"Bubby" & "Pooky"

"Bubby" & "Pooky"
Yes, we are that happy to be together again.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Random Thoughts

* TOP TEN MONTANA CITIES to Retire in....
1. Polson (Pop 5250 on Lake Flathead...a little bit of heaven)
2. Hamilton (Pop 5000 on the east side in the Pintlers by Skalkahoe pass.....)
3. Livingston (Pop 7200 out of the town in the N. Paradise Valley)
4. Conrad (Out of town towards Choteau, with a little 500 acre farm, Pop 2400)
5. Whitefish (Pop 8700, on Whitefish Lake)
6. St. Mary's (Pop 100, east of Glacier on Browning Reservation, 1000 small ranch...HEAVEN)
7. Dillon (Pop 4200, south of town in the Centennial with a small ranch/farm of 1200 acres)
8. Lewistown (Pop 5900, NW into the Judith Basin ridge)
9. Red Lodge (Pop 2500, right by the ski hill.....)
10. Ennis (Pop 1000, on the Madison River to write and fish everyday)
* Top Twelve States / Cities I want to build my career in
1. Washougal / Washington (Portland Metro, no sales tax in OR, low property tax in WA)
2. Boise / Idaho (Live closer to Lake McCall and commute)
3. St. George / Utah (I love constant sun and summer weather....)
4. Logan / Utah (A small city with great growth potential and beauty)
5. Savannah / Georgia (Southern Comfort......hmmmmmm)
6. Lafayette / Louisiana (Southern Comfort meets a little spice!)
7. Roanoke / Virginia (At the end of the Shenandoah....its paradise)
8. Charlotte / North Carolina (Great growth in banking, and I want to do business law)
9. Washington D.C. (....do I really need to explain this one)
10. Portland / Maine (I love the scenery, the choice of the unambitious)
11. St. Louis / Missouri (I love the heartland of this nation and the history there)
12. Wataga / Texas (Dallas Metro...means you can actually make money)
(honorable mention....Redding California) (Its pretty, shoot me!)

My Top 10 Favorite People to Road trip with and discuss life (no particular order)
1. Danny Garner (The truest of friends in this world, his advice is pearl beyond price)
2. Matthew Hackbart (Loyalty and fun in a package of adventure....bring the Mate' please)
3. Clay Zobell (We fight, we eat, we spend alot of money.....its fun)
4. Bonnie Lichfield (Give her a day and she'll change your life....)
5. Bailey Sooter (Vivacious with a touch of innocence and the mouth of a sailor..)
6. Hadden Monroe Elms III (Intelligence and wit cut to your own inner needs)
7. Shelby DeMars (Capitalism/Efficiency incarnate with impeccable music tastes)
8. Justin Rex Baker (You want a singing buddy....BINGO)
9. Brad Queen (Politically Incorrect meets one of the most charitable individuals)
10. Walter Ward Zobell Jr. (Wisdom and support.......my rock of Gibraltar)

Top 10 Most Personally Inspirational Books
1. Ulysses (James Joyce) (The ability of transformation within a day)
2. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) (The need of competition and free markets)
3. Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) (The nature of man and his civilization)
4. The Alchemist (no idea, he's Brazilian) (Follow your life quest, no matter the cost)
5. Siddhartha (Herman Hesse) (Peace is find within, not in the outward search)
6. The Satanic Verses (Salmad Rushdie) (Ability to be led by fanaticism)
7. Beautiful Losers (don't remember) (The horror of society when indulgence is taken to far)
8. The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein) (Charitable service....no matter what)
9. Animal Farm (George Orwell) (All animals are equal, some more than others.....)
10. A Brave New World (Alduous Huxley) (How even dystopia can appear as utopia)
(honorable mention....Russell is a Republican) (Why everyone should be a Republican!)

Top Ten Bands / Singers
1. Goo Goo Dolls (Slide, Iris, Black Balloon, Broadways is Dark........yes yes yes)
2. Iron and Wine (Cinder and Smoke, Naked as we came.......)
3. Bob Marley (Redemption Song, Exodus, Could You Be Loved....too many to name)
4. Anberlin (Good Feel Drag, Paperthin Hymn, Stationary, Day Late Friend)
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers (Under the Bridge, Shindig, Scar Tissue, Californication)
6. Say Anything (I'm a Transylvanian, Walk Through Hell, By Tonight)
7. Enya (Anywhere Is, Book of Days, Boeadica, Storms in Africa, Orinoco Flow. Amaranthine)
8. Fall Out Boy (......pure lyrical genius..A little less 16 candles, a little more touch me)
9. MGMT (Kids, Time to Pretend, Electric Feel)
10. All American Rejects (Gives you hell, Dirty Little Secret, Move Along)

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