this picture reminds me of my childhood in Norfolk Va, expect my dad didn't have gray hair, hell he didn't have hair but he did wear khaki pants..most of you know I grew up on the East coast & God's country Minnesota.. came to Ca half way thur 5th grade...Oaktown baby..wow what a culture shock I had....what I want to blog about is all the supply we have to buy...or the so-called donation, every year we get long list of stuff and 50 % of the time my kid don't use it...his chemistry list they want a scientifie calculator.. my 1st question was "what the hell is a scientife calculator" I told him to use his cell phone..later I learn from a knowledgeable source what it was & did..cost $110.00...on top of note books binders,plus $35.00 donation in cooking class (thank God his not into music or sports) . Don't get me wrong I'll get the stuff but it has to wait till payday..than it's beans for the week...how do families wth more than one kid do it...yeah I'm ranting but guess what it's my blog and I'll rant if I want to...when I was in school we got pencils, paper,glue (the kind that smelled like pepermint & tasted good) , we'd have 30 to 35 kids in class and your teacher would bust your ass when you did wrong & than when you got home your mom and or dad would get you...you could play tag not this asinine air tag, you would hit that kid..sometime you got knock down..kids fell off rings, cried got up and went on playing..when i went to schol in White Bear Lake you played in the snow, snowball fights (sometimes a ice ball..ouch) you come into class hang your coats on the radiator and when you got ready to go home the coats would be damp but you put them on anyway..so what I'm I saying...what I'm I saying? Do you remember menigraph (spelled right?) paper...oo the smell, come you know you use to sniff the fresh ones...& what about when you went to the gas station, the old time gas smell..hell who need drugs...

home phones that weight a ton...oh well good old days??

this has nothing to do with this blog but I found this sick shit & I wanted to share what a great guy Ted was...

Kennedy liked to joke about Chappaquiddick, 48 seconds in


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaiTipTtbak&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatdollard%2Ecom%2F2009%2F08%2Fkennedys%2Dfriends%2Drecall%2Dhow%2Dhe%2Dwouldnt%2Dshut%2Dup%2Dabout%2Dchappaquiddick%2F&feature=player_embedded

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hey quick add on, I have enable this blog so you can respond ..so please do so.

Sometimes the picture will have something to do with the blog other times just there...todays kinda writes it own blog.....we all have done it, said something, not say something and the next thing you know..boom you're there, wondering how it happend and now what to do...sure you're always surpose to tell the truth...but what is the truth. your truth maybe different than mine or someone else... or sometimes people put you there..So the big question is ???? Haven't you been paying attention?

change of subject..just got back from taking my son in for sign in at school, as he couldn't make the actual school date..still with me?? any way we were told a parent had to bring the student with all paperwork..well forget that half the kids were alone (now I understand people have to work so OK ) and most of them didn't even have thier paperwork...so us who followed the rules get stuck behind these kids who seem to have real bad attitude..(I know everyou blames it on them being teenagers..bullshit) When I asked one office worker who was running around about the no show & missing paperwork..I was told the principal said it was OK. SO why am I & the other parents doing there so early in the morning??? Aren't we rewarding those who can't get there shit together...I'm thinking about writing a note to the school but lets be honest they won't give a shit because there is money to be paid...Why am I swearing because I can and sometimes it's appropriate...

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It's 2 am and I can't sleep, it happens once in awhile, for what ever reason I find my self wide awake till who knows when...school starts 4 days looking forward to a good year, hopefully teacher & student can work together, not all kids are great students..heck they may not be good students..grade wise I mean. Schools need to go back to basics, like bussiness math, you know how to balance a check book, make change and what about life skills. Not every kid is going to college even Jr college and that should be OK. I think it a good idea to help point out what students need for college but just the other in the paper it talked about stating in the 6th & 7th grade what they should do & take to prepare for college...come on WOW....glad I'm not in school now...let's get real people...some kids will end up being trades people, retail, armed services,

cooks because that how the real world is...sure we should help our kids to do their best but we also need to accept them for who they are...oh well what the hell do I know...it's 2:30 & I'm hungry..don't eat don't eat...trying to get in shape..think of my hips...take till we meet again..

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Mary Jo

Today we will hear people tell us what a great Man Ted Kennedy was...oh sure there will be little storys on Mary Jo Kopechne & Chappaquiddick and how he over came it & went on to do great things...What about Mary Jo ? RIP Mary Jo


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"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly" Dalai Lama

What's Up with the name?

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: catch all - a receptacle or storage area for odds & ends. I think that about sums this blog, I'll post things that interest me & I hope you all..funny,sad, maddness, some will enjoy, others will think it's a waste of space, heck some of you maybe offended. If spelling & grammer are really important to you..well keep it to yourself...I will put pictures & stories I find on the big web...I will not take credit for these things, just pass them on...oh I will add my 2 cents...I 've been toying with the idea of a blog for awhile , I've done travel logs (which I hope people enjoyed) in the past & I love to surf the net (as someone coined) for fun..so away we go...

Never blog when you are mad...you'll say stuff that you can't take back, because as we all know onces it post on the web, it's like Spam (the canned meat) it always there....so with that I'll stop here..