There were times that I would go to the grocery store with my Mom when I was a child, and ask for certain foods. Most of them were patently unhealthy but quite delicious.

Mom would always say “When you’re an adult and making your own money, you can eat whatever you want.”

Every Halloween, General Mills would release their “Monster Cereals”, of which, my favorite was always Count Chocula. I LOVE Count Chocula and would constantly pester Mom for it.

Mom’s would counter “When you’re all grown up and making your own money, you can eat Count Chocula for breakfast, lunch and dinner!”

However, Mom also said that “Man cannot live on Count Chocula alone.”rnrn

Jim Says: “And after I’m done, I’ll make a fort out of the goddam boxes.”

Melissa, Hope you have a great 40th!!

Jim Says:”Happy Birthday, Gorgeous. Here’s to happier times.”

Two years ago today, Kodak announced that they would no longer be selling Kodachrome film. As a photography, I loved that film and there was something magical about that yellow box with the large red print.

As a tribute, I put together a little slide show accompanied by Paul Simon’s tribute to the film. Enjoy..

Jim Says: “Every scooch together…”

In no particular oder…

[ ] See the Aurora Borealis with my own eyes
[ ] Set the free fall skydiving record
[ ] See the curvature of the Earth from Space
[ ] Take a photo that ends up in the National Archives
[ ] Learn to play “Wish You Were Here” on guitar properly
[ ] Ride across Scotland on a motorcycle
[ ] Eliminate yodeling from the face of the Earth
[ ] Get married
[ ] Raise children
[ ] Solve the three body problem
[ ] Build a life size replica of Vermont
[ ] Secretly replace the real Vermont with my replica
[√] Restore a classic Chevy
[√] Make love to the woman I love the most
[√] Save a life
[√] Get my writing published
[√] break 100 MPH on my motorcycle
[√] See the Rolling Stones
[√ Overcome my fear of public speaking
[√] Jump out of a planern[√] Make a killer lasagne
[√] Top 150 with the top down
[√] Bench 300 pounds
[√] Climb a mountain
[√] Play the intro to “Hot for Teacher” on drums
[√] Hit a home run
[√] Participate in a Fight Club
[√ Fire a machine gun
[√ Beat somebody bigger than me in a figh
[√] Break 1 billion playing pinball
[√] Propose to Shakira
[√] Learn to juggle
[ ] Exact my revenge

Jim Says: “Working on it.”

A few years ago, I was managing a club near Joplin, Missouri. At that time, we had a vicious storm system come through and send a couple of tornados through Joplin. I have to admit, I’ve never seen weather quite like that before. (You can get an idea of what the storms look like down there from this video.)

So far, I haven’t been able to get a hold of anyone down there, but imagine that all cell towers are without power at the moment.rnrnI hope my friends are OK, and if you see this, shoot me a line to let me know.

Jim Says:” Kylee, Tammy, Kimberley, Stada, I’m thinking about you.”