Walter the Barbarian!

Hi Frenz,

Yes, with a name like Walter, I can be barbaric. Today, I cooked chicken and hamburger on the same grill - AT THE SAME TIME! How many of you have ever done that? Okay, the other day, I ate hamburger, right off the grill. still sizzling, juice still running, 20 % lean. No bread, just meat! Okay, I'm not exactly like Dagmar the Barbarian, collecting heads in a bag and hearts on a skewer for the barbque. I don't like killing anyway. never have. That's why I love the old movies. It's part of my mission, to get people to watch old uplifting movies that are fun, romantic or adventurous and pretty dogone clean! Now and then you get that in a modern movie, but you must wade through so much carp to get to it. Yes, I said carp. Not crap. If you know what carp is, it is just as effective as an adjective or noun. Same with music. Why do they keep making so much more music, when there is a wealth of great stuff that no one ever listens to? I know when the world will end. Not the date or the year, but the circumstance. The world will end when all of the songs have been written that can be written. I'd say that might be next week. There's just not that much original going on.
You might have guessed, I like the Beach Boys, but not for the car songs.
I got a '34 wagon and they call it a woodie,
Surf city her we come,
It's not very cherry, it's an oldie but a goodie,
Surf City, here we come.
Ya know, it aint got a back seat or a rear window,
but it still gets me where I wanna go.
Those are fun songs, but here's one I like better. It's a little deeper. It's about the relationship between a guy and his girl. But turn it around and look at it like a relationship between a man or woman and God.

YOU STILL BELEIVE IN ME

I know perfectly well, I'm not where I should be,
I've been very aware you've been patient with me.
Each time when we break up, you bring back your love to me.
And after all I've done to you, how can it be, you still believe in me

I try hard to be more what you want me to be
But I can't help how I act when you're not here with me
I try hard to be strong, but sometimes I fail myself.
And after all I've promised you, so faithfully, you still believe in me.
I want to cry

Brian Wilson's voice is angelic and haunting at the same time. The words are moving enough, but when you hear the music and the melody, it would be hard to top this song.

Gotten or given any bad gifts lately? One lady at work has been whining because her husband once gave her a Mr. Potatoe Head for her anniversary, help me out Quayle. Not the adult one, just the regular one for kids. I think he was going by the redneck anniversary list. The third year is plastic. Spandex is number 4 and melted crayon is number 5. Once I gave my mother an astray made of melted crayons. Of course she never smoked. I guess it could be a gem-clip holder. Well my co-workers husband is getting a Ms. Potatoe Head for his birthday. I gave my wife hubcaps for the first Christmas after we were married. You must understand, I really loved (past, present and future) my wife. When we got married, I gave her my '69 Camaro. What greater love can one man have than he lay down his sports car for his wife'. while he drives an old leaky volkswagon fastback? She had mentioned that she felt like trailer trash, driving a car with two hubcaps missing. So, to protect her image and to lift her up, I wrapped up these hubcaps - these weren't just plain hubcaps. They were the center hubs for her rally wheels. So you can imagine, how they looked with the centers missing. Any woman driving this car would feel neglected, like carp! We'll you can probably guess that looking like trailer trash wasn't that big of a deal on Christmas morning. To her credit, she didn't kill me, even though she could have kept the car. Sadly, I haven't gotten much better at gift giving. But to this day I have never given her a Mr. Potatoe Head. My uncle used to take my aunt to the Hallmark aisle and pick out a card and say " This is the card I would get you, if I was getting you a card" He's still living, at 90 years old. I think she's just waiting for the right moment.
My cable is going away and I'm trying to figure out why I would miss it? Could it be the 14 Spanish channels? The Ping Pong channel, The Shuffle Board channel? the Miseryality shows?, The seven CSI channels. What is this Crime Scene Idolaters? Why do we care that much about crime scenes. When I was young, translate stupid, I used to say, if someone is going to die in an accident anyway, I'd like to see it. I am no longer that curious. I now have the happy priveledge of paying for stuff I used to get free. Basic tv and I still get to watch the commercials. You can get basic cable, high speed internet and phone service from charter now for 69.?? a month for 12 months. And $150 in rebates. If you are a present customer, just say you were going to cancel your service but you saw this offer. They switch you to their retention team and make you a deal. I wonder if life has a rentention team. When life gets bad, just say, I was thinking of checking out, unless you have a better deal. It's like Tom Hanks said in Joe Versus the Volcano (a great not so old movie). He said if something scares you so bad that you want to kill yourself, why don't you just try doing the thing first and then you can always kill yourself later if it doesn't work out. I also like the line from one of the 3 Meg Ryan characters, " I have no response for that". I use that one a lot.

Here's another Brian Wilson song:

I'm thinkin 'bout this old world
Late at night I think about the love of this whole world.
Lot's of different people everywhere,
And when I go anywhere, I see love, I see love, I see lo-o-ove

Good night, hope you all sleep well. If you're driving, please wait till you get home.