Random Musings

 Dear Diary, 

I am close to turning 70. Along with the stuff that’s breaking down in my janky body, this is truly a horrible milepost in life. People telling me I’m being stupid. None of those people have turned 70. My love of the human race is not improving with age.

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UPDATED
July 2026 

Now 72. Stuff continues to break down regularly. Doctor visit almost every month. The human race is worse (MUCH WORSE) than it was 2 years ago. So that's not changed.

This place is now officially too expensive. 

The crux

 

Difficulty. Wouldn’t it be great if I could write something that took more than 15 minutes of my attention. 

I never have. I never will. 

Such is the true meaning of life for a man with the attention span of a gnat. 

Of course I’ve never read anything of any consequence from any gnats. Maybe their works are out there. I can’t say I know anything of them. 

Fin

Is This How Hemingway did it?

Bicycle Musings

 Early morning. 6:30ish. Sky is 25 shades of grey and blue. Another hot one coming. Alone in the subdivision, except for the neighbor lady walking her steps. Says hi and looks at me like I'm weird. Every time. 16 miles. Day in. Day out. wheels spinning, smoothly. gears shift, breaks break.  It's about steam release ... letting loose the crap from the day just past. Do it again tomorrow and then some more every day. Life in the fast lane. Summer 2025. How many more? Only Strava can tell.

Fin

Subdivision Gang.

Is it Over?

 What's Left? 

Midway through year 72. Is it over? Life? All the things I’ve done, memories collected. Body starts sputtering. Diabetes type 2 , after eating crap foods (read mass produced processed “food).  now ubiquitous and in me. Hips that quit working requiring replacement and shots. A Thyroid that starts overreacting  for no other reason than it’s old man time. The grim reaper creeper gets worse each year. So, is it over? With every new malady, it’s less fun. It’s not at the end of the line, but I can almost see it from here. Feels that way.  That sucks. What can I say?  Fin

Is It Safe??

Snow? Or No? Georgia Weather

Winter Storm Warning 3 to 5 inches of snow here tonight?

Ho Hum Hope not. 

My how time flies

Abraham Lincoln and his favorite Stratocaster.

Photograph taken by Keith Richards.

Sunday Magic Kingdom

 Been at it now for 12 1/2 hours. Still going pretty strong. Kiddos have amazing stamina! 

Epcot in the morning! 

Todays action:,

Gone With The Wind....

Friday April 12, 2024

 Halfway through April already. Wow. Time flies when you're ... uh... time just flies. Happens to the best of us. 60 seconds a minute, 60 minutes an hour, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Wash, rinse, repeat.

So OJ Simpson has died. A tragic event from long ago. What bothers me, the number of people who have no idea who he was and what he did (or was alleged to have done) In the immortal words of Johnny Cochran (Google him if you wanna know who he was) "If it don't fit, You must acquit". Jurors have repeated over the years, they never would have found him guilty. It was payback for  Rodney King. (Google him if you need more info)

Source  OJ Simpson Murder Trial

Run OJ Run

This was a major news event from the mid 90's. And now it is a footnote to history. 

On a lighter note, we are 24 hours from heading to Disney for 4 days. 

Have a great day!!!!

Dear Diary … Countdown To Disney

 Back to Florida this weekend!!! Walt Disney World. It’s been a while. Looking forward to it !!!!

The Day After

 Whewwwww!!! Birthday is over…. Into decade number 7. And back to being just another bozo 🤡🤡🤡 on the bus!

Next up Walt Disney World …. with the Grandkids…. Gotta love em!!!

Florida next

Epcot Memory

70 Wow!!! How Did I get here??? Boomer reaches 70....

 

The Way We Were

 Flagler Hotel St. Augustine Florida circa 1890's

Notice on right side of picture: lock and doorknob.

Was that the key to the past?

Who knows. Who knew.

Was she thinking or imagining how people would be watching her sitting there in the Courtyard of Henry Flagler's Beautiful Gilded Age Hotel in 100 years?

Or maybe she just wanted a snickers bar... but she knew they hadn't been invented. Oh Snap!!!!

What Was She Thinking?

Into The Way Back Machine 10 Years Ago

Royal Caribbean Cruise.  May 23, 2014.

 Sailing The Briny Deep. Florida Straits. Port of call Key West.

TGIF

Could Be Worse, Could Be Her.

 I titled this TGIF but I am retired so Friday as a day of the week is just like all the rest. 

BTW Retirement has the best working hours, but the worst pay. It is just how it works.

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Back In The Smokies

 Off the grid till Monday. In the mountains. 

Happy Easter 

Waynesville NC 

Good Friday

Got Questions.Org 

I was raised as a Catholic. Catholic school K-11. Altar Boy. Went on Catholic Retreats. Went to Catholic Summer camp. Played in the Folk mass that started late 60's .  Assigned seating in church on Sunday. To be missing... required a note from parents explaining why before admission to school on Monday. So I had it. Total Catholic immersion. It sticks too. Until it doesn't.... as in graduate leave home travel the world courtesy of USN. Then it's all gone. Too many things to enjoy. No time for God. I did that for years. Not until I met my wife and entered a world of Non Denominational Bible Churches did those early memories come back. So I am prepared for this weekend. Easter Sunday. Resurrection Sunday. Jesus paying the price for the sins of mankind. Sometimes hard to process. So much is bad. So many horrors in this world. Why? Why would God allow it? I still don't know. A woman recently went on a vacation for a week or so. Left her baby home alone in the crib. Comes back to baby Dead. Why? How can God allow this? For this weekend, I celebrate what God has done for us all. And I just pray that someday I will know and understand the truth. The Why Why Why of life. All of us need to celebrate this coming event. The greatest in all of Christianity. And pray. Pray for strength. Pray to understand the Whys of this evil world. To pray for the mothers who can do such an evil thing. Pray for all the people who don't do that. And Thank God for giving us a way out. Resurrection Sunday. May we all find peace in His gift!

Happy Good Friday to all.

Maundy Thursday

 Maundy Thursday - Got Questions.org

Maundy Thursday.... During Easter week... commemorates the Last Supper before Jesus was taken, tortured and crucified. And then rose from the dead. The ultimate day in the Christian faith for all Christians. It's not about chocolate bunnies, or Easter Rabbits, or Egg hunts or Easter parades. It is not treated with as much respect and awe today in our 21st century world as it once was. Doesn't  mean it isn't real. Nothing in our new "enlightened" millennium  is treated as it once was. And people cannot understand why everything is all screwed up. Everyone has a side they are on, Some it is left. Others right.  And no one has answers. We need to look up, That is where the answers lie.

Be good to each other

Dear Diary... Rainy Wednesday.

I have a stationary bike for "supplemental" use. As in bad weather days etc.  NOT to be used for the majority of my cycling workouts. In the last 2 months, it has turned out to be my primary cycling tool. Why? The worst weather I have seen here in the south in years. That's why. Getting close to just stopping totally. This is indeed an activity that is good for my health in many ways. But honestly I have had it. This keeps up.... I will just quit till we actually get to a summer type weather. I realize that many people ride in all types of bad weather. And I don't care. I'm not gonna do that.

Nuff said