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Most of my readers should be familiar with the concept, one from Japanese philosophy.  The three driving forces of successful people.  The Sword=military power.  the Jewel=financial power.   And the Mirror= Understanding YOURSELF and your place in the world. Well, those of ya that have been following along are seeing my "looking in the mirror" … Continue reading The Sword, Jewel, and Mirror

I may be 'resolved', but these are not resolutions, they are stepping stone goals to other larger goals, and some of them are actually quite easy, just require mucho patience. Bills.   Easy enough, some are recurring and will always be there (phone car insurance, etc.  Others have utilities, me notta so much.   Off … Continue reading Goals not resolutions

(Delayed post from b4 Christmas) Yup, every single stinking one of us and all of our experiances and opinions and bad morning breath,,, I used to jokingly (semi-seriously) that "we are born with a terminal disease called life" But for most of us, today is not THAT day.   Maybe not even tomorrow, or the … Continue reading OMGOMG, We’s all gonna DIE!!!

A few weeks back I tripped iver a ginormous brake drum from a semi. Wore out of spec so total junk, but hey, one doods junk might be this doods next project. So theres the drum, and I have this irritating bush in my yard: elephant grass. It was interesting the first couple of years, … Continue reading Little stay’cay happanin

The Boring Old Man brought up something in comments on my earlier post. TRIUMPH. Hella band, another of those understated bands from the 80's.   but the title of this post is from a line in one of their songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCWj8Nz5DUg "I don't ask for much, The truth will do just fine! Won't you lay … Continue reading The truth will do just fine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI6maFP7tJc Probably a little out there for most of ya,,, Try this'un, ( great band outta Cincy, many a fun show with a bunch of great talent that doesn't take themselves TOO seriously) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg8k-eroJUI Alright, y'all want something a little more maintstream,,,,   Gotcha, sorta,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIrE30iUy-E and one of my all time faves, horns, slap bass, … Continue reading A musical interlude to Dio’s life

Held that gun to me head today and went in to the J.O.B. Had one main goal in mind; retrieve my personal gear from shop, and everything else was wide open. First order was my sound system. Not a humongous thing but is a 600watt system, a massive (for its size) 12" subwoofer of 400watt … Continue reading On todays goal