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About Me

Married to a wonderful lady,(6 years on 26 January)(I love you George Anne) lived in France for a couple of years, proud father of a great-patriotic son (armyrangerjones on MySpace - Check him out)On the steering committee for Freedom Weekend Aloft (Large Balloon Festival) Welcome to Simpsonville, SC this year. C'est un fete de mongolfieres - bienvenue! It is not the quantity of friends that you should measure, it is the quality of your friends!

My Interests

International Travel, France, Good Wine, Good Food, Family, Friends, Motorcycles (Harley-Davidson to be specific!)French Music (I like to promote it here in the States.) Hopefully my friends here will pick up on it.

I'd like to meet:

Gen. Tommy Franks, Harper Lee, Gerald De Palmas, Bob Marley (un jour), mOnsieUr, Most everyone in the world!

Myspace Editor
Pimp MySpace

Music:

Southern Rock, Cajun, Reggae, 70's in general, Old Funk,Pink Floyd, Traditional French (Charles Trenet, etc.), Gainsbourg, Recent French (G. De Palmas, J. Hallyday, Kalfon, mOnsieUr, Yannick Noah)Hey! Check out my friends and listen to their music!

Movies:

Star Wars - All Episodes, African Queen, To Kill a Mockingbird, Saving Private Ryan, Longest Day, We Were Soldiers, Apocalypse Now, Hang'em High, Ma Femme S'apelle Maurice, Indochine, Baxter, Amelie, Chocolat

Television:

C.S.I, C.S.I. Miami, Prison Break, Bones, News Stations, Cops, America's Most Wanted, Big Dil

Books:

Anything by Tom Clancy.

Heroes:

Ordinary People!

My Blog

Freedom Weekend Aloft - 2007

Take a look at the Myspace accounts for these artists... Goo Goo Dolls www.myspace.com/googoodolls Augustana www.myspace.com/augustana Josh Gracin www.myspace.com/joshgracin Gary Allan www...
Posted by Papa Bear on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 06:03:00 PST

A Rich Life

It has been some time since I have posted a blog. Work has been very "fatigant" lately due to the transitions. Sometimes it has required 7 days of effort. Here I am tonight on the twilight of a new mo...
Posted by Papa Bear on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:11:00 PST

New Orleans Visit

I usually like to write about music and my thoughts about different types of music. I am taking time out to write about a recent visit down south. The day after Christmas my son Will and I went ...
Posted by Papa Bear on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:56:00 PST

Cajun Music

At the request of my friend Mumuse I have updated this blog to include links to the bands Myspace and website. Cajun music is something unque to the southern United States. In particular t...
Posted by Papa Bear on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:28:00 PST

New Orleans - Nouvelle Orleans

Tomorrow I will post a blog about my trip to New Orleans. Please let me know if there are some questions that I can answer. Demain je vais poster un blog de mon voyage vers Nouvelle Orleans.&nbs...
Posted by Papa Bear on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:03:00 PST

French Music Promotion - Mumuse

Ok All, I want to write a few lines about one of my friends on Myspace. Mumuse is a young lady living in Belgium. Mumuse loves to write about French musicians and groups that she has disco...
Posted by Papa Bear on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 09:37:00 PST

Travail et la vie

Salut a tous, Je n'ai pas un clavier "azerty" donc c'est difficile a frapper en francais. En plus j'ai oublie beaucoup. Je suis americain mais je crois que je suis un moitier auvergnat (pu...
Posted by Papa Bear on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:26:00 PST

More ramblings

I've had more friend requests from musicans in France. Please visit their sites and listen to their music. Post a comment and let them know that Papa Bear sent you their way. If you ...
Posted by Papa Bear on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:21:00 PST

Freedom Weekend Aloft

OK All, Today was the kick-off meeting for Freedom Weekend Aloft 2007. This will be the first year that the event is being held in Simpsonville, SC. There will be close to 100 hot ar ballo...
Posted by Papa Bear on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:09:00 PST

French Music Connection

OK All, My site is becoming the connection to discover French music. I hope that you will take time to visit the sites of my French friends. Our country has a long history with France.&nbs...
Posted by Papa Bear on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:34:00 PST