Paladin and torch lighters

I just received the first season of Paladin: Have Gun Will Travel, my favorite childhood western! Huzzah!!!!!

I stumbled upon it while cruising Amazon for DVD sets. My heart actually skipped a beat - I had forgotten the joy that came with watching that series in the late 1950's into what? The '60's? Not sure. Anyway, it arrived today and I watched three entire episodes before deciding to move on with my evening. Cool beans, indeed!

Earlier today I ordered a torch lighter made by Zippo ... all on a whim to see if the heat of the flame changes the pleasure or not.

Hmm. The life of a single guy is just one little experiment after another.

Snow and winter blues

It's now officially winter, though in my heart, it has been winter for some time.

My girlfriend and I are no more and I am trying to figure out how to be friends in order to keep some connection to her. I am deeply saddened and feel all kinds of things about this. I had figured us to be "the shit" and that we would find ways to persevere through hardships and the ups and downs of life.

Now, I am alone and miserable. Couple this with the horrid holiday season and, yep, I got the Blues bad.

Joe Six-pack

I'm exhausted from trying to parse the election language coming from the McCain/Palin folks. Joe Six-Pack seems extremely close to what Hillary called hard-working white folks when in PA during the primaries.

Then, this flap about whether or not Obama is an American citizen? Geez, give me a break. It must be truly hard for those that cannot face the black side of the fence.

Wondering

I've been remiss but I have been swamped. Work and life both seem to be way too much these days. Add to this the desperate McCain/Palin manuevers and things are tense, tense, tense.

I mean who are they talking to when they say "Joe Six-Pack"? Are these the same voters that Hillary spoke of when trying to stay above water? Hmmm.

Strane musings

For some reason - perhaps because I'm exhausted and because I spoke with an ex who now lives in Geneva (she left after Bush the 1st took office) - but I'm wondering what the Palin household is like on a typical night. Frightening thoughts and images swim up to consciousness and, well, I wonder.

Unlocked and able to post at long last

Great, now I can try to sort out the swirl of confusion that I feel about this upcoming election. Of course, I feel a strong distaste for McCain & Palin. That goes without saying. And though I find much about Obabam to support, when he starts talking about "hunting down" and "killing" folks, my stomach does flip flops. Guess I'm more a a peacenik than I though, eh?