Lyrics

I used to think that my hearing got bad when I hit my 40's. With hindsight, I've been thinking that I must have been hard of hearing for a long time before that. Upon remembering some old time favorite songs and lyrics, I was laughing at myself while remembering a few choice songs.

"There's A Bad Moon On The Rise"---"There's A Bathroom On The Right"
or;
"She's Got A Ticket To Ride"---"She's Got A Tick In Her Ass, (And She Don't Care)"

Can I blame it on a transistor radio not having a strong signal? Ha Ha

Bomb Squad

I wore a t-shirt that I guess looked kind of official.
Some guy working on another crew saw me and really thought that I was part of a bomb squad. I laughed so hard it brought tears to my eyes, then I thought man I guess in these times it may be necessary to have folks like this in some work environments, and then it wasn't so funny. (Someone also added that this being a christian focused convention, it would be a prime target for terrorists)
My shirt's logo said;

BOMB SQUAD
if you see us running, try to keep up

Hummers In Action

This morning was my first day off in awhile, nice to be awoken by the Hummers, rather than the alarm clock. They were really talking and singing up a storm. Not only their song, but the sounds from their wings are fun as well.
I just refilled the feeder having made up the batch last night, and put it in the refrigerator so it would be nice and cool for them.
They are swarming like mad, I just love them.
Below is a site that I found that has a few short sound bytes of these beautiful Hummingbirds.

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/sounds/Trochilidae.html

The Distant Rumble

The Sumatra-Andaman Fault.

Here is a site that you can listen to the recording of the underwater sound produced by the magnitude 9.3 earthquake that took place December 26th 2004.
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news/2005/07_20_05.htm

Swag n' Drool

We worked at the Harley Davidson Show a few days back, mostly down in the meeting rooms. Got to go up to the show floor and see some of the gorgeous bikes for a short time. The crotch rockets or Donor Bikes as I refer to them, were very pretty. Actually the side cars were pretty cool as well. Lot's of fun swag too. (This photo doesn't do justice, it's from my old phone.)

This Is So Me

So often I find myself in front of the computer, having lost all sense of time.
So thought this sketch by Sarah (thanks) would be a great profile photo for me.

Ceremony At Fort Logan

Attended services today, a proud silence. My heart goes out to this family, and my thoughts and prayers are with them during this very difficult time.

Navy SEAL Danny Dietz, 25, was one of three commandos killed in a firefight June 28 when they were ambushed in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan while searching for a high-ranking terrorist. One member of the special-forces unit eluded capture and told authorities that Dietz had saved his life. For heroism in combat, Dietz was posthumously awarded the Silver Star, one of the military's highest honors.
Dietz was badly wounded as he fought off more than 30 attackers advancing on him down a rugged mountainside, killing "numerous" enemies, authorities said Monday.

SEAL Memorial at the Punchbowl (Picture and info via another blogger, I just wanted to pay tribute to these brave warriors on my blog.)
SEAL's Crosses HOOYAH!

There were 11 pairs of UDT Duck Feet swim fins tips down, ankle straps crossed, sitting beneath a desert painted M-4 rifle with its muzzle downward topped by a desert cammie helmet. A SEAL's Cross. Five of these had a Hawaiian lei placed around the rifle to signify the five sailors from Hawaii that had perished. On a table behind the rifles were shadow boxes for each man containing their full compliment of military awards, rank insignia, and a tri folded American flag. Above each shadow box was a large photo of each man. On another table just to the side was another display consisting of five sets of UDT Duck Feet draped with a UDT life jacket and topped with an old style oval shaped SCUBA facemask that had the name and BUD/S class number of each man engraved on the glass. Leaning on each was a Navy K-bar knife that had each man’s name and BUD/S class engraved upon it as well.

A very tragic time. To these brave young warriors may you rest in peace.

Ancient Times

Yesterday My daughter and I went to the Denver Museum of Natural History. It had been several years since last going and it was very fun to go again.
The lights went out for some reason while we were in the Egyptian part of the building, and the generator lights came on immediately, but only out in the main hallways. We just turned on our trusty flashlights and continued walking through the mummies displayed. The darkness walking through the exhibit really improved the ambience of it all, somehow making it more fun. Kinda felt like Lara Croft or Indiana Jones. We soon had an entourage of folks walking behind us all enjoying the lit up displays with our flashlights.

Happy Birthday America

This year July 4th has been a very sad one, having learned of the Special Forces tragedy only a few days ago in Afghanistan.
We should remind ourselves what the fireworks signify, and remember and honor those brave young men. This was well said by someone else, but I really wanted to include it here on my blog. As this sets at the core of our country and what we stand for. My heart goes out to these families, and may they always know just how highly their sacrifices are honored. Let us also hope that they did not die in vain.

I Feel A Disturbance in the Force

My heart goes out to the family and friends of those Navy SEAL Operatives that went down with the helicopter. Also to the Night Stalkers on the helicopter. It is so difficult to see our soldiers giving the ultimate sacrifice for the rest of us to stay safe.

A Delicate Balance

Being misunderstood can be very unsettling. While raving and being proud for one, it's gone unnoticed how proud of the other I am. Hey I'm there.

A new baby deer in our front yard today, looked to be only a few hours old. We saw the mommy deer pretty close by.

Gary and Nevada at Bailey Day June 25th 2005

Bailey Day 6-25-05

Bailey Day June 25th 2005

Summer Solstice 2005

Happy Solstice

What a fun time we had while at the Solstice party. Great folks, food and music, as always. Our friends are the absolute best and being able to introduce folks of different groups that didn't know each other but have similar interests was a very fun thing to be able to do.
We successfully stood the proverbial "egg" vertical to stand alone, and as we all were looking on in awe at this feat, about 30 seconds into it; a little kid came by and broke our intense wonderment of it all by grabbing the egg and announcing "mine". This was of course another "aw", of another ilk, as I had never seen this other than on TV or to read about being able to do it.
Fun times....

Half Life

Overheard at the party tonight. "Physics aside, the half life of whiskey is always shorter at an O'Leary party".
What a fun time, good friends, food, and live Irish music.

So Very Proud

Wow, my son just bought a house. He called and told me of all the wonderful details, and his voice was filled with excitement and joy. I am very happy for him and proud too.

Peanuts Quiz

This was a fun quiz, I was pig pen.
Cut and paste into your browser:

http://quizilla.com/users/anonymousnowhere/quizzes/Which%20Peanuts%20Character%20are%20You?/