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JERRY

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About Me


I am a Christian and strive (as in Micah 6:8) to live justly, love mercy and walk humbly with my God.
I am also proud of my Southern heritage. I am an American of Scot and Irish descent. My maternal ancestors were Grays and Harris. MY paternal ancestors were Johnston and Spencer. Much of this site's historical portion revolves around the Johnston clan from the Borders of Scotland, around Moffat. My most well known relative from that side is Joseph E. Johnston of US Army and Confederate States of America fame.
I am an avid sailor, love to be on the water. Also love riding my Honda Interceptor motorcycle. I am a musician, playing the guitar, bass and keyboards. I play mostly blues and classic rock.
This section about me is ongoing and continues as I have time.
“To laugh often and much; To win respect of intelligent people and the affection of children. To leave the world a better place. To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

My Interests

Sailing, riding my Honda Interceptor motorcycle, writing (essays and poetry)

Music....play the guitar, bass and keyboards. Have a group that jams once a week. Play classic rock and blues.

Music:

Very eclectic tastes: everything form classical to some metal (Crash Kelly); probably my favorite classical piece is Massenet's Meditation from the opera Thais. Again, I can be equaly happy listening to classic rock and roll and some (but not all) Christian "pop". Cannot stand rap or hip hop in any shape or form. I can't classify it as part of the music genre.

Movies:

Lord of the Rings Trilogy, most of the Harry Potters, Gone with the Wind (usually good once a year), the old James Bond movies with Sean Connery, and a favorite most won't know, "Islands in the Stream" with George C. Scott. A little known British film, "Summer Story" starring Imogen Stubbs, which is really most beautiful.

Television:

When I watch, its mostly PBS - Masterpiece Theatre, Mystery, Coupling (wonderful britcom) As Time Goes By, Live from Lincoln Center and others.
Commercial TV: NCIS, The Amazing Race, Survivor, the O'Reilly Report, Stargate SG-1.

My Blog

Let’s Get Serious about America

Ok, I found this on another site and as I am concerned about the upcoming election in 2008, I found that this makes the most sense of anything I have seen relative to deciding who should be the next P...
Posted by JERRY on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:19:00 PST