So we were up at the lake this past weekend, and there were some nuts out ice fishing. I suppose I shouldn't call them nuts, I don't know them, I just know that the weather was outrageously cold. It was somewhere around 10 below zero. If someone could explain to me the appeal of ice fishing, maybe I will get it, but for know I just think they are nuts. But that's not really relevant right now.
So these guys are out there ice fishing, and we notice (from the warmth of our house) an eagle circling overhead.
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Read more... [The National Bird is a Thief]
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It is here... Inauguration day.
In a letter to congress a month before the emancipation proclamation President Lincoln wrote:
"The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise -- with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation."
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Read more... [1.20.09]
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It's only Jan 14th, and I have had more than enough of winter. Maybe I need to get out snowboarding or skiing and I wont be so ready for spring already, but this cold weather is getting ridiculous. On my way to work this morning it was 6... and the wind was blowing a steady 15 or 20 mph. That's pretty cold. But up at the lake it was -16 according to accuweather. The High for Thursday is forecast as 0 (windchill -20), and Thursday night it is supposed to be -29 without the windchill. That's ridiculously cold! I think I'll go online and look for real estate in Aruba. I don't know about you, but I would rather live here
than here
Do you think the dogs would like living in the tropics? Who am I kidding... I love it up at the lake too much to ever move away from here. I guess I'll go skiing this weekend. But I still want to go someplace tropical for a vacation.
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I haven't done a picture post in a while, soI thought I would illustrate what we have been up to so far this winter. I am going to make this post a little different. Instead of the entire post being ont eh front page, you will have to hit the " Read more..." link at the bottom or just click on the title at the top to get the rest of it. Let me know if you hate it, and I will change it back to normal. here goes:
We spent Christmas week up at the lake. Just Brenda and I (along with Lucy and Desi) We had a fair amount of snow, but the weather was good, and it was a nice little vacation.
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Read more... [Winter Activities]
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Nephew Matt was in town for the weekend, and the Beatles With a little help from my friends came on the radio. That prompted a discussion about weather Joe Cocker's version was better or not, and Sadly the boy didn't even know who Joe Cocker was. What are they teaching in school these days?
So I decided to put together a list of my 15 favorite covers (thanks for the inspiration Matt.) It's a strange variety, there is a little bit of everything. I was trying to put them into some order, but I just can't do it. So here they are in no particular order.... Title, Cover artist and original artist.
"With a Little Help From My Friends," Joe Cocker (The Beatles)
"Turn The Page" Metallica (Bob Seger)
"Ring of Fire" Social Distortion (Johnny Cash)
"Redemption Song" Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer (Bob Marley)
"The Man Who Sold The World" Nirvana (David Bowie)
"Gin and Juice" The Gourds (Snoop Dogg)
“All Along the Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix (Bob Dylan)
"Smooth Criminal" Alien Ant Farm (Michael Jackson)
"Landslide" Smashing Pumpkins (Fleetwood Mac)
"Higher Ground" The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Stevie Wonder)
"99 Red Balloons" Goldfinger (Nena)
"Signs" Tesla (Five Man Electrical Band)
"Last Kiss" Pearl Jam (J. Frank Wilson)
"Sweet Dreams" Marilyn Manson (Eurythmics)
"Hazy Shade of Winter" Bangles (Simon & Garfunkel)
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