Let’s see, my right hand is broken, my left thumb is broken, my body is black and blue and I still want to ride.

After selling the way-too-big Road King, and riding my Honda Rebel beginner bike for a season, I sold the Honda and bought a perfect Harley Sportster.

The first day I rode the Sportster to work, while riding home, a small nissan truck lost control on the freeway and doing donuts across all four lanes, ended up in my lane and I ended up down and underneath his truck.

I don’t remember many of the details – my mind has always blocked unpleasant memories – which has been a real blessing. But the bottom line is my new 2006 Harley Sportster is sitting in my garage damaged. Here’s some pics.

And I’ve hired an attorney to sort out insurance issues and liability. The police report is clear that the driver of the nissan truck was 100% at fault. Problem is he’s 21 years old and the insurance on the truck was not in his name (most likely his father’s). That insurance company is saying “coverage doesn’t look good”.

Anyway…… I love to ride………………… but will I be able to overcome my fear once my bike is fixed?

This is a little bit late but been busy.

Ryan’s graduation was June 17, 2006. Mark flew in and we had a wonderful time together. Since Father’s day was the following Sunday, he was here for Father’s Day – the first time we had Father’s Day with him since 1988. Whew…. how time flies.

Here a pic!

From Matt, my son on 05/24/2006 01:02 AM
Subject – Birthday and other thoughts…

I’m really sorry I blew it on mothers day and your birthday. Please know that it is nothing more then a function of circumstance in my life now. You also should know that I thank God every night, for blessing me with you.

You have shown me so much love and support the past couple of years, where other mothers I know would have been less then nurturing, you are offering to put ads in the paper about the films, fix my laptop, and are letting me live rent free, because you love me and want me to follow my dreams.

I will never ever forget the positive influence you have had in my life, and I will pass along the tradition to my children.

You have taught me so much, and I hope you remember I love you very much.

Thanks mom, for EVERYTHING.

I promise one day I will make it all up you.

~Matt

I read this book when it first came out years ago. It resonated quite deeply.

The Nine Insights of The Celestine Prophecy

1. We are discovering again that we live in a deeply mysterious world, full of sudden coincidences and synchronistic encounters that seem destined.

2. As more of us awaken to this mystery, we will create a completely new worldview – redefining the universe as energetic and sacred.

3. We will discover that everything around us, all matter, consists of and stems from a divine energy that we are beginning to see and understand.

4. From this perspective, we can see that humans have always felt insecure and disconnected from this sacred source, and have tried to take energy by dominating each other. This struggle is responsible for all human conflict.

5. The only solution is to cultivate a personal reconnection with the divine, a mystical transformation that fills us with unlimited energy and love, extends our perception of beauty, and lifts us into a Higher-Self Awareness.

6. In this awareness, we can release our own pattern of controlling, and discover a specific truth, a mission, we are here to share that helps evolve humanity toward this new level of reality.

7. In pursuit of this mission, we can discover an inner intuition that shows us where to go and what to do, and if we make only positive interpretations, brings a flow of coincidences that opens the doors for our mission to unfold.

8. When enough of us enter this evolutionary flow, always giving energy to the higher-self of everyone we meet, we will build a new culture where our bodies evolve to ever higher levels of energy and perception.

9. In this way, we participate in the long journey of evolution from the Big Bang to life's ultimate goal: to energize our bodies, generation by generation, until we walk into a heaven we can finally see.

Rewriting The Science
March 19, 2006
(CBS) As a government scientist, James Hansen is taking a risk. He says there are things the White House doesn't want you to hear but he's going to say them anyway.

Hansen is arguably the world's leading researcher on global warming. He's the head of NASA's top institute studying the climate. But this imminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science.

But he didn't hold back speaking to Pelley, telling 60 Minutes what he knows.

Asked if he believes the administration is censoring what he can say to the public, Hansen says: “Or they're censoring whether or not I can say it. I mean, I say what I believe if I'm allowed to say it.”

What James Hansen believes is that global warming is accelerating. He points to the melting arctic and to Antarctica, where new data show massive losses of ice to the sea.

Read the full article here:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/17/60minutes/main1415985.shtml