I just fell in love again with a pretty woman for the 1 millionth time in my life.

Where's the celebratory cake?

A 1970's fad I'd love to see make a comeback.

I would have provided video, but I was saddened to see that people seem to think now that just taking your shirt off and running around a sporting event is streaking.

C'mon folks... has no one the balls (pun intended) to do it buck naked any more?

"... still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."


I was never a boxer, but the rest of the song describes my big city experiences in Chicago.

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I dreamed I somehow had 8 extra license plates for cars I didn't have.

But wait!

I then received a phone call telling me I had won the lottery, worth millions.

I hope the dream was an omen of things to come.

Murphy's Law says that anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

One of my personal laws is that if you want it to rain, wash your car.

I've checked all of the outlets (newspaper, t.v., internet) and all of them agree it shouldn't rain here for the next four days.

So

I've already cleaned the inside and I am bravely going out to wash and wax my car.

One might say that I am shaking my fist at the Gods, daring them to call up a freak event of nature to 'rain on my parade'.

And fingers crossed won't hurt either.

Saying "I seen" is wrong.

Saying "I saw" or "I have seen" is correct.

Even a dummy like me knows the difference.

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19 years ago, I woke up, grabbed a mug of coffee and turned on the t.v.

I see all over the news and social media today the recurring them of 'Never Forget'.

How could you ever forget after witnessing the carnage?

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A very, VERY different side of Christopher Walken:


Proving he is more than just a pair of creepy eyes.

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Recently, my most frequent reoccurring dream has been either me or a group of my friends and I in England.

I've always wanted to go there because it's one half of where my family came from.

Dad's side came from Ireland in the mid 1700's and Mom's side came from England.

While Dad's side is interesting because they first settled in Pennsylvania and my Great (whatever) Grandfather and his oldest son both fought in the Revolutionary War, Mom's side has always fascinated me.

Her first relative to make the crossing was a Baron. There is supposed to be a letter somewhere in the family bible from or to him. My Mom saw it when she was a little girl. As of right now, I don't know which relative has the bible - it was one of my uncles and Mom tried to borrow it to at least photo copy the letter and the names of past generations, but my uncle wouldn't let her for some reason. That uncle, like my Mom and and the rest of her siblings have all passed away now. Her sister was the last, just a couple of weeks ago. I'm going to contact her daughter, since she has been lately delving into our family's genealogy.

The reason Mom's side seems so fascinating to me is the origin story: GrandDad was coming over with his fiance to start a farm on land he had purchased in Virginia. During a storm, his fiance was washed overboard and drowned. Arriving here, he needed a wife to start his family (they seem to move a lot quicker back in the 1700's, lol) and wound up marrying a Native American woman.

If I can get positive results from my cousin, then whenever this virus thing is over I can perhaps realize my dream of coming 'home'.

I should be retired by then (fingers crossed). Maybe I can get a senior discount on the trip.

One can only dream.

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Most people who know a little about Jimi Hendrix only know the psychedelic side from films.

Here, you can see another, bluesier side of the legend:


He played in my hometown when I was 15 and the world forever changed.

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