it is 10:25pm on a Wednesday night and i am watching my good friend Alan Greenspan talk to the House of Representatives about the future of Social Security. i love this kind of stuff though, it makes me go. Alan is a great guy and the times that i have met with him, he reminded me a lot of my Grandpa. He was steady and calm, but had a purpose ( Read more... )

i miss New York. I miss sitting on the roof and overlooking the city below and around you. The water towers, the sunset, the sound of the ferries crossing the Hudson to Jersey ( Read more... )

“Sideways”, this is a movie that I went and saw the other day. I liked it, mainly because the move was developed and produced in such a way that it forced the audience to think and become part of the movie. This is important because a lot of people go to be entertained by movies instead of allowing the movies to provoke thought within them.

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On January 10th i have to decide whether to stay with a Paid members account on LJ or a Free Account, and i am trying to figure out what advantages there are to a paid account that i take for granted.

please help.....

Tonight i set out to find the Grand Canyon some 70 miles to the south of me, however what i found was a lot of mud and the road that went to the grand canyon, yet the sun was setting and the roads were getting ugly, so i shot this old school house and then called it a night, but not before loosing a little traction, going sideways and crashing ( Read more... )

I got this invitation in the mail today from the Mercedes-Benz dealer in Vegas to test drive a car and get a free night at the Vegas Ritz-Carlton and I love the SL 600 Roadster.


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"Okay. The old man told us to take any rug in the house."


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i think that i am going to go shopping in vegas tomorrow before everyone else decides to go for christmas.... yeah, it should be a grand ole time... as long as i don't hit up the craps tables that is.

The best part about winter is when you find clothes that you forgot about.... for example, i found my fleece that that i simply forgot existed. it is great!

there are things that i am anal about ( Read more... )