Wednesday, May 6, 2009
The Way It Should Be...!
This is the way it should be for all of us that want it.
This is the way it WILL be if we have our way! This is the kind of life many of us want, many of us need! So listen up, Uncle Sammy...!
I, for one, don't want your intrusion into my life anymore. I don't want your help or "guidance" anymore! I do NOT want your opinion of what is good for me forced down my throat anymore!
Your idea of a perfect world does NOT fit mine. It's time to pay attention to what I say, what we say! How should it be? Sorta like this...
Now just in case you still don't get the message, Uncle Sammy...then this is another way of saying what a lot of us are really feeling! Maybe this is clear enough for ya!
Now if you'll excuse me...my friends and I are gonna get a fresh cup of coffee and sit on the patio for a while. You can join us, or you can just go away and leave us alone! Got it? Good!
This is the way it WILL be if we have our way! This is the kind of life many of us want, many of us need! So listen up, Uncle Sammy...!
I, for one, don't want your intrusion into my life anymore. I don't want your help or "guidance" anymore! I do NOT want your opinion of what is good for me forced down my throat anymore!
Your idea of a perfect world does NOT fit mine. It's time to pay attention to what I say, what we say! How should it be? Sorta like this...
Now just in case you still don't get the message, Uncle Sammy...then this is another way of saying what a lot of us are really feeling! Maybe this is clear enough for ya!
Now if you'll excuse me...my friends and I are gonna get a fresh cup of coffee and sit on the patio for a while. You can join us, or you can just go away and leave us alone! Got it? Good!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
I Like Things Simple...
Isn't it strange that when we were younger, we never seemed to listen when our folks tried their best to warn us about the world and give us a bit of guidance?
There is an old adage that as we get older, we are amazed at how much smarter our parents have become. Guess it's always been that way!
I was the oldest out of four children, and the only boy. It only stood to reason that I knew everything already! I didn't always take direction well and very seldom listened to advice.
Only now am I starting to understand fully what my parents were trying to share. It's a crying shame I couldn't have done so at a much earlier age. It would have served me well through some self inflicted tough spots.
Anyway, I found this song that pretty much says all that my Mom and Dad tried to say to me when I wore a younger man's clothes. The information and the message is timeless, passed down from one generation to the next, destined to fall again on deaf ears! I guess it's true what they say...youth is wasted on the young!
I started off thinking that I knew all the answers, but now I realize I don't even know many of the right questions! Sort of seems backwards, doesn't it?
Alright, my friend! Now let's get a fresh cup of coffee and sit on the patio for a bit. We can discuss how much we didn't listen to and learn from when we were younger...
There is an old adage that as we get older, we are amazed at how much smarter our parents have become. Guess it's always been that way!
I was the oldest out of four children, and the only boy. It only stood to reason that I knew everything already! I didn't always take direction well and very seldom listened to advice.
Only now am I starting to understand fully what my parents were trying to share. It's a crying shame I couldn't have done so at a much earlier age. It would have served me well through some self inflicted tough spots.
Anyway, I found this song that pretty much says all that my Mom and Dad tried to say to me when I wore a younger man's clothes. The information and the message is timeless, passed down from one generation to the next, destined to fall again on deaf ears! I guess it's true what they say...youth is wasted on the young!
I started off thinking that I knew all the answers, but now I realize I don't even know many of the right questions! Sort of seems backwards, doesn't it?
Alright, my friend! Now let's get a fresh cup of coffee and sit on the patio for a bit. We can discuss how much we didn't listen to and learn from when we were younger...
Monday, May 4, 2009
I Miss My Dad...!
Let me tell you a bit about my Father.
We started our relationship of father and son in a strange way. You see, it was a time of war! The Second World War, the Big One, the War to end all Wars! It had many different names, but like all wars, it did one thing...it separated families from their loved ones.
My mother and father were no different than many other young couples of that time.They married young, then shortly after were separated from one another.
You see, my Dad was in the navy. Shortly after their marriage, Dad left to return to his ship to finish the job he was sworn to do...to defend this great country of ours! He was gone a long, long time.
Back home, my mother discovered that I was on the way! As happens in time of war to many young brides, my mother was left to face the birth of her first born without her husband there for support.
Luckily, she had plenty of support from Dad's family and there was no shortage of baby sitters after I was born. I had a lot of attention. I had a lot of love. The one thing I did not have was my Dad. After all, the war was still going on!
My Dad missed my first haircut, my first steps, my first words. Mom showed me his picture every day and told me who he was. She told me yesterday that I wore out one picture looking at it so much.
Then one day, the war was over! My Dad was able to come home! I was 18 months old, and my Dad and I had never seen each other. Mom, with me in tow, went to California to meet his ship, along with thousands of other war brides. You can only imagine the crowds and the chaos, as so many husbands and wives tried searching for familiar faces in the massive sea of humanity!
Suddenly, there he was! Dad spotted Mom and I in the crowd somehow, and began to approach us with a large smile on his face. As Mom spotted him and pointed him out to me, I'm told that I reached out my arms and, though I had only seen him in pictures, said "Daddy!"
Over the years, Dad and I were not always close. I was young and stupid, and couldn't see how my Dad could know what was good for me. Luckily, that changed a lot as I got older. We finally got to the point where we actually talked about things. Great day!
The first time I shook my Dad's hand was when he drove me to the bus leaving for basic training. I asked my Dad to stand as my best man the first time I got married. I named my first born son after my Dad. He was a good man!
I would sure like to sit with him for a bit and share a cup of coffee,as he was a big coffee drinker as well! I'd like to ask him to share his thoughts on all that's going on today! I'm pretty sure that I know what most of his answers would be. After all, I am his son.
One thing I know without a doubt! If he were here, he would join us in reaffirming his Oath, he would be a Prepper in the truest sense of the word. In other words, my Dad would still be a patriot! As long as I knew him, he was true to his family, true to his friends, and true to his Country! My Father was a good man, a good friend to me, and a good American!
I miss him...a lot!
Now, let's get another cup of coffee, my friend! We can sit on the patio and toast to my Dad...God Bless Him!
We started our relationship of father and son in a strange way. You see, it was a time of war! The Second World War, the Big One, the War to end all Wars! It had many different names, but like all wars, it did one thing...it separated families from their loved ones.
My mother and father were no different than many other young couples of that time.They married young, then shortly after were separated from one another.
You see, my Dad was in the navy. Shortly after their marriage, Dad left to return to his ship to finish the job he was sworn to do...to defend this great country of ours! He was gone a long, long time.
Back home, my mother discovered that I was on the way! As happens in time of war to many young brides, my mother was left to face the birth of her first born without her husband there for support.
Luckily, she had plenty of support from Dad's family and there was no shortage of baby sitters after I was born. I had a lot of attention. I had a lot of love. The one thing I did not have was my Dad. After all, the war was still going on!
My Dad missed my first haircut, my first steps, my first words. Mom showed me his picture every day and told me who he was. She told me yesterday that I wore out one picture looking at it so much.
Then one day, the war was over! My Dad was able to come home! I was 18 months old, and my Dad and I had never seen each other. Mom, with me in tow, went to California to meet his ship, along with thousands of other war brides. You can only imagine the crowds and the chaos, as so many husbands and wives tried searching for familiar faces in the massive sea of humanity!
Suddenly, there he was! Dad spotted Mom and I in the crowd somehow, and began to approach us with a large smile on his face. As Mom spotted him and pointed him out to me, I'm told that I reached out my arms and, though I had only seen him in pictures, said "Daddy!"
Over the years, Dad and I were not always close. I was young and stupid, and couldn't see how my Dad could know what was good for me. Luckily, that changed a lot as I got older. We finally got to the point where we actually talked about things. Great day!
The first time I shook my Dad's hand was when he drove me to the bus leaving for basic training. I asked my Dad to stand as my best man the first time I got married. I named my first born son after my Dad. He was a good man!
I would sure like to sit with him for a bit and share a cup of coffee,as he was a big coffee drinker as well! I'd like to ask him to share his thoughts on all that's going on today! I'm pretty sure that I know what most of his answers would be. After all, I am his son.
One thing I know without a doubt! If he were here, he would join us in reaffirming his Oath, he would be a Prepper in the truest sense of the word. In other words, my Dad would still be a patriot! As long as I knew him, he was true to his family, true to his friends, and true to his Country! My Father was a good man, a good friend to me, and a good American!
I miss him...a lot!
Now, let's get another cup of coffee, my friend! We can sit on the patio and toast to my Dad...God Bless Him!
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Politics Are Bad For You...!
Most of us already know that politics can mess with your head and take the simplest things and complicate them completely beyond understanding.
Now I have actual proof that engaging in politics is extremely bad for your health. I have suspected this for some time, but when you find pictures that validate those beliefs it can be shocking! I must warn you that these pictures are NOT for the feint of heart or for those with weak stomachs...
Now what you are seeing here in the first picture is Arnie before politics, when he was still just a body builder! The following picture shows poor Arnie after the movies, the marriage, and the involvement in politics.
It would appear that we were right from the beginning! Politics are BAD for ya! In fact, they are harmful not only for people on the receiving end of the "help" from the politicians, but it would appear that they are unhealthy for those involved as well!
I just wanted to point this fact out to you this morning, OK? Now I don't know about you, but I'm in need of a fresh cup of coffee for sure!
Should we vote on it?
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Let Me Mess With Your Head...!
Just to clear the cobwebs caused by all the stress of the past week!
I know that we have all had a lot to process, to ponder, to pretend that we understand. Our minds get foggy with the issues forced upon us by the mainstream media and the talking heads. If we are going to have to listen to double talk and get our brains all twisted up in a knot all week, them we might as well use the weekend to untwist and unwind a bit!
In order to assist all of my fellow twistees in becoming untwisted and unfogged, I decided that this morning instead of having cartoons, we should have a little bit of fun activity for our brains...or maybe I should say, with our brains!
So, ready or not...here we go! Enjoy!
If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?
I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.
I need not your needles, they're needless to me;
For kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see;
But did my neat knickers but need to be kneed,
I then should have need of your needles indeed.
Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,it would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--that would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter,
and she baked it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.
The soldiers shouldered shooters on their shoulders!
I think that's enough to get us started! Mind feeling a little less muddled yet? Are you a little less twisted, mind-wise? I thought that would do the trick!
Now let's get another cup of coffee and sit on the patio for a while, my friend!
I know that we have all had a lot to process, to ponder, to pretend that we understand. Our minds get foggy with the issues forced upon us by the mainstream media and the talking heads. If we are going to have to listen to double talk and get our brains all twisted up in a knot all week, them we might as well use the weekend to untwist and unwind a bit!
In order to assist all of my fellow twistees in becoming untwisted and unfogged, I decided that this morning instead of having cartoons, we should have a little bit of fun activity for our brains...or maybe I should say, with our brains!
So, ready or not...here we go! Enjoy!
If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?
I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.
I need not your needles, they're needless to me;
For kneading of noodles, 'twere needless, you see;
But did my neat knickers but need to be kneed,
I then should have need of your needles indeed.
Betty Botter had some butter,
"But," she said, "this butter's bitter.
If I bake this bitter butter,it would make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter--that would make my batter better."
So she bought a bit of butter,
better than her bitter butter,
and she baked it in her batter,
and the batter was not bitter.
So 'twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.
The soldiers shouldered shooters on their shoulders!
I think that's enough to get us started! Mind feeling a little less muddled yet? Are you a little less twisted, mind-wise? I thought that would do the trick!
Now let's get another cup of coffee and sit on the patio for a while, my friend!
Friday, May 1, 2009
A New Start, A New Season...!
You know, like all of the celebrations we have in modern times, the modern day celebrations of the 1ST of May come from long ago.
When I was a kid in grade school (a 100 years ago) we used to have to dance around the Maypole while holding long ribbons tied to the top. At the end of the dance, the Maypole would be all wrapped up. I believe this little festival was called "May fete" or something akin to that!
For all I know, we could have been engaging in some type of pagan ritual or something! Not that there would have been anything necessarily wrong with that, but the thing is...I don't ever remember anyone teaching us any history behind what we were doing.
Anyway, we had fun, got to dance for the parents, dress in costumes ( I don't remember what kind) and best of all...didn't have classes for the rest of the day!
Now you know that the Hermit's mind is a vast warehouse of totally useless trivia, and I thought I would astound you with a bit of trivia about May 1ST over the years! OK, OK...so I didn't get it from my memory, but stole it from the Old Farmers Almanac!
It's true that my memory is like a vast warehouse, unfortunately that warehouse is mostly empty! Anyway, here are some interesting happenings from prior Mays...hope you enjoy this!
May 1, 1707 Great Britain formed
May 1, 1830Birth of labor activist Mary “Mother” Jones
May 1, 1931 The Empire State Building was dedicated in New York City
May 1, 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize
May 1, 1961 Harper Lee won Pulitzer Prize for her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird
May 1, 1967 Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas
That's all the dates I'm gonna give you for now. After all, this is NOT a cram session for a test or anything, but merely is for information purposes, OK?
Now , MAY (pun intended) I suggest that we get a fresh cup of coffee and adjourn to the patio, my friend?
When I was a kid in grade school (a 100 years ago) we used to have to dance around the Maypole while holding long ribbons tied to the top. At the end of the dance, the Maypole would be all wrapped up. I believe this little festival was called "May fete" or something akin to that!
For all I know, we could have been engaging in some type of pagan ritual or something! Not that there would have been anything necessarily wrong with that, but the thing is...I don't ever remember anyone teaching us any history behind what we were doing.
Anyway, we had fun, got to dance for the parents, dress in costumes ( I don't remember what kind) and best of all...didn't have classes for the rest of the day!
Now you know that the Hermit's mind is a vast warehouse of totally useless trivia, and I thought I would astound you with a bit of trivia about May 1ST over the years! OK, OK...so I didn't get it from my memory, but stole it from the Old Farmers Almanac!
It's true that my memory is like a vast warehouse, unfortunately that warehouse is mostly empty! Anyway, here are some interesting happenings from prior Mays...hope you enjoy this!
May 1, 1707 Great Britain formed
May 1, 1830Birth of labor activist Mary “Mother” Jones
May 1, 1931 The Empire State Building was dedicated in New York City
May 1, 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize
May 1, 1961 Harper Lee won Pulitzer Prize for her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird
May 1, 1967 Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas
That's all the dates I'm gonna give you for now. After all, this is NOT a cram session for a test or anything, but merely is for information purposes, OK?
Now , MAY (pun intended) I suggest that we get a fresh cup of coffee and adjourn to the patio, my friend?
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