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Rick

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About Me


I have a great wife (who is my best friend in the entire world), 4 great kids, and 4 amazing dogs, Shelby, a chihuahua, who is the world's coolest dog! She even talks! (Saying yes and no, when asked questions that require yes or no answers. No I'm not nuts, this is not a joke, if you think I'm kidding, visit Wolf Tales and see if she agrees or disagrees), Nemo, an American Eskimo who looks like a white wolf, and although he looks sweet and innocent, is really plotting his next bit of mischief at all times, Blaze, a Golden Retriever, who is just about as sweet as any living creature can be (If you had nothing else to do, he would just let you pet him 24 hours a day, and he would be as content as he could be. What a sweet dog!), and Misha, a Sheltie who was named right here on MySpace after we held a naming contest.


In general, I find that I like dogs more than people, but I do make exceptions! Dogs just love you, and all they ask in return is for you to love them back. Not many people operate on that level, which is too bad.
Back in the late 70's and early 80's, my wife and I were big CBers, and it seems to me that IMing and chat rooms were the natural evolution of CB, and this is the natural progression of IMing and chat rooms. The ability to communicate with and locate old friends all over the world seems to me to be the most useful feature that the internet provides. Yeah, there's a lot of other uses, and e-commerce is great, since you can shop anytime, but for me, the ability to find old lost friends is just the greatest thing. I've found a couple of friends from 25-30 years ago through the internet, and I have no doubt that I would never have reconnected any other way.



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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who can have an intelligent discussion, without making judgments. We all have our own opinions, and there is very little in life that is harder than to change someone's opinion when they are convinced they are right. Why can't we all just agree to disagree!

My Blog

Wacky News for 6/1/2009

This past week, we celebrated Memorial Day. I don't think enough of us acknowledge the debt we owe to those who have fought so that we can live the way we do here, but most of us don't go out of our w...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:54:00 GMT

ThermosSpas Makes Great Hot Tubs...But Their Customer Service Sucks! Part 2

Here's where we left off yesterday.After that, we debated whether or not I was entitled to that compensation for my time and driving, and I had the pleasure to speak with two more assholes. No reas...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 04:48:00 GMT

Wacky News for 5/31/2009

If any of you are fans of Joe Horn, or Bernie Goetz, or loved the movie Death Wish, then I know where you'll side on this one. The rest of you, I'm curious. I know where I stand. Joe Horn is my idol.D...
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 04:35:00 GMT

ThermosSpas Makes Great Hot Tubs...But Their Customer Service Sucks!

I tried posting this earlier today, but apparently there is a maximum length a blog can be, and it exceeded that length. So I have to post it in two segments. It's impossible to edit it to a shorter b...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 14:43:00 GMT

Wacky News for 5/30/2009

As someone who was once arrested at the age of 12 for throwing rocks at freight train wheels as they went by, I know the difference between some innocent fun and malicious mischief. The police arreste...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 04:34:00 GMT

Wacky News for 5/29/2009

I'm sure most of you, like me, are sick of hearing or reading about that repulsive OctoMom. Well, now she can take a back seat, because we have some serious competition for her in the fertility depart...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 04:21:00 GMT

Wacky News for 5/28/2009

I don't know if there is any food worth dying for, but maybe to this man, there was. They must have been some outrageous dinner rolls.Melvindale man dead after fight over dinner rolls, police sayMelvi...
Posted by on Thu, 28 May 2009 05:34:00 GMT

Wacky News for 5/27/2009

I love it when the justice system actually displays a sense of humor. It doesn't happen often, but this is just perfect. Hope you enjoy!Mom's plea deal includes 'resurrection clause'A Maryland woman i...
Posted by on Wed, 27 May 2009 05:14:00 GMT

Wacky News for 5/26/2009

I tink today is precocoious kid day here at Wacky News. I stumbled upon a few stories about kids who did some pretty remarkable things, so rather than use them separately, I figured I'd just post them...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 05:40:00 GMT

Wacky News for 5/25/2009

With friends like these...Girls' Video Shows How to Kill Classmate A mother in Washington State said she was horrified by a cartoon video -- posted online -- that showed several ways to kill her s...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 22:07:00 GMT