My hair will never be straight again

This past month has been.............................interesting.

I have been thrust into a world I never thought I would be a part of.
Not only has this become my life but it is a life that I am truly, truly excited about.
Oh yeah, I'm also in love but that's a story for another day ;)

My man is a biker, he has been for most of his life.
That's what he is comfortable on.
He will drive a car but if he has his way, he's on two wheels, rain or shine.
Because of this, I am often on two wheels........and I LOVE it!!!

This has been so surprising to me. I have always looked at this as a silly activity. I see these girls, clinging to the back of some helmet clad guy, racing down the highway, it just doesn't look fun, but.......

IT IS SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Our first date lasted 50 hours. (no, that is not a typo......50 hours!)

We rode to the mountains, feeling the shift in air between the peaks and valleys.
Headed down south for a swim, hit the city for a little while.
Basically, we rode all weekend.
It was amazing.

Oh, and the fear factor, not there (well, OK I still get a little nervous with highways at night but we're working on that).
It's kind of amazing.

Now don't lecture me.
I know how dangerous it is, I know that if, God forbid, something goes wrong, it will go very wrong.
I know this, but I also know there is a "what if" scenario to everything we do.

Seriously, stop and take a good hard look at how many near misses you have had in your life........
"what if" can suck it as far as I'm concerned.

Oh also, if you feel the need to immediately share your story about how your brother/cousin/friend died/lost a limb/or was totally disfigured within the first five seconds of coming in contact with us......YOU are a douche bag.
Thank you for playing.

Not only is the bike and the man and the whole situation amazing but the other people I've meet are incredible.
I have always said "bikers and truckers are some of the nicest people you will ever meet"
That is so unbelievably true.
From everyone at the bike shop to bikers we meet on the road (yes, we meet people while riding....it's a bike only phenomenon. Don't try it in your car, it doesn't work), I have not met an a$$ yet.
(yeah, I know they are coming....why are you raining on my parade......jeez)

I can honestly say that I have not had this much fun or been this content since.........
I don't know.

I will try very hard not to fill the blog with pictures of bunnies or Air Supply songs,  but I make no promises. ;)

Sexy Sadie

Update on Greg Germani

You may recall a story I posted last month about Greg Germani, a bicyclist hit by an SUV and basically left to die on the side of the road (no that is not an exaggeration, he was in ICU for weeks and has a long recovery ahead of him).
http://anonuevo365.blogspot.com/2014/06/greg-germani.html

Well.......................they caught the bastard and his scumbag girlfriend who tampered with evidence to try and hide him.

http://m.ajc.com/news/news/man-suspected-of-running-down-bicyclist-arrested/nghDT/

updated: 7:57 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014 | Posted: 5:57 a.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014

Man suspected of running down bicyclist arrested



By Mike Morris

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The 19-year-old man who police say ran down and seriously injured a bicyclist on a northeast Atlanta street last month was arrested early Thursday and booked into the Fulton County Jail.

Joseph Alan Lewis is expected to appear before a magistrate judge at 11 a.m. Thursday, just hours after he was booked into the jail on nearly a dozen charges including attempted murder.

Atlanta police Wednesday evening announced that Lewis was the suspect in the June 9 attack on Gregory T. Germani, 50, in the Morningside neighborhood. Lewis’ girlfriend Shanelle Woodard, 22, also of Atlanta, was arrested Wednesday and charged with tampering with evidence.

Lt. Rod Woody said police are positive that the Dodge Nitro impounded June 23 was the one that hit Germani. Woody added that the Nitro is owned by Lewis.

“We did collect evidence at the scene that we were able to connect to the vehicle absolutely,” Woody said. “And we have some video evidence with (Woodard) tampering with evidence.”

Germani was in intensive care at Grady Memorial Hospital for several weeks with brain trauma, but has been steadily improving, said his girlfriend, Beth Anne Harrill. He has since been released from Grady and is recovering in a private facility.

“He’s doing better,” Harrill said Wednesday. “He is beginning to say some words and he is making gradual improvements each day but it is going to be a long, long, long recovery for him.”

Germani is the creator of the local historical site, Atlanta Time Machine. A Crime Stoppers reward fund for information in Germani’s case raised almost $18,000, and it was a tip from Crime Stoppers that led police to Lewis’ Dodge Nitro, Woody said.

Police also have a surveillance video of the moments before the June 9 incident. The nine-second video shows a red Dodge Nitro heading down Flagler Avenue in one direction before disappearing out of view. Next, a cyclist speeds down the street in the opposite direction, soon followed by the Dodge Nitro.

Police say the car hit Germani before speeding away. Germani suffered serious injuries to the head, neck, and torso.

Witnesses say that Germani and the driver of the vehicle engaged in a verbal dispute moments before Germani was hit.

After the dispute, Germani sped off down Flagler Avenue, as if fleeing the SUV, while the SUV took off after him, witnesses said.

Witnesses found Germani under a silver SUV parked along the curb in the 1800 block of Flagler Avenue, while the red SUV was seen speeding away, taking a right onto Rock Springs Road toward Piedmont Avenue.

Charges against Lewis listed on the Fulton jail website are criminal attempt to commit murder, reckless driving, hit-and-run, aggravated assault, aggressive driving, serious injury by vehicle, criminal damage to property, failure to report an accident, having an expired or no license and having an expired or no license plate or decal.

introducing...........

and just like that.........

I don't know what you did this weekend but mine was.......totally unexpected and absolutely stellar.

This video is not only beautiful, but pretty much sums up the feeling tonight.

Don't want to come off this ride anytime soon.

 

Update - apparently the audio track has been changed on this to something that in my opinion.....ruins it.
I found this one which is a little better but still...MEH

The original that I posted Sunday had Andrea Bocelli performing Con Te Partiro.........it just loses something without it. Ah, the power of music.

Happy 4th!!!!

Go put on your flag bikini and cowboy hat cause it's the 4th of July!!!!!!


Why are there no knock - knock jokes about American?

I don't know, why are there no knock-knock jokes about America?

BECAUSE FREEDOM RINGS!!!

#MERICA

Everybody was Facebook Fighting

Or......."Oh My God, they were right"

Yes, there is a link to a Fox and Friends story on my blog.
I know, don't everybody freak out but this has me really upset and not for the reason you may think.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-and-friends/blog/2014/07/01/texas-cheerleader-turned-extreme-hunting-enthusiast-taking-heat-big-game-facebook


I would first like to preface that I abhor what this girl is doing. It absolutely kills me and almost drives me to tears to see photos of any kill much less big game. And if you think this went the way of "the great white hunter" you probably don't believe children are being prostituted in Thailand either.

This is big game travel and it's a huge industry worth millions and millions of dollars. I have had to deal with this type of travel before. When I worked for big blue I had a "gentleman" call me frantic and furious because he had just landed in Nairobi and his "AKbiggianticanblowthesideoffabarn" high powered hunting rifle did not make it.
I can even recall him saying "how am I supposed to shot a lion without a gun"
I almost threw up, it was horrible. I had to not only remain professional but I HAD to help him find his gun.
It was a really horrible day.
(and before everybody gets all "I would have told him he could shove"......no you would not, you have to keep your job just like I do. The amount of suck it up and take it everyone does in their job is just that, so don't even go there)

But here is the thing, that type of hunting is legal oh and it's also done right here in the good ole US of A.
Now I know what you're thinking, "T look what she did, she's all smiley and flaunting over these beautiful majestic animals on her Facebook page".
Yes, she is, she's 19, that's what 19 year old's do. The take lots and lots of pictures of themselves doing what they love and share it with the world. Have you been living under a rock lately.

I do find her love of killing pretty animals personally offensive but I find the personal attacks and death threats against her and her family even worse.
I also find the ignorant act of petitioning to get her FB page down pointless.

And this is where I have to side with my conservative friends.
Can't we do anything besides personally attacking people.
Wishing her death and taking down her Facebook page will change NOTHING!!!!

Unfortunately, I thought I might be able to add a little logic to the situation and I posted this.

To all those people who are opposed to what this child is doing, you're wrong. Go after the governments and businesses in Africa, South Africa, America, Europe and Asia that profit from this. Yes, this is a business, it's a huge business. If you want to end it that's who you have to go after. Will it be a long fight, yes. Will it be an expensive fight, yes but vilifying a 19 year old girl for participating in a legal act, that's a complete waste of time and energy. I don't agree with what she's doing but this is legal. You don't like it, do something to actually change it instead of asking Facebook to take down her page. That's not activism, that's the definition of lazy. You want to make some real changes in this world, you got to do something, not just sign a petition. So until one of you is willing to really stand up against this, leave this little girl alone. This is just bullying, it's not going to change the industry.

Yep, I posted that, on FB,  under my real name, in an open forum.......I may have to go into hiding.
What is so surprising is the "gun-totting" conservatives are supporting me even though I clearly state that I am opposed to this. That statement is not a pro-gun, pro-hunting statement, not by a long shot.

Now the "liberals"......they want my head. Seriously, like brutal, brutal stuff. I never knew so much hate existed. You would have thought I killed an entire pride of baby lions then photographed myself lying in a state of bliss among the carcasses.
I knew I would get some "comments" when I posted it but I had no idea the amount of hatred that would come flooding my way.

That being said, I am now a full fledged, nut job, Facebook fighting B&TCH!!!

I believe in my statement and without threatening or degrading anyone I have stood my ground.
It is wrong to vilify this little girl. It is wrong to attack her family and I have calmly and rationally answered every rude, offensive and threatening comment with the same statement; this is wrong and will do nothing to change the business of killing big game.

It is time that people (not democrats or republicans or liberals or conservatives or WHATEVER) learn to stop bullying each other and make the changes they want to make. If you feel so passionately about something, do something. If the only thing you want to do is bitch on Facebook, you are not passionate about your cause, you're just pissed off and bored.

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

I only live in 628 sq feet but I'll make room........

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/07/london-invaded-benches-dressed-books/

London is Invaded by Beautiful Benches Dressed as Books

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 2nd, 2014

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Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers (All Pics: Books About Town)

London is the setting for an overwhelming amount of the stories in classic British fiction, but until now this hasn’t had an overwhelming effect on the landscape of the city.

However, yesterday, as part of Books About Town, a literacy campaign by the National Literacy Trust and Wild In Art, fifty benches were unveiled across the capital, all decororated to represent a major landmark in literary history. These ranged from the profound, like Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, to the delightfully youthful We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen.

‘The Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin

And of course, the organisers couldn’t leave this fellow out, what with an imminent film and everything:

‘A Bear Called Paddington’ by Michael Bond

Other benches have appearances from James Bond, Bridget Jones, Sherlock Holmes, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins, Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot andVirginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway. You can see more of them at the Books About Town website.

‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Books About Town deposited the benches in various prominent London locations, including Bloomsbury, Riverside, the City and over the river in Greenwich.

‘War Horse’ by Michael Morpurgo

These will remain in position for two months, and then will be auctioned off on October 7, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust.

Cressida Cowell, author and illustrator of How To Train Your Dragon, told Radio Times: “I am so excited to have designed a How to Train Your Dragon BookBench and to be part of the National Literacy Trust’s Books about Town campaign to celebrate the wealth of writing and illustrating talent in this country. I am hoping that Books about Town will remind Londoners on the streets of the joy of reading books.”

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Service

I've always said that everyone should work as a server or bartender at least once in their lifetime.

Why, because it makes you a better person. First of all, it's NOT that easy. You not only have to remember table numbers, menu items, specialty drinks and computer codes; you also have to mold your personality to the people you are serving in split second, and you have to do it over and over again for 8 to 12 hours at a time.
It's brutal, but it teaches you.
I've been a server a bartender and a hostess and it's taught me more about sales and customer service than 20+ years in corporate America.
You learn to be a lot more flexible. You learn that things sell out, favorite tables are not always available, reservations don't always mean that and you learn people can get really mean and crazy over, tiny insignificant sh*t.

Got to spend last night with some of my old comrades from Rosebud

www.rosebudatlanta.com

Had a great time catching up and getting all the latest gossip. Restaurant stories are always the best, another bonus to working in the biz.

This was passed around and I just had to share. It's brilliant

PS-----wishing you love and health E.D.

see, I can like soccer

FEAR THE KITTEN VIKING

Brother Ted just sent this over.........doesn't exactly strike fear in the heart.

(The googly eyed kitty is my favorite)