The Beginning....

The Beginning....
When William Least Heat-Moon toured the country many years ago, his steed, if you will, was a van that he named Ghost Dancing. His journey of America was 13,000 miles. His book is Blue Highways, A Journey Into America. My steed will be a Subaru WRX (traded for an XV Crosstrek). My travels will be, what in the past were called, the blue highways of Virginia. Years ago, maps showed secondary roads in blue. Yes, the ones less traveled.

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Another by Derren Brown. Yes, He Creates a Faith Healer....

I would be hard pressed to come up with people more evil than so-called faith healers. These people actually get away with killing people, murdering people, if you will. Yes, the ones who come to them for help, and who they tell are healed of cancer and other diseases and tell them they no longer need medications or treatments. And, of course, we, our government, do nothing, because after all....it's RELIGION.

I would become a believer if there were a god who would create a hell and immediately send all of the healers. But, alas, there are no gods and no justice in the world of religion.

In this video Derren not only shows you the tricks and deceptions of faith healers, he actually creates one. Believer or not, you should watch this video.



Friday, October 30, 2015

Do You Folks Know Derren Brown? You Should!

I would imagine that if asked his occupation, Darren would say he's a mentalist. I've watched many of his videos, but just finished watching this one for the first time.

This is a video about a bet of one Pound that Darren made with a well-known art gallery owner. Darren bet him that he would steal a specific expensive painting. Not only that, he told him when he would steal it... he specified the date and the time, 3:00 PM. He even gave him a photo of the person who would steal it. This is an amazing video. I won't tell you whether he succeeded. And, for we older people, maybe life isn't over at 65, 75, or whatever age.





Friday, October 23, 2015

Do You Folks Know Pat Condell? You Should.

Ahh, as one of our presidents said, Islam is the religion of peace.

You folks should meet Pat Condell.


Monday, October 19, 2015

Today I Was Humbled and Brought to Tears......

In August, I posted a comment. Yes, it was about Postrcrossing, a group of folks from around the world who exchange postcards.

Yesterday, I was given a person to send a postcard. I took a look at her profile, a place where folks tell a little about themselves. This lady mentioned that she sent postcards to seriously ill children.

Here are the links.....

http://www.sendkidstheworld.com/  (Kids around the world)

http://marzycielskapoczta.pl/en/  (Kids in Poland)

http://www.postpals.co.uk/ (Kids in the UK)

I read some of these histories and was brought to tears (well, you know what I mean). Many of us feel sorry for ourselves for whatever is going on in our lives. Most of  us really don't know what problems are. Most of us have it really good.

I just ordered a bunch of children's postcards and stamps. I hope to send at least three postcards a week. I hope that this is one project that I will follow through with.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Trump and Bowe Bergdahl

"Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Thursday that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl should have been executed for leaving his post in Afghanistan.

"We're tired of Sgt. Bergdahl, who's a traitor, a no-good traitor, who should have been executed," Trump said to cheers at a rowdy rally inside a packed Las Vegas theater at the casino-hotel Treasure Island."  From ABC news.....


First, Sgt. Bergdahl. Nothing should be done to him. And, the Army should apologize.. What is rarely mentioned is that this young man enlisted in the Coast Guard and shortly after enlisting, they discharged him for psychological reasons.

So, one of our services says he isn't fit for service for psychological reasons and the Army allows him to enlist. And. look what happened. I guess the folks in the Coast Guard were right.

Trump, you may be tired of Bergdahl but many if us are growing tired of you. At first you were entertaining, but no longer. I mentioned in another comment that Trump questions where our president was born and also stated that he'd welcome Sarah Palin as a member of his cabinet.

Hope you folks are supporting Bernie. I know little about politics; that said, it surely seems as though Bernie is an honest man who truly wants to help the folks at the bottom of the heap. And, hey, most of us are at the bottom or headed in that direction. He seems to say what he thinks and not pander to us.

Most of the Republicans seem to be religious whack jobs. And, Hillary? Seems sleazy like the rest of them. And, dang, if she were president we'd have to have a million SS agents to follow old Bill around.

EDIT: You know there's a problem when you confuse the person with the SNL actor portraying them. It was the same with Palin.

New Booze..... Yep, Aviation Gin......

Was in my favorite (and closest) booze store (ABC in Virginia) today.

Bought a couple bottles of my favorite Scotch (Laphroaig) and headed to the gin area to buy some Broker's. Well, for some reason, I noticed bottles of Aviation gin. Yes, it was on the top shelf. The bottles had tags around the necks saying they scored highly. Actually, the tag said, Top Gin 97 points, Wine Enthusiast. OK, I'm a sucker for that kind of stuff and yes I'm one of the few who read labels on bottles of booze.

Anyway, yes, I bought a bottle and just sampled it.




Well, I'm surely not an experienced booze sampler. Let me rephrase that, I can't talk those fancy terms about after taste, body, bouquet, and all of that other stuff.

It would seem if you want to test a booze you'd do it straight. After all, if you mix it with a bunch of other stuff...how in the heck can you tell what the actual booze is like.

Anyway, I poured this gin in a shot glass and sipped it, if you will. Let's see, I'll say it's smooth. It's interesting (about as fancy as I'll get). OK, I'll let it go at that. Anything else I'd say would be BS.

It's a cool looking bottle and has a metal-looking cap.


Anyway, not that you folks care, Aviation gin is my new gin. Yes, I'm sure it'd be great in mixed drinks; however, if you like to drink your gin straight, this should really be on your list. Give this gin a try......

Here's a link to the Aviation website site. Tell them George sent you and you'll get 50% off. Just joking.