| Home Sweet Home |
[Oct. 16th, 2009|07:27 am] |
Just returned from a week of work in the jungle of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico with the monkeys, snakes, spiders, and lizards. I was assured that there were no large cats...like Jaguars, indiginous to the area. Hats off to the Mexican people that work...very hard, in those conditions everyday.
My associates and I stayed in Ixtapa, which is a resort town and very beautiful. The extreme poverty we saw in the surrounding areas was very disturbing. I later learned that we stayed in the resort for security reasons. We didn't have any time to enjoy the area though. We would get up pre-dawn, drive 1 hr+ to the job-site, and return late...consume many cervecas and tequilas, and crash for the night. I discovered one of the fun things about traveling by car in Mexico. We were stopped, at least once everyday, at checkpoints, and searched for drugs by the Mexican Army. With machine guns trained on you at all times while being searched. Great fun. I was greatful that we were never stopped by the Federales with there black uniforms, and black cars with blacked out windows and their big black guns.
WARNING: Avoid Mexico City Airport at all cost. Total chaos and confusion. The only airport I've been in where when you get off an international flight and you're main-streamed into the terminal. You can get on another flight or leave the terminal without going thru Customs. Returning, I had 2 1/2 hr layover. Took me 2 hours to re-claim my bags, change terminals, check in and locate my gate.
When I arrived in Charlotte, a couple of flights must have arrived from the Caribbean. So I was waiting in Customs with hundreds of nicely tanned, happy tourists. An official looking person pulled me out of line...now what? I was standing in line with my bags and hard-hat in hand. I must have had that " I've been working and traveling for 12 hours, 61 year old man, I'm too old for this shit" look on my face. They sent me to the head of the line, stamped my passport, and said...with a big smile, "welcome back to the US"
There's no place like home |
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[Jan. 19th, 2009|10:41 am] |
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Watched Wanted last night. Is Angelina Jolie the most drop dead gorgeous woman on this planet? |
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[Dec. 12th, 2008|07:18 am] |
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Bettie Page passed away yesterday...sad day. |
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| Will I Hear from Anyone? |
[Oct. 6th, 2008|08:21 am] |
If you're on my friends list, I want to know 35 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine... you're on my list, so I want to know you better!
Comment here and repost a blank one on your own journal.
01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you? |
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| Smokin' With the Kids |
[Jun. 16th, 2008|12:11 pm] |
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My wife and I went to see Tom Petty Saturday night. Great show, as always. Steve Winwood opened for him...also phenomenal. We sat on the lawn with the kids...not our kids. The group in front of us was sharing a smoke...they offered us some. When we accepted, their reaction was right out of Wayne's World...we are not worthy.LOL Actually said they were honored that we would smoke with them. Was neat to see so many younger people enjoying Tom Petty and Steve Winwood. Steve Winwood was the opening act, and he played for an hour and a half...Traffic, Blind Faith, etc.
So, I think from now on we'll sit on the lawn with the kids, and leave the seats for the old folks. |
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| Bob Marley |
[Apr. 18th, 2008|09:29 am] |
In the movie "I am Legend", Neville refers to one of Bob Marley's albums as "the greatest album of all time". I've heard references to "Legend", but I don't know a real fan of any artist who thinks a greatest hits album is the best.
I haven't seen any concrete evidence proving which album he is referring to.
Anyone know? |
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[Nov. 1st, 2007|07:39 am] |
Los Dia De Muertos.
Today's our 33rd anniversary. |
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| Unbelievable |
[Sep. 22nd, 2007|01:21 pm] |
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After I stopped and thought about the past week...I don't believe it really happened.
Last Friday a guy I work with asks if I want to go to the Pats/Chargers game...luxury box. I must decline...cause I have tickets for the NASCAR race in Loudon NH. Half way to Loudon...1.5 hrs, I'm having what I find out later is a gallbladder attack. Most painful thing I've ever experienced. We drive back home, I'm admitted to the hospital. I'm released on Thursday. It could have been worse. I could have been offered tickets to the Red Sox/Yankees game, and missed that also.
Anyway, I'm a little depressed. So, Friday in the mail is a letter from Bristol Motor Speedway. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You were chosen in the ticket lottery for the spring race. 4 renewable tickets to the spring race in Bristol. INCREDIBLE!!! If you don't think this is a tough ticket to get...go on Ebay.
What a week. What's next? |
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| Day of the Dead |
[Sep. 2nd, 2007|10:46 am] |
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I know there's one outrageously gorgeous doll out there that will respond to this.
Which is the correct way to say the day of the dead in Spanish?
Los Dia De Muertos
or
Dia De Los Muertos
???????????????????
Peace & Love |
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| Body Art |
[Jul. 19th, 2007|07:37 am] |
I've been seeing a lot of tattoos lately titled "Eye of Horus". Just saw a very unique interpretation...beautifully done, titled Eye of Horus. It was a left eye. Probably not a huge issue with most people, but I like to be accurate.
The Left Eye of Ra is the Eye of Bast...the Right Eye of Ra is the Eye of Horus.
When I get a tattoo I always check the mythology. |
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| Did Tony Get Wacked? |
[Jun. 15th, 2007|11:00 am] |
Has anyone heard this theory?
A colleague forwarded this to me...could be David Chase's premeditated cinematic brilliance or someone reaching for something...what do you think?
He was killed....
in fact, the ending was genius if you've paid attention to the show or are just a fan of well developed well thought out plots that all tie together and have the memory of a champ to remember it all
the ending was simple, he got killed, but let me tell yall why and explain in detail... There was 3 people in the room total who had a reason to kill tony.....
the two black guys, they were paid before to kill tony but he was only shot in the ear, this was in one of the earlier seasons,
also in the earlier seasons, the trucker who was sitting at the bar stool, who the camera kept focusing in on, is Nikki leotardo, Phil Leotardos nephew, he was in one of the early season episodes where Phil and Tony have a sit down....
heres where the genius comes in....
When Tonys walking in the diner, you see the camera focus on him, then it switches to his perspective, and you see him looking at the booth hes gonna sit at...
then the camera switches back to tonys face, then it once again switches to his perspective, and it shows him looking at the door and looking at the people come in..... Everytime the door opens the Chimes sound....... Carmela walks in, Chimes, AJ walks in Chimes, this when Meadows parallel parking, still trying to get inside the restaurant....
at this point the camera switches back to the trucker who goes in the bathroom......
Then it goes to a scene where meadow finally parks and starts running in the diner....
the doors about to open, Tony looks up....
and No Chimes......................
No Music............
Everything just goes black...............
In one of the early episodes of the sopranos, tonys talking with bobby about what it must feel like to die..
Bobby says "at the end, you probably dont hear anything, everything just goes black"
part of that was revisited in the second to last episode during the last seconds of it, when tonys about to go to sleep and he flashes back to the memory of him and bobby on the boat... "You probably dont hear anything everything just goes black"
so in the end, the Journey song was playing, the chimes on the door sounded but when meadow came in, the guy in the trucker hat came out and killed tony...
its the reason you aint hear, or see shit when he died.... it was from his perspective.... and everything went black, then the credits rolled. |
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| Race Fans??? Jr. Fans???? |
[Jun. 13th, 2007|07:38 am] |
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is going to race for Hendrick Motor Sports. What an incredible. dominant race team that will be. Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt, and Mears. "Murderer's Row" I'm not a huge Jr. fan, but I can't wait to see his career take off. Will be amazing.
I've not been much of a fan of Jr. fans. I shouldn't say Jr.fans. Let's say fans that express "hatred" toward other competitors. Hate is such a powerful word. I've been to Talladega in the fall the last 4 years. Going there as a Jeff Gordon fan is like wearing a Yankees jersey to Fenway Park. Now it's "I hate Hendricks".
C'mon, you should be excited for Jr., I know I am. |
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| Race Fans???? |
[May. 28th, 2007|08:20 am] |
Was watching the NASCAR race (Coke 600)yesterday, and there was an incident that really bothered me. I'm a Jeff Gordon fan. When Jeff's introduced he is booed. When he's knocked out of the race, for whatever reason, people cheer.
Dale Earnhardt was often treated the same way. I thought he was the greatest. There are many who think the opposite.
During yesterdays race, Gordon was involved in a serious accident. People cheered. There were minutes before his window net was dropped...people still cheered. I watched the replay. His car slid off the track, slid back onto the track and hit the wall nose first, while being hit broadside by another car. People cheered.
The crash reminded me of the crash that killed Dale Earnhardt in 2001 at the Daytona 500. I could hear the emotion and concern in Daryl Waltrip's voice.
There were people that booed when Dale Earnhardt was introduced at the 2001 Daytona 500. Did the same people cheer when he crashed? |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 17th, 2006|08:43 pm] |
Thought I'd post this again.
The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country.
He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.
He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student,
pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy,
and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howizzitor.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machinegun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.
He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient.
He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other.
He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.
He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.
If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands.
He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and still find ironic humor in it all.
He has seen more suffering and death then he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand,remove their hat, or even stop talking.
In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.
He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 13th, 2006|07:15 am] |
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In a town near Boston, a woman recently gave birth...mother and child healthy...and dumped the placenta in a local pond. Don't know why. I've since learned that some "people" who do home births in particular, like to keep the placenta. Some bury it in the yard and plant something near it...OK. Some eat it...mmmmmmmmmmmmm. I understand it's sim to liver.
Any good recipes for placenta out there? |
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[Jun. 5th, 2006|07:44 am] |
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Just heard that Ian McKellen will be playing Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) in Magneto the prequel. Also, the Silver Surfer will be in FF2.
The Power Cosmic!!!!!! |
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[May. 18th, 2006|01:09 pm] |
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Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907:
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here
in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall
be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to
discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or
origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet
an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided
allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else
also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag..We have room for but one
language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but
one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
---Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 |
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[May. 12th, 2006|10:17 pm] |
When The Air is Still,
And the Night Has Fallen...They Come For You!!!!!!!!!! |
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[May. 12th, 2006|01:36 pm] |
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My LJ friend Playgirl asked if I wanted to be interviewed. So, I said...why not!
Here's the deal. If you would like to be interviewed by me...leave a comment saying "interview me", or something close to that. I will then ask you 5 very clever questions. You will respond to these questions in an LJ update, and ask if you could interview anyone who leaves a comment, thus perpetuating this until the end of days. You must answer the questions truthfully, and in great detail, because I'm planning on getting aroused reading them...LOL.
My answers to Playgirls questions are as follows:
1. If you could create your perfect mate, what would she be like?
Firstly, are you so sure she would be a she? Well, she is a she. I've been married to my perfect mate for 32 years. She was 18 and I was 25 when we started dating. What first attracted me to her was her big boobs and low rise button fly jeans. Yes, we,ve grown beyond that. You can create a physical likeness, but what's inside, that's another thing. She's my best friend, and always has been. Sounds cliche', but we have grown together...not apart.There's a lot more to the perfect mate then physical appearance. When my daughter was maybe 5 or 6 yrs old, we were watching TV, and someone on the show said "who listens to their wives?". Without hesitating, my daughter said,"my daddy does". My kids claim that if my wife goes first, I'll probably lock myself in my room, and never be seen again. So, I have my perfect mate.
2. What is your greatest pet peeve?
Stop and think about your greatest pet peeve. Just seems so trivial. Inconsiderate people are most irritating.
3. What is your most treasured memory?
My most treasured memory is when my son was born. He was 3 weeks late. My wife would go to the hospital every week for a stress test. It was spring time in New England, so she would walk to the hospital, for a little exercise. Apparently, she had gone into labor while walking to the hospital. She called and said, "it's time", and I said "for what?", duh.
4. Which part of a woman's body do you find most sexually stimulating? Why?
I like a woman's bare back. No tan lines...silky pale skin...the arch of her back...the rush when you run your hands down her back and over her hips. The rush is for her as well as me.
5. What do you do during love making, to ensure your lover enjoys it as much as you do?
I listen to her responses when I do something. The way she reacts to something tells me whether she'll enjoy it or not, or whether she's enjoying it. A little moan, or a quick breath, tells me... this is good.
6. Do you find foreplay important? Describe what you would do to a woman to arouse her sexually through foreplay.
Yes, I think foreplay is very important. Probably most important. I don't like toys during foreplay. I prefer the natural approach...fingers, lips, tongues. teeth...ouch!. My lover usually orgasms during foreplay...which makes intercourse, sometimes, quite explosive. I don't do anything special, frankly, I think I'm just good at it. I have an educated tongue.
So, leave a comment if you want to be interviewed.
Peace & Love |
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