Well, here we are once again.............Election day coming up. Have spent the last 5 months of listening to BS from both parties .........however..........getting my daily dose of laughter from.......THE TEA PARTY.......second version, who I swear have been putting either date drugs or just plain marijuana into their tea pots. Where they get their ideas from.......I don't know........except it seems that most of them were perfectly happy with either the stone age or they all want to become a part of the Amish population.......My suggestion if this is what you want DO IT........move to Pennsylvania and DO IT!!!!!........ At any rate they don't seem to want health care improved (looking at them.....you would think that 99% of them need some kind of medical care) they don't want to pay for fuel and taxes so that let's out cars and any improvements and they don't want government...........so I guess they can all roam the streets with guns strapped to their sides and sell as many pencils as they can whittle in a day. ................SO THEY CAN KEEP THEIR MONEY.............what in the world are they thinking????? Perhaps it would not be so bad if a few of them were elected..........so that the crazies are also represented. Only good idea I heard so far is the term limits idea. Now, if you look at who has started this movement, Mr Armey, from Texas, is a millionaire, so guess he will be our leader and we all will be working for him. Does that mean we are his slaves??
There is one thing that I was taught growing up that I apparently have not paid any attention to,.... but wished that I had. My Dad would always say to me.........Son, if there is one thing I want you to remember it's to ..........NEVER, NEVER discuss politics or religion with friends or outside the household. It will create nothing but arguments and trouble.......................Dad...................your so right. I lived by this for about 2/3 rds of my life but since retirement , (I guess its the lack of time to spend on other things) these subjects seem to find there way into.....almost.....daily conversations. Dad would say, "where I go to worship.....".my God" "is up to me and me alone" " when I go into the voting booth and pull that curtain behind me, only God and I know what I am doing with my vote"
I think that we as a society have just become to lax in discussing these things as openly as we do. Perhaps the press has helped with this by supposedly giving us to much ........INFORMATION..........or should I say............OPINION............that this has become a talking topic. I really feel that this is not always information but their opinion since they seem to have a ...certain little way......of presenting it, that it seems like information.
Negativity is running rampant between candidates and now spreading into the general electorate. It seems candidates no longer tell you want they WILL TRY AND DO FOR YOU but how worthless the other guy has been for you.........................I know things are bad.............but how will you make it better!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLOn2iPlfbA
Just be honest for a change and give facts and by that I mean.........ALL OF THE FACTS..........NOT pieces of things from here and there. Seems like everyone likes working with photoshop in pictures and words and here.........I blame both parties. Get with it man..........the truth will win over. If your looking for a way to the facts go to http://www.factcheck.com/
Hope you continue to follow my blog, but just in case you don't you will be missing out. I will still be here writing.
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10/26/10
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Halloween comes ONCE AND YEAR and am I ever glad about that. If I look back in time, I recall that this was one night I simply loved. Out with my friends dressed up........in old clothes we had hanging around the house.........none of this store bought stuff, ........ running from one house to another with our paper bag, old pillowcase or just any bucket we could find, collecting any kind of candy, apple, cupcakes, cookies or even pennies anything that one could scratch up at that moment, just to keep us from ringing the bell and running away. As time went by things were constantly changing. I reached an age where it was parties and scavenger hunts in groups, then onto adult hood, where we would become more sophisticated in out outfits but still the party's instead of the running around. Finally, the time came when I found myself taking my kids out and standing at the end of the driveways with other fathers or mothers that were leading their kids around........checking the candy wrappers to make sure they were securely sealed before we let the kids have it and then checking the apples for razor blades or any marks not known to apples. We would not let them eat cookies or anything that looked like it was home baked for fear of them containing drugs or other STUFF. Finally, we even sent our drug sniffing dog out with them with an old tee shirt of mine on and fake rabbit ears, even the dog felt embarrassed but she sniffed everything in their store bought little pumpkin. Oh, what proud parents we were. Margot would end up sewing their little costumes from odds and ends from around the house. I even started a new trend around our neighborhood where I would follow the kids and the dog to the door and wait until all the kids got their stuff and the dog sniffed it all.........then I politely ..........handed them my shot-glass for them to fill up with something to keep me warm.........or as in the case of Seattle..........DRY!!!! soon it didn't even bother me that I had not had dinner yet and had to traipse around the neighborhood for two hours. I was HAPPY ..........to be doing it.
Then came the time when ..........those little kids, I use to walk around the neighborhood............became ME in disguise taking their little kids around , OH what a joy for grandparents. Watching our little Batman and Robin running from one house to another, Each year another NEW costume secretly developed two months prior to outdo any of the neighbors kids. Now....... I find myself occasionally just shutting off the outside light.....and any light that would be seen outside and sit in the dark reading the paper.......makes me feel like the days of Abraham Lincoln reading to candle light..................making sure no........little monsters come up to my door and want me to share MY COOKIES OR CANDY WITH THEM.
Nowadays, Halloween ideas start sprouting up in August, Thanksgiving ideas middle of October and it seems Margot starts thinking about Christmas at our July 4th celebration with gift ideas and even shopping trips.
Growing up, My parents had a Christmas Club account at the local bank that they got the beginning of December. It was similar to a savings account that even paid some interest if I am correct. My Dad would faithfully deposit his extra change, usually about two bucks a week into this account so that MY Christmas wishes could be fulfilled.......thinking back........we didn't have credit cards. This was the only money they had for presents.......BUT I ALWAYS GOT WHAT I WISHED FOR........ Christmas eve my dad would go out to buy the Christmas Tree. I could never figure why he waited so long but as I aged I discovered that Christmas eve, the guy selling the trees would either close up early and leave whatever trees were left over or would give them away for practically nothing. The tree always got decorated by Mom and Dad after I was in bed. Dad would leave his empty dinner plate next to the tree to........PROVE.....Santa and his reindeers were there, ate the food and left ......JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED......under the tree. Guess it was about the time I entered HIGH SCHOOL.........when I figured out .............this was just a rouse. Never saw any reindeer droppings inside or outside the house.
Anyway, long story short here is a little video of celebrating Halloween in Italy. ENJOY!!!!!!! (HOW DID WE EVER GET OFF THE SUBJECT OF HALLOWEEN- TO CHRISTMAS!!)
Here's another video you make get a kick out of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQB9X1n-BF8&feature=player_embedded
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Then came the time when ..........those little kids, I use to walk around the neighborhood............became ME in disguise taking their little kids around , OH what a joy for grandparents. Watching our little Batman and Robin running from one house to another, Each year another NEW costume secretly developed two months prior to outdo any of the neighbors kids. Now....... I find myself occasionally just shutting off the outside light.....and any light that would be seen outside and sit in the dark reading the paper.......makes me feel like the days of Abraham Lincoln reading to candle light..................making sure no........little monsters come up to my door and want me to share MY COOKIES OR CANDY WITH THEM.
Nowadays, Halloween ideas start sprouting up in August, Thanksgiving ideas middle of October and it seems Margot starts thinking about Christmas at our July 4th celebration with gift ideas and even shopping trips.
Growing up, My parents had a Christmas Club account at the local bank that they got the beginning of December. It was similar to a savings account that even paid some interest if I am correct. My Dad would faithfully deposit his extra change, usually about two bucks a week into this account so that MY Christmas wishes could be fulfilled.......thinking back........we didn't have credit cards. This was the only money they had for presents.......BUT I ALWAYS GOT WHAT I WISHED FOR........ Christmas eve my dad would go out to buy the Christmas Tree. I could never figure why he waited so long but as I aged I discovered that Christmas eve, the guy selling the trees would either close up early and leave whatever trees were left over or would give them away for practically nothing. The tree always got decorated by Mom and Dad after I was in bed. Dad would leave his empty dinner plate next to the tree to........PROVE.....Santa and his reindeers were there, ate the food and left ......JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED......under the tree. Guess it was about the time I entered HIGH SCHOOL.........when I figured out .............this was just a rouse. Never saw any reindeer droppings inside or outside the house.
Anyway, long story short here is a little video of celebrating Halloween in Italy. ENJOY!!!!!!! (HOW DID WE EVER GET OFF THE SUBJECT OF HALLOWEEN- TO CHRISTMAS!!)
Here's another video you make get a kick out of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQB9X1n-BF8&feature=player_embedded
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10/23/10
KEEPIN' THE LITTLE WOMEN HAPPY
Every so often, I might catch the tail end of a conversation between Margot and a friend, either from across a table or on the phone.
I try to compute all this information into a vision and low and behold I end up usually with something as pictured on the left.
I don't know if she does this on purpose to try to make me a better person...........or if she is doing it just just to make herself .. happy. The true reason is not important.........what is really important is that she gets all the happiness one deserves being married to the guy pictured and..... if bitching will do it so be it.
Everyone needs a reason to ............keep living........it's no wonder that I constantly check the obituary each day to see if I can continue to keep ............the little women...........from just fading away into... cruisin' mode or...... "let's see how much of Vito's money I can spend today" Now..this is not to say that I am the perfect person to give Margot any reason to alterer any longterm plans, ........but I am. Margot still bitches on why she constantly finds clothes that I wore 10 years ago still hanging in the closet , even though, they might be a little worn or fit a little tighter than they did the day they were bought. Well, it's simply because I want.... HER to remember the better days and for.... ME to remember the younger days.....when the dreams of being able do young people things WERE REALITY. Occasionally though, I will find a sweater or old pair of pants in the Goodwill bag. ...."but, honey, this sweater is my gardening sweater (I hate gardening) or these pants are my ......bumming around pants.......seems like I'm constantly bumming around. To beat all though, I discovered my $900 Armani suit size 38 waist----42 chest, still in the cleaners plastic bag hanging on a hook marked DONATE TO THE POOR. Why in the world would you get rid of this perfectily good suit? suppose we have to go to a wedding or a funeral, what would I wear? Well, it always looks like it's tight on you .What do you mean it tight?? it just needs a little alteration.......perhaps an elastic waistband.......or extention buttons for the jacket. It's still a great suit. Wide lapels are coming back. Besides, if we donate this to the poor they will loose their status as..........."the poor"...........just think, they wouldn't be able to stand on the street corners asking for free money for their..........cafe a lay........
Bottom line..........I guess I'll continue to try and make her happy and give her a reason to...............bitch.
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JUST IN CASE YOU ARE ONE OF US THAT WANT TO FLATTEN THAT
BULGE THAT HAS FOUND ITS WAY BETWEEN THE BREAST AND THE HIPS TRY THIS!!!!!
Ingredients
2 tbsp pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
4 (6-oz) red snapper fillets
2 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 cup dry white wine
2 tbsp unsalted butter
1 ½ tbsp capers, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1/2 cup torn fresh basil
Directions
In a small, dry skillet over medium-low heat, toast the pepitas (pumpkin seeds) lightly. Do not allow them to brown. As soon as you begin to smell them, take them off the heat. Preheat the oven to 400 ° F.
Sprinkle red snapper with 1 tsp salt and pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet and place fillets skin side up in the hot oil and sear until it turns color. Turn fillets and add lemon juice, wine and butter to the pan. Add capers and tomatoes and simmer until the tomatoes release some juices (for about 1 minute).
Place pan in the oven until the fish is finished and cooked through (about 7-10 minutes). Baste the fish with some juices and transfer to serving plates. Add 1/4 cup of basil, pepitas and salt to the pan and stir until the basil is wilted. Spoon the mixture over the fish and garnish with basil
Good Luck.
More on the serious side now........I have been thinking about how to end the war in Afghanistan. Well, I contacted a friend of mine in Jersey..........that's New Jersey. Check this out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avw0n9b2o9U
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS!!!!!!!
10/18/10
"THINKA..... BOUT IT!!!!!!"
My little bit of Politics begins to show with each writing of this book of memoirs. It was a great day, when a Catholic became President (JFK)........I remember going to church that day and getting some ashes on my forehead, even though it was not Ash Wednesday. Now finally and I use that word loosely, someone has got the solution to all our WAR PROBLEMS. Finally, someone with half a brain. You HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT THIS!!!!!!!!!! pay no attention to the little commercial at the beginner about something going on in Washington State. Don't know how that got into it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avw0n9b2o9U
It's always fun to look back to your high school days. I only wish I had taken as many photo's then as I have within the past 45 years, since the birth of our first kid. The closets are loaded with pictures, mostly out of focus, but still fun to rummage through. Now , in my old age, I find myself becoming an amateur photo bug and even trying to make my own movies and slide shows. I would love to try and put one together for our High School Days.
Now, I have blown this photo up SO YOU CAN SEE THE FACES ................and unfortunately it comes into the printing on the right side of the page but I tried to place it so that it loses nothing important.
Here's something I just found in an old box of pictures. It goes back to my High School days in New York. OOHHH!!!!! those were the days. For all and any of my high school friends that read this blog, lets play......NAME THAT TUNE..........or better yet.........NAME THAT TUN....ER!!!!!!!! STARRING Dr. Ben Suchoff and his marching madness!!! OOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!the sweet sound of Music.
How many can you name??????
Here's another you probably will LOL at. My very first car a 1946 Crosley. Doug Schner reminded me of this one day last week. Had to search for the photo.
What a blast I was in this little honey!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avw0n9b2o9U
It's always fun to look back to your high school days. I only wish I had taken as many photo's then as I have within the past 45 years, since the birth of our first kid. The closets are loaded with pictures, mostly out of focus, but still fun to rummage through. Now , in my old age, I find myself becoming an amateur photo bug and even trying to make my own movies and slide shows. I would love to try and put one together for our High School Days.
Now, I have blown this photo up SO YOU CAN SEE THE FACES ................and unfortunately it comes into the printing on the right side of the page but I tried to place it so that it loses nothing important.
How many can you name??????
Here's another you probably will LOL at. My very first car a 1946 Crosley. Doug Schner reminded me of this one day last week. Had to search for the photo.
10/6/10
WELL I'LL BE DIPPED.............IN TURMOIL....!!!!!
The Scandinavian country is cutting taxes, but it's also making a commitment to spending cuts and deficit reduction.
Here's another article that might be of some interest . Just goes to show how the minds of man works.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/05/pledge-to-america-attracting-little-attention-on-gop-campaign/?a_dgi=aolshare_email
Now, just so you don't get the idea, that I lost my sense of humor, I found this amongst some long lost emails I received.
Have a good week great fun next week.
10/4/10
AM I BORED.........OR JUST STUPID?????
The day is starting off, as usual, two cups of coffee, daily ritual paper in hand.......yup still alive and kicking. Got so many things to do, just can't decide what to do first...........so guess I'll just rest today and think on how to aggravate Margot. The more I think about what I just wrote, the more I feel I should run for an elected office. I've got all the qualifications that our present officials have. I check my pulse.....or polls every so often, I spend time in the rest room so apparently I am full of (you know what) I have an opinion, (and theirs is wrong) I do very little (daily) or nothing at all, I criticize what the other side is doing but am keeping my (correct) thoughts to myself until I'm able to find another person with the same idea as mine and most importantly I know what the constitution says.........and if I forget for a moment, I can always look it up on Google.
I must admit, that I do read the paper each day with the interest of a dead fish. I only look at what I think is going to lead to me laughing.....I hate reading about bad news, needless to say the paper for reason, is getting smaller and smaller in size. Nowadays, it seems that our politicians are becoming better at trash talking than some of the greatest basketball players that stood on the hardwood. It seems that whenever I open the paper, turn on the TV or radio, all I hear is "he promised but he lied" "he hasn't kept his promise" they just don't understand""they did not do their job" So many negatives!!! I sure did a lousy job in my voting. This time I promise to do better........oh oh! another promise..........but this time I will VOTE FOR MYSELF!!!!!! that way , I know what I'm really getting. Then again, do I really want to divulge the things that I don't really think matters? Am I willing to have people question why I didn't have a passport before the age of 18? Why I made 547 trips outside the USA over a period of 50 years? Am I willing to have people look at my high school scores or why I went to a university outside the USA or why I didn't graduate from University (like it really makes a difference) I know two of the riches men in the world that didn't graduate, but instead can BUY THIS COUNTRY. Do I really want people to know...........how many women, I MAY have been with...........Or why I never considered TAKING DRUGS, or why I drive a foreign car. Will they question my religion, I was born into? If I'm a true Catholic, why do I believe in pro-choice, why don't I go to church each and every Sunday and why do I eat meat on Friday? If I am a true American, why don't I carry a gun to the Seattle Mariner baseball games, or worst, If I'm really a New Yorker, why am I not a Yankee or Mets fan. The answer is very simple, BECAUSE!!!!!
We did have one man promise to be a uniter.............not a divider...........low and behold, he divided not only his country, BUT THE WORLD. Yet, I heard no comments. We also had a man, that promised change....that didn't work either, simply because there are those that do not want change.......or at least change that they don't want..........Keep things the same. they say
Looking back, I can now understand the true meaning of " Monday morning quarterbacking" Do nothing, until the other team does it and then..........CRITICIZE IT. Tell everyone how terrible it was, how stupid and dangerous it was..............BUT NEVER, NEVER OFFER A SUGGESTION!!!!! Just keep saying The American people don't want this........never, never say who those American people are.
Shall I run for office? Do I really want to be water commissioner? Will I use this powerful position to intimidate?........."""".The next time your dog craps on my lawn.........I'm gonna shut your water off!!!!!""""
YOU BET I WOULD!!!! BUT THEN I WOULD BE LIKE EVERY OTHER POLITICIAN.
So guess I'll just stay the same old lovable guy I am, wake up each day, check the newspaper, have my two cups of coffee, figure out how I will aggravate Margot today, Think about how ........I.......and Ms. America can bring peace to the world..............but, like the Liberal in me, keeps pressing my button, I will continue to offer my suggestions...to myself.............like it or not.
KEEP SMILING :)
I must admit, that I do read the paper each day with the interest of a dead fish. I only look at what I think is going to lead to me laughing.....I hate reading about bad news, needless to say the paper for reason, is getting smaller and smaller in size. Nowadays, it seems that our politicians are becoming better at trash talking than some of the greatest basketball players that stood on the hardwood. It seems that whenever I open the paper, turn on the TV or radio, all I hear is "he promised but he lied" "he hasn't kept his promise" they just don't understand""they did not do their job" So many negatives!!! I sure did a lousy job in my voting. This time I promise to do better........oh oh! another promise..........but this time I will VOTE FOR MYSELF!!!!!! that way , I know what I'm really getting. Then again, do I really want to divulge the things that I don't really think matters? Am I willing to have people question why I didn't have a passport before the age of 18? Why I made 547 trips outside the USA over a period of 50 years? Am I willing to have people look at my high school scores or why I went to a university outside the USA or why I didn't graduate from University (like it really makes a difference) I know two of the riches men in the world that didn't graduate, but instead can BUY THIS COUNTRY. Do I really want people to know...........how many women, I MAY have been with...........Or why I never considered TAKING DRUGS, or why I drive a foreign car. Will they question my religion, I was born into? If I'm a true Catholic, why do I believe in pro-choice, why don't I go to church each and every Sunday and why do I eat meat on Friday? If I am a true American, why don't I carry a gun to the Seattle Mariner baseball games, or worst, If I'm really a New Yorker, why am I not a Yankee or Mets fan. The answer is very simple, BECAUSE!!!!!
We did have one man promise to be a uniter.............not a divider...........low and behold, he divided not only his country, BUT THE WORLD. Yet, I heard no comments. We also had a man, that promised change....that didn't work either, simply because there are those that do not want change.......or at least change that they don't want..........Keep things the same. they say
Looking back, I can now understand the true meaning of " Monday morning quarterbacking" Do nothing, until the other team does it and then..........CRITICIZE IT. Tell everyone how terrible it was, how stupid and dangerous it was..............BUT NEVER, NEVER OFFER A SUGGESTION!!!!! Just keep saying The American people don't want this........never, never say who those American people are.
Shall I run for office? Do I really want to be water commissioner? Will I use this powerful position to intimidate?........."""".The next time your dog craps on my lawn.........I'm gonna shut your water off!!!!!""""
YOU BET I WOULD!!!! BUT THEN I WOULD BE LIKE EVERY OTHER POLITICIAN.
So guess I'll just stay the same old lovable guy I am, wake up each day, check the newspaper, have my two cups of coffee, figure out how I will aggravate Margot today, Think about how ........I.......and Ms. America can bring peace to the world..............but, like the Liberal in me, keeps pressing my button, I will continue to offer my suggestions...to myself.............like it or not.
KEEP SMILING :)
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