Maryannaville™

There are times when it is absolutely a necessity to blow out the funk between one’s ears and motorcycles are the very best way to get it together. That’s where we’ve been. We’ve been blowing out the accumulated funk. In doing so, these thoughts came to mind:

The only good view of a thunderstorm is in your rear view mirror.

People ask us why we ride a motorcycle. For those who have experienced the joy, no explanation is necessary; for those who have not, no explanation is possible.

I’d rather be riding my motorcycle and experiencing my idea of God than sitting in church thinking about riding my motorcycle.

Four wheels move the body; two wheels move the soul.

Most motorcycle problems are caused by the nut that connects the handlebars to the saddle.

Life may begin at 40, but it doesn’t get real interesting until one is cruising close 80 mph.

You start the game of life with a full pot o’ luck and an empty pot o’ experience. The object is to fill the pot of experience before you empty the pot of luck.

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

Midnight bugs taste just as bad as noon time bugs.

Saddlebags can never hold everything you want, but they CAN hold everything you need.

Don’t ride so late into the night that you sleep through the sunrise.

Sometimes it takes a whole tank full of gas before you can think straight.

Never hesitate to ride past the last street light at the edge of town.

Never do less than forty miles before breakfast.

A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.

Respect the person who has seen the dark side of motorcycling and lived, and still rides.

Young riders pick a destination and go. Old riders pick a direction and go.

A good mechanic will let you watch without charging you for it.

Sometimes the fastest way to get there is to stop for the night.

Always back your bike into the curb and sit where you can see it.

There are drunk riders and there are old riders, but there are not many old, drunk riders.

Ride to work. Work to ride.

Two-lane blacktop isn’t a highway – it’s an attitude.

When you look down the road, it seems to never end; but you better believe it does!

Winter is nature’s way of telling you to test the electrics.

Keep your bike in good repair. Motorcycle boots are not good walking shoes.

People are like motorcycles; each is customized a bit differently.

Sometimes, the best communication happens when you’re on separate bikes.

When you’re riding lead, don’t spit.

A friend is someone who’ll get out of bed at 2 a.m. to drive his pickup to the middle of nowhere to get you when you’re broken down.

Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt @ 70 mph can increase your vocabulary.

Catching a yellow jacket in your helmet will triple that special vocabulary.

There’s something ugly about a NEW bike on a trailer.

Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don’t. Some can’t.

If you can’t get it going with bungee cords and duct tape, it’s serious.

If you ride like there’s no tomorrow, today will be a BLAST!

The best modifications cannot be seen from the outside.

Always replace the cheapest parts first.

You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.

Only a Biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.

There are two types of people in this world -people who ride and people who wish they could.

Now if you are wondering, we had a lovely time in our solitude-together. Silence between good friends is comfortable as well as refreshing. Moreover, we’re both sporting a special afterglow in our sun-kissed faces.

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Gratefully, parties like this one only happens rarely. I laughed until my sides hurt.

But what a mess, aye?

He was born of a virgin, fathered by God. He turned water into wine. He had supper with his 12 disciples before his death. He was unjustly executed but returned from the dead.

Do you know who he is?

He is Dionysis, a Greek God. He was the God of wine, patron deity of agriculture and theatre. His story was later incorporated into the Christian mythology to help flesh out the Jesus story. There is no evidence that he ever existed. Further still, there is no evidence that Jesus Christ ever existed.

Just saying. Now how about a nice glass of wine?

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Maybe. . .we were supposed to meet the wrong person before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right one, we will know how to be grateful for the gift.

Maybe… it is true that we don’t know what we have until we lose it, yet it is also true that we don’t know what we have been missing until it arrives.

Maybe… the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, after all, you can’t successfully go on in life until you let go of past mistakes, failures and heartaches.

Maybe… you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy.

Maybe… the happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

Maybe… the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit alongside while on a porch swing and never say a word then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had.

Maybe… happiness waits those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those
who have tried. Only they can appreciate the importance of the many others who have touched their lives.

Maybe… to do something nice for someone every single day even if it is to simply to leave them alone.

Maybe… there are moments in life when you miss someone — a parent, a spouse, a friend, a child so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real so that once they are around, you can appreciate them more.

Maybe… giving someone all your love is never an assurance that he will love you back. Don’t expect love in return; wait for it to grow. Yet, if it doesn’t, find value in it and be grateful that it grew in yours anyway.

Maybe… we should dream what we want to dream; go where we want to go, be what we want to be. We only have one life, one opportunity to do the things we dream about and want to do.

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Aesop Fables still ring true today philosophically and morally in the modern world as we know it.

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf’s right to eat him.

He thus addressed him: “Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.”
“Indeed,” bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, “I was not then born.”

Then said the Wolf, “You feed in my pasture.”
“No, good sir,” replied the Lamb, “I have not yet tasted grass.”

Again said the Wolf, “You drink of my well.”
“No,” exclaimed the Lamb, “I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother’s milk is both food and drink to me.”

Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, “Well! I won’t remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations.”

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

Set oven to bake. Remove teddy bear from oven.

Preheat oven to 375. Melt 1 cup margarine in saucepan.

Remove teddy bear from oven again. Tell Billy “no, no, no.”

Add margarine to 2 cups sugar.

Take shortening can away from Billy and clean cupboards.

Measure 1/3 cup cocoa.

Take shortening can away from Billy again then bathe cat. Apply antiseptic and bandages to deep cuts and scratches sustained while removing shortening from cat’s tail.

Assemble 4 eggs, 2 tsp. vanilla and 1-1/2 cups sifted flour.

Take smoldering teddy bear from oven. Open all doors and windows for adequate ventilation. Take telephone away from Billy and assure party on the line the call was definitely a mistake. Call operator and attempt to have direct dialed call removed from bill.

Measure 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup nuts,  beat all ingredients well.

Let cat out of refrigerator.

Pour mixture into well-greased 9×13-inch pan. Bake 25 minutes.

Rescue cat and take razor away from Billy. Explain to Billy’s older siblings that I have no idea if shaved cats will sunburn. Throw cat outside while he’s still able to run away to safety.

Frosting: Mix together in saucepan: 1 cup sugar, 10 oz unsweetened chocolate, plus 1/4 cup margarine

Take the darn teddy bear out of the @#$% broiler and throw it away—far away. Answer the door and humbly explain to Mr. policeman that I didn’t know that Billy had slipped out of the house and was heading for the street. Set Billy in playpen. Surround Billy with toys.

Add 1/3 cup milk, dash of salt, and boil, stirring constantly for 2 minutes.

Answer door and apologize to next door neighbor for water damages to his carpet. Billy stuck a garden hose in man’s front door mail slot with water hose at full blast. Promise to pay for ruined carpet and padding. Gently tether Billy’s halter to clothesline. Let him run until he exhausts himself.

Remove burned brownies from oven.

Resolve to never try this again while alone with Billy until Billy is much older.

There are relationships and then there are examples of extremely lame stupidity sung by Kate Miller-Heidke. She does a fine job at telling about it as she belts it out in her most recent tune filmed during a sound check at the Metro.

Don’t get mad and leave, just leave.

Willy DeVille, the founder of the punk music group, Mink DeVille, died today of Pancreatic Cancer. His tour schedule had been previously canceled to a diagnosis of Hepatitis C announced February 2nd, 2009. Mr DeVille had also been diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer on June 15th, 2009.

Condolences go to his wife and loved ones. It’s been a rough year for everyone, no doubt about it.

Men and women who abuse their partners and families are often difficult to diagnose. Dr. Liane Leedom presents four questions and the answers to help you identify when you are, in fact, involved with an abuser.

Also, keep in mind that, you can take a man to the train station but you can’t make him board the train.

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.
*Thomas Mann

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