Nothing In Particular

Sometimes I go a while without posting anything new. I have quite a bit of things already written and waiting. I even have a bunch of jokes saved up, mostly ones that friends have E-Mailed me. But for some reason I’m not inspired to post them. I don’t spend as much time on the computer as I used to. I sit at home most of the time with nothing in particular to do. I sleep, eat, watch TV, and pester my Daughter. When I’m not doing any of those I’m doing my best to wear out a set of fingers scratching a dog. The less I write the less people stop by and for that I am sorry. I miss a lot of my old Blogging friends that have faded away for one reason or the other. Sometimes I think of joining them and just hitting the “Delete This Blog” button. I miss my old blog. It might not have been as cool looking but it was more me. Maybe I’ll get the urge and change this some, I’m not too happy with the color, I don’t like the white background and the dark color of the text. Anyway, changing the subject quite a bit, a friend of mine (D.A.) plays the Dulcimer. Pretty cool I think. I wouldn’t mind getting to hear him play sometime. I remember back in the day he used to be a big “Journey” fan. I wonder if he tries to play any. I swiped this quote from an E-Mail he sent to my sister. Oh yeah, he used to be my Brother In-law too. But sometimes those things just don’t work out.

"The dulcimer--the quiet, peaceful, personal instrument designed for playing in a lonely log cabin deep in some dark holler--became lost in the modern transition to city life. The fiddle, banjo and guitar--all capable of being public instruments--began to take the lead as the folk instruments of America.

"The rediscovery of the dulcimer in our day is filled with serendipity. It is more flexible, and capable of more complexity than had once been thought possible. It is still pleasing in its utter simplicity and in its graceful lines. It is one of the most sweetly musical, charming instruments we know. "

Lynn McSpadden

Nation Wide Recall On Pet Foods

NOTICE TO ALL PET OWNERS

Nation Wide Recall On “MENU FOODS” Brand Dog and Cat Food Products.

Symptoms Include; Vomiting, Lethargy, Not Eating, Excessive Drinking, Excessive Sleeping or any Other Unusual activity.

Causes Kidney Failure and may cause Death.

Mostly Wet (canned) and Gravy Mix Type Pet Foods.

So Far On Products Manufactured From December 2006 thru March 2007 - If You're Not Sure Please Call the Toll-Free Recall Information Number, 1-866-895-2708

Recalled Dog Products:

(The Following Lists Are Not Links)

1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
2. Authority
3. Award
4. Best Choice
5. Big Bet
6. Big Red
7. Bloom
8. Wegmans Bruiser
9. Cadillac
10. Companion
11. Demoulas Market Basket
12. Eukanuba
13. Food Lion
14. Giant Companion
15. Great Choice
16. Hannaford
17. Hill Country Fare
18. Hy-Vee
19. Iams
20. Laura Lynn
21. Loving Meals
22. Meijers Main Choice
23. Mighty Dog Pouch
24. Mixables
25. Nutriplan
26. Nutro Max
27. Nutro Natural Choice
28. Nutro Ultra
29. Nutro
30. Ol'Roy Canada
31. Ol'Roy US
32. Paws
33. Pet Essentials
34. Pet Pride - Good n Meaty
35. Presidents Choice
36. Price Chopper
37. Priority Canada
38. Priority US
39. Publix
40. Roche Brothers
41. Save-A-Lot
42. Schnucks
43. Shep Dog
44. Springsfield Prize
45. Sprout
46. Stater Brothers
47. Stop & Shop Companion
48. Tops Companion
49. Weis Total Pet
50. Western Family US
51. White Rose
52. Winn Dixie
53. Your Pet

Recalled Cat Products:

1. Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
2. Authority
3. Best Choice
4. Companion
5. Compliments
6. Demoulas Market Basket
7. Eukanuba
8. Fine Feline Cat
9. Food Lion
10. Foodtown
11. Giant Companion
12. Hannaford
13. Hill Country Fare
14. Hy-Vee
15. Iams
16. Laura Lynn
17. Li'l Red
18. Loving Meals
19. Meijer's Main Choice
20. Nutriplan
21. Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
22. Nutro Natural Choice
23. Paws
24. Pet Pride
25. Presidents Choice
26. Price Chopper
27. Priority US
28. Save-A-Lot
29. Schnucks
30. Science Diet Feline Savory Cuts Cans
31. Sophistacat
32. Special Kitty Canada
33. Special Kitty USA
34. Springfield Prize
35. Sprout
36. Stop & Shop Companion
37. Tops Companion
38. Wegmans
39. Weis Total Pet
40. Western Family US
41. White Rose
42. Winn Dixie

(This May Not Be A Complete List)

Oklahoma Tough...

THREE COWBOYS ARE SITTING AROUND THE CAMPFIRE OUT ON THE LONESOME PRAIRIE, EACH WITH THE BRAVADO FOR WHICH HE IS FAMOUS, A NIGHT OF TALL TALES.

THE FIRST COWBOY FROM MONTANA SAYS, "I MUST BE THE STRONGEST, MEANEST, TOUGHEST COWBOY THERE IS. WHY, JUST THE OTHER DAY, A BIG OLE’ BULL GOT LOOSE IN THE CORRAL. IT HAD GORED SIX MEN BEFORE I WRESTLED IT TO THE GROUND BY THE HORNS WITH MY BARE HANDS AND CASTRATED THAT SON OF A BUCK WITH MY TEETH."

THE SECOND COWBOY FROM COLORADO COULDN'T STAND TO BE BESTED. "THAT'S NOTHIN’. I WAS WALKING DOWN THE TRAIL YESTERDAY, AND A FIFTEEN FOOT DIAMONDBACK RATTLER SLID OUT FROM UNDER A ROCK AND MADE A MOVE FOR ME. I GRABBED THAT BASTARD WITH MY BARE HANDS, BIT IT'S HEAD OFF AND SUCKED ALL OF THE POISON DOWN IN ONE GULP, AND I'M STILL UP AND KICKIN’ TODAY."

THE THIRD COWBOY WHO WAS FROM OKLAHOMA REMAINED SILENT, NEVER SAID A WORD, JUST KEPT SLOWLY STIRRING THE CAMPFIRE COALS WITH HIS PECKER.

What Is Politics ?

A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is Politics?"
Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way:
I am the head of the family, so call me The President.
Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the Government.
We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People.
The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.
And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.
Now think about that and see if it makes sense."
So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.
Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him.
He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.
So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother asleep.
Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with the nanny.
He gives up and goes back to bed.
The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now. "
The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about." The little boy replies, "The President is screwing the Working Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in Deep Shit."

(sent to me by my friend Suzanne)

"Three Things"

Help me, Help me, I been tagged by Babs.

“Three Friggin’ Things”

3 Things That Scare Me;

Something happening to my Kid

Women

I can’t think of anything else
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3 People Who Make Me Laugh

Ron White

Bobby Lee

My Kid
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3 Things I Love

My Kid

My Dog

God (and Family)
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3 Things I Hate (I try real hard not to)

Haters

People in cars that have the Bass turned up to Damn loud

People who hurt People (rapists, child molesters, drive by shooters)
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3 Things I Don't Understand

People who hurt People (rapists, child molesters, drive by shooters)

Haters

People in general
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3 Things On My Desk

Diet Mt. Dew

Computer

Colt .45 (the gun, not the beer)
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3 Things I'm Doing Right Now

Listening to Velvet Revolver

Wondering why I’ve been awake all night

Shivering, I’ve had the heat off all night
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3 Things I Want To Do Before I Die

Ride a horse again

See my kid marry a good man

Lose weight
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3 Things I Can Do (this was the hardest three)

Cook most anything

Break a horse without it bucking

Throw a curve ball
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3 Things I Can't Do (a butt-load of crap)

Walk very far or stand very long

Figure out Women

Throw a Slider
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3 Things I Think You Should Listen To

God

Old People

Young People
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3 Things You Should Never Listen To

Howard Stern

Bill Maher

Rush Limbaugh
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3 Things I'd Like To Learn

To speak Cherokee

To play the guitar (I have 3)

The names of trees and plants
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3 Favorite Foods

All Mexican and all Italian

Chicken (fried, baked, grilled, roasted

Anything someone else chooses and brings to me
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3 Beverages I Drink Regularly

Diet Mt. Dew

Water (tap)

Nothing else
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3 Shows I Watched As A Kid

Gunsmoke (James Arness, Ken Curtis)

Wanted Dead Or Alive (Steve McQueen)

Sea Hunt (Lloyd Bridges)
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3 Bloggers I've Tagged

Buddess

Chef Wannabe

Kaliblue

Anyone else who wants to do it, feel free to knock yourself out. Have a good one.

One Year Of Blogging

Well, “Chuck’s Lo Down” is one year old this month. It’s been a Hell of a year. I went a whole year without any income and I got by pretty well. Only had the water turned of once. Never missed a meal. Damn near lost the house but I squeaked by that one. Made a lot of good online friends who became just plain old friends (I mean that in the best possible way) lost a few who drifted away for one reason or the other, I wish them well and hope to get in touch with them again someday. I only screwed up and deleted the whole blog one time and that was just last month, almost made it a year. The new site will eventually get better. At least I have it all saved incase I have a brain fart and delete it again. This coming year I hope to post more regularly and I also hope to visit others more often. I have another blog that’s more on the faith side, I hope to post more on it too. Lately the way things have been going I’ve been more one-on-one with the big guy, talking straight to him and neglecting the blog a lot more. Things seem to be a whole lot better when I include him in my everyday life. I don’t mean to preach but having faith is a good thing no matter what it’s in as long as it is positive. Well that’s my sermon for the week. Peace to all and take care.