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, July 08, 2012

Theo Spark: Ernest Borgnine Has Died

Theo Spark: Ernest Borgnine Has Died: And he was 95 and was still making movies --- at age 95! What a life. And what a great American. Click the link for the obituary, interviews, and video: "Ernest Borgnine: 1917-2012."

My generation will remember him as LCDR Quentin McHale from McHale's Navy. It was part of my childhood years.
He was one of us.........A Shipmate.
God keep his family and hold them.
 Fair Winds and Following Seas, Shipmate.



1 comment:

Fredd said...

Yeah, Chief. I also grew up watching McHale and Ensign Parker keep one step ahead of ol' Lead Bottom.

Lately, Ernie did a pretty good job voicing 'Mermaid Man' on Spongebob Squarepants. Also Tim Conway as Barnacle Boy, it always brought back memories of McHale's Navy listening to these old friends still earning a living in show biz.

We'll miss Ernie.

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)