Perhaps later..... perhaps

I am not one to dwell on certain things.  It is easy enough to share what we like, what pleases us, what we love and how the moon at night can shape our dreams.

And then there is that which frightens us.... seemingly defeats us, and that we tuck into corners both sharp and dangerous and we do not go there often, if at all, for it can eat us up and destroy all we love.

So I have not mentioned that what really frightens me, but as my posting gets lighter and what I write is getting pettier and simpler.....(ha...like it was that hot in the first place!)  I just thought I would explain a little.  I am losing my sight.  I have no insurance.  Later today I am going, finally, to the Doctor.  The eye Doc is a friend.  We have socialized and played golf and gone on road trips together in the past.  He will yell at me for not going sooner.  He will call me by my nickname and not James or such bullshit.  It could be worse.  I gave up driving over a year ago.... it was a sensible thing to do.  More and more people talk to me and I cannot see who they are.

The money thing with out insurance, really bothers me.  So.... it can be fixed, but I cannot afford it?

Or, it cannot be fixed.  What the Fuck........ see.....  it is always something.

I guess it will be easier to visit blogs than to write.  At present ..... I need to get my nose about two inches from the screen..... anyways... that is what is up.  I do not like it one little bit..... but as in all things in life....... no one asks me.

Bob Welch, guitarist for Fleetwood Mac....Dead at 65

take a break

Vote

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A long weekend it was. The weather was fabulous.  Saturday the farmer's market opened.  Not much produce, but I did get some great cheese.  I was able to hit the Irish Fest down by the river.  Didn't drink my weight in Guiness, but Was able to listen to Rising Gael, one of the nicest Irish bands in the midwest.

But in this part of t\he World the big thing is the Recall Scott Walker vote.  Today.  It seems to be dead even.  ?the New is the expected turn out will be between 60-65% which would be fantastic.  The contest seems to be a dead heat.  Four Republican State Senators are also on the ticket in today's voting.  I hope, a lot of us hope... that this could be the beginning of the end of Teabaggery.

A more telling anecdote... Scott Walker has been running all over the USA soliciting money and support from Big Corporations.  Sunday past I was having coffee at the local coffee house when Tom Barrett, the Democratic challenger, stops in for a small impromptu meet and greet.  And after he was done with his little speech, he hangs around.... and talks to teachers, and union folks... and even spends a few moments with a hippie blog writer.  I would post the photo.... but it hasn't been sent to me yet.  There just seems to be just a difference between the two candidates that I JUST  CAN'T DESCRIBE.

But I know I will have a beer or two... and watch the returns.  Wish us well, here in the Dairy State.  We need it.

twenty six years

Twenty six years ago.... my boy Bubba bounced into my life.


It has been interesting ever since...











...... even though he has changed a bit.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOY!!!!!

what a bunch of SOBs

Not saying I am on a blog hiatus, but it has been kinda busy... with not a whole lot going on.  Just to nice to sit inside somewhere with a computer.

Last Sunday morning. though, I was down at the Reptile Palace getting on a bus at 11am with 40 SOBs going to the the 21st annual Wisconsin micro Brewers festival on the East shore of Lake Winnebago.  Now a day that starts with coffee and doughnuts and progresses to a gathering of 28 Breweries with over a 170 kinds of beer, with cheese and smoked sausages and bratwurst is a day that has covered all the major food groups as far as I am concerned!  yessiree Bob, we had Lee & Denise and Al-Al, the Kiddies Pal, Lost Leon and Beer Bread Katie, Steve and Janet, lawn chairs and pockets of smiles and grins.  Now these are serious guys and girls.  It is not just about drinking a lotta beer ( though it always seems to turn out that way) but more so about beer styles and making a quality beer.  Dunkels, and ales, and hops, and Weisse, Imperial Stouts, maple Porters, Barley Wines, lagers....

and if you ever get a chance to visit one of the SOBs home brew kitchen, well it resembles more a scientist's lab replete with high heat burners and digital scales and hydrometers.  The talk is of specific gravity and ABV and which variety of hops is used when and which kind of yeast will be used.

Now, making beer is not rocket science.  Water, malted barley, hops and yeast.  That's it.  Oh....and.... heart.  See, the  real deal is home brewers are a type of folk that  just got  feed up with a product that tastes, well, like shit water. Big Corporate Shit Water.  Stuff that is made with corn and rice filler, additives and maybe last years shoes.

Yessiree Bob....these are the type of SOBs that take pride in what they make.  Most also raise their own vegetables, home can salsa, make their own bread, hunt,fish, fix their own vehicles.... real people.

OF COURSE.... there are other SOBs out there.....

 .... who feel real entitled..... to tax breaks... because they 'created' jobs...even though they inherited their wealth.

...who feel the middle class should be happy with  what ever 'trickles down'.

...who feel the poor should not have health care.

...who believe women are an undeserving minority.

....who think keeping their wealth in foreign banks to avoid taxes is smart.
... who believe only in a God that favors their politics.

...who own private jets.... and cut funding for public transportation.

...who...... just.... do ... not... care...about anyone but them selves.


I will meet with some real SOBs latethis afternoon.  Have a beer with them.  Important thins need to be discussed.

Anyways... tis the season &stuff

Well, gosh-golly...... most years Wisconsin is getting set up for the outdoor season; boating biking, fishing, camping, hiking and all the other sundry things we miss four months of the year.
This year it is the Recall Season.....The election is still two weeks away...But Walker's ads ate ripping up the airwaves...He raised over $15 million in funding from OUT OF STATE CONTRIBUTORS... MOSTLY kOCH INDUSTRY FUNDED PACs... he is pushing to sell off State Forests and Parks.. or lease them to out of state management companies... by Federal Government estimates wWisconsing has lost about 6000 jobs in April alone, yet he claims that we have addeded 23,000, according to his State appointed flunky.

.... whew!!! in other news... the bestest girl in my part of the world finished her Senior Art Exhibit...

and 

... had scored a couple of free tickets to the Black Keys in Milwaukee last Wednesday!  Couldna happed to a nicer kiddo!