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jim

the love you gain is equal to the love you made

About Me

If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done ?

Clams are not all that happy.

Stuff = Junk we keep.

Junk = Stuff we throw away.

My Interests

Working with wood, I got lots of wood. (keep your minds out of the gutter please). Furniture restoration and refinishing. Making greeting cards for family and friends using old and embarassing photos. Hockey and collecting old hockey cards. Sports in general except car racing and golf on tv , waaay too boring. Reading mostly political thrillers and sci fi. Mowing grass, if it doesn't stop raining here soon I am going to stop mowing and start restoring and refinishing my Ark. I am learning html and trying to build a website. I could use wysiwyg but I like doing things the hard way (keep your minds out of the gutter please).

I'd like to meet:

The person who invented spam. I have a few words to say to him or her.Anyone who likes to talk about hockey.A lot of dead guys: Lennon, Harrison, Ghandi, Schindler, John Paul II , King, Fox , Shakespeare, Mozart, you know people who made the world better.Wayne Gretzky

Music:

I like rock and roll put another dime in the jukebox baby. I am a moody listener if what I am hearing fits my mood I think it's great. I have a decent ear and appreciate musicianship and a good lyric. In another life about 35 years ago I was a radio DJ and got exposed to just about every genre going and actually I like almost all music.

Movies:

Action adventure, comedies, historical dramas, Sci-Fi. Enemy Mine, Strange Brew, Schindler's List, Gladiator, Hunt for Red October, Star Wars, Caddy Shack, Most of Robin Williams movies, except The World According to Garp which didn't translate to the screen very well (it is a good book). Pretty much anything by Tim Burton, James Cameron, George Lucas, Stephen Speilberg and Atom Egoyan, I loved Pulp Fiction. The Exotica, great plot twists. Don't care too much for some of the newest remakes, Rollerball sucked big time. John Carpenter's The Thing was okay but the origional with James Arness as the Thing still remains one of the creepiest movies of all time. The Exorcist (still the only movie to make me walk out of a theatre). I have watched it since and it still upsets me. I don't like movies with violence towards kids.

Books:

Tom Clancy, The Hunt for Red October etc. Dan Brown, The DaVinci Code etc. Shakespeare, the father of most modern plots, Hamlet has it all. Michael Ondaatje, Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version. Richard Bach's Jonathon Livingston Seagull. Sci-Fi Isaac Asimov, Ursula K. Leguin. Blade Runner, the book, the movie was good but not recognizable as the same story. Dune, Roget's Thesaurus, Webster wordy but worthy. Some Stephen King. Nicholas Evans, The Loop and The Horse Whisperer. How to's and who's who's. If I want to try something new I usually find a book to give me the basics, then practice, practice, practice. That's how you get to Carnegie Hall I heard somewhere.

Heroes:

Charlotte, anyone who could put up with me is a real hero, The Kissing Time (keep on plugging talent will win out), Kaye and Bill, my kids all six of them they make me proud (see photos), Bam Bam.. my friend and protector, Honest and decent people who work hard and live a good life. Volunteers the people who make things happen in the real world.

My Blog

Secrets Society

How many people are in your secrets society ? You know what I mean ? The people who really, really know you . We all have friends of different levels of intimacy, but how many truly know what you are...
Posted by jim on Wed, 30 May 2007 09:13:00 PST

It's an ill wind that blows no good.

Hi It has been a while but we have been busy. Spring has sprung around nere finally, and it is a demanding creature. The grass hits the steroids and grows so fast you can hear it. In addition it has ...
Posted by jim on Thu, 24 May 2007 09:33:00 PST

My son is my Boss

Yay.  As of yesterday I am officially a full time Pre-Press Technician with Duha Colour Services. The time spent at school and my own perseverance coupled with an IN has resulted in my being, onc...
Posted by jim on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:34:00 PST

I started a war

I stared a War That started the whole world singing If I only knew That birds stage a coup As I have noted in previous blogs I have been feeding the Sparrows that live in my backyard (garden to ...
Posted by jim on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 06:14:00 PST

Still cold and gettin' colder

Global warming my foot. We have been hearing about how this is supposed to be the warmest year ever, well I woke up to-40 C with a wind chill of -50 C. The rest of the year is going to have to go some...
Posted by jim on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:41:00 PST

workin for the dog

We have been busy, too busy shivering (-49 C with windchills) for post holiday blahs to set in. I am finally back to work and believe it or not enjoying it. I know the feeling will pass but for now i...
Posted by jim on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:17:00 PST

It has only been three days

Have you ever been awakened by a puppy biting your big toe? Have you ever swung your leg out of bed only to discover a present had been left for you and now covered your foot? While walking on your h...
Posted by jim on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 07:13:00 PST

Just to say Hi

Been a funny couple of months. A mixed bag so to speak. I am feeling better health wise and about things in general. We are happy to be looking forward to Christmas again. Looks like all the kids will...
Posted by jim on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:15:00 PST

My life in a country song

Have you heard about the guys who played all the old classic rock songs backward and discovered all kinds of secret messages and satanic commands. Well I'd like to be the subject of a country song pla...
Posted by jim on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:48:00 PST

A sad sad sad sad day

With heartfelt saddness I must announce the passing of my beloved friend and protector Bam Bam Roberts. After a brief but courageous battle with cancer he passed peacefully with his loving adopted par...
Posted by jim on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:00:00 PST