...booms the PA on a cop car at a 4th of July patron in sunny Pacific Beach.  Oh yea, and there's no drinking on the beach anywhere in San Diego anymore either.  The irony of celebrating the sovereignity of our country under the prohibitive semi-police-state was the only thing good about today.  Oh that, and for it, I am sober enough to blog to you about it.  I feel bad for the generations of young adults that will never experience the utter shit-house madness this place would be during the 4th of July festivities.  It was a canopy to canopy party.  Stop at any canopy to do take a hit, do a keg stand, or a body shot.  It'd be so packed, you wouldn't be able see the water from 30 feet away from it.

c'est la vie.

YouTube now allows for a 2GB upload and also enabled HD embeds...pretty sweet...now we just need to allow for these larger embeds here on the sift.

Due to personal reasons, peggedbea had to leave for a while, which means that I'm sitting in the airport now, and have to bitch and moan to lufthansa to get me home 5 days early.

There wouldn't happen to be anyone near DFW who can house a poor Dane until the 7th?

Lufthansa only have office hours in ~2 hours, so I'm just sitting around now.

Yesterday afternoon I drove home during a thunderstorm that included lots of lightning. When I got inside my answering machine was dead, florescent bulb in the bathroom was dead and my modem had trouble finding the Internet. I had to replace all three.

This morning my neighbor called to let me know lightning struck the tree behind my house and that bark went flying. And so, without further ado, I give you a couple of photos.

Looks lke a feline made the tree a scratching post.

    I imagine they are going to put him in the casket with wig on and donning a Sargent Pepper suit but I personally think they should do something a little more traditional.  It's the guy's funeral after all, give him one opportunity to be normal. He spent so much of his life being exploited that it's easy to forget that undernieth it all he was a real person.  The whole situation reminds me of the painting Marge Simpson made of Mr. Burns.

Behind Michael Jackson's fame, behind his bizzare childhood, the memories we all have of growing up with him, the makeup, the scandals, his children, the plastic surgery, and after 50 years of life, there was nothing left but a frail man.  His death, because he was almost a representation of the good and bad in all of us, made a lot of people reflect on their own lives.  And looking back at the rollercoaster he lived on, it's no wonder he turned out the way he did.

...and off the Chantix.

I actually stopped taking it about a week ago.  I didn't like the effects and I felt like it had already helped me get over the hump.  Now, I barely even think about smoking.  I even go outside and hang out with the smokers with no urge to partake.  I got wasted this weekend...still no smoking.  It's like I was never a smoker at all.  I personally think that the recommended 3 months on Chantix is overkill, considering I didn't even use up 2 weeks of my 1 month supply.  My girlfriend has quit now too .  She's gonna cold turkey it though since she was only doing 4 or 5 cigs a day.

So would I recommend Chantix? Yes I would.  But I'd be careful to listen to my body.  If the effects are negative, and you don't feel like you need to take it, then stop taking it.

.....is over.   A special thanks goes out to my dog Nami, my feet, and the stairs. :-D

It's day one, it's really really hot. But I managed to avoid jet lag so far. Probably sleeping soon.

It took forever to get through customs and security, not because there were any problems, just many people. I like it here, everything is big.. even me. 

We shopped at khoks, or something like that.. boy, do I like khoks. Hmmm... maybe it was khols.. 

 XOXO gwiz665

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