http://www.phs1977.com/blog "What I Am Thinking" Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:56:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm 50 years old. I have to keep reminding myself that I'm not 25 anymore. :( I really need to stop abusing myself this way. I was supposed to go to the lake last weekend to help Ivan, John, David & Moe move Moe’s boat dock from where it was ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2010/02/09/when-nighttime-turns-to-day/ I'm for New Orleans this weekend to beat the Vikings in the NFC Championship. I'd like to see them go to their first Superbowl. But I'm REALLY for the JETS! to upset Peyton Manning & The Colts in the AFC Championship and go to the SuperBowl! And WIN IT! When I was ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2010/01/21/j-e-t-s-jets-jets-jets/ My buddy Ivan just called me from the lake. I had had a tree stuck under the dock that needed to be cleared. It had floated downstream along with a bunch of debris after a heavy rain. I was going to drive down but he went over to check it out ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2010/01/18/57/ DISCLAIMER: This blog entry is VERY long. If you are going to bitch about how long it is then you probably shouldn't bother reading it. LOL. Or read some and come back again later. Don't say you haven't been warned!  For those that DO read it I hope you enjoy the story of my trip. If you ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2009/12/11/the-great-one-my-visit-to-alaska-thanksgiving-2009/ Well, no... not really.  I was born at the end of June in 1959 so my REAL First Christmas was in 1959.  But geeze I was only six months old.  I doubt I had much fun.  Christmas 1960 - on the other hand - apparently rocked!  Check out this awesome rocking ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2009/11/13/my-first-christmas-1960/ Today is Babe's 49th Birthday. I meant to go get a balloon and launch it at lunch time but I just sorta forgot and it really isn't that big of a deal. The bigger deal is that I remembered my sisters birthday. Happy Birthday Babe! Babe & her Daddy at her daughters graduation ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2009/11/13/happy-49th-birthday-babe/ Someone sent me these photos with their supposedly accurate conversion of sugar to sugar cubes.  Each sugar cube is supposed to represent one teaspoon of sugar in the product. Wow. http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2009/10/06/well-hey-there-sugar/ My mom had Farrah's car in 1977. 302 V8 with four-speed...   Yeah!  I used to love burning rubber in that car.  It would chirp the tires just by punching the gas. :) Mom was stylin' man! How about that Big Hair? How about that outfit? Go Mom!  You Rock! http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2009/09/17/pfft-who-needs-farrah/ Happy News This month, one year ago, Bill got a CT scan which showed that his cancer had returned as metastasis to his liver. It's hard to believe that it's been a year already. Frankly, neither Bill or I were sure that he would be around for another year!! Bill's most recent ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2009/09/09/dad-update-from-mom-090909/ Here's what's on my mind.  My good friend Cliff Weaver's father passed away over the weekend.  I made thousands of jumps out of Gene's Cessna 180 and his Twin Bonanza over the years.  At the end of a day of jumping when the beer light was on he'd wait til ... http://www.phs1977.com/blog/2009/08/26/gene-weaver-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-jump-pilots/