Saturday, December 18, 2010

HAFA MERRY CHRISTMAS

My family and I still sing this
Guam Christmas song!
Tradition...pass it on.

Verse AND Chorus!
JUNGLE BELLS:
'Here we are on Guam, without a chance of snow!
Where the trade-winds go, a typhoons sure to blow!
Santa and his sleigh, if the tropics will allow,
instead of driving 8 reindeers, he rides a carabao!
CHORUS:
OH...JUNGLE BELLS, coconut shells,
sticker-burrs all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride in a carabao-cart today, HEY!'
JUNGLE BELLS, coconut shells,
sticker-burrs all the way!
Oh what fun it is to ride in a carabao-cart today!'


Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Hi everyone

I see the blog's been real slow. no one is in a talkin mood.
My only news is I'm still workin and FLA has been cold...warmed up this week though. (still too cold for this Guamanian) 6am at the pool, cold water :) my baby, 14 yrs old had surgery 2 weeks ago. circumcision...ouch, he bounced back quick and still made his baseball playoffs. ok, all you guys can say oooh ooouch in unison now :)
miss ya'll...ty Juliet for keepin on.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Happy Veterans Day

to all you vets out there.  If you were here I'd buy you a beer.  Hope you all had a good day.
Peace.

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Best Ever

Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town one day.

As they walk, they come across a sign:
"Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world."

"I am entering!" said Snow White.
After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, "Well, how'd ya do?"
" First Place ," said Snow White.

They continue walking and they see a sign:
"Contest for the strongest man in the world."
"I'm entering," says Superman.
After half an hour, he returns and they ask him, "How did you make out?"
" First Place ," answers Superman. "Did you ever doubt?"

They continue walking when they see a sign:
"Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world?"
Pinocchio enters.

After half an hour he returns with tears in his yes.

"What happened?" they asked.
"Who the hell is Obama?" asked Pinocchio.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Taxpayer March on Washington

Last September 12, I Marched in Washington with a million other patriots. Despite the almost total blackout of new coverage, it was an historic event. I’m making my plans now for this year’s march and it is more important than ever.

Will you join me?

I’ll drive down on Saturday, stay two nights and drive back early Monday morning. Let me know if you’re interested in a ride. I’m booking at the Crystal City Marriott at Reagan National Airport. It is right on the metro line so getting to and from the March will be easy.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Apple Does it Again!

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music. The iTit will cost from £499 to £699, depending on cup and speaker size. This is considered a major social breakthrough, because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Mid Summer Observations

-This has to be the worst week for sports of the year. The highlight of the week is the all star game which is almost as riveting as world cup soccer. TV right now is like the Gobi Desert.

-I was in Biloxi MS last week. You can smell the oil in the water there. People are right. It smells.

-Harvey Pekar died yesterday in Cleveland at the age of 70. True American original literary genius. A tad on the blue side at times but genius nonetheless.

-I really like Red rice w/ finidene. (Thanks Matt)

-Not to get political or anything but there's currently a governors race here in FL. It's just in the primaries and we are daily regaled with ads featuring Rick Scott and Bill McCollum, both Republicans. It is difficult for me to envision two more corn fed self important dick bags than these two. I keep waiting for one of them to accuse the other of having had an affair with a goat or something. Not even out of the primaries and they have spent millions pointing out each others liabilities. Why do people spend millions of their own money for a job that pays in the low six figures? Seems feeble minded to me.

-Jesse Jackson & AL Sharpton are assholes. There, I said it. Playing the offended & oppressed minority card is seriously played. Find a new schtick.

-I listened to Grand Funk Railroad "Closer To Home" on the way to work today. Now that's good music right there. Reminded me of the coconut grove.

Peace out my friends.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Circle Rat Florida Reunion





Robert and his family were here in Florida for a visit last week and on Sunday we went up to Venice Beach and had a visit with Rod and his girlfriend. Great time playing in the waves, looking for sharks' teeth and going out to lunch.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Songs of Guam

I just saw this on another
(music) blog called 'TUNA MELT'!
It's an album of Guam songs;
i'll let the blog tell you about it.
esta later prims...Mark Jaquette

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Guam Reunion in Bozeman, Montana.

Our Phallic firewood



Chuck found this in the firewood a neighbor was giving away. I take no responsibility for this....but I did name "him".....any guesses??

Valerie's wedding, (Cindys girl)

Cindy and Matthew
nieces Meagan, Jen, sister in-law Angela
bride and groom, Val and Alan

Cindy took a week off from work to pull off this beautiful wedding between Valerie and Alan. It was so fun and perfect. Great job Cindy mom!

Monday, May 31, 2010

Happy Memorial Day...

to all you vets.
Today, I drink to your honor and good health.
Peace.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

It ain't the dance...it'll have to do for now.

The Deans Circle stink eye.
The view from the front of my house.  Just down the street Matt is up to no good,  I just know it.  And Becki is probably studying.  Further down, Scott Shook is...well never mind.
No photo anthology could be considered complete without consideration to that corrupter of youth,  Cruz Store.  I wonder how many quarters we spent there on pinball & pickled papaya.  .25 a can Schlitz.
Me and my ride.  Love the handlebars.  That thing saved my life more than once.
View from the backyard of my house.  Short trip through our beloved coconut grove to the Fine Arts Building.   Thank God that we were the pillars of the community otherwise bad things could have happened out there at night. 
Some of you may remember the Toals.  This was a dinner we had on our lanai that we built with bomb crates from Anderson.  Mr.Toal (far right barely in the photo) was the band director at GW.  Look second from left,  that's Chris Toal, the neighborhood enforcer.  Then its Dave, then some some dorky kid, Ms. Toal, my mom & dad.

That's all for now.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Hello all!!

Hello to all! I have fond memories of Guam and Deans Circle. However, not quite as vivid as my brother David. I am greatful to him for all of the memories and information from our time on the Island. My family, minus my brothers and cousin, moved back to the mainland right before Pamela. Not sure what year...I was 9...my memories are that of a child. My fondest memories are of my best friend at the time Joanna and my mother calling me in for dinner and making mention of all the red dirt stains on my clothes...lol! I have searched for Joanna for many years after I lost touch with her in our early teens. I'm very excited and interested in reading everyones posts!
And hope to reconnect with Joanna soon! I'm on facebook as just 'Nanci Villegas'.

Monday, May 17, 2010

guamanian breakfast

Got up this am and treated him. (don't get spoiled mister) Made rice, left over chicken and cuk salad.
I remember before moving to Deans circle, we lived in Dededo. The Guamanian lady down the street always made a big breakfast in the morning....smelled sooogood. She used to cut my hair too and we used to listen to Elvis records.
Funny how sometimes I can't remember what happened yesterday, but I remember that :)

Saturday, May 15, 2010

New Member Invites

I have invited Alice S, Nancy W, and David L to join or Re-join the DC Blog.

It was great to hear from Alice from out of the blue the other day. She sounded good.. like Alice.

Nancy W. and Joanna should have contacted each other by now. I have both of your email adresses if either of you still need them.

DRL, you are more than welcome to re-join us here on the blog. Please do..

Hello to the rest of you, hope to hear more from you all. If anyone has lost contact because of losing or forgetting your log-0n info, please let me know and I will help you get reset.

*dlarson500**at**hotmail**dot**com*

Aloha

Sunday, May 9, 2010

From John Hayes

Hi David,

It is nice to hear from you. I'll look on your blog to find out where you are. I am offline at the moment so can't do that now. Coincidentally, I was thinking about that Father-son game the day before I picked up your email. I hadn't thought of that game in years. You are right that it was the one and only game we had. I think it was my idea, or maybe mine and Danny MacDonald's---the older MacDonald boy who was at UOG----maybe I'm getting confused and Danny was the younger brother and David was the older one. In any case, we had all played so much football that fall of 1971 that I assumed we could be competitive against the dads. But I didn't take into account how hard those dads would play, and how they kind of ran right over our frontline of little guys. You will likely not remember this, but the first play Danny called was something called "Blue, 70.." something after that , and it called for our line to block left and me to run a fly pattern down the right side. I remember thinking we were starting out with the one play that we'd practiced most, and that it could be kind of downhill from there. and it kinda was. But it was still fun. Amazing to think that was nearly 40 years ago, the VN war was going on, and planes were taking off to bomb Hanoi and Cambodia and other war-torn areas while we were all trying to manage something like normal childhoods. Good to hear from you. Are there a number of you all in touch? I know David Waite has been really good at recalling those years. Do you have an email address on him? I had one but think it is now out of date. Just so you know, it will be a month before I get back to anyone as Deanna and I are taking a month out for study leave so I can do some writing and other things.

JBH

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

John Gerber Dead At 58!

Heart attack. Who doesn' t remember Wireless rock? Wow. I didn't know the guy personally but like a lot of people he was a part of life on the "rock". Rest in peace John!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Breaking news in Ft. Myers Fl today

Our local sheriff, Michael Scott was in times square New York when the bomb scare happened yesterday. He's gonna milk that episode fursure. glad you're ok sheriff.....really :)

Friday, April 30, 2010

Made In The USA!

I'm sitting here watching CNBC and they're showing a special on Marijuana. Humbolt and Mendocino counties California.Now more than half of all weed in this country is grown in this country. Yea! At least we got China beat on something. Puff Puff Pass Pass!

I Got a job!

loving it.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Jeff Jones' Version

I thought it might help fire some synapses if we could figure out whose house was whose. Sounds like Dr. Seuss! I realize many of the structures have changed but we should be able to figure it out. Some I think I remember correctly:

B=The old lady that hated kids
C= The Caraways K=Larsons M=Sicklers
D= The Jonese F=Tansys
E= The Copelands H=Bast

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Dean's Circle Map!!!




Thanks Google! I found this picture recently and am still trying to figure out the numbering. I know one thing, we first lived in #30 (1969-1972) and then #29 (1973-1976). Can anyone figure out the numbering? I think it would cool (ooohhh "far out") to create a new map that shows where we lived. What do you think?

Monday, April 26, 2010

Any Gardners or Montvel-Cohens on the BLOG?

A search on the blog of Montvel-Cohen brought up a post from 2008 about finding Evan, who was going to pass the word on to siblings. Tom M-V was a good friend of mine until they moved away in about 1970. Nowadays he seems to be a real estate developer in NYC.

How about Gardners, down on the bottom of the Circle overlooking the bay? Any word?

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Sunday, April 18, 2010

University of Pittsburgh?

Has any one had experience with this school? My son is thinking of going there but wanted to hear from other people what they think.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

John Hayes - Inner-CHANGE

http://www.crmleaders.org/ministries/innerchange

Here's John's ministries website. Google-Images his name along with Inner-CHANGE and you'll see him. I tried to post a pic, but it didn't work.

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Updates & Answers to Comments on My Post

We also lived in Dean's Circle twice, first from 1969 (my grade 9 at GWJHS) to 1972 (my junior year at GWHS), then again from 1973 (I got back in 1974) 'til 1976. Yes, I have a brother Rick, and adopted sisters Nancy and Karen. Richard is not on Facebook or Blogger, both sisters are on FB. You might remember that our cousin Dallas lived with us in the early '70's, too. Dallas is also on FB.

At that time, yes, you could call us - me, Richard, Dallas, John Wilson and other friends - "Jesus Freaks". That certainly changed for me a few years later. Does anyone remember John Hayes, who graduated from GWHS in 1972 and went off to Princeton? I hung out quite a bit with him, too. If many of you are now "Jesus Freaks", I can't imagine that we had any influence on that. The funny thing is that John Hayes, who was not "one of us", is now a well known Christian missionary. If I do have some unknown influence, then get out now while you can!!! Just kidding.

Doug, I had forgotten! Now I do remember the little treasure hunt. In the limestone forest behind the U, I think it was. A bunch of us and I used to play a lot of street football in east side of the circle in the early 70's. Who all was that?

I will pass all this news on to my brother, sisters, cousin, and parents, who will enjoy hearing about this. Richard lives in CA, Nancy in WY, Karen in AZ, Dallas in OR, and my aging parents here in OR, too. I have a few Guam pics scanned into my computer and will find some more, I hope, to post to the blog soon.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Here's the adorable suckle snuggle.

Life of a 1970s Circle Rat




David Waite Has Been Found

Hi Dean's Circle Gang,

Juliet, thanks for finding me. Dave, thanks for inviting me to join. Hello all.

The "internets" and the blogosphere is an amazing thing. In the 1960's to 1970's Dean's Circle, who could have imagined this? When I was in about 5th grade, in Florence, Oregon, before moving to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1966, and before moving to Guam in 1969, my high school teacher dad played for us a '45 (it's a vinyl record, remember?) of a computer singing "Daisy, Daisy". That computer was probably the size of one of those concrete hovels that we lived in... Dean's Circle. How times have changed in about 45 years. Today, I have over 10,000 songs on my iPod (and only my 1200 favs on my iPhone). My '78's, '45's, '33's, and cd's mostly collect dust. Who could have imagined that a bunch of kids from a Gov Guam ghetto (Dean's Circle) on a remote tropical island could somehow, someway find each other again after 35+ years?

I look forward to sharing. First, I'd like to know who remembers me and what was I doing back then?! I can't remember.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Congratulations!!!

Rumor has it Ric and Teresa are proud new parents of a bouncing baby girl. Congratulations guys.

Doctors and Unemployment

An Israeli doctor Says,

"Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks."

A German doctor says,

"That is nothing; we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks."

A Russian doctor says.

"In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks."

An Kentucky doctor, says.

"You guys are way behind. We recently took a man with no brains out of Illinois and
put him in the White House and within SIX MONTHS, half the COUNTRY is looking for Work."

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Part One,Shut Up or Put Up!

I'll be the first to give props to the pres for signing off on offshore drilling. This was/is a big thing for conservatives . Part two will be where it leads us.

TOPSY & TURVY: Obama & Lincoln...

I got a great book from Isabel on my birthday,
called TOPSYS & TURVYS; and then Daniel and i
tried some of our own - this was mine.
(i think if you click on the illustration, it'll turn
into an animated gif [ on some browsers ]!
)

Monday, March 29, 2010

Yea, Where is RAC

I went through all this effort to get back online and on the blog and my most worthy adversary is AWOL! WTF?

Monday, March 22, 2010

A call to action

Yesterday, March 21 2010 - a date which will live in infamy - the people of the United States were ruthlessly and deliberately attacked by the statist empire of Obama.

The People had consented to governing by the Congress and President and at the time of the attack were still in conversation with their representatives, looking for agreement in the continuation of limited power based on the Constitution. Indeed, one day before the signing of the attack on the People's liberty, tens of thousands gathered in Washington to petition against this intrusion.

It will be recorded that the distance between the limits defined in the constitution to the over-reaching power grab exhibited by this congress makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned years or even decades ago. During the intervening time, the statist conspirators have deliberately sought to deceive those of the People unburdened by income taxes with false statements of entitlement, wealth redistribution and expressions of "hope".

The attack yesterday on the freedom of self-determination has caused severe damage to the American way of life - free of government intervention and punitive control. In addition, Americans have been informed that this will serve as the platform for additional attacks on our freedom and independence.

Yesterday, the statists also launched an attack on educational freedom by nationalizing all student aid so as to maintain controls over who will and will not have funding for college.

The statists have, therefore, undertaken a brazen offensive extending throughout the People's way of life and undermining the limits placed on the congress through our consent to be governed.

As an American citizen who embraces the federalist government defined in our Constitution, I now summon you to take all measures in our defense.

Always we must remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it might take us to overcome the premeditated invasion on our privacy and liberty, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.

I believe I correctly interpret the will of our founding fathers who - in no uncertain terms - laid out strict limits on the powers granted by the People to the judicial, legislative and - yes - executive branches of government. I assert that we must not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but must make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that We the People, our liberty and our freedoms are in grave danger.

With confidence in my fellow patriots - with the unbounded determination of our free people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.

I ask that the free citizens of America declare that since the underhanded and unconstitutional power grab by the statists on Sunday, March 21, the consent of the governed has been rescinded. I call on Americans to cast those who no longer keep their oaths out of office through recalls, legal action and the casting of ballots and restore the power to govern to those who still respect our Constitution and way of life.

A sad day in our history!

The health care reform bill was passed today 219-212. Those of you that supported it let us know how it's gonna work out for ya.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

I'm Baaack!

Whats up all you Rats? Sorry I disapeared for a while. Been busy as heck moving again but we're settled in now and work is,well work but now I have some time to kill so I look forward to visiting and occasionally pissing off and getting pissed off which everyone can agree is better than getting pissed on!Hahaha. Lets get this party started.

Monday, March 15, 2010

The Pacific

Tonight on HBO.
I don't think it can be over estimated what a debt of gratitude we owe the guys that went through this meat grinder.

Monday, March 1, 2010

my new found Guamaian girlfriend....Barbara Lita

I met her through Juliet on face book.
Juliet was right on. Guam has a new name. Guahan....pronounced..."Gwa han"

Friday, February 26, 2010

Gecko Love


A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I just had to pass it on to you guys.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

POTW - Biggest lady I've ever seen


This has got to be the biggest boat ever to enter the port. She sports 1/4 the power generation capacity of the entire island and uses most of that in 4 21 megawatt electric motors that'l push this tub faster then any other ocean liner. Carries 3000 passenges and 1200 crew members and is 200ft short of a quarter mile long. No wonder the sea level is rising. :-p

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

who's sick about talking weather? ok, I'm not

I own at least 15 pairs of shorts and 4 favorite jeans. This is s.w. FL...I'm wearing out my jeans! Not to mention my power bill. oh well, I'll check back come summer, bitching about the heat and humidity.

Gecko tail...!...

Thought you'd all laugh and understand
about a surprised Gecko and its tail!

Mom on Guam

Mom (Opal Jaquette) is enjoying Guam
for a couple more weeks! She's been
on island since January 1st and has
been staying at Jungle Bed n' Breakfast!
That's Tom Santos with her at Jeff's Pirates Cove!




Mimi Santos, Tom's wife, is taking the picture.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

POTW

Joe the Plumber says McCain "Used Me"

"Joe the Plumber, who backed Sen. John McCain for president in 2008,  is back. But this time, he trashes the Arizona senator as "no public servant" and says McCain "really screwed my life up."

Joe, aka Samuel J.Wurzelbacher, made his comments to Pennsylvania public radio's Scott Detrow, whowrites about it on his political blog.

Joe, who was in town to back a Pennsylvania state gubernatorial hopeful, told Detrow that "McCain was trying to use me."

"I happened to be the face of middle Americans," Wurzelbacher says. "It was a ploy.

He adds:  "I don't owe him s—. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it."

 Wurzelbacher is also withdrawing his support for Sarah Palin. Why? Because she has endorsed McCain for re-election in Arizona."

Friday, February 12, 2010

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

"And what about the house in Guam?"

I saw a John Woo movie the other night,
starring Chow Yun Fat,
called HARD BOILED and they mentioned
GUAM in the movie!

Chow Yun Fat is in the movie, BUT NOT in the pic above.
That's Tung Leung Chiu Wai, on the right.

Rainy Day reading material

http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis179.html

Monday, February 8, 2010

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Lunch at the Nikko


We had lunch at the Nikko hotel with some friends today. My son is having a hard time of it, joining a bet at school on who can last on a Vegan diet the longest. Not a lot of vegetarian places to eat on Guam.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Monday, January 18, 2010

Party!!


Dressed to win at the Hilton Xmas Party (casino theme).