PEACE ON EARTH

PEACE ON EARTH IS NOT A WISH BUT SHOULD BE OUR GOAL. WHEN YOU TRY FOR THE KINGDOM PREPARE YOUR SOUL. YOU CAN NOT SHAKE HANDS WITH A CLENCHED FIST.WATCH THE RIVER FOR THE MIST,AS IT RISES, SO YOUR FAITH GOES. CHRISTIAN OR PAGAN THE SEASON CALLS,PEACE ON EARTH IS ALL IT SAID. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEWYEAR.

Sittings 4

BRRRR. Is it cold enough for ya! What happened to global warming?Have you watched the show House?In my opinon one of the best new shows in the last 5 years.So the Americans want to build a wall around the Canadian border,maybe we should ban a lot of American products and then we will talk...All this debate over the term Christmas is not only stupid but a waste of time, we know what we are celebrating so just enjoy it....oh and Christmas is actually a Pagan term,so all the whining is for not...George Bush is up to his tricks again, as he approved spying on American citizens without getting approval from the Senate or the courts,just goes to show you he does not care about the Constitution of the United States and has no respect for the Laws of his land...Here in Canada we have an election coming up and according to the polls we will wind up with a minority government,just like our last one,way to go Harper and Layton, just another waste of our tax dollars.. http://captainhespeler.proboards52.com/index.cgi is my message board and it is called MEET ME ON THE CORNER an all inclusive board that deals with every subject under the sun...So far Ottawa seem to be the best team in the NHL and could meet Vancouver in the Stanley Cup finals, could be fun..The Toronto Blue Jaysseem to be willing to spend some money and put a competitive team on the feild this upcoming season and could make the wild card spot,good on them...Paul Martin seems to be getting under the skin of of the Americans and that is a good thing as i fear that Harper would become another Mulroney and suck up to them..Oh and by the way i am voting for the Green Party...Got a electric coffee maker last year and it is already dying, meanwhile i keep going back to one my Mother gave me,my dad bought it in the 50's and it STILL WORKS and makes one hell of a good cup of java...At this time of the season it is always nice to give some extra coin to the Salvation Army, they do good work..Jessica and Nick splitting up? Who fucking cares? report on some real news CNN..Bill O'Reilly vs Jon Stewert, i take Stewie in a battle of wits anyday...there is nothing like a good pasta or stirfry to fill you up,all i know is that since i introduced stirfrys and added more pastas to our menu at the resturant there sales have been very solid and as a profit maker they are good..

Why do middle class white guys have to dress like bum's and pretend to talk like they are from another country? McDonalds,Burger King,Wendy's or A&W, who has the best Burger, my vote goes to A&W, the only one that does not bother my stomach...I could quit drinking,smoking ganga but god help me if i had to quit drinking coffee, i would snap and probly kill someone..I have a Christmas list and no it does not include World Peace, we all know that will never happen,but it does include a new hat..and if eggnog is so popular, why is it not drank year round?Well my dinner is ready and i should go,so until next time,love the one you're with.

4:30 am

Recently i had the occasion to be up at 4:30 am and it is a world of difference,and i will tell you about it.

i was unable to sleep and my dog was restless so i decided to take the little fellow out for a walk. At that time of the morning it is a different world than the one i am used to. While the city sleeps the few of us that are awake try to fiqure out what to do. At this time of of day it is hard to place where the world is. The night struggles to keep it's hold while the day fights to break out of the sky. While walking down Queen street it is an entirely different place, with the bars closed the streets are qiute and the few people i encounter are actually friendly, as they stop and say hello and pet my dog, not as ritual but as an actual way of their day. Past the fire station and all is well, no sirens and the men and woman are sleeping , not worring about the flames from some careluss smoker engulfing them, or some home fire taking a life they had no chance to save. The construction at the library is non existent at this time,the front loader sitting as still as a skunk being hunted by a coon dog in Alabama. Into the park we walk and the sounds of the children are a distant memory, the swings sit still and the slide seems erielly empty at this time. As i sit in the Gazebo i remember the times as a young adult when this was a place of sanctuary from the times, now it just seems a peacefull spot in the world where the stars shine and the moon fights for it's rightful place in the hemisphere.. furthure up the walk way the dog just ruruunawar of my location only knowing that at the end i am there for him. There is no honking of car horns no squeling of tires no jack hammer from the construction on the speed river bridge,no eninem, blaring from car speakers that are cranked way too loud, no crack addicts asking for money to buy coffee, no smells from the Kentuckey fried Chicken the Laundrymat at Ernies sits quite and the hordes are not in front of the Shortstop. No one sits out havin a smoke on the stoop and you can hear a car coming for 2 minuets at least. A skunk crosses the street unaware that he is in a urban enviroment, even the garbage does not smell that bad a t this time of day. As the walk continues the fact remains that as i get older so the day grows, it is no longer 430 but pushing 5 am and the grizzle of the day will soon begin and the hustle and bustle will be the dominant force, the morning will fight to keep it's glory while the afternoon sun will try to warm the crowds walking the streets, the birds will sing a different song than at night and the waters in the river flow louder than in the am. and as sit in the window typing this i say goodbye to the night and well met to the morning. the dog and i are off to bed to join the rest of the world in slumber...Peace and Love and Understanding.

Sittings 3

The air is now cooler,the sleeping is better this is my time of the year...anybody watching the new t.v season? i have caught a few new shows and the majority suck,however My name is Earl and Kitchen Confidential are preety good,not great but good...who are these clowns in new York that made the threats to the subway system,they should get a decent prison sentence...hockey is back in town and i love it...as i get older i realise i like the basics in food like liver and onions...hollywood has remade the fog,it was a bad book and a bad movie when it was first made so why bothwr again...listening to WABC radio out of newyork the other night and they were ripping Bush,you know that you have a problem when a right wing radio station thinks you are doing a bad job...the Boston Redsox were eliminated from the major league playoffs,good...the St.Louis cardinals will win the world series anyway...shania Twain or faith Hill...i will take Faith Hill but no female singer country or pop can touch Emmylou Harris...Brian Mulroney thinks he is the best PrimeMinister that canada has had next to Sir JohnA.McDonald me thinks he has been smoking something funny,mind you he is better then Joe Clark and Kim Campbell...and i think that mulroney looks a little like the father on American Dad...i don't get it.why do people watch golf on tv...New Orleans is sinking and in a few months will it still be news?...it is thanksgiving weekend here in Canada and i think as a country we have a lot to be thankful for...until next time if you can't make your self a good noise than what the hell are you doing here.

Racial Profiling

I have been the victim of racial profiling. Let me tell you my story. My family doctor has retired and passed his practise on to a new doctor. So the other day i felt it was time to go for my annual checkup,which is about the only time i need to see a doctor. I go in to make an appointment with the new doctor and am told to fill out a new patient form. So i agree and sit down and make out the form,finish it and hand it to the nurse, she tells me they will let me know if and when i will become a patient of this new doctor. So now i ask why do i need to apply, did the new doctor not take over the practise and can we not continue as it was. Now here is where the profiling comes in, first she says the new doc is only taking about 1/2 the patient list and the elderly are the main priorty and that i have no problem with. Secondly they are looking after the single moms and young children, again i understand that but this is where i have issues the nurse tells me that as a mid to late 40's male that makes an average income and is in good health i have more options in this city than certain others like recent immagrants and the minority portion of the patients. So in other words a middle aged white male of average income is not welcome at this office. Damn if that is not Racial profiling. Now i have nothing against immagrants to our land, against single moms, or other races but to chose clients based on this is morraly wrong. And after calling the C.M.A i am still bothers as they say it is a doctors right to choose their patients and i can always go to a walk in clinic. Maybe that is where us middle aged white guys meet these days. Wonder if there are any woman there? Thanks for listening

Sittings 2

Where is Snake Plisskin when you need him...This has got to be the warmest summer in the last 10years,come december though we will miss it...O.K. Dick cheney can move over and hand over control of theUnited states to George Bush i think he is ready now to lead the Americas...Speaking of bush do you think he gets the jokes about his name?...I watched Ray and Hotel Rwanda the other night and both movies were better acted and all around better then Million dollar Baby...And no movie i have seen this year matches those two either...In Canada we have a new Governer General, A Hatian born woman from Quebec if that does'nt keep the special interst groups happy nothing will...Canada and Denmark threating each other i wonder if America is shaking in their boots yet?...Buy Loreeta Lynn's album VanLeer Rose her strongest album in years and one of the ten best of last year it will knock your socks off.....The Warriors[1979] is a great little movie that all should see...The Ottawa Senators will not win the stanley cup this year so keep it down Ottawa fans it is a long season....hhhp://captainhespeler.proboards52.com/index.cgi a message board that i run it is new so lots of room available...Can New England three peat i say yes go for it....St.Louis Cardinals are my pick for the world series beating the White sox in 5 games...I am tired of hearing about Crawford Texas the only crawford i want to hear about is cindy...Iraq will unfortunatly become the new Vietnam....The mad cow mess is getting crazy Canada and ther U.S. are going to be fighting this one for along time....enjoy the rest of the summer i will be back soon....peace

Running like a friend

A tribute to a friend who would have been 48 today if he had of lived.
I listened to your song last night
acted like you were here
there was something that we had two friends so near
had our picture taken once two drunken fools sittin in the pool
was i so unusual you had many other friends
i had many too, sometimes i get this urge to just scream out at you

if we were really friends why did you leave like you did
a sudden death on the doorstep, without a word to us all
a couple gypsies in the band,out there on that desert floor
just us drunkin gypsie caravan, you told me how to seek the path
i just wish i could have made your pain go away.


When you fell into the sea,you were drowning just like me
i knew you were with me in every thing i see

I was driving down the highway
i was wasted from the road
your song came on the radio
the one you used to sing long ago
eating mushrooms by the sea
was it really you, that i saw sitting next to me.

Because no matter where you are i'll come running like a friend.

rest in peace my good friend

The role of Family

As i sit here after celebrating my 48th year of life on this planet i think of family and it's role in our lifes. When we are young Mommy and daddy along with brothers and sisters aunts and uncles and cousins are probley the most important thing in our lives. They are our support group and our sounding boards,our tree to lean on and learn from. When school comes into play our friends slowley replace family members and we turn to them for our needs a little at a time. By the time we hit High school our friends are our family in many instances. We play we party and we confess our crimes and misdeamoners to each other. By the end of high school girls are involved and another little family has been formed. In your late teens and early twenties many friends and lovers have gone on to College,work or just vanished from your life and again your family has changed. Now your family may be the people you work with and a few friends that are still around. And all of a sudden you have your own family as you get married have children and go on with your life. By the time you hit your 40's your views on family are back to the start but now many of the family are gone, friends have passed on and you hold tight to what is left of your family. And family becomes the most important thing once again. Hold them tight because in the end they are you.


In memory of my father who passed away 7 years ago but is still around today. Happy fishing

Sittings

Dog's are mans best friend. The upcoming T.V. season looks terrible. Heard a baseball announcer talking about a .300 hitter having a great year.if i was successful 3 out of 10 times i would be fired. What bothers me is people that go into a restaurant,enjoy the air conditioning but expect the kitchen staff to work their butts off in the hotter than hell kitchen. The new war of the worlds is not as good as the original. This is the first and last time i will mention Star War,i hate it. Two of the most underrated singer/songwriters today are Damein Jurado of the United States and Stephen Fearing from Canada. Eric Andersens "Memory of the Future" is the best Album of the last ten years. Brad Pitt could not act his way out of a paper bag,he was terrible in Troy. A good pasta beats a good steak anyday. Sleeman brewerys in Canada have the best beers going. Law and Order beats C.S.I. Why does Condellasa Rice look lost in every picture i see of her? So the N.H.L is coming back i did not miss it. Check out my new message board i have started. http://captainhespeler.proboards52.com/index.cgi it's name is Meet me on the corner,right now google seems to be the only way to accsess it. Yes this Blog is named after a Cat Stevens album,i don't care about his politics i like his music. Did the Democrats throw the last election i mean really Kerry? Here in Canada mass murderer Karla Holmoka has been released from prison and wants her privacy. Screw her i hope the press drives her crazy the bitch should still be in prison. Does anybody in America even know our Prime Ministers name? And does anybody care? St.Lois Cardinals will win the World Series. Why does everybody wait until a heat wave to buy an air conditoner,and wait until it snows to buy a snoe shovel? Corner Gas is the best show on Canadian television. It is hurricane season,good luck Florida. The Druid festival of Lughnasadh is coming up more on that later. Took my dog for a walk this morning down by the river and someone had thrown a chair and a barrel into it,Why? Make Marijunia legal and tobbacco illegal,works for me. Instant replay has to be brought in for baseball,two bad calls this weekend cost the Blue Jays two games.


Respect the Earth it is the one thing we all have in common.