A Passing

Yesterday Bernard Schwartz passed away. 

Of course he is better know as:Tony Curtis
(June 3, 1925 — September 29, 2010) was an American film actor. He played a variety of roles, from light comedy, such as the musician on the run from gangsters in Some Like It Hot, to serious dramatic roles, such as an escaped convict in The Defiant Ones, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. From 1949, he appeared in more than 100 films and made frequent television appearances.

Wednesday's Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Lt. Schneider

Cpl. Brian Downard


Brian Downard was 23 years old, a father, a country music fan, and a corporal of Marines. He joined the Marine Corps in July of 2005, and would do two deployments to two different scenic locales. The first was to Iraq, where he served from November of ’06 to April of the following year. While in Iraq, Brian suffered a concussion from an IED strike while patrolling. Undeterred, Brian stayed in the Marines and deployed to Burma in 2008 when Marines and sailors with the Essex Amphibious Readiness Group provided humanitarian assistance operations to aid the cyclone-stricken country. He would eventually leave the service just last July, after four honorable years of service.

One month after separation, he discovered that he had testicular cancer, and a very aggressive strain at that. The cancer spread quickly to his muscles and fatty tissues, and Brian suffered so greatly with the pain that they put him on morphine. He was released from the VA to enjoy his last days with the love from his mom and his 7-year-old son Jesse.

You can read the rest of Cpl. Downard's story here.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

My Newest award.

I just got me this Great award from  my blog friend Ana.

Now let's give this away!
First one that get this is Ana over at HELLA HEAVEN
 Next is Sandee over at COMEDY PLUS
the remaining awardees are all the blogs that I follow for they all inspire me or I would not be following them.

A fun Meme

Mari posted this meme and I decided to play along.


1) What is your biggest pet peeve? Spammers

2) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? Cleveland Ohio. as our slogan says it's The Greatest Location in the Nation.

3) Have you ever been searched by the cops? Yes, and that's all I'm gonna say.

4) What is the one thing on your mind right now? Gratitude for being sober.

5) What is your favorite song right now?
Night Moves-Bob Seger is what is running around in my head right now.

6) What talent do you wish you had?
That I could play my Hammered Dulcimer better that I do.

7) What is your favorite drink? Coffee and Diet sodas.

8) Describe yourself in one word?
Off the wall.

Thanks Mari this was fun!
Since Mari did not tag anyone I'm not going to tag anyone as well, but Please feel free to do this if you would like, and let me know if you do so I don't miss your answers.

Aww Monday

 This weeks Aww Monday comes from my friend Ana,I Tip my Hat to you Ana and  Thank You for the inspiration for this posting.

Sunday Thought

I recieved this as an email.I decided to share it with everyone as this weeks Sunday Thought. 
To you with love -


    Concentrate on this sentence



    "To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did". When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.



    Concentrate on this sentence.



    "The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you." Something good will happen to you today, something that you have been waiting for.



    Please do not break. Just 27 Words.



    God our Father, walk through my house and take away all my worries and illnesses and please watch over and heal my family - in Jesus name, Amen.



    This prayer is so powerful. Pass this to 12 people including me. A blessing is coming to you in form of a new job, a house, marriage or financially. Do not break or ask questions. This is a test. Does God come first in your life? If so, stop what you're doing & send it to 12 people now. Watch what he does.

My 15 Albums.

 My friend C.C tagged me for this one. my 15 albums
 Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag fifteen friends, including me because I'm interested in seeing what albums my friends choose.
NOW THese are in no particular order.
1) On The Threshold of a Dream- Moody Blues
2) Yellow Submarine-The Beetles
3) Bridge over Troubled Water-Simon and Garfunkle
4) The Best of Mario Lanza-Mario Lanza (one of My Dad's late favs)
5) Rubber Soul- The Beetles
6) Question of Balance_The Moody Blues
7) Dr. Demento's 20Th anaversary edition-The greatest Novelity Records of All Time.(according to him)
8) The Beetles One
9) Rememberance-Russell Cook
10) Help-The Beetles
11) Looking out My Back Door-Crosby,Still,Nash and Young
12) Chicago Transit Authority-Chicago
13) Summer of my Years-Sinatra
14) By The river-The unexpected Party ( a Hammered Dulicmer Group)
15)Greatest Hits-Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band.

Friday Flashback.

Now I'm really givining my age away again. I hope you enjoy this weeks flashback.

Prayers for a Realtor

Let's keep this Realtor in our Prayers. He was murdered while showing a home.The Portage County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warrant for a Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. man for Monday’s murder of real estate agent Andy VonStein.
According to Portage County court records, a warrant was issued Wednesday for 59-year-old Robert W. Grigelaitis, on a charge of murder, with the incident occurring on Monday’s date.
VonStein, 51, was found dead early Tuesday morning in a house on Woodway Drive in the Twin Lakes area of Franklin Township after family members reported him missing. He had been shot once, according to the Portage Count Coroner’s Office.
Read Friday’s Record-Courier for more on this story. This is the second Relitor that has been murdred this month. a Third realtor is recovering from an attack as well.

Wednesday's Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Mike Golch


Lt. Ronald Markiewicz


The year is 1971. A Lieutenant in the United States Army by the name of Ronald Markiewicz is serving near the Laotian border. He is a helicopter pilot. In March of that year he is sent out to fly two missions. The first one was to resupply a group of Vietnamese Marines and pick up wounded service members. The second mission was to allow troops to recover the crew of a downed helicopter. One both occasions he faces anti-aircraft fire and is wounded each time.

Fast forward to 2010 and Lt. Ronald Markiewicz finally received the Silver Star and a Distinguished Flying Cross. The awards he earned 39 years ago.

All Information Was Found On And Copied From ArmyTimes.com

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.


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internet trouble still

I'm still having internet problems. service is sporatic at best.

Can some one please tell me why....

1) Why in the hell Abobe flash player only works sometime in this computer????

2) why in the hell that even with anti-virus my computer keeps getting infected???


3) why do I have to keep using my restore disc to take this computer back to factory settings again and again???

AWW...Monday

On Having Fun.

Today Celestine and I went over to visit with her Mom. Her Mom and I played WII Bowling. Yes my Mother in Law has a WII.Celestine and her sister got it for their Mom's Birthday. I had an enjoyable time playing with my Mother-in-law. She even offered to let me take it home to play,I had to refuse,I would have never wanted to give it back. Santa Clause,it would be nice if I found this under the Christmas tree with the sports package.(hint hint)
Now to try to catch up with my visiting and my drops.

Sunday Song-O Jesus, I Have Promised - Organ with lyrics.

maybe I'm wrong.

Maybe I'm wrong,but I have heard of this scam too many times to believe it.I'm sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but it's because of the situation of things right now.

I'm stuck in London,England with my family right now, we are here on a short vacation then I was robbed, worse of it is that bags, cash, cards with my cell phone was stolen at GUN POINT, it was such a crazy experience for us and we need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive but the good thing is we still have our passports
and return tickets but currently having troubles paying off the hotel bills and also getting a cab to take us to the airport.

All we need is $1,850.00 but anything you can spare right now will be appreciated and I promise to refund it to you as soon as I arrive back home safely.. You have my word!!

Thanks,
Nick

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May Peace prevail.

"We look to the day when sharing by all will mean scarcity for none."
Nick if this is true I will keep you in my prayers if not than shame on you scammer!

it's Saturday so....

Driving as we age............

1 picture is worth a 1000 words...

A special note.This was going to be posted last weekend I chose not to just because I wanted to honor all those that died on Sept 11 2001.

Silly saturday

* Just accept that, some days, you're the pigeon: and, some days, you're the statue.

* Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

* Always wear stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

* Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be "recalled" by their maker.

* If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague.

* If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

* It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to be kind to others.

* Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

* Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

* Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late.

* The second mouse gets the cheese.

* When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

* Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.

* You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person.

* Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

*A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

With my thanks to Sandee for this one.

and if you got a chance go for a visit with my friend Ferd to see a great posting.

Friday Flashback

for those that remember Laugh-in enjoy for those that don't Enjoys anyway!

Happiness is

A working DSL connection. It turns out that I needed to replace my DSL modem. The best thing is that the service call and new modem costs NOTHING!!!

post # 1794

Darn It!

I'm having internet trouble, so no dropping or commenting. See you when I see ya!

Wednesday's Hero

Pvt. Daren A. Smith
19 years old from Helena, Montana
3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)
December 13, 2007


Pvt. Daren A. Smith was born in Butte, Montana and lived there until he reached middle school, when he moved to Helena. He graduated from Helena High School in 2006 and completed a semester at the University of Montana-Helena College of Technology. He joined the United States Army in March of 2007 and was deployed to Iraq on November of that year.

Pvt. Daren A. Smith died on December 13, 2007 of non-combat related injuries. His funeral was held on a cold 20-degree Winter's day but that didn't stop hundreds of mourners from his hometown lining the streets to honor him.

"He was the kind of guy who would do anything for you," said a friend of Pvt. Smith. "He was just a great guy."

All Information Was Found On And Copied From MilitaryCity.com

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

A Good Day.

We here at Golch Central go an Early start today. first off I had a 9:30 Am Dental appointment. where they extracted a tooth the gum is healing great.(it is a concern since I have to take bonivia injections) Afterwards we stopped and picked up lunch. Than I took a short nap.and tacked my adjustable bed. I had to R and (remove and replace) the bed motor and replace the beds hinges.It took me a while but I did manage to do that with just having 1 seizure and a minor asthma attack.

AWW...Monday

POST #1792

Food for Thought.

Sunday Song

it's about having fun.

I got to attend a birthday party for my Cousin Keith's grandson Christian who is one year old.I had a wonderful time. I had some seizures and everyone was accepting about that.there was some good food, kielbasa and sauerkraut homemade baked beans,cabbage and noodles,meatballs and rigatoni,hot dogs and hamburgs.Good food fun times with family.

9/11/01 NEVER FORGET

I want to add this,I left it as a comment on a 9/11 posting. Let's just not condemn the whole Muslim world. If we do that than we fall into the same mentality the was prevalent during WW2 "the only good Jap was a dead one" and or that same thing was said about the Germans Hell we locked up a lot of people in camps because of who they were here in America.

friday flashback

A good day.

I almost forgot to post that Celestine and I had a good outing on Thursday.First of all we took a couple of Roses to my Mom's Grave to day.in a couple of weeks she will be gone 7 years.I miss Her and Dad a lot at times.
then we went for a drive and ended up in Rocky River Metro Parks reservation.We visited Frostville (un fortunately it was closed)museum located in the park.The museum will be hosting The Cedar Valley Settlers Music Festival Sunday Sept 19Th from11:00AM-5:00PM.this is being offered by The North OlmsteadCultural Activities Commision and the Kiwanis Club (440-779-7761).for those in the Cleveland area info: John Kepperll jeppe@mac.com. Now if the phone number and email is not correct.I got this off a flyer and I am Not responsible for errors on the flyer.We even stopped at the Great Norther Mall for a late Lunch early dinner.I did have some seizures,but that is besides the point.
How was Your day??

I got this thing,and I'm giving it to EVERYONE!

Sandee gave this to all her visitors,and I'm doing it the same way!!

take this as it is meant,tongue in cheek fun!!

Sandee, this goes right back to you!!

new award

I got this award from DORI

Here are the rules for the award.a blog with substance award rules
The rules are:
1) Thank the blogger that gave you the award.
2) Sum up your blogging philosophy, motivation,& experience using ten words.
3) Pass the award on to ten other blogs.


Ten words that describe my blog.
1)THOUGHTFUL. (I try to be)
2)KIND. (most of the times)
3)FUN. (I know debatable)
4)Off the wall.,5,6,7,8,9,and 10 To be posted later when (and if) I can come up with of the answers.

Now that I am giving this award away the same way I got.I am supposed to give this to 10 people so how about I do it this way,every body that left me a comment that I DID NOT DELETE(Yep,there were several)get this one.That includes these fine bloggers Bing,Wanda,Mari Sandee,especially you Dori.

A good follow up.

This week I featured Harvey my 17 year old cat as the AWW...Monday posting. I posted this answer to a comment left by Syd.
Syd, when our other babies RJ, Tigger,and BC were with us the bed would get quite crowded at night along with Harvey.each Cat would claim a different part of the bed. Tigger was a very timid girl kitty,the rest of the boys would gang up on her.so she would sneak uponto the bed and squeeze between our pillows at night.the fun part woud be when tigger would "pet" my nose.Unfortunaly we do not have pictures of the other cats that I can find.

I just had to

when I say this I just had to post it here as well,Ana I thank you for this one!

and let's not forget to go snipe huttings as well.

Wednesday's Hero

This Weeks Post Was Suggested By Mike

Pvt. Barney F. Hajiro
93 years old from Waipahu, Hawaii
442nd Regimental Combat Team


On September 16 Mr. Hajiro will turn 94 years old. His family immigrated from Japan during WWI and he had to drop out of school and work to help support his family. After Pearl Harbor was attacked he was drafted in the United States Army. In March 1943, he volunteered to join the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) like himself. He was shipped to Europe in 1944 first to Italy then to France where, over ten days in October, Pvt. Hajiro repeatedly distinguished himself in battle by exposing himself to enemy fire while assisting an allied attack. On October 29, 1944 Pvt. Hajiro single-handedly destroyed two German machine gun emplacements before being shot in the shoulder and wrist partially paralyzing his left arm. For his actions he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. In 1948 he was awarded the Military Medal by the British government, in 2000 was was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Bill Clinton and in 2004 he was awarded the Légion d'honneur by France. Barney F. Hajiro is the oldest living Medal Of Honor recipient.

From his Medal Of Honor Citation:

For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Barney F. Hajiro, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, 442d Regimental Combat Team, attached to the 36th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy on 19, 22, and 29 October 1944, in the vicinity of Bruyeres and Biffontaine, eastern France. Private Hajiro, while acting as a sentry on top of an embankment on 19 October 1944, in the vicinity of Bruyeres, France, rendered assistance to allied troops attacking a house 200 yards away by exposing himself to enemy fire and directing fire at an enemy strong point. He assisted the unit on his right by firing his automatic rifle and killing or wounding two enemy snipers. On 22 October 1944, he and one comrade took up an outpost security position about 50 yards to the right front of their platoon, concealed themselves, and ambushed an 18-man, heavily armed, enemy patrol, killing two, wounding one, and taking the remainder as prisoners. On 29 October 1944, in a wooded area in the vicinity of Biffontaine, France, Private Hajiro initiated an attack up the slope of a hill referred to as "Suicide Hill" by running forward approximately 100 yards under fire. He then advanced ahead of his comrades about ten yards, drawing fire and spotting camouflaged machine gun nests. He fearlessly met fire with fire and single-handedly destroyed two machine gun nests and killed two enemy snipers. As a result of Private Hajiro's heroic actions, the attack was successful. Private Hajiro's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon him, his unit, and the United States Army.

All Information Was Found On And Copied From MilitaryCity.com

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.


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Christopher Lee (Quisi)
Wednesday Hero
Geek, Conservative, Music Addict
Gooner Til I Die

Our Constitution is a document in which
"We the people" tell the government what
it is allowed to do. "We the people" are free.

Tuesday Quote

Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.
Ty Cobb

Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was an American outfielder in baseball born in Narrows, Georgia.[1] Cobb spent 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, the last six as the team's player-manager, and finished his career with the Philadelphia Athletics.
Cobb is widely regarded as one of the best players of all time.[2][3] In 1936, Cobb received the most votes of any player on the inaugural Baseball Hall of Fame ballot,[4] receiving 222 out of a possible 226 votes.

Aww...Monday

This is my cat Harvey he likes to tunnel into blankets especially when we are runnin g the A/C

post #1779

A thank you

I posted a Thank you to Sandee, my blog friend and fellow member of Golch Central's rambling Stuff and my Mike's Place blogs on Mike's Place


Since I'm doing Thank Yous List I have to add Travis for creating this years Blog Bloast for Peace Globe

I know that I am not a creative person visual wise. I can imangine how I want something done,but doing that is a Horse of a Different Color.(look the saying up if you do not know that one.)That being said SANDEE AND TRAVIS have done this stuff for me. for that I will always be greatful for their help.

Sunday thought

Friday Flashback

Wednesday's Hero

Thank you Kathi. For the fourth year now you've been kind enough to put together this look back at the past year of posts for us. xoxoxox

Wednesday Hero - 2009/2010
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.