Tuesday, June 06, 2006

What's a Blog?

I have a buddy at work who asked me what a blog is? What's a blog? Where are blogs? How do you blog? Well...here's a blog. It's about writing...about expressing yourself...about venting your spleen? So...whatya think, Skid Johnson?

Saturday, March 04, 2006

A Recent Letter to the Times Lacked Logic

Another recent submission to the Times...

A recent letter to the editor told the story of a young man who screams out the name of God just before his car crashes head-on into a semi truck. The man who wrote the letter gave this as his reason for being against the separation of church and state. I wonder how many people who find themselves about to have a head-on collision would, instead, scream out a vulgar slang term for excrement at the last second. I guess this is an argument against the separation of excrement and state. Oh, I forgot...there IS no separation of excrement and state; that's why the Bush administration was able to get into office.

George Bush...a Laugh Riot

A recent submission to the Times...

I was very amused by the Griffith resident who made that great joke about Democrats blaming George Bush for the eventual flooding caused by the melting of Greenland's ice caps. I laughed and laughed. It was almost as funny as those darn Democrats who blame George Bush for an unnecessary, immoral war that has already cost 2,500 American lives.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

All About Me

A big "Thank You" to Mike Anonymous who listed this little slice of self-exploration at www.okplusthree.blogspot.com .

Four Jobs I've Had
Busboy/Waiter/Dishwasher/Janitor in an Italian restaurant
(Crappy pay, but excellent home-made pasta and frisky waitresses)
Automobile air conditioning trainee and car transporter
(Porches, Audis, VWs...SWEET!)
Pipline mechanic for gas company
(Repairing gas leaks and shutting people off for non-payment...sucked)
Chemical Technician
(Current)
Worse Job...Loading books into mail sacks at a book factory.

Four Movies I Can Watch Again and Again
The Godfather (Parts 1 & 2)
Rain Man
Highlander
Stripes

Four Places I've Lived
Chicago (Roseland)
Calumet City
Hammond, IN
Griffith, IN

Four Fav TV Shows
The Daily Show
Medium
Numbers
The Late Late Show (with Craig Ferguson)

Four Vacation Spots
San Francisco
Smoky Mountains (Tennessee)
Thunder Bay (Ontario)
Mammoth Cave (Kentucky)

Four Web Sites I Visit Daily
www.nwitimes.com
www.usatoday.com
www.wxrt.com
www.amazon.com

Four Foods I Love
Scones
Pizza
Pasta
Waffles

Four Albums I Can't Do Without
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Greatest Hits
The Beatles - 1
They Might Be Giants - Dial A Song
(Ok, ya got me...that's a 2 CD Set...I'll take Disc 1)
Frank Sinatra - Classic Sinatra, His Great Performances 1953-1960

Four Vehicles I've Owned
1972 Mustang Sprint (302 V8, White with red and blue trim)
1977 Buick Regal (350 V8, Firethorn red with white landau top)
1985 Le Baron (Burgundy...it's a pretty hot model with kids nowadays)
1998 Grand Voyager Expresso (I like coffee so much, my mini-van is named after it)

Here's one I added...
Four Favorite Authors
Orson Scott Card
(Ender's Game is truly AWSOME!)
W.E.B. Griffin
(His novels were described to me as "soap operas for men")
Gordon Dickson
(Wolf and Iron...one of the greatest futuristic survival stories ever)
Ray Bradbury
(THE greatest short-story writer)

OK...here's another one I added...
Four Most Amazing Sights
The births of my son and daughter
The Northern Lights while driving across Manitoba
The panorama from one of the tallest peaks in the Rockies
Niagra Falls