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Looking into start up costs of a new business venture. This will be selling/installing/maintaining elevated obstruction lighting. Tower lights, FAA compliance, etc.

I'm reading the book at the moment, its very compelling. I recommend it The book is definitely on my to-do list

Mickeys?

Going to see American Sniper in a few.

The mystery of the Cold Creek monster will stay a mystery it seems. I walked down to the creek bed this morning and I easily found where it happened but I’m still not sure what happened. The only tracks I could find were dog. I followed the creek all the way to the river and back and found signs of chipmunks, deer, squirrels, even raccoon. All harmless to two large dogs. Don’t know what to say on this one.

Nope, their eyes are still brown.

Actually Grom you might have just dropped the biggest clue of all. My first thought was coyote because we are hip deep in those. But Both Tommy & Sunny are a fair bit bigger than the average coyote and if there was more than one I'd have heard them. Plus whoever heard of one coyote on it's own? Nah if it was a coyote, even two or three I think they would have been the ones running. I thought it might be a bear, although I've never seen hide, hair, track nor tell of one. And they would have been more injured if it were. We don't have big cats like mountain lions but we DO have bobcats. That is the most likely I think. They are smaller than either dog but they do pack a lot of fight in a small package. Plus whatever it was turned back both dogs without making a sound. I only heard them. Of course that doesn't rule out they fought each other, but I think Bobcat makes the most sense. Like you guys I was quite creeped out by this whole thing. When the sun comes up I'll take a walk down there and see if there are any tracks.

Something strange happened an hour ago. I let my dogs Tommy & Sunny out to do their business. I'm standing on the porch waiting for them when suddenly Sunny gets this look on her face and goes tearing off down the hill and into the woods near the creek. Of course Tommy is right after her. Knowing that nothing that interests her so could be good I grabbed a flashlight, a small mini-mag light and go after them calling them back. I get half way down the hill then hear the most hellacious dog fight ever. It lasted a second or two then both of them came running out together, bolted past me towards the house. I called them over and except for a scratch on Sunny's muzzle they were both fine, although a little wet and muddy. I seriously doubted they scuffled with each other so now I was curious what the hell just happened. I started down the hill towards the woods and I got to the edge of the treeline when I noticed neither of them was with me. The were both at the top of the hill by the house watching and I could hear Sunny whining. These two follow me EVERYWHERE. But they would not get near those trees. This made me even more curious so I walked into the treeline. The first thing that struck me is it was dead quiet. No birds, no crickets, no leaves rustling. Just the sound of the creek which suddenly seemed unusually loud. I took two more steps in and realized this was not a good idea. It's pitch dark, I have no weapon of any kind and a small flashlight powered by 2 AA batteries. I'm wearing no shirt and sweatpants & flip flops. I'm in no shape for fight or flight if there IS something nasty enough down to turn back both of those two big dogs. So I got the hell out of there. I took the pups inside and cleaned them up but I was still very curious. I went upstairs to my office in the loft, pulled a chair to the window and opened it and set my Winchester .300 on the sill. It has a Nikon P223 scope which has a unusually large aperture for a rifle scope so it's good in low light. I watched the treeline for a good 40 minutes but nothing ever came out. Don't know what the heck it was and that is one mystery that may never get solved.

Now that is strange to me, family that enjoys seeing one another. I'd go armed if mine wanted to meet up I hear you. My family is so long out of touch it would take a team of private detectives to track them all down!

Every time I hear they are remaking Ben Hur I just cringe. You know they are going to screw that up.

Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) is my favorite movie. Totally agree. They content they cut for the theatrical release turned a good movie into a great one.

My wife's family is having a reunion next weekend. In Michigan. WTF? Don't they have enough sense to go somewhere warm? Actually I thought she said THIS weekend at first. That would be trouble because there is something happening Sunday that is kind of a big deal to me.

Or neither. I was going to say, it really depends on the stock. Is it typically stable? Exactly. If I put all my money in Apple odds are after a year I'll be real close to what I had to begin with.

Or neither.

Get a pizza with Tuna, its almost like catching a live fish? When I lived in Ft. Lauderdale there was this little hole in the wall pizza joint that had a "Shipwreck Pizza". White sauce and seafood. It was so f'ing good!

Small mouth bass, bream, & speck are the most common fish in Cold Creek & Lauderdale River. You can catch carp & gar occasionally but I don't care for them. They get put back.

I went fishing today. Yadda yadda yadda, were not having fish for dinner. Looks like a pizza night.

I like archery. I told Woldan a while back it was the purest form of marksmanship. I always wanted a custom made ash recurve bow. I have a Bear Kodiak recurve but it's fiberglass, meh. I also have a Bowtech Evolution which is my opinion is just a marvel of engineering.

Well, the upshot is I seriously doubt there will ever be another strike. I think both the MLBPA & the owners know the game would not survive it.

Well, I'm a Rays, Marlins & Redbirds (Cardinals AAA) so I have plenty of reason for optimism this year. The thing I love about baseball is it's on everyday. It can be a great distraction. Plus with Walking Dead on hiatus TV is just brutal right now.

Not sure sedatives help with depression... is a joke that Gromnir uses far too frequent around our colleagues and family who drink to excess: "there is nothing like a depressant to chase the blues away." add the traditional beer drinking that accompanies watching o' baseball and we is wondering why baseball fans is not hurling themselves from bridges like lemmings. HA! Good Fun!

Watching the news just depresses the hell out of me these days. Is it baseball season yet?

I hope marriages don't last past this lifetime because I've been married twice. That would make for an.... awkward time in heaven!

I opened a fresh bottle of 11 year old Woodford Reserve small batch last night. I threw out the cap when I opened the bottle. I figured I wasn't going to need it again. I was right.

Now that brings back memories of Gate 2 Street in Kadena Okinawa outside the Air Force Base. Club Underground.