Happy Friday

Glenn and I went out for dinner tonight.  I was going to make a Harvest Chicken Stew Tonight, but he wanted Sushi.  Well, I gave in all to easily as we don't go and do Sushi as often as I would like.  We decided on Sushi Mido in Merriam, Kansas.  They have some great Sushi Rolls there.  We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves tonight and I think Glenn had a little too much fun posting crap on Facebook.
We sat at the bar and we each started with three rolls each.  We had 2 Spider Rolls, 1 Rainbow Roll, 1 Dragon Roll, 1 Hawaii Roll, and 1 Shrimp Tempura Roll.  After that I had a Dinosaur Roll and same has the Cheesecake Roll called the Pink Lady.  He loves Cheesecake and I just really could care less about cheesecake.  I know, I know - for shame. 

Sushi Mido is located on Niemen Road just Slightly North of Shawnee Mission Parkway.  It is on the West side of the street.  It is some sort of old fast food restaurant.  Kind of Hole in the Wall-ish, but then again aren't some of those the best places for great food.  Am I right.  Sho nuff'.

If you live in the area, GO.  It is inexpensive and the food is great.  The also have a nice Saki selection and other Japanese Cuisine.

9/12 Road Tunes

                                Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my Sobriety (Still love her Baritone voice)

                                                Donna Summer - I Don't Wanna Get Hurt
                     (Now you had to know I would have some Donna Summer hidden in that machine!!)

                                                              Depeche Mode - Goodbye

                                     PFN - Flow (False Prophet Mix) Nice Trance/Dance song here

                                J.S.J. - Deep Love 9 (Van Bellen's Twisted Sneaker Mix) 
                               Deep Trance so just have a beer or two along with a muscle relaxer
                                           or some Xanax and trip the evening fantastic.

 Now on the ride home I started wth one of my favorite groups...



                                                            Tegan and Sara - Speak Slow 

                                                              

                                                                       Meat Katie - K Hole

                                                        Snow Patrol - Beginning to get to me

                                                             Dead or Alive - Son of a Gun 

 

                                                                 FEAR - Bomb the Russians

9/11/2014 The Drive Home after a long day of working it.

iPod chose this for the ride home...

                                         Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

                                                                Parralox - Isn't it Strange

                                                              Erasure - Crown of thorns

                                                                Pet Shop Boys - Before

                                                         Savage Garden - I Want You

Today, I didn't have too much to do on the phone.  Not much overflow from the billing phone team, so decided to hook up to iPod and listen to some music (Yeah they have the Disputes Team taking Billing Phone Calls, like we ain't got nothing to do just endless streams of disputes - Oh Well pays the bills).  Here is what iPod gave to me to listen to while I was working on New Pending Disputes.

                                                  Madonna - Candy Perfume Girl

                                           Robbie Williams - Making Plans For Nigel

                                                          NIN- We're in this Together

                                             Deep Dish/Stevie nicks - Dreams (Axwell Remix)

                                                             James Blunt - No Bravery

                                              Darren Hayes - The heart wants what it wants

                                                            Boy George - Everything I own

                                                          Bjork - Declare Independence

                                                Depeche Mode - Halo (Goldfrapp Remix)

                                                               Kings of Leon - Tonight

                                                       The Fixx - Two Different Views

                                                                     Muse - Resistance

                                                                 The Fixx - Saved By Zero

9/11/2014 The Drive into Work

iPod started my day off with the drive in consisting of..

                                                 Concrete Blonde - City Screaming 

                                 Florence and the Machine - What the Water Gave Me

 
                                         Coldplay/Morgan Page - White Shadows (Bootleg remix) 

                                                            Everlast - Speak No Evil 

                                                    Wilson Phillips - Reason To Believe

So these were the tunes fueling my morning drive into work.  Traffic wasn't that bad, but I sure wish some of these idiots would go back to driving school.

Starting Something New

I have soo much music, over 260 GB n my PC and tons of CD's, Cassettes, Albums, etc.  I have loaded over 90 GB's onto my iPod Classic 160 GB .  This is what I listen to while I am in the car.  Going to work, From work, to the grocery store, etc.  I always listen to it on shuffle.  I am now going to post what iPod has conjured up for me to hear while I am out and about. 

I will also try to find the videos on the You Tube and post them here so you too and join in and listen to the great music the awe inspiring iPod is having me listen to.

In Honor of a Hero

HERO - Douglas M. Hendrix Sr.

This is my dad.  He past away Nov.2012 after a long battle with Cancer.  It has been over a year since his passing and it still feels like it just happened.  I may live half a country away from him and didn't see him as often as I would have liked, but he was always on my mind and every day I feel the world is worse off without him in it. 

As you can tell from the picture above, my dad was in the military.  The USMC (United States Marine Corps.) to be more specific.  He believed in the motto Semper Fidelis and loved his Marine Corps. with faithful abandon.  He carried over the marine corp. motto into his personal life as well as he was Always Faithful to his family.

He met my mother, Margaret Hendrix, by chance, as I have led to believe.  His best friend from school was going out on a date with my mothers best friend.  They set up my parents up and they all went out on a double date.  They hit it off, but then my dad shipped out.  He didn't call my Mom.  She though he was gone.  She eventually got a letter from him as he was overseas and had shipped out.  In this letter he professed his love for her, she wrote back and confirmed her love for him.  Even though she was not 100% sure, she knew he was special.  When he got back to the states in 1963, they got married.

 

 

Wow, it was as if they knew they were meant to be together.  They had two children together, Dianne and myself.  There was a lot of love in the house.  A lot of strife too, but love was always there.

 

My Dad ended up serving two tours in Viet-Nam.  He was injured from a Grenade blast, but it was not a major injury.  He went out on patrols looking for the Viet Kong (he never told my Mom this until well after he has retired).  He was also a light weight boxer in the Marines as well.  However, his main job in the military was working in the Motor Pool.  I remember him always working on engines.  He really knew what he was doing with an automobile and the military vehicles.

While in the military, he got the chance to travel.  He lugged us along and we all enjoyed the adventure.  We lived in North Carolina, Philadelphia, Albany, Ga., and Hawaii.  It was always fun moving from one place to the next.  Always got to make new friends.  The last move from Hawaii back to Albany, Ga. was out last.  He retired once we got back to the states because his reenlistment was not legal somehow.  I am still not sure about that.

 



 

After the military, he eventually got a job with the Civil Service on the Marine Corps. base in Albany, Ga. He continued serving his country and the Marine Corp.  We were not rich, by no means, but I never felt like we were poor.  He worked very hard, as did my Mom, to make sure I didn't know what poor meant.  You see, when my Dad grew up, they were poor and he knew it.  I never got too many stories about how hard it was or what he went through.  Much later in life, I heard about how poor they were when he was small and he played it down.  I think those experiences made him strive to make it better for his kids.  I never appreciated all the sacrifices that both of them made for me.  Later in life I did, but as a kid and adolescent I didn't think that they made sacrifices. 

 

He is missed deeply by his family and the many people who knew him through the years.  He touched many lives and those he touched were better for it.