Party Invite

As you are all aware, I am participating in the 3-Day, 60 mile walk for Breast Cancer this August. As you may also know I have to raise funds for this cause.
You being the people that I know I am forced to ask you to help out. But, I offer you a fun time and a great spaghetti dinner in return for you $15.00 donation. For those of you who have already given, thank you so much, but I still expect to see you on July 28th between noon and 9 PM at Frank and Tony's on Second Street in downtown Willoughby.
For those of you who have not given yet, this is a great opportunity to help a great cause and a hell of a guy.
If you are unable to make it to the event, as always you can make a donation online at:
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=202302&lis=1&kntae202302=F332D69896954BA8AC3BA960E6302A8B&supId=168613333
Other wise, give me a call at 216-291-3676 and we can set up a time to get you your tickets or they will be available a the door.

Hammy Hammy Hammy

I recall a time in my youth, at the Maple Festival in Chardon, where a man on a PA would call out, "HAM, HAM, HAM." The cry went out hour after hour enticing passers by to stop and get a ham sandwich. Imagine my disappointment when I stepped up to place order, a small boy brought in close with the promise of ham and then finding out that it was not chip chopped ham.

I have always liked chip chopped ham with Kraft singles and Miracle Whip on white bread. If it comes with a side of Frito's I would grin from ear to ear. I think it is one of the best comfort foods ever. It is salty and tangy and the favor is just so incredibly simple.

To this day, when I get special moments alone, I like to eat them with my shirt off, laid out on the couch. As I have aged I have included a plate in the mix but for years I would eat them straight off the arm of the couch and leave crumbs on the sofa and on my tummy.

I am off to get a hair cut.

Political Satire

I got this in an email from my aunt and thought it was fun. I make no claim that the quotes' accreditations are accurate. Enjoy or not, I do not care.

1) Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself.- Mark Twain

2) I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is Like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.- Winston Churchill

3) A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.- George Bernard Shaw

4) Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner .- James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

5) Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.- Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

6) Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to boys.- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

7) Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.- Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

8) Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.- Ronald Reagan (1986)

9) I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.- Will Rogers

10) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.- P.J. O'Rourke

11) In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.- Voltaire (1764)

12) Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.- Pericles (430 B.C)

13) No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain (1866)

14) Talk is cheap... except when Congress does it.- Unknown

15) The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.- Winston Churchill

16) What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.- Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)

17) A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
- Thomas Jefferson

Beware the Black Widow.

The "Black Widow" is reborn and like a fiery Phoenix will again rule the road ways. Or at least will be operated at tailgate functions by well schooled and experienced pilots capable of handling this mad bitch gone wild. Mostly it will be drunken thirty-somethings but that has no romance in it.
I am very much looking forward to minutes of glee speeding down the Muni-lot in excess of five miles per hour. Weeeee!