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a very tasty doughnut

Its 9.30 in the morning here and I have become quite vexed as to what time is best to enjoy such a fine pastry..
Would it be best had with tea at 11.
After soup at 1.
Or with evening coffee while watching the news at 6

Such decisions are hard to make on an empty stomach

Lately, I have been wondering how products can be described as one thing in marketing, and be something different in reality. Of course I am talking about baked beans. A more accurate description would be beans boiled/stewed in a tomato sauce, as they show no signs pf being baked as such. I never heard anyone say "I'm baking a cake, and I only used 2 bottles of tomato sauce", and at the supermarket the tomato sauce is nowhere near the other baking ingredients.

I am currently reading a book about the Dust Bowl of the early 1930's in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

It's a sad sad story about the "Anglo-Saxon" immigrants who in the late 1880's from Germany, Britain and other places came into the area mentioned above. The U. S. Government under Herbert Hoover removed all the American Indians and the Mexicans that had lived in those areas for centuries and placed them into terrible conditions and localities.

Within 50 years they had overplanted and raped the land with tractors and horse drawn plows so badly that when the drought cycle hit around 1930 it was so devastating that it completely ruined the agriculture in that area. The rainless seasons and high winds built clouds of dust laden with so much top soil from the parched land that some storms contained tons of dust that were the ranchers worst nightmares! And there were many of these dust storms.

The story is extremely sad how the Mexicans and the Indians were mistreated and any Black people wandering through. But when the unexpected drought hit the farmers they were completely at a loss and they suffered completely. They died from dust pneumonia and other dust borne ailments and were practically wiped out by the middle 30's.

One of the characters whose story just about covers the whole book and the family problems tell about how one of the son finishes high school and is the class salutatorian. After he received his diploma he gave it to his Mom and when she asked her son why he replies; "...you are smarter then me"! Or close to that.

Tim Egan is the author and the name of the book is "The Worst Hard Time"! That line really swelled the tears and made my throat sore. I recommend it to all.

When the three connect I'm suddenly in that 'poetic' land of 'never stop' where my imagination runs as long as the magical asphalt that lies ahead of me! Just throw in some of my favorite tunes and I'm transported into a sort of parallel world in which every little thing is alright. Then suddenly I'm 'hurled' back into reality by my first traffic jam, all told I guess you might say that I'm a 'Corvette' kinda guy.

This is what will happen. You might need to turn the volume right up.

I think its pretty safe to say that Jolene was an Irish hotty from the internet, who else has emerald eyes and auburn hair? We could probably even narrow it down to a few candidates, but lets face it thats only going to piss off the place-getters and orange-peelers.

How do I get rid of the pit in my stomach ,the knot in my throat and the tears that won't stop

Im not the youngest Man anymore ...




yet I have this crazy dream...Im planing to sell my Mercedes and buy a bike (cruiser/chopper type)...but I do have a problem, I never had a bike,never drove one and don`t really know how to operate with one .So as a absolute beginner I would have to pass driving test,get a license and then choose a bike...what kind of a bike would you recommend ...tricycle,do they make Harley's with training wheels...

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times,
Doin' things that you don't understand

But if you love him you'll forgive him,
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him oh be proud of him,
'cause after all he's just a man

Stand by your man,
Give him two arms to cling to,
And something warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely

Stand by your man,
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man

As I stated in my previous blog I just got back from visiting my kids. On the way back home my daughter drove me back and she spent the weekend here with me. Her friend Lisa came along and the 2 girls went crazy at the Casino we visited.

It was so funny. They flirted and they gabbed with guys. One guy was already to be my "son-in-law". HA HA HA HA!! My daughter made me laugh when she told him "No way"!! The poor man was persistent. And she finally gave him the slip.

My daughter likes to drink Chardonnay and the ever present glass in her hand made them sillier and bolder. My goodness, what a transformation in life from a little girl holding my hand when we went places to a wonderful young woman having fun away from Dad.

On the way home at 1 a.m. the subject rolled around to giving women compliments. It seemed like the compliments that were handed out that night were too good to be true. I understood because I liked to see if I could "score" when I was a young dude. And my daughter and her friend were wise to the advances of these young Lothario's!! But when they started saying they couldn't believe the compliments and that it was hard for them to accept I wondered why!

I had the same problem twice! I was married 2 times and both times my ex's just couldn't accept me saying to them that I thought they were beautiful. And that I loved them. I meant it, but they just didn't appreciate it. The second wife told me I was crazy!!

My daughters friend responded with a puzzling answer again: Women just cannot accept they are beautiful!

I fail to see why it's such a hard thing. Are there any answers? Please ladies, tell me why?