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Mr. Smiley

To admit you were wrong is to declare you are wiser now than before.

About Me


Flame Working Demo By Brent Graber from SiMPLE SiGHT on Vimeo .

I'm a Dad and an artist (glass blower). In that order. I love to do both. I enjoy getting together with friends, but the previous description of my life limits the time I can do that right now. I'm a single Dad raising 3 beautiful kids, playing with fire every chance I get!

My Interests

I'm a flame worker. I melt glass. I float around a pool with my kids every chance I get. I love the beach... not much time for anything else. I torch while the kids are at school...

I'd like to meet:

Good people... just be true...

Music:

Ben Harper, Panic, Oldschool house, funk... anything with soul and a groove.

Movies:

Action, drama, tear jerkers... if it's a good movie, I'll watch it. Variety is the spice of life!

Television:

I don't watch much TV any more...

Books:

We don't need no stinking books. I do not have time to read either...

Heroes:

My Dad... my son... anybody willing to sacrifice themselves to help others. If you give, when it's not easy, you're a hero!

My Blog

Daddy, is that heaven???

The other day, we were trying to get our AC up and running. We were all very hot and frustrated. It was then that I heard my princess ask if that was heaven... I had no idea what she was talking about...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 03:34:00 PST

VIOLENCE, REVENGE and "ACCEPTABLE LOSS"

Violence begets violence... that’s a fact. We live in a time where people do not get along. World peace is just a dream... and conflict between people is every where. How does it end? I think it...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:56:00 PST

You haven’t seen anything yet!!!

Some times I think my life is too good to be true... I look back and wonder how on earth I got here... my life hasn't worked out the way I planned... it's worked out even better! I don't know for sure...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:05:00 PST

I dance with her...

She is mysterious... her beauty is rivaled only by her grace and power... she will hurt you if you are careless with her... she will reward you if you learn her language. She will capture your heart a...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:48:00 PST

Do more than survive!!!

Some times it's all I can do to just get through life maintaining a home for my kids and paying the bills. It's rewarding to be able to provide a stable home for them and to be a good parent. I enjoy ...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:14:00 PST

Things to ponder...

I'm a thinker... no doubt about it. I love life and I find it very interesting. I guess that's why I'm an artist. I can pick life apart and get down to the feelings behind it, how it works or what bea...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:19:00 PST

Love is...

Love is so many things to me... I felt a huge surge of it when my kids were born... I saw glimpses of love in the eyes of my past relationships... it's simple things, like the smile on my child's face...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:25:00 PST

Happiness

I've been writing a poem in my head all morning. It's about how people will try the most rediculous things to be happy. It's about how some people never really think about what they are doing, they ju...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:31:00 PST

No rest for the wicked...

Well, the last several nights, I've been up late and up early. I'm feeling it for sure. I need to go back to bed, but instead, I'm typing out this blog... no deep messages of survival today, just a gr...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 03:49:00 PST

So fresh and so clean clean!

Happy Sunday morning everybody! I just got out of the shower... I'm about to put on some coffee... and the world is new! I get to pick up my daughter this morning and I'll have all three of my babie...
Posted by Mr. Smiley on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:52:00 PST