No. I can't be bother with most of the junk that flys across these sites. The best bit I get is from Redbox. I dropped out of FB because of the trash being published by my sister and neices. They have forgot that everyone sees what the do. But then they are the most liberal leftist socalist in our family. FB has destroyed my relationships.

Piper 28/180 single seater. G.BSTH.

Being semiretired, I would be taking flight lessons. I always wanted to learn to fly. As a kid I never missed a show of Sky King.

Bird Dog

I am up in the on this. I really would like to use Google more. Both are a marketing tool. If you have a business, it is a necessay tool to broadcast information that is pertainent to said business. I was hoping that it would drive people to my blogs but at the moment I dont see a big effect.
In my opinion the dog is still out in the field looking for birds. He knows he can smell them but he just can't flush them out.

That is a question. A tough question. I don't read newspapers very much, a passing headlines while in line at the grocery store maybe. Even that is a local paper, whose news is more about road repair than anything national. I occupy my retired hours listening to podcast, about topics that interest me. I might buy a magazine but then its golf digest or fantasy footfall information.
I do receive a couple subscriptions, Columbia: the Knight of Columbus news; American Hunter: NRA news; The Scouter: BSA magazine: AYSO's soccer magazine, but those will sit around for months...waiting for a rainy day to be read.
I do try to read my RSS feeds; I have a gardening feed, two financial feeds, another version of the local newspaper feed, a couple of blogs, and an iPad news feed.
The most TV I watch for news is financial based, two 60 second spots with Jim Cramer in the morning & then his evening show, Mad Money. I usually watch the 11 PM repeat of the show. I might pick up minutes here and there during the day.
When I get in my truck, F-150, I am listening to podcast. They probably form most of my new information. A lot of editorials on economics, guns, HDTV, linux, computer repair, running, and always prayer. If steve Jobs hadn't perfected the iPod & iTunes, i would have a lot of time on my hands.

Shorts, sandals, and a t-shirt. I would have a margarita in one hand. I would be sitting a lounge chair, in the pacific ocean, on the white sands of some coastal beach. I could stay there forever. Maybe switch to a beer every once in a while.

New Rubber Boots

Best Month is early April. Even as child I remember the month being the time when bear hugging grip of winter let loose. I never knew I disliked winter so much. The cold wet feet when I would ice skate. The silly buckle galoshes, with no insulation. As a paperboy my fingers would freeze, hurting as they froze and even worse when they slowly thawed. I made a commitment to myself at that point never to work outdoors in the winter.
April was a warming month. You could get a rain shower or two but it was always better than March. It may not have been the warmest month of the year but it always gave you something to anticipate.

Realty TV? give me a break. This is the biggest put on since Judge Judy. None of that is real. What would you be thinking if your wife came home with a TV camera guy hanging all over her. These are a waste of my time. Better question would be is QVC of HSN realty shopping? Say yes to what ever is funny. The person who talks to the dead is contrived. Oh yea, those slobs that can't throw anything away? and some producer films them crying make me puke. No wait the worst is those garage wars, then you see them on air 30 more times the following winter. Cable TV needs a realty check. I need to cut the "cable" cord.

It's 10:15 AM. I just woke from a morning nap after I took my daughter to school. I do like the early morning time, it quiet & when the sun is climbing over the trees its beautiful. Yet, when night is here I don't ache from my RA. I don't want to go to bed to sleep. I find myself always looking to do one more thing to do. In my 20's i would always be meeting my friends for a quick meal at midnite or one last drink at the local watering hole.
When I was younger & would go hunting, I dreaded the morning hours. They were always cold. I would rather stay in my warm bed, snuggled next to my wife. So I guess I am a nite person.

Classroom

I have had so many. Of course there was the second grade teacher I had a crush on, she was gone in April ... Pregnant. Then there were a bunch of nuns that guided me very well. I remember some college profs, one woman who thought I would well if I choose a writing career. I had two math profs at Highland Park Junior College in 1969 that really turn me around. Not because they were very effect math teacher but because they show me how I needed to study to learn. Up till then I thought we all learned the same way & if you didn't get, you never would. I needed to write things out & repeat information. Studying would still be a challenge, test would always be nerve racking but I did have the ability to suceed.

Is it a secret if you just have never told them? The subject of our past lives never came up in conversation. I know I did things I wasn't proud of now but there are some things that you don't throw in someones face. I have no need for an argument or to build an aura of mistrust. These are things that happens prior to our involvement with each other but made us grow to find each other.

(I had to answer this one twice) I am always driven back to childhood at the sound of thunder. We would see lighting & start counting, 1000 & 1, 1000 & 2, and so on till you heard the thunder. Every five seconds was a mile. You could track the passing of the storm. This was my first science lesson from my parents.
As I grew older, my bedroom was in the basement of our house. I came from a large family. At night, when a storm would sneak in to town un-announced. A sharp crack of thunder would wake you & as Bob Seager sang many years later; "... woke last night to the sound of thunder How far off I sat and wondered...ain't it funny how the night moves"

When I lay in bed at nite & hear the train clacking down the track. "Clack-clack. Clack-clack" I grew up in Detroit & could here the Grand Trunk at Mount Elliot & McNichols, even though I was at McNichols & Gratiot. We had no air-conditioners, only open windows & the nite breeze. It is such a peaceful sound. It would last a few minutes and then be gone. You would wonder what freight it was carrying, where was it headed? You would fall back to sleep before you could answer the questions.

What did I want to be at 5? Wow! To bad I wasn't into journalism at the time, I might have written that down. Heck I wanted to be an Army guy, like my plastic soldiers. I want to play football, like Big Daddy Libscomb. I want to climb mountains, like I Climb the green apple tree in our backyard. I want to be everything I became. I wanted to be loved & I am.

I think Beeker is the best. He is a strong supporting character for Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. Without Beeker Honeydew would be an ordinary melon. He doesn't always suffer at Honeydew's expense but even has a good time with a gorgeous model, Petra Němcová.

Citing WIKI as an authority is dangerous but its a start. This is WIKI idea of a soul mate: "A soulmate (or soul mate) is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, sex, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility. " It goes further to cite that the current usage of the concept is that a, "... "soulmate" usually refers to a romantic partner, with the implication of an exclusive lifelong bond."
So by this authority, which is not the U.S. Post Office as used in the "Miracle on 34th Street", I have to say the my wife is mine. We dedicated ourselves to each other 40 years ago this October. Even at that time, with both of us as "pure" as we could be, we were bonded to each other before God and man but no one is ever 100 % compatible with another. We always will have differences but it is in giving up ones desires for the other person's desire that binds the two as one.

CIA Secret Weapon, after Otto Messmer

So I kinda like the spy/adventure/detective mysteries or fiction/fables genre. It would be to easy to cite Lord of the Rings so I will chose from the spy side of me and go with the Bourne series. I am thinking of going to next week's opening night of the new Bourne Legacy. You might think that I would fall into the Bond groupies but they are more sex driven than what I look for in a spy/adventure/detective mystery. I like the authors John Sanford & Nevada Barr. I do not believe either of these have had a movie made from their books.

My favorite card game is Cribbage. Why? Because no one else in my family would play it with my Dad & Mom. I was never that good but it is easy to learn. My 9 yr old plays it with me now. Unlike pinocle, you dont have to hold half a million cards in your hands. When my parents passed I was the only one who knew how to play so I got their CribbageMaster game board. It is the small things that you always remember.

I use to ride it every year at the Michigan State Fair. Then that idiot woman governor we had closed it down. We had the longest running State Fair. People were willing to pay for the two weeks. I was able to understand E.B. White's "Charlotte". Riding the "Wheel" at night you could see Canada. It was always a thrill. Thanks Granholm, you destroyed my State.

1) Freedom of Religion
2) Everyone can succeed
3) Respecting other people rights
4) Free to think the way you want

When you crawl outside of reality and let yourself be caught up in limitations you become creative. My problem has always been that I haven't experienced it so I can't dream it.
I have always wanted to become a writer, yet I hold myself back because I don't have a solid foundation. It's as if I am an engineer and if the tracks aren't there, I can't go there. I want to learn how to let loose and fly.

So I wish I had gone to a different undergrad college. Your bachelor's degree lays the foundation for everything. I was accepted at Michigan but elected to go to a specialized accounting college, Walsh. I believe it was the worse mistake I could have made for education. Walsh offered a lot of hype but little follow through. They had their own grading philosophy; an "A" at every other college was only ordinary at Walsh, being equivalent to a "C". I graduated with a 3.0 but when you interview it is just a 3.0 and you can't add "its a 3.0 from Walsh!" You need to remember that everyone knows "Norte Dame" but who ever heard of Walsh College?

I would like to see many things. I have a strong faith so I would love to see Jesus in person but then would I know him? Maybe that would be more than I need. So then there are many events in the US histroy I would like to see in person. One speech I have in my mind and guides me is that of Patrick Henry's "Give me Liberty or give me death!" The formation of our republic is a very unique event in World history.

Viet Nam Memorial Sculptures

The longest road trip I took was in the spring of 1971 on a bus from Fort Knox, KY to Fort Gordon, GA. I thought it took weeks. I thought that the bus would never get there. We stopped every few miles to either pick someone up or drop them off. It was a mild 70 degrees when I left KY but it was over 100 when I finally arrived at Fort Gordon. This was to be my home for the next 19 months and 21 days!

Yes. I can always place myself in the book. The movie changes the book to fit the director's/producer's message. I have never saw a movie that was an exact replication of the book. My impression and thoughts of the story line is always mine. I believe that an author even loses control when I read the book.

Whisky tasting

This is a letter I wrote to my brothers & sisters. Although I talked about a mixed drink, I really am writing about my Dad. Thanks for being a vet, Dad. I did confirm that Dad never wasted a dime on his whiskey. He loved a brew called Corby's. I ended up with a case of it after my wedding. It lasted quite a while. One of my sisters complained about my favorite drink we got when we were sick... "hot water & whiskey". Personally it was my favorite.

...So I think we (retirees) have multiple questions. My current quest is what was Dad's recipe for his Manhatten? I know that it had to have the basics of Sweet Vermouth, now did he use whiskey or bourbon? Did he use "Bitters"? I know that he would throw in a cherry but did he use Grenadine? I can come close to what he would make but it is missing something. I've tried bourbon but I think he was more basic & would use whiskey, maybe Corby's. I don't know if he was bitters person. What is the difference between cherry juice or grenadine?

Damn, so many questions. Why the hell did he have to die ten years ago. He left before I got a chance to ask him so many things. I am happy I remember him. I can't believe its been ten years & I still don't don't know how to make his Manhattan but I remember its taste.

So it needs to be distracting enough & to get moving I'd start with
1.) Led Zepplin's "Stairway to Heaven";
2.) then move to the Stones "Painted Black",
3.) wrap it up with Three Doors Down "When I'm Gone"

I dont know how you can limit this to just three cause I have to add: Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" or any Beatles. Eric Clapton from Cream days, Stone's Beggar's Banquet. Heck you have 26K.
But these could all change based on what is going on in my head

We never know when Spring will come to Michigan. We are 3 to 4 days into the season yet it is barely above 30 degrees (Fahrenheit). You would think that I would want to start getting stuff ready outside but I am not thinking that. I am looking for a Realtor to get an idea what we need to get done to sell our house. I would like to leave Michigan in the next 5 years. At least leave this house & look at a rental somewhere. The problem with that is that we have an 8 year old still in elementary grades.
So I know that the house needs to get a makeover but I don't want to spend $$ on a place I am leaving, especially when we will have to negotiate the sale of this place. So new paint in a few rooms and maybe some trees & permanent plants.