The Shins - New Slang

Tina Fey is my new crush

I like the hot nerdy chicks...Tina Fey might have passed Robin Meade on my list...

GERRY RAFFERTY - Right Down The Line

War is business and business is...well...confusing...

Military Leaders are Struggling with Power Point (LINK)
The idea of Generals stacked into a room like in Dr. Stangelove comes to mind when you think of war planners...using Power Point. WTF? Power Point? Planning War with Power Point. What would my Grandpa say? What would General Patton say? What would Robert E. Lee say? These guys actually are quoted saying the following...
Gen. David H. Petraeus, who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and says that sitting through some PowerPoint briefings is “just agony,”
Well sir if that is just agony then...

President Merkin Muffley: I will not go down in history as the greatest mass-murderer since Adolf Hitler.
General "Buck" Turgidson: Perhaps it might be better, Mr. President, if you were more concerned with the American People than with your image in the history books.

-Dr. Strangelove

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence original (not live)

Pam Anderson danced to this 4-26-10 on Dancing With the Stars.

Simple Things Mean a Great Deal

Antwone Fisher is a writer and formerly served in the U.S. Navy. He overcame a rough childhood to become a successful writer and poet.

His Q and A article on what guys should know to be men is a sample of the simple things fathers, uncles, brothers and mentors can do to positively influence the future.

Article LINK to Antwone Fisher's CNN Q and A

Phil Collins "Against All Odds"

Phil Collins is intense!

What we learned in North Dakota

-At Alkaline Lake, when you are ice fishing, Pizza Hut delivers to a central ice shack
-An All Wheel Drive Subaru in the snow is not like driving my 4x4 F150 in the snow
-Farms on the border of the US and Canada sometimes have land on both sides of the border, so border crossings like between Detroit and Windsor are kind of a joke
-If you decide to get a drink at the bar like a scotch neat or vodka on the rocks automatically order the double. Bars charge roughly $7 for a single and $10 for a double. So the second shot was $3…Landon the bartender taught me that.
-One of the largest crops in North Dakota is Flax seed (Sunflowers)
-There are so many pheasant that people literally drive around and shoot at them out of their trucks. It is illegal.

North Dakota...Nothing Ever Happens, Nothing Ever Leaves

It’s February and I’m in Bismarck, North Dakota, in a car, on a county road, stuck in the snow. I saw coyotes a few miles back and a flock of pheasant about a half mile back. The wind is piercing but the silence is beautiful. Never in my life had I heard such absolute silence. Never I have I seen so many pheasant or so much snow. The air is clean and my healing lungs after 10 years of smoking soak up all of the oxygen. I can see stars at twilight and the outline of the Milky Way. This country has so much beauty that is right there, in the middle of it all, in North Dakota. We called the roadside assistance. We then had to explain how we were stuck in the middle of the minimally maintained county road, in a snow drift, in a Subaru. The tow truck driver was impressed and slightly annoyed. But, we got out and we moved on. In the airport I purchased a refrigerator magnet that says...

"Welcome to North Dakota! Nothing Ever Happens and Nothing Ever Leaves"

The Wild West...Idaho

I have always been intrigued by the Western United States. I dreamed of living like this Idahoan cave dweller. This story is truly a cool part of the romanticism of the Wild West (LINK)

Idaho (LINK)

Salmon River Idaho (LINK)

Pictures from a visit I made to Idaho:




The air was clean and crisp. The wind was sharp. The sky was big and I didn't want to leave. Forget the City, Forget East Coast riches, Forget the West Coast glamour, Gimme Idaho.

Things all men should experience and or know how to do…

-Change Oil
-Fish
-Shoot
-Play Poker/Euchre
-Team Sports
-A musical instrument
-Fix a toilet or sink pipe
-Hang a ceiling fan or overhead light
-Rake concrete
-Drive a skid steer
-Grill
-Reformat Hard Drive / Reinstall Windows
-Fractions
-Pizza/Beer Math
-Pick a nice outfit for a date
-Know how to give a foot rub
-Know how to love a woman
-Enjoy Scotch / Wine
-Enjoy a nice Cigar
-Love Children

Various Crime and Bad Guys

Felon accused of running animal-sex farm in Whatcom County (LINK)

Woman, children make rare appearance in Gambino indictment (LINK)

Feds give up on prosecuting 'Junior' Gotti (LINK)

14 alleged members of Gambino crime family charged (LINK)

A fascinating 60 Minutes interview with John Gotti Jr. (LINK)
This inspires me to wanna get into the waste management bid-ness.

Top 10 Bad Guys, The Ones People Love:
-Hockey Goons
-Italian Mafia
-Serial Killers
-Singing Transvestites
-Porn Stars
-Assassins/Spies
-Mad Scientists
-Inbred Hillbillies
-Wild West Outlaws
-Cult Leaders
Dishonorable Mention: Strippers, Madams, Pimps, Bank Robbers, Hobos, Bail Bondsmen and NFL Players

Bottom 10 Bad Guys, The Ones People Hate:
-Bankers
-Politicians
-Car Salesmen
-Telemarketers
-Sex Offenders
-Drug Dealers
-Divas/Drama Queens
-Baby Seal Clubbers
-Oil Companies
-Wal Mart
Unmentionable: Arsonists, Porn Shop Guys, Stalkers, Wife Beaters and Communists