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DUTCH

I'd rather shoot for the moon and miss, than aim for the gutter and make it!

About Me


"Red Neck, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer!"

I'm a White Trash, Blue Collar Greaser, Bustin' My Ass Every Day Tryin' To Scratch Out A Livin'!
Flame Throwin', Dice Rollin', Card Cuttin', Whiskey Guzzlin', Cheap Beer Drinkin', Nutt Wrenchin', Low Brow Lunkhead...

Plus I just might take your money in a game of "Texas Hold'Em"!

I thank GOD for all of my blessings: A Fantastic Wife! An Amazing Little Girl! A Great Family! All Of My Friends!

All Of These Aspects Of My Life Are What Make Me Who I Am Today!

So I Raise My Glass To All Of You, Tip My Hat, And Say...
Cheers!

This Ones For You!

My Interests


The Wife, The Kid, Fast Cars, Cheap Beer, Cool Tunes, Poker, and Whiskey!

I'd like to meet:

Jesus Christ, Paul Ansell, Lefty Frizzle, Wynonie Harris, Webb Pierce, Gretchen Mol, Jim Reeves, Lavern Baker, and Kelly Clarkson!

Music:

Traditional Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Punk, Hardcore, Flashbacks, Ska, Swing, and some good old fashioned 1940's, 50's, and 60's Country, Western, Honky Tonk and Bluegrass!!!

Movies:

Horror Movies, Night of the Living Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Saw, The Children, Ed Gein, all of the Universal B-Movies, etc. etc. etc. Star Wars, and just about any Western you can throw at me.!!!

Television:

Family Guy, Aqua teen Hunger Force, Simpsons, and All the Lunkhead shit on Discovery Channel!!!

Books:

Hot Rod Magazines, a bunch of Horror, By King, and Koontz. Random thought books like: "All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten", and "It was on fire when I lay down on it" by Robert Fulghem.

Heroes:

My Folks...

My Mother, for just bein' so darn nice...

And My Pops, for bein' so damn tough...

Mom, Pop... "I love you more than I could ever explain!"

My Blog

Dickens Cider...

Of all the ways you can enjoy a good Cider... My Favorite has got to be a "Big Hot Dickens Cider"! Cheers!
Posted by DUTCH on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:05:00 PST

So my first trip to Texas...

I went to Texas this week... The company that I work for decided to build their training facility in Plano, Texas. I expected the worse, but hoped for the best, and needless to say, Texas was int...
Posted by DUTCH on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:59:00 PST

The Truth, and Nothing But The Truth!!!

Okay folks, here we go again, deep into that iron vault of memories, random thoughts, and useless information trapped somewhere within the grey matter that fills my head. This isnt a comenta...
Posted by DUTCH on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:48:00 PST

Thank you for all the prayers, and support...

I regret to inform you, that my lovley wife, and I lost our child this week due to unknown complications... My wife was seven, and a half months pregnant, and we expected our son to arrive in late Sep...
Posted by DUTCH on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:33:00 PST

Just in case you have not heard... "ITS A BOY!!!"

Well, we found out our little baby is a boy! His name will be "Nicolaas Robert Van den Houten" My wife and I decided to honor both of our fathers with this name. Nico after my Pops, and Robert after L...
Posted by DUTCH on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:02:00 PST

Hmmm... I wonder what we will see?

So just in case you have not heard... My wife, and I are expecting! we found out a little over a month ago, and we are very excited! Wednesday March 22nd we get to go have our first look at the littl...
Posted by DUTCH on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:05:00 PST

Humming Birds, and the Smell of Pipe Tobbacco...

... Two things that will always remind me of how blessed I am for meeting, and loving Grandma, and Grandpa Lorenz... I met my wife about 6 1/2 years ago... through the normal course of dating, I met h...
Posted by DUTCH on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:52:00 PST

Falling off the "Smoke" Wagon!

Yep, it seems that I have fallen from grace... It all started with "Oh sure I can have just one hit!" , and now its a three to four time a day habbit again... At least its not a pack a day like it was...
Posted by DUTCH on Sat, 26 Nov 2005 08:04:00 PST

No Smoke, No Joke!

Well kids just keepin you all posted on my progress. Its been over two weeks, and I still have not smoked. But I am still Dipping. Call it what you will, but the smell of smoke now makes me kinda ill,...
Posted by DUTCH on Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:50:00 PST

"So I'll raise my cup to you!"

So here I go again... Yet another adventure, through another door in my life. With the "help" of my wife, and lots of "kind" suggestion, I decided to try and quit smoking. My wife just recently ...
Posted by DUTCH on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:17:00 PST