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In_The_Wind

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June 18, 2014

Mea fucking culpa

June 17, 2014

Gumption

http://vimeo.com/61466529

A Caribbean tale told only through actions and music follows the evolution of a happy-go-lucky island man into a wealthy entrepreneur... and back again.
June 16, 2014

21 years ago today, I held his hand and kissed him goodbye ...



He really loved this song.

I told him he would live on in my heart forever.



As I was traveling out west a few years ago ... I remembered how much this song meant to him.






Rest in peace my love

Theodore Robert Ciaccia
1933 - 1993
June 14, 2014

Daddy, daddy, daddy ... what



Yells For 'Daddy' By School Yield Surprising Find
Posted by Victoria Price / CBS 12 NEWS

CONNECTICUT (CBS) A woman thought someone was in danger, but when she went to explore the situation, it turned out that the person in distress was an escaped bird in a tree, CBS affiliate WFSB reports.

An unidentified woman was on the top of the hill near the Holland Hill School, which is located at 105 Meadowcroft Rd., around 5 p.m. when she told police that she heard someone screaming.

"The voice kept saying 'daddy,' 'daddy,' 'daddy,' then said 'what,'" said Fairfield police Lt James Perez. "Almost if the child was talking to someone else."

The woman began searching for the person, who she believed was a child in distress.

"As she was looking for the source of the voice, she kept following it and brought her to a tree near the school where she looked up and aw it was a parrot," Perez said.

After calling animal control, the officer was unable to remove the parrot because it was 25 feet up the tree. The animal control officer was forced to call the fire department.

When firefighters arrived, they used a ling pole to get the bird out of the tree, which flew to a nearby bamboo tree area, police said. Firefighters were able to chase the parrot out of the area, net the animal and bring it to a local shelter.

During the whole process, authorities said the parrot, who is named Ralphie, said several words including "hello," "daddy" and "what."

The parrot had been reported missing by its owner, Christopher Gerbasi, of Fairfield, and had been gone for days. The woman located the bird about a mile from his home.

"We're just happy there were no children that were hurt and that it wasn't a child at all," Perez said. "But in fact a bird just yearning for its father or its daddy and we got it back to him."


http://cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_16865.shtml

(video of the parrot at the above link)
June 13, 2014

Why is there a nipple alert in the Lounge?

What did I miss today?

June 11, 2014

Fine.

June 8, 2014

Excellent suggestion!

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Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Home country: USA
Current location: Watching my Koi Pond in upstate New York.
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About In_The_Wind

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieve it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. ~~~~~~~~~ For, it ends in the blink of an eye. Carpe Diem (Seize the day)!
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