Reading/Thoughts/& Hank

As I've stated before, I don't always talk about politics on my blog. Today, I had different stuff on my heart and just wanted to tell everyone what I was thinking about. Yeah, I know I'm crazy but that's why you guys all love me so much!

I just finished reading one of the most outstanding books I've ever read. Wow, Glen Beck certainly knows how to put a fictitious story together, however, much of it was based on truth. Any of you out there who read my blog MUST get a copy of the Overton Window and read it. When I finished the last page of the book my first thought was; when's the sequel? I'm gonna be real upset if he doesn't follow up on it.

While I am an avid reader, there's not a lot of different writers that I like to read. William W. Johnston's Ashes Series was my favorite for a long time. A few years later I discovered Tom Clancy, Vincent Flynn, Brad Thor, and now Glenn Beck get's in on the act. Most of these are CIA/Presidential type stuff, but not all. Back during the time the OKC bombing took place, WW Johnstones Ashes series came under fire because some of the liberals thought he was preaching sedition! The thing is, that's exactly what he was preaching and it's what made me love those books so much. I kept them for several years but recently I got rid of them.

Mr. Beck's Overton Window is an in your face book that mixes a whole lot of fact into a fictional story. I will not ruin if for you here but please go read it, you will not regret it, I promise. For those of you who keep up with the news you'll surely enjoy the book.

Today sucked eggs for me. Me and my boy were heading out to go fishing this morning and his employer called and needed him to work! Joe had to go to work and I was proud of him for going instead of going fishing. I just missed getting to spend time with him, that time is getting short now and I cherish every minute of his time I get now. Since we are leaving the home school life behind a big change is coming soon and I'm kinda dreading it.

I've got a cranky hot water heater that I can't seem to fix and there are several other projects I need to get done. Gee, I wonder if I'm the only procrastinator out there? ha...Anyone good at working on thing want to volunteer to show up at my place? I've got lots to do, I just can't seem to get any of it done.

One last thing I want to talk about today, and that's my dog Hank. Now Mr. Hank is a big ole' dog, I'd guess he'd weigh in at 100lbs plus and he's part Rottweiler and part something else, just not sure what it is but I think it's lab. This dog is the most worthless animal that God ever did put on the face of this earth. I was driving back up to the house yesterday from a trip to town and there is this deer not 15 feet from Hank and he just lays there and looks at it. Of course when Gus, my lab, saw the deer the chase was on, but Hank didn't bother to expend the energy to get up and at least bark at the dang deer! Hank was looking at the deer like he was saying "hey dude, how's it going".

Hank towers over Gus in both height and weight, yet Gus is the alpha dog. I don't guess Hank has a mean bone in his body, and considering the size of this beast that's probably a good thing. As lazy as Hank is, he has some other character flaws too. For instance, if you go sit down out in the yard he does his best to get that big body all in your lap. He thinks he's a lap dog I guess, either that or he's not real good at judging size. When he does bark, the windows in the house reverberate with sound. He constantly bites the hands that feed him too. Every day when I go for a walk I get dog-bit about a dozen time till he calms down!

Hank thinks he's supposed to "load-up" when I get in my pick-up truck. Often I will load my "boys" up and take them to town with me, and trust me, this is no small task. While Hank is usually laid back and easy going he turns into some kind of psychotic freak when he goes for a ride! Gosh, if only he had that much energy any other time I might be able to plant a garden and have a chance of actually getting to eat some of it before the deer got it all. He's big,hairy,has bad breath,has big teeth,lazy,opinionated,bites,aggravates......and I love that dog more than any other dog I've ever owned. I think I'd probably shoot someone if they were to hurt him! I like him better than most people I know. I'll try to upload some pictures of Hank tomorrow so you can see this monstrous beast!