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Halloween

Halloween is almost upon us and that means hit the stores for your trick or treat candy.  My memories as a kid were dressing up in a home made costume, grabbing the UNICEF box received from school and heading out until around 9 PM. Then coming home and sorting through what was good and what I did not like.  Was not much for the candy and but especially hated the candy corn.  If you have pre-teen kids it's time to get the costumes ready.  By the way what is cut-off age to let kids go out for trick or treating?  Mine were around 13 or 14 than they found better things to do.  Always enjoyed the pumpkin search and carving them out with the kids. I remember one year my neighbor went trick or treating with her young daughter and left a bucket of candy on the porch as a self serve approach.  Needless to say that did not workout!  One year I had fun sitting still in a chair on front porch wearing poncho, mask, floppy hat, gloves and old boots and jumped when kids came to the door.  Had one neighbor that was downright creep the way they decorated for Halloween. They actually scared me and also thought they were a little odd only decorating for Halloween.  Now a days I sit in the front room and wait for knock or door bell, causally go to front door with bucket of candy and do the customary drop in to their bags, buckets or whatever they are using to transport their goods. Usually turn the porch light off at 10 PM, figuring that's late enough for the real "trick or treaters" to be out.  How ever old you are you gotta love the little ones in their costumes. Be Safe and Happy Halloween.

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Germany's  Mad Man
Adolf Hitler took up residence in the Führerbunker in January 1945. It was here during the last week of April 1945 that Hitler and his one day bride committed suicide.

Iraq Leader - December 2003
Saddam Hussein - American special forces troops pulled Saddam from a hole in the ground outside Tikrit in December 2003

  Libyan Leader - October 2011
Muammar Gaddafi found hiding in a sewer drain after NATO strike bombed his vehicle.








Mafia Boss - August 2011
Armed Carabinieri officers found Francesco Pesce, one of the country's most wanted fugitives, living a comfortable existence in the air-conditioned bunker, which consisted of a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.




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Red Tide in Corpus Christi

The beach was full of dead fish for miles during my walk this past weekend.  Found out they had "Red Tide".  Amazing how many fish died for miles.  Bet its going to smell for a while.

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Air Travel

Been on and off several planes since April due to business and started compiling a list of airports to avoid. Anything in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Atlanta...AVOID.  Expect delays at these airports.  Pittsburgh has very slow security checks during morning and late afternoon flights.  Hint: use alternate security check point at PIT.  Charlotte is good and its a nice airport with wood crafted rockers to relax in. Plus free Internet unlike DFW.  Dulles/Reagan - hate it, too slow.  DFW nice layout but expect delays on departures and a nice airport tour when landing from the south and flying AA.  Canton, OH is a small commuter airport but a very fast in and out. Vegas, has a long line for security but it moves fast with no delays in past two trips there this year. Philly, older airport but no problems to get in and out.  Rental car service is very slow though. Denver, nice airport but expect some delays in winter months.

Is it me or are the flight attendants getting worse regarding to service.  Understand security and all that but some are downright rude to people when it come to raising seat backs and storing more than one bag in overhead storage. Another thing is using computers or cell phones?  Need some help with this one.  They are very strict about cell phone usage for calls or checking Emails prior to leaving gate.  Have heard several flight attendants threaten passengers with not being able to leave gate until they turn it off. Guess people inside terminal 100 feet away and car drivers using cells driving by on local roads are special and will not cause harm to takeoffs or landings. Why do they not threaten not to land until you turn off your phone?  Just wondering?

Rangers Get It Done Again

Could it be? 

 Two Champions ?

First the Mav's and now possibly the Texas Rangers to follow.  Right now its looking pretty good. Go Rangers!

Been a great series to watch and I usually do not watch that much TV.

iPhone 5 - Will It Be Worth The Wait??

Press meeting in morning to release the iPhone 5 information and availability.  With the addition of the Droid phones in the marketplace and Googles presence will it be as big as prior iPhones.  Hope so my 3GS is obsolete.

I heart radio

Now tuned to "i heart radio" for listening pleasure while pecking away on the PC.  Prior listener of Pandora but now love the "i heart radio" channels.  Try it.

http://www.iheartradio.com/cc-common/radio_app/

Check out this great MSN video: Amazing Trick Shot Compilation

Check out this great MSN video: Amazing Trick Shot Compilation

Gotta Believe! Play as a Team Win as a Team

Ready for these storms to cease

This year my business is busier than ever assessing property storm damage around the US. The phone and Emails have not stopped since April 1st.  The hail and light wind damage I can handle but going through the paths of tornado damaged areas is devastating and emotional.  Seeing peoples lives change in minutes is sad and makes one appreciate every day we live and how fast it could change.  Hopefully the hurricane season will be mild as in the past few years and the weather torn areas can start the rebuild process.

Graduations

Something about seeing your first child walk across the stage and receive his college diploma that gets one chocked up.  I had the pleasure of experiencing this wonderful feeling today and yes I was the proud Dad. One down and one to go in two more years. Congratulations to all of the graduates and families who support them.

Busy Busy Busy

Been a bit busy chasing storms acrosss the country.  Started in Dallas with the frozen pipes in February to North Carolina for hail and high winds.  Passed on the Alabama and Tennessee disasters and returned to DFW to work the hail.  Have been camped out in the Weatherford area and all areas to the East, West North and South.  Have looked at some pretty beat up properties from Rhome to Lipan and as far West as Gordon.  The good side I am seeing aeas that I have never seen before and meeting some nice people while doing it. Not one to complain about the busy workload but hope this weatehr breaks to give relief to the people who are losing everything from fires, floods and tornado's.

Been Busy

My main means of income revolves around weather and boy I have been a busy beaver.  Traveled to Charlotte last week and the weather has not stopped coming and even hit my own home in North Texas with hail last week.  The damage south of Raleigh is quite devastating to the eye and your heart hurts looking at so many people who have lost everything and some their lives.  This has been quite a tear for worldwide devastation starting with earthquakes to fires and tornadoes. Appears someone of higher authority is sending a message.  Based of the predicted warming trend it appears likely there is more to come and we have not even hit hurricane season. Stay safe and don't ignore the weathers alerts.

Beautiful Day to be Outside

Spent the morning tending to the flower beds turning the soil over.  Promised the 2 1/2 year old twins a Happy Meal today so I took a quick yard work break.  Love to play with the kids too bad they eventually grow up.  What's with Lake Dallas schools in North Texas. Seems like they are striving for the teenage suicide crown last awarded to Plano years a go.  So sad young kids are contemplating killing themselves when they are just starting to live life.  Just loaded IE 9.0 and still trying to get used to teh new look. 

Hot News
Fort Worth high school student dead after fight
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Former Basketball Star Allen Iverson
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Appears it has happened in the past

Good News for the Economy
Solid jobs growth in March shows recovery is for real

Taxes - Blah Blah Blah

With the weather cold and crappy outside it allows me to stay indoors and do what I usually put off until the last minute.  Taxes!.  My business accountant has opted to file extensions the past few years rather than do my business taxes on time.  This in turn delays my personal filing since I have an S Corp.  Well this year I have taken on the task of doing my own business taxes again and so far it has gone pretty good.  Hopefully I will get all down by the dreaded April 15th!  Hate paying taxes to our government who mismanages the money to the hilt but hey that's America. Would love to see the government do a check prior to paying money out to some people who have never worked and do not want to work.  Let's say when you apply for government funds they look and see how much you have put in to the system as in actually paying taxes and your payments are based on that amount.  Too many are taking advantage of government programs that have never worked or paid a dime in taxes. Then again why should they work when they paid more by our broken system government then they would if they actually worked.

RETURNS

My neighbor jokes about me when I head to Lowes or Home Depot because I am always returning items I bought. Most of the time it's hardware, irrigation fittings or plumbing.  Like to make sure I have the right crap to finish the repair or job.  Hate to make multiple trips back and forth so I cover all the bases on the first trip.  Same goes for car repairs when visiting auto parts stores. Other than these stores I am not much of a shopper and usually go in and get what I need and get out.  I would not classify myself as a "Returnaholic".

Are You A Returnaholic?
Here are 5 ways to know if you’re a returnaholic:

• You return more than 50% of the things you buy.
• You spend more than one hour a day returning items.
• You feel like your return mania is interfering with your life.
• Your mood changes when you shop — usually with a strong adrenaline rush. But when you return an item, the thrill is gone.
• You buy with a mind for using something once or “trying it out,” then returning it.

Back to Coolness in North Texas

After a week of pretty much perfect weather I awoke to dreary overcast and cool temperatures this morning that are expected for this time of year.  Last week I was able to get in some good trail riding on the horse while enjoying the beautiful weather. Worked on taxes a few days and that was a beat down but a must do process. Yesterday my community had the semi annual garage sale, as usual the streets were impassable with visitors stopping in the middle of the road when something caught their eye.  Every year I dread the traffic and people parking on both sides making the roads one way causing road blocks when cars come from either way. Ventured out to meet family at Joe's Crab Shack in Dallas for a late lunch which took me on Hwy 114 that was totally closed for new overpass construction.  A normal 20 minute trip took almost an hour going down side roads and miles out of the way.  On the way back the traffic was backed up for miles with Southlake's finest handing out tickets for those cutting across the median to avoid traffic backups. What would that traffic violation be called?  Lately I have been getting back in to the workout routine pretty heavy and yesterday was more than usual due to guilt of stopping at Braum's for a treat after Joe's Crab Shack. Went for 4 mile walk then 4 mile run on treadmill to finish off with a P90X Stretching video.  Love that video, all feels good afterwards.

On another topic this past week we lost Dame Elizabeth Taylor and past VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro.  Both made an impact in our world and will be remembered.

Still trying to figure out why my gadgets and widgets do not display any more on my Blog.  Anyone have a solution?