Why I'm voting McCain/Palin 2008

There are a few reasons listed here...
1)McCain has depth and breadth of expreience that no one in the Obama Campaign has
2)Sarah Palin is SMOKING HOT for a 40-something woman
3)McCain was a Navy man, and a POW for over two years in Vietnam
4)Sarah Palin is a great mom... who can argue with a great mom
5) and finally.... this is one of Sarah Palin's best attributes....

Blame it on the boogie

This guy is SICK!!!! Bobby-o this is for you... It reminds me of you on the bass, but this guy is looks like a bizzaro Kevin Dowker... with Damian's glasses on... making Jonathan Burke faces while he blows the funk outta that bass... watch this all the way through y'all... and just so you know... 1978 Jackson 5 was the best... for them anyway... and even though this dude is Phenomenal, He's no James Jamerson...

Here's why I like Motown

Some ask me why I love motown so much.... two words... James Jamerson. Here is one of his bass licks... true musicianship at it's finest...

Kind of Bobby-o-ish

I feel Bobby-O-ish right now.... I'm in caribou coffee, blogging on my laptop... that just seems like something he would do...

Close CALL!!!

So... For lunch I decided that I was gonna just get some chicken from the Fas-Mart and get gas while I was there... that in and of itself is kind of a "no-no"... you should never buy your food from the same place you get your gas, except WaWa. So, I'm paying no never-mind to my A.O. just reading the screen on the pump, and I look up and there is a dude standing about two feet from me and he says "Hey!" He startled me and for those of you who have ever done that know that I am a Fight or Flight kind of guy... this situation did not lend itself to a "Flight" so I had no other alternative... I snatched him by the Jacket and drew back to plant one right across his face and he yells "WHOA!!! WHOA!!! DON'T HIT ME MAN!!!" I asked him exactly why was he so close to my car and why in the "H" did he sneak up on me. He said, "I was trying to get your attention..." to which I interject "well you got it" and he continues, "Yeah I see!!!" He then proceeds to tell me the story that he and his Preg-o wife just got laid off and he had no money for them to get gas or anything to eat and he needed some cash. I was happy to give it but i reminded him "Hey man, Just so you know... I was about 2 seconds from stomping a mud-hole in your butt and walking it dry, but I will gladly help you..." Funny... and a long story short... if you see me pre-occupied... get my attention well in advance... bang a pot, shoot off a flare, shout really loud.... something or I may have to show you the floor.

what do you want to be when you grow up?

If money and time were no object, what career would you see yourself in? there are a couple that sound fun to me... a late 1800's Sheriff of a one horse town out west, a drummer for motown in the 60's (that is the best) a 1940's Private Investigator... all these cool jobs... so the question to you is.... what's your answer?

These are a few of my favorite things...

Aside from the standard "raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens" I have come to realize that there are things I really miss... my business trip has made me see that... these are'nt in any order, but here goes: Sydney, My house, my commute, Josh and Jadey, my bed, Virginia, My friends that associate with me, Monday night bible study, Fredericksburg... and so much more...

COMPLETELY DISTURBED!!!!

There are appropriate words for what I'm feeling are too explicit for me to use here... But I just haphazardly watched THE SICKEST MOVIE (in a bad way) that it has ever been my displeasure to view... I know what you are thinking... why didn't you just change the channel... but that's just it, I had no idea what it was about and my curiosity got the best of me... I kept wanting to change it, but it was so effing bizarre that I just had to see what was going to happen next... long story short... NEVER watch the movie "Boys don't cry".... I gotta go throw up now... HORRID!

Back in my Texas DAYS

Back when i was stationed in Ft. Hood, I attended an all black church... I think out of the 600+ regulars, there were two other white folks... but I must confess, I LOVE the music... I even had the chance to play drums... now that is FUN!!! I always talk about the music I want at my Funeral.... this video is a good example... Tell you what... if you can listen to this and not have a smile on your face, you need to get right with Jesus... Someone contact D.C. Washington when I go off the net and let him know... I'm "dead" serious about this... The funeral should be a happy homegoing... and if this can't make you happy... there may be no hope for you...

Deniece Williams... That girl can SING THAT SONG!!!

Ok, I know I have a bizarre taste in music, but that's where all my fresh ideas come from... This segments spotlight goes out to the great Deniece Williams... I am overly moved by music... It's almost like an out of body experience for me at times... this is one of those songs that gets me... I can hear it and actually shed a tear... I think she sang this song for me. I have been or am still perpetually in the search for love... I always find it, I get swept away by the woman of my dreams and the only hang up is she never loves me... this is the story of my life... she's always, just out of reach... I hope she will realize that I'm here... waiting for her... until then... here is the monument to all the "loves of my life"

REST AND RELAX

So, back from my business trip... just for the weekend, and monday to prep for Sydney's third birthday... I'm so excited, but sad too... she is growing up on a brother...

(Heavy SIGH)

I have been in the state for "Crabs" for only a few days and it's already wearing me out... Who made this state??? Terrible Idea. I will say (and this will sound gay) I found a great mall here to shop at... I have already started my Christmas shopping.... How exciting? I really do enjoy buying stuff for people, I think that Gift Certificates, unless you really don't know someone, are the best way to say, "hey, I could really care less about putting effort into buying you something so here's the Lazy way out" it almost reminds me of the Italian Mafia where they give their wives $100 and say "go get yourself something nice" just to get them out of their hair. I take pride in the fact that when gifts are called for, I put concerted effort into finding that one special thing for someone so when you receive a gift from me, it usually has thought and effort behind it... for example, I shopped for about 2 hours today and bought for just one person and only got them two things... I think that's probably why I start my shopping in October. Anyways, I thought that maybe I would get a back rub by one of them Chinamen in the mall... I wouldn't be the first bit surprised to wake up with bruises all over my back... I thought that maybe he wanted to fight... Needless to say, that crap hurt... no thanks. and let me top it off with a typical Jonathan Burke story... I have never been a fan of kiosks in the mall... they usually lash out at you and rub some lotion on your hand, try to pluck your eyebrows, get you to buy a pound puppies calendar... but this one, the "Hefty" young lady was just sitting there reading a book and minding her business... That actually lured me in... she was selling what looked to be "bootleg" CD's and I thought, "man, that's odd, selling bootleg cuts in the mall... right across from FYE" then I looked up and read the sign... "Straight from D.C.... "Go-Go cuts".... now you KNOW you are in the Ghetto when they are selling Go-Go CD's in the mall on CD-Rs...

When Life hands you lemons...

You make lemonade... Sure, I'm out of pocket up here in Baltimore, but I am a pretty savvy traveler due to the extensive amount of travel I have incurred over the years... I figured if I got to be here, make the most of it... Right? Wednesday is looking like a wonderful evening of food and entertainment at Toby's with the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic "Phantom of the Opera" only to be followed by a Feast fit for a king and a round of jousting on Thursday at Baltimore's very own "Medieval Times"... anyone interested in joining me, please let me know... Good times in the city where rats are the size of Chihuahuas!!! I have very nice accommodations so if you plan on coming, you can crash at my flat and just leave the following morning...

Alone again... Naturally

Good ref... I know. I'm up here in Baltimore... Board outta my gourd... I will be up here for like 3 weeks... The worst. And now for a Jonathan Burke story...


On my way to this ditty, I missed my exit (Classic) and wound up in D.C. Great place in the day... Night time, NOT-SO-MUCH! I saw some flashing lights and was obviously intrigued, and then as I got "round the way", I see a whole mess of folks standing outside the "apartment complex" and I assumed that it was fire, but i guess it wasn't, because there was some little dude straight booking it with a TV/DVD combo... WHAT IN THE WORLD... I don't dig those Ghetto scenes (or any war machines... where are you American Woman???)

And you guys say your my "friends"

What's up with my wig in this... and you all let me go around looking like this... y'all are the WORST!!!

Debbie Boone said it best...

I was taking Sydney over to target to buy her some "pet shops" as she calls them... "Thanks Tori"... and on the way over there, she hits me with a plethora of funny things... starting with, "dad, did you know that when the light is red, that means we have to stop..." and then she is telling me that green means we can go, if it is safe... what two year old says, if it's safe... by the time we reached target she noticed a CD that I had playing... she says, "Dad, is that Motown on the radio?" It made me laugh as i answered, "yes it is". she then said, "I thought so, that tambourine sounded familiar" where did she get all these funny things from? not to quote Debbie Boone, But she lights up my life!!!