2016-03-19 18:53
I was carrying a trailer full of salsa from New Mexico, headed for Duncan, SC just east of Greenville. As I neared Atlanta on I-20, I started hearing “hooter reports” over my CB… Read More
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2016-03-19 18:53
I really hate to keep beating a dead horse, butYESTERDAY WAS THREE FUCKING YEARS SMOKE-FREE!!!Later,obi Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
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2016-03-19 18:53
Clarence Clemmons, saxaphone player extrordinaire for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, passed away yesterday in Florida after suffering a stroke a week ago.The world has lost a phenomenal… Read More
2010-09-28 17:39
I understand that our postal service is going bankrupt...it hasn’t made money or even broken even in years, and it’s just getting worse. What with email, UPS and FedEx who needs… Read More
2010-08-27 15:53
This is a real medal of honor recipient:This 1944 Medal of Honor citation, listed with the National Medal of Honor Society, is for Second Lieutenant Van T. Barfoot, 157th Infantry, 45th Infa… Read More
2010-08-23 15:52
The 50th reunion of my high school graduating class was this past July. I didn’t attend, but I did send them $20 for the booklet containing a list of all the graduates, where they live… Read More
2010-08-22 19:29
I am one pissed off American right now. Yeah…I’m pissed off about illegal immigration; I’m a little less pissed off now that we’re finally pulling out of the war th… Read More
2010-08-05 12:11
Happy Anniversary to me – Happy Anniversary to me – Happy Anniversary to me...eee – Happy Anniversary to me...and many more. Haven’t sucked on a cigarette in two&hell&hell…Read More
2010-08-02 19:37
Like I said a few weeks ago, I'm not much of a daytime TV watcher. My wife, on theother hand, has the tube on all morning while she plays on the computer.Normally, while I have my usual late… Read More
2010-07-25 19:13
I wanna start this out by saying that I can use the "R" word - I've lived in the south for 35 years. I'll never be a southerner, I wasn't born here, but my daughter was so that helps. But I… Read More
2010-07-08 17:06
Damn….it’s been almost a year since I posted anything. Time flies….I guess.
In the “what’s new” department I’m still not smoking –… Read More
2009-08-12 21:04
I’ve been paying off medical bills for 5 ½ years – each and every month.
It all started with my unscheduled flight on the relatively unknown carrier, Plywood Airlines… Read More
2009-08-06 02:47
OK. It has now been one FUCKING year without tobacco of any kind.It's been a bitch ~ I still think about picking up a cigarette every God damned day!But I don't do it.How long will it be unt… Read More
2009-01-13 20:47
Anyone who reads this blog with any regularity at all knows that my dog’s name is Tina ~ Tina Turner. She was given that moniker by my wife (who is a huge Tina Turner fan) because we h… Read More
2008-10-27 20:02
Just thought you might like to know:Time Smoke-Free: 83 days, 3 hours, 57 minutes and 17 secondsCigarettes NOT smoked: 2495Lifetime Saved: 19 days, 1 hourMoney Saved: $435.75 Later,obi Read More
2008-10-05 17:37
8 weeks smoke free!!!! 8 8 8 8Later,obi Read More
2008-10-04 22:37
So, Monday afternoon our water goes off. I know, they’re working on the water and sewer lines in the neighborhood, but still – I did get that letter from the water department las… Read More
2008-09-14 18:44
My life has been pretty much blahhhh lately, but two things stand out from all the other crap. I was reminded of the first of them last night as I watched the beginning of Saturday Night Liv… Read More
2008-09-01 17:06
I’ve been a cigarette smoker since you could buy smokes in a machine for .25 a pack. If you bought regulars, not the new “king” sized killers, you even got three pennies ba… Read More
2008-06-08 15:28
Our esteemed vice-president, Dick Cheney, is not known for his raucous sense of humor. Shooting people while hunting, maybe – but not telling jokes.This past week he not only told a jo… Read More
2008-06-03 16:43
Sunday was Barbara’s birthday and as usual I had no idea what kind of present to give her. So I asked her what she wanted. “Just take me out to dinner,” she said.Cool. That… Read More
2008-05-27 21:46
Here’s a news flash – Texas is a very big state. I know that sounds idiotic, but let me explain what I mean. You can look at a map of the US and say, “Gee, Texas is a big s… Read More
2008-04-28 18:45
My life is now complete. Barb & I saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live last night at Bobcats Arena in Charlotte.I've seen a number of concerts in my life (beginning with the… Read More
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