics that are in this and it won 10 of 11 Academy Awards is pretty amazing. Still relevant today I would say.

The swelling in my knee has gone down significantly. There is also more flexibility.
I think my visit with the orthopedic doctor will be a good one.

I think I am going to take a drive today and shoot pictures from the truck.
The weather is about perfect for a nice drive.

2012 will be the year of losing weight, getting my pictures in another gallery and hopefully going to France with my brother and sister-in-law.

Be well in 2012.

Vicodin and Crutches

2011-12-31T13:27:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-30T06:45:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-29T06:40:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-28T06:34:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-27T06:33:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-24T08:55:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-23T06:39:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-22T06:29:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-21T06:39:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-19T07:00:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-18T14:09:00.000-05:00

Observations

2011-12-15T20:33:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-14T06:35:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-13T06:37:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-11T07:22:00.001-05:00

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

2011-12-09T06:33:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-08T06:37:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-07T20:33:00.000-05:00

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

I'd like her under my tree, please

Fools

2011-12-06T06:39:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-05T06:21:00.000-05:00

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

2011-12-02T06:51:00.000-05:00

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

Grow your own

2011-12-01T06:41:00.000-05:00

American slavery still exists.

Grow your own veggies.
Stomp on a Newt.

Have a nice day.

Half week

2011-11-30T06:45:00.000-05:00

I saw these guys a gazzillion times back in New Haven and over at the beach in Rhode Island. A great part of my college age years.

Snow fell in parts of NC yesterday. Nothing but a little rain here. Now windy and cold.

The man is now clearing out Occupy LA. Are the using pepper spray?

The the conventions next year will be tumultuous? Shades of 68 or Kent State.

I think I am getting my mom a single cup coffee maker for Christmas. She seems to like those.

Do you watch Storage Wars?

One step closer to Friday>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Miley

2011-11-29T06:43:00.000-05:00

Miley, you little stoner. Nice job with the video.

I am picking up my gas dryer on Friday. My Christmas gift from my parents. Woo Hoo.

We did not get as much rain as they said we were going to get. I guess some places got hammered with rain and maybe some snow in the higher mountains.

Got to do some Christmas shopping this weekend. Some is already done. Mostly handmade gifts.

Have to change Summer's food. I think the good i am getting her, it is good food, is causing her skin to be dry. Need something with no grain in it.

Peace. Summer says I have to pp.

I'm still here

2011-11-27T07:16:00.000-05:00

Been busy taking my parents to see some different places around the area.

Friday we went to a couple of antique shops, had bbq for lunch, then went to Seagrove to some potters. I bought my self two more dinner plates so now I four from the same potter. Also bought a very expensive coffee cup. Now all my coffee cups, except the one that goes for roadtrips, are from area potters. All other cups and dinner plates will be relegated to the yard sale section of the guest house.

Went out for breakfast yesterday, a new place Tammy, and had shrimp and grits, two eggs, biscuit, sausage and oj. The shrimp and grits were yummy. Went to a little flea market down the street and picked up my brother/sister-in-laws last present. Also got Mike his. All hand made items. On the way home stopped at a classic roadside yard sale in the parking lot of a recycling place. The old man selling was quite something. Talking about Jesus and great weather and how he was a teamster and drove all over the U.S. and then he sold me a fake Christmas tree. It is white.
$10 deal of the day.

My dad and I raked more leaves.

We went a bought a gas dryer. Woo hoo. No more line drying for things.

OK. Taking Summer for a walk. Found .26 yesterday. I am getting richer with each walk. If I walk across the U.S. I could be rich and famous for "Walking with Summer".

Thanksgiving Day

2011-11-24T07:05:00.000-05:00

Thanks to William Burroughs for his ever insightful thoughts.

May Ken and Sammy and Tammy and Mike be blessed with turkey and pie and maybe a jar of baby food. May the conversation be stimulating and the naps just as good. May you Occupy your couch or your favorite chair as your waistline strains your underwear.

May you think of family and friends long departed and newly born.
May you think of friends near and far, if you were closer I'd hop in my car.

Mike, Tammy, Tia, Cody..............gobble gobble gobble. Miss y'all.

Ken, Sammy Jeremy, may the three generations be bound together by Carolyn's bountiful meal.

Mom and Dad are still sleeping. I am sure they would say Hi.

Almost Gobble

2011-11-23T06:26:00.000-05:00

This woman tried out and never made it too American Idol. This song sold millions.

Are you ready for tomorrow? Have all your fixings? Pumpkin pie, hmmmm.

Parents are good.

You going shopping Thanksgiving. Hope not. That shit pisses me off.

I am going to take my parents on a roadtrip and show them some sights.

Gotta take Summer for a walk. She is getting antsy.

Peace.

Who's America

2011-11-20T20:58:00.000-05:00

Why is this acceptable in the United States when we vilify other nations of the world for doing the same thing. It is not acceptable. As a matter of fact what you have seen here on the part of the police officer is most likely going to cost him and others their jobs, as it should. How come so many leaders and the lackeys are so willing to trample on the freedom of speech and the right to assemble.

Found a nice pair of gloves and a nice big camping knife while walking Summer today.

Parents will be here tomorrow. I think I am ready, the house seems to be ready also.

Time to watch a movie. Wait I have to blow dry Summer first.

Wow

2011-11-18T06:24:00.000-05:00

Massive day for Occupy. 20,000 or more marched in NYC. Very nice.
I feel another national day coming on. I think New Years day in Washington D.C. should the target day.

Below freezing this morning.

It is the lighting of the green in Gibsonville tonight. Carolers and other events going on. I think there is free food involved also.

Busy weekend. Good house cleaning, going to pickup a turkey and other goodies the week. Also hope to go down to Seagrove to the massive pottery show.

Time to walk the dog, the iron my shirt. Has many wrinkles. Way too many.

Oh yeah, must blow leaves.

Hump Day plus one

2011-11-17T07:07:00.000-05:00

The strong storms missed here. They were close by. We did get lots of rain though.
Looks like another round of leaf blowing this weekend along with the final prep for my parents visit.

Sorry gotta run. Late this morning. Time for breakfast and a shower.

Be well my friends.

THEY are afraid

2011-11-15T06:25:00.000-05:00

So the man is proving they are afraid of Occupy. Early this morning the NYPD went in and cleared out Zuccotti Park because they were worried about the plan to shut down Wall Street Thursday and march on the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday. They are afraid that "We the People" are gaining power and strength and changing the discussion of America.

This will be the defining moment of the movement. What tactics do we use next to keep the movement going forward? A mass march on Washington DC with all the Occupy Americans will make all our leaders stand up and be counted. The time is now!!!!!!!!
Stay tuned America.

Peace.

Leaf me alone

2011-11-14T06:19:00.000-05:00

This is a great song by the Dixie Chicks. Talk about a band who suffered from right wing fanatics. They never fully recovered from their thoughts on George bush and the war. It is a shame they were blacklisted by fanatical war mongers in country music.

Picked up the two twin beds Saturday. The house is ready for guests. Y'all come on over.

Raked and used the leaf blower to do half the yard yesterday. Also cut down some bushes along the side of the guest house. Grass and flowers will go in there in the spring. With half the leaves still on the trees there will be more raking and leaf blowing to do. It sucks that it is dark so early now. Any yard work is for the weekend only, boo.

That is it really. Quiet weekend for the most part.

Now Newt is making a surge. Bahahaha.

Have a great Monday.

No bath for the birds

2011-11-12T08:54:00.000-05:00

High steppin round the livin room to dis tune. Some fine pickin.

This morning while walking past the bird bath I go to swipe the leaves off the top and discover a nice layer of ICE. What the heck is that all about. Now that is crazy. Gonna be 60 today.

Busy day today. Need to pick up two twin beds for upstairs, some dinnerware for turkey day, do laundry, suck up dog hair, pay bills, look for some chairs for the dining room. Blow around some leaves too.

Ken, I am still waiting for you too put in the line for my dryer.

Riot

2011-11-10T22:46:00.000-05:00

This albums makes me want to drive 100 in a 30 mph speed zone.
This is what hard rock and metal are all about. In my top list of albums.
If there was one singer I could sing like it would be DIO.

49 million Americans live at or below the poverty line. Wow. Just unacceptable.

Here is a way to fix the economy, fuckheads. Pay us more money. We will spend more and that alone will create jobs.

Finding lots of dead squirrels around. Falling out of trees? Getting hit by cars.

The more we see Rick Perry the I want him to be the nominee. I would be a fun fest of stupid comments.

If the U.S. can use drones wherever we want why can't other countries?
Got a good answer for that? Did not think so.

Crazy

2011-11-09T06:40:00.000-05:00

Gonna be near 70 today. Then the high only 53 on Friday.

Voters voted down the republicans last night. We won back union workers rights in Ohio,we won back same day voter registration in Maine and voted down an attempted law in Mississippi saying life begins at conception. Are these Occupy wins?

Looks like the new J. Edgar Hoover movie is going to be a good one.

I need curtains for the living room.

First two recommendations from the doc I saw yesterday was exercise and eat a good breakfast instead of blogging in the morning.

Do you want my blog for breakfast or dinner?

Trouble

2011-11-08T06:38:00.000-05:00

Good hippy music for a Tuesday morning.

Big problems for Joe Pa and Herman Cain. Why are there so many problems with sexual issues all around us. Is it the work of the devil?

Goodbye Joe Frazier. One of the true boxing legends has moved one.
He was a great boxer in the golden days of boxing. Only 67.

Going to be 70 today. Wish I was off from work. This is outdoor weather.

What do you want for Christmas?

Stop barking Summer. Please.

Falling Back

2011-11-07T06:27:00.000-05:00

Did you fall back this weekend? I got about 8 hours sleep Saturday and Sunday night.
Very rare event.

I really did not do much else this weekend. Cleaned the house and combed Summer.
Both should be daily events.

Did take a few pictures Sunday morning. I have many on my camera to upload.

Banks have made more profits in the last two years than they did in all 8 years under Bush. The average wall street salary has gone up 16% in the last two years.

If you have not received a raise in the last two years you have had a salary decrease with the cost of good rising as they have.

Gonna be a busy week at work. UUGGH.

Thanksgiving in two weeks.

The stupid and the badass

2011-11-03T22:21:00.001-04:00

So the last few days the trains have been laying heavy on the whistle/horn be because some stupid mother*ucker, who dad should have worn a condom, decided to play chicken with a train. He jumped away at the last minute and the train conductor about had a heart attack. He got arrested. Dumb *uck.

Nice little clip from when the Rolling Stones defined badass. They were clicking on all cylinders as far as the music they were making is concerned. Enjoy the vibe for your Friday breakfast.

Nice job of some more folks, whose dads also should have worn condoms, in Oakland Wednesday night. Anarchists, general trouble makers, infiltrators and other fools hijacked the protest after a long successful day. This is not what we need to move the movement along. It will happen but really this needs to be put to rest.
There has been a slight, but noticeable turn against OWS in the press the last few days. They want things to be hijacked.

Hey Jeremy Mayfield need some Meth.

Doc visit Friday morning. Woo Hoo.

Peace mi amigos and amigas.

Drat

2011-11-02T06:52:00.000-04:00

Drat, I was thinking today was Thursday. Not sure where the lost day went.

Bought a cheap little fire pit at Home Depot yesterday. Time to burn down the hood.

Watch and see what happens at Occupy Oakland today. Will it be peaceful or will the police come in riot gear. Hopefully it is not ugly.

Time for a shower. Running late. This little bit took 20 minutes to come up with.
Must be fog on the brain this morning.

Action

2011-11-01T06:59:00.000-04:00

So Occupy has been going on for six weeks at this point and now it is getting to the point where we need to start calling for action as a united Occupy front. We need to start pressuring government agencies to start prosecuting the Wall Street officials who caused the mess we are in now. We need to bring several lawsuits that will end the current law that gives corporations the same rights as people. We need to change laws that are leading the U.S. to have the largest prison population in the world. Too many non violent offenders are filling our jails. We need to force them to fully fund our educational system. We need to force them to stop killing people around the world in all our wars.

I think we need a national Occupy day in Washington where all the groups across the country march on the White House as a united front so the leaders and the world can see that we the occupy movement are one United front.

If we as Occupy continue to occupy and do not start to call and force actions by our leaders the movement will lose its power. It is time to force action.

Words

2011-10-31T06:52:00.000-04:00

Words can mean nothing or they can be quite powerful.

Look at this and see how the same guy, with my description, can be viewed much differently.

Peace officer -- Bring peace to the people.
Police officer -- Polices the people.
Law enforcement officer -- Enforces the people.

Which one of those three do you want to meet when you have problems and which one would you rather not talk with.

Herman Cain's words to some women may cost his run for president.

Even us heathens can feel the power of religion with the words sung here by the lovely Alison Krauss.

Something I read this weekend in Adbusters.

It's pretty amazing that our society has reaches a point where the effort necessary to extract oil from the ground, ship it to a refinery, turn it into plastic, shape it appropriately, truck it to a store, buy it and bring it home is considered to be less effort than what it takes to just wash the spoon when you're done with it.

What are words for when no listens anymore.

Crazy

2011-10-30T08:46:00.000-04:00

Occupy the winter........

So the police state continues to arrest people for expressing their rights to speak and the right to stay in the public parks they are occupying. They are giving them time limits. There are no time limits on the freedom of speach. The parks are public and should never close. Our taxes pay for them and our taxes are being collected and used 24 hours a day.

They are now justifying there riot police actions because they say they are getting attacked.

1. Leave. They are peaceful actions. If the riot police were not there maintaining the police state there would be no rioting.

2. Government's never change without a mass movement of the people. Where would the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 60's have gone if we had stayed home?

3. Do you really think the police are part of the 99%? While the individual officer is, the force is most certainly not. It is group speak and group think that is used enslave their minds so they can do the bidding of the corporate paymasters.

30 here this morning Will make drying clothes a little tough
Bought four shirts yesterday to cover my pregnancy. 2XL for my baby.

My nephew found a full time job in California. He is working at a machine shop. They want to teach him the ropes so he can do the quality control work for them. Math paid off for him.

My parents got 3 or 4 inches of snow. They were lucky. No loss of power.

Putting shelves up in garage/guest house this morning. Maybe a little road trip this afternoon.

Muddy Nation

2011-10-27T06:41:00.000-04:00

So a Iraq war veteran was protesting in Oakland on Tuesday and he was hit in the head with some projectile fired by the Oakland police and now he in a medically induced coma. Nice jobs THUGS.

So in order to get more business I am now bidding in North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and more government bids, along with both Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Busy busy bee.

I need to get some new clothes. My wardrobe is very tiny. My waist is not.

My cable is now working fine. They came out and swapped out some splitters and gave me a new cable box.

Lots of leaves to be raked or blown with the blower.

The opening round

2011-10-26T06:46:00.000-04:00

Nice job by the Oakland police yesterday. This is what we will begin to see all over the country in other cities from this point forward as city leaders begin to express what they really think about the Occupy movement.

I see another national day of protest coming very soon. Maybe all the cities can go to Washington for a massive march.

Some cold weather coming soon. Highs in the fifties this weekend. Can snow be far behind?

Herman Cain now leads the polls for the 1%. Oh what insanity can they produce next for us.

Cobwebs

2011-10-25T06:40:00.000-04:00

Some claim Jimmy Martin is the King of bluegrass.

Cobwebs on the brain this morning. Slept like a rock.

So Sunday I went to the mountains and there we hardly any leaves left on the trees.
On the west side of the parkway mostly gone or close to being gone.
East side of the parkway had leaves going from green to brown in most cases.
Boo......

I was talking with someone who said they have had flurries twice in the Boone area already. The first time was Sept. 30th. Someone from work was in the mountains in Virginia, skiing area, and there was snow on the ground. Does not bode well for winter this year.

So I went to a shoe store yesterday and felt like a piece of meat. There were tons of salesman hanging around like vultures. Annoying and of course they had nothing I wanted.

See u later.

Could have been

2011-10-22T21:25:00.000-04:00

Mother Love Bone was to have been the band to come out of Seattle but the singer, Andy Wood, went and overdosed on heroin. These guys have been one of my favorite bands of the pre-grunge era.

Two other members of Mother Love Bone were Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament who ended up teaming up with Eddie Vedder after the death of Andy Wood and that in turn gave us Pearl Jam.

The other story of the day relates to my participating in the "National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and Criminalization of a Generartion". The turn out was fair, 50 or so folks, and was lead by a woman whose son was killed by a Guildford County Deputy 10 years ago. He was unarmed and was killed within two minutes of the polices arrival. He needed medical attention not police intervention. Since that time this woman has dedicated her life to stopping police brutality.

We stood one a corner at a main intersection for 30 minutes before the march then we marched through one of the cities subsidized housing neighborhoods with the CaK a Lak drummers loudly drumming and someone with a megaphone at the very front calling out the the folks that lived there. We chanted "No more stolen lives" as we marched. We were well recieved. At the end of the march we went back to the corner for another 30 minutes while people spoke insluding one of our Occupy Greensboro members. His story. He has PTSD and while at the hospital waiting for treatment there was a confrontation between him and a security guard. Police came and the situation escalated. A fight ensued with the officer and he was tazed three times, ended up with a broken wrist, two broken ribs, locked in a straight jacket chair for 24 hours with no food and no allowed to get out to relieve himself. No charges filed against him.

Remember if you ever get arrested just give them your name and NEVER tell them anything else. Immediately tell them you want a lawyer. They will try to trick you and convince you that telling them everything will be to your benefit.

What "Could Have Been" for all the victims of police brutality.

I gave Summer a bath in the bathtub. She was not overly thrilled but was very good.
She has to look for her first trip to see the fall leaves.
Weather has been perfect today and tomorrow is more of the same.

Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-10-21T06:42:00.001-04:00

I have seen these guys a few times and they always put on a great show. Think they deserved more recognition than they get.

Tomorrow is the Stop Police Brutality day. I think Greensboro's march is going to be a big one.

I finally feel good. Monday and Tuesday fighting off a cold, Wednesday can't poop, Thursday pooping too much. What the hell?

Summer is feisty this morning. I think she likes the cold weather. She will have fun in the mountains on Sunday.

What world leader do we kill next? Watch out, American colonialism is coming to your country so we can keep the military industrial complex alive and well for the 1%.

Be kind.

tired.

2011-10-20T06:42:00.000-04:00

That's it for this morning. Running late.

Standing up

2011-10-19T07:23:00.000-04:00

Guess they don't want to take down a soldier in front of all that media.
Black man with no cameras around and he would have been taken down. That is the American reality.

The general assembly meeting last night was very frustrating. Bogged down in bullshit and nothing getting done. I left after an hour. It was leave or speak up and offend people and be viewed as a troublemaker.

Good rain last night. Leaves will be coming down in droves. Leaf blower time is coming.

Nothing else much going on.

My nephew loves California so far. He has a part time job at Subway.

Would a general strike work in the U.S.?

Hump your way to a happy day.

The Poison Apple

2011-10-18T06:33:00.000-04:00

Another sign from Saturday. Like the placement of the apple, nice touch.
Protest at the Bank of America downtown at 4 p.m. today.

Sore throat and the beginnings of a cold. Yea.

I bought some cheap dog food the other day, I usually buy her very good dry food, it makes her poo green.
Umm, me thinks that not be a good thing.

80 yesterday and today. Lovely.

Gotta run.

Peace.

Occupy Greensboro

2011-10-16T09:03:00.000-04:00

Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Say we want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And on the street

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh, when your man is working for nothing
You better give 'em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

I'm gonna ask you comrade and brother
How do you treat your own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can give herself

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh well, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on, etc.

Yesterday was a great day in Greensboro. Mother Nature blessed us with temps on the upper 60's / low 70's and not one cloud in her vibrant blue sky.

As I walked to the Greensboro government center with a couple other of the Occupy marchers we were feeling great. That feeling was electric when we got close and saw the size and diversity of the crowd. Young and old, brown skinned and white skinned, preachers and atheists, abled and disabled,, liberals, conservatives, communists and anarchists. It is our America. The scene was one of a crowd elated to be joined together to make our world a better place. The signs were great. Many different quotes. Exhilarating.

Before the march got under way the local drum group Cakalak Thunder got the crowd fired up playing some great beats. They lead the parade and played all the way during the march through downtown Greensboro. There were an estimated 600 Occupiers, by the police, and we marched through downtown on the sidewalk. Needless to say we owned the sidewalk and got very receptive chants from the folks downtown.
We stopped at the Bank of America and chanted "Wall Street got bailed out, We got sold out". It was great. We then marched to Festival Park and a few people spoke to the crowd to the crowd. We then broke off into small groups of 15 or so and in the group I was in we went around the circle and told everyone why we there and had discussions about that. The group was sort of hijacked by some nice but wackadoo women who always went off topic and brought everything back to her. We finally just started talking over her to get her to shutup. :)

I did advocate that if it seems the government/corporations do not listen to us, the Occupy movement, we should hold a general strike like they do in Europe. It actually seemed to go well.

After that there were more meetings and people just hanging out talking and discussing the state of things. It made for a great day.

Back for more today. Meetings, then the general assembly to see where we take things in Greensboro. There were a number of people there who have been to New York and Washington who seem to have many ideas on how to move forward.

Lots of police, lots. Undercover police also.

Props to our logistics group, they did a fantastic job.

Here is a link to one of the local news stories.

http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/195289/57/Hundreds-Of-People-March-With-Occupy-Greensboro

It begins today

2011-10-15T09:16:00.000-04:00

Today is the day that the march to a better society begins. The movement is spreading worldwide and there can be no giving this time. It will be slow, sometimes ugly, sometimes cumbersome, sometimes troubling.

It will also be heartwarming, inspiring, life changing and liberating.

WE ARE "FIGHTING THE POWER".

Money sucks

2011-10-13T23:06:00.000-04:00

So there was a pretty lively discussion/debate at the General Assembly tonight about whether we should pay the city to rent the park Saturday or not. This is a park they rent out and they usually charge $750.00 to $1000.00 to rent it for a day. It has been negotiated down to $200.00 to have the park from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The YMCA next is letting the overnight "occupation" stay there for $200.00 for the weekend.

There was no consensus so the debate went on for a hour and a half with no outcome at that point. The initial vote was to not pay. The point being we are there to make a statement and paying the city was going against everything we are attempting to do.

I agree with that point and voted that way.

The other side had the point that we want to include as many people from the outside Saturday, families with kids and tourists, and if they came there was a chance they could get arrested because we would illegally using the park. There were many other points all very valid as well.

I left at 9:30 and still no decision but the tide was turning as I expected.

The group has a feeling of electricity in the air.

Big brother is starting to crack down on the protests. I see some ugly shit getting ready to go down. The man is scared.

Fight the Power.

Leaves are looking good here. Some super reds popping against the green leaves still around.

Lech Walesa

2011-10-12T23:41:00.000-04:00

I understand that Lech Walesa is heading to Occupy Wall Street. That will be a very interesting scene. I very well remember the strikes and how amazing they were at that time.

I may not Occupy Sunday as the leaves will be gone from the mountains within a week or so. I hear the colors are good this year.

I could have sworn I smelled gas upstairs this morning.

I am going to write myself in for Alderman in Gibsonville.

Joy

2011-10-10T22:38:00.000-04:00

Man, this video makes me smile every time I watch it.

We had an Occupy meeting last night. I left early. The meeting was running late and many split at a break. Seems like there is a lot to do before Saturday.

It is North Carolina A&T's homecoming this weekend. I understand this is the biggest tourist event in Greensboro. This is a huge African American school and it could not be a better weekend for Occupy Greensboro. Since they are the first to feel economic pressures in a failing economy I think we gain a lot of support from them. The history of the sit-ins in Greensboro and other protest movements should keep the police on their best behavior. The city certainly does not want any bad press to come out of this because they over react to the march and occupation.

Go to your Occupy event this weekend even if it is for a short time.
It is all about "We the People".

Clogging

2011-10-09T19:40:00.000-04:00

This is the Green Valley Cloggers. I saw them Sunday around noon time. They were great and the band that was playing for them was great. The sound was perfect so you here them clog. The crowd loved it and they got a great response. Very well appreciated by all.

Good vibe at Shakori. We recruited some folks for Occupy Greensboro, sold a lot of stickers and people loved to look at them and smile.

There was a vendor there selling food called the Sugar Shack. They made the most awesome veggie burrito type of things. One of the toppings you could add was this tomato chutney. Freakin yummy.

Perfect weather.

My peppers are still growing. Woo Hoo.

Rice for dinner.

You should be concerned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-10-08T08:24:00.000-04:00

What an ignorant twit. The fact that he would actually go public with a statement like like this means he is afraid of "We the People" stepping out and taking our nation back from corporations and the corrupt leaders they have paid for over the years. Cantor and others of his ilk just do not understand that Americans have had enough of being pushed around by big money and the harm they have created.

Be afraid we are taking back America and putting it in the hands of the working class.

Save the Post Office.

Fight The Power.

Gibsonville Fall Fest, Shakori Hills this weekend. Those two events and Occupy Wall Street make me giddy. Now a woman would make me complete,

Change

2011-10-06T22:36:00.000-04:00

The time has come and we will make change.
The people are no longer going to be dis-empowered, disenfranchised and most importantly disengaged.

I went to the Occupy Greensboro meeting tonight. 150 people or so. A good variety of people, all ages, races, opinions and passion. Local tv coverage.

Looks like the national Occupy day is going to be October 15th.

Great piece by Glenn Greenwald exposing Erin Burnett and her lack of objectivity as a financial news reporter and her bad mouthing Occupy Wall Street.
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/05/erin_burnett_voice_of_the_people/singleton/

Doc visit Friday morning. Give me Xanax, Prednisone and sleeping pills. Thank you.
If not I am looking for a pill pushing doc.

It's our country

2011-10-06T07:10:00.000-04:00

Nice job my Mr. Policeman for helping the cause. Thank you.

Occupy Greensboro meeting tonight. Think i will be there if I can find the place.

Cable out on and off from 9 p.m. last night. Lost blog post a couple of times already.

Wall Street got bailed out we got sold out.

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNCGBORO

Hippie Tuesday

2011-10-04T06:31:00.000-04:00

Gonna be busy at work today. We are being audited by the GSA. Uggh.

The protests against Wall Street and other injustices seem to be growing.
Is a movement towards a better America going to sweep the nation like the 60's.
Seems like the time has come.

Weather is quite nice. Some leaves slowly changing.
Summer loves this weather. Coffee tastes better when the temp is cold.

Sinuses are plugged.

Time to walk the dog.

Loverly

2011-10-03T06:40:00.000-04:00

Lovely weather this weekend.

Cold mornings and perfect afternoons. Sunny and no clouds. Trip to the mountains in two weeks. Leaves should start to bring on the color pretty soon.

The wedding was very nice yesterday. Had a good time.

Raked some Saturday. Want to get rid of all the darn mulch.

Occupy Wall Street is getting bigger. Will it spread nationwide?

Freedom

2011-10-01T09:32:00.000-04:00

The big news yesterday was the murder of two U.S. citizens by C.I.A. drones.
Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were alleged to have been terrorists and working with al Qaeda to kill Americans.

Why do I say murder? They were NEVER charged with any crimes by any entity of the United States government. How is it acceptable to the American public that we kill two Americans who were never charged with a crime. This is a complete violation of any law, both U.S. and international. You do not have to like what they stood for but as American citizens they are still protected by the U.S. Constitution.
There are those minor things like due process and freedom of speech that they should have been afforded.

If President Bush had done this the outrage from the left would have been loud and yet we hear nothing from the left in this instance.

If they can kill U.S. citizens overseas than can do it here. Beware.

We are a sick nation who thrives on domination and death.

It's here again

2011-09-30T06:43:00.000-04:00

Yea, it be Friday.

Another busy week passing by.

Yard work Saturday, wedding Sunday morning.

Good story and video on drug companies.

http://inthesetimes.com/duly-noted/entry/12023/how_big_pharma_is_subverting_science/

Fall is arriving this weekend temp wise. House is open and sleeping is good.

Enjoy.

Spiders

2011-09-29T07:01:00.000-04:00

At least the cable/internet connection is working decently this morning. Maybe the dish network is coming to my house.

Congrats to the Rays for making the playoffs. Walkoff home run in the 12th inning gets them in.

Ha Rick Perry. Nice job of sinking the bottom of the cesspool.

Good job of fighting the power. Occupy wall street. It's growing.

https://occupywallst.org/

In the forty's this weekend. Frost in the mountains. Leaves will be changing soon.
Time for a day in the mountains.

Peace my friends.

News you can use

2011-09-27T06:28:00.001-04:00

Not much for today.

Here are some websites with news you can use.

http://rawstory.com/

http://inthesetimes.com/

http://mediamatters.org/

Learn the truth.