Memorial Day, 2010---America The Beautiful

Memorial Day should be more than barbecues and picnics.

Memorial Day should reminds us of our duties towards the wounded soldiers and the bereaved families, orphans and widows of the dead soldiers.

We should honor the dead by adorning their sacred remains with flowers and garlands and show our gratitude towards them.

We should adorn the graves of the soldiers with flags or flowers.

We should visit cemeteries and memorials.

We should furl the American Flag at half-mast until noon.

Keep silence for a minute at 3 p.m., 'National Moment of Remembrance' and listen to Taps being played.

Take a pledge to aid the disabled veterans, widows, widowers and orphans of the dead and keep it.

Offer thanks to the veterans.

I listened to many video's, but how can you top this one by Ray Charles. Please take a few minutes and watch and listen to it, then thank God you're American, or wish you were!

Marty Cooper, Father of the Cell Phone

There are seven billion people on the planet, and nearly five billion cell phones - meaning most of the Earth's population is connected for sound, for picture, and for heaven only knows what else.

The cell phone has brought us a world without end of talking, twittering, texting, even of sexting. If you don't know what that is, ask any high school kid.

And, in my opinion has created the most rude, inconsiderate and thoughtless society.

It is all a result of Marty Cooper's big idea. He built the first one 37 years ago. It ushered in a technological and social revolution.

He made the first public cell phone call on the sidewalks of New York, in 1973.

Survivor, Outwit, Outsmart, and Outplay

Russell deserves the title of sole survivor, I cannot believe how these people hold grudges. They are so upset that he outwitted, outlasted, and outplayed all of them (in both games he played). There is no reason why he should not have won. Those jurors need to be reminded that the basis of the vote is on who outwitted, outlasted, and outplayed everyone else to get to the end.

Happy Mothers Day

There is a tradition in our family that was started 17 years ago by my brother Don. The tradition, men in the family make omelets for the women, starting with the eldest mom, making one omelet at a time working our way down to the newest mom.
The children go around taking orders from the mom's, then the men assemble the breakfast plate. We have fresh fruit, cinnamon rolls, sausage patties, orange juice and coffee.
The "mashed to hell" tater tots are to die for, so says my sis.
Here is a sample of a plate that has partially been eaten. We love our moms' wife's and daughters.