Happy Hour

"IF A LIFETIME CAN BE LIKENED TO A DAY, THEN THIS IS HAPPY HOUR!"
BUCK PENNINGTON

Mother, Mother Ocean

Mother, Mother Ocean, I've heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam
In your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen
Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred year's too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

Yoda

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is."
―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

Counted the Stars

Counted the stars on the 4th of July
Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky
Talking about redemption and leaving things behind
I have these pictures and I keep these photographs
To remind me of a time
These pictures and these photographs
Let me know I'm doin' fine
We used to be so happy once upon a time
Once upon a time
But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line
And the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line


""SOME SEE A GLASS AS HALF FULL, SOME SEE IT AS HALF EMPTY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO’S DRINKING MY RUM."
Rumbear

Sunday, March 06, 2011

John Denver & George Burns live on TV - I Wish I Was Eighteen Again (198...



I remember this. Really.
To the old duffers, like Buck, MUD, Fredd and the rest. This one is for us.

1 comment:

Buck said...

I couldn't watch until the end. Maybe (hopefully?) there's a kicker that refutes the "I wish I was 18 again" sentiment, coz that's the way I feel... but that's just me. I don't wanna be 18 again, I don't wanna be 25 again, I don't even wanna be 40 again. Life's pretty good right now and the past is... well, past.

That said, I wouldn't mind reliving my 30th year which was a freakin' GREAT one, what with bein' based in Tokyo, travelin' ALL around the Pacific Rim, and fallin' in love with The Second Mrs. Pennington who was a cute 19 year old coed at the time. Does it get any better than that?

On another note, I just happened to watch "Oh, God" the other night. All the way through, even! J.Denver is a better actor than singer, for what THAT'S worth, and Burns is Burns, which is all need be said in that space.

I will not go down and tell my children I didn't have the courage, the conviction, the commitment or the character to fight for this country...Don't go home and let your children down~~ LTC Allen West

Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

‎"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.("Therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war")" from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus)