I've always been what I call a 'HopeFUL Romantic,' rather than the usual label that puts forth a negative connotation: I believe in "true love" and...that if a couple is supposed to be together, God Will Direct it so that they are able to be together. Of course, it's heart-breaking, when people meddle in what I believe is God-ordained, in the first place, and causes the couple not to be able to be together as much as they wanat to be. So sad...ALL the years stolen from this couple. A silver lining, in the end, though. DON'T WAIT TO CONTACT SOMEONE THAT YOU LOVE AND MISS AND WANT SO MUCH TO BE TOGETHER WITH. YOU NEVER KNOW THE REASON WHY THINGS ENDED BUT...IF YOU STILL LONG FOR THIS PERSON, THERE'S PROBABLY A VERY GOOD REASON. REACH OUT AND CONTACT THE ONE YOU LOVE, BEFORE CHRISTMAS; YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THINGS MIGHT END UP. GOOD LUCK!

Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane (PCM Version)

Man, do I ever LOVE listening to guitars, still! Pretty surreal to hear songs being played on the radio that I used to rock out to, some 30 years ago! WILD!! The BEST music genre that ever came along...IMHO!!  :-D

Les Miserables - Official Movie Trailer 2012 (HD)

I can't recall a musical being done, in film, since Nicole Kidman's 'Moulin Rouge.' This Christmas, however, get ready to watch what looks - to me - to be a musical with Academy Awards all around! Seeing Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit, Samantha Barks, with Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen, singing, well...that, um, "sounds" very intriguing, indeed! One more month away! Mark your calendars!

~This Love~ Sarah Brightman

I LOVE this song; it's ADDICTIVE and SEDUCTIVE! The images are beautiful, as well! If only a person is blessed to find someone to share such a love...that would be...lovely, wouldn't it?! :-) Hope you enjoy!

Sarah Brightman - Harem

Sure would be cool to be able to have the voice of an Angel and be so beautiful, as well! Fellas; hope you enjoy! :-D

Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli - Time to Say Goodbye 1997 Video ster...

The voices of Angels...no matter what language. Hope you enjoy.

'Heaven Is For Real'

I've written a post about this wonderful young man, and his amazing experience, before, but, recently, had a chance to read the book that his father wrote to help share his cool story. It's changed my life, FOREVER! There's not a day that I don't "walk and talk with Him," realizing that He is right there waiting to have Fellowship with us; and...we don't need formalities to spend time "talking" with Him. Please read this book, if it is the last book that you ever pick up. The book is written in a very "user-friendly" format - albeit profound - filled with inspirational messages that Colton received from beyond this life as we know it, here.

Incidentally, there is a thread of a discussion, that weaves, throughout the entire book, about what our Creator looked like, to Colton, and...amazingly, after MANY attempts to get Colton to "commit" to a certain portrait of Jesus, he actually *does* do so...to this wonderful artist, Akiane, whose work I was BLESSED to see, first hand, a couple of years ago; and...the picture of Jesus, that she painted, is who Colton said that he had met. :-)   Please return, after having read the book, and tell me what you thought. Hope you enjoy. :-)

Exile: "Kiss You All Over" (The Midnight Special, 1978)

Gotta say: this song STILL runs through my mind, some days, some 30-plus years after I used to listen to it...until I saw the lead singer of this song! I could have done w/out the fricken blue body suit! ["Ralph!"]  OK so...he's got a GREAT set of...TEETH and...a delicious head of hair but...something tells me that he's not going home to a woman! Nuff said! STILL love the song; just won't be looking @ this vid anytime soon! :-/

'The Painted Veil'

The subject matter wasn't, entirely, the most appealing. The movie, however, - as a whole - seemed quite interesting and, wow...I never thought that I would ever want to go to China but...I might be tempted with how GORGEOUS the shots were; so zen and beautiful. And...the era in which the story is set is quite intriguing, as well; to imagine how people felt towards the British and what their purpose for coming was.

I quite liked the characters, as well. The direction of the marriage took me a little by surprise, as well; quite a refreshing turn, actually. OK...I'm not revealing any more; that should be enough of a "carrot!" :-)

'Total Recall'

OK so...to start off, here's a total Dude's movie AND...for someone who doesn't much care for CGI and SciFi, in general, I have to admit that I actually LIKED this movie! And...I can see why dudes enjoy having women in their flicks; 'cuz that would be the only way that they would ever *SEE* a woman in a movie, probably! lol! But...yeah...sure doesn't hurt to include a couple of pretty women! :-)

Hope you enjoy the movie and return to give me YOUR feedback! :-)

'Creative Ways To Say "I Love You."'

Yup! It's true; I haven't been writing enough posts! Well...for all of us "hopeful romantics," I will post this article for those wanting to "hone" their skills; I applaud your efforts to keep your relationship at the forefront of your lives, rather than the mats beneath your feet!

Hope all are enjoying their summer!

'The Lucky One'

For all those 'Hopeful Romantics' out there, I wanted to share a movie that I saw that I thought was really sweet; it's a Nicolas Sparks movie...like 'Notebook.' Hope you enjoy and...if you're a Father, that you have a fun-fill Father's Day and weekend, next weekend! :-)

To The Arctic - IMAX 3D Experience

Here is another movie that I would suggest going to, for Earth Day. I just LOVE these Earth Day movies; they're so beautifully shot and teach us so much about the wonderful animals that we have and need to take care of, on this Earth!

Chimpanzee (2012)

One of two movies that I would recommend for today, commemorating Earth Day. Watch the trailer; it's just lovely...and the extent they went to film this documentary is amazing! 

Story of Stuff, Full Version; How Things Work, About Stuff

An Oldie but a Goodie! Something to think about! Happy Earth Day!

Sugar: The Bitter Truth

It's a LONG vid but...can, of course, be watched/listened to, in segments! Worth listening to, though.

Beauty "Queen" Disqualification (Updated 4/02)

Here we go, again, with the "gender-bending."

Some people might think that it is "mean-spirited" or "not tolerant enough" or "homophobic" but...the TRUTH of the matter is: TECHNICALLY, this PERSON was born...a MALE so...that, automatically, DISQUALIFIES HIM from a 'Miss UNIVERSE' pageant! And...DON'T be a 'Hater' over this fact! IF a person was, say, "altered" in an Olympic category, oh, say for instance, a MAN in a Women's category, would we be supporting that UNTRUTH? I don't think so! Would it be FAIR to ALL the female competitors that have, relentlessly, been training, for YEARS?! No; I don't think so! Why? Because, for one, men are, TECHNICALLY, and PHYSICALLY, created STRONGER!

In the same vein, then, I say: "THANK YOU," to the Miss Universe Organizers, for disqualifying someone who is NOT, TECHNICALLY, AND PHYSICALLY - no matter WHAT is on display - a...um 'MISS!!' :-/ YES...a bit AWKWARD, BUT...IF this person (sorry...calling HIM a 'She' would just be a bit DIFFICULT for me to say...again...because it, um, DISQUALIFIES WHO HE was BORN as!) were to have won the pageant, how HONEST would the Organization have been?! And...how honest was it of this person to have LIED about having been "born a WOMAN" on her registration form?! And people are OUTRAGED?! NONSENSE and SICKENING to see how MANY would rather accept a FAKE than a LEGIT competitor!!!!!!!

Here's a thought: how about SOMEONE coming up with a TRANSGENDERED "female" competition (UPDATE: Check out the video included at the bottom of the article; I just discovered that they DO have such a thing: 'Tiffany International Queen' Competition which is "Striving to advance and support today’s transgender/transsexual, Miss International Queen™ Pageant offers great opportunities for transgender/transsexual from all over the world to present their individual beauty and intelligence in a friendly atmosphere." so...TECHNICALLY, there, ALREADY, IS such a competition! Who knew?! I guess I didn't...since I'm not interesed in such a thing!) because...imagine having such a category, at the 'Miss Universe' competition...like they were talking about a dog pedigree, or something! Well...how ELSE would someone DEFINE the DIFFERENCE to the masses?!

Outrage or not, I AGREE with the Organizers!! In fact, I think that this person should be FINED for KNOWINGLY FALSIFYING the registration and WASTING TONS of people's time and efforts to HELP them try to win this competition! When this competition was created, this "little problem" didn't exist...in that: MEN were not going out and getting PHYSICALLY ALTERED, SURGICALLY, to compete...in a WOMAN'S competition! Either: keep the rules "as is" or CHANGE them, to INCLUDE transgenders, BUT...DO NOT ALLOW a LIAR to even have the opportunity to win with the way the rules are stated, during this competition! And...I'm sorry but...SURGERY DOES NOT a "real GIRL" make; it makes an "ALTERED...BOY!" :-( NUFF said!

UPDATE: Well, my friends...looks like you BOTH get your wish: to look at MEN disguised as WOMEN!! It seems that Donald Trump has a soft spot for trans people (or..."she boys," as one of the interviewers @ the Trans event vid called them! EWWW!) competing in what used to be an American born GIRL event!

I know that, were it turned around, and I was a dude, I sure wouldn't want to have to compete w/a woman who had had herself altered to APPEAR to be a man! It seems pretty FAKE! Oh, but WAIT! I think American men LIKE FAKE!! :-P

Anyway...it's an ODD world and I'm SURE HAPPY that I DON'T have to work at a job like that! They might as well not have any standards, now, because...as you say, Ray, most women are running around w/augmented tits, butts, cheeks, lips, etc. these days, of which I thought the Miss Universe Pageant did NOT allow, so...who knows...perhaps they just ought to "let it ALL hang out" and run with the "anything goes" theme! :-/ Why not let it turn into the usual FREAK SHOW that is American television, anyway!

Adele: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Full Concert HD)

If you haven't heard this young lady, yet, you're in for a treat! If you can't sit down to watch the entire thing in one sitting, just watch it in snippets; she is so fun to hear w/her cheeky accent and comments that you'd be missing a few hoots, if you didn't enjoy this entire recording! Hope you enjoy!

I Am Second

I LOVE this movement! SO INSPIRING! If you're ever interested in getting inspired, listen to a few of these! They are even sectioned into subjects, if you're interested in a particular area! Hope you find inspiration in your fellow man (or woman!)! :-D

Gender-bending model pushes limits of the runway

OK. Must be 'Model Week!' Here's yet another interesting article. Question: Would it bother you if you discovered that the person you think is a HOT chick actually ends up being a man?! I'd like your thoughts, please. :-)

Model Has Natural 20-inch Waist

Well...I am very glad that this young lady is happy with herself. I am only concerned that she's a "tad" too small and...she claims that it's not intentional! Check out the vid within the article. At least she's got a boyfriend who enjoys a small waist! :-)

Victoria Secret's Model Quits

I'd sure like to hear some feedback on what the men of the world think about this. :-D

Eo's Boat Picture

It's a picture that I love...very much. It depicts the tranquility that I am forever seeking and...I happen to LOVE boats and water; the pristine "quiet" of the water's surface, at the time that he took this picture; the lines of the pieces of wood on both the wharf and inside of the boat. Love so much, the entire piece! And...it was taken in my "Homeland" of Denmark so...it means that much more to me.

Eo wrote, sometime ago, (and I kept forgetting to post it!) about something wonderful that he saw, when he had this picture hanging on his wall:

"I wanted to tell that when I'd just made that picture in the nineties, I had it on my wall. And one morning very early, I woke up, and the just-rising sun was framed by trees and buildings to make a little square, hitting the wall at an astute angle, *exactly* framing this photo! Like a spotlight from the almighty."

Isn't that beautiful?! Wish I could have seen that! Well...someday, I plan to put a great BIG picture of this on a BIG, empty wall I have, in the living room. It will remind me, until I can get there, of a place that I want to go, someday, to visit, the next time I am in Denmark. :-D

Building 429 - Where I Belong - Lyrics

LOVE this song! Hope you will, too! :-D

Etta James and The Roots Band - I'd Rather Go Blind 2001 HQ.m4v

A gurl after my own heart: she knew what she'd be missin'! RIP, Etta!

When A Girl Asks... (UPDATED 1/20)

I just read this article. TOO CUTE! So...all I'm saying is this, guys: "When a girl asks, PLEASE, at least give her the honor, respect, and PLEASURE of your company...if for no longer than an evening's dinner date; a lifetime, if that evening works out well!" Hopefully, you're all nice and cleaned up and not disgusting with the table/eating manners and etiquette and such; and...PLEASE DON'T be a 'Tight Wad'...just for that one meal!! Oh but...guess what happens, if you do turn out to "go Dutch" on that date: it cuts "the guessing game" down, considerably, to discovering this about you, down the road, when it seems "silly" to throw in the towel, after the wedding dress has already been ordered!!!!! A generous man is a SEXY thing; and...not just in the financial department: try your ENTIRE LIFE: your time, sharing your thoughts and dreams; spending time with your (and her) family... It's ALL a VERY SEXY package, if you are an all-around generous person! Just saying! :-D Girls have a sense about some of these things, ya know!

GOOD LUCK, MISS AMERICA! I hope that Aaron Rodgers won't be a BONEHEAD!! :-D

UPDATE: We're WAITING, Aaron!! Just sayin'! (Of course, if you're not available, America wants to know this, as well! ;-)

Penis Tattooing Aftermath

I feel like I would be doing a disservice to mankind, if I didn't share this important "public service announcement." :-/