Live from Work.....This Just In....

....it still sucks.  Back to you Dan.

Fluxherder New Years Eve

That's right, me and the Fluxherder boys will be rockin' in the New Year at The Red Zone in Mifflintown.  Show starts at 9:30.  Call the bar for more details.

Fluxherder at Bierhaus on March 20th.

My lil band, Fluxherder. Will be playing at an ABATE meeting in Lewistown on March 20th. The fun starts at 7pm.

The Fluxherder website www.fluxherder.com will be up and running soon.

Come on out and see us.

Do Your Bit.....

....to help pass health care reform.

Neuter a Health Insurance Company.

Posting less, enjoying it.....less.

It's been awhile. I just had to put something up on my HS class blog and noticed how freakin' easy Blogger has made it to post. Maybe I'll start doing some stuff on the phone from work.

It's the middle of football season and I'm trying to start a band, so that means no time on the weekends at all.

I need to update a website I work on. It will be my first use of Dreamweaver. I have high hopes, but I just hope I can get the damn thing to post.

I'm gonna try to do some more with pics too. Maybe post a few in here, or get fitzlandiapics.blogspot.com back up to date.

Keep checking in. There may actually be something here.

Holy Crap

I just looked at the dates and realize it's been almost a year since I posted here.

I'm afraid Facebook will take over, but I'll keep fighting.

Hmmmm.......

Kinda dusty in here.

I think I've recovered somewhat from my nervous breakdown and can face the world anew.

Let's see if this works. :)

Hey, look at that....it did.

NEW CAR

I'm back, by the looks of it.

Does anybody care??

I got a new car yesterday. 2009 Toyota Corolla. I'm a gas savin' mofo. :)

Recommending Weather Underground.

No, not the 70's radical political group.

This is a great weather website. They pull info from the National Weather Service as well as multiple "backyard" weather stations.

My favorite feature is their radar map. Click on the radar image and you get a highly customizable weather radar. I can zoom in for a more precise information, but I like to keep the entire state visible.

There are several tweaks you can apply to the map. I max it out to 6 frames animation. this is usually about 20 minutes of radar info. The REALLY cool part is, I leave it in a tab in Firefox and it just keeps updating. I've had it up several days already with no problems. So I just click on the tab to check and 2 seconds later I've had my weather fix.

Here's the site.

New Blog!!

Introducing Ava A Day!

Every day a new picture of the cutest granddaughter I have. :)

Some days will be floods, but I'll try to put up one pic every day. (now I get to look at autoposters...yeehah)

Coming soon.....the new band site. We should have a name in the next week or so. We'll have a myspace page as well as a blog and pics and everything! (whee)

Right now, we are learning a new batch of songs that will feature Karl and Shelah's multiple talents. Keep looking in. Both of you. :)

PS....I noticed that a post I did about Karl and Shelah coming to practice wound up on my high school website instead of this one. My bad. :) These guys are great people and great players. We're gonna have a LOT of fun and get out on the road soon, so keep looking for us.

Paul Stanley...

Paul Stanley had an accelerated heart rate during soundcheck today. Missed a gig. More info at paulstanley.com.

Yard Sale Days

Ok. I admit it. My ass is kicked.

90 degrees. High humidity. Moving around for a change.

I'll put more up later.

Maybe

Marijuana makes you Psychotic

http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/07/27/marijuana.psychosis.ap/index.html

So what else is new. :)

Today is the big yard sale. We dug around all day yesterday. We supposedly open in 15 minutes. There's enough stuff out there to interest people.

Ill try to take a few pictures and post them.

The band is making great strides. This is like meeting that sexy 18 year old girl and falling madly for her. I think this is going to be a very special group. So I get to yard sale today and tomorrow and practice my ass off all next week.

Chrissy and Mike and Mel and Toby and Ava are coming out tonight. Chrissy has some stuff she wants to sell. She's gonna stay overnight. Mike has to work in the am, so he's gonna go back down and come back up tomorrow.

I'll post later

cya

I would LOVE to see this....

I don't even wanna say anything about, except the girls are pretty hot. :)

http://stage6.divx.com/Refuse-Life/blog/8825/

Had lunch today with Linda Case, a friend from high school. It's not fair that people can walk back into your life after 32 years and look exactly the same. (with slightly "less full" hair, but that's not a negative)

We met at the new Panera Bread on the Pike and had a wonderful, albeit short chat. Looks like it may be a regular thing.

I need to blog more. We have practice this weekend with a new drummer and his girlfriend. They have a band called The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy. I want to check out a band called Queen V on myspace as well. Very hot looking.

later folks

Overheard......

.....at a party across the street, I swear to god.

"Sooooo, if I need anything tonight, like bail?...I'm gonna need your number."

Yard Sale the last Friday and Saturday of July.

Come one come all. Tell em you saw it here and get my eternal thanks, absolutely FREE! (limit one per customer, offer void where not heard)

Paris.....Free At Last

Paris Hilton went to jail late Sunday night after the MTV awards. She was released today. The Sheriff is citing medical problems.

The judge in the case is NOT pleased.

It seems that the Sheriff made the decision to release her on his own. I guess that's not so bad, but the judge found out she was released through news reports.

The judge wants to see Paris tomorrow at 9 am to discuss matters.

I'm really torn on this one. I like her. Probably because it isn't easy to. It's very easy to hate her. I saw a man on the street interview on CNN the other day that was very creepy. People who had contact with inmates were saying that they want to "get" her.

The problem is, if she were to be "gotten", the lawsuit would boggle the mind.

She screwed up and admits it. She turned herself in and was apparently willing to do her time. I think you have to give her a little credit for that.

It'll be interesting to see what happens tomorrow. I'll try to remember where I hid my keyboard and type something about it.

I'm 50

My Cousin's Kid Makes the News

Bowdoin man busted on marijuana charges

Seth_Koenig@TimesRecord.Com

03/07/2007

BOWDOIN — Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Department detectives arrested Christopher Evans, 30, Tuesday, on charges of cultivation of and trafficking in marijuana. According to Chief Deputy Jay Manhardt, the detectives searched Evans' 625 Litchfield Road home and allegedly found 24 two-foot-high marijuana plants, 1.5 pounds of processed marijuana, paraphernalia, digital scales and weapons. "We estimate the street value of (the drugs) to be in excess of $4,000," said Manhardt. Evans posted $5,000 unsecured bail and was released Tuesday, according to Manhardt. Manhardt attributed the arrest to the department's increased collaboration with other law enforcement agencies and a stepped-up focus on drug abuse prevention. "This bust was a joint effort, as so many of them are, between (the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency), the Kennebec County Sheriff's Department and the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Department," said Manhardt. "It's part of the sheriff's department's ongoing aggressive effort to combat drugs in Sagadahoc County, and it's been very successful for us. ... If you're a drug dealer in Sagadahoc County, we probably know who you are, and it's just a matter of time before we come for you." The chief deputy said that while Tuesday's Bowdoin arrest was publicized, many more drug arrests are not, "because they lead to better information and often other cases."

Ramblings....

Ok. 30 some dead at Virginia Tech. President Numbnuts has to run and save his sinking poll numbers. Then he says that "We're all Hokies". Now, I know it's a solemn moment. I know you need to say something to reassure the nation. (Biggest gun murder in the U.S. Thanks NRA) But this is that whole "Dallas is America's Team" type of bullshit that I absolutely abhor. Yes, we're incredibly saddened by the events. No, we're not Hokies. Sorry.

A lot of talk after Columbine centered on how we could stop events like this from happening. "Pay attention.", "Tell someone in authority if someone is suspicious." You know the drill. "Dime out yer buddy.", "Be the Thought Police." I don't agree with these things because they smack of the Nazi state.

However, in this case, a teacher/professor who possessed fiction writings from this student went to University authorities AND the police. I guess they'll look into it now. I looked at one of the plays he wrote. Besides being....bad.....you can tell that there was some serious shit going on with the kid. I read another blurb online where two students were talking and didn't know who did it yet, but said "I thought it was Cho right away." There's always that guy running around.

I believe that things like this will happen. It's incredibly sad, but inevitable. Especially given our large planetary population.

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George wants the flags at half mast. Shame that he doesn't respond like this and actually attend a funeral for any of the troops he's had killed.

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Don Imus was fired this past week. He used the phrase "nappy-headed hoes". I tracked this when it happened and I was pretty sure how it would go down. First there was a big stink raised by the members of the offended community who usually raise the stink. (Rev. Al, Jesse) This was a no brainer, it always happens. Imus went on the Sharpton show and seemed genuinely contrite.

Then the Rutgers players had a press conference. I did not see it, but everyone who did said that they carried themselves very well. Another nail in his coffin, but still not a huge problem.

Then the sponsors started to go. P&G, Amex.....THAT's when I knew it was over. You can do damn near anything in this country, say "I'm sowwy", and get away with it....UNTIL the money starts to leave.

Personally, I listened to Imus a few times when I was in my Stern phase. Howard hated him and I could see why. Bigotry aside, the man mumbles and is basically uninteresting. But that's radio, stay there long enough and they have to pry you out.

I'd like to see some of the Clear Channel gang head for the door next.

In an unintentionally humorous side note. The Governor of NJ was on his way to mediate the meeting between Imus and the Rutgers team and was in a traffic accident. He was pretty banged up. Not wearing a seatbelt. So, the guy that does the PSA's saying "Wear Your Seatbelts, Kiddies", wasn't. The two troopers with him were, and they were relatively unscathed.

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Band is in hiatus until June. I'm giving them till Halloween to play out, then I'm off for greener pastures.

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That will give me lots of time to work on the basement project. This will be a big weekend. Hope to be 95% dejunked and ready to start ripping stuff out. AND......we may get to babysit the Granddaughter on Friday. We went over Sunday night. Had some pizza and enjoyed their company.

Billy is starting to work as an apprentice for a stone mason. Anybody need stonework or concrete countertops???

Big things happening for Mike. I'll let ya know soon.

later

Just a Little Bit of Help.....

......can go a loooooong way.

On Saturday, Toby, Melanie and Ava came out. Toby agreed to help me move some stuff into the trailer. They were only here about 2 hours. And of course, there had to be some granddaughter quality time. So he really only helped me move a few pieces. A couple of computer racks, a home entertainment center and the seats for the old van. But those few large pieces opened the floodgates.

By the end of Saturday we had 2/3ds of the garage area cleaned out. We could have moved it all but we're having company over the weekend and some of that stuff has to come upstairs. We also got the area cleaned out where the theatre will be.

Sunday we did even more. Pulling up (moldy) old carpet. Moving tools and hardware, etc.

I worked Monday, but took today off. We continued pulling up carpet and moving stuff out to the trailer. A small miracle occurred when I was able to start the tractor on the first turn without jumping it. I also got the snowblower running and took that down to the barn. It was 77 degrees here this afternoon so, of course, they're calling for snow showers tomorrow nigbt. :)

I'll try to keep you posted

aloha