My oldest son turns 32 today, I am not sure how that happened but I guess it did, Happy Birthday son. (none of my kids read my blog).

My youngest son and his wife spent the night last Saturday on the way to Sacramento. They joined up with her parents and went to visit an aunt. They left behind their three dogs. If my math is correct my two and their three mean I have five dogs at my house. My dogs are on the small side. We have a corgi at 25 pound and we have a Pomeranian mix that tips the scales at 17 pounds. The boy’s dogs are a basset hound, golden retriever, and a german sheppard. It has been chaotic to say the least; at least they all seem to get along (kind of). I went on the dreaded backyard patrol yesterday and was amazed at how much poop these guys can lay down. A snow shovel and a rake took care of the job.



My corgi digs all the time, she does not try and get out she just goes around looking for where she thinks a hole might be and takes out all the dirt until she finds it. She is very good at finding holes. While I was out in the yard yesterday Bruno (the Sheppard) decided he could find holes. I mean holes. There is a hole next to one of the supports of the deck that you could bury a Volkswagen. I fill this one in tonight.



It sounds like my buddy Nate has hurt his back. We had planes to go prairie dog hunting this Friday but I am sure he will not be up to it. So I am going cat fishing my freind Rickey. It should be fun and I enjoy smoked cat fish, and yes I know it is hard to keep them lit.

Ms. Malkin Has an eye opening look at human rights violations in Iran. It amazes me that this can go on and nobody seems to tell the story. At least not our main stream media.

I stole this from another blog

The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” in a casual manner, remember that they are the ones spending your tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.

a. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
b. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
c. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
d. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
e. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in your brain, let’s take a look at New Orleans. It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, so what does it mean?

a. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.
b. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787.
c. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington, D. C. and Louisiana - HELLO!!! . Are all your calculators broken?? This is too true to be very funny.

Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.
Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he’s good and sore.
Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
“Taxes drove me to my doom!”
And when he’s gone,
We won’t relax,
We’ll still be after the inheritance TAX!!

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.

COMMENTS: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and there was prosperity, absolutely no national debt, the largest middle class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What happened??

I’ll tell you what happened. Liberalism happened.

I just had a very nice lunch with an old friend and coworker. He is retiring next Tuesday. We have been friends since we first met over 25 years ago. We both realize that we will not see each other very much after his retirement. He has been a good friend and I am going to miss him.

We talked a lot about what the after life (being retired) would bring. He has his airframe and power plant license and has been buying wrecked planes to rebuild and doing quite well with it. So he will be plenty busy. Me on the other hand I still need to figure something out. Looking at my calendar I have 252 days until I am eligible to go (not that I am counting). I have told the bride she will come home to a clean house, hot dinner, and me in nothing more then an apron. She told me to find a hobby. My buddy Dave seems to have fun driving a bus for kids. The only problem I would have with that is I don’t like kids that much. Grand kids are different, those I like.

I have thought about buying wooden furniture at yard sales and refinishing it. I am not out to make a lot of money but I am out to keep myself busy. I do believe I would have a pretty good chance to come back as a contractor, but if I have to work full time I might as well stay doing what I do.

I know this may sound weird but I would like to retire to spend more time with the dogs. The bride and I are gone at the minimum 10 1/2 hours a day. The dogs seem to have fun running up and down the fences barking at the neighbor dogs but I think they would like one of us home. Lot of stuff to think about.

Ms. Malkin has hit the nail on the head again. We could greatly reduce the illgal imagrant problem if the government would just do it's job.

Ava is one year old.

Liberal Quicksand This guy is an intersting read,. His lastest post about Hillary is thought provoking and scary

BobG Helped me out with the link thing. Thanks

I just checked my numbers. I did not win the power ball lottery. I guess I'll go into the office.

A very quite day at home, the bride is doing okay, not great but okay. I am a little tired and not really busting it getting things done. Went to the desert yesterday and did some shooting. It was a pleasant day and had a good time.

I have tried to figure out how in put links in my blog, so far I have failed. I will admit that I have not lost any sleep over this but it would be nice to do sometimes.


The bride and I have tickets to go see Faith Hill and Tim McGraw (country western) in concert tomorrow night. We will be in the nose bleed section but the tickets were free so I can not complain. The bride has just informed me that she is bored. I will go see what little adventure will make her unbored ( I just invented this word).

June 4: A militant Web site releases video showing the identification cards of two American soldiers.
Al-Qaida group says 3 abducted GIs were slain


So they kill prisoners of war (pow), where is the out cry? The world went nuts when they were shown pictures of muslim pow’s naked in the care of Americans, but they claim to have killed our troops and there is not out cry. We allow our pow’s to read the qur’an, pray to the east and eat food only allowed by their faith. While I am sure that the barbarians tortured our GI’s before they killed them. They torture and kill their own people.
When are we going to wake up and realize that this is not a peaceful religion and these are not civilized people? I honestly believe they will bring the fight here to America. We had better be ready

Jim and me

We ate good too.

Brother Danny

I am back from my fishing trip. We had a wondeful time caught a bunch of fish,all going into the smoker. We are making plans for going again next year. I'll post some more pictures