Stream of Consciousness

There are a few groups that I will almost never turn the station for. I’ve already spoken of Rush…today it’s Led Zeppelin. The members of the band: Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals),  John Paul Jones (bass, keyboards), and John Bonham (drums). The music: memorable and classic. This blues based rock band provided much of the soundtrack for my youth.Continue reading →

The passing of Robin Williams this week makes me pause. I’m not sure how to process things like this. Like many of the people who have passed away in my life recently, it shakes me. With some one like Williams it’s not so much because he meant as much to me as say my Mom and Pop, but because like my parents…I just expected them to always be there. Whether it is disease or depression…people will eventually be gone. My heart hurts at these times…broken and battered. And as I have quite often lately it seems, I pick up the pieces and move forward.Continue reading →

So last week I went to see the movie “Defenders of the Galaxy”…twice. I actually liked it enough to go see it twice. I thought the movie was funny and well paced. I don’t want to get into details so as not to ruin the movie for those who haven’t seen it yet, but there are some things I can say about it. While there was some innuendo, there were no gratuitous sex scenes…in fact there were no sex scenes at all. The violence was more in the cartoon vein and there was not a lot of gore or splattering, which is OK with me. And Rocket is a bad-ass character. In fact there was only one problem I had with the entire movie…Continue reading →

So in the last few weeks I have had to spend quite a bit of money. I had to get root barriers put in between the house and some very large trees I have to try and get the house to settle. Then one of my hot water heaters sprung a leak and so I had to replace that. Due to updated city codes the original quote for replacing the water heater was then doubled to make sure it would pass inspection. Finally the lease on the car I was driving expired and I decided not to renew it. So I had to buy a “new” car. And this is where I may have gone “Sam Watson” on the decision…Continue reading →

I’ve been to the funerals for a parent of two classmates and friends in the last week. With the passing of both of my parents as well as several aunts and uncles in the last few years I’ve had a few realizations. The time has come where this is just how it’s going to be for a few years: my parent’s generation is coming to the end of their years (as morbid or blunt as that may sound). Second: they don’t make people like my parents generation anymore.Continue reading →

happened on Sesame Street in front of Mr. Hooper’s Store!Continue reading →

After my father was diagnosed with Glioblastoma and had brain surgery to remove the tumor that had developed he had a difficult time communicating. There were to be no more long conversations or bits of wisdom or stories of his youth. You could not ask him even the simplest question and expect anything resembling an intelligent answer. It wasn’t that he didn’t understand what was being asked, he just couldn’t get the words to come out of his mouth to reply. I do think it’s significant that there was one thing he could always immediately reply to…Continue reading →

The US was knocked out of the World Cup on Tuesday with a 1-2 loss to Belgium. Belgium is a dark horse favorite for many football experts so on the whole the loss was neither unexpected or humiliating for the US side. That being said I would at first blush give the US side a C+ for the overall effort they gave…except for the goalkeeper Tim Howard.Continue reading →

That was the name of my most favorite dog I had while growing up. She was a mutt and as most mutts tend to be she was lovable, cute, loyal, and a good friend. There are many stories I have about her and two in particular come to mind whenever I think of her. Beginning with her name: “Hey Kid”Continue reading →

So a few weeks back I forgot to post and I brought in bagels I think for the group and then I continued to blog. What’s missing from all that is the post I never made. Do you remember that time when I said in my very first post that one of my goals with this “Post every week and be held accountable” thing was that I would have at LEAST 52 posts at the end of the year. So in order to do that I have to make up the post I missed…this is that post!Continue reading →