Awesome and very interesting. I love nature and just shows you how much man still have natural "animal" instincts. I think the women who are complaining about their messy men would be happy with the first "nest"...lol. We can't all be as civilized as Spats.

eewww...bugs are bad enough, but super bugs

A really good Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concert from the Boardwalk Hall in AC 3/7/03...gets my blood pumping (at 3am)...

^ To the best of my recollection "The Lemon Song" as well. I remember Zeppelin II being my first Zep album, but then i bought Zeppelin I very soon thereafter, and that whole album blew me away for months! I used to put on my headphones and sleep to it.

There are many sites that will explain MRSA. It's very common in hospitals, but also on the rise in the community. I have heard about 50% of humans are born with it on their skin. Unless you become immuno-compromised, it probably won't hurt you or others you are in contact with. But it can be very serious. Been around forever, but recently getting alot of attention. The story i heard about it being found in flies and of course you can imagine how much "dander" they leave in their wake, scary to know it can be in your food, too. Here is a bit of information from the link: MRSA infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria — often called "staph." MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It's a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal. Most MRSA infections occur in hospitals or other health care settings, such as nursing homes and dialysis centers. It's known as health care-associated MRSA, or HA-MRSA. Older adults and people with weakened immune systems are at most risk of HA-MRSA. More recently, another type of MRSA has occurred among otherwise healthy people in the wider community. This form, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA, is responsible for serious skin and soft tissue infections and for a serious form of pneumonia. Causes MRSA is a strain of staph that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. Staph infections Staph bacteria are normally found on the skin or in the nose of about one-third of the population. If you have staph on your skin or in your nose but aren't sick, you are said to be "colonized" but not infected. Healthy people can be colonized and have no ill effects. However, they can pass the germ to others. Staph bacteria are generally harmless unless they enter the body through a cut or other wound, and even then they often cause only minor skin problems in healthy people. However, staph infections can cause serious illness. This most often happens in older adults and people who have weakened immune systems, usually in hospitals and long term care facilities. But in the past several years, serious infections have been occurring in otherwise healthy people in the community, for example athletes who share equipment or personal items. Antibiotic resistance Although the survival tactics of bacteria contribute to antibiotic resistance, humans bear most of the responsibility for the problem. Leading causes of antibiotic resistance include: Unnecessary antibiotic use. Like other superbugs, MRSA is the result of decades of excessive and unnecessary antibiotic use. For years, antibiotics have been prescribed for colds, flu and other viral infections that don't respond to these drugs, as well as for simple bacterial infections that normally clear on their own. Antibiotics in food and water. Prescription drugs aren't the only source of antibiotics. In the United States, antibiotics can be found in livestock. These antibiotics find their way into municipal water systems when the runoff from feedlots contaminates streams and groundwater. Germ mutation. Even when antibiotics are used appropriately, they contribute to the rise of drug-resistant bacteria because they don't destroy every germ they target. Bacteria live on an evolutionary fast track, so germs that survive treatment with one antibiotic soon learn to resist others. And because bacteria mutate much more quickly than new drugs can be produced, some germs end up resistant to just about everything. That's why only a handful of drugs are now effective against most forms of staph. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mrsa/DS00735

Can't Find My Way Home...Blind Faith

Song lyrics can be inspirational. Life changing, nah. My best friend and i sang some of these lyrics to the guy at the record store because we didn't know the name of the song. He told us right away and they had a copy of the album (which i still have many years later). The middle of the song is the part i find so touching... Question...The Moody Blues Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door With a thousand million questions About hate and death and war? 'Cos when we stop and look around us, There is nothing that we need, In a world of persecution That is burning in its greed. Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door Because the truth is hard to swallow That's what the war of love is for It's not the way that you say it When you do those things to me It's more the way that you mean it When you tell me what will be And when you stop and think about it You won't believe it's true That all the love you've been giving Has all been meant for you. I'm looking for someone to change my life, I'm looking for a miracle in my life And if you could see what it's done to me, To lose the love I knew Could safely lead me through. Between the silence of the mountains, And the crashing of the sea, There lies a land I once lived in, And she's waiting there for me, But in the grey of the morning, My mind becomes confused, Between the dead and the sleeping, And the road that I must choose. I'm looking for someone to change my life, I'm looking for a miracle in my life And if you could see what it's done to me, To lose the love I knew, Could safely lead me to The land that I once knew, To learn as we grow old The secrets of our soul. It's not the way that you say it When you do those things to me It's more the way you really mean it When you tell me what will be Why do we never get an answer When we're knocking at the door With a thousand million questions About hate and death and war? 'Cos when we stop and look around us, There is nothing that we need, In a world of persecution That is burning in its greed.

The rain storm that swept through quickly, but dropped the temps about 30 degrees. Feels so nice now.

I am happy if i'm having fun. LOL.

I have cut back on trips to Chick-Fil-A, the only fast food place i will go to. I hate fast food! As for Chick-fil-A, i like their chicken nuggets and so does my daughter. Chick-Fil-A use the best quality of any fast food place. I don't know if it has to do with their being Mormon or not. But it's real white meat chicken, versus the strange stuff all the others use. I also love their Unsweetened Iced Tea and have purchased it by the gallon to have for the house. At breakfast, i love their biscuit with egg, cheese and bacon also. If you want reason to stay out of all fast food places, a recent report i heard on the news says that the flys found in these places often carry MRSA. That means we are ingesting it with our meal, YUCK on so many levels. Potentially very dangerous.

That's the response of a real man ...

If you lived with a woman and had a serious relationship maybe you would feel differently. I bet, you wouldn't leave a mess in the first place so none of this would arise in your life! There are different types of "game playing". I am willing to learn to play games a guy wants to play, but i am totally against "head" games. Two very different things. My suggestions were much more "fun and games". Anyway, none of this applies to my current situation, lol.

I was a fan of INXS for many years. I still love listening to my favorites by them, "Kick" and "Welcome to Wherever You Are" to name a couple. Michael Hutchence had a natural charisma. This is taken from his official website. To answer your question, from people who knew him well: http://www.michaelhutchence.org/statements/ the statement won't copy.

Well except if GWB would have run as a Democrat in the last 2 elections, i would never vote Republican. I am sorry Hillary wasn't the nominee. I pray Obama picks a really awesome VP.

My favorite sister made me love her more than ever. Booking a flight to take a much needed vacation, but that's not the best part.

in the mountains

It's tweety bird, ledhead . Don't mind me, i just want you to have that vacation. You need some fun...

I don't agree with you Spats. First of all, the approach that was initially mentioned, the "nagging" approach, rarely works with men. My feeling was if you give some enticement, maybe it will prove to be effective. In the end, you both get what you want, maybe one of you (the woman) gets even more, a clean area and then something extra, lol. Anyway, if the man turns down an offer like that, he's probably not interested in the payment for services rendered to begin with ...at that point some thinking about the relationship is in order.

What beach are you on? Only soft sand is all i've ever found, or if it wasn't soft i didn't notice.

Well there you go, lol.

If you want that vacation bad enough you will compromise to get it. I know i am doing all i can to get away this month. I hope it works out for you. I hope it works out for me, too.

LOL, what planet are you from? Never mind, i don't really care. Men want sex, period. What woman has to use a "bargaining chip" to get her guy to do her? I called it "incentive" to get him to clean up the mess you bitch about, and it might work if you live with a horny guy, lol. It was an "idea". Like most men, i like to do it in a variety of places. The floor is not excluded, and can be lots of fun. Not all of us are "over" a certain age, speak for yourself. Dzdoc, did the sore knees ruin your fun, lol? I could use a "cheap shot" come to think of it.

Offer a man sex and you can get almost anything you want, lol. J/K

I was thinking the same thing. If Manders won't share her margaritas and tacos maybe we should get our own! I love to share.

lol...