Last night I watched an oldie but one of the best made movies ever, The Robe. I know most will never watch this one but if you are a student of movie history or history in General it is worth watching besides which it was the first movie to be made in a wide screen format. Yeah I know most want to believe the Bible is a fairy tale so be it, that is just their ignorance speaking as even according to the Smithsonian it is the only religious book that can be authenticated by other sources and which can be used in many avenues of science, including but not limited to archaeology and for those of you who were not aware they have found a scientific Adam. Which means they can trace every man alive back to one man. I am not saying that man was Adam as if the Good Book is true Noah would be the more probably source of the genetic anomaly found in every man.
Well beyond that if you are just looking for an excellent movie that personifies the characteristics of really makes men great and not this lifting up of liars, cheats and thieves we have today, I would recommend this movie, just know it is lengthy and not as fast paced as what most are used to. Regardless it was filled with enough violence and scantily clad women to keep most men's attention and the fact it is also a love story should help with the women.
Tired of living behind the veil of silence and political correctness.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Still thinking of one
Back
In my world
By the sea
With the nip
Of this seasons
First arctic air
On the Wind
And in my face
I breathe in deeply
With a half smile
Half grimace
I go about my days
As even in this
There is beauty
That breaks through
The barometric
Induced pain
This I know
No matter
How bad
I can always
Stand by the shore
Focus
On the tide
Until I feel those joints no more
Was Just Reading
So a few minutes ago I was reading the FB wall of Adult Children of Heterosexuals. Best online name I have seen yet and pretty much explains how he came into being; and at the same time sounds like he is partaking of a self help group. Yep I can see myself in that one...
Hi my name is James and I am an Adult Child of Heterosexuals, and just like my dad I like women and because of me my children are going to grow up to be adult children of heterosexuals. (this is where the tears start flowing down my cheeks). You know all the self help books say admitting you have a problem is the first step, well at least according to all them sitcoms on the intelligent sapping moronic box. Since I do not read self help books I guess this is as far as I go in that line of thinking.
Yep I figure if I just read the front cover it pretty much explains all I need to know. Haven't you noticed that most are putting you down and calling you a dummy right on the front cover and yet people still by them, well they either call you a dummy or an idiot. Hmmm, that gets me to thinking, it is no wonder we hired a guy to run our country with no real work experience, because he promised change. Now there is a title for his next book; Change for Dummies and Idiots, How I Duped America Into Voting For Me. Granted there weren't that many real choices and the ones who would have been better well they smartly got out of the equation or never jumped into the race.
Sorry folks it seems to me we like to hire our political leaders the same way we hire our priests. As long as they tickle our ears and make us feel good well that is who we will vote for that year. We really do not care if he is a liar or cheat and I am thinking if you are a woman those fricken dumbo ears might seem cute; on a two year old maybe but not on a grown man. Just wait until he gets much older he will look like a Sleestack from land of the lost.
Well enough about the man and can't really speak about his politics as he is like a fish out of water, says one thing and then does another, don't know who is advising him but my guess they read a book on political maneuvers that had the word dummies or idiot in the title. Now I am hoping his wife will read this and go back to hating America so much she will stop spending my money of her family vacations. Oh just in case someone is reading this I am not buying any insurance from a snake oil salesman that works for the government and will not pay that fine so you might as well sign me up for that therapy group Adult Children of Heterosexuals, and unlike school I will be there on time and as a matter of fact I will be the first in line because according to some I have this problem, I like women.and because of that I now have children. (Just to clarify my wife is a woman.)
Okay for those who still are not getting it if you were born you had a mother and father and i do not care if one of them was gay but for a single moment in time you were the offspring of a heterosexual, and can feel free for our next therapeutic twelve step meeting.
Hi my name is James and I am an Adult Child of Heterosexuals, and just like my dad I like women and because of me my children are going to grow up to be adult children of heterosexuals. (this is where the tears start flowing down my cheeks). You know all the self help books say admitting you have a problem is the first step, well at least according to all them sitcoms on the intelligent sapping moronic box. Since I do not read self help books I guess this is as far as I go in that line of thinking.
Yep I figure if I just read the front cover it pretty much explains all I need to know. Haven't you noticed that most are putting you down and calling you a dummy right on the front cover and yet people still by them, well they either call you a dummy or an idiot. Hmmm, that gets me to thinking, it is no wonder we hired a guy to run our country with no real work experience, because he promised change. Now there is a title for his next book; Change for Dummies and Idiots, How I Duped America Into Voting For Me. Granted there weren't that many real choices and the ones who would have been better well they smartly got out of the equation or never jumped into the race.
Sorry folks it seems to me we like to hire our political leaders the same way we hire our priests. As long as they tickle our ears and make us feel good well that is who we will vote for that year. We really do not care if he is a liar or cheat and I am thinking if you are a woman those fricken dumbo ears might seem cute; on a two year old maybe but not on a grown man. Just wait until he gets much older he will look like a Sleestack from land of the lost.
Well enough about the man and can't really speak about his politics as he is like a fish out of water, says one thing and then does another, don't know who is advising him but my guess they read a book on political maneuvers that had the word dummies or idiot in the title. Now I am hoping his wife will read this and go back to hating America so much she will stop spending my money of her family vacations. Oh just in case someone is reading this I am not buying any insurance from a snake oil salesman that works for the government and will not pay that fine so you might as well sign me up for that therapy group Adult Children of Heterosexuals, and unlike school I will be there on time and as a matter of fact I will be the first in line because according to some I have this problem, I like women.and because of that I now have children. (Just to clarify my wife is a woman.)
Okay for those who still are not getting it if you were born you had a mother and father and i do not care if one of them was gay but for a single moment in time you were the offspring of a heterosexual, and can feel free for our next therapeutic twelve step meeting.
Just sitting here watching airplanes... not
Sitting her watching airplanes, I wish, no way, not today nohow. Stuck between a to do list and sending out resumes. I do believe I was up to about thirty today. People might think I am crazy but hey if I want to go see somewhere I have never lived before I am going to need some way to pay for it. Frankly though I am not worried so much about living somewhere I have never lived before as I am more interested in being able to see the sun on more days than not. Blame it on the Vitamin D deficiency.
Really thinking hard about taking that jeep tour gig in which I could start like now, even though it is only on weekends as the rest of the week I could go camping while building up my already way to long resume. Oh heck it is Palm Springs, give me a month and I will have several new clients as the pool boy and lawn mower guy oh and with Christmas on the way there are a lot of Christmas lights and such to go up. Oh man that has got me to thinking. I think I better stop.
Really thinking hard about taking that jeep tour gig in which I could start like now, even though it is only on weekends as the rest of the week I could go camping while building up my already way to long resume. Oh heck it is Palm Springs, give me a month and I will have several new clients as the pool boy and lawn mower guy oh and with Christmas on the way there are a lot of Christmas lights and such to go up. Oh man that has got me to thinking. I think I better stop.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Occupy
Everyday I here a little more about Occupy Somewhere, and the people who think that there sitting and waiting will actually make a real change. The reality is no. Here is what I see why all those folks are sitting and just taking up the front page, this alone allows others to continue fleecing the flock and some of those are the instigators of this haphazard mess. What is truly even more amazing is the number of people doing what they might do during a natural disaster and rushing in with aid.
Two things that strike me this is not a life threatening disaster or natural, other than everyone wants to feel like they belonged to something. In the end there might be a change of the faces but unless people in mass change their habits and make drastic changes to their lifestyles we will still have the same. There will be those who learn to work within the system and by the numbers on a ledger will appear to be better off and then there will be those who are more focused on what makes them feel good now early one and they will fail according to the system. Sorry to say this has happened over and over.
Case in point, does anyone remember the sixties, where did all those freaky free loving burn my bra and lets run naked folks go. I will tell you as gravity took its toll most got back into clothes and are now the new faces of the establishment. Like the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm they took over and became the farmer and now when younger versions of who the once were are protesting they smile and keep raking in the money. My guess if we look at the instigators of this and what they are worth in modern financial terms it will be a lot more than me, but the reality is I do not care one iota.
For those of you who speak a simpler vernacular that means I do not give a shit, and here is my reason why, in the end we all will die and have to face our maker. And if before then their house of cards tumbles to the ground their will be a remnant who will resurrect from the ashes this once freest nation and when that day of turmoil comes more than your fancy cars, and diamond rings what people will be looking for is folks like me who know a thing or two about what to eat and where to find water, not to mention how to take a hide and make a nice pair of shoes or hat and even a Sunday dress. Enough said about that.
I would rather not see this nation crumble so I think it is time we actually stop electing our representatives based on sound bites and stop letting the corporate controlled media do our thinking, and that also goes for our political parties, our unions and our churches. People we need to stop trying to be like the Jones folks next door because I remember those with Jimmy did not fare so well. You need to start thinking for yourselves but not before getting a little education into where you came from and to do that you need to start reading and I do not care if it is in a book or on a computer screen, and do not limit yourself to only that which suits your fancy or that picture junk that passed for novels these days. I am talking about good old fashioned educational stuff and I would start with the book that so influenced our founders that they were willing to risk death for their treason, yeah you know that book so I do not even have to say it. Oh and in spite of what you heard about how it has changed, it is not true maybe the language but not the truths that are hidden within.
Moving on my recommendation, return to a simpler life style which focuses on necessities not frivolous things that will only be thrown or replaced in a year. Just that alone would cause such drastic changes in our society things would change. Oh and never let the government which is supposed to work for you tell you have to by anything as that is a bunch of crap and only continues to fill someone else's pockets with the hard earned fruits of your labor. Come on they already forcibly take much of your hard earned money by the threat of force for supposedly things we need like public schools which by the way the last time i checked you as a parent are having to buy all the supplies and special clothes for your children who are then growing up without even knowing how to read critically or do the arithmetic. Blah Blah I have heard it all, what I think is better is to teach your children to learn and then with only a little guidance they can be self taught.
In the end if you really want to effect change stop following the crowd and make decisions based on truth and not what you are feeling. Take a stand for your neighbor when necessary but above all live a life based in truth and occupy your own space and don't come barging into mine unless I know you really well and even then be thoughtful as i would feel bad if by accident you were shot.
Two things that strike me this is not a life threatening disaster or natural, other than everyone wants to feel like they belonged to something. In the end there might be a change of the faces but unless people in mass change their habits and make drastic changes to their lifestyles we will still have the same. There will be those who learn to work within the system and by the numbers on a ledger will appear to be better off and then there will be those who are more focused on what makes them feel good now early one and they will fail according to the system. Sorry to say this has happened over and over.
Case in point, does anyone remember the sixties, where did all those freaky free loving burn my bra and lets run naked folks go. I will tell you as gravity took its toll most got back into clothes and are now the new faces of the establishment. Like the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm they took over and became the farmer and now when younger versions of who the once were are protesting they smile and keep raking in the money. My guess if we look at the instigators of this and what they are worth in modern financial terms it will be a lot more than me, but the reality is I do not care one iota.
For those of you who speak a simpler vernacular that means I do not give a shit, and here is my reason why, in the end we all will die and have to face our maker. And if before then their house of cards tumbles to the ground their will be a remnant who will resurrect from the ashes this once freest nation and when that day of turmoil comes more than your fancy cars, and diamond rings what people will be looking for is folks like me who know a thing or two about what to eat and where to find water, not to mention how to take a hide and make a nice pair of shoes or hat and even a Sunday dress. Enough said about that.
I would rather not see this nation crumble so I think it is time we actually stop electing our representatives based on sound bites and stop letting the corporate controlled media do our thinking, and that also goes for our political parties, our unions and our churches. People we need to stop trying to be like the Jones folks next door because I remember those with Jimmy did not fare so well. You need to start thinking for yourselves but not before getting a little education into where you came from and to do that you need to start reading and I do not care if it is in a book or on a computer screen, and do not limit yourself to only that which suits your fancy or that picture junk that passed for novels these days. I am talking about good old fashioned educational stuff and I would start with the book that so influenced our founders that they were willing to risk death for their treason, yeah you know that book so I do not even have to say it. Oh and in spite of what you heard about how it has changed, it is not true maybe the language but not the truths that are hidden within.
Moving on my recommendation, return to a simpler life style which focuses on necessities not frivolous things that will only be thrown or replaced in a year. Just that alone would cause such drastic changes in our society things would change. Oh and never let the government which is supposed to work for you tell you have to by anything as that is a bunch of crap and only continues to fill someone else's pockets with the hard earned fruits of your labor. Come on they already forcibly take much of your hard earned money by the threat of force for supposedly things we need like public schools which by the way the last time i checked you as a parent are having to buy all the supplies and special clothes for your children who are then growing up without even knowing how to read critically or do the arithmetic. Blah Blah I have heard it all, what I think is better is to teach your children to learn and then with only a little guidance they can be self taught.
In the end if you really want to effect change stop following the crowd and make decisions based on truth and not what you are feeling. Take a stand for your neighbor when necessary but above all live a life based in truth and occupy your own space and don't come barging into mine unless I know you really well and even then be thoughtful as i would feel bad if by accident you were shot.
I want to be president
I have been doing some thinking and realized if a man who never had a job and spent his adult life organizing his community, which I have to ask what is that. Is that like those PTA moms who knew everybody else's business or maybe he was one of the men who sat down in the barbers sipping on a 40. Well anyway a guy who has never had a real job can get elected because he wrote a book and he has that Webster look, well if he can why not me. Yes I want to be president, and for no more than eight years, I would post my resume but the abbreviated version takes four pages, so I guess I need to write a book detailing my list of careers, starting with my first at the age of seven throwing newspapers half my weight.
Let me see I could talk about what others might call a sad childhood as I was one of those children raised by the state. For me it was not sad as I did not know I was supposed to be anything else but an unwanted child. I could write of how in the eighth grade I had an Afghanistan science teacher try to recruit me into their fight against the socialists (back then they were called Russians) but I think not. I would talk of how when I realized by my bad choices I got into ridiculous debt and how over the course of many years I paid back what I owed and then some. I would talk about how I have started from scratch several small profitable businesses using that overpriced marketing management education to market myself and whatever service I was providing at the time.
I would write how I did not hang out with and become a puppet to some way out in left field reformists whose whole goal was to bring down my nation. Oh heck I would even include my birth certificate. I would look to the constitution and piss off many special interest groups when I refused their money. I would not try to pretend I was some rock star like idol and go about the country to try to swing votes if I was elected; heck I would have little barbecues on that big old lawn and borrowing one of those SUV's driven by men in dark sunglassed that little fountain out front would be used for some summer fun in the form of water ski, me holding onto a rope being towed from one end to the other. Oh and definitely out front we would need a couple of portable hoops for those pickup basket ball games on the street. i would tell my wife she could not spend a dime on redecorating as they have a warehouse full of stuff so she could redecorate once every month.
Yes I want to be president, but instead of embracing some other countries heritage I would embrace mine, and tell those who did not like our constitution that is okay,tell me where they would like to live and I will help them to get there. Oh almost forgot if you are a predator and I become President you might as well assume the position and kiss it good bye. If you are an enemy of the state bent on doing my fellow country men harm do not worry about your rights particularly if you are not a citizen because you do not have a single one as outlayed in our constitution. If war came I would not just tell young men and women to go but tell them to hurry it up, and give them the tools to get the job done so they could come home to their loved ones. No more of this profiteering off of prolonged foreign stays.
Yes I do believe I want to be president. So if you happen to feel the choices stink make use of that write in line and put my name there and see what happens.
Let me see I could talk about what others might call a sad childhood as I was one of those children raised by the state. For me it was not sad as I did not know I was supposed to be anything else but an unwanted child. I could write of how in the eighth grade I had an Afghanistan science teacher try to recruit me into their fight against the socialists (back then they were called Russians) but I think not. I would talk of how when I realized by my bad choices I got into ridiculous debt and how over the course of many years I paid back what I owed and then some. I would talk about how I have started from scratch several small profitable businesses using that overpriced marketing management education to market myself and whatever service I was providing at the time.
I would write how I did not hang out with and become a puppet to some way out in left field reformists whose whole goal was to bring down my nation. Oh heck I would even include my birth certificate. I would look to the constitution and piss off many special interest groups when I refused their money. I would not try to pretend I was some rock star like idol and go about the country to try to swing votes if I was elected; heck I would have little barbecues on that big old lawn and borrowing one of those SUV's driven by men in dark sunglassed that little fountain out front would be used for some summer fun in the form of water ski, me holding onto a rope being towed from one end to the other. Oh and definitely out front we would need a couple of portable hoops for those pickup basket ball games on the street. i would tell my wife she could not spend a dime on redecorating as they have a warehouse full of stuff so she could redecorate once every month.
Yes I want to be president, but instead of embracing some other countries heritage I would embrace mine, and tell those who did not like our constitution that is okay,tell me where they would like to live and I will help them to get there. Oh almost forgot if you are a predator and I become President you might as well assume the position and kiss it good bye. If you are an enemy of the state bent on doing my fellow country men harm do not worry about your rights particularly if you are not a citizen because you do not have a single one as outlayed in our constitution. If war came I would not just tell young men and women to go but tell them to hurry it up, and give them the tools to get the job done so they could come home to their loved ones. No more of this profiteering off of prolonged foreign stays.
Yes I do believe I want to be president. So if you happen to feel the choices stink make use of that write in line and put my name there and see what happens.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Like Peter Pan...
Like Peter Pan
I was once traipsing
And noticed my shadow
Playing hide and seek
When I gave chase
It ran behind
A big prickly bush
Winded
I paused for a break
Knowing I could not win
I pretended to give up
And went for a swim
Sorry Peter Pan
My way worked
I did not need no Wendy
To trick me into
Giving her a kiss
Or to sew
My Shadow
Onto the toes
Of a girls tights
Oh yeah
I don't wear tights
Oh yeah
Peter Pan
When you become a man
You will learn
How to out think
Your shadow
And instead of crying
You can set about
Enjoying life
Settling down
With a wife
And then
Teach your own children
How to fly.
Monday, October 24, 2011
The Remembrance
Even now though more of a dim haze I can see her, hair down to her waist which she could control like so many tendrils that would trap me like fox in a snare. Even the night my fingers got tangled she laughed and forced me to just sit and stare into her eyes as she spent who knows how long to untie them. That is when I fell into that enchanting pool better known as her soul. I awoke having missed work with my head in her lap. I did not care as she was there. For a summer, like a slave, I was at her bidding. The trips, the dinners out on the town and then back home for a late night swim. Always waking up with my head being caressed,
Then came the conversations, marriage, children and sex became her favorite topics and as a young man she had me and with only a nod or a wink I would have like Don Quijote attacked the nearest windmill and vanquished that sordid beast. But alas the day came when after a bit of unfettered heated activity she spelled out the truth, I had been a nice side show before she went to see the big show in the center ring. I finished the deed and then after a passionate farewell, I knew it was done.
Though sadness took my heart that day devouring me whole, I felt no anger and as I watched her drive away I guess I knew it was for the best. Now years have past I have built a life with the mother of my children and am seeing the last of them preparing to leave I have not thought about her in all these years until now and I wonder for a moment if she had any children of her own or if she ever did marry, finish her school and become the designer she wanted to be. Unlike other men I have no illusions and no desire to even find her as what we had then was for then and it is not in the now. Still if she ever read this I would want her to know who I am now was in part because of her, and I realize that sadness that sits deep within of which has become my security blanket belongs to her.
That sadness she will never get as to my grave it will go spoken of only this once. I just needed to say it just in case on the off chance she might one day come across this and read it. With that I am done and going back to my living life.
Fall
Summer fades
Into winters long
Nights
Short days of gray
Trees once green
Filled with life
Change
And for a moment
Provide
One last ray
Of sunshine
Before the long gray
Of winter's death
Takes hold
For but a moment
There is hope the leaves
Will cling
Until alas
To the ground
To be trampled
Under foot
They fall
Thoughts of Life pondered while travelling
Last week sitting high above the ground looking down from a plane the world seemed such a gentle place with no bickering or strife. The mind from a distance is willing to accept almost anything as reality, particularly if it does not effect us directly. Amazing is how many are willing to live in their little land of make believe ignoring the much bigger picture and when effected they want to find someone to blame never accepting any responsibility for their decision or actions. This my friend is to me a sign of insanity.
As I journeyed I heard the stories of folks wanting to blame their plight on someone wanted to blame company executives for their living situations. Okay but what I do not get is the overpaid pretenders known as celebrities who make way more than any CEO jumping on the same bandwagon trying to pretend they are in the same boat as the average man or woman who just to see one of their shows has to decide between new shoes for their children or one night of entertainment. To me that is hypocritical and if they really had compassion instead of speaking of their lack of thought in order to boost their sales maybe they should take some of their money and put it where their mouth is. The odd part is that many of those celeb-elitists are owners of the evil corporations and have no problems hanging out in the same crowds, but if I threw a little shindig do you think they would show up at my house, I think not as i might work in the world of make believe but I do not live there.
The true reality if there are those to blame for the current economic situation is those who hold the legal power and that happens to be congress and the puppet in the white house who has been more than happy to take my hard earned money out of my child's mouth raising what it costs me to get to work and to just by a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk by the constant raising of taxes and additional fees for this and that; then what do they do with that money they give it away to someone else and not necessarily to people who need it like in the case of on Nancy Pelosi's brother in law who will be rewarded for investing in a corporation that will not make any money other than what they get in the form of a loan, guaranteed to be paid back by us the taxpayers and i can already tell you that corporation will default on its loan. Dang I need to get me a relative in congress, not as this in my opinion is no different than stealing out right but my guess is they like so many others in power do not really care about you are I as like actors anytime you see their lips moving they are pretending what they are saying is real.
As I journeyed I heard the stories of folks wanting to blame their plight on someone wanted to blame company executives for their living situations. Okay but what I do not get is the overpaid pretenders known as celebrities who make way more than any CEO jumping on the same bandwagon trying to pretend they are in the same boat as the average man or woman who just to see one of their shows has to decide between new shoes for their children or one night of entertainment. To me that is hypocritical and if they really had compassion instead of speaking of their lack of thought in order to boost their sales maybe they should take some of their money and put it where their mouth is. The odd part is that many of those celeb-elitists are owners of the evil corporations and have no problems hanging out in the same crowds, but if I threw a little shindig do you think they would show up at my house, I think not as i might work in the world of make believe but I do not live there.
The true reality if there are those to blame for the current economic situation is those who hold the legal power and that happens to be congress and the puppet in the white house who has been more than happy to take my hard earned money out of my child's mouth raising what it costs me to get to work and to just by a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk by the constant raising of taxes and additional fees for this and that; then what do they do with that money they give it away to someone else and not necessarily to people who need it like in the case of on Nancy Pelosi's brother in law who will be rewarded for investing in a corporation that will not make any money other than what they get in the form of a loan, guaranteed to be paid back by us the taxpayers and i can already tell you that corporation will default on its loan. Dang I need to get me a relative in congress, not as this in my opinion is no different than stealing out right but my guess is they like so many others in power do not really care about you are I as like actors anytime you see their lips moving they are pretending what they are saying is real.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Land by the Sea
There is a land
By the sea
Where by the end
Of the day
Who is there
To say
What is
Reality
Like the stories
Of child lore
Creature come out
And play
By the shore
Frolic
They do
Into the night
With
No traces
By daylight
So when
You stand
To watch
The sky get painted
Do not be afraid
As now you
Understand
Sunday, October 16, 2011
This story started like any other
As on most days I had set out to see what I could see, with no real destination in mind other than I knew I was supposed to go to town. When living off a dirt road this is not always close. Step by step I walked which soon turned into a mile. In the first two I met up with several deer, since I heard them coming they were more bewildered than I and would just stare. I can't help but wonder what if anything they were pondering but I would move on leaving them to their grazing. It was in the fourth mile I heard a commotion in the thick brush alongside the trail. Curiosity took hold and I went closer to listen and get a closer look.
That is when it happened out onto a stump a squirrel did climb. Standing on his two hind feet he pointed at me and started cussing like old granny McSwede. When he paused and I thought he was done he ran a few laps around that big stump and then once again took up his stance. Screaming at the top of his voice he called me all sorts of names which I don't think I should repeat. For what seemed like hours we both ignored any passersby as he kept up his tirade. When he was done he sat back on his haunches and told me thanks for listening. I nodded and before I could speak my reply he pulled out a little flask and taking a sip he told me he had been looking for his woman but she must have moved and she took the kids.
I told him I was sorry, with a wry grin he offered me a nip but I thanked him and declined wondering just what a squirrel would keep in a flask. A smile took his chubby little face and he said he felt much better and was now going to see a couple of girlfriends down the way. When I asked what his woman would think; he smacked me upside the head and asked why I thought she had left. Wiping my face I shook my head and the little guy asked what did I expect as he was only a squirrel and thought mostly of eating and having sex. Just then an eagle flew by and with one last expletive he took another nip and ran off.
By mile eight I had almost missed that ride still amazed at the little guy and how closely so many of my friends were just like him. Later when I got home my wife did ask what was wrong when she saw my face and I blurted out I have a lot of squirrel friends. Of course by now you know that did not go over so well.
First came the slap, the a few choice expletives than another slap; and then me asking what that was for. After a long tirade which was directed at me and brought into the air several names; I had to start laughing. My wife asked if I thought this was funny and I said I do. Without a word down the hall she went and to my amazement came out with a load of clothes, mine and out the front door they went. I followed and could not help but grin. When she was through I was just sitting on the porch swing. Pausing she asked me to give her some names and I asked names for what. she quietly said she wanted to know the names of my girlfriends. Scratching my head and I thought for a moment and then taking her hand I walked her inside and stood her in front of the mirror and told her to take a good look as if she did not know her own name neither did I.
Walking back out I looked at my accumulated stuff. A child's voice asked dad why is your stuff in the yard. My reply was apparently mom did not like the idea of being my girlfriend. The same child said she was my wife and his mother. Thanking him for setting me straight I sat back in the porch swing. When my wife of many years finally came out she wanted to know why. I asked her why she was my girlfriend or why I had squirrel like friends. I swear the contour of her face changed when like the dawning of a new day she realized what I had said. Sitting down next to me she asked what I was going to do. With a shrug I asked about what; she pointed to the stuff with which she had decorated the yard.
After a minute I went to the garage and found a nice piece of plywood and some paint. When I was through there was a sign explaining the stuff was free for the taking. Walking back inside I took a shower and then went to bed. When she finally came in she asked if I was really going to leave the mess and I told her it was someone else's. When we heard the commotion she told me something was outside and I said it was probably my girlfriends. Jumping up she told me my wallet was out there; I pointed to the dresser and smiling I told her that was where I left it. Calling me a jerk she ran out of the house and came back in with my wallet and told me most of the stuff was gone. Jumping up I opened the closet and acted surprised when I noticed my side was empty. Going to the dresser it was the same. As I climbed back in bed she asked if I was really going to just sleep. Smiling I nodded and told her when I woke up I hoped to find this day had only been a dream.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Maple Tree
It might look like
A pile of debris
But this
Was once half
A maple tree
It stood tall
Almost a hundred feet
Then with
One small breeze
Down came half
Of a two trunked tree
No one would have known
Accept for one thing
It attacked the power pole
And tried to cross the road
As its last and final act
If anywhere else
Decay would have come
But would be delayed
By time
I have changed its fate
I have given it
New purpose
With the help of a maul
And a saw
Made of a chain
This will
Be reorganized
Stacked and dried
Over the course
Of a year
It will change
The cost of my electricity bill
By letting me subtract zeros
In the greater scheme
Of things
This may not matter
But to my family
This tree
Will be
An economic stimulus
And our nation
Will not need to raise your taxes
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Tonight A Tear Forms In My Eye
You would think after thirty six years in show business I would have learned at least one thing of this art form. Sad alas it has not happened even though I have worked many a dance show. I wonder if it is too late with my two knees both having been severely injures in my younger years, a hip that has decided it wants to quit working in sync with the rest of me and a lower back that does nothing but complain.
As a tear forms in my eye this night, I wonder if my wife would notice if I started learning to Tango and Waltz. Now to find a dance academy or troupe who would barter a few lessons for a light design or two; because that I do know how to do.
Sun In My Face
Aye
To sit
By the bay
With the sun
In my face
This is what
Brings a smile
To my face
Wishing I was
Not alone
As I listen
To the cry
Of the birds
And the bellowing
Of a ships horn
Telling others
They have been warned
This life I live
For so long
In a chosen exile
Is reduced
To utter simplicity
When I sit
Feeling the sun
In my face
The wandering minstrel
Strikes a tune
On his strings
Belting out a melody
He entertains
All who will take time
And listen
As passersby
Move in endless
Motion
Like the tides
Ebb and flow
I can smile
As long
As the sun
Shines in my face
To sit
By the bay
With the sun
In my face
This is what
Brings a smile
To my face
Wishing I was
Not alone
As I listen
To the cry
Of the birds
And the bellowing
Of a ships horn
Telling others
They have been warned
This life I live
For so long
In a chosen exile
Is reduced
To utter simplicity
When I sit
Feeling the sun
In my face
The wandering minstrel
Strikes a tune
On his strings
Belting out a melody
He entertains
All who will take time
And listen
As passersby
Move in endless
Motion
Like the tides
Ebb and flow
I can smile
As long
As the sun
Shines in my face
Monday, October 10, 2011
This quiet morning
I woke up next to a woman in a bed I had not planned to be in. Good thing she is my wife it just makes explanations so much easier and well my back after crashing on someone else's floor... well let me just say I am not as young as I once was.
The fact is we both slept better thanks to some unplanned matrimonial events. Now as I sit on yet another boat definitely feeling like I should have just remained in that neo natal position with so many napping curled up on the not uncomfortable couch like seating, my mind wonders what stories run through the minds of the blissful looking appears.
Guess before I go to far in my mental wanderings on this quiet morning I shall also close my eyes definitely with a smile on my face.
The fact is we both slept better thanks to some unplanned matrimonial events. Now as I sit on yet another boat definitely feeling like I should have just remained in that neo natal position with so many napping curled up on the not uncomfortable couch like seating, my mind wonders what stories run through the minds of the blissful looking appears.
Guess before I go to far in my mental wanderings on this quiet morning I shall also close my eyes definitely with a smile on my face.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
To all the women...
To all the women
I have not loved before
I dedicate this poem
To all the women
I have not loved before
Who have never
Gone in our out
My door
I dedicate this poem...
And I hope
This day
Finds you well
And gives you someone
To smile for
I have not loved before
I dedicate this poem
To all the women
I have not loved before
Who have never
Gone in our out
My door
I dedicate this poem...
And I hope
This day
Finds you well
And gives you someone
To smile for
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Don't look down
Watching my foul neighbors bathing in the sound while listening to a small brown bird telling of its delight that it is able to do the same in the creek.
I have been thinking nature is an amazing thing. Thought about the past and what my experiences in the wild places have taught me, most people spend way too much time looking down at their feet, sometimes they look up but rarely do they look up. First I would like to say I know.where my feet are, they are below me. Second you get easily lost if you do not keep your perspective. How many times have I seen someone more than capable walk in circles because they were focused on their feet, that is besides the few I have seen walk off the edge of a precipice because they did not see until it was too late. thankfully the drop was small and the landing soft. The fear on the other hand was not.
Lesson learned, make sure you look up. This lesson is qlso a hard one learned in.nature, particularly by small minded critters who only too late find they have become the source for another's dinner plate. Here is my take on this hard lesson, I do not mind sharing a meal but definitely do not want to be the meal, so with my eyes up and constantly moving I am able to assess the dangers and make decisions accordingly.
Now how to apply to everyday life, look up and stop spending so much time looking at your feet, see what is around you. Oh yeah as a side note, stop trying to blame others when you reap the rewards of your own decisions.
I have been thinking nature is an amazing thing. Thought about the past and what my experiences in the wild places have taught me, most people spend way too much time looking down at their feet, sometimes they look up but rarely do they look up. First I would like to say I know.where my feet are, they are below me. Second you get easily lost if you do not keep your perspective. How many times have I seen someone more than capable walk in circles because they were focused on their feet, that is besides the few I have seen walk off the edge of a precipice because they did not see until it was too late. thankfully the drop was small and the landing soft. The fear on the other hand was not.
Lesson learned, make sure you look up. This lesson is qlso a hard one learned in.nature, particularly by small minded critters who only too late find they have become the source for another's dinner plate. Here is my take on this hard lesson, I do not mind sharing a meal but definitely do not want to be the meal, so with my eyes up and constantly moving I am able to assess the dangers and make decisions accordingly.
Now how to apply to everyday life, look up and stop spending so much time looking at your feet, see what is around you. Oh yeah as a side note, stop trying to blame others when you reap the rewards of your own decisions.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Canadians... got me to thinking
Autumn, seams to have been skipped this morning. The weather man calls for snow down to 5000 ft. I am braving my chilled state to sit and watch the birds. Our resident gulls knowing the water retains its temperature are hunkered down as they float, after enjoying a bath. What has really caught my eye or the few flights of Canadians who have passed by seemingly a little late. They have got me to thinking. Warm weather and sun... hmm. How long has it been since I left the deserts beyond the two mountains.
Life seemed so simple then. As we were in a world separated or maybe it was I had been so busy, with a young family, at least to me. And the work both night and day kept my mind occupied. Not so now, the world is changing. It seems a constant struggle has ensued. I have seen two people once friends at each other's throats and I live in a country now divided on the mundane. Where does it end?
Life seemed so simple then. As we were in a world separated or maybe it was I had been so busy, with a young family, at least to me. And the work both night and day kept my mind occupied. Not so now, the world is changing. It seems a constant struggle has ensued. I have seen two people once friends at each other's throats and I live in a country now divided on the mundane. Where does it end?
Saturday, October 1, 2011
What is next?
This morning, I am sitting in the cold autumn morning babysitting a six month old miniature stallion. It has allowed me to think. Mostly I have considered the future that my daughters and grand children will have to face. So as I begin to pen my thoughts, I am wondering where to start.
First I suppose, I would like to look at the recent events where two American expatriates living in Yemen where they have been truly spreading a religion of hate which has put their fellow Americans into mortal danger have been brought to a form of justice. Though I agree something needed to be done, the manner sits heavy in my heart as it sets a precedence. If you disagree with the authorities they only need to call you a terrorist and then they can justify sending you a piece of airmail through your front door via a toy plane, and well if you are the one exercising your freedom of speech that would just ruin your day. I personally think I would prefer men carrying guns as then there is a chance for rational decision making, not so when you send that missile through the front door.
Next question that comes to mind has it changes anything, overall I would say no as the world is a dangerous place and has been since Cain killed his brother Able and no matter how much we would like to believe we as fallen creatures can bring about world peace; the truth is we can not. Anyone who believes otherwise, well let me just say I know how to use a pitchfork and shovel and have tilled my fair share of crap back into the soil.
What I as an individual can do is allow my fellow citizens the same rights and privileges afforded me by my creator; whether they choose good or bad is not for me to decide, but if they play the fool and make life dangerous they do need to be dealt with. As fellow citizens they should be dealt with by our laws, if not then it is a different story as by choosing to declare war on a country you become an enemy combatant. I suppose if I was the one who had to make a the choice I would have tried them for treason and revoked their citizenship first. This brings to mind the next question of mine, the current man in charge we as a nation, though not I personally, have voted into office on the promise of change has changed. If I remember correctly he came out and stated we ate not at war with the very political movement these two men adhered to as well as the Libya leader who we just helped overthrow. My question is then why the hell is he sending in Military assets to perform acts of war on people we are not at war with. If you say it is not just him, read the manual he is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States and without orders passed down by him our boys and girls would stay home. Enough said about that you voted for it and you got it. He changed and when he is through this land of the free and some brave will also forever be changed and I fear not for the better as many have hoped.
This brings me to a truth anyone who came from a broken home knows only to well, A house divided can not stand. This house is divided on so many issues I am guessing we only are still together out of habit. Trust me I know mom and dad are sleeping in separate rooms and are seeing other people and well that puts the children at risk. Over the years I have seen it over and over, dad ignores the kids moves out, mom starts shagging whomever comes along who pretends to love her and if as a child you are lucky he might actually be nice to you but it seems more often than not since you are from the loins of another man and he actually believes he has evolved and embraces his primal instinct at the best he will just ignore you.
I personally believe we are at that point one of our parents is doing the horizontal two step with the Europeans and the other prefers the Chinese and poor old Uncle Sam sleeps with the highest bidder and has delusions of becoming a king. Please I say every time I pray let the insanity stop. OH, and to me coworkers who think children are the spawn of Satan and want to make it illegal to have them, please voluntarily go in have the elective surgery insuring you don't have to have them and that way when you are old and gray you won't ever be fettered with smiling little faces asking you to play and tell stories. Enough about that.
You know I could go on, but knowing people need to start by crawling I will let you ponder and go read something by somebody who does not agree with your opinion.
First I suppose, I would like to look at the recent events where two American expatriates living in Yemen where they have been truly spreading a religion of hate which has put their fellow Americans into mortal danger have been brought to a form of justice. Though I agree something needed to be done, the manner sits heavy in my heart as it sets a precedence. If you disagree with the authorities they only need to call you a terrorist and then they can justify sending you a piece of airmail through your front door via a toy plane, and well if you are the one exercising your freedom of speech that would just ruin your day. I personally think I would prefer men carrying guns as then there is a chance for rational decision making, not so when you send that missile through the front door.
Next question that comes to mind has it changes anything, overall I would say no as the world is a dangerous place and has been since Cain killed his brother Able and no matter how much we would like to believe we as fallen creatures can bring about world peace; the truth is we can not. Anyone who believes otherwise, well let me just say I know how to use a pitchfork and shovel and have tilled my fair share of crap back into the soil.
What I as an individual can do is allow my fellow citizens the same rights and privileges afforded me by my creator; whether they choose good or bad is not for me to decide, but if they play the fool and make life dangerous they do need to be dealt with. As fellow citizens they should be dealt with by our laws, if not then it is a different story as by choosing to declare war on a country you become an enemy combatant. I suppose if I was the one who had to make a the choice I would have tried them for treason and revoked their citizenship first. This brings to mind the next question of mine, the current man in charge we as a nation, though not I personally, have voted into office on the promise of change has changed. If I remember correctly he came out and stated we ate not at war with the very political movement these two men adhered to as well as the Libya leader who we just helped overthrow. My question is then why the hell is he sending in Military assets to perform acts of war on people we are not at war with. If you say it is not just him, read the manual he is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States and without orders passed down by him our boys and girls would stay home. Enough said about that you voted for it and you got it. He changed and when he is through this land of the free and some brave will also forever be changed and I fear not for the better as many have hoped.
This brings me to a truth anyone who came from a broken home knows only to well, A house divided can not stand. This house is divided on so many issues I am guessing we only are still together out of habit. Trust me I know mom and dad are sleeping in separate rooms and are seeing other people and well that puts the children at risk. Over the years I have seen it over and over, dad ignores the kids moves out, mom starts shagging whomever comes along who pretends to love her and if as a child you are lucky he might actually be nice to you but it seems more often than not since you are from the loins of another man and he actually believes he has evolved and embraces his primal instinct at the best he will just ignore you.
I personally believe we are at that point one of our parents is doing the horizontal two step with the Europeans and the other prefers the Chinese and poor old Uncle Sam sleeps with the highest bidder and has delusions of becoming a king. Please I say every time I pray let the insanity stop. OH, and to me coworkers who think children are the spawn of Satan and want to make it illegal to have them, please voluntarily go in have the elective surgery insuring you don't have to have them and that way when you are old and gray you won't ever be fettered with smiling little faces asking you to play and tell stories. Enough about that.
You know I could go on, but knowing people need to start by crawling I will let you ponder and go read something by somebody who does not agree with your opinion.
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