Law of the Garbage Truck

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so...
Love the people who treat you right. Forgive the ones who don't..
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

Have a wonderful, garbage-free day!

For What it's Worth

Interesting Quote....
There was an interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week. Here is the quote:

"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.

The firearm death rate in Washington, DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period. That means you are about 25 % more
likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S., than you are in Iraq."

Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington

On This Memorial Day

Go to the Web Site Born Again American

Quote of the day..

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places.
He told me to quit going to those places.
- Henny Youngman

from the child still living in me

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed

by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore.

Dream.

Discover.

Mark Twain

Strike two....

Well, after all that trouble with the bad hard drive, I think I've pretty much got things back to normal in PC land. It wasn't just a bad drive. After I got it back from the shop, I was installing software and found a second set of problems. Back we go to the repair guys. To make a long story short the replacement drive was malfunctioning also. Thank goodness I didn't delete my backup files. Another week and a half and a complete new drive from another source and here we are. Warranties are wonderful.

Photogs Note: Have you backed up your PC file yet??

Wonderful World of Windoze

It's been a while since the last update.

Believe it or not, it's not due to procrastination.
I have some Ideas where this thing might go.
Like more dog stories. More photos.
Mebbe even a link to an online album of photos.


Alas, those all have to wait.
Thanks to a major malfunction,
my hard drive crashed about two weeks ago.
Had it in the shop for about a week and a half.
Even after all the efforts of the techie, the drive was unreadable.

Being the geek that some think I am, I do have backups.
Perhaps not as current as I'd like, but backups none the less.

My priorities are now to restore the photos, videos and music etc.
So stay tuned kids. More update to come.

Photogs note: As soon as you finish reading, go backup your system.

How true it is...

Another year has passed and we're all a little older.
Last summer felt hotter and winter seems much colder.

I rack my brain for happy thoughts,to put down on my pad,
But lots of things, that come to mind just make me kind of sad.

There was a time not long ago when life was quite a blast.
Now I fully understand about "Living in the Past".

We used to go to friends homes, baseball games and lunches.
Now we go to therapy, to hospitals, and after-funeral brunches.

We used to have hangovers,from parties that were gay.
Now we suffer body aches and sleep the night away.

We used to go out dining, and couldn't get our fill.
Now we ask for doggie bags, come home and take a pill.

We used to travel often to places near and far.
Now we get backaches from riding in the car.

We used to go out shopping for new clothing at the Mall
But,now we never bother...all the sizes are too small.

That, my friend is how life is, and now my tale is told.
So, enjoy each day and live it up...before you're too damn old!!

You pass this way only once so enjoy it while you can;
Live A Lot, Laugh A Lot and Love A Lot

Get Go!

A sharing experiment.

Initial idea is that this be a sharing opportunity.
Photos, videos, thoughts opinions.
Who knows.