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RIP Alex Chilton.

Yeah, I know, "Who?"

Suffice to say - Alex Chilton was great because he followed his muse while others would have continued to beat a dead horse. It took a special talent to achieve such success at so young an age, and to be clear-eyed enough to see it for what it was - which was Not Much. A gifted composer who trusted neither his own talent or the reactions it drew, no prior songwriter had so dared to invert the ethos of the modern pop song - To deliver, instead of bliss and a cheap… Continue

Added by Snagg on March 18, 2010 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

doing the right thing frist

sometime we in recoverty for get why are we hear in the frist place we have to keep our mind on recoverty and live life with out drugs and drinking thats why we most do the right thing frist

Added by james fahey on March 17, 2010 at 8:12pm — 3 Comments

Dennis Kucinich -- A Small Man Who Has Done a Great Thing for America!

Representative Dennis Kucinich may be small in stature, but he has done a great thing for America by announcing that he will vote to approve health care reform legislation currently before the House of Representatives. He becomes the first Democrat to publicly disclose his intention to switch from a no to a yes vote on the legislation.

“I’ve decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation,” Mr. Kucinich said at a morning news conference in the Capitol. “If my vote is to be… Continue

Added by Gary Freedman on March 17, 2010 at 11:14am — 2 Comments

Scared stiff or just reactionary?

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.": Douglas Adams, author of "A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy."

When George W. Bush was running for his second term, I put an advertisement in a local paper seeking a Republican to have a conversation with about the election, the country and the political climate. I found a man a few… Continue

Added by Vernon Windsor on March 16, 2010 at 2:08pm — 13 Comments

Red House - Robby the Drummer on Drums

Added by Robby the Drummer on March 14, 2010 at 6:36pm — No Comments

pebble spring

pebble spring

from permafrost

balance

a relative thing

following the compass dead west

until you come

full circle

so what do you have

to say for yourself

have you enjoyed your travel

or was point b your only objective

enough to tilt this plane

audio h2o

true north a nasty lie

but what has become of you

permaspring forms pebblefrost

relatively balancing

the compass found us… Continue

Added by Michael J Masiko on March 14, 2010 at 6:15pm — No Comments

Sandee singing 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac

Added by Sandee on March 13, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Shovel Teeth

Do you have em? I just realized I do. Now I really want to get one of those DNA test that untangles ones genealogy. Has anyone here had that done? Did the results surprize you?

Me with my Mother

Added by Grace Linda on March 13, 2010 at 5:04am — No Comments

A morning, a memory, and a maven

From the window of my car, I watched the cloud cover dissipate throughout the night. The dusting of snow on the hood was all that had materialized from a promised one to three inches. My body temperature had finally equalized in a fashion from the surrounding air, and I had slept for a couple of hours. Dawn was breaking. I would not sleep again.

I suddenly needed to see the foothills. I struck out on highway 36, thinking I would go to Lyons and return. I'd spent enough time here being… Continue

Added by Vernon Windsor on March 11, 2010 at 2:37pm — 3 Comments

ON THE ROAD AGAIN 22

Larry and Kittycat are back home, so I can hit the road again.

I haven't posted a OTRA blog for over a month because it has been a long, cold, miserable winter here in Florida. Just like most of the US. So not much happened. (:>)

Happy and I spent Jan. and the first three weeks of Feb. at Patrick AFB, near Melbourne, Florida. then, the last week of Feb. we moved to MacDill AFB, Florida. Near Tampa. The cold, wet, miserable weather continued until yesterday. Yesterday…

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Added by CWO3ROBBIE on March 9, 2010 at 6:56pm — 9 Comments

come april she snows

come april she snows

by ~…

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Added by Michael J Masiko on March 8, 2010 at 3:43pm — 2 Comments

Censorship

There is a lot of censorship going on these days. A few people where offended by what one person said, and the man would not say he was sorry for what he said. Because he contintuned to speak the Truth is has been kicked off.

My Faith has been insulted and I have been called all kinds of names.(one the old TBD and here on the new as well) Yet the people who did this are still on TBD.

What is the difference between them and the man who was thrown off.

I didnt go crying to…

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Added by cynthia Hunter on March 8, 2010 at 2:24pm — 27 Comments

My fiancee, Sandee, singing "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac

Added by Robby the Drummer on March 4, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

How To Live Well

. Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old

The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio…

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Added by Grace Linda on March 4, 2010 at 1:13pm — 3 Comments

CHRISTMAS NEAR TEXARKANA TEXAS.

My wife was originally from San Angelo, Texas. In 1984 we were living in Harpers Ferry, WV. 1984 was one of the coldest winters I have experienced in my long life. We drove from Harpers Ferry to San Angelo for Christmas that year.Our two sons were age 10 and 15. We owned and was driving a 1982 four wheel drive Subaru station wagon. I had learned earilier that the gasoline, in line filter, was located near the top of the engine compartment, close to the firewall and was subject to retaining…

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Added by CWO3ROBBIE on March 3, 2010 at 7:41pm — 6 Comments

The Instructions

Even before the huge Haitian earthquake, I was sadly surprised to discover just how reluctant some people are to show any amount of compassion to anyone outside their own family. It is as though they are in a life or death struggle in a time and area of scarcity. Most are not. This phenomenon is compounded by the level of mistrust people feel and subsequent failure for these people to find common ground and work toward common goals. For the… Continue

Added by Vernon Windsor on March 3, 2010 at 1:30pm — 5 Comments

Livin' out here on "The Leelanau": March marches on.

Well, we're now three days in to the longest month of 'em all, out here on The Leelanau. Lots and lots of folks leave for the winter, especially those who write poems and books about how great it is to live here. March is really a nothing month. There's still a lot of snow on the ground, and still good chances of winterlike storms. Yet the sun is often out, and the temperatures can climb into the 30s and 40s.

By March, most of the touristy businesses in town have closed…

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Added by Stir Young on March 3, 2010 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

A Cold, Rainy Day

It's a cold, rainy day in the nation's capital. Let's pass health care reform legislation P>

Added by Gary Freedman on March 3, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Food for Thought from my Boo LoL

Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love."
"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."…

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Added by Maricel Evasco on March 2, 2010 at 4:08pm — 2 Comments

fitting in .....not all its cracked up to be......

I am tired of being nicey nice and trying to fit in.....

guess it's not me. I don't think much of my words

except they are kind of like wasted energy...falling on deaf ears

really. My life is kind of like a illusion of my own

making..All the things I consider important are not really so

important...All in all I really KNOW nothing & feel stupid

trying to fit in and say things people expect when I really don't

feel that way.... I don't think much of… Continue

Added by caseyjo on March 1, 2010 at 4:00pm — 13 Comments