Calm Lake

Don't ask my why the hell I'm not out there kayaking now. I drove by my lake this morning (as I always do) and it was so calm. A big difference from the video 2 weeks ago. When I pass it in the morning, I think "why don't I get up 45 minutes earlier and get out on the lake". I have to get up off of my excuse and do it.

Psychiatric Office Answering Machine

Psychiatric Office Answering Machine

Grif Party

Here's a few shots from the party. He had a blast

Happy HNT

Dylan and I at Cape Cod -1998?

I Don't Get It, But I Guess I'm Not Supposed To

Indian told to leave wife after "divorce" in sleep...
Strange Story
Is this like "There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home"?

Farm at Sundown

I took this last night on the way home from Chester

A Strange Tree Grows in NY

I thought this tree was very unusual. The top part is dead, but it has this funky branch that swings down.

Thanks everyone for the Birthday wishes for Griffin.
The BIG party is tonight at the bowling alley

Happy 6th Birthday Grif!

The little pumpkin turns 6 today. He's been looking forward to this since he was, well, 5. This kid loves holidays and the ones that revolve him are his favorites. Many, many more little man.
Love Dad

First Paddle

	If the movie doesn't play, you can try this link or right click it and save to the desktop.

Erin Go Braless Happy St Paddy's Day

Brenda O'Malley is home making dinner, as usual, when Tim Finnegan arrives at her door. "Brenda, may I come in?" he asks. "I've somethin' to tell ya". "Of course you can come in, you're always welcome,Tim. But where's my husband?" "That's what I'm here to be telling ya, Brenda." There was an accident down at the Guinness brewery..." "Oh, God no!" cries Brenda. "Please don't tell me." "I must, Brenda.Your husband Shamus is dead and gone. I'm sorry." Finally, she looked up at Tim. "How did it happen,Tim?" "It was terrible, Brenda. He fell into a vat of Guinness Stout and drowned." "Oh my dear Jesus! But you must tell me true, Tim. Did he at least go quickly?" "Well, Brenda... no. In fact, he got out three times to pee."

Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel (web iste)
If I had 4 arms with 12 fingers on each hand, maybe (just maybe) I could play half as well as this guy does - I doubt it. There is also a thing called talent involved. I've had the pleasure of seeing Tommy Emmanuel at Carnegie Hall in NYC last summer at Les Paul's 90th birthday party. He brought down the house. He, along with Chet Atkins, are the only people who are C.G.P.'s (Certified Guitar Players). In other words, he's one bad-ass-MF'er-great-guitar-player. He also does this thing where he plays his guitar as a percussive instrument, that's why it looks like it was beaten up.
Here's a sample of one of his songs - enjoy
click on the note
I've Always thought Of You

Me age 19 in 1976 Before most of you were born...

Butterfly Alphabet

I had seen a poster like this once and was thinking of it this morning so I tracked down a picture of it. All of these 'letters' were found on the wings of butterflies. I thought it was pretty cool.

Pi Day

Today is Pi day at my son Dylan's school. They had pizza for lunch but it wasn't sicilian. Why should it have been sicilian and why is it Pi day?

Happy Birthday Boo

I want to wish my dear friend Boo a Very Happy Birthday. She is a rose among thorns in this world, a truely amazing woman of strength, compassion and beauty.
Many more my Boo..
xox-p

Shebeg and Shemor

	If the movie doesn't play, you can try this link or right click it and save to the desktop. This is an old Irish folk song by the famous harpist O'Carolan (I never heard of him either) but it's a cool song with an unusual tuning. Enjoy.

Windows Media Player for Mac

Salary Review

We just had our Salary Review (select OPEN if you trust me). Seriously, we did just get our bonus. I used to work for a company where the owner was a big football fan. One of his favorite sayings was "There's no I in TEAM". When ever there were salary reviews, no one in the plant (I worked as a printing press operator for 20+ years) ever got a bonus but everyone in the office did. I started a new saying that went like this "Apparantly there's no US in BONUS". He was such an idiot, I'm glad I left that place.
Well, I can happily say that I did get a bonus this year and it was great! I never got anything like this before and it couldn't have come at a better time.

Ireland Hit by Katrina, Thousands Panic

Check out this bonus video.
Click on the one to the far right (finale)

A bowl of Lifesavers

A teacher was doing a study testing the senses of first graders, using a bowl of Lifesavers.
The children began to say:
"Red............cherry,"
"Yellow........lemon,"
"Green.........lime,"
"Orange......orange,"

Finally the teacher gave them all honey Lifesavers.

After eating them none of the children could identify the taste.

"Well," he said, "I'll give you all a clue; It's what your mother may sometimes call your father."

One little girl looked up in horror, spit her Lifesaver out and yelled: Oh My God!!!! They're assholes!"

Sand Fantasy - Just Imagine

	I thought this was very cool, enjoy..
	If the movie doesn't play, you can try this link or right click it and save to the desktop.

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We Have a Winner - JLee!

Happy Parade Day

Wishing everyone a Happy Parade Day!
...can you find the clue??
March Forth (4th)

New Date Drug

Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties & local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman. Many females use a date drug on the market called "Beer."

The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from taps and in large "kegs". Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them.

A woman needs only to get a guy to consume a few units of Beer and then simply ask him home for no strings attached sex.

Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several beers, men will often succumb to the desires to sleep with horrific looking women to whom they would never normally be attracted.

After drinking beer, men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that "something bad" occurred.
At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life's savings, in a familiar scam known as "a relationship."

In extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer term form of servitude and punishment referred to as "marriage." Men are much more susceptible to this scam after beer is administered and sex is offered by the predatory females.

Please! Forward this warning to every male you know!!

If you fall victim to this "Beer" scam and the women administering it, there are male support groups where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter with similarly victimized men.

For a video to see how beer works click below:
The Dangers Demo

This Just In...

In an effort to fight the Bird Flu, president Bush bombed the Canary Islands today.

Boob Story Again!

It is no secret that I don't care for the current administration. I'm not overly political but I always vote (it's my civic duty - I feel VERY strongly about it) and I try to keep up on current events. Clinton was no angel by any means, he should have kept his penis in his pants and come on, a B.J. most certainly IS sex (if any of you ladies think differently, we need to talk) This story does not surprise me either. Bush has been one lie after another dating back to his pre-9/11 plans to invade Iraq. I know I have bigger things to worry about but since I'm still alive and I have kids, I think the future of our country is worth knowing about. Some of you may not agree with me. The last time I checked it was still a free country
(let me check again. Yup! although I'm sure he's reading this)
Hmmm.. I hope I'm not repeating myself. I did a post yesterday about Boobs....

Bush knew about Katrina threat — and let it happen:
This evening, the Associated Press released secret transcripts and video footage showing President Bush being personally briefed the day before Hurricane Katrina hit land. The predictions he heard were shockingly precise and accurate including the failure of the levees. He knew exactly what was coming. The article is a smoking gun on Bush's unpardonable failure to keep us safe. In just a few hours, the White House will be filling the airwaves with spin, so it's important to reach out right now to pass on the straight story to family and friends. If each of us acts, we can directly reach millions of people before morning.

At the August 28th briefing, the president was told exactly what to expect:

• The chief scientist of the National Hurricane Center warned that a major levee breach was "obviously a very, very grave concern." Bush lied to the entire nation about this point just 5 days later.
• Michael Brown told the president that if New Orleans flooded the Superdome emergency shelter would likely be under water and short on supplies, creating a "catastrophe within a catastrophe."
• Experts and officials implored the President to prepare for, as the AP described it, "devastation of historic proportions."

President Bush didn't ask a single question during the briefing. In the next two days he campaigned, attended birthday parties and played guitar while the worst natural disaster in American history killed over 1,300 people and displaced hundreds of thousands.

There can now be no mistake: President Bush had a chance to lead, and he failed to keep us safe.
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Free Mammograms

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It's no joke although I can think of 100's
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Sycamore Sunrise

Is Your Town Haunted?

and do you give a shit?