Monthly Archives: June 2014

A beautiful girl, a magical place, some crazy windsurfers, and a frightened dog…

Posted on June 30, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I am still posting pictures of our little trip to the Bay Area backwards… in reverse order… because it’s funny… and because that way, I am saving pictures of my little buddy, Willie, for last… There is Mollie, my daughter, gazing … Continue reading →

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So yeah, we went to the Bay Area for a funeral…

Posted on June 30, 2014 by pouringmyartout

And I already told you the funny story that went with that. But, just to mix things up, and take a break from the Maui pictures and other weird things going on here, I decided to post all the pictures … Continue reading →

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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of Livermore, I will fear no evil… because there is always Oxnard… (Or): we are now going to have a contest to determine the ugliest name for a town or city anywhere on this planet…

Posted on June 29, 2014 by pouringmyartout

***WARNING: This post requires audience participation… deal with it*** So, I just got back from visiting my mom in the Bay Area. Some of you may have guessed that because I stopped doing posts with pictures in them… except for … Continue reading →

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Things I learned today… well, not really, but we will get to that later…

Posted on June 29, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Blogging and dating are essentially the same thing. There, I said it. Maybe it is clear to me because I am so new at this. Or maybe I am just plain wrong. I hope I am. There you are, a … Continue reading →

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When rock bands switch lead singers… let’s discuss…

Posted on June 29, 2014 by pouringmyartout

No… this is not a joke… I want to have a serious discussion about what happens when rock bands try to carry on after parting ways with the ‘voice’ of the band. It seldom works out well. I mean, AC/DC … Continue reading →

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Magic words that will make you happy…

Posted on June 28, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Say: ‘flibbity bibbity’… go on, say it. Say it at just the right speed, and your lips will bounce off each other. Say it forcefully. Play with the pronunciation… it might take a little practice to get it just right. … Continue reading →

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Hey look, this post is really short…

Posted on June 28, 2014 by pouringmyartout

So now  you have more free time… to read that last post I did.

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Yes, this is one of my very early posts, and yes, I have reposted it before… but it is also one of the best stories about a time I almost died… and I have a lot of stories about times I almost died…

Posted on June 28, 2014 by pouringmyartout

This post involves a near-death experience, but not just any near-death experience…. the weird kind of near-death experiences that only seem to happen to me. And that is why I titled this post: What a way to go… ************************ I … Continue reading →

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You know that, sooner or later, you are going to find one of my amusingly long-winded blog post titles that are really just thinly-veiled attempts to lure you to my blog, to be just silly enough to pique your interest, and you will fall for my blatant shenanigans, even though you are obviously too smart to be taken in by such a cheap ploy, and you will pop over to my blog… you know, just to see if maybe, perhaps, I am anywhere near as funny as I seem to think I am, and then, despite your quite understandable doubts, you will proceed to scroll through some of my posts and read a few things and look at some of my silly Photoshop pictures and maybe listen to a few of my original songs or join in the fun we have in the comment sections, and aginst all your better judgement, you will click the follow button and return again and again and slowly but surely fall in love with me…

Posted on June 27, 2014 by pouringmyartout

So don’t you think you should just get all that out of the way right now?

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Uh… you know that post where we are trying to break the record for the most comments on a WordPress blog post? We now have 29,261 comments…

Posted on June 27, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Come on, people… be a part of history! Leave a comment. I bet we can break 30,000 by this weekend. Just click on that link… the one right over there at the top of my sidebar. You will not be … Continue reading →

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