Hawks don't read stop signs

I saw a hawk flying down the street this morning near the beach. it was about 10 feet above the ground and heading toward the marsh...it blatantly ran straight through the stop signs at two intersections and then rustled a small group of other bird. Not sure if it got one, but it was interesting to see something as free as a hawk in the same setting as something so restricting as a stop sign.

Happy "Sweet' ?? Sixteen Audrey

OAK HILL 2, ERSKINE 2, 2OT: The Eagles and Raiders played to a KVAC tie at South China. Audrey Grass and May Nadeau tallied for Oak Hill while Christina Haiff and Diana DeRocker scored for the hosts. Erskine goalie Sam Richardson had seven saves. Oak Hill goalie Frankie Curtis had 13 saves. Both teams are 1-7-1.

Joke

When asked how he felt about Roe versus Wade, George W. Bush replied:

"Frankly, I don't care how people get out of New Orleans. As long as they
get out."

Big man, Big stick...Big Thinker ?

Maybe we'll see a sequel to Teddy Ballgame's book by Big Papi someday ?

I can smell the ocean

Fog

There’s nothing that brings you back down to the present like the suffocating presence of a foggy morning. It envelopes everything around you and amplifies the sounds of anything that dares to break its grip. When you can’t see more than a few feet in front of you, you can’t help but turn your attention inward. - TK

Happy Birthday Grampa, we miss you.

Red Sox Yankees...again, of course.

If the Yankees win two, they are division champs for the eighth consecutive season. If the Sox win two, there's a playoff game at Yankee Stadium Monday. If the Sox sweep, they win the East for the first time since 1995.

Funny/sad bumper sticker I saw today

No one died when Clinton lied.

Reminds me of a local anti-moking ad campaign slogan "Where is the outrage?"

The real Jager - Meister

"His pals in the liquor business thought Sidney Frank was crazy when he started importing a German herbal elixir, called Jägermeister, in 1972. The drink was selling about 500 cases a year. But Frank had a plan, revolving around promotion techniques the liquor industry had never seen. He employed a squadron of young women--dubbed Jägerettes--to patrol bars and sell drinks, and he threw parties for high visibility. In the first half of 2005, Sidney Frank Importing sold 2 million cases of Jägermeister."

and now, it's a Father's Day Tradition - TK

Cars I've owned

1968 Mercury Cougar
1972 Mustang
1981 Buick Skylark
1982?? Mazda 626
1990 Buick Regal Coupe
1993 Nissan Sentra (Michelle)
1994 Ford Explorer
1996 Nissan Maxima
2001 Subaru Forrester
2003 Honda Odyssey

you know who's loaded ???

Whoever the guy is that made that da-glow SwanSong Led Zeppelin poster. I was in Spencers the other day looking for a poster for my niece (Napoleon Dynamite) and while flipping through the rack the same poster that I had as a kid is right up there with Eminem, Tupac and few others I definately didn't know.

I mean, that poster was 15 years old when I was 15 years old !!

TK

PS...the kid working at the counter had a "vintage" Aeroforce One Aerosmith T shirt on

Why ?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Beta Hurricane - Running out of names

Each year, 21 common names are reserved for Atlantic Basin hurricanes, with the list arranged alphabetically and skipping certain letters. Rita is the 17th named storm in the Atlantic Basin this year. There are only four left.

NASA Planning Return to Moon Within 13 Years

And I'll put "return" in quotes....30 years ago they were able to do it with computer power equal to a Palm Pilot today and tin foil space suits. Yeah, right. - TK

Michael D. Griffin, the agency's new administrator, detailed a $104 billion plan that he said would get astronauts to the Moon by 2018, serve as a steppingstone to Mars and beyond, and stay within NASA's existing budget.

My morning bike ride

Watching the sunrise...almost, has provided a great start to my day. The pedalling uphill on the way home i could do without though. Looking forward to walking this in the winter, maybe with snowshoes ??

Bye, Bye Seadogs for 2005

Jon Lester will not pitch here again. Hanley Ramirez will not play shortstop here again. Craig Hansen will not be coming out of the bullpen again. David Murphy will not hit another home run here. Jared Sandberg probably will not play first base here again.

Gone Fishin

Drywalkers - a real marriage saver !!

These heavy felt slippers slide over wet or dirty shoes and boots to let you walk across a clean floor or carpet.

The boys sure love the beach !

...I am my father's son.

Sabattus lake at sunset

A little piece of heaven !

Not sure what the purpose of this is ?

Bobby- can you help us out ?

It's all happening in Sabattus lately

LEWISTON, Maine - James Dougherty, the retired Los Angeles detective who was the first man to marry Norma Jeane Baker — before she went off to Hollywood and took the name Marilyn Monroe — has died.

Dougherty worked for the Los Angeles police department for 25 years, serving as a detective and training the department's first Special Weapons and Tactics group. After his retirement in 1974, he moved to Arizona and later to Maine, living in the small town of Sabattus.

Fixing Humvee's in Maine

The Maine Military Authority got its start overhauling surplus Humvees for National Guard units. It was awarded Army contracts worth $22 million for 620 Humvees this year because Army depots in Pennsylvania and Texas were at capacity.

TGIF

Hurricane caused 'tallest wave'

The distance between the crest of the biggest wave and its trough was 91 ft (27.7 metres) but they suspect the instruments missed some waves that were as tall as 132 ft (40 metres).

Snap the Whip - Winslow Homer

See...told you it was a good print ! - TK

Analogy is to words as Psychology is to ______

Good way to get the mind going in the morning

Fenway wallpaper

....finally a solution to the god-awful wallpaper in our dining room !! Makes a great Christmas present !

A realistic look at Lance

I like the comparisons here...

Refuse to Lose

A unique experience last week when Garrett and I went to the Day of Destruction races. They had something called Spectator Drags which I had never seen before. Essentially, its a drag race, but held on a race track instead of a drag strip. This meant that cars were actually racing, not just being judged on reaction time and horsepower.

The highlight of the event was when a quick, 70-something Duster with a pretty beat up body, put a very nice looking 2000 mustang GT into the wall because the guy wasn’t going top let him pass any other way.

I’ll always remember the announcer saying “Good luck explaining THAT to your insurance company!” as the Mustang limped back to the pits with its passenger side pretty well banged up.

It reminded me of something Earnhardt said (in the movie at least) “It’s not the guy with the faster car that wins, but the one that refuses to lose.”

Maine Rock Gym

Maine Rock Gym is a specially designed and highly controlled area that allows people of all ages to safely experience the sport of rock climbing and to take it to what ever level they desire.

Hall of Happiness

May the joy that is everlasting gather in this hall. Not the joy of a sumptuous feast, which slips away even as we leave the table; nor that which music brings—it is only of a limited duration. Beauty and a pretty face are like flowers; they bloom for a while, then die. Even our youth slips swiftly away and is gone.

No, enduring happiness is not in these, nor in the three joys of Jung Kung. We may as well forget them, for the joy I mean is worlds away from these.

It is the joy of continuous growth, of helping to develop in ourselves and others the talents and abilities with which we were born—the gifts of heaven to mortal men. It is to revive the exhausted and to rejuvenate that which is in decline, so that we are enabled to dispel sickness and suffering.

Let true affection and happy concourse abide in this hall. Let us here correct our past mistakes and lose preoccupation with self. With the constancy of the planets in their courses or of the dragon in his cloud wrapped path, let us enter the land of health and ever after walk within its bounds.

Let us fortify ourselves against weakness and learn to be self reliant, without ever a moment's lapse. Then our resolution will become the very air we breathe, the world we live in; then we will be as happy as a fish in crystal waters. This is the joy which lasts, that we can carry with us to the end of our days. And tell me, if you can; what greater happiness can life bestow?

Cheng Man-Ching
New York City, 1973
This poem by Professor Cheng, hung in the Tai Chi studio on 87 Bowery.

Can you say Muy Largo Cajones ?!

Hand tagging great white sharks...

"What, the dynamite tester job was already taken?"

Deep thoughts...or too much free time

You decide...

"A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF HOW MANY 12-YEAR-OLDS I COULD BEAT UP BEFORE THEY OVERTOOK ME- BY MATT SCHWEIGER"

Fast truck, big flames

Cool...for so many reasons. A surprise appearance at Beech Ridge Speedway Day of Destruction

Dinner

Good food, good friends...good god, we've known each other for a long time !!!

The Jerk - Steve Martin

Navin R. Johnson: The new phone book's here. The new phone book's here. This is the kind of spontaneous publicity I need. My name in print. That really makes somebody. Things are going to start happening to me now.

RiRa - Portland, ME

“All the pub’s interiors were salvaged and restored in Ireland and shipped to Portland. Ri Ra is an exciting combination of history and culture. I cannot imagine more appropriate surroundings than Portland’s waterfront area,” said Ciaran Sheehan, a native of Dublin who designed the pub and is one of the owners.

Full Circle Synergy

As a martial art, T’ai Chi clearly demonstrates that one’s greatest martial power is found in cultivating and maintaining relaxation, internal peace, and emotional calm.

Yogism

"I just want to thank everyone who made this day necessary." - Yogi Berra (1925~) American Baseball Player, Coach, Manager

Stewart's many hats

Marketing executives call it the hat dance - the moment just after the victory lap when, as cameras flash, a race winner shuffles through an array of logo embroidered hats in an effort to please his many sponsors.

A Poem for Kate and Anna Pearl

When the Wind awakened
And moved across the still face of the water,
A tiny Wave was born, not much more than a ripple.
The Wind pushed down harder on the Sea,
Rolling the water before her, bunching it up,
And the ripple became a Wave in full.
And it grew until its head curled mightily upward,
Rolling onward, surging with great strength forward,
Rising higher and higher.
And now the Wave could see a great distance,
And he shuddered in fear when he saw
Those ahead of him, ceaselessly, one after another,
Crashing onto the sand
And dying with a great pitiful roaring.
So the Wave cried to the Wind, begging her to be still.
But she would not.
And so he asked her, “Why are you doing this?”
The Wind asked, “What is it you think I do?”
“You are pushing me to my death!” The Wave exclaimed.
“And if I stop pushing?”
“The Sea will receive me back into itself,” said the Wave.
“And if I keep pushing?” the Wind asked.
“I will crash – “ and the Wave paused,
“And the Sea will receive me back into itself.”
And the Wave,
Water before he was born,
And water evermore,
Laughed a great roar, and rolled mightily onward.

-Henry Stewart as written by Sonny Brewer, The Poet of Tolstoy Park – A Novel

Loud Goodbye for Hunter Thompson

Looks like its going to happen after all...

Gonzo goes bang

Friends and relatives of Hunter S. Thompson are preparing to pepper the sky with his ashes, The Associated Press reported. Thompson's cremated remains will be shot into the air Aug. 20 from a cannon installed on a 150-foot-high tower behind his home in Woody Creek, Colo

Looky what we found

So we got lucky last night. You see, we still have hundreds (little exaggeration) of boxes and crates filled with our Stuff from the move. Problem was, Garrett lost his front tooth last night...it had been hanging by a thread for a week or two now. And, since we started a little tradition where the Tooth Fairy brings him a silver dollar for each tooth, courtesy of my grandfather who gave them to me for each good report card (and my parents for saving them all these years), we were under the gun to find them before the night was through.

So off we went last night to find an old check box with the coins in them...somewhere in a box called Office in the house. We searched 5-6 likely candidates and then wouldn’t you know we came across it within 15-20 minutes.

It was worth it to see Garrett’s face this morning when he learned that the Tooth Fairy was able to find his new house. He must have grabbed the coin while he was sleeping, because when he woke up he was amazed to find it in his hand !!

He was thrilled

King Cole tea

Ssshhhh...i took some over the border on my last trip. Don't tell

"Earth Options" Raid Bug Killer

Kill bugs without killing the environment....what's next, fruit flavored Drain-O ? They should have come out with a new brand name in my opinion. When you think Raid, you think "dead"...for better or worse. I think they missed an opportunity to extend their brand into a more favorable image by not calling the whol line something else.

See what others see...and take pictures of

Search for places you've been to see if anyone has taken the same picture you did when you were there ! (And other time wasters)

Report- David Lee Roth to replace Howard Stern

Wooblie zoobolie zibbity bop !!

Start that Sirius Radio subscription today !!

What i'm reading-A World of Thieves

"In 1928 New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Sonny LaSalle is a top prep student and champion amateur boxer -- and he venerates his fraternal twin uncles, Buck and Russell, armed robbers who love their profession. "

07-06-05

We'll call it countdown day

Ethos....one month down

Time flies when you are having fun...and i can actually say that the last 30 days have been just that. I think this is going to be a great fit for me.

From Cape to Crepes

Viva le media.

Race to the Tour

Think you could ride 75 miles a day on a bike and then type out a report on what you did that day ? Ted has won the opportunity to try...and I won the opportunity to bring the story to the media.

Blogspotting

Steve talks about blogging as it happens

Live 8 Highlights

Floyd

At live 8...but MTV didn't play it. Go figure

Mainely Motorsports

Kind of cheesy...but they must capture quite an audience.

just wondering

So who rakes up all the leaves on the highway ? There are tons of trees...but you never ssee piles of leavves along the roadside.

Tatoo you...for $10k

So I guess she can never tell her son "Do you think I have a sign that says 'stupid' on my forehead or something ?"

Well, mom...

A good launching point....refdesk

Where do you want to go today?

Someday...1966 Ford Fairlane

Pirelli sure makes a nice set of tires

Jarts - A real mans sport

Lawn Darts - good clean fun

WARNING: Lawn Jarts have been banned for manufacturing and resale in the United States. The government of the United States has asked that all Jarts be destroyed. In no way do we encourage or condone children using Jarts. Injuries from Lawn Jarts can result in serious injury or possibly even death. Those who play in this tournament are aware of the dangers of using Lawn Jarts and choose to take on the responsibilities associated with this sport.

Riddle - How do you keep a Swiss glacier cold ?

Wrap it in a fleece blanket of course !!

What will those wacky Swiss think of next ??!!

Warning - Breaking up with these girls may be hazardous to your health

"Imagine a weird parallel high-school universe where the pretty, popular girls carried shotguns instead of pompoms. Such a dimension exists, not in the Twilight Zone, but in McKenzie, Tennessee, where the all-girls trapshooting team includes beauty pageant winners, cheerleaders, and the homecoming queen."

To do - Today

Live each day as if it were your last....someday you'll be right.

The ultimate chicken humiliation....but damn good!

I'm gonna build me one of these...

Fry King

Been there, done that...one more thing to cross off my list. Hey, they needed something to eat in between Molson's, eh.

The Village of Florenceville

The small community of Florenceville, consisting of approximately 762 citizens, lays claim to housing the international headquarters for the multi-million dollar McCain Foods Incorporation, which today supplies over one third of the world with french fries. Due to this statistic, in 1998, Florenceville was given the trademark, "French Fry Capital of The World".

Legal flashing...copper

Bet you didn't know that the new pressure treated lumber does not get along very well with aluminum hangers and flashing. I didn't either until I met these guys. The solution ? Same as it ever was....coppper. Since the new stuff has increased copper to compensate for the reduced arsenic, this is only way to go if you don't want your deck to corrode in a few years.

If they hire us, I might be able to tell this story.

mmmmm....chocolate

another one of the clients i am working with...how sweet is that !

VIP Car Show

Show Shine and Drag....lots of black t-shirts and tube tops I would imagine. It will be fun though !

The 24th Annual VIP Show Shine & Drag will be held Sunday, June 26, 2005.
Once again the event will take place at Oxford Plains Speedway, Route 26, Oxford, Maine.

Changes in latitude, changes in attitude

Well, we've landed....after a long, cold, wet spring we are now in our new home and trying to find our way around the great State of Maine. Lots of cool stuff going on, I'll update when I get a chance...TK

Signing off...for a few weeks

Well, I'm about to become unplugged as we enter the final stages of our move. I'm sure to have lots to share when I sign on again in a few weeks. Here we go...

Oh, and lets be careful out there. (Hill Street Blues)

Confusing words.com

Can this affect there use of good English ?

Happy 1st Blog day !!

Well its been a full year since I started this site and its safe to say there have been a lot of things going on in that time. We've packed, sold and moved two houses, found a new house, jobs and schools...I think the second half of 2005 we will take a nap.

But, you never know what the future will hold...it's time to ramble on.

Bawk, Bawk, Bawk...Alan loved seeing the chickens at Great Brook State Park 

What I'm reading - The poet of Tolstoy Park

I hope it has a happy ending !

Bill to put Maine in Atlantic time advances

Story contributed by my lovely wife.

5/5/5

Not sure what they call it, tres cinco ? I always feel like things are more alligned on days like today. 3/3/3 was a good day 4/4/04 was pretty good too.

Chicken or fish ?

when it comes time to go to a wedding, i can never remember what I ordered. I wonder if the kitchen just makes extra of both just in case? I was thinking you could solve this problem by designing a perferated (punch out) piece of paper as part of the invitation that you rip off and it says "chicken" or "Fish" or whatever, could even be the shape of animal. Number the back and tell people that there will be a drawing at the wedding so they remember to bring it with them.

Alan is working hard to help dig the test hole in the back yard.  

Garrett petting a baby dinosaur at the Musem of Science in Boston 

Stay to the right except to pass

Do you think anyone would pay attention if they started posting these signs in Massachusetts, perhaps it would help to reduce the amount of competition on the roads.

It's amazing the difference you feel driving the minute you cross the Portsmouth bridge into Maine.

GPS Determination of Course and Speed

So a cars spedometer can tell you how fast you are going by understanding the relationship between the tire, some gears and the road, but I was wondering how a GPS can figure speed when the reference point is constantly moving with the vehicle you are trying to measure.

I think I'll have to read this explanation a few times...

Huh? - great parody...or is it ?

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New Pond, Norwood Massachusetts. Good times...good tree. 

"This is Littering"

What a wonderful sign I saw recently on a drive down 495 from Maine.

Recently, along every bridge overpass, there are signs made from cups stuck into fences that create letters. "Happy b-day Angela" or "Welcome home Dan!"...you've got to wonder if the person that goes through the effort to construct these signs (backwards, so they can be read by oncoming traffic below) actually takes the time to take down and dispose of all the cups after the reader has seen the sign.

One person seemed not to think so and used the same cup technique to spell out "This is Littering Too."

I laughed out loud and said, "you know, they're right."

Ethos Marketing, Portland Maine - Developing written and visual communications that are compelling, tell the truth and drive results.

So, here is where I'm headed come June 6th. No sense rushing into things right ? We'll be on the move all through May anyway. Should be an interesting time. My family is my foundation, time to advance confidently...

"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. " - conclusion of Walden

Bayley's Camping Resort

...much more than a campground !

A spring afternoon at the beach...Pine Point in Scarborough, Maine. 

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,
Then one day he was shootin at some food,
And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude.

....Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.

 

Big League Haircuts

I happened into one of these shops the other day and I gotta say it was pretty good. For the price of a regular haircut, I watched ESPN on my own personal TV and even got a 5 minute back massage on my way out !

Think they'd expand to Portland ?

Ethos -

The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement.

To be 6

So we were talking about buying our new house and Garrett asks me if we'll need one of the those "big giant boards that the man won on TV after hitting the golf ball across the lake and into the hole".

A few weeks ago we were watching some golf tournament and someone was given one of those giant check on TV for their efforts. Makes sense, right ? To buy a big house, you need a big check.

Alan is ready to move ! 

Flowers and Snow in April.  

Yes, it's April 13th and we still have snow in our back yard !! 

The Wiggles Named Australia's Wealthiest

The power of marketing to children.

Google Intros Q&A Service

"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow ?"