C’mon man!

I have a few things of note today that make me wonder as I drive my 1.5 hours home and to work each day. Well on the way to work, I think about work and things I can do to help enable some change for the better or improve on something. On the way home, I am brain dead and think of silly crap like the list I have here. So today, I give you my “C’mon man!” segment.


1. What the heck does MW on the back of all these cars I see mean? First notice I make is they are all shitty drivers. The majority of them are unsafe, cut you off, change lanes in an intersection, constantly jockey around trying to get a spot ahead every mile as far as possible only to end up in the lane next to me waiting on the same light after risking everyone’s life and spending more gas than any of us with their tomfoolery. Do they get a ticket? No! But I will for going 12 over on a highway while other cars PASS ME ILLEGALLY!!!! C’mon man!

2. Has anyone ever went into a mattress store due to the little teen-ager that stands out with the mattress outfit on in the July sun dancing around to get your attention? I mean, is a mattress really an impulse buy that can be swayed because of a kid standing in the gutter waving like a moron? It’s a great way for a kid to make $7.00 bucks an hour but C’mon man!



3. Now it’s time for Sugarland: the band.  I apologize to those of my readers and dear friends that like them.  I have to say I do not.  The lead singer reminds me of Paula Dean and her overdone southern accent.  This woman let’s her “a’s” turn into “i’s” and every word is a shortened contraction version of another contraction.  Then there’s that little man hopping around the stage with his cowboy hat that’s bigger than he is like a little elf version of Garth Brooks.  The nervous energy that squirt emits needs to be bottled and besides, WHAT DOES HE DO?  I mean I see a show they do and he’s all firing off across the stage distracting everybody and then he’s gone.  I think finally!  Now we can listen to some music and hear her sing and then POW!  There he is again.  It’s like a little “wack-a-mole” game with him popping in and out of off screen or something!  I hope he writes because if not, the girl can sing and she don’t need his little bunny-fru-fru ass anyway.  Switch to decaf, sing like a normal person and stop ruining my radio!  C’mon man!



I’ll have more later and as I remember them, I’ll try to step in where Art Rooney is leaving off and fulfill the curmudgeon tendencies we all have and desire to talk about but wont. Enjoy your day!



ILY XO YM

It's 30 degrees: I guess Fall is here early...

We’ll be moving soon so my route to work will need to be altered a bit. I will be limited in my route preferences however; I enjoy the challenge of evading traffic jams and shortening my drive time as well as conserving as much fuel as I can in my tank.


I am having a little fun researching areas where I can hunt in the manner I am used to, for example, openly and not restricted to certain days etc… That is proving to be difficult without driving some good distance away. I am resigned I will need to drive two hours to enjoy the true settings for my usual hunt pursuits: Honestly, that’s not that bad. I was telling my wife last night that I drove two hours or more in Tennessee as well yet two hours in Tennessee is twice the distance it is in Illinois.

One thing I am aware of is my renewed love for fall. Hunting, crisp air, football, leaves, the smell of smoke from burning falling leaves, Halloween. All things I used to love and still do but now I don’t approach the season with sadness. It used to remind me of my mother’s passing and all the other bad things that happened to me as I grew up. But now, because of my wife, married in the fall, she loves it, and makes it feel so much better, lets me remember the events in my life as experience and not regrets.

So I can think of scouting and hunting and walking in the woods with happiness and longing for enjoyment and not to escape my troubled thoughts. I wish she enjoyed a lot of the fall activities I do but she’ll never be sitting in a blind with me holding a bow. Maybe we could do that with a camera some time. She could not only enjoy watching the wildlife with me while experiencing the woods the way I like to but she could also say she shot a deer or turkey then!

So back to work so I can make the money to do the things I love and enjoy my life with the ones I love.

ILY XO YM

It's Fall and that means...

It’s almost fall again. The crispness is in the air and the leaves are slowly turning. On my way home yesterday, in my favorite field I have been watching since April, I saw three does standing eating clover. I almost cried I got so excited to see them. It may sound funny but one thing I love is watching deer and other wildlife in their natural setting.


This field is perfect habitat for deer too. It is next to a soy bean field, near a creek and has lots of cover all around the edge creating wonderful funnels of travel between bedding areas, food, and water. I imagined myself sitting on the edge of the field, binoculars and camera in hand, as well as my bow nearby inside a hunting blind just watching the behaviors and travel routes of the deer. Logging the bucks and estimating age to get an idea of herd size as well as age and make-up. However, this is private land and I obviously can’t do that.

One of the things that make me miss Tennessee is being able to just head out on a whim to a forest or public land and scout deer. In Illinois, if it’s not private land anyway, you have to schedule it or go on specific days to scout. Because deer are on schedules you see…

The scene was made even more perfect by the sun dipping low on the horizon creating an orange glow across the field providing a small bit of silhouette to the deer but leaving just enough natural light to see the color and sex of the deer. I hate that I had to drive near the speed limit and couldn’t hover around a bit to maybe get a snapshot of it because it was pretty.

To alleviate my sadness, I had to remind myself I didn’t have my hunting license yet, my bow hasn’t been tuned or set up either. With that, I sighed and continued on my merry way.  Here is the Google Link to a satellite view of that area.  Between Country Club road and Fleming is the area.  Anyone that hunts can see the gold in this area.  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fleming+Road,+Bull+valley,+Illinois&hl=en&ll=42.307118,-88.388336&spn=0.008061,0.021887&sll=40.987993,-90.042013&sspn=7.281943,5.819167&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6

This does raise the question in my mind, you have your bike and its getting colder so the morning rides you had planned could be more beneficial if 1.) you went this way, and 2.) went in the evening! Something to think about.

I catch myself looking at camouflage in the Basspro Shop ads and online. I look for fluctuations in the prices of new bows and think of selling the old one on Craig’s List when I finally decide on a new model I can afford. Then I start thinking about how I should shoot left handed since I am left eye dominant instead of right handed. That limits the bow models available to me though, but I would shoot more accurately and further. Currently I am within two inches of spot on at 30 yards. I would like to have that accuracy up to 40 yards. I saw a sight that could help with this. Technology is truly amazing these days.

It’s from a company called IQ Bow sights. You can get to them on this link and see the sight. http://www.iqbowsights.com/ Awesome technology. The 4 pin sight however is $199.00. So, I guess I’ll be doing it the old fashioned way. HA! And really I shoot decent with the old $14.00 Wal-mart sight I have now. I just need to change out the pins so I can see better at dusk and dawn. This bow has great ratings, up to 85% let off, very light as it only weighs 3.4 pounds. http://www.basspro.com/RedHead-Kronik-Compound-Bow-Package/product/101408/-1502927

So lots occupying my mind with the coming of Autumn. Football has started and I have made my divisional selections as usual. I haven’t settled on a Super Bowl yet but I am leaning towards Green Bay over the Patriots this year. We’ll see I guess. This also brings on the Fantasy Football teams from the department I work in and AJ, you will be defeated this weekend. If by some mistake I do lose, I will purchase that soda with dignity and bow to your supremacy for the week.

So back to work and to get ready for the next conference call.

XO ILY YM