I know the image of an old person is generally not linked to a dreamer but that is just what this blog is all about. Many think old people are just supposed to “sit back and watch”, their dream days are behind them. To that I say poppycock…. :) Dreaming is a lifelong process that never ends. My earliest dreams were to try to touch the sky, hence the name for this blog. For some reason I have always been attracted to looking up. Even as a very young boy in the 1950s  I could be found lying in the … Continue reading About Dreaming…

You know the type, a guy who has to get in your face and scream to make a point. Kind of like the drill Sargent in the marines if you believe the TV hype. I personally have never been that type but  if you cruise the Internet much and especially if you expose yourself to the comments section of most news articles it seems that the rest of the world has gone in that direction. They think they have to scream and rant in order to get their point across or maybe just to get the attention they want.  They … Continue reading An “In Your Face” World…

I see in the debates how the GOP candidates for president constantly comment about how bad things are.  I wish someone would ask them point blank whether they think things are worse now than when the last Republican president left the Oval Office?  It would be very interesting to see how much spin they could put on that question. In that same light, it is a strange dichotomy how Wall Street is so anxious to get rid of Obama and put another conservative in the White House. During the eight years of the Bush administration the stock market went for … Continue reading There Will Always Be Sob Stories…

I have freely admitted here that I suffer bouts of depression, especially in the winter months. I just can’t seem to shake that to any significant level anymore. It is just a part of me now.  I was a “thoughtful” kid who dreamed a lot but it was not until I went deaf almost 30 years ago now that depression on any level creeped in Not being able to hear is depressing on a  constant level but I have managed to deal with that for the most part. It was a good number of years ago that I discovered that … Continue reading I Think I Would Be Better Off…

  Cats and Dogs… Some say they don’t mix but my experiences say otherwise. Over the past 20 years or so we have always had one of each in our family. That is except for the last year since we have not replaced our beloved Beulah who was taken from us by cancer.  We decided she was the last as another would probably outlive us… Continue reading Critters, Again…

This editorial cartoon by Bob Gorrell sums it up as far as my feelings are concerned.  It comes down to a quick and bloody death versus a slow and more painful one. Either way the country could be in its last thralls. Eight years ago I was an enthusiastic voter who financially supported one of the candidates. He won but just couldn’t live up to my expectations. This time around its back to eliminating the worst choice. Continue reading Sums It Up…

I just heard the words in the title of this post in the movie “Matrix Reloaded”. I hear some of you probably saying “you watch that type of stuff???”.  I realize the Matrix movies have a bad rap from the conservative community because it is waaaay out there but to me its symbolism is awesome and I do like SciFi movies. Getting back to the topic, some versions of religions including  quite a few Christian sects believe that God controls everything in the minutest detail, including every breath we take and every thought we have.  I guess that idea is … Continue reading I Just Wish I Knew What I Am Supposed To Do..

One of my default satellite TV channels is Velocity. It is dedicated to almost everything about cars. As I am writing this they had the Barrett-Jackson car auction from Scottsdale Arizona.  All the CEOs and others willing to put out the big bucks are there in person or via the internet. Many 1960s and 70s restored cars are sold for $200,000 and beyond to anxious buyers wanting them for their already massive collections.  It amazes me how much they are willing to fork out! I turned sixteen years old in 1962 so I was around during what is now the peak … Continue reading I’m A Car Guy, But…

When Steve Jobs presented his proposal for a new Apple campus to the Cupertino City Council back in 2011, he had one aim: to create the best office building in the world. via 16 facts about Apple’s Campus 2 – Tech Insider. If you are interested in architecture or forward looking building I would highly recommend that you click on the source above to see all the info about the new Apple campus being build. It is going to be a place almost beyond imagination but being from Apple that is not too surprising. I have included a couple of … Continue reading About Apple’s Campus 2

These facts are being treated as grand mysteries by most commentators. But may I invoke Occam’s Razor and suggest the simplest explanation is the right one: There’s not enough stuff going on in the economy that’s worth investing in. As the amount of money in the financial markets grows compared to the amount of worthwhile investments, it’s like having more and more rich people standing on a shrinking platform. Of course financial markets become more volatile, and begin panicking in response to what would have seemed, in earlier decades, like no big deal. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that … Continue reading Rich people have nowhere to put their money. This is a serious problem.

I can’t even guess how many times I have heard the phrase in the title above.  We all seem to say that we just don’t have enough time to get it all done. We wish life would slow down! But in reality you have the same amount of time in your day that your great great great great grandparents had. The twenty-four hour day is the same, it hasn’t been shortened during your lifetime. Yeah there are differences in how you spend your day compared to those heirs so many years ago. It took them several hours to prepare for … Continue reading Things Are Moving Too Fast!!

Part of questioning everything is to be suspicious of things you are “told” to be truth. If it doesn’t make sense it probably isn’t. That’s a version of Occam’s Razor that I follow. Another is that actions have consequences. Every decision we make in life causes some effects down the road. How does all of this relate to the title of this post? While I don’t deny anyone the right to believe in the god of their choice I tire of hearing so many put the results of their previous decisions on God.  They say things like “God why did … Continue reading Don’t Put It On God…Shit Happens…

I don’t know whether to give credit to El Nino or global warming for the forecast above but I welcome it whichever it is. I always dread mid-January to mid-February here in the Midwest as it is for the most part bitterly cold, windy, and often snowy and that is a combination that gets me down.  I am one of those who get pretty seriously depressed during this time of year but maybe it won’t be so bad this year. I know global warming is a bad thing but I kind of appreciate it this time of year. I wonder if … Continue reading Snow Birds…By Necessity..