tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post6417430740626229893..comments2024-02-01T20:22:59.199-05:00Comments on Random Brain Droppings: Delving into the dusty and ramshackle regions of my mind.Commander Zaiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-14456784791727658342011-03-11T23:01:10.186-05:002011-03-11T23:01:10.186-05:00i don't mind ABBA but really can't deal wi...i don't mind ABBA but really can't deal with "mama mia." i have been known to dance around in public places when dancing queen comes on though. yeah, it's fun mortifying my children.<br /><br />oh yeah, the children...you can blame mickey dolenz for them. i met mr. lime at a monkees reunion concert. went by myself and wound up sitting next to him when a mutual friend spotted me sitting alone and said i should come join the group he was with.<br /><br />as for hair club for men....don't do it. embrace the bald. not a thing wrong with it.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-13633196647910225452011-03-10T09:22:45.603-05:002011-03-10T09:22:45.603-05:00Akelamalu: My daughter and I were dancing around l...Akelamalu: My daughter and I were dancing around listening to "Dancing Queen" last Saturday.<br /><br />Teresa: Thank you! I had a few more things I could have related but that would have scared people. But one thing I'll mention is that clowns freak me out.<br /><br />Mother T: I kid my wife on some of my posts so don't take anything serious on that stuff. As for where would I like to live? Ideally, New Zealand, Australia, or southern Chile. I am not crazy about crowds or the rules in suburbia. I'd settle for some out of the way place away from people. <br /><br />Ranch: I can relate because I'm not big on local society. I tend to be a misfit in many ways and the crowd never likes someone who goes his own way. <br /><br />No worries on the extra comments, its happened to me many times.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-8467803463885313322011-03-09T10:09:12.127-05:002011-03-09T10:09:12.127-05:00Sorry Bum ... but I was the one who deleted the 4 ...Sorry Bum ... but I was the one who deleted the 4 comment's above, because oddly it printed the same comment 5 time's is why.Ranch Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086251248546955720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-84343352037058771902011-03-09T10:02:03.639-05:002011-03-09T10:02:03.639-05:00Thanx for all the rcall of event's and such, a...Thanx for all the rcall of event's and such, alway's great hearing them from folk's. I had raised 3 daughter's myself Bum ... and I hipped them young to the score and life, basically told them the truth ... "your dad is a royal fuck up" (my exact word's) ... do not try to be like me if you want to avoid as much misery as possible. I was more than frank with them, and many parent's around thought I was very unparently actually, once the President of PTA at one of my daughter's school's so called reprimanded me because I asked for them to let the kid's vote instead of us, on whether they want/ should wear uniform's at school. Folk's complained that my art collection at home was too graphic, sexually oriented, etc, etc, the list is endless. I will state though, that 2 of my daughter's were national honor society, president's of student council's, all have degree's etc, etc ... so on the other hand year's later ... some teacher's asked me how I was so successful at raising my daughter's ... I told them simply ... I showed them the reality at a young age, and seeing me, made them extra careful of not wanting to end up like me. :)Ranch Chimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086251248546955720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-57667153648411569382011-03-09T05:48:30.293-05:002011-03-09T05:48:30.293-05:00Finally sent my kids back to school, and am now ge...Finally sent my kids back to school, and am now getting time to read this. I love ABBA too, and we also have that film...you are <i>so</i> right about Pierce Brosnan. Oh, and my husband likes them too...and he's every bit a real man (trust me, I know). And I love the story of how you met your wife...a really great example of how one small event can change your whole life. Aren't you glad your brother took pity on you? And be happy that you have a boy and a girl...I have three girls, so worries about men multiplied by three. So, if not suburbia, where would you like to live then?Mother Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648404612737553605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-2883848225192584862011-03-07T15:18:25.045-05:002011-03-07T15:18:25.045-05:00You always make me laugh, I love it.You always make me laugh, I love it.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102860174001915131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-706757320620813462011-03-07T10:12:27.214-05:002011-03-07T10:12:27.214-05:00Hope you're dancing round the room when you...Hope you're dancing round the room when you're listening to ABBA! ;)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-63347930492326918962011-03-06T20:56:53.883-05:002011-03-06T20:56:53.883-05:00Oso: I should add that everyone should disregard m...Oso: I should add that everyone should disregard me poking fun at my wife. She actually was looking over my shoulder when I wrote that segment, my head still hurts from when she popped me aside it with her hand. <br /><br />Like I wrote to LowandSlow an assault rifle and a bad local reputation should temper my daughter's future boyfriend's attitudes.<br /><br />A few minutes away from going to work and will drop by Krell's place when I get settled in there.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-38259560705640804882011-03-06T20:43:29.267-05:002011-03-06T20:43:29.267-05:00Beach,
I too am a closet ABBA lover, and you have ...Beach,<br />I too am a closet ABBA lover, and you have encouraged me to come out and celebrate my ABBA-hood. <br /><br />"my wife and I have been married now for what seems like a couple of millenniums"....ROFL and hoping she doesn't read your work.<br /><br />Being the father of two adult daughters, it's better off having a strong kid like Miss Wiggles appears to be!<br /><br />If you need a snooze here's something I put up at Krell's new place: <a href="http://roundtree7.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/god-take-me-as-i-made-you-take-my-brother/" rel="nofollow">Roundtree7</a>Osohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513535195785731541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-18044206026900908012011-03-06T20:39:24.088-05:002011-03-06T20:39:24.088-05:00Akelamalu: Feeling liberated I downloaded a couple...Akelamalu: Feeling liberated I downloaded a couple of ABA song on my MP3 player today.<br /><br />Mr. Charleston: I could actually write a post on that camping trip and may eventually. While I do remember some things about it clearly like most things that happened over 40 years ago most of it has been colored by time.<br /><br />Yeah, suburbia is a hell for me. I'm just not into the whole home owning thing, I understand its cool for others but I get no enjoyment in what amounts to mortgage inspired indentured servitude and yardwork serfdom.<br /><br />Plus, the homeowners association acts like Nazis.<br /><br />Cloudia: Scary I know, but I don't really bite.<br /><br />LowandSlow: Planning on buying an assault rifle (M-4) and be cleaning it when my daughter's boyfriends come inside to get her. Of course I will have a loaded magazine real close. Boys are brain dead but they should be able to get the message. As I have stated many time I'm not liked around here anyway so I will not lose any friends over this.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-91145292038799217632011-03-06T18:55:03.372-05:002011-03-06T18:55:03.372-05:00Re: #5: As the father of 3 daughters you might ap...Re: #5: As the father of 3 daughters you might appreciate this line: "I have 5 acres behind the house and a new shovel. They'll never find your body. Wanna press your luck??" <br /><br />Great post. :)<br /><br />SLowandslowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08608734222483888884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-26794808481132637322011-03-06T14:52:38.677-05:002011-03-06T14:52:38.677-05:00Great getting to know you better!
Aloha from...Great getting to know you better!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Aloha from Honolulu<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />><}}(°><br /><br /> <br /> ><}}(°>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-66756694023650077442011-03-06T12:26:18.962-05:002011-03-06T12:26:18.962-05:00Some things you should never admit, #1 is #1. I t...Some things you should never admit, #1 is #1. I think Crum nailed that one. Like you, I too am a Parrothead from way back. Didn't find a wife at his concert but lost a girlfriend (she wanted to leave early)(she did, I didn't).<br /><br />Totally with you on #7 but stuck in one for the time being, albiet an acceptable one.<br /><br />Liked the camping story. There was a dredge fill island in the St. Johns river where I grew up and we would camp and gig flounders. Good memories.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-8597831698649505352011-03-06T12:24:45.831-05:002011-03-06T12:24:45.831-05:00Nothing wrong with liking ABBA - they were and sti...Nothing wrong with liking ABBA - they were and still are fabulous!<br /><br />I enjoyed getting to know more about you :)Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-7998960031341657942011-03-06T07:28:57.703-05:002011-03-06T07:28:57.703-05:00Sue: My son is pretty level headed but its not him...Sue: My son is pretty level headed but its not him I really worried about, its the other crazies out on the road. <br /><br />I simply do not belong in suburbia, the yards here are not too small and the houses are not on top of each other but I just cannot describe the people around me as human. <br /><br />Bill: The hotness of female singers does have a lot to do with the length of my attention span. Middle age would not be as bad if I could get back on a regular exercise schedule, working third shift and having taxi duty for my kids throws the me off. <br /><br />Mike: LOL!!!<br />Believe it or not I waste a dollar or two every now and then on the lotto just on the hugely off chance at winning which would catapult the family and me out of this hell soaked, pod people inhabited place. Now they like it here, its just me that is anti-social but a couple of million would buy their agreement to move. <br /><br />What's really insane was that Bob Saget had a short-lived sitcom about living in suburbia that was my exact situation. <br /><br />I apologize for that "Up with People" comment, on second thought that was over the top and uncalled for. <br /><br />Infidel: The lens in my right eye is about as uneven and rough as the terrain in Afghanistan. I forget the name of the disease but I was first diagnosed in 2003 and as of right now the only real option is a lens transplant. The docs did say that stem cells research offers a possible avenue but that is "five years away." My last appointment was 2009 and they said five years away again. Bummer. <br /><br />Now I'm still able to drive and do anything else its just something I have to watch.<br /><br />Pixel: Middle age is fun in some ways, the grumpy middle age man I play so well tends to make the teabaggers at work to leave me alone. <br /><br />ABBA is cool, I do enjoy their music as well as John Tesh and Christopher Cross stuff. Now having my son roll his eyes as when I play my stuff is funny as well as his requests for me to turn the music off as I pick him and his friends up from some place. <br /><br />Windsmoke: Never fear my friend, check out my playlist on the lower left side of my humble blog. I have a little AC/DC.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-84980289072774642552011-03-05T23:14:47.198-05:002011-03-05T23:14:47.198-05:00Oh! no not abba they drove us crazy because every ...Oh! no not abba they drove us crazy because every second song on the radio back then was abba. They were an insult to our ears as we enjoyed the likes of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Status Quo, Aerosmith etc, etc, etc. Happy birthday to Miss Wiggles. Fantastic post all the same :-).Windsmoke.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12225394580987872677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-23383610818376313892011-03-05T21:40:38.627-05:002011-03-05T21:40:38.627-05:00There is nothing wrong with ABBA. Being a teenager...There is nothing wrong with ABBA. Being a teenager in Germany in the 70's, I HAD to like them.<br /><br />Also nothing wrong with middle age. Well, some things, but really, I'm finally at a point in my life where I'm confident enough in myself that most of the time, I don't care what other people think or say. It's great knowing everything...<br /><br />The eyesight bit...? Well, you're right, that sucks.<br /><br />Thanks for the trip into your dusty regions!Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-60361657690445861002011-03-05T18:40:02.875-05:002011-03-05T18:40:02.875-05:00Nothing wrong with Abba. It's nice, light, ch...Nothing wrong with Abba. It's nice, light, cheerful music, most of it. I don't know how this idea got started that you have to dislike certain music to be considered part of the "in crowd". If that's the case, the "in crowd" is merely a herd.<br /><br />Do keep up with medical research on eye problems. We're living in a time of unprecedented advances. You may find that what can't be done now can be done in five or six years.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-89226801285771286692011-03-05T16:41:06.143-05:002011-03-05T16:41:06.143-05:00Now see what you did. You created controversey wh...Now see what you did. You created controversey where none existed before. I hope you are happy.<br /><br />Although doing something just to piss off the neighbors does mellow it out a tad. But then you brought your sorry self roaring back to shameville wuth the "Up With People" comment.<br /><br />I had a very good family friend who sang with "Up with People" back in the late 1960s. Because of her, I was force fed their music until even I had to tap my feet just to give the appearance of being on board.<br /><br />I think it was then that visions of happy smiling faces began to cause me serious nightmares. I have yet to recover.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-46220746974710513292011-03-05T16:29:52.645-05:002011-03-05T16:29:52.645-05:00Middle-age sucks ... until you get to old-age.
I ...Middle-age sucks ... until you get to old-age.<br /><br />I still like ABBA. The babes were HOT ... & thanks to their music, always will be. Even if they are well beyond "middle-age" now.Bill's Big Bamboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16750080687623043193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-26032023674091288792011-03-05T16:07:20.014-05:002011-03-05T16:07:20.014-05:00I like ABBA, can't stand Pierce Brosnan..
Nic...I like ABBA, can't stand Pierce Brosnan..<br /><br />Nice story about meeting wifey<br /><br />nice memory of Dad time...<br /><br />When my kids got their license I never slept til they were home safe in their beds. Its a terrifying time in a parents life!<br /><br />Dads and daughters, another terrifying time you must live through!<br /><br />turning 50 sucks big time, worst day of my life. I could not even say 50 for the longest time!<br /><br />I love suberbia..<br /><br />Nice to meet ya BB!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-85249317444006681662011-03-05T14:07:19.895-05:002011-03-05T14:07:19.895-05:00Jack: The military I served in does not exist anym...Jack: The military I served in does not exist anymore, while the "Soviet Menace" was largely a construction of the military-industrial complex the Russian bear was no more wiser than the American eagle and subject to the same cluster f@cks we seemed to excel at which could have resulted in WW3.<br /><br />My military had been for decades a legitimate way for poorer kids and minorities to get ahead. Yes, we prepared for war but we at least had confidence that if we fought it was for something real.<br /><br />Mike: LOL!!! <br />You know I need to buy a rainbow flag just to piss off the neighbors. Yeah, my taste in music is always been off the normal path. In fact I'm still big on "Up with people." I will now hang my head in further shame.<br /><br />Liberality: Wiggles shouldn't have much to worry about boys, she doesn't take any shit off me much less her brother so some douche will be small potatoes.<br /><br />Randal: Trade the freaking Rogaine crap and I actually believe it made things worse. Looks like Hair Club for Men for me and I'll keep you informed.Commander Zaiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000824454124236774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-69422587134443034182011-03-05T12:15:56.921-05:002011-03-05T12:15:56.921-05:00I see the gentleman from Maine already addressed t...I see the gentleman from Maine already addressed the pertinent issue of the hour. Once this comment is finished, I'm off to write a letter to Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill detailing your blasphemy, unless you find success with hair restoration in which I'll refuse to mail said letter if you share your secrets.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-17517642910067281392011-03-05T11:43:59.047-05:002011-03-05T11:43:59.047-05:00I enjoyed reading this post. ABBA is ABBA. And p...I enjoyed reading this post. ABBA is ABBA. And people like what they like. It's no big deal. I am glad you have a daughter because it will force you to think of things from the female's perspective. As for the eyes going bad, don't I know it. And the print on everything, thanks to computer generated print, is too small.Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-829836469690492751.post-23252417303153068182011-03-05T10:39:17.785-05:002011-03-05T10:39:17.785-05:00First off, you should have saved the ABBA comment ...First off, you should have saved the ABBA comment for last. From that relevation forward as I read, I not only questioned your manhood, I decided that instead of old glory hanging from the porch come the 4th of July, it is a rain bow flag that flutters over your yard full of amber waves of grain.<br /><br />No real man would ever admit liking ABBA. And would certainly never be caught tapping their feet. Sorry dude, but that's just the way of things.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.com