Quote Of The Day

"A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be." - Rosalynn Carter

Quote Of The Day

"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water" - Benjamin Franklin

What Is Important?

It seems that the times are altering our definitions of what is important. It seems to me at least that family, friends, health, food and shelter, security, all begin to loom large as very important things. Seems like big ticket material possessions are going to mean less to us, unless they contribute to these other, more important things. Things like "status symbols" and useless electronic gadgets, oversized homes, oversized automobiles, etc., will mean less and less and in fact will detract from these, more important things. I struggled throughout the 90's watching people I knew take dream vacations, purchase dream homes, fancy autos, did all the things I wanted to do but was frankly too "chicken-shit" of a large amount of debt required to do those things. Now it seems that all of that has fallen apart and means almost nothing now, in a difficult economy with shrinking opportunities. Even career aspirations have to be tamed, there simply isn't "room at the top" any more. It is impossible to be too cautious now.

Went to the boat show

See my brief post at the Cats Pajamas Blog.

Metro Beach Boat Show

I went to the Metropolitan Beach Boat Show yesterday. In a word, it was awful. It really indicates how bad the economy really is. For a few years now they have shortened the duration of the show, but this year, it was just awful. There was nothing there, nothing to see, nothing worth $9/adult to walk into this mess. I think I have gone to my last boat show for some time. I'm not really a serious customer anyhow as I would never buy a brand new boat, ever. It is nice to see the new offerings and so on and I was gratified to see the Com-Pac dealer there with one or two specimens, but by and large, nothing to see. How depressing.

That's A Really Big Bass You Have There

Back in June I bought a bass guitar from a pawn shop. I took a good friend of mine who knows something about guitars and I walked out with a Fender Squier P-Bass and a bass amplifier. It's a pretty red with a white pick guard. I shined it up and bought some new strings and voila! I have a bass guitar!

Jerry Reed

I didn't know that Jerry Reed had died last September, so when I recently bought a hits collection it made me glad to have some of his music. Recently I was at the mechanic's garage getting some work done and I had the disc in my hand, and I laid it down on the counter while signing the estimate, one of the mechanics commented how good he was and that Jerry Reed had fun making music. One gets the sense that is true. The collection of songs I have (Jerry Reed Super Hits) include the following which are Jerry Reed's masterpieces:

East Bound and Down
Amos Moses
Lord, Mr. Ford
When You're Hot, You're Hot

You find yourself singing these tunes out loud in the car while driving, well at least I do.