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

Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Road

At the Motel 6 in Santa Rosa

Out of Santa Rosa going toward Clines Corner, Moriarty and ABQ

The snow begins!
Starting to get interesting!

And it gets heavier

There was an accident ahead


The Red Rocks East of Gallup
This evening in Gallup
It was an interesting day to say the least. It is about 260 miles. It took us close to six and one half hours. It began between Santa Rosa and Moriarty. Then the pass over into Albuquerque. Good going till around Acoma and Sky City. Then it got really nasty!

Commentary: Have we become a nation of whiners and wimps? | McClatchy

Commentary: Have we become a nation of whiners and wimps? | McClatchy

From McClatchy.
Interesting read.
I know a lot of union hack aircraft workers back in Wichita that fit this to a tee!

From Chrissie at PC Free Zone

Theodore's World(Chrissie) links Gunny Ermey on the Current Administration

Chrissie had this up this morning. Good one.
R. Lee Ermey is a national treasure.
This is the rant for a while.

Santa Rosa

Did the first RON here on the way back to California.
At present I-40 Westbound is closed at Gallup. All the way to West of Ash Fork. Going to be a short day.
Winter along I-40! Got to love it!
I have till Sunday AM to turn the trailer in. And it is in Cal City! Yeah! We may spend part of Saturday on the road and unload into the garage on arrival.
There is better than a foot in Flagstaff with the snow level at 3000 feet elevation.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Obscure Plane Pr0n

Hot Rod Crusader!

Takes you to the article about the airplane that could fly rings around the F-4 Phantom II.
Wicked airplane!

Christmas from Apollo Eight

You tube of Apollo Eight Christmas Day of 1968
Where were you?
I was living in Southern Alberta at the age of fourteen.
It was a bitter cold winter there.

Christmas Pictures

Trenton, Piper, Bailee and Shay

Doug being busy

The four

Shay and the Puppy

Piper amongst it

Group

Group again

Bailee


Piper

Shay finally smiled

Grammy and Shay

Doug, tough day

My daughter took this one

Just a sampling of the 157 pictures that were on the Kodak this morning!



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)