MY FAVORITE INTERNET RADIO STATION

        yes ; I do have  a favorite station to list to while I am searching the web ;working this blog and just cleaning house .Right now I have the door open to let the fresh air in , a curtain open to let the light in while I am working on this blog right now . In the back ground I have laut.fm/bluesclub playing and it has some good jams playing for inspiration .It may be from out of Germany but man the music is good . I hear stuff that I just seem to find any where else .
       I have been listen to this station for pretty much over a year now and it has yet to disappoint me . I can count on it to take me to the crossroads and get my mojo running . It plays BLUES ; CLASSIC ROCK ;BLUES ROCK KOLN  60'S AND 70'S .
       You will hear the likes of Buddy Guy  , Freddie King ,B.B. king and of course Eric Clapton . There will be Jimmy Hendrix , Led Zeppelin ,Jimmie Vaughan . The list could go on and you also hear some from out Germany and other locals .All are just as good in their own right . You wll not hear any sub-par music here . Its all worth listening to and passing a afternoon with .Don't take my word for it ;give it a listen to your self . You be the judge ,as for me the verdict is in .

MY THOUGHT FOR TODAY

          " THE VAST POSSIBILITIES OF OUR GREAT FUTURE WILL BECOME REALITIES ONLY IF WE MAKE OURSELVES RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT FUTURE ">>>>>> GIFFORD PINCHOT 


        Man ; only if only i came across this quote earlier in my life But then would I have listened . You know how we where when we were young . We new everything and no one could tell us anything and we thought we are young there is plenty of time for that later . Yea right ; before you know it life hits us in the face . Time slips away fast and boom all of a sudden we marry , children arrive , we all of sudden have responsibilities . For some of us ; me in particular we realize we should of been preparing instead of all that partying . I heard one person recently something to the effect as an excuse " I'm young " . I don't know how many times I thought that myself . 
         But you know there is always time to heed that advice , because after today you still have the rest of your life to take on that responsibility of your future , no matter what your age . The trick is do we have tenacity and the will power to make it happen . If we do the first task is to imagine what kind of future we want for ourselves and make the first step toward that future . Then each make some kind of step no matter how small towards the progress of that future we imagined for our selves . 
         For me the trick is just being able just take my own advise to heart . Lord knows I am the biggest procrastinator , and I am good at coming up with excuses for not doing it . I realize that I can no longer can accept the excuses from myself . I have to to learn to come up with the energy and strength and faith in myself to make that step toward that uncertainty . Your can not achieve success without failing first . We will always have our failures along the way to what we want . 
         One other thing we have have to take the time to imagine what that future for us will be . We can't take that first step with knowing where we are going . We can not wonder aimlessly toward a future . Its not accidentally hit us in the face . Most of are not that lucky . I know I not ; If it were not for bad luck I would not have any luck at all . "  Shoot I been plying the lottery for over twenty years and have yet win anything .  We can not it and wait for the lottery ; the odds are against us on that . 
          We to get out and do it our selves those are the odds that we can control by our actions . I tell today I am going to make that first step some how into that future , what ever that is . We definitely can not wait for our governments do it for us . They can't even agree amongst themselves to solve the problems our countries face right now let alone their futures .Shoot they don't listen to the people they represent . So in that final thought it all , i mean all the responsibility completely rest on our shoulders . The question is now what are we gonna do do with that responsibility !
         

MY CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FOR 2012

     
                           I got kind of an early start I guess . Today I started to play around with some of the features on laptop and printer , This is what I came up with . I used some photos I made in the past year of Charlotte N.C. .While do so I enjoyed my self and learned a lot about my equipment . Which is a good thing . So it is my hope that every one has a safe and enjoyable holiday season . Lets make it a point to be around for the coming year .I thank all whom have read my meanderings for the past year . I would like to say it helped me learn a lot about my self , I hope that my blogs will get better and more meaningful in the year to come.

A THOUGHT FROM THE JOHN

                         Today I am going back to a couple of the original intents of my doing this blog . This mourning I got up to a disturbing post on my Face book page which I had not sent . It turned out to a virus that had been going around . One thing that was troublesome about it was that it was accusing my friends of posting an image of me that's not in positive a light . Besmirching  my reputation is not good at all . The curiosity of most people will cause most to open the link that contained the virus . Whats got me is that people will think that much of you to see what kind of dirt they can get on you .
                      This just gets my goat in an uproar .  Seeing that I believe the Internet is a good thing . I see it as a way of leaving something of who you are for future generations . Its a way of leaving behind more than birth certificates , census reports and other documents . Its a way of leaving your thoughts and more about whom you are for them to find . How often do we look at old family photos and wonder what they were thinking .  I know I have .
                        In my starting of this hobby that was and still my intent . This my thoughts from the head . That's where this invasion belongs flushed right down the head .
                       What I do not understand is what do people hope they can gain from sending these kind of post around the Internet . It can cause damage to long time friendships and costly damage to our equipment . The equipment can be repaired easily enough  , but the damage to relationships are harder to repair even if no one was at fault but the hacker .
                     Yes I  do know there are people in this world whom have ill intent in this world . All you have to do is turn on the news and you see it every where . Its just the world we live in , but you would think with all the century's of man kinds existence we would of some how found a way to live together . It seems that all every one wants to to is step on the next guy just because they can .
                   We got the mess in the middle east ; the mess with my own government in the U.S. , the world wide economic crisis among other things .Its a wonder that we some how keep on trucking . How do we manage to go on with our lives with the minefield ahead of us  I know we must keep on with our lives , but down the road we must put a stop to it all .
                  Well I think its time for me to get of the john and get on with life .

NO ANSWERS

             Today I may be at a loss . I just do not know what say about our world today . Why can't I see it : or has our world gotten so complicated that there are no easy answers for anything . We today face such an uncertain future ; the economy is moving so slow if at all . Then there is all the unrest in the world ; our nation is so tied up in it to .People are still trying to put their lives back together after the super storm Sandy  .
             Is this just a prelude to the end of the Aztec calender . Some people say that the world is supposed to come to an end . I purpose that it represents a new beginning ; maybe a new understanding . We can never see our world the same as we had in the past . In today's day and age we are so connected to each other . We must realize what is affecting some one across the globe will in some way will affect us here ." For every action there is an equal or greater reaction ."
              Some how we all must find a way to make this work for the future . What ever we do today will forever affect what we can do in the future . We must be careful in how we proceed from here . I do not have any answers for anything that our government has before them , but I know this what ever they come up with there will be some cost to all of us in some way .

A THOUGHT FOR THE COMING MONTH

                 Here are st the start of the week , many are looking forward to later on this week . Most of us will be sitting down to a big table full of the normal thanksgiving feast with family and friends . Yes there will be parades , football games and lots of conversation .
                 Please keep in mind those that can not participate . Be that they are in the military , police . work at a health care facility or other reasons that are to varied to list . The world does not stop or take a holiday because we do . We must always remember that the worlds always turns on its axis .
             I just wanted to mention this , we do at times forgot that the world never sleeps . When wake up there will be some thing new in the news ;be it good or bad . Yes ; we must keep our life moving forward and not let world events disrupt our life's  . Still we must pay attention to whats going on around us and remember that in some way it will affect us .It may not be known how yet ; but it will in the future .
            So still enjoy your family day to the fullest and when its over its back to work . Yes maybe we will have to increase or efforts to maintain a healthy life .That may mean a extra mile in our daily walk ; while keeping in mind that the holiday season is not over yet . All the holiday gatherings between now and the end of the year . We must stay safe . I would like see every one make it to next year , so we all can work together and get this country running again . We all have a lot of work ahead of us . We need get our elected officials to realize that they work for us . They need to solve our deficit problem ; improve our job market in some way ; and reassure we the people that they are there for us .
            I wish end by saying   HAPPY HOLIDAYS
           

ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN ; GO WOLVERINES

                  Today's blog maybe short ; but I do have something to say none the less . It's that time of year that we have been waiting for all year . For most of us it's thanksgiving , a time to share a meal with family , and see people you may not seen in a year .
                  For those in the know though ; know what I am talking about . It's the game that I have been waiting for all year . To some of us it's the whole season . I remember as a youth , how life stood still on the day of this game . Yes ; we did pay attention to the whole season but that was just the warm up for the game . When fall came that meant FOOTBALL season ; college football . On Saturdays out came the cold cuts , breads of all kinds ,cider and Michigan Wolverines . Yes I said it ; I am a Wolverine fan . Next Saturday is thee game , the only game . We play the Buckeyes . You want to see a game Watch this game . there are not just the team on the field ; there are the fans in the stadium , the marching band ; all those at home glued to the TV and radio hanging on every play . They all are playing the game in their own way . So all in all I have only one thing to say .
                GO WOLVERINES

A ROAD

              As you can see in the picture its a nice day out even if its a little chilly . I took this on my mourning outing . A typical fall day . The kind of day you need to be out tailgating at a football game ; grill going with some brats and onions . MMMMM GOOD .  But I am back home , with the door open with the breeze blowing in ; curtains open to let the wonderful sun shine in . Got some Blue Grass playing . So relaxing .
                I have yet to turn on the TV today , don't know if I want to. Don't want some of the news to spoil such a pleasant day . A lot of the music I am listening is from the various incarnations of Jerry Garcia , He was such a talented man . I could listen to his jams all day , and maybe I might get some work done . Finnish reading that book I started .
                   I found this quote the other day that I like and goes along with what I been saying for a while .
  " Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made ."  > Dr. Wayne Dyer 
                  I totally believe this ; we are where we are at in live because of all our experiences and the paths we have chose to travel in our live's . We do not always make the right choices but hopefully we don't stray to far off our paths . If we do it's always never to late to readjust our direction in life . There is always another crossroad in life . We just have to aware enough to see it and be willing to make that first step ; have the courage to make the next one .
               Well I need to go now but I hope to see you out there on the road .

WONDERFUL

                What a wonderful fall day ; cool crisp breezes ; sun shinning and in a good mood . Got off work feel good about myself . As soon as I got home I went back out and took a walk to get something to eat ; the weather just felt so good . Yes I know it's starting get colder out , but with it the way it is it just wonderful as it is . The mile long walk just cleared my head and got me ready to take a nap before I go to work tonight . I so realize that I need to get out during the day light more often . Its just good for my soul .
              Because I sleep during the day I miss out on so much . I just have to make a concerted effort to get out and become a part of the world around me . The breeze is strong enough to get out to fly a kite ; but that is something you would do during the spring . I am off this weekend , I think I shall put some thing on the grill . It would be just perfect for the Michigan Wolverine game tomorrow . But I am looking forward to next weeks game that is the whole season to me . Michigan VS Ohio ; GO WOLVERINES .
                 Yes I know I am not write about anything important ; the idea right now is just write for sake of writing . It's important for me just to put some thing out there . It helps me to get better at it and to think quick and come up with some thing to say .
                The whole point is that I feel relaxed and ready for what is next . Its not often that I can enjoy my mourning as I have . So tell me how many of you out there may be waiting for next weeks game .
                  Oh; shoot is true I just heard on the news that the people who made a staple for school lunches as kids is going out business . Say it not so ! That means no Twinkies , Snowballs ,Cupcake or even wonder bread . School lunches will never be the same . Grandparents will not be able to share a moment with the grand kid's .by sharing a Twinkies with the on a Saturday afternoon while watching cartoons . There goes an excuse to be a kid again . Bummer.
                Well ; it time I leave and tomorrow I will have some thing to blog about . I promise .

JUST NEED TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST

                             As I sit here this mourning , listening to the news I begin to wonder is there anything positive happening in the world . The recent controversy in the past week , the senate investigation , the recent unemployment numbers , the trouble's going on through out the mid east , and the on going recession in Europe . With all this going on I begin to wonder how we are going to get to the other side and when it will happen .
                            But then I remember all the trials and tribulation's that we as a human race have gone through history . We always some how make a way . It may take awhile but it will happen . We are resilient and adapt to our surroundings . We all just have to some how come together ; but that's the bite . We all have different ideas on what should be ,and how things need to occur . \
                         So how do we make that first step , first it must occur where we do have control over in our own little universe . By making that first step in our needs . We must find a way to take care of our family's . Increasingly are finding that we can not rely on our governments for the answers . So must on our own do what is necessary . We must work hard at the jobs we do have and some how make the ends meet . Maybe in so doing ; not giving up we may on our own turn the economy around . It's up to us to find a way while our officials argue among them selves and in public view on TV .
                          I don't have have the answers on how this can be done ; but by our perseverance we may accomplish this . What I am saying is I am sick and tired of being sick and tired . I know there is a better life out there for me . We just work day in and day out ,wondering how long our jobs will last .
                         I not sitting here complaining , I enjoy working hard and having something to to do each day . Its the stress of what our governments are putting in our way of success . Well I think I said enough ; I will keep on keeping on and I am sure every one out there will do the same .