Bfth's Boring Blog

This month marks the 47th anniversary of Walt Disney World; one of my FAVORITE places on earth.  A good friend of mine, Ken Pilcher, news producer at Channel 6 in Orlando, was tasked with writing several articles about the park and the 10 ten best things about the world  (https://www.clickorlando.com/theme-parks/10-best-things-to-happen-to-walt-disney-world-since-oct-1st-1971 ), the Magic Kingdom ( https://www.clickorlando.com/theme-parks/10-best-things-to-happen-to-the-magic-kingdom-since-oct-1-1971 ) , Epcot (https://www.clickorlando.com/news/10-best-things-to-happen-to-epcot-since-oct-1st-1982) and the future of WDW( https://www.clickorlando.com/news/10-top-things-to-look-forward-to-by-oct-1st-2021 ).  Ken is definitely more of an expert on the subject than I am (after all he lives and breathes in the area) and I found his articles to be extremely well written (jealousy creeps in here) and thought provoking.  So thought provoking, that I felt that I had to ...

...because she's a woman. Don't dismiss him because he's a man. Don't judge her because she dresses differently or doesn't conform to your norm. Don't avoid him because of his skin...be it a different color, pierced or inked. "Good" people don't look a certain way.  "Bad" people don't look "evil."  "Good" people can do bad things.   Everybody lies.  Sometimes about big things; sometimes about little.  Everybody lies.  Not all the time...well maybe some do, but...Everybody lies. Everybody makes mistakes. Some big; some small. Mistakes make us human.  There is no shame in making a mistake; there IS shame in not admitting to it and accepting the consequences. It's time to listen carefully.  To make up our OWN minds; not randomly listen to shouting from one side or another. Inside every human being, and it doesn't matter if that person is a man or woman, is a brain and a heart.  We need to liste...

I started blogging in 2013.  I blogged because I had been to a concert that so moved me that I HAD to share it.  I  HAD to write down the experience; even if there hadn't been an internet I would have done it.  But there was and so I shared my experience online and thus began Bfth's Boring Blog. Here is that first post:   http://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-few-words-about-michael-nesmith.html Photo from April 2013 concert Not the greatest piece of writing; not even my best post, but it started me on this path.  It was because of this event that I got on this track. I have always been a writer, for better or for worse.  Michael Nesmith's concert back in 2013 was the catalyst that started me writing regularly.  For that I am eternally grateful. Five years later (give or take), he took his newly re-formed band, The First National Band Redux (which includes sons Christian and Jonathan) out for a spin in California.  Thi...

A month or so ago, I said this:   https://bfthsboringblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/tengo-amore-missing-papa-nez-and-first.html I lied... Not intentionally.  I really believed what I wrote. But...I may be "old" but sometimes you have to be impulsive.  Impulsive is not necessarily a bad thing.  On occasion. As a result you get a most memorable night. And this.... And...  A night of music and stories that fill your heart and soul.  There's so much floating around in my head right now.  So many things...thoughts and feelings that I will NEED to put on to the page (or onto the blog as the case may be).  But right now, I'm going to climb into bed and TRY to get some sleep, even as my mind is racing. There WILL be more to say...but for now, I'll close as Michael Nesmith and The First National Band Redux did tonight, their last night of the tour, with the words..."Thanx for the ride."

Life can be hard.  We've all got things to do.  Sometimes are burdens are heavier than others.  Sometimes we just can't focus as well as we'd like to.  It's okay.  It happens to all of us. But when you are behind the wheel of a car or any other motor vehicle, you really SHOULD do your best to focus on the task at hand.  The task at hand is DRIVING. (Did I really need to say that?)  Not talking on the phone.  Not texting.  Not putting on lipstick.  Not even changing the radio station.  I'm not saying that you shouldn't do those things...that's what red lights are for, right? Now that we've established that you should be focused on driving while driving, if you would consider the following:  there are A LOT of road signs out there!  They are provide important information that you need to know and will help you on your way!  To help out, let me provide some basic definitions of what some of these signs mean: P...

Although I love a good bargain (who doesn't?), I was not a thrift store shopper until 2012.  Unemployed that fall (and into the early part of 2013), I lent a helping hand to my church's annual trash and treasure sale.  A behemoth of a project that took a week to set up for one day of shopping and several days of breaking down.  While it brought in much needed cash for the church (a smallish one with lots of good will, but not a lot of money for upkeep and mission) it was a royal pain in the you know what.  Or at least that's what I could see from my limited participation.  (I was not and had never been in charge; bless the saints that were!) The brains (and brawn) behind the project, came up with the idea of using space in the church basement (which was rarely used) to open a thrift shop.  Since I was unemployed, this new project was something I wanted to be a part of.  Originally open only on Tuesday from 10-1, the thrift shop eventually expand...