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ggroeller

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About Me


So what got me here? Life changing events, that's for sure, OOOh Yeah!
Had a valve job on the ticker 9 years ago, that changed my life beyond anything expected.
I've been stopped by security at the airport ( Bishop, in Flint MI ) because - at the time, a few years ago - it audibly 'ticked' and you can imagine what *that* causes!
Since then, actually starting a few years before that, I've given up virtually all of my 'bad' habits but one - Kools. One day at a time for sure.
Couple of years later ... Ya know how they talk bout "rare but serious side effects" when advertising cholestoral meds? Lipitor & the like, the 'statins' ... Well, I had it - Rhabdomyolysis - amounts to the bod was attempting to break down all its muscle tissue, effectively 'eating itself'. The kidneys were shut down, I was in the hospital for 3 weeks and then off work for the next whole month. For a time, until they got the sewers working again, the thought was that I'd have to do dialysis 2 or three times a week ... well, that didn't happen, thank God!
So, now, I plain just take it easy. Roll out and and beat the birds to the early wermz, go to work (in my jammies, cauzse I'm working from home!), do my thing, circle the wagons ... then do it again. On the weekends I cut the grass - or, depending on the season, shovel the non-existent MI snow - do the laundry and dishes (j/k, I usually do the dishes more than once a week - but laundry only when the basket overflows) and make sure the bills are paid every two weeks. Ain't life grand?

It's all about the music!


Performance issues arising from an extensive playlist have dictated that the flash player be changed to a single cut.
You're listening to Stomu Yamashta's "Go", from 1976 ...
(it takes a moment or three to get going, give it a chance)
For your listening pleasure ...
here's a link to the current playlist that will open in WinAmp, WMP or iTunes, depending on your system configuration.

clock by Private Pyro

My Interests


fyi:
I've been taking a stab at 'rolling my own' grafix using software tools from Alchemy Mindworks, check them out!

these sites interest me, linked so as not to wander too far away from your session with myspace...

    I work for this place
    I work at this place
    what I do
    My website
    My Truck website
    Gravel Road
    Cheep Thrills
    wheel & tire info
    shopping
    around the house
    'Alien' inspiration
    monster trucks
    photography
    computering
    communication
    home cooked meals
    tolerance
    integrity
    growth

I'd like to meet:



In the most perfect of all worlds, I'd like to meet someone that would pay off the mortgage, ELOC, truck loan & sign over the titles all in one swell foop. This is not a perfect world, so ... I'll just wander around here I guess, something to do when I'm not working like a madman on the debtload.

Admittedly, I'm here to meet a gal close to home, one that I can get my arms around! I'm not here with any high hopes of jumping into an immediate relationship with a woman, truly that takes time! Friends first for sure. Things, such as they might be & if they are destined to do so, can and will grow from there.

Who I'd really like to meet: You!

I can see you now in that little black spaghetti strap thing you wear on your webcam. We'll grab the 44, hack a debit card so we can get some 40s, a lid and 'ludes. And a stretch too, then roll the town until we toast the dawn down by the river where my van is parked. We'll cuddle on the sofa in the front yard, admire the Z on blocks, swing on the tire hangin' off the old oak and gum twinkies and guv'mint cheese. Livin' is easy down home, it don't take much to keep this boy amused.

Friend Scroller
to view all of MySpace friends, although I don't know WHY, click here

Comments are below:

Music:



Movies:


I strongly recommend that you invest a few bux and see this flick, then leave the vehicle in the parking lot and walk home.

In the interest of balance, Lush Rimbaugh has a blurb about "An Inconvenient Truth" on his site , and provides this 'countdown'.

Television:


comcast loves me!
That 70's Show
Last Comic Standing
House
Judge Judy
Judge Joe Brown
Judge Mathis
the original Twilight Zone
Stargate
TNG
Survivor
American Idol ('06 season anyway)
ABC World News Tonight
Emeril
Good Eats
"One Pan Madness" on SHTV
Discovery
The History Channel
Mind of Mencia
South Park
Detroit Lions (win or lose)

Books:


paperback writer!

Stephen King
Robert Bloch
Tom Clancy
John Grisham
Robert Ludlum
Umberto Eco
Howard Bloom

Heroes:

are there any left?

My Blog

move on already!

I've gotten wind that a certain someone has been contacting my friends with MySpace msgs.  I apologize for that and have this to say about it.My vent is down there in 'Current Events' a...
Posted by ggroeller on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:27:00 PST

Andy Rooney sez

!many !many thanks to Kimberly for having the text for this online! I been trying to find it for just about ever. Why? Well ... just because. This is for all you girls 30 years and over... And for tho...
Posted by ggroeller on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 11:50:00 PST

current events

advance notice: I'm about to lay some male raw emotion on the line, out here in public for all to see. If you think for a moment that you may not be interested, might be embarassed, annoyed or in any ...
Posted by ggroeller on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:47:00 PST

Now you know

The next time you are washing your hands and get bummed because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.  Here are some interesting facts about the 150...
Posted by ggroeller on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:35:00 PST

R.I.P. old workhorse PC

Welp, my old workhorse no-brand PC  - after nearly 8 years of dependabllity - looks to be on the fritz, ticking like a Timex after it's last licking, time for a wake for the old fella ....
Posted by ggroeller on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:12:00 PST

it's been a while, do you remember?

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Posted by ggroeller on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:00:00 PST

Classic One Liners

(if you care to add any, leave a comment) I don't do drugs. I get the same effect just standing up fast.Sign in a Chinese Pet Store: "Buy one dog, get one flea..."I live in my own little world. But it...
Posted by ggroeller on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 05:07:00 PST

Life Aggravation : chapter 20060812

Strapping Tape! You know the stuff, couple inches wide, crystal clear, extremely strong, very aggresive adhesion ... Ever had the end of the roll, after you lop it off, disappear back onto the roll ....
Posted by ggroeller on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 09:15:00 PST

things to think about that you probably never did before...

Can you cry under water? = = =How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? = = =Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. . but it's on...
Posted by ggroeller on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:09:00 PST

my bout with "Groans" disease

[ WARNING: the content of this blog addresses disgusting but real physical and moral issues using graphic and concise vernacular in the discussion of same ] This past week I had an...
Posted by ggroeller on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:04:00 PST