Here I go again!

Well now I'm off again. I will be meeting Dave tomorrow in Utah for a mini re-union. Lucky Dave (KELAGUEN)! If you're a Larsooon then you already know why, but for the rest of you you'll just have to wait to find out! More to follow.

Found another Deans Circler

I ran into Even Montvel-Cohen today. He says he'll give his siblings the URL.

Rednecks for Obama

This guy is great!!!

Democracy In Action

I actually squandered 60 minutes of my life last night watching some of the coverage of the Democratic Convention on MSNBC and here are a few thoughts.

1). Would it be so difficult for the guys covering this thing to be a little less biased?  From that guy snuffleupagus to Oberman & Matthews I mean Jesus it's like their becoming aroused watching this thing. Get a hold of your selves. 

2). I'm sure Joe Biden is a good and decent man but watching him speak you just know he's going to step on his own dick, it's inevitable.  You want to turn away but you are drawn to it like a moth to flame.

3). And finally a note on decorum to the delegation from New York.  After you have supposedly "graciously" called for an end to the roll call and in the interest of party unity asked that Obama be placed in nomination as the Democratic candidate for President Of The United States Of America...It may be considered by some to be bad form when you then degenerate into a drunken, off key, nose up her ass chant of Hillary Hillary Hillary.  Kind of a contradiction dontcha' think.  The more cynical among us may kind of question your sincerity. 

Just sayin'.

Cindy's Trip To Tennessee

After the reunion in Vegas, I spent a week in Tennessee with my oldest daughter and her family and was there for the birth of Jennifer and Mike's third child. I had a great time and being there at the birth of Gabriella (Ella, for short) Paige was a highlight, as was watching my 8 year old granddaughter ride and getting to know my mischievous and very lovable 5 year old grandson Nathan better. I was a little freaked out driving those hilly, winding mountain roads though.

pictures from left to right: Ella, grandson Nathan with me and baby, where they live, granddaughter Abbey riding CJ, Abbey and Ella.

I just can hold back any more.

I received this in an email a few years ago and keep it around to send to unsuspecting friends.


Puns:

1. Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons.
The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only
one carrion allowed per passenger."

2. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to
Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the
cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one,
naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.

3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a
fire in the craft, it sank, proving once again that you can't have
your kayak and heat it, too.

4. A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He
slides up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot
my paw."

5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a
root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication.

6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were
standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.
After about an hour,the manager came out of the office and asked
them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off.
"Because,"
he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them
goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a
family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a
picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture,
she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of
Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan,
you've seen Ahmal."

8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they
opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked
to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town
thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to
close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars
to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh
MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town
to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed
their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop.
Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that Hugh, and only Hugh, can
prevent florist friars.

9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time,
which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also
ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he
suffered from bad breath. This made him ....what? (Oh, man, this is
so bad, it's good) A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by
halitosis.

10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns
to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make
them laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

JOTW (Joke of the Week)

A man is waiting for his wife to give birth. The doctor comes in and informs the dad that his son was born without a torso, arms or legs. The son is just a head!
But the dad loves his son anyway and raises him as well as he can, with love and compassion.
After 21 years, the son is old enough for his first drink. Dad takes him to the bar and tearfully tells his son he is proud of him. Dad orders up the biggest, strongest drink for his boy.
With all the bar patrons looking on curiously and the bartender shaking his head in disbelief, the boy takes his first sip of alcohol.
Swoooop! A torso pops out! The bar is dead silent; then bursts into a whoop of joy.
The father, shocked, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant "Take another drink"!
The bartender still shakes his head in dismay.
Swoooop! Swoooop! Two arms pops out.
The bar goes wild. The father, crying and wailing, begs his son to drink again.
The patrons chant "Take another drink"!
The bartender ignores the whole affair.
By now the boy is getting tipsy, and with his new hands he reaches down, grabs his drink and guzzles the last of it.
Swoooop! Swoooop! Two legs pop out.
The bar is in chaos.
The father falls to his knees and tearfully thanks God.
The boy stands up on his new legs and stumbles to the left.... then to the right.... right through the front door, into the street, where a truck runs over him and kills him instantly.
The bar falls silent.
The father moans in grief.
The bartender sighs and says, "That boy should have quit while he was a head."

POTW - Lunch view

I was going to post an explanation about this place decided I'd let you guys figure it out instead.

Map of the Electoral College

Here's a great site for following the polls of the up coming Presidential and Senate races. It uses data from a number of different state polls to predict the results of the individual states. It's interesting to watch the battles flow back and forth between the key battle grounds. I followed it last year and found it to have the most scientific, non-biased results.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Batten Down the Hatches

As tropical storm Fay makes her way out of Cuba it appears she may take a swipe at our Florida contingent of islanders. Might be a good time to stock up on "supplies" and throw the lawn chairs in the pool.

Song from Target commercial

Crank it Up!!!

Football season has cometh!

Football widows, time to schedule your Tupperware parties!

Late entry

Chovin and I were diving behind my parents house in Merizo a month ago and caught this. I just found time to put it up. Enjoy.

I'm on-call this week end :(

I am on-call this week end. I usually get calls from clients that just don't feel happy. I'm a understanding kind of guy, but most of the calls that I get I just want to tell the folks that all they need is a little 'wall to wall counceling and/or to just grow up', but ethics rules wont allow me to give such advise.

It's been quiet on the blog for a while. Hope all is going well for everyone? Drop in some time on the blog and just say hi and let us know what you are up to (just don't call my on-call cell number...kidding).

Ricky 'THE GUAM BOMB' loses to Daniel!

OH RICARDO, WE WERE ROOTING 4U BRO!



CLICK HERE for the sports pix

SPAM - The Guam Edition!

Has anyone had this Guam (edition) Spam?

IT'S HOT UMBEE    but    GOOD FOR YOUR
CAPILLARIES!!!!
YAAAOOOOOO (ming)!
(blog story here)

Senator Mark Jaquette - Alupang Island (GUAM)

Clip of the day...

Here's another subject of last weekends dive.

POTW - Freeloader

Out for a dive at Gun Beach this weekend, I found a few egg masses about the size of a pencil eraser. When I got home to look at the pictures I noticed something orange inside. The upper right hand corner is a close up so you can see what it is.

It's about that time...

Me and the Mrs. went to see Mamma Mia tonight.

This is the only 'Chick Flick' that I think it's cool for a guy to go see with his dame. Good movie, and the music was good (ABBA)! Most 'chick flicks' that I am drug out to see, I pray no one notices me there.

U.S. sub leaked radiation in Guam, Pearl Harbor, 3 Japan ports

TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine which has steadily been leaking a small amount of radiation for over two years stopped at three Japanese ports, as well as Guam and Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan said on Thursday. --more--

I'm Back!

Ok so got back from vacation and it was too short for sure. I've been reading some of the blog and was sharing it with Benita and she was very humbled by all the nice things that everyone said about her. I can't thank everyone enough for the great time that we had in Vegas. It was a blast for sure. Growing up in the Circle we all kind of had our own little circles that we ran in. Some of us were jumping off the "rock" and some of us were jumping our bikes off of flimsy ramps and some were just "chilling" and hanging out. When I got to Vegas I was a little nervous because one, I had'nt seen any of the gang in like 33 years. I met Doug and Juls the first night there and what a blast we had. Then everyone else started filtering in and as soon as we were all together it was like we had never been away. Amazing! We were all kids again. And we just started picking up where we left off. I would like to give a special thanks to DRL for taking the time to drive me around finding an auto parts store when my car broke down. Thats it for now, more to follow later.

Okay i'll try again with the next one

The traveling DC T-Shirt

No, I didn't see Yogi!

That's me alright.
What happens when you meet a cop from Guam?

Oh, yea. She loves me too.

Vegas

So,who-won-the-gasoline-guessing-for-Guam?More-so,Who-ran-around-with-boxer-shorts-on?Just-wondering...

Thanks

Good times in Vegas!

Thanks DC!

Hi Guam Gang,

First, I'd like to thank RAC for the invite to the DC Blog and to Cindy for the suggestion. I can't say that I'll write as often as Ric but I will try to respond when I can.

Secondly, I want to thank you all for the warm reception I received, as the spouse, at your Dean's Circle reunion in Vegas. I have always heard so much about you all and it was a wondeful experience to finally meet you. Now I understand why memories of Guam are so meaningful to Ric. Hanging with you all in Guam was the best times of his childhood. No other time in his life does he speak about with such joy and love as his times in Guam with you guys. Thank you all for giving him such wonderful childhood memories.

I had a great time in Vegas! From the fabulous Guam food (thanks Benita) to the funny ancedotes; it's a trip I won't soon forget. Thanks again. Peace & Love to all. ~T