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- North Carolina
- Birthday
- June 11
- Bio
- The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
Michelangelo
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MY RECENT POSTS
- The Possum, George Jones dead
at 81
April 26, 2013 01:54PM - Hey..,You..,Wanna Buy a Gun?
April 20, 2013 10:38AM - Life, or Something Like It
April 11, 2013 12:55PM - Great on Gas, Plus..,
April 06, 2013 07:53PM - Mama Tried~
April 03, 2013 01:13PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “We don't need any new
blood. I'm soon coming back
with enough
crap to write
about…”
May 15, 2013 02:30PM - “Dude, quit watching
those damn political shows.
They almost
put me in a
straight-…”
May 15, 2013 02:20PM - “I never splinted. I
jaywalked and walked slow. I
was cussed
and given the Bronx
c…”
May 15, 2013 02:11PM - “I took me an hour to
read this, and I'm still not
done. A
quick cold shower and
i…”
May 15, 2013 12:20PM - “You are an artist, that
is not in doubt. I would love
sit
back in your yard and
r…”
May 15, 2013 12:02PM
Scanner's Links
- MY LINKS
- $4.95/mo Web Hosting
- Hey.,You., Wanna Buy a Gun? OpEdNews
- Of All the Crazy Luck ~~ Deadman's Reach
- Passing it Forward ~~ horrrible Reality Land
- Roscoe has an Epiphany ~~ Haggard and Halloo Publications
- Steroids, Greenies and Willie Mays ~~ OpEdNews.com
- Eating Not So High on the Hog
- The Night was Full of Rainbows~~Scene4
- Traveling Minstrel Show
- The Storyteller
- A Killer of Angels~~~Kindle
- Alheimer's Betsy ~~~ Haggard and Halloo Publications
- Fubar ~~~ Deadman's Reach
- The Mexican Godfather ~ Haggard & Hallo Publications
- Living in a Jerry Springer World ~ OpEdNews
- Just a' swingin' ~horrible Reality Land
- Separating Sara~horrible Reality Land
- In This Country Place ~ Haggard & Hallo Publications
My Take on the Spill~

The Bullshit War on Drugs~
The Unemployment Blues
John Lennon ~Interviewed by 14-year Old Boy~
We Don't Need No Stinkin' Dentist
The Last Cancer Stick?

QuitMeter Counter courtesy of www.quitmeter.com.
Above is a QuitMeter. Smittee gave me the link and now I, and you will know when I last smoked a cigarette. Thanks Smittee!

Yesterday, Terri and I finally started using the Patch. I placed a nicotine pa… Read full post »
Happy Father's Day, MOM~
I know this is the day I should give a salute to my father, it is Father's Day after all. I loved him more than any words you can put on some silly card. But the reality is, he didn't raise me, my Mom did. While my Dad was indeed… Read full post »

Obama's BP Speech
Obama could have spoken the Gettysberg Address and it would have been panned. People are mad, and with good reason, at BP and this government. From the news of the explosion that killed 11 men to todays prediction of how much oil is really flowing into the Gulf, BP… Read full post »
A Deaf Baby Smiles~
The miracle of science. The above video has gone viral. Why? The baby, eight months old and deaf since birth, hears sounds for the first time. He had a Cochlear Implant inserted and the video shows his first reaction to noise. He looks at his… Read full post »
First Comment~Joan Walsh?
Feeding the Machine

Atheists, Get Out of Town~

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

It took at hundred years, at the authors expressed wishes, but the
Autobiography of Mark Twain is finally going to be released. I
can't wait. I've read his books at an early age and as an old man.
I've read about his adventures traveling the world, sending… Read full post »
HOOKED~Repost for my Dad
Tomorrows Memorial Day, and my Dad was military to his core. He fought in two different wars, and paid a heavy price for both. He died in his early 40's, and sacrificed over half his life for this country that he loved so much. I wrote this in honor of… Read full post »
Jack Bauer for Senator~WTF

"Ask yourself this question, Jack Bauer fans: Which person would
Jack want as his U.S. Senator?"
-- campaign ad for California state legislator Chuck
DeVore
I know this world we're living
Zack Just Died
About an hour ago, Zack was hit by a car. He's dead. This is killing me, but I have to write this out. Terri is a mess, and I have to go bury my buddy. In what fucking wold is this right? In what fucking world, when you call… Read full post »
Linda Smugula, Where Are You?

We have all had our first loves, or crushes, or even long distance romances where the other person was totally ignorant of our desires. But Linda Smugula was real. Linda was my first love, and you never forget your first love, at least it's been said. It is… Read full post »
Homeless Breakthrough~GNS

Reading Playboy~in 3D

Killing Birdies~

Oh, S**t, My Car~~

Jim Henson & the Muppets~A tribute

A Tear for the Fishman
As some of you know, my uncle died recently of Colon Cancer . He was not a famous man. A rich man. An educated man. He was just a man who worked hard all his life and tried to do what we all do, give our kids a better… Read full post »
"America is NOT a Christian Nation”
SAY WHAT?
"Glenn's like the high school government teacher so many wish
they'd had."
-- Sarah Palin
SAY WHAT?
"I think we should just...go back to what our Founders and our founding documents meant. They're quite clear that we would create
… Read full post »Scanner's Favorites
Updates
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Crunchtime in New York
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Slicing Solomon's Baby: The Boy Scouts' False Compromise
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The Phone Call From Hell
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TWEETING ABOUT TWITTERING MY WANGER IN SPACE!
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"THE METAMORPHOSIS IN YOU"
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High Indeed the Price of Honor
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Obama Sides With Critics
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FOURTEEN WEIRD ITEMS FROM THE VALUE VILLAGE THRIFT STORE IN WOODINVILLE, WA.!

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