Icewind's Ramblings

I do not know about you but sometimes television commercials just do not seem like much thought was given when making them. The one currently running on TV here for Viagra shows a nice looking middle age man sailing alone in a sailboat.   It looks like it is dusk and he is sailing away as it goes into the side effects of the drug.   He is ‘Alone’ in the boat.   Now I do not know about you but the idea of being alone in a boat with a ‘stiffy’ for over 4 hours does not sound all that fun.   The commercial shows him having a problem with the mainsail and having to fix the problem . . . I wonder if the ‘wood’ helped or hindered the repair.   Did this poor fellow use it to hammer the broken part in place or was this about the time the other side effects kicked in? I have never taken any of these so I can only speak from the commercials and the information provided but it seems like . . . well . . . it may not be the greatest thing it is being made out to be. ...

The weather since the 8 th of April has been gorgeous with clear skies and warming temperatures.   The snow has been melting and ‘break up’ went really smoothly this year with only about a week of wet roads and muddy water splashing on everything. As the last couple weeks have progressed the white everywhere slowly turned to a wet brown as the daily melt was on.   After a few days of sun the wetness quickly vanished and the brown ground gave way to dormant grass.   The grass is slowly greening up and the trees have the first signs of budding. Once these bud break apart there will be an explosion of color all over the city.   Trees will be green as the leaves awaken from a long winter’s sleep.   The bushes will also go through a transformation into their summer finest look.   The natural flowers are still some time away but the city’s greenhouses are ready to provide many areas with bright colors in the abundant sunlight. Our dark cold winter seems li...

It’s been busy here and it took me a couple weeks to write this so I could post but the next time you’re having a bad day . . . just think of me. Having a bad day?   Cheer up it could have been like mine! So what did I do today? Well . . . I had a once (hopefully) in a lifetime experience today.   Something most people will never have to go through, if they’re lucky!   I went to see a dermatologist for a sore that is not healing. No big deal right?   I’ve had an old ‘war injury’ for over 35 years now and from time to time I get a flare up to the skin as either dryness or other condition irritates things . . . down there.   It’s sore from time to time and I’ve had this round since the end of 2011.   It is no big deal because it’s in an unmentionable location of course it’s only unmentionable by most people’s standards, not mine.   I’ll just say it . . . it’s in my a$$ crack.   I could say butt crack, but a$$ crack is a lot funnier to say and m...

Never sneeze . . . when someone is cutting your hair. Especially if you do not have a lot left to begin with. Ice