Go Blackhawks!
1. For What
It’s Worth
I just realized this Sunday is Easter. I really don’t celebrate it but I remember
fond memories of Easter mornings and going to church. I remember doing double
and triple duty as an Altar Boy doing multiple services some years. Our priests
used to call them the C & E crowd, Christmas and Easter services attendees.
The collection baskets seemed so full those days, even overflowing at times. It
seemed that communion service went on forever also. My arm would get tired from holding the
little server tray under the chins of communion recipients. I went to visit my parents in Arizona in the
early 2000s during Easter weekend and when I woke up I had a visit from the
Easter Bunny. My Mom told me, you can run, but you can’t hide! My Mom was really the best person to raise
me. Always fair and always honest with
me. She taught me a lot of how to treat people right and how to take care of
others. I miss her and my Dad daily.
They both were great examples of how to be good humans! I try to be worthy of the faith they had in
me.
I have tons of boxes that I need to go through that are
stored in my extra bedroom as well as in the garage. Most of the stuff I
probably forgot that I have and the remainder of the stuff is probably stuff I
really don’t need. I need to find some of my Porsche memorabilia so I can sell
it in the classified ads in my Porsche Club of America National Magazine or our
Regional newsletter. I may have written
about this subject before, so if I did, my apologies.
I do receive grief from some people about being Agnostic.
That does not mean that I don’t believe in a higher being, it just means I am
not sure who that may be, if anyone. To
some that means I am a bad person. I
believe that to be the contrary. I try to treat all people the same, with
respect and kindness. I remember a friend of mine had a T-shirt made that said
Atheist across the front and back. You would not believe what these so-called
religious people would say to him.
Really hateful and hurtful things. His reply to them would be something
like, I hope your God will bless you! They would look at him and make some
other snide comment. Some religion they must be a part of. John Lennon said it best, Imagine a world
with no religion.
When I first got my VW Bus in September 2005, I had trouble
finding just the right name for it. We had it named, Gus Gus the Bus, Kermit,
Tudor the Turtle, Rolling Guacamole, and even Green-Go (Gringo). We went through several names until I found
the name that was just right, Linus! Linus is my own security blanket because I
can sleep in it whenever I need to. It is my home on wheels and it can take me
almost anywhere I want to go.
I am listening to Bob Dylan as I write this. Did you know
that he is the original rapper? Screw all these other groups such as Run DMC,
Tupac, Public Enemy or even The Beastie Boys.
Listen to Bob Dylan’s “Mr Tambourine Man” and then tell me that he is
not rapping. He also was one of the first guys to ever do music videos. MTV
came along about 15 years later. And for
you youngsters who don’t know their history, Bob Dylan was the voice of the
sixties for many people. He also received so much flack when he went from his
acoustic guitar and started playing the electric guitar. The folk music movement had a fit and some
considered him a traitor to his roots of folk music. He just explained that it
was a natural transition of his music. That what artists do, they change with
time and evolve as artists, otherwise they will do the same thing over and over
again, which is not really art. The bands that learned to do this became
iconic, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Queen, U2… all iconic and
legendary bands that evolved into something significantly more.
Lately I have been coming across stupid names for people’s
kids. Don’t these parents know that
their kid is going to have to go through life with their joke of a name? I have seen some pretty stupid names such as
Keshawna, Kindle, Neveah (Heaven backwards), Miley, Honey Boo Boo, Meadowsweet,
and some other remarkably stupid names. What is wrong with Mary, Michael or
just something traditional? You can always give them your own nickname, which
is what I do with most kids I care about. Give these kids a break and name them
something respectable. Be a parent and
not a Facebook post for all to marvel at your brilliance.
If you must, please name your dog something stupid if you
must but back off the kids with strange names. If your kids have happened to
name your grandchild a stupid name, I am sorry. Go kick your kid to the curb or
go beat the crap out of them and give your grandchild a cute nickname that you
will call them forever from now on. Some people should really not procreate and
they actually identify themselves to everyone else by naming their kids
something so very stupid. I dare you to
tell me you have named your kid something stupid and you better get ready to
get quickly bitch-slapped. You have been forewarned! Some of you get ready to duck a direct
hit. Sorry folks… I can’t help myself
this time… Stupid people make me do some strange things!
I watched the second installment of the “Survivorman, Bigfoot” series last
night. Some more interesting footage and
some strange sounds. There was a close
up shot that I don’t see how could have been faked unless they had a very
expensive Hollywood costume or make up artist. I recommend that you try to
catch these shoes and then make up your own mind. I believe he will get some
footage of his own in due time since he is a filmmaker himself. He keeps saying
that he won’t jump to any conclusions, but I believe he is leaning towards
believing it himself. At least he knows
it can be at least plausible.
For a week now I have wondered why they didn’t have a trail
camera set on the apples they left out on the trees? Why didn’t they use an
Infrared camera to measure heat signatures? Night vision cameras need to be
used away from campfire flare up and ambient light overload. I know we don’t
need to tell these well-known facts to a world-renowned filmmaker such as Les
Stroud. He knows more about this than any of us casual weekly viewers do. I know I am looking forward to seeing more of
the same subject featured.
Does anyone else have trouble opening up videos when it gets
closer to lunch time, or is it just me? I swear, everyday just before lunchtime
accessing videos and some websites gets so difficult that it drives me crazy.
The progress bar will go maybe a quarter of the way across and then just hangs
up and goes no further. WTF is up with that? Stuff should just open up quickly
and then begin to show it’s content. I should not have to constantly keep
hitting the return to get it all to work. Then after wasting 15 or 20 minutes
and getting nothing for your efforts, you give up and go on to another task at
hand to work.
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2. Alternate
Band Name Game
Clue: The
United States
Answer:
?
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Previous
Alternate Band Name Game
Clue: The largest of the seven continents?
Answer: Asia
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3. Television
Trivia
Clues:
Late 60s & early
70s Cartoon Show
Politically
risqué during cold war times
Villians Boris
& Natasha
Frostbite Falls
Answer: ?????
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Previous
Post’s Television Trivia
Clues:
Risqué 70s Game
Show
Gene Rayburn
host
Questions with a
blank needing filling in
Panel of six
celebrities
Answer: The Match Game
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4. How Well
Do You Know Us?
Question: Who
was Michael’s baseball hero as a kid?
Clues:
Switch-hitting
Chicago Cubs Shortstop
Jersey Number
11
Retired Aug 2,
1979 from the White Sox
Last ever
Player/Manager in Major League Baseball
Answer: ??
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Previous
Game of How Well Do You Know Us?
Question: There is one state out west that
Michael has never visited and has always wanted to. What is this state?
Clue: Big sky
Answer: Montana
Tim B hit three for three yesterday getting
all three of the above correct.
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Snoopy wants
me to remind you to, “Bark Less and Wag More!”
Until next
time… Be good!
- cb
