Made in America?

I own a 2005 Saturn Vue and for the most part was really happy with it until...that's right, parts made overseas and assembled in America started to fail. Around 40,000 miles a wheel barring went, around 50,000 a top strut nut started making an awful noise, and now at around 60,000 the ignition switch is sticking. And so it seems that a car I purchased with the intent of keeping until it died is going to need parts replaced every 10,000 miles or so. I'm going to need a saving account just for car repair; do they have flex spending accounts for cars? There probably needs to be some sort of government funded program for car repairs, mechanic-aid.

Back in the day you could buy a car and it would last you past the body falling off from rust. Now your lucky if you can get a car to 100,000 miles without major repair. We as a society that wants more for less have forced a sacrifice in quality to lower cost only to have higher maintenance costs. What happened to craftsmanship and being proud of your work?

At least my Stormy Kromer is made in America!

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Hey kiddo!

Why is it that older folks I work with feel the need to call me kiddo? I don't call them Gramps or Granny! As a working professional you would think that I would be respected better then that, but no. We, as the younger generation, are to respect our elders but our elders respecting us? This has been happening for a awhile and at first it didn't bother me but as it went on I thought, I'm and adult and a professional and I don't like being treated inferior among equals. Yes, they have far more experience then me but I treat them with the respect they deserve and have earned through their years of hard work. But, does that mean that because I don't have as much experience that I'm below them and can be treated as such?

Ah, this is just the angry ranting of a person that is in a funk and if you ask me in a few day if this bothers me I'll probably say, "not really."

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Rob Zombie

I went to a Rob Zombie concert on 10/30 and it rocked! I was stage right and in the very front which was a great position as it allowed me to slap hands with Rob. Here's the veiw from where I was (below). Not too shabby of a picture for using a cell phone! I recommend going to see him even if your not the biggest fan, he puts on one hell of a show!

I saw him at the RECC (Pioneer Hall) in Duluth, which was a great venue to see him because it wasn't a huge stadium crowd that to get good seats you have to pay through the nose. I paid 30 bucks and was in front! Needless to say I've got that after concert glow and am all charged up on muisc, an essential of life for me.

I knew all those teacher were lying when they said you'll use this some day!

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

Fran Lebowitz
US writer and humorist (1950 - )

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Y'ARRRRRR

Avast, ye mateys! Host yer grog and give a cheer fer International Talk Like a Pirate day, lest ye be keelhauled and proclaimed a landlubber! Y'arrr

Food For Thought

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-Soren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher (1813 - 1855)

Big Bears in The North Woods

Grrrraawww....Okay so these bears did growl but they did pay us a visit in Memorial Day. I was drinking my morning coffee and looking out the window when I saw a bear bumbling across our field. As I was snapping picutres of the rather large bear and even larger bear was following the first. They walked through our yard about 100ish feet from the house, sniffed around and then when to the camp next door to us. I grew up in Upper Michigan and this is the first time I've seen a bear this big and this close. It was way cool!

Our New Doggie

His name is Lemmy and he's 83 lbs! We adopted him from the humane society. His original name was Harley we changed it to make things less confusing for us and our dogs, our females name is Barley.
He makes Barley look tiny but she's 47 lbs and the boss! Well only somethimes, you can only push a 83 lb dog around so much.

Something to live by.

Imagination is more important than knowledge...
-Albert Einstein

What are friends for?

So a good friend of mine has been bugging me to make a new post so here it is....












My doggie Barley.