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These Moments

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

Give me these moments -kb
 

I’d like to see the new year dawn with the mad ringing of church bells sailing through the streets of a spring thawing coastal town.I’d like to sit on a wet hillside among smatterings of Purple Saxifrage flowers and just feel the damp breezes twist around my ears.
I’d like to run [...]

On, Wisconsin, On, to QCC

Friday, December 30th, 2005

On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!Raise her glowing flameStand, Fellows, let us nowSalute her name! – Carl BeckOne thing is for sure, the Wisconsin “Fight” song certainly has nothing on Manchester United. Why don’t our football songs start with lines like, “We’ve won the f****in’n lot. .” !
These days there are not a lot of kayaks out [...]

3rd Annual Wisconsin Tour de Livingroom

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Perfection Mekanik
Aero Dynamik
Materiel et Technik
Aero Dynamik
Condition et Physik
Aero Dynamik
Position et Taktik
Aero Dynamik
- kraftwerk

This is the third winter since I went from near 300lbs to a svelte 190lbs. Summer of course passes with little effect. Being a manic kayaker I’m always in the water and paddling & rolling do wonders for your form. However as the [...]

’round here

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Round here hey man got lots of time
Round here we’re never sent to bed early
And nobody makes us wait
Round here we stay up very, very, very, very late
- counting crows
As you can see Kayak Joe has taken my kayak across Lake Michigan and is paddling around the Ludington North Pierhead Light leaving me here to [...]

Remains of the Day

Tuesday, December 27th, 2005

“Dear Santa Claus, How have you been?
Did you have a nice summer?
How is your wife? I have been extra good this year,
so I have a long list of presents that I want.
Please note the size and color of each item,
and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated,
make it easy [...]

Checkerboards! Tricycles! Popcorn! And plums!

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Then he slunk to the icebox. He took the Whos’ feast!
He took the Who-pudding! He took the roast beast!
He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash.
Why, that Grinch even took their last can of Who-hash!
Then he stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee.
And NOW! grinned the Grinch, I will stuff up [...]

The Christmas Series

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Today we get something like 8 little posts, beginning here and ending with the short entry, “Driving To Wales”. All these little tid-bits have been rolling around in my head and I wanted to get posted before the holidays. I imagine I won’t be posting for a few days now as time becomes a precious [...]