Anything at Anytime

Memorial Day Post --

2012-05-30T05:00:00.002-06:00

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I am the flag of the United States of America.

My name is Old Glory.

I fly atop the world's tallest buildings.

I stand watch in America's halls of justice.

I fly majestically over institutions of learning.

I stand guard with power in the world.

Look up and see me.

I stand for peace, honor, truth and justice.

I stand for freedom.

I am confident.

I am arrogant.

I am proud.

When I am flown with my fellow banners,

My head is a little higher,

My colors a little truer.

I bow to no one!

I am recognized all over the world.

I am worshipped.

I am saluted.

I am loved.

I am revered.

I am respected.

And I am feared.

I have fought in every battle of every war for more then 200 years.

I was flown at Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Shiloh and Appamatox.

I was there at San Juan Hill, the trenches of France,

in the Argonne Forest,Anzio, Rome and the beaches of Normandy.

Guam, Okinawa, Korea and KheSan, Saigon, Vietnam know me.

I was there.

I led my troops,

I was dirty, battleworn and tired,

But my soldiers cheered me and I was proud.

I have been burned, torn and trampled on in the streets of countries I have helped set free.

It does not hurt for I am invincible.

I have been soiled upon, burned,

torn and trampled in the streets of my country.

And when it's done by those whom I've served in battle - it hurts.

But I shall overcome - for I am strong.

I have slipped the bonds of Earth

and stood watch over the uncharted frontiers of space

from my vantage point on the moon.

I have borne silent witness to all of America's finest hours.

But my finest hours are yet to come.

When I am torn into strips and used as bandages for my wounded comrades on the battlefield,

When I am flown at half-mast to honor my soldier,

Or when I lie in the trembling arms of a grieving parent at the grave of their fallen son or daughter,

I am proud.

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FACTS ABOUT OUR FLAG

Do you know that at military funerals, the 21-gun salute stands for the sum of the numbers in the year 1776?

Have you ever noticed the honor guard pays meticulous attention to correctly folding the American flag 13 times? You probably thought it was to symbolize the original 13 colonies, but we learn something new every day!

The 1st fold of our flag is a symbol of life.

The 2nd fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life.

The 3rd fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veterans departing our ranks who gave a portion of their lives for the defense of our country to attain peace throughout the world.

The 4th fold represents our weaker nature, for as American citizens trusting in God, it is to Him we turn in times of peace as well as in time of war for His divine guidance.

The 5th fold is a tribute to our country, for in the words of Stephen Decatur, "Our Country, in dealing with other countries, may she always be right; but it is still our country, right or wrong.

The 6th fold is for where our hearts lie. It is with our heart that We pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States Of America, and the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

The 7th fold is a tribute to our Armed Forces, for it is through the Armed Forces that we protect our country and our flag against all her enemies, whether they be found within or without the boundaries of our republic.

The 8th fold is a tribute to the one who entered into the valley of the shadow of death, that we might see the light of day.

The 9th fold is a tribute to womanhood, and Mothers. For it has been through their faith, their love, loyalty and devotion that the character of the men and women who have made this country great has been molded.

The 10th fold is a tribute to the father, for he, too, has given his sons and daughters for the defense of our country since they were first born.

The 11th fold represents the lower portion of the seal of King David and King Solomon and glorifies in the Hebrews eyes, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The 12th fold represents an emblem of eternity and glorifies, in the Christians eyes, God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.

The 13th fold, or when the flag is completely folded, the stars are uppermost reminding us of our nations motto, "In God We Trust."

After the flag is completely folded and tucked in, it takes on the appearance of a cocked hat, ever reminding us of the soldiers who served under General George Washington, and the Sailors and Marines who served under Captain John Paul Jones, who were followed by their comrades and shipmates in the Armed Forces of the United States, preserving for us the rights, privileges and freedoms we enjoy today.

There are some traditions and ways of doing things that have deep meaning. In the future, you'll see flags folded and now you will know why.

Share this with the children you love and all others who love the symbol of "Liberty and Freedom"

Daddy, What is a Vet? by ????

2011-11-11T07:00:00.001-07:00

Mark Hawkins was/is a Man I served with on board the U.S.S. Sierra AD-18.
He was/is a Mentor and Friend that instructed me and taught me different things and how to maintain proper various watches down in the forward engine room. I found him just recently on Facebook and this is one of his posts that he found and put up for all to see a couple of months ago and I only found it fitting for today.
Neither of us knows who wrote this: It is NOT Mine -- if Anyone Does Know or runs across it and finds out Who -- Please let me know as this is Just Fantastic and I want to give them Credit for an Awesome Piece.

DADDY, WHAT IS A VET?

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service:

a missing limb, a jagged scar,

a certain look in the eye.

Others may carry the evidence inside them:

a pin holding a bone together,

a piece of shrapnel in the leg -

or perhaps another sort of inner steel:

the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity.

Except in parades, however,

the men and women who have

kept America safe wear no badge or emblem.

You can't tell a vet just by looking.

What is a vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia

sweating two gallons a day making sure

the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks,

whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in

the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.

She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to

sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person

and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL.

He is the Fort Polk drill instructor

who has never seen combat -

but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy,

no-account rednecks and gang members into Soldiers,

and teaching them to watch each other's backs.

He is the parade - riding Legionnaire

who pins on his ribbons and medals

with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who

watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.

He is any of the three anonymous heroes

in The Tomb Of The Unknowns,

whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery

must forever preserve the memory

of all the anonymous heroes whose valor

dies unrecognized with them on the

battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket -

palsied now and aggravatingly slow -

who helped liberate a Nazi death camp

and who wishes all day long

that his wife were still alive

to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being -

a person who offered some of his life's most

vital years in the service of his country,

and who sacrificed his ambitions

so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is a member of the "Greatest Generation"

not because of his age,

but because of sacrifices he has made.

He is what is right in the world, a sure bet.

He is a member of an honored brotherhood, he is a vet.

He is a soldier and a savior and

a sword against the darkness,

and he is nothing more than the finest and,

greatest testimony on behalf of the

finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone

who has served our country,

just lean over and say "Thank You."

That's all most people need,

and in most cases it will mean more

than any medals they could

have been awarded or were awarded.

Hope you all Liked.

I Thought it was just .... Well, just know I think this is a GREAT Piece!

Curve Ball or Psychiatrist...... Who, Me?

2011-11-08T11:01:00.001-07:00

Life and the many "Curve Balls" it throws our way.

Never Fails - Always in the way.

I have not been able to get into any kind of Rhythm here all year long.
It seems as just yesterday I was writing "A Prayer - or - My "REAL" Letter to Santa " , and look at the date. We are already there again, it is just around the corner.

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I missed J's Birthday in September, our Anniversary (also in September).
and
Just Yesterday I forgot to Post anything for my Oldest Daughter's Birthday.

I could use the excuse that I have been in an ULTIMATE FUNK, Depression, Whatever.... and that probably has a part to do with it, maybe all of it but I also can't get past the feeling that something is, has been missing.
(I know, long dragging run-on there, but I am the one writing it not you so Back Off!)

Hell, I haven't even added any Dragons on here lately, AND You ALL know how I am about my Dragons!

Just Yesterday J told me about something I did a few months ago that I have no recollection of ever having done. Something I had written that she said had to be one of the most eloquent Slams she had ever read.
I don't even remember it.

When I last saw my Pulmonologist, J ratted me out on a few things - one of the main reasons I have her go in with me, to tell the Dr. things I might not "See" so he has the full picture, - Well, his suggestion was to see a Psychiatrist as I was beyond him.
It Took 3 months of waiting to finally get in to see one.

Over the last year and a half I have let you all (what readers I have) in to my world with little reservation as to what or how I wrote and thought.
As for this - I won't go into detail, just leave it as I have a ton of WORK to do.... LOL

I will say this:
Depression is NO JOKE -- If you know of someone or see someone sinking Throw them a buoy (Help them if you can). If you can't, find them someone who can. It gets worse!

J did for me and kept me afloat until we could find the means to "Pull" me out.
Now I have to figure out how to do the same for her.......

The Great thing about having a Partner In Life --- You both are always there to Help each other when you/they need it. Even if you don't recognize it at first.

Anyway,
I ask that you all bear/bare (inside joke there) with me and just sit back and see what happens and what is written.

One Thing is for Certain -- Anything at Anytime definitely has stayed true to the Name.

Music Mondaze #11

2011-10-10T05:58:00.000-06:00

See?

I didn't forget two weeks in a row.

Today I was watching a movie and heard this in the background and couldn't help myself.......

So a REAL flash back to the 80's!

Hope you enjoy and it brings back a few memories?

Listen, Enjoy, and Have a Great Week!

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A Tuesday Tune

2011-10-04T06:00:00.001-06:00

I am getting back into the hang of this folks.

Bare (or is it Bear) :) with me, as I missed Music Mondaze this week. Honestly completely forgot about it until last night while watching one of my shows.
I heard a great Song and there it was "Ooopppppssss, I forgot to post today."

So in that light I am keeping it simple and I am bringing you a substitute for Music Mondaze and that is a "Tuesday Tune"

Please Enjoy -- I find this song to be a very fitting song for me with "Where" I have been lately with my health and with my mind.

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Hope You ALL have a Great Week!?!?

Danny

Would You? Could You...???????

2011-10-02T03:44:00.001-06:00

I haven't been here in awhile and I apologize to those of you out there that were reading me on a regular basis.

Inexcusable - I can't say it won't happen again but I will try my best Not to let it.

I have been sick, physically and dare I say mentally. I won't get into detail as some of it you can gather from other things you have seen and read on this blog. I will tell you it hasn't been fun - not all of it.

As for the Mentally, well, in my opinion if you ain't a little nuts who is going to listen.

But enough of that already -- I am not ready to get into full detail on it. Maybe someday I will write a post about it here, then again maybe not. Who Knows for sure? Not I.

I will say this I will do my best not to go AWOL (Absent With Out Leave (military term if you haven't heard it before) Again.

But that is not why I am writing today.

Today I am writing about the Title of this post.
and
Yes, to those that have read me before I am doing this my old way -- All in one sit, just writing it as it comes and listening to 80's music while doing it.

Would You? Could You...???????

Dreams,
Hopes,
Wants,
Desires,
Wishes,
Fantasies,

A Dream that becomes a Hope that becomes a Want that becomes a Desire that becomes a Wish that becomes a Fantasy of a Lifetime!
(to be DHWDWF here on to shorten writing and reading :) )

All things that every single person has. Every SINGLE ONE of us has these things.

Not all of them are received or achieved.
Some require Hard work, diligence, patience and even then they don't always bare fruit (most of the time they Don't).

I have had my share of both achievement and failure in those things:
a few of these follow:

I Never became an Astronaut - had that one since I was 7 or 8 yrs old.
I Did get married to a beautiful Woman that stole my Heart and I didn't know it until it was done.
I Never Made it "Big Time" in anything I did -- Just did as good as I could and made as little as it paid. LOL
I Have two beautiful, intelligent (sometimes they make me see I am getting slower (happening more and more often)), gifted Daughters that make me Proud to say "They are Mine!"

those are just a few.

Now this part I am going to get vague but give you enough to understand the concept.

I have had this DHWDWF for years (at least 17 yrs maybe a bit more).
One of those things that sits there on the cusp of becoming reality.
So Near you can Smell it and Taste it on your tongue.
Something I have in a weird way Needed and on occasion got Lucky enough to sample.
but
Never gotten to "Have"

In its own right it has become a drug (no, not the kind people abuse) but by the effect the "samples" and nearness of the DHWDWF have caused.

This Thing, this...... Thing (with the way I am writing this that will have to do) is so close I Can touch it yet not.

Well, Today with out my asking for it, it was offered to me.

FREAKING A!
Chance of a LIFETIME!
You have got to be kidding me?!?!?!?!
Every Form of Vocal Jubilation you want can be inserted here.

If it were you -- How long would it take you to accept it?

It took me all of maybe 20 seconds............

Colliding Worlds -- an AWESOME sight

.......... to say NO!

You read that right..... NO!

A Dream
A Hope
A Want
A Desire
A Wish
A Fantasy come to fruition and I said NO!

Not because I didn't want it.
God Knows that I would cherish and relish it for the remainder of my days!

The way it was ~~offered~~ presented to me left no doubt in my mind........
it would have ruined everything in my life had I accepted at that moment.

By No Monetary Means am I a RICH man (on most scales would prob. fall in the Poor category).
I am Definitely NOT the Healthiest Man in the world.
Mentally, well....., sometimes I do question myself as of late, but I haven't answered yet.
I have NOT been Good all the time and some things take a LOOONG time to fix or set right.
This, Thank God, was not one of those times.

For what it is, I LOVE my Life the way it is.

Sort of FUCKED up isn't it?

Would this have made me Rich? NO.
Would this have Cured my emphysema? NO.
Would it have stopped me questioning myself? Hmmmmmm Maybe, Maybe Not.
Was the offer Good for me? For me? Yes....... For ME? NO.
Would it have trashed, ruined everything GOOD in my life at this time? YES.

To my knowledge I only know one person and the person that presented (one of my longest held DHWDWFs) this to me that knows what it is.

Some of you may want to know, Some of you might try and Guess but to no avail.

Will I get this chance again? Who knows? I sure as hell don't.

I could go on but I don't want to totally bore you to death today.

I would like to know:

Would You? Could You turn down something you have wanted and dreamed of for such a long time?

ALERT!!!!!! To all Friends and Readers

2011-08-30T07:37:00.000-06:00

Not the Post I wanted coming back.

However to all Friends and readers that I have E-Mail Contact with with DanWins2007@yahoo. com

PLEASE DO NOT OPEN ANY E-MAILS from that account.

As of last night it appears my email account was "JACKED" and I currently am locking it every 12 hrs. I am trying to figure out how to get it all back but it is difficult considering they have gotten in and changed some things so that I can't gain access so I keep trying until it locks it and I can get in touch with YAHOO! (which is NOT an easy task!!!!!!!)

AGAIN

PLEASE DO NOT OPEN ANY E-MAILS from DanWins2007@yahoo. com as I have No Idea what might come out of there right now. If any of you get any Emails from that account Please contact me at my alternate Email DanarCorseth2000@yahoo.com

Sorry for the inconvenience and the not good post today but scrambling to get all other things changed and updated to avoid even more complications.

Music Mondaze #10

2011-08-01T07:39:00.000-06:00

As I started last week I put songs on singles so you could choose to listen to one or all easier.

I will continue to do that except for the very first one as it is a continuation of 3 songs that fit together, so the first one will contain two Songs: Major Tom, and Ground Control to Major Tom.

Other than that -

Anything at Anytime

brings you

Music Mondaze #10

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Haven't put this Gentleman on yet to my knowledge

Phil Collins

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And a bit of

Bon Jovi

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Hope You ALL have a Great Week!!!!
Danny

Remember Suggestions for the Dime Store Detectives Name ----

Thoughts........

2011-07-30T14:27:00.001-06:00

Some come
and
Some go.

Thinking,
Running,
Sprinting around in my head.

What to Write?
What to Do?
What Not to Do?

Do I do it for me?
or
Do I do it for You?
or
Maybe for Both?

Games to play,
Clean up to do, ugh....
Readin needs done.....

What to Do?
What Not to Do?

Sometimes,
Sometimes, I Almost catch a Thought.
It just slips past.

Now more are there.
I Swear.

More thoughts
just jump on in.

Its a jungle in there.
My head, so full.

I need a net.
Something,
to catch these thoughts in my head.

Hope You ALL have a Great Weekend!
Danny

P.S. Remember I am hunting down a New Name for our Dime Store Detective.......
have one suggestion so far....... leave a suggestion and we can pick one sometime in the last week of August..... gives everyone time to think about it.

Went to Far, Did to Much

2011-07-29T15:05:00.000-06:00

Two days with nothing!

Bet you all thought I was off the radar again?

Nope, just had some interesting nights lately and with the weather like it has been my service provider for the internet has been "Spacey" at best.
So, I figured I would wait until I knew it was going to stay up and running while writing.

Since I haven't had any luck figuring out what exactly I was going to write today, I pulled out "Ole Reliable". Well, not so Old as it was my Fathers Day gift from last year from the girls -- my Enya's Greatest hits. Figured I could listen to it a bit and see what it might get started.

So, I will sit here for just a few listening and see what happens here on this page.

Amazing how Music - in any form that you like can help you think things through and come up with ideas that just "Pop up" out of nowhere.

Well, Shes going to "KILL" me!!!!!!

While waiting to see what the music might inspire, I decided to do just a "little" cleaning and moving things that we had talked about.......

NOT a good Idea!

Got about a Quarter of the bedroom cleaned and moved ---- took me the better part of two hrs but got it done.... NOW, I AM DONE!!!!

I kept taking breaks to help a bit but OH BOY!

I has a Funny Feeling I am going to be "Sleeping" by the time she gets home so I don't hear it......

This was not the post you all should have gotten today but......
I will get you a better one, a Good one up soon.

OH, and for the Readers of the Dime Store Detective stories -- I know I named him "Dan" in one but I was thinking I would ask you all for suggestions for a Proper name for the man in the Jacket and Hat....... Pass the word around and have people stop in and read it and we can give it a month...... then choose from what names were suggested.
Sound like something good for all and maybe get a few more to stop in and see whats here?

Hope You All are having a Great Week!?
Danny

Things from Unexpected Places

2011-07-26T10:20:00.004-06:00

Anything at Anytime is a bit shorter today.

For those of you New to this Blog:
I am 42 years old and have Later Stage Emphysema, thus the Emphysema page.

Now that that is out of the way.

Things here at home have sort of changed. I say sort of because financially nothing has changed yet.
Social Security Finally Acknowledged one of my request for my Disability.

You would not believe the paperwork that goes with it........

Got it all completed as much as I can - now I just need to get an appointment with one of the local agents, which does not seem like that is going to be to bad as she already sent me an email. Then have her go over my paper work and get all she needs from the Dr.'s office and that one should be on the road to somewhere.

Cross Your Fingers, toes, arms, legs, and anything else you can cross in hopes it all goes through for Us.
It would be a Boon for the Family, most especially J and myself.

That by itself was/is an accomplishment of sorts headed in the right direction.

Last Tuesday I wrote short post "A Must Read! (Not by Me)" with an email that had been passed on to me by a Woman I haven't seen in YEARS but if I were to run into her today she would still treat me like "that long lost little brother". I have no doubt with open arms, hugs and tears for me; and for my wife and girls.
I added that email to my post solely for the reason that I felt it was a Good Story and that fit in well with many of the things, sentiments that I have posted here on Anything at Anytime in the past.
I read the whole thing and as things do when we read some of them just blend in with the email/story we are reading. I wouldn't have put it in if I hadn't, as I don't want certain things getting on the site as I like to keep it PG-13 at the most with maybe a VERY very rare R in there. (I don't think I have any of those on here, hmmmmmm, might have to go back and read to be sure.)

That is not what that bit is about.

What it is about:
The very next day I get a call from my Father, telling me he had a conversation with one of his American Legion representatives (for those that don't know - The American Legion is a U.S. wide Group of Veterans that has multiple Post in every single State of the Union) and that person had given him the name of a lady to call at another post in Waco and she deals very closely with the VA (Veterans Administration).

Well, my Father being my Father went ahead and arranged a phone call appointment for me with this lady last Thursday.
So, in trying to keep my Father's good name with his contacts I made the phone call at the first available time he gave me 9 AM -10 AM her time (8 AM - 9 AM my time). I ended up Spending the better part of an hour with her on the phone but she is sending me another bunch of Paperwork to fill out (our Government and anybody dealing with our Government can't get past paperwork - there has to be a paper trail somewhere. LOL)
She believes that I should be in a position to get some sort of Aide from the VA. How much? Not known but any assistance would again be a Boon. Even if it were to just get aid in medications. One of her concerns was that when I was in the Navy, I was on-board one of the Oldest Ships in the Fleet at the time. A (in her time) Top of the line Destroyer Tender USS Sierra AD - 18. In those days Asbestos was the thing to use as insulation. She is not saying it is the Asbestos fault but wondering if the Asbestos could have been a contributing factor in my having my Emphysema show up so early in me.

So, More paperwork for me and a bit for my Dr. and that is just one way she thinks she can help. Hopefully the paperwork will show up next and I will have it started and finished ASAP (As Soon As Possible - for those that don't know).

Again, all of this second little part "Landed in my lap" the day after I posted "A Must Read! (Not by Me)".

I went back and re-read that piece ... interesting little bit at the end that I wasn't expecting.

Now, I will ask my readers that have gotten this far....... Pray, talk to Buddha, Converse with your Greater Being, or whatever you believe in that at least one of these work my way. Just that little bit of help would take a ton of pressure off of J and That would be just AWESOME to give her that little bit.

Part of the reason this is so short today is that I have an appointment today at my Pulmanologist office to Test my Breathing capabilities again (easiest explanation is my lung capacity compared to last year and the year before).

So, I will leave it at that today, and will have something Good for you tomorrow.

Hope You are All having a Great Day!
Danny

Music Mondaze #9

2011-07-25T05:00:00.002-06:00

I have been on an 80's kick lately so I figure I will shape today's Music Mondaze a little bit differently.

I will have a few different choices for you to choose from.
Listen to one or Listen to them all but it gives you a chance just to see some of the different stuff that came from when several of us were still a bit younger.

A bit of Ritz

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Not Exactly what I was looking for:

But one of the Beginning "Mall Acts" to get attention

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At the Request of my Eldest

I think you will all recognize this one!

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And at the request of my Youngest

This may be another song you recognize:

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I hope you enjoyed the choices and I am still open to any request/suggestions.

At Anytime leave a suggestion in the comments and I will do my best to find it and get it up here for Music Mondaze.

I Hope You ALL have a Great Start to Your Week!
Danny

Mild changes to pages

2011-07-24T07:00:00.000-06:00

Today, I am keeping it very simple.

If you haven't noticed the background has changed.

It took me a little while to get it to fit and it isn't EXACTLY what I wanted but it is a start.
Sometimes teaching yourself how to work all this stuff is the best way, yet in doing so you must live thru some mistakes, or Close to what "I" wanted.

This is the original picture I wanted in the background:

But of course the thing came out all tiled and mix matched and just did not look good at all.

So I played and stretched it only to be told that..... Well, it was to BIG!

I played around some more, shrunk it and added a few stars in the background, which gave me this:

That still didn't fit or work exactly so I had to cut part of the bottom out and a little from the back and this is what I got:

Notice the big Difference in the picture versus the original -- but still I got my Dragon as my Background picture.

Took many many tries to get it to this point and so it almost fit perfectly.

Practice makes perfect!

Since I am back and looks like "running" (here on the blog at least.... LOL) according to my usual self, I decided to put something New up in the background.

Oh, there is another change I have made recently but wont say anything about it for awhile as I want to make sure I am Back and Back for Good.

Hope You ALL have Had a Good Weekend
and Music Mondaze will be back Tomorrow - I Promise!

Danny

Possibilities, from a writers imagination

2011-07-23T07:00:00.001-06:00

What?

You didn't think I would give you the rest of "The Case of the Roses and Pictures" already, Did You?

No, That will come another day, I Promise!

OH, and never forget this is ANYTHING at ANYTIME! You and I Never know whats next!

I gather most of you that read this blog realize I like to read myself. Personally, my preferences are Sci-Fi and Fantasy, but I will read anything that the writer has "Grabbed" my attention with.
Same Goes for my Movies.

Just as I am starting to get back to my blogging regularly, I got into a couple of old series of books I have read and re-read over and over again - and tonight of all nights one of My Favorite Movies "Contact" was on while I was writing this.

The movie and books have one thing in common - Aliens - or Intelligent Extra Terrestrial Life.

That is not here I am going with this today.
Actually, I'm not even going to really mention the movie that much if even at all. I just thought it was Cool that one of my Favorites would be on this late tonight/this morning while writing.

Technology as we know it has advanced at a tremendous rate over the last - what 400 years - and even faster in the last 150 years - and even Faster int the last 50 Years and even Faster over the last 25 years.!

A ton of the advancements we have had in the last 50 years alone have come from our Space Explorations. As of Yesterday, our Explorations have not halted but been Slowed, Hampered to a tremendous degree!
This all Still strays from my point/post and original intent.

A series of Books by Ian Douglas. I should say two series but they are tied together completely from the beginning to the end. There are 3 books to "The Heritage Trilogy" and 3 books in "The Legacy Trilogy"

Now I am a Navy man and an Army Man, but these two series revolve around Marines (I have always respected and admired those that were/are Marines!)

But what these books all have in common is a technological advance that we are seeing today - A.I. - Artificial Intelligence.
Most A.I. we see today is in Minuit scale compared to what is in these books. Today we see them (A.I.) in our security programs to protect our computers from harm and hackers, gaming A.Is that try to "Learn" how we play games n order to make the games more challenging for us.

In the Books, in the beginning A.I.s are just a tad more advanced than they are today. Thru out the series they get more and more powerful, almost to the point of self Awareness - not against humanity but as a pure assistance to humanity.

Don't think I am saying that everything is perfect in these books, because they aren't. They bring to light many different conflict in and around the world just as we see ourselves today and some we could easily imagine.
The early series revolves around the Earth, Moon, Mars, and Europa. (Alone it makes for a good series.)

These Books open your eyes to Humanity, the Good and the Ugly. They make you think of what could be and might be possible.

I know this is just a touch off of the topic of the books, but let me point out another Science Fiction Bit that has made changes We can see in use TODAY!

Star Trek
(and Yes, I am a mild Trekkie)
Star Trek had many things in it that we all though NUTS at the time.
Communicators so small to be held in one hand and allowed one to talk to someone thousands of miles away with no wires - Sound Familiar? Like, maybe, a Cell Phone?
How about things "Bones" used to scan his patients? We aren't completely there yet bu what about hand held sonograms used by some Dr.s today in more advanced hospitals?
or Ohurah (sp) and her ear piece at the communications station - Looks very similar to a Blue-tooth doesn't it?

The "Heritage" and "Legacy" trilogies by Ian Douglas could lead to similar advances, Changes that may not be exactly the same as in his books but provide us with changes that could help improve and further our exploration. Help us Use more of our Humankind's Mental Capacities. That alone could improve our Technologies to a level as yet UN-IMAGINED!

Dime Store Detective: The Case of the Roses and Pictures

2011-07-22T03:11:00.000-06:00

A New Case from our local Dime Store Detective.

From Case Files: The Roses and Pictures

Date: Sometime in the Past -

Summer is HERE!
Hot is an understatement, more like an oven set at Broil. Step outside for more than 5 mintes and your COOKED.

The Heat seems to keep the Smog settled down on the city like a heavy Brown blanket. Take a Deep Breath and it is as if you are sucking on the end of a tailpipe directly.

These are the conditions Shirley and I are Currently working in. Well, I am. I bought a new larger window unit for Shirley last week. Like stepping into an ICE BOX when I leave my office.

Besides, it works a couple of ways. People stick around out front with it being cooler, when they get into my office and the heat hits them... Well, the ones that Really want or need my services stick it out. As for the others that would be a waste of my time are normally gone Quickly!

The office was full this day. Shirley had already sent in about 15 people by 10 A.M. some of them even cute Dames - Bad for them, they used cheap make-up - most of it started to run and smear withthe sweat from the heat.

A couple of lost pets, a Cheap Ring (sentimental value) that may have been lost or stolen by a cousin. (My bet was lost behind the Night stand)
All of it was Mickey Mouse stuff that wouldn't really help pay the bills (I'm not that Desperate... Yet!)

Then at about 1 P.M. Shirley sends in this guy. David Stringer, I remember the name because when he first cam in there was something about him I couldn't put my finger on, THAT got my Attention!
Not many of THOSE that walk in My Door.

Normally, I have someone pegged in just a few minutes. This guy took at least a full hour plus.
Dressed in slacks, button up shirt, Tie, and Jacket,hardly a bit of sweat anywhere on him.

Little details, those are the tattle tell signs. Not much on this guy.

His eyes at best were distant. Later I would learn they were both Distant and Distraught. He was a couple of years younger than myself by just a few years.

I got his whole life story - I swear some of those just do not help me in a case. This is one of those that later would.

He was a married man, but had married later in life as he had been alone with his mother since he was 7. Dad had left for a Job to have something to give to his family. He sent money home every month for two years, then it stopped. (Better than most I have Discovered!)
That was Not his reason for stopping in and requesting my services.

His Mother had Passed away almost a year earlier and since it was on his way to work, he stopped at the cemetary on Friday Afternoons on his way home. Just to keep her up to date with what was happening in his life and soon to be Family as his Wife was pregnant.

The Reason he wanted My help was that every Friday when he got there, there was a Fresh Rose and a Picture of him and his mother taped to her Head Stone. Never the same picture. Always something different: sporting events, drama, swimming pools, etc..... Things from over the years.
It had been going on since his Mother Died. Every Week.

I took the case.

More later

All of You have a Great Day
Danny

Blog Who_ing, Rememberance, and a Rant to an END

2011-07-21T17:34:00.000-06:00

The day has come ----

Anything at Anytime is SOOOOooooo near the 100 followers mark it isn't even funny.

So, I guess this is the day I ask all that follow me to give me a big, Big assist and get you all to see if you can help me do a bit of what we have all come to call "Blog Whoring"......

I have been sitting at the 90s up and down for some time but this is the nearest I have been to breaking the 100 level.

With a bit of your help and suggestions to those that follow you I would ask that you Look in and find one of your Favorites that I have written and posted here on this site and link to it and ask them to look around and follow if they like what they see.

From reading all of you that have gotten there and been near the mark that first 100 is something we Really truly enjoy. Its like running and completing your first Marathon, or the first time you tied your shoes on your own, or that first kiss that just..... Well, I think you get THAT idea.

Now for something that was missed Yesterday and a SAD Ending today!

Yesterday was the 42nd Anniversary for Apollo 11 -- Landing on the Moon - the First time MAN set foot on a Planetary object other than Earth!

The courage of those associated with that program and those on the flight brings back thoughts of the mariners that sailed the oceans not knowing what awaited them.

So, a Salute to those that made it happen and gave DREAMS to SO MANY --- THANK YOU ALL!

Buzz Aldrin performing maintenance
and The Eagle

Today STS-135 Landed. STS-135 is the last Flight of the Space Shuttle(s) - there will be No More!

These are the Lucky Few that got to take that last Flight
and in my opinion
Have a Special Place in History

STS-135 Landing for the Last time

As a Child (relatively Newborn as I was only 7 1/2 months old) I was (as told by my Mother) placed before the TV to see the Moon Landing.

Maybe, just Maybe it was due to that, that I have always found a desire to go up there, be there.

It is a Sad thought that now, we have NO real means READY to take the place of the Shuttle and put us up in the regions we belong.
Don't get me wrong, there is still plenty to do and learn here on Planet Earth.
But.........
Our Future is Space!
Our Future is to Explore our Solar System with more Manned Flights as the Sailors of the past. Space is our Ocean of Exploration and it Drives Technological advances far beyond normal expectations.

We as a People - Mankind (as a Whole) needs to do this and be there.

25 yrs of Service for the Shuttles -- two major accidents (out of how many Missions) that sadly lives were lost....... Isn't that what Exploration is? Knowing there could be cost, even catastrophic ones?
But, we still go on to explore and learn from those before us.

Why, WHY have we not worked on a replacement/improvement to the Shuttle Program that could have gone active at the end of the Shuttles' uses?

Now, we are left to rely on either other Countries or Private Companies to come up with the means. Some of that could lead to Good things because some of the Best improvements have come from the Private Sector, but at what Cost? I am not talking about Personnel loss/cost but Monetary Cost....

We need to form a Collective - a Collective of Science and Engineering that will work together for the Sole purpose of Space Exploration --- Damn the Nationalities and the Whose Country Governs!
All Scientists and Engineers in the field working together Under No Specific Government. Yet All Governments responsible for the safety and protection of said Grouping.

We DO NOT Live in a PERFECT WORLD!
However, if we could get the Scientists and Engineers from around the World working together, could that not be a lesson to ALL of us from?

We NEED to be back into Space on a regular basis and not just floating around in our own immediate little corner. The International Space Station is a start but we need to go further - MUCH Further!

I know this is turning into one of my RANTS but this has also been a DREAM of Mine for YEARS.......

There used to be a show called "1999" or something similar to that - and guess where they had the scientists and engineers gathered for it? A sizable space station on the MOON --- It is still doable today. More so than when the creators of the show imagined it. The means are here for us to do it today.

Why haven't we done it?
Ask our Governments.

A station like that on the moon could mean -- better training for Astronauts/Cosmonauts in actual environments they would be dealing with, a Launch site that could be used to Launch many different types of Manned Missions further out and beyond........
The Things WE could learn just blows the imagination out of this World.

Sorry, but my Rant on what I feel is a Sad day for MANKIND with the Ending of the Space Shuttle Program.
NASA has done a Fantastic job with what they had available...... But, WE can do so much more and this should not have been allowed to end.

Hope You ALL have a Great Day!
Danny

Something to THINK About!

2011-07-20T00:20:00.001-06:00

Most of you that read me know that from time to time I have extra time on my hands to watch TV and Movies.

Well, watching "Legion" a couple of weeks ago and a quote was made in it I found to be a very interesting QUOTE and Question.

Personally, I am still pondering my response/answer to it.

Here is the QUOTE from "Legend" and I will share what I have come up with for myself so far, after.

"If You don't wake up tomorrow and it turns out Today is Your Last day on Earth, Would You be Proud of what You have Done in this Life?"

Hmmmmmm........
Makes you think a bit doesn't it?
I literally have been thinking about it for Weeks.
Not the Easiest of things to answer.

I have done things in my past I am DEFINITELY NOT Proud of:

Held a Grudge against my Parents for things they did, that they thought best at the time. (Upon Reflection, as a Parent myself, I have to say I can understand - those choices are not EASY.)
As the Eldest of 3 Brothers I have allowed separation between us all. One I know why and was not able to correct it before he passed away, but he knew I was trying to get us past it. The other..... Well, that one I am really and truly clueless as to what happened. I have an Idea but not even sure that is the problem.
I Love Pissing Off ASS Hats and making them look "Little" - basically putting them in their place, that they are NO Better than the rest of us. (Been put there myself a few times - hard lesson to learn!
Proving a Professor at College Wrong in front of the entire class..... and that Cost me a 4.0 GPA (Still feel I was right in that matter as it was Literature Interpretation and his opinion was the ONLY opinion - Interpretation is just that in my book - I can say one thing and you take it another. Wars have been started that way!)
Drank like a Fish -- and could put men twice to three times my size under the table -- Quit 3 days after I got married, She was more important and I told her that -- in 15 years now I might have had a case + a 6 pack.
and those are just a few -- If I sat here and thought about it all night I would come up with Hundreds of things that I am NOT PROUD OF, but that would then get down to the nit picky.

Things I have Done that I am PROUD OF:

Married my Wife -- she is EVERYTHING to me and MORE....... (those that have read before can piece that together and WHY.)
My Daughters, knowing that J and I have brought them up to be BETTER than US in ALL WAYS!
Knowing that I have Learned from my Parents mistakes - isn't that how they are supposed to bring us up? (NO, not all mistakes were avoided, but realizing I/We were in a similar situation and Not doing it/them the same way. They did their job and taught me and I Learned from their experience.)
Stopping and helping others when they need/ed help, not because I had to but because it is/was the right thing to do.
Making Friends around the World and accepting the differences between themselves and myself, realizing that somewhere in there, there were similarities we could agree on and make something with it/them.
Teaching my Daughters to Treat All People with respect, As I Try to Treat All People with respect. (there are times you try and try and it doesn't work, then you resort to treating them the way they treat you and others and eventually they get the idea, HOPEFULLY)
Having served my country not once but twice - once in the U.S. Navy on-board the USS Sierra AD-18 (during Desert Shield and Storm, two Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew), and in the U.S. Army in Bosnia.
Most of my writing on this Blog (call it Rose Colored Glasses on my part) is GOOD. (Some not so Great but all writers in any format have a bad day once in awhile.... LOL)
and I will stop this one here as again I could go on and on.

These are Some of the responses to the QUOTE/QUESTION above.

Care to share any of yours even if it is just one or two?
and if not - At least Think about it...... Are you headed where you want to be, or....

Hope you all have a Great Day!
Danny

P.S. If you would like to follow me on Twitter I am @DanWins2007 -- and it will also give you updates on when I post something New here on the blog as well. Hope to see you there and/or here.

A Must Read! (Not by me)

2011-07-19T00:38:00.001-06:00

I know........

I have had less and less concentration to get on here and write.....
almost as if the "Spirit" has taken a VERY, very LONG vacation and I am waiting for it to come back.....

I really hope so.... SOON!?!?

What brings this about is an email I received from a Very Old Friend.
She was a friend of my Mother and Fathers' but to me she seemed more like an Older Sister.
I think she saw things in me back then (then was MANY years ago) that I had No Idea were in me.

She is a Very Good Artist in her own right. Her name: Theresa Sanders
I do not think she wrote this but forwarded it to me and a few others but it is something that I think all should Read!

So here it is - a Story that may touch some of you and make some of you think of something you could do.

YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

Good morning said a woman as she walked up

to the man sitting on ground.

The man slowly looked up.

This was a woman clearly accustomed to the

finer things of life. Her coat was new.. She looked

like she had never missed a meal in her life.
His first thought was that she wanted to make

fun of him, like so many others had done before..

"Leave me alone," he growled....
To his amazement, the woman continued standing.
She was smiling -- her even white teeth displayed

in dazzling rows. "Are you hungry?" she asked.
"No," he answered sarcastically. "I've just come

from dining with the president. Now go away."
The woman's smile became even broader.

Suddenly the man felt a gentle hand under

his arm.
"What are you doing, lady?" the man asked

angrily.

"I said to leave me alone.

Just then a policeman came up.

"Is there any problem, ma'am?" he asked..
"No problem here, officer," the woman answered.

"I'm just trying to get this man to his feet.

Will you help me?"
The officer scratched his head. "That's old

Jack. He's been a fixture around here for a

couple of years. What do you want with him?"

"See that cafeteria over there?" she asked.

"I'm going to get him something to eat and get

him out of the cold for awhile."
"Are you crazy, lady?" the homeless man resisted.

"I don't want to go in there!" Then he felt

strong hands grab his other arm and lift him up.

"Let me go, officer. I didn't do anything."

" This is a good deal for you, Jack"

the officer answered.

"Don't blow it."

Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman

and the police officer got Jack into the cafeteria

and sat him at a table in a remote corner.

It was the middle of the morning, so most of the

breakfast crowd had already left and the lunch

bunch had not yet arrived...

The manager strode across the cafeteria and

stood by his table.

"What's going on here, officer?" he asked.

"What is all this, is this man in trouble?"
"This lady brought this man in here to be fed,"

the policeman answered.
"Not in here!" the manager replied angrily.

"Having a person like that here is bad for

business.."
Old Jack smiled a toothless grin.

"See, lady. I told you so. Now if you'll let me go.

I didn't want to come here in the first place."
The woman turned to the cafeteria manager

and smiled...

"Sir, are you familiar with Eddy and Associates,

the banking firm down the street?"
"Of course I am,"

the manager answered impatiently.

"They hold their weekly meetings in one of

my banquet rooms."
"And do you make a goodly amount of money

providing food at these weekly meetings?"
"What business is that of yours?"
I,

sir,

am Penelope Eddy,

president and CEO of the company."
"Oh."
The woman smiled again.

"I thought that might make a difference."

She glanced at the cop who was busy stifling

a giggle.

"Would you like to join us in a cup of coffee

and a meal, officer?"

"No thanks, ma'am," the officer replied.

"I'm on duty."
"Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to go?"

"Yes, mam. That would be very nice."
The cafeteria manager turned on his heel,

"I'll get your coffee for you right away, officer."
The officer watched him walk away.

"You certainly put him in his place," he said.
"That was not my intent. Believe it or not,

I have a reason for all this."
She sat down at the table across from her

amazed dinner guest.

She stared at him intently..

"Jack, do you remember me?"

Old Jack searched her face with his old,

rheumy eyes.

"I think so -- I mean you do look familiar."

"I'm a little older perhaps," she said.

"Maybe I've even filled out more than in my

younger days when you worked here, and I came

through that very door, cold and hungry."

"Ma'am?" the officer said questioningly.

He couldn't believe that such a magnificently

turned out woman could ever have been hungry.

"I was just out of college," the woman began.

"I had come to the city looking for a job, but

I couldn't find anything. Finally I was down

to my last few cents and had been kicked out

of my apartment. I walked the streets for days.

It was February and I was cold and nearly

starving. I saw this place and walked in on the

off chance that I could get something to eat."

Jack lit up with a smile. "Now I remember,"

he said..

"I was behind the serving counter. You came

up and asked me if you could work for something

to eat. I said that it was against company policy."

"I know," the woman continued.

"Then you made me the biggest roast beef

sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of

coffee, and told me to go over to a corner table

and enjoy it.. I was afraid that you would get

into trouble... Then, when I looked over and saw

you put the price of my food in the cash register,

I knew then that everything would be all right."

"So you started your own business?"

Old Jack said.
"I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my

way up. Eventually I started my own business

that, with the help of God, prospered."

She opened her purse and pulled out a business

card.. "When you are finished here, I want you

to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons...He's the personnel

director of my company.

I'll go talk to him now and I'm certain he'll find

something for you to do around the office."

She smiled.

"I think he might even find the funds to give you

a little advance so that you can buy some clothes

and get a place to live until you get on your feet...

If you ever need anything,

my door is always opened to you."
There were tears in the old man's eyes.

"How can I ever thank you?" he said.

"Don't thank me," the woman answered.

"To God goes the glory. Thank Jesus...

He led me to you."
Outside the cafeteria, the officer and the woman

paused at the entrance before going their

separate ways....

"Thank you for all your help, officer," she said.
"On the contrary, Ms. Eddy," he answered.

"Thank you. I saw a miracle today, something

that I will never forget. And..

And thank you for the coffee."

If you have missed knowing me,

you have missed nothing.
If you have missed some of my emails,

you might have missed a laugh..
But, if you have missed knowing my

Lord and Savior,

Jesus Christ,

you have missed everything in the world.
Have a Wonderful Day.

May God Bless You Always

and don't forget that when you

"cast your bread upon the waters,"

you never know how it will be returned to you..

God is so big He can cover the whole world

with his Love and so small

He can curl up inside your heart..

When God leads you to the edge of the cliff,

Trust Him fully and let go.
Only 1 of 2 things will happen,

either He'll catch you when you fall, or

He'll teach you how to fly!
The power of one sentence!
God is going to shift things around for you today

and

let things work in your favor.
If you believe, send it.
If you don't believe, delete it.
God closes doors no man can open

God opens doors no man can close..
If you need God to open some doors

for you...send this on.
Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing...

LIVE WELL, LOVE MUCH, LAUGH OFTEN

Sometimes Timing is everything.... and as I got this --- I FINALLY got the Social Security Office to let me know what they needed from me to get things Rolling..........

Talk about ........ Well, I think you all know.

I Hope You ALL have a Great Week!?!

Danny

From - Not knowing what, to ....

2011-06-17T00:17:00.001-06:00

Wondering where Anything at Anytime is going to take you today?

So am I!

I have no clue where yesterday's post came from but I like the idea. That will continue from time to time.
I promise it won't be EVERY day but then again maybe there might be something in EVERY post that is worth something to the girls (and you).
You never know when you might see, read or do something that you learn from.

So,......

Keep your Eyes Open!

Sorry, Stepped away for a minute and was checking out my stats for the Blog today and for the month.

I saw something that surprised me and I thought was kind of cool.

So I am going to share with you and with them!

Now, what you are looking at is a screen shot of basic stats for the last month and they show the Top 10 referring Urls and Sites to Anything at Anytime.

The circle in Red I found to be AWESOME - these are referrals from other Bloggers and not a BIG BOY (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.....) in the bunch.
The second grouping is the Sites and 6 out of 10 are from other Bloggers
Most I have had like that in either category.

So, I had to do something Special for those people and their Blogs, I went and Created my own Award to give out to them.

The very first "Blogging Award" I have tried to make.

Some of you may recognize the little guy on the Award but for those of you that don't, He was the Very First Dragon I put on this site and for a good period of time he held the upper left hand corner of this website as his personal little resting place.

Presenting:

The

The Recipients are:

I Don't always comment on their sites but I view their sites often and they never fail to give you something good to read.

Please, Pay them a visit and see what they have to offer to you.
Again,
You never know,
You might read, see, or learn something New.

Rules for accepting this Reward:

1. When you post the Award to your site Please tell us readers Something that Someone (can be a pet or Person) did to Make YOUR day?

2. Only Pass this on to other Bloggers when you have been in one of THOSE days and you ran across their site and it perked you right up.

Simple, thats all there is to it.
Looking Forward to seeing what you all write when you accept and post your Awards.

Danny

P.S. Reminder -- Father's Day is like NEAR...... at least make him coffee in the morning and wake him up with a kiss. Dads never get tired of a kiss on the cheek.

People - How do You Treat them?

2011-06-16T00:00:00.004-06:00

Note: When I finished this I realized it came out in a form of Free Writing that landed in a place I wasn't expecting nor the direction I had Planned.

I'm going to do something....

Well, not different.... but call it a step to the side.

Provide a different but similar point of view aimed at Two People in this World - My Daughters!

You as my "Audience" get to view it, read it (them as I will be calling these my "Tid Bits for My Daughters") and comment before they will ever see them.

These will be from My perspective, the life I have lived and hope to continue to live.
Things I have seen, done, laughed at, cried at, and LIVED.

You can agree or disagree, Personally I don't care. However, for the benefit of my Daughters, please share your Opinions Kindly, because someday They will be reading these and different opinions give them (you) multiple options on how they (you) Look at or React to circumstances.

My FIRST

"Tid Bit for My Daughters"

Today a Movie I really like was on. I didn't get to see it all as I wasn't paying attention. Flipping through the channels after one show had ended I saw it was on and coming to an end.
So, of course since I really liked it, I watched the ending.

Girls (and those reading), if you ever get the chance watch a movie called "With Honors" starring Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser (in my opinion the Best Movie either of them have been in). It has some very Profound information in it that I feel would be a benefit for you to learn Personally.

I can not Teach you those things.
I can show you and hope you follow my example.
How YOU treat PEOPLE is How THEY SEE YOU!
Sometimes I have been Good with that and at others, well.... you have heard some colorful language over the years (mostly to Piss Poor Crappy Assed Idiot Drivers!!!!!!) and don't say you didn't see that coming. :)

One thing I want YOU to KNOW -

People May have Authority Over you (and RESPECT that Authority - within bounds) But NO ONE, I REPEAT NO ONE is better than you.
The Reverse is also true - If You are in a Position of Authority Over OTHER PEOPLE, DO NOT Abuse that Authority!!!!!!!!!
And You are NO BETTER than another person.
Every Single Person you meet has VALUE!
Treat them that way.

People are Different, Every Single country I have ever been too (or to, I always get those confused) the cultural differences are HUGE. Yet when you boil it all down we all have the same basic needs and desires. Learn from them and even though they don't know it, They are Learning from you.

We all "Rub Off" on each other!

A bad attitude around people you have never met gets you nowhere!
An Open Mind and willingness to learn from what they have to show you OPENS Wondrous DOORS of chance and Opportunity.

I have seen Castles from a view very few get too.
I have taken part in activities that opened my eyes to things I never would have even contemplated.
Acceptance to Acknowledgement,
Betting to Beaten,
climbing cliffs to Castles,
Diving to Dancing,
talking to people I never knew, realizing later were actually my friends even though it was the first time we met.
And much, much more.

Don't think that by what you are reading I got it right all of the time.
God No!
I have made some ROYAL Screw Ups over the years, some I have fixed and others seem to be my Mt. Kilimanjaro that I can never quite reach the top (that means fix).

Don't think it is all "Peaches and Cream". It's NOT. It takes work and effort, but that gets so much easier the more you do it.

You may be having "The WORST day of your Life" or one of the worst, but try your best not to take it out on others.
That has to be one of the HARDEST things to do. You girls know it. I hate to admit it but you have seen it so why hide it or deny it. It CAN be done! I am getting better at that everyday.
And
Even on YOUR WORST DAY -- Find ONE Person to be KIND to!

Dad/Danny

Can't Sleep and Can't Write... Maybe... LOST?

2011-06-15T02:16:00.000-06:00

I Hate these nights!

I Hate these periods where I run completely dry and can't put two and two together to get four when it comes to writing.

I have some fantastic ideas, just can't put them together.
Can't for the life of me get past the general idea.

Can't blame meds, being sick, or hurt this time.

Nope!
No can do there.

This one is all in my head somewhere?
(and For those of you that decide to get Smart and say something referencing "sick in the head"..... WELL, :P )

Where am I going with this?

Your guess is as good as mine!

Remember the name of this site is......... Anything at Anytime.

Well, I have No clue what I will write. Guess this is Free Writing mode. ANYTHING

and it is also 12:46 AM my time. So, I guess that makes this....... ANYTIME

LOST!

That's how it feels.
Lost.
I was doing pretty good in my book. Had some good things going on here. I thought and think, and from some of the comments from others they thought so as well.

All the way to January.
Then life somehow got in the way and turned me this way and that way, up there and down there, and side to side. Before I knew it or even had a clue it was Happening, things got so twisted and bent, I couldn't/can't tell my Head from my Ass when it has come to writing something for this here blog.

I have left myself plenty of "Crumbs" to follow and the birds have not picked them up.
None the less, I am still lost.
But I see that kindly little Ole Lady and I am beginning to wander if I am about to get Cooked somehow.
(Let's see who the first is to tell me what that is in reference too?)

Lost

Lost

Lost in an Empty Pit of nothing to write.
or
Lost to a Mountain of thoughts I can't corral into a viable writing topic for myself.

Lost actually to Both.
Funny as hell but true.

I have had this happen before but not to this extent or length of time.

One thing I have learned over the years ---

Shit Does NOT always treat you nice!
Life is NOT always Fair!
However,
with a little patience and time.....
things change, sometimes for the better and sometimes not but they do change.

Deal with the current situation the best that you can.
Patience......
Patience............
Patience..................
and when you least realize it things have changed and in Most cases for the better.
Again, Not Always, but........

Can you make hide or hair of what I wrote?
Not sure I can.

Maybe the Raving Intelligent Lunatic got hold of the Keyboard and my Passwords again?
No, Couldn't have been him.
He actually writes better than this.

Well, I tried my hand at Free Writing tonight/this morning and where did it get me?

Damned if I know!

Danny

P.S. If you know where this got me PLEASE let me know?

New Dragon Pics from DoA

2011-06-08T11:29:00.000-06:00

Anything at Anytime hasn't added any Dragon Pictures in awhile.

Today I am posting a few Screen shots of the Dragons of Atlantis Dragons in my City and Outposts.

The Great Dragon
Protecting his City!

The Water Dragon
in his Pool
Protecting his Outpost!

A closer look at The Water Dragon
in Full Armor

A STONE DRAGON Egg

A Baby Stone Dragon

A Teen Stone Dragon
(actually looks as "gangely" as some Teens)

STONE DRAGON
He is the Newest Dragon addition to Dragons of Atlantis

New additions will be added to the Dragons N Books page for future viewing.

Oh, and for those of you keeping up with the Letters from Tomas - I received another letter and will have it up in the next day or two so you all can see what he has had happening.

Hope you ALL are having a Great Week!
Danny

Memorial Day Dedication II and Music Mondaze

2011-05-30T12:16:00.000-06:00

Anything at Anytime is combining two things today.

Memorial Day Dedication and Music Mondaze.

In the Late 80's and Early 90's I was in the U.S. Navy on board the U.S.S. Sierra AD-18 stationed in Charleston S.C. (Beautiful area if you ever get a chance to visit, Do.) and it was a common practice for those of us not from the area and without families near, to visit the Sports Bar on Base just to get away from the Ships and relax a bit.

I remember when this Song came out and the reaction that was had by all, ALL of us in the Bar every single time this was Played. It didn't matter if this Song was played 10 times a night (and to my memory I never recall it being played THAT many times in a night) but every time it was played, EVERYTHING STOPPED!
Not a Sound in the Bar, Every Person (male, female, Civilian, Sailor, Soldier, Airmen, or Marine) all Stood and listened.
There were many occasions that there were tears in eyes and I am proud to say on a few of those occasions I was one.

So, Today's Music Mondaze is Dedicated to:

Those that Were,
Those that Are,
and
Those that Will Be,

Create a playlist at MixPod.com

The Video is Different from what it was back then, but it doesn't change the song.

Please, if you know of one or many that Served, or are Serving, Leave their Name and Service (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and any I missed) So that We All may THANK THEM.

And Pass this Along so that others my stop in and leave Names of THOSE to be Remembered.

Hope you ALL have a GREAT week!
Danny

How did this Happen!?!?

2011-05-24T09:31:00.000-06:00

I Don't know How?!

I Don't know Why!?!

But It Did........

Time

Time has pulled one of it STUNTS again and the Clock has Moved from minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day....... You get the picture... Right?

If you don't, let me show you:

May of last Year -

May of this Year -

From Then to Now -

I know -- it doesn't look like much -- but it IS Traffic...... LOL

You may be wondering why I am showing you all this today??????

Well, Today is Anything at Anytime's 1st Birthday!

Yes, Anything at Anytime Turns 1 today!

I may have missed Mothers' Day and God knows what else...... But, I am not missing out on Anything at Anytime's First Birthday.

It has taken a year to get this far and in that year many, many things have happened.
It has been an interesting journey to say the least.

I have met (not in person) many new people.
Shared, Laughed, and Cried with some of them it has enriched me all the more.

I Thank You all for helping me get Anything at Anytime to this point.

Anything at Anytime is Almost at 100 followers (a Goal that at times seems unreachable, LOL), Comments are nearing the 1000 mark (I know that doesn't seem like much, but then again almost 1000 things said by others is a bunch).

There have been approximately 8200 visits to the site,
21600+ page views,
85+ following on RSS feeds,
Several "Face Lifts" and adjustments to the site - some because I thought they looked good, others at suggestions, and all for the better, I Think.
Some Good Writings and some Real Stinkers
Being sick and hurt Frequently, hasn't helped much, But....... Anything at Anytime is still here and will be!

So, Today I raise a Cup of the Bloggers Life Blood (Coffee) in Toast and Thanks for those that helped us get to where we could Celebrate Anything at Anytime's 1st Birthday.

May many more Years and Readers come.

Hope you ALL are having a Good Day!?!
Danny

Music Mondaze #8

2011-05-23T09:14:00.000-06:00

Anything at Anytime is starting the Music Mondaze again and today I was/am just in a Billy Joel kind of Mood.

He has one I really Adore because it fits me and my girls and when I find it I will get it up here;
However,
Enjoy both of these as they are Good Music and I enjoy just listening to him.......

Good Clean Music.

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Hope you all have a Fantastic Week!
Danny