Saturday, July 15, 2006

This week and today...

Well, I have worked for the last 11 days straight and today was the last day of the high work as seen in the last Blog entry.  I just have to go to the JPJ arena for several days and finish up some loose ends on the electrical.  I hope to finish up by Thursday and be off Friday  to get a few things done in preparation for St Thomas on Saturday!!!  I cant wait and I will have some great pics of the Blog when we get back!!  Today was my daughters Birthday Party.  She was born on July 8, 1993 but chose to have her party today for all her friend to be able to come over. She asked me to grill shrimp as she and all of her friends like my cooking, so I did and I cooked 3 pounds!!  IT is all gone! We all kept eating it…Yum Yum. Well more l8ter.

 

Ciao…

 

RMStringer

________________________________

What have I done

What lies I have told

I've played games with the ones that

rescued my soul

Oh, have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip

Or is it still time to get into

The swing of things  - A - Ha   1986

 

Friday, July 07, 2006

WORK @ UVA JPJ Arena this week...





These are pictures of me working nearly 100 feet above the ground at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA Where i have been working for the last 2 months. I was pulling wire for the window treatments on the upper tier of the arena. The picture does not do justice to the lenght of the span of windows. it is over 100 feet long across them. I was tied off to a life-line and crawling around on a 4 foot wide window ledge made of sheetrock!! The photo of me and the other person is my boss that i work with. I was just glad that it was cloudy weather as it would be hotter than all get out on those East facing windows. We are just about through with this job and i will be working in Culpepper Virginia for the next several weeks. I am tired and need to get some sleep tonight as i am working all weekend.

CAIO...

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

July 3, 2006...

Well, it was my 35th birthday yesterday. We had some friends over from the neighborhood and several other people. I think that we made soem new friends with a couple as their daughter and ours are good friends and the girls father is a big music freak. So, we hit it off very well. Today, there is going to be a Block Party here at our neighborhood and lots of people are going to cook and drink and have fun then walk over to the lake and watch for fireworks tonight!!!

I hope that everyone has a Great 4th and rest fo the week.

Caio...

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Family Visiting Vacation...

Well, my Mother and Grandmother came out from Texas to visit us for 8 days. They got here on the 15th of June and stayed till the 22nd of June. I came home from Culpeper on Friday the 16th.

That Saturday, we got up and went to Virginia Beach. We had a wonderful time. we got there around 10am and left near 4pm. It was very nice and sunny with dolphins and crabs everywhere. A lady told me that there are over 800 dolphins that live in the waters off Virginia Beach!!! I got to see a few of them jump out fo the water!!!


There were also SOOO many Ghost Crabs living on that beach! I have NEVER seen so many in one place. I got some good shots of them:

They were VERY FAST. I chased then along the shores and they could keep up with me running. It was very funny.





On Sunday, we got up and went to Mt Vernon, George Washington's Home. It was Incredible. We toured his estate and it was awe inspiring!! We were so close to DC, that we had to take them to see some of the sights. My grandmother had been and we have been there 3 times. We will go back again as you cannot due it justice in a few hours.



Just a note people, IF you see text that is a different color, click it, it is a hyperlink to more information about the stuff that I am babbling about.





On Monday, I went to work in Charlottesville and that afternoon, I met them and we went to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house.
He was an incredible man and was our 3rd President as well as an inventor.
He had many modifications to his house.
From his house, you can see the college, UVA, which he helped start and design.






I took Wednesday off and we went to Brown's Island in Richmond. It was a Fort during the civil war and it is not a park with a music venue on it.

They left on Thursday morning to return to Texas...

We all had a good time and miss them.

Friday, June 16, 2006

The Devil's Highway...


About 4 miles out of Culpeper Virginia and running through the East end of the town is Route 666. Nuff said!! It reminds me of the Movie Natural Brone Killers...

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Culpeper Va....

Well kiddies, i was supposed to be in Culpeper this whole week, but my working partner got hurt and was not able to go on Monday. We will be there from Wednesday till Friday. On Wednesday, my Mother and Grandmother start their drive out here to visit us for a week!!! I cant wait to see them and we are going to the beach and do some sight seeing. More l8ter...

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Faith Hill & Tim McGraw

We saw them last night at the Richmond Coliseum on their Soul to Soul 2006 Tour.  IT was a good show. I really did not know what to expect! They played for over 3 hours and had very good musicianship. Faith came on 1st and Then Tim closed the show down.  I enjoyed the show. IT seems that they are the only Star couple that can stay together…Time will tell.

 

RMStringer

+++++++++++++++++++

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Memorial Day Weekend

Well, we decided to surprise my parent's in Texas and made a mad-dash and drove to Texas. It ended up being a 1228.3 mile trip from our house to there!!! IT took us 18 hours!!! We left at 630pm EST and arrived at 130pm CST. They were SHOCKED!!!!! My mother called me at 530am CST and i acted like i was asleep, little did she know that we were between Birmingham Alabama and meridian Mississippi!! So, when we arrived at the Lake, we drove up in my Grandparents driveway and They were SHOCKED!!!!! We then had my Grandmother call my Mother at work and ask here how her lunhc went, then i got on the phone and said HELLO!!! She was Freaking OUT!!! We had a very good time and saw a few friends that we don't get to see very often. We started back at 430am CST on Monday morning and made really good time till we got to Birmingham AL and there was a wreck on Interstate 20 East. It turned out to be a death and we were stopped in traffic for 2 hours!!


Traffic accident victim identified:

Authorities on Tuesday identified a woman killed in a Memorial Day traffic accident in Birmingham as Mary Frances Miller. Miller, 57, of Midfield, died in a three-car wreck Monday afternoon in the northbound lanes of Interstate 20/59 near Arkadelphia Road. An Alabama state trooper was injured in the wreck. The accident shut down interstate lanes for more than three hours and traffic was rerouted off the interstate at the Arkadelphia Road exit. The Birmingham Police Department is investigating the accident, but spokesmen for the police and state troopers on Tuesday declined to release details on the wreck. Trooper Lt. Keith Kelley was reportedly responding to a DUI call when the accident happened. He was treated and released from an area hospital, but isn’t expected to return to duty for at least several days. Carol Robinson


Well, that blew our schedule and we did not get to Our house till 430am EST today. I am very tired, but wanted to say hello...

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Amerikan Idull....

"More than 63 million votes were cast, "more than any president in the history of our country has received," Seacrest said.
Despite the lack of offstage drama, or because of it, this edition of “American Idol” was the most-watched yet. Compared to last year, the show was up 14 percent in total viewers with an average weekly audience of 30.3 million — impressive growth for an established program.
The Tuesday and Wednesday episodes routinely ranked as the top-rated TV shows, drawing 28 million or more viewers. The series also is seen via delayed broadcast or satellite delivery in more than 150 other countries.

Well, that about says it all. Amerika cares more about what goes on TV than what is happening with our Nation and President. Amerika will vote for a damm TV show, but will not vote for a public election that decides local, state and National officials. What a bunch of mindless persons Amerika as a society had become. Our president is chosen by much less of the population than what voted fo this bunch of crap. We care more about Brad-jolina and Tom-kat than the fate of our well being. IT is unbelievable where the media has taken the mindless patrons of our once great country. I call it the Dumbing of America. Where cartoons talk down to our children and everyone wants to be a different race then what they were born into. To HEll in a handbasket... Babylon the Geat...just to name a few.

Monday, May 22, 2006

Racial Diversity...

I live in the United States of America. I am an American. I am a white person. I live in Virginia. But first and foremost, i am an American. Now, we all know that America was and is a melting pot of diverse ethnic peoples. But, when they come to live in America, are they not also Americans? I do not think that it matters if you are White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, or Oriental, only that you chose to live here Legally and that you call yourself and American. Why then do we dilute our National identity by breaking it up into racially segrrated names like Asian-American, African-American, Mexican-American and so on and so forth? Do we not all live in the same land? and same Country? I my neighborhood, we are very diverse with whites, blacks, asians, indians and latinos and we all visit and do not ware Ethnic titles. SO what I am getting at is WHY do we have to dilute our country to satisfy a certain racial group? In Europe for one place, i have never heard of someone being called an Africa-European... I think that we are all American that are here LEGALY and that want a better place to live and work in PEACE. I think that is stupid for us to label and segrate OUR NATIONAL identity as Americans into Racial Nametags. In the end, it will only weaken our society and we will become no more than a Rich 3rd world country. Just my American Opinion...

Saturday, May 20, 2006

Our Bull Riddin' Midlothian Cheerleader!!!


Well, for those of you that dont know the good news, Chelsea tried out for 8th grade Cheerleader. There were 36 girls during tryouts. Only 12 were going to make the cut. Chelsea was one of the girls that MADE IT!!! She was the 2nd girl that was called in to be announced that she would be an 8th grade cheerleader. We were and are SO PROUD OF HER!!!!. This is a picture that i took of her today during the Wachovia Canal Walk...

Sunday, May 14, 2006

80's Club Traxx Winamp List

Most of these tracks were played in a club called Starz in Southweat Lousiana and Rhinestones in Beaumont Texas and also at Club 6400 in Houston Texas during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was a very big Danc Club secne there.

This is a Playlist that i am working on for my Creative Zen MP3 player. If some of yall like 80's club music, i can burn you a copy fo these tracks on HQ(128kb/s) MP3 tracks. Just let me know.


136 tracks in playlist, average track length: 5:58Playlist length: 13 hours 33 minutes 26 seconds Right-click here to save this HTML file.
Playlist files:
1. Dj Renigade - Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (3:40)
2. Dj Renigade - Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion - Mother Russia (7:01)
3. Dj Renigade - A Split Second - Mambo Witch (5:34)
4. Dj Renigade - Bigod 20 - One (5:08)
5. Dj Renigade - Sisters Of Mercy - Lucretia (4:56)
6. Dj Renigade - Vicious Pink - 8-15 to Nowhere (2:46)
7. Dj Renigade - Lords Of Acid - I Sit On Acid (5:46)
8. Dj Renigade - Bigod 20 - Sick (4:31)
9. Dj Renigade - Cocteau Twins - Orange Appled (2:49)
10. Dj Renigade - Signal Aout 42 - Why Not (Razormaid Mix) (8:03)
11. Dj Renigade - Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion (10:55)
12. Dj Renigade - Alphaville - Forever Young [Album Version] (3:46)
13. Dj Renigade - Bigod 20 - Slavery is guaranteed (3:50)
14. Dj Renigade - Pop Will Eat Itself - There Is No Love Between Us Anymore (3:55)
15. Dj Renigade - Bigog 20 - America (6:38)
16. Dj Renigade - Erasure - Chains Of Love (3:43)
17. Dj Renigade - Vicious Pink - Take Me Now (Razormaid Mix) (6:31)
18. Dj Renigade - Erasure - A Little Respect (3:32)
19. Dj Renigade - Vicious Pink - Can't You See (Razormaid Mix) (8:34)
20. Dj Renigade - Rebel MC - Street Tuff (3:30)
21. Dj Renigade - Signal Aout 42 - Carnaval (Original LP Version) (5:15)
22. Dj Renigade - Edelweiss - Bring Me Edelweiss (3:40)
23. Dj Renigade - Signal Aout 42 - Pleasure and Crime (Remix) (8:02)
24. Dj Renigade - 101 - Rock To The Beat (New Beat) (5:32)
25. Dj Renigade - 808 State - Cubik (3:33)
26. Dj Renigade - 808 State - In yer Face (3:56)
27. Dj Renigade - A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Numbers) (5:28)
28. Dj Renigade - A Split Second - Flesh (3:57)
29. Dj Renigade - A Split Second - Rigor Mortis (4:55)
30. Dj Renigade - A Split Second - Muscle Machine (5:12)
31. Dj Renigade - Secession - All The Animals Come Out At Night (Razomaid!) (6:37)
32. Dj Renigade - Axodry - You (Razormaid) (6:50)
33. Dj Renigade - Baby Ford - Children of The Revolution (6:33)
34. Dj Renigade - Baby Ford - Move-On (Machine Mix) (6:03)
35. Dj Renigade - Beat Professor - Beat Professor (Razormaid! 114 BPM) (6:26)
36. Dj Renigade - Black Box - Strike It Up (x-mix) (6:24)
37. Dj Renigade - Caberet Voltaire - Keep On (Razormaid) (6:36)
38. Dj Renigade - Call It Heaven - Feeling Like A Stranger (Razormaid! 131 BPM) (6:40)
39. Dj Renigade - Camouflage - The Great Commandment (Razormaid Mix) (6:44)
40. Dj Renigade - It's Over Now [It's Alright (3:58)
41. Dj Renigade - CCCP - Orient Express(art Of Mix) (6:56)
42. Dj Renigade - Celebrate The Nun - Will You Be There (6:01)
43. Dj Renigade - Cetu Javu - Have in Mind (Extended Mix) (5:32)
44. Dj Renigade - Cetu Javu - Situations (5:32)
45. Dj Renigade - Controlled Bleeding - Words of the Dying (6:27)
46. Dj Renigade - Controlled Bleeding - Crimes of the Body (5:30)
47. Dj Renigade - Cubik 22 - Night In Motion (Battleplan Remix) (5:11)
48. Dj Renigade - Cubic 22 - Night In Motion (Original Mix) (5:14)
49. Dj Renigade - DAF - The Gun (Razormaid Mix) (7:10)
50. Dj Renigade - Danielle Dax - Big Hollow Man (4:58)
51. Dj Renigade - Data - Living Inside Me (Razormaid! 125 BPM) (7:21)
52. Dj Renigade - Der Bose Mann - Kommt Mit Mir (Razormaid! 124 BPM) (6:29)
53. Dj Renigade - Dj Dick - Weekend (Club Mix) (4:55)
54. Dj Renigade - Dominatrix - Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight (12 Inch Remix) (4:49)
55. Dj Renigade - Double ID - Communicate (4:14)
56. Dj Renigade - Dr Alban - No Coke (After Use 12 mix) (7:23)
57. Dj Renigade - EighthWonder - I'm Not Scared (Razormaid) (6:55)
58. Dj Renigade - English Boy on Love Ranch - Sex Vigilante (7:35)
59. Dj Renigade - English Boy On The Love Ranch - Man In Your Life (Razormaid) (6:35)
60. Dj Renigade - Eon - Spice(Original Mix) (6:28)
61. Dj Renigade - Frida - Something Going On (4:07)
62. Dj Renigade - Front 242 - Headhunter (Razormaid! 123 BPM) (5:54)
63. Dj Renigade - Gary Numan - Ghange Your Mind (7:45)
64. Dj Renigade - Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire (Extended Mix (6:17)
65. Dj Renigade - Gino Latino - Welcome (Extended Mix) (8:11)
66. Dj Renigade - Golden Shower - Taste Of Sugar (4:37)
67. Dj Renigade - Grace Jones - Love On Top Of Love (6:12)
68. Dj Renigade - White Lines (Ultimix) (7:09)
69. Dj Renigade - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines(Dont Do It) (7:36)
70. Dj Renigade - Heaven 17 - Let Me Go (Razormaid) (6:55)
71. Dj Renigade - Human Reseorce - Dominator (4:27)
72. Dj Renigade - In Soto Voce - In Soto Voce (5:10)
73. Dj Renigade - Indicate - The Latest Idea (Razormaid! 124 BPM) (6:03)
74. Dj Renigade - Invicible Limit - Push (7:01)
75. Dj Renigade - Janet Jackson - This Time (6:58)
76. Dj Renigade - Jarvic 7 - Bush Of Love (Razormaid! 116 BPM) (6:34)
77. Dj Renigade - Julian Lennon - Now You're In Heaven (Guerilla Dub) (6:51)
78. Dj Renigade - Kiss AMC - A Bit Of U2 (Razormaid! 122 BPM) (6:44)
79. Dj Renigade - Leila K - Got To Get (4:34)
80. Dj Renigade - Li'l Louis - French Kiss (Extended Mix) (9:44)
81. Dj Renigade - Live Cinema - Pop Density (6:29)
82. Dj Renigade - Loveland - Dress Up For Me (Classic Club Remix) (7:13)
83. Dj Renigade - Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte (6:25)
84. Dj Renigade - Mark Of Kane - Heavy Cross (Razormaid! 124 BPM) (6:46)
85. Dj Renigade - Masterboy - Dance To The Beat (Kinke Mix) (5:28)
86. Dj Renigade - MC Tunes vs 808 State - Tunes Splits The Atom (Creamatomic Rap) (4:16)87. Dj Renigade - MC Wildski - Warrior (6:14)
88. Dj Renigade - Melon - Serious Japan (Razormaid! 121 BPM) (6:57)
89. Dj Renigade - Microchip League - New York (6:24)
90. Dj Renigade - Moses P - Twilight Zone (6:35)
91. Dj Renigade - Moskwa TV - Generator 7~8 (Razormaid! 123 BPM) (6:33)
92. Dj Renigade - Marathon - Movin' (original transluna injection burn mix) (6:04)
93. Dj Renigade - Mysterious Art - Das Omen(Razormaid) (6:32)
94. Dj Renigade - Nation 12 - Listen To The Drummer (5:04)
95. Dj Renigade - New Scene - Out of Control (7:07)
96. Dj Renigade - New Scene - Out Of Control II (6:22)
97. Dj Renigade - Nick Heyward - Tell Me Why (7:13)
98. Dj Renigade - Noel - Sielent Morning (6:49)
99. Dj Renigade - Pankow - Me and My Ding Dong (4:33)
100. Dj Renigade - Paul Hardcastle - 19 (Extended Version) (5:10)
101. Dj Renigade - Peter Godwin - Images of Heaven (Razormaid) (6:08)
102. Dj Renigade - Pluto - Isn't It Crazy (5:41)
103. Dj Renigade - Pop Will Eat Itself - Def Con One (Razormaid) (5:55)
104. Dj Renigade - Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up Sucker (12'' Youth Remix) (5:42)
105. Dj Renigade - Portion Control - The Great Divide (Razormaid) (6:32)
106. Dj Renigade - Posi Noir - Pity For The Self (5:00)
107. Dj Renigade - Primal Scream - Loaded (Weatherall Mix) (7:05)
108. Dj Renigade - Psychic TV - Meet Every Situation Head-on (5:14)
109. Dj Renigade - Public Image Ltd - Body (5:16)
110. Dj Renigade - Public Image Ltd. - Order Of Death (4:47)
111. Dj Renigade - Quantize - The Sun Aint Gonna Shine (8:44)
112. Dj Renigade - Robotiko Reject - Robotiko Rejecto(12 '' Version). (6:04)
113. Dj Renigade - Second Voice - Living In Paradise (4:37)
114. Dj Renigade - Section 25 - Looking from a Hilltop (Megamix) (8:08)
115. Dj Renigade - Shamen - Progen (4:11)
116. Dj Renigade - Shrickback - Nemesis(Extended MIx) (5:54)
117. Dj Renigade - Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope (5:13)
118. Dj Renigade - Snap - I Got the Power (5:46)
119. Dj Renigade - Secession - Sneekyville (Razormaid Mix) (6:13)
120. Dj Renigade - St Che - Be My Powestation (6:19)
121. Dj Renigade - Taffy - Midnight Radio (I Love My Radio) (8:39)
122. Dj Renigade - Telekin - Imagination (German 12 inch Extended) (7:11)
123. Dj Renigade - Telex - Peanuts (5:36)
124. Dj Renigade - The Big Supreme - Don't Walk (Extended) (6:32)
125. Dj Renigade - The Farm - I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone (Ghost Dance Mix) (6:35)
126. Dj Renigade - The Petrol Emotion - Hey Venus (Club Mix) (6:10)
127. Dj Renigade - Tragic Error - Tanzen(Razormaid Mix) (6:08)
128. Dj Renigade - Trance Dance - Do the Dance (7:08)
129. Dj Renigade - Tribantura - Lack Of Sense (6:48)
130. Dj Renigade - UntilDecember - UntilDecember (5:58)
131. Dj Renigade - Voyou - Houseman (8:27)
132. Dj Renigade - Weathermen - Poison(Orange 12'') (5:50)
133. Dj Renigade - Westbam - Alarm Clock (4:51)
134. Dj Renigade - Westbam - Hold Me Back (5:10)
135. Dj Renigade - When In Rome - Promis(12'') (6:24)
136. Dj Renigade - Yaz - Situation(Extended Version). (5:43)

An then There was Marriage...

I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first

name was Always.

 

The last fight was my fault. My wife asked, "What's

on the TV?"  I said, "Dust!"

 

In the beginning, God created earth and rested. Then

God created man and rested. Then God created woman.

Since then, neither God nor man has rested.

 

Why do men die before their wives? They want to.

 

What is the difference between a dog and a fox? About

5 drinks.

 

Do you know the punishment for bigamy? Two mothers-in-

law.

 

Young Son: Is it true, Dad, I heard that in some parts

of Africa a man doesn't know his wife until he marries

her? Dad: That happens in every country, son.

 

A man inserted an 'ad' in the classified: "Wife Wanted".

Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said

the same thing: "You can have mine."

 

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday

is to forget it once.

 

First guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel! Second guy:

"You're lucky, mine's still alive."

 

How do most men define marriage? An expensive way to

get laundry done for free.

 

Then there was a man who said, "I never knew what real

happiness was until I got married; and then it was too

late."

 

A little boy asked his father, "Daddy, how much does

it cost to get married?" The father replied, "I don't

know son, I'm still paying!"

 

Marriage is a 3-ring circus: Engagement ring, wedding

ring, and suffering.

 

RMStringer

#################

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,

anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." - Author Unknown

 

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

May 5....Cinco De Mayo...De Waro...

I wonder if Cinco De Mayo will become a violent as Margi Gras was in New Orleans?? I mean with all the Illegal Immigrant uprisings in the US, I bet the San Antoniw will be like a WAR ZONE on other Races. Cinco de Mayo is a date of great importance for the Mexican and Chicano communities. It marks the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla. Althought the Mexican army was eventually defeated, the "Batalla de Puebla" came to represent a symbol of Mexican unity and patriotism. With this victory, Mexico demonstrated to the world that Mexico and all of Latin America were willing to defend themselves of any foreign intervention. Especially those from imperialist states bent on world conquest. That day and has absolutely NOTHING to do the the USA or ANY holidays that we have. It seems like it would be a good time to start violence here in the USA given its importance to their culture and not ours.

I see kind of like this email that was sent to me from a friend...

Dear President Bush:

I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrange ments. I know you can help with this. I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All government forms need to be printed in English.
4. I want my ki ds to be taught by English-speaking teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from Pres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to ha ve a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.
13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy. I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico.

I am sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely. However, if he gives you any trouble, just i nvite him to go quail hunting with your V.P. Thank you so much for your kind help.
Sincerely,
US Citizen

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Hootie...

It was going to be a family thing, my wife and daughter, with some friends from work, but the weather prevented us, so we all did not go. 

 

RMStringer

+++++++++++++++++++

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Entertainment Tonight...

It is only me that thinks that Mary Hart is looking very plastic? Sort of like Joan Rivers? That she has been tuck, sucked and stuck one too many times? I remember that a few years ago, she looked very nice, but the more I watch the show now, the more that she looks plastic…

 

Weekly Top Artists

Sunday Apr 16 - Sunday Apr 23

1

Twilight Circus Dub Sound System

20

2

The Orb

12

3

Air

7

4

Pink Floyd vs Orb

6

5

Pop Will Eat Itself

3

6

Blue Pearl

2

6

Space Manouevres

2

8

Phil Collins

1

8

Prong

1

8

Conjure One

1

Listen to music, see charts for Twilight Circus Dub Sound System, The Orb, Air, Pink Floyd vs Orb, Pop Will Eat Itself

 

 

RMStringer

+++++++++++++++++++

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Bob's Thoughts

Bob's Thoughts

This week...
We will be attending Hootie and The Blowfish concert at Inslake Pavilion on Wednesday. It is like the Woodlands in Houston, only not as big as that concert site. It should be a great show, weather permitting. I also hope to have some info about my interview this week or next week. I am hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst. That is am old Russian proverb. Frontline Assemble had that in a song called Provision. Well I will post later this week about some more stuff.
CAIO

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Bob's Thoughts

Bob's Thoughts

Dear BLOG,

You know how it seams that everything you try to do is not good enough? Well, I feel like that here in Richmond. My interview went well, but I wont know anything for about 2 weeks. And "Time passes slowly for a man who waits." Richmond is the hardest job market that I have ever been. It is very clickish and if you are south of the river, that is bad, even though the house might cost the same as if you were north and west of the river. IT is a very tough market to get employment it. I have never had a problem getting a job across the country, but here it is very hard. I am very discouraged and upset by this. It is difficult to keep your chin up as they say, or "something will come your way" Well, I am still waiting...

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Bob's Thoughts

Bob's Thoughts

well, tomorrow, I interview for a perm position with Wachovia @ 10am EST. Wish me luck. I am a bit nervous about the interview as I know not much about the job. It is dealing with Margin Calls on credit of purchasing securities. That was a mouth full!!!

More tomorrow.

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Kayle Garkut's Blog - Why not? - Everyone else is!

I made a link on my BLOG to your BLOG!!! Very nice!!!

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Happy Easter...

I welcome Comments to my BLOG.

I want to wish everyone a Happy Easter this year. We will be attending the Sunrise Service this Easter Sunday. It should be Incredible with the view and sunrise!

God Bless...

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Mexifornia and The United States Of Americo...


My gradfather Cowboy Stringer emailed me this speech. i am posting it now for all to read if they so choose.

We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In thatcontext his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was animmigration overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled tocapacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliantcollege professor by the name of Victor Hansen Davis talked about hislatest book, Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal andillegal - was destroying the entire state of California. He said itwould march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of TheAmerican Dream.
Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood upand gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audiencesat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction ofthe United States. He said, "If you believe that America is too smug,too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is notthat hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages oftime. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and falland that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"
Here is how they do it," Lamm said:

"First, to destroy America, turn America into a bilingual ormulti-lingual and bicultural country." History shows that nonation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or morecompeting languages and cultures. It is a blessing for anindividual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to bebilingual. The historical scholar, Seymour Lipset, put it this way: "Thehistories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do notassimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy."Canada, Belgium, Malaysia, and Lebanon all face crises of nationalexistence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence.Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion.France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans.".

Lamm went on: Second, to destroy America, "Invent'multiculturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would makeit an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are nocultural differences. I would make it an article of faith thatthe Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due solely to prejudice anddiscrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds.

Third, "We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec'without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity.As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: "Theapparent success of our own multiethnic and multicultural experiment mighthave been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without thedominance that once dictated ethnocentricity and what it meant to be anAmerican, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to holdus together." Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keeptheir own language and culture. I would replace the melting potmetaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that wehave various cultural subgroups living in America enforcing theirdifferences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."

"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group theleast educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated,undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would havethis second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high. school."

"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get bigfoundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would investin ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.'I would get all minorities to think that their lack of success wasthe fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blamingall minority failure on the majority population."

"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dualcitizenship, and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity overunity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diversepeople worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, whenthey are not killing each other. A diverse, peaceful, or stablesociety is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity ittakes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. TheGreeks believed that they belonged to the same race; theypossessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the samegods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy, Persia,threatened the ir liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strongenough to overcome two factors: local patriotism and geographicalconditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum"From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasison the 'pluribus'. Instead of the 'Unum,' we will balkanize Americaas surely as Kosovo."

"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits; make ittaboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would finda word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stoppeddiscussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or'xenophobe' halt discussion and debate. Having made America abilingual/bicultural country, having established multi-culturism, having the largefoundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next makeit impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop amantra: That because immigration has been good for America, it must alwaysbe good. I would make every individual immigrant symmetric and ignorethe cumulative impact of millions of them."
In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow.Profound silence followed.

Finally he said,. "Lastly, I wouldcensor Victor Hanson Davis's book Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. Itexposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America.deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book.".
There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like anominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American inthat room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceedingmethodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today.Discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are rippingthe foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness.Even barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilati on aregrowing as we celebrate 'diversity.' American jobs are vanishing into theThird World as corporations create a Third World in. America -take note of California and other states - to date, ten millionillegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book"1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministryof Truth building: "War is peace," "Freedom is slavery," and "Ignorance is strength.".

Governor Lamm walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone atthe conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy isdeeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigrationmonster stopped within three years, it will rage like a Californiawildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.

Mexifornia:A State of Confusion

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

ORB show in DC 3.31.2006




Well here are pictures from the ORB show in DC!! I went with Chris Dawson and we had an AWESOME TIME!!! Thomas Fehlmann started playing @ 9.45 and went for an hour. Then Dr Patterson came on stage and Started spinning and Thomas went to the MAC computer and effect processor. They together played for about 2 hours and then Thomas left and started walking around the the croud. We both got pictures with him as you can see. Dr. Patterson finished the set and played for another hour ending the set at 1.15am in the morning!!! It was more than i could have every hopped for or thought!! I am sooo greatful for Chris getting the tickets and us going to the show.....

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Our Office area....


This is a view from my desk looking at the windows..."Yeah, im gonna need you to come on in on Saturday..."

Monday, March 27, 2006

DMA...Network...Masters...Combos...With no Fires!!!


WOW!!! What a day at work!! I learned how to make accounts with combonaions that link to different accounts. I am learning sooo much stuff that it is amazing, very intersive!! I amenjoying it thou, I feel that I have learned a huge amount of information and that I am getting a grasp of the system. The building i work at is very nice. The floor has 2 break rooms with microwaves, Fridges, sinks and coke/snack machines. Sondra tells me of her break rooms and gets jealous. I guess that, from what she says, their facilities are not as complete as ours. The security to get into the building is very TIGHT! Badge in, badge out...It is cubicle hell!! It reminds me of Office Space and there are some colorful characters their. Everyone walking around with MP3 players, and all have headphones on at their computers...So, I bring my MP3 player and listen to music as well!!
Enough for now...

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Well. what is up?

I will fill in some stuff tomorrow about my job, just wanted to say hello to everyone and hope that yall are having a good day and weekend. It is freaking cold and windy here…Fun Fun!

 

RMStringer

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The significant problems we face

cannot be solved at the same level

of thinking we were at when

we created them: Albert Einstein

 

Thursday, March 23, 2006

This Morning....

Well, today is the day! IT is my first day at my new job! I am a little nervous, but excited, just the same…

SO, wish me LUCK J

 

 

RMStringer

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You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

OMFG...South Park...CheF

Here is the article:
Singer-turned-voice-over-actor Isaac Hayes has quit the animated South Park series, citing the show's satirical depiction of religion. In a statement, Hayes commented, "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs ... begins." However, series co-creator Matt Stone promptly issued a statement accusing Hayes of being primarily angered by the show's decision to lampoon the Church of Scientology, of which Hayes is a member. and its celebrity members. "In ten years and over 150 episodes of South Park, Isaac never had a problem with the show making fun of Christians, Muslim, Mormons or Jews," Stone said in the statement that Hayes "got a sudden case of religious sensitivity when it was his religion featured on the show.

I cant believe what they did to him on the season opener tonight!! I guess he got what he deserved. It appears that there is some BAD BLOOD about him leaving the show. They made him a child molester and then they killed him. But he returned as kind of like Darth Vader but looking like Chef...WOW!! Hard Care action on South Park.

Priceless... :-)


This is my wife... She is not feeling well today and i took the chance on getting a very cute shot of her...My love :-)

The Morning After....The Pics.



Well, the pics are not that good as i had to use my Cam on my phone. It is a 1.2 mp camera. Our 4.1 mp cam broke and we have a nice Sony Cybershot with 12x digital zoom with a 512megg mem stick pro on lay a way and will get it soon. We got about 2 inches of snow on the ground. all the roads are clear except for ice and there has been lots of acccidents this morning...People loose their minds here when it snows. I just wonder how they would have taken the weather in Massachusetts? A 1-2'' snow here is nothing compared to what we had up there...

This is my last day of freedom. Tomorrow i start to work and become a productive member of society once again. It has been nice, but i am glad to be working again. I am exicited about the new job and what will come out of it for me. So having said that, i need to go and i might post some more l8ter.

CAIO...

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Late Night....

I can’t sleep; We went to eat at Carbbas tonight with our friend to Celebrate my job. It was good and we left full!!  I went home and I watched The Shield Season Finally.   WOW!! What a shocker…

In my getting up, I went to look out the front window and we had 1 inch of snow on the ground!!!  It is still falling as we speak…

My mind is racing and I am still hyper even after taking my Lunista…

Well, more l8ter…

All sleep well…

 

RMStringer

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What have I done

What lies I have told

I've played games with the ones that

rescued my soul

Oh, have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip

Or is it still time to get into

The swing of things  - A - Ha   1986

 

Work...



I will be starting with Wachovia on Thursday. I will be working from 9 - 6 for the first several weeks...YAHOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, March 20, 2006



Well kiddies, i just finished reading an article on H.P Lovecraft. Wat an interesting person...He was from an old money family in the Nw England and was a recluse for most of his writting career. I read the article in a book called "You are being Lied to: a disinformation guid to the Occult and such. that si an interesting series of book as i have 6 of them. This is the website: http://www.disinfo.com/site/ Go ther and check it out. I I get the book at Barns and Nobel stores. They are a good series if you like that sort of thing. More later...

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Work...

Well, some good fortune came my way and I had an Interview with Wachovia Securities.  I hope to start with them as a temp to hire Wednesday of next week. I will be in the Consulting Services Group (CSG) for short. There are 13 products that this unit has and they range from 401k to retirement funds. I will start to train for this position as soon as I get to work. Lots of training I will need, but I can do it.  So, I will keep you abreast of the situation.

 

RMStringer

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My BLOG:  BOB's Thoughts...

Link - http://renigade.blogspot.com/

 

 

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Nine Inch Nails

The show was INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!! They played for about 1 hour 45 minuets. The opening act SUCKED!! His name was Saw Williams … I don’t really have anything to say about him. Kind of like Drum and Bass with spoken word lyrics. Very racist stuff and political stuff from a black man. His set was not put together well and he used drum machine and his “DJ” did all the beats with it.  On the other hand, Trent had a 6 piece band with a drummer, bass, lead, rhythm, and keyboard set. The visual show was one of the better shows that I have seen.

Set List:

Pinion
Mr. Self Destruct
Sin
Terrible Lie
March Of The Pigs
The Line Begins To Blur
The Frail/The Wretched
Closer (Only Time)
Burn
Gave Up
Eraser
Beside You In Time
Right Where It Belongs
Wish
Only
Every Day Is Exactly The Same
Please
Hurt
Reptile
Deep
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole

 

 He played well and very hard.  The show went off with out a hitch and it was very tight with no mistakes that one could tell. The arrangements of the songs were very nice and he used lots of video in the show. IT is neat to see how some of the early stuff was played now with a band instead of just him. Here is also a link that will give you pictures from the show. The link is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/grizzlyadam/sets/72057594067153415/

GO to that link and you will see the light show. It was a very good show. This got me stoked and I can’t wait to go and see The Orb at the end of the month.

 

RMStringer

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You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Monday, March 13, 2006

William Shatner - The Transformed Man

I just got a copy of this album…Very interesting! Captain Kirk, doing spoken word to 60’s classics!!! I have always heard of this album, but never been able to listen to it, so I found it..

1. King Henry The Fifth/Elegy For The Brave
2. Theme From Cyrano/Mr. Tambourine Man
3. Hamlet/It Was A Very Good Year
4. Romeo And Juliet/How Insensitive (Insensatez)
5. Spleen/Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
6. The Transformed Man

It is very interesting album, being all spoken word. It will take some time b4 I get through with this album to give a good review of it.
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Saturday, March 11, 2006

The Weekend....

Well, my brother came up from Duke University yesterday to stay the night with me. He is in Divinity School to become a preacher.  He is 10 years younger than me and lived in Austin most of his life. He came up and we went out to eat, then we listened to music all night for like 8 hours. WOW!! What a fun time. I guess that in my life, that was a very awesome time of bonding with my younger brother. We never got to spend much time together due to living circumstances.  We got up this morning and we cooked Steak and Shrimp, and then went to Star Bucks. After that I took him thru Downtown Richmond and he had to return to Duke this evening… We are planning to get together soon,,,,

 

RMStringer

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You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Thursday, March 09, 2006

aNY one recognize this?

I took this pic with my camera on my phone. I think that it turned out very cool and surreal...IF, any can figure it out, please post on my BLOG... Posted by Picasa

Beaver and Bunghole...

A friend sent this to me a while back... Very Funny!! Posted by Picasa

My Wife and Child...

They have gone back to Texas to see her sister get married, I will miss them, but I think that this time apart will be good for us….

 

RMStringer

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What have I done

What lies I have told

I've played games with the ones that

rescued my soul

Oh, have I come to the point where I'm losing the grip

Or is it still time to get into

The swing of things  - A - Ha   1986

 

Nice Site to go and look at.

GO to Last FM and you will see my Winamp Playlist of music as I play it. It is very neat and cool site. IT ranks music and gives all kinds of Stats about the song, group and the links.

 

RMStringer

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You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

 

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Bob's Thoughts

Bob si pissed off and damm proud of it...

I am coming to the conclusion that this “great Land” of ours is nothing more than a sell out country to all the foreigners. Just like the ploy of the united Arid Emirates to purchase and run 6 of our ports, all companies want to see out to foreign powers. 95% of all telemarketers that call my house are from a damm call center in India. It is nice to get a person that is from Amerika on the phone to say no to. WTF are we doing with our country? Babylon indeed…
It would seem that the MTV generation doesn’t know their ass from a whole I the ground. Sell, Sell, Sell, export, export, till we are nothing more than a conglomerate of poor, broken, non-Amerikan land masses that are no better than Zimbabwe or Iraq. Where has our national pride gone, they way of 9-11? IT looked like we were going to rebound from that, but I guess not if we continue to sell out to the whole fraking world. We should close our borders and worry about us instead of everyone else. The commercials for the Christian children fund say it all, although, they should say it about Amerika instead of some 3rd world place. We have poor and people starving, except you don’t fraking Sally Struthers saying lets help our poor, hungry children starving. No, just central and south Amerika. If we can’t help ourselves, then how can we help or be expected to help the rest of the world. Our pride will be our undoing..

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Bob's Thoughts

Bob's Thoughts
3.7.2006 It has been a few months since I posted...
WE are getting settled into our new life in VA, it is like our 4th new life in as many years. I am looking for employment as usual. Sondra is doing her thing in her new position. I purchased William Orbits new album the other day and it is very good. Some friends of ours came down from Massachusetts to visit us the other weekend and now, they want to move to Virginia. That would/will be cool, we love them to death and they are so fun. They are big into My Space off MSN. We are going to go and see Nine Inch Nails on March 14th and then at the end of the month, I am going to go see the ORB in DC!!! So all in all, good month for concerts.

I do not have my website up and running as I have no server space, but I hope to get it back up and running soon...

Well, I gots to go and will chat at cha l8ter...

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