Whats That Tone

What is that "tone" you sometimes hear in your ear? I think most all of us have heard it. For anybody who has not, its this kind of long hum/ring sound that last fore quite a while, maybe 30 seconds maybe longer then as mysteriously as it was heard it will be gone again. Once when I was a teen my brother and I were working in the garage ( for those of you from outside the u.s.a. A "garage" is where we keep our cars, tools, motorcycles, lawn mowers, etc...) and my brother "Jim" asked me if I just heard a tone, which I did. Then it stopped and I said, " did it just stop for you too? and his answer was yes. Now how do you explain that? I haven't thought about that instance until just now when my wife stated that she heard a tone and I responded by saying I did not. She said, " why would you"? so I repeated the garage story to her. She thinks that we were hearing a generated tone, hence, man made. I don't think so. I think these tones are something of a higher source, quite possibly... Alien. There I said it. What if the aliens, yes from outer space, not Mexico, are checking on us with some sort of tone recognition. Now remember I'm 42yrs old. We did not have cell phones, cable T.V. none of the modern day electronics, heck, Atari was the most sophisticated video game of the day. So why did we both hear the "tone" at the same time for the same duration? Its the Aliens I tell you. They are around us all the time, watching, waiting, for what I don't know but I'm willing to bet its not good. Then again, maybe, those tones are just space noise that your ear catches by chance. Who knows. One thing is for sure, I have always heard these tones, not every day, but at least every year. Maybe I will start keeping track of when I hear them. Maybe there's a pattern. Does anybody know about this, has anyone studied it? Let me know if you know. I'm Dave Brokaw and thahaats what I'm thinking.

A Christmas Joke

?: How do we know that Santa is a Man. ANS: He shows up late, He eats all the cookies, call you a Ho, Dumps his sack and leaves while your sleeping.

Ukrainian Style Roast Beef

I, as the dominant male of the household have once again been entrusted with cooking the holiday meal. Now as some of you know I am not your normal/traditional holiday host. I like to cook things that are more of your how do you say, off the beaten track. Now most people will spend allot of time preparing a Turkey only to throw it in the oven and produce a golden brown, throat chocking dry piece of white flesh. It usually requires ladles of gravy to even make it palatable non the less add flavor. Others, will prepare things like , Goose, Ham, Cornish Hens you get the idea. I however have been known to make multible slabs of ribs, rotisserie turkey which by the way, if prepared properly is the most flavorful, moist, tasty way to prepare a turkey. I have prepared Prime Rib, Fillet Minion, Smoked Salmon and this year, Ukrainian style Roast Beef. Whats the difference you ask? I have learned from a master, the secret of a tasty roast. I spend allot of time cooking the afor mentioned "Roast". Chuck or English cut is the cut of choice for this meal. I select the finest cuts of beef I can locate, looking for a nice marbling. It must have a decent amount of fat along the edge. Pre-seasoning is paramount. And most of all, Patience. You must take your time. This recipe can be found and read in its entirety at, " myrosiecheeks.net" A link can be found on this page and will take you there where you can explore many fine recipes for a vast variety of foods and tasty treats. Merry Christmas All, I'm Dave Brokaw and Thahaaats the News.

stem cells bio medical

Whats up with the religious fruit cakes? Why do they feel that stem cell therapy is, " VooDoo Science"? Have you ever heard the one about the boat, the helicopter and the tree branch? Here it is. There was a huge flood, No not Noahs Ark. There was a huge flood and these people got stranded on their roof top. They began to pray to their God of choice, "Please Lord save us". They sat on the roof and soon a couple of men in a boat showed up and tried to rescue them, but they responded by saying " Our Lord will provide " so the men in the boat left. Next a helicopter showed up and lowered a rope, but again they said " the Lord will save us" and the helicopter flew on. As time passed the water continued to rise. The people continued to pray and as the water started to over take the roof a large tree branch drifted slowly past and at last the water swept the couple away and they drowned. The next thing the new there they were, looking the Lord in the face. They asked, "Lord why did you not save us" And the Lord responded by saying, " You Idiots I tried! I sent a boat, I even sent a helicopter, But you were to stupid to get on them so I figured a couple of dumb asses like yourselves would surely grab a hold of the tree branch I sent, But no! You needed a personal appearance. You deserved to drown." The moral of the story, The Lord has provided Stem cells, And if were to stupid to use them we deserve to die. So all you religious fruities, shut up, we have heard enough from you on this. Maybe you should concentrate more on say, Paying for all the attorney fees you pedophile Priest are accumulating, or maybe apologize for the Spanish Inquisition, or all the people who have been murdered in the name of the Lord. But one thing you need to do is, Recognize when the , " LORD" wants us to use something that has been put here for us. Wake up dumb dumbs! I'm Dave Brokaw and Thahaatsa how I feel.

Keeping It Clean

I have this thing about clean. Most people would consider it an infatuation but I think its normal. You see, I dont really care to expose myself to unnecessary "germings". What is a germing you ask? It is when a person exposes you/me to say, " a cough in the face" or " a sneeze in my food". Both these things have happend to me, The cough in the face just this past weekend at the grocery store. A man was walking down the isle tward me when he unexpectedly coughed blowing his death venom into my face. This produced an immediate response from me of, " thankyou for that". and "I really apreciate it" this went basicly un-noticed by the said, "Germer offender". I think people who in this day and age of Sars, Aids, the Flu and all the rest of the bad things about us, who are rude enough to cough into your face should get a ticket! Yes a ticket, that comes with a fine and If you are a repete offender, Jail!. Now I know this sounds extreme but, Do you like it? How about the lost time from work resulting in lost revenue that you experience from such unprovoked Germings? How many lost days of work could be recovered, saving the US economy from ruin if people just exercised common sense and didn't Germ all over us. And that's not all, What about those who do cover their mouths when they sneeze and or cough, then grab the door handle, hold the escalator rail, shake your hand, etc? I have an answer! Don't touch anything, and if you do, have an Anti-Bacterial wipe readily available to wash immediately. Enough of that, remember at the beginning of this I mentioned sneezing? I worked with a guy one time who sneezed all over my breakfast. We ordered from the local restaurant, mine was eggs over easy with bacon and hashed browns. I sat opened my container and , Bam! this douchebag sneezes right on it, UGH. I almost puked. It however was his lucky day because he was able to switch breakfasts with me. If I had cooked my own, like I usually do, There would have been no mercy. So there you have it. And yes I do know how unsanitary food preps are in the restaurants but, You have to get some germs somewhere or you would never build any antibodies would you? For me , its better not to know. I'm Dave Brokaw and thahaats how I really feel. Ghood Night. ACHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Why is it Bad?

Why is it that all the things you love most are the worst for you? I wish it weren't that way but it seems to be. I was just telling my fellow worker dudes this very thing and thought I would share some thoughts with you the people. What if beer cured acne? ( Don asked this) what if coke prolonged life? what if saturated fats were the key to good heart health? Why doesn't smoking stop lung cancer? What if cutting off a finger or two grew new and younger digits. Why do farts stink? Oops a different subject. Anyhow, why are all the fun stuff the bad things? I just wish that for once man could invent a drug ( for better choice of words) that was fun and healthy. Imagine the marketing potential of such a thing. Gangstas on the streets selling health and beauty aids that get you high and make life better. The cops busting down the door only to say, " Oh its just a wonder drug house , sorry we'll fix that door asap and put a sign in the lawn saying, come on in for good life" It just doesn't happen that way so until it does , Stay off the junk it will make an idiot out of you and remember that's why they call it "dope". I'm Dave Brokaw and thhhats how I really feel. Ghood Nighht.

e-bay

What has happend to the common sense of America? I put a bb-gun, yes a toy, on e-bay. it is an old toy a 5oo shot repeater. Like the one in the Christmas story. It is like the whole country has taken a common sense dump when it comes to any type of gun. This bb gun is a plinker wont even break your shin. and the funny thing is that I bought it on e-bay! For gods sake man! I don't get it , what do they think is going to happen if somebody buys this for their kid? is he going to rob a bank? I doubt it, thou it is a 500 shot repeater, might qualify as an "assault weapon". Now there's something with a bad stigma isn't it? I want to know , where are all these weirdos getting their AK47s ? I have never even seen one and Ive been around guns my whole life. And I have never shot anybody, not that some people didn't deserve a cap in the knee, but that would be the actions of a mentally imbalanced person which as far as I, the people around me and the state of Michigan are concerned I am not.I like to think that I conduct myself with pride and dignity and I don't go running around with any of my firearms shooting at anybody. And I'm darn sure not going to go crazy with a Daisey BB-gun! I also don't feel that anybody that would have purchased the said, offensive firearm would have either. What is this all coming to when you cant sell an antique daisy model 102 cub BB gun with the original box for $80.00 u.s. funds with free shipping in time for the holidays coming to? I'm Dave Brokaw and thaats how I really feel about it. Ghood nighht.

michigan law makers on "recess"?

Our law makers need a recess? Are you kidding me! What is it that they so diligently worked at that they need "recess"? What are they talking about? They need 18 days to rest up. What? 18 days, Do any of us get that much time to rest? Hell No!. I'm lucky if I get one day to rest. That would be if I wasn't working a second job to help pay the loan I need to take so I can pay my taxes, which were raised to offset the debt that our leaders have generated by mis-use of the dollars they took to pay for things that we supposedly need and cant do without so here we are. And they need Recess? They need time to recoup because they have been , Nose to the grindstone , busting butt to make it happen, Right? They have our best interest in mind, Correct? We all feel that after all the hard work that they've done this year that a little break is in order, 18 days to do a little deer hunting or take a trip down south , go enjoy some nice weather, drive on roads that arnt full of pot holes and in desperate need of repair. Sit in the sun drinking Margareta's and getting tan. Meanwhile we , the working poor are here , at home, working two jobs trying to make ends meet, spouses working two jobs, people passing in the night, everyone busting ass so we can go in the hole just a little less and they, Our lawmakers, our elected officials, those who are suppose to be working for us need ,"Recess" more time off. They don't do anything worth while anyhow so why not? take a little more time, stick it to us real good. Hell we deserve it . We keep electing these idiots. But, we are the real idiots because we continue to tolerate this crap. We turn a blind eye and let it all go. Why, because we are too tired to care, feel lost? feel as if there is no upside to anything? just don't care anymore? Well, I care and Ive got a solution. Vote them all out!. Start over! get some new blood! So this year go vote. Vote for somebody new. Anybody new! Please! Go vote, Do it! I'm Dave Brokaw and That's how I really feel.

things that go bump

Ever wonder what those things are that go ,"bump" in the night? I often lay awake in the early A.M. hours and wonder just such things. I find these early Hrs. to be a good time to reflect on my past, plan for the future, or make a move on my wife. The first two are usually the most rewarding of my choices as my wife does like to sleep . so this is how it came to be that I awoke at 2 a.m. this fine rainey saturday and ended up here on the blog. Back to things that go "bump". I used to have a serious problem with sleep apnea. This is an hereditary, genetic type disiese that affects sleep/breathing. I would wake all night long gasping for air, never really sleeping. deep sleep was lost to me for more than 20 yrs. It wasnt till last year @ christmas that I had the life saving surgery that I had and believe me , It did save my life. I now sleep as most of the ,"Normal" sleepers sleep. But every once in a while I awaken fully and am up from then on. This is one of those times. I hear out of the ordinary noises, things that shouldn't be, they awaken me. Kind of sounds like a Dr. Suesse riddle dont it. So when I wake I think , What was that? go thru the check list in my mind. I know that the young adults who still reside in my home are not the reason I have awoken. I know they locked and dead bolted my door, OOPS, they forgot again, yep, UN-LOCKED!. I guess they dont watch the news, if they did they would nail it shut. Ahh ignorance is bliss. Also it helps to have me to watch out for them and make sure their drunken buts are safe at night. Im pretty sure its the pot that causes the brain to forget to lock a door that had to be un locked to get thru. Makes sense to me, I mean, like 2 or 3 seconds must have passed after the initial checking and unlocking before entry was complete, now thats enough time for anyone with an IQ of say 25 to forget to relock. I can see how that could happen, plus remember we have me to get up come out to the door and lock it , check the house to make sure nobody has entered that doesnt have a key, then try to go back to sleep. Did I mention that I work on Saturdays?, Yep, blue collar all the way, our slave , Dave. off to work with little to no sleep again, Screw him , the old man can handle it! Hes a dick anyhow. Im sure none of these things ever really get said , or are felt but it sounds funny anyhow. So, what went bump? we will never know, But, I can tell you this. I cook one hell of a breakfast and its about time to pull the fried potatoes and crack some eggs. Hmm, Im thinking rye toast, No, muti- grain fresh from the bakery. Even better. Im Dave Brokaw and thahaats the morning report

mall at partridge creek

Well, theve done it again! Theres a new mall at Partridge Creek. For those of you who dont know, I live in Macomb County Michigan. We the residents have allowed yet another mall to be erected in our community. Normally this would be a good thing bringing jobs, tax revenew, new stores with new stuff to buy and all the wholsome goodness these places have to offer. So you are asking yourselves, Whats the down side? Why does Dave dislike the place? First of all, Im an adult male and dont really care to shop, so I dont get real excited about places like that. Second, and more importantly, our community didnot plan for this attraction. They didnot widen the roads, put in the appropriate traffic lights and "Time them properly". Traffic in this area is terrible as it is. I was almost broad sided today I had to swerve into the lane next to me to avoid the impending collision. Meanwhile 4 of our local police were standing in the intersections directing traffic, watching this showing of fine motor vehicle handling that I displayed for all to see. These police were working on a Sunday, double time wages, paid for with my tax dollars so the merchants, shop keeps and parking lot vendors could make money. Why do I have to pay for that? A better question, and on a totaly diffrent subject is, Why do the tax payers in the already cash strapped city of Detroit have to foot the bill for Mayor Kiwammi kilpatricks mistakes to the tune of 8 million dollars. He err's and we pay? why? must be nice to do wrong and have others pay for it. The next time I get a traffic ticket I will just turn it in to the tax payers to cover the cost.What ever, back to the mall. If the county road commission were to actually do something right in this town I;d probably drop dead! they couldnt plan a bike path non the less an efficint road plan. Im starting to doubt that these people ever drive anywhere, probably have a chuffere. Should be fun this winter on the ice, Good Night Im Dave Brokaw and thahaaats how I see it.

brangelina

Why do we have to see these silly sudo names? How about , "TomCat"? we all know its Tom Cruz And Kati Homes. But why do we have to have the blending of the names? I propose we dont use these combos because in everyday life it would probably earn an ass kicking from any real men within ear shot. And by the way why do these super rich celebs like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt feel the need to leave the country to adopt? There are so many poor and improvished children right here in the U.S. Also I see that Brad And Angie have purchased 2 million dollars worth of art! Could have fed a small village in Rowanda with that kind of scratch. At the very least, would have helped a homless shelter to feed and house children who are not fortunate enough to get a benifactor like those two. So the next time you see these bleeding hearts on T.V. saving another child in Africa remember, They dont look out their own front window or in their own home towns, they take your money to a forign country and save them! Kind of feals like a big slap in the face of America to me, Good night im dave brokaw and thahaaats the way i see it

Doctors

I just returned from the dentist and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Why you ask? The wait. How many times have you gone to your scheduled appointment, On Time! only to wait 15/30 minutes? I personally hate that. If , which I don't often, leave work, miss overtime and go, I expect to be seen on time. This is not too much to ask!. I bring my Ins. card, pay my co-pay they bill allot of money and get paid well for their services, so, why not see me on time? Today was one of the rewarding experiences. I was seen on my schedule(after work) I didn't have to wait, they set about performing their dentistry duties immediately. WOW. I will return for my next appointment and hopefully I will receive the same treatment. If I do not, I have a plan. I hope those of you who read this will also follow my example. So here It is, If I am not seen on time, and I'm talking inside of 10 minutes, I will leave, without saying a word, and when I get home I will type out an invoice for my time, at my overtime rate, and mail it out the next day. When they call to see why I left I will explain that as a customer, my time is valuable and not to be taken for granite as I too have a schedule that I must follow in order to effectively run my household and this said schedule, also includes money management which tends to go into cost over runs when I must deviate from it. So, My invoice is a legitimate one and if not paid I will see them in small claims court where we can talk about their business practices. I don't appreciate it when they over book and run at a delay. It cost me money and im not their personal cash cow. Imagine, if you will, you are running a business, providing a service, and you treat your customers with such dis regard. How long would you be in business before you went bust? So lets get together on this and say, "My time is important, If you waste it you pay for it" Im Dave Brokaw And Thaats How I really feel about it. Good night

Night Stands

Night stands are finally done. I think they turned out great. See, workinhomedad.com for the final photos.

A Stomach For It

Why do people find things like puking funny? Or, Farting? I have a theory. I think people find the things that embarrass them the most funny when it happens to others. Take my sister- in -law. She told a story about her son puking in the kitchen, Ordinarily this wouldn't be funny except that she held out her hands in a " cupping manner" caught the puke , then had no idea what to do with it while it was oozing between her fingers. She eventually decided to dump it in the sink. Wise choice. Is that funny? well you would have to know her, which fortunately for you all I do. She is not the type to have anything on her floors, ( a commendable trait) also, shes not the one to reach out and preserve the floors at her own risk of being puked on. So why did she do it? Because it was her child and her floor and her mess to clean and this was the logical choice of quick fixes. Shes also kind of a "prissy-pants" so I find this quite funny!. But lets take farting.Here's a all time funny. Theres the "SBD" We as men particularly love these, they can be lofted and the blame passed on the old phrase, " who ever smelt it delt it" Theres also the, " air biscuit" this is a lingering Fart that gets the next person most unfortunate to walk thru its wake. Then you have the, " hot and now" this is usually a "squeaker" comes out on fire, not much duration but, will evacuate an entire room. LOL!!. For real men theres the Fart of courage, A gas expulsion, usually most necessary, a release in an important environment such as , but not limited to, Monday morning meetings, elevators, weddings, funerals,you get the idea. And lastly, The Fart of all farts, The "Dutch Oven" If you feel particularly courageous and are willing to risk a loss of sex longer than the normal waiting period of a married man, you hold your woman under the blankets till she has no choice but to breath, usually the fart is what we like to call a "SHEET RIPPER" . This is the long extended version of a Fart with an audible expression. If you try this expect not to get laid for quite a while. So the next time you see somebody puking try not to laugh so hard that you cause yourself to, " SHART" and for those of you who dont know, A "SHART" is when you Fart and Shit yourself at the same time. Good Night, Im Dave Brokaw And Thahaaats What Im Thinking

GOP DEBATE

Can you believe it? Another debate is in our future!. Lets look at it for what it really is. 1) A script writing contest for the political graduates from our local universities. 2) No more than a popularity contest 3) A social platform designated by voter preference. Lets look at # 3 . A platform of opinions. The political hopeful decides which topics he/she will back based on what the other parties involved have chosen. This means that regardless of how they really feel on any topic they will back the other side just to garner a vote. Shame full isnt it?. #2 Popularity, Not a most favorable arena to be in but if you have to be lets hope the people like you!. #1 I saved this for last because we have all seen the monitors that our elected officials look at when asked a question. Its the little green square screen on either side of the podium. This allows them to look from side to side like they are really looking around the room to see the expressions on the faces of those who are unfortunate enough to be in the room to witness this disgrace. Imagine , there you are watching them read answers written by last years college graduate! How embarrassing! I'm glad I don't have to see this in person. Then, we, like sheep decide who the best script writer was, then vote accordingly. What a disaster!. Glad I don't do dumb stuff like that in my every day life I'd have to kill myself out of sheer embarrassment,. and rightfully so. So who are we going to vote for? I know, how about the 20 something year old who wrote all the answers we liked?. He/She seemed to know what to say, So, why not just vote for them and forget the popularity contest? its a sham anyhow. That's How I Really Feel, I'M DAVE BROKAW AND , THAHHAAATS THE NEWS. GOOD NIGHT!

Michigan Tax Increases

Well who's shocked? not me. Amazing how they worked so hard up until the last minute. Give me a break!. We all know how it works. First the economy takes a dump, then they say, lets raise taxes on those still working so they can pick up the slack. The "Slack" is spending of funds that don't exist. Did anyone receive an annual cost of living increase? Not me. I bet you don't even know anyone who did. Our politicians do. Have an expense account paid for by your fellow citizens? Nope!. Do you get Recess? like two or three months? No. Can you not show up for work and still get paid? Not! Do you have people on the payroll to do your job for you? remember this payroll comes from tax dollars. Do you over spend to take trips to , say Japan? Again with tax dollars. These inept people who misrepresent you do all these things. If you went to college to be a politician you are probably not qualified to do the job because you are not living in the real world. We who toil endlessly day after day to make our way in the world do-not make $170,000 annually. Also we don't get to vote for our pay raises, we earn them and mostly still don't get one because our employers cant afford to give it. Why, because of all the good things our representatives do for us like NAFTA, For those of you who don't know it stands for, " the north American free trade agreement". Translation, We send our jobs to them, they make money we dont. Thanks again. Does anybody else's ass hurt. Mine sure does. Lets start fixing the budget by trimming governmental waste. First I propose that politicians take a pay cut to minimum wage. Why you ask? because they feel that that is middle class working America. That's what they say. So if its good enough for us its good enough for them too. Second, No more expense paid trips anywhere. We have video conferencing thru the internet, no reason to travel anywhere. They cant afford too, they pissed away all our money so No Travel!. Third, fire all the extra help. They dont need more than one Secretary, and definitely dont need advisers, We are there advisers, we say what they do. They are supposed to do that while we are at work because we dont have time to do it ourselves, thats why we hired them!. Last, If you dont have a real job that you left to go perform this civil service to return to, you suck. These people got to go. Vote them out! All of them, they've been there too long its time for a real job and somebody Else's turn to do their civic duty. Somebody who wants to donate 4 years of there life to the people . then return to your real job. Don't be a looser who trys to protect your job at the peoples expense. If you don't have the stomach to do the right thing, resign and we'll get somebody who will. This is so elementary, and basic, that I have to say, What The Heck Are You Thinking! I'm ready to puke, I got to go, Good night I'm Dave Brokaw and thahaats how I really feel about it.

mount clemens general

I dont know about you but when ever I go to a hospital I always feel like there giving me the big FU. I drive down a stretch of road that has a billboard that from a distance confirms this feeling. See pics.

Bite me

So you liked the story about the wasps huh? Thought it was a bit funny? How many of you out there are the middle child? Sucks dont it. We the under achievers of society, the forgotten few, the looked over ,passed by, beat-up,pushed around 2nd born. Thats right, they should have a club just for us. Our logo could be the , " sign of the looser" Yes Im talking about the letter "L" We could have them tattoed on our forheads so we wouldnt have to stop toiling away at our sub-par jobs, we look , we wink, we know the secret hand shake. Second born, lucky to have survived. Now that thats out of my system let me tell you another story from my youth. It goes like so, When I was three my parents decided that they needed another rum and coke night, kinda like the one that brought me into the world. So they dropped me and my brother Jim ( you all remember him dont you) they dropped us off at my grandmothers, who we called Granny, My Mom has a mean streak and told us to call her that cause it reminded her of the beverly hillbillys and irked her good. So anyhow there we are at grannys and its bed time. Probably early too. So granny puts us to bed and jimbo decides hes gonna bite himself on his arm and blame me, Just board I guess, so he does, then proceeds to cry like a little bitch. Granny storms the room , Jimmmy tells his lie, one of many to come as the years go by, granny takes me into the kitchen and whips my ass with a wooden spoon. Nice huh? Later in life , when im about 11 or so, we are at grannys and she pulls theses stuffed peppers out of the freezer. There wrapped in aluminium foil and freezer burnt. So she wips them in the oven and plops em down in front of us. Now most peoples grandmothers could cook, Not Mine! those things tatsted like PUKE! I couldnt swallow not a bite, kinda like how Butter Milk stops dead. So there i am not eating this swill and my dad is just raving about how good it is, must have been the baccardi, so he makes me sit there till i eat it, which i didnt i sat there all night. After that every time we showed up, Granny would whip out the stuffed peppers, Im sure she was pulling them from the origonal batch -o-crap she had origonaly made some years ago. Sounds like im exagerating? NOT! So as the years have gone by I have honed my skills at cooking and have learned to cook quite well if i do say so myself. Some of my recipies can be viewed at, myrosiecheeks.net, yes thats a cooking site chocked full of recipies. take a look. good night, Im Dave Brokaw and thahaats tha News

E=MC2

To be square or not to be square. The age 0ld question. Some find that its hip to be square Huey Lewis sure did. Al Einstein felt "E" equaled an MC square. ( Al as us geniuses called him). But, what exactly is "Square"? I think it sort of is like Beauty being in the eye of the beholder. Today during construction of the afore mentioned night stands that Don and I are currently constructing just such a question was posed. We ran into a minor issue during our assembly. Our nightstand was out about 1/8in across the span. Hmmm, what could cause this we asked. A trim here, a sanding here, could this be the reason we asked? Surley two well educated, top notch metal working machinist such as ourselves didnot make any mathamatical errors, did we? No we didnot, the answer was simple. Don's well seasond eye caught the simplest, yet easiest of errors. A squareness issue. I am proud to have observed the judgement and keen eye for construction as I would have trimed the inner shelf and would now be waiting for a new ones glue to dry. I suggest to all you weekend warriors of the wood shop that before you remeasure and cut twice, measure twice and cut once. And if you measure for squareness dont immedietly jump to the conclusion as I did to recut. Often times if you follow the measure twice cut once rule you will find as we did that its not your math but your eye. And if your eye is sharp it will save you alot of misery. Good night, Im Dave Brokaw and Thahaats the News.

wood working

Well here we are , another fine Sat. evening. Don and I worked on my night stands again. The whole project is coming along nicely. I think we will be doing some assembly work tommorow, ( yes we work on Sundays) You can check out our progress by visitin Dons site at, http://workinhomedad.com. We took action Photos today of our mock-up assembly. My wife is going to have to approve the stain before we get that far. She did pick it out and we are showing her the diffrence between 1 and 2 coatings. So I have no chance of doing that part wrong. I was able to learn quite a bit today about routering radiuses It is not as hard as you might think but you do have to be carefull to exercise the proper cautions when doing so or you may just end up missing a finger. Sorry all you humor seakers, all buisness today. Good night ,Im Dave Brokaw And Thahaats tha news

BAH, What is it ?

Take some of the terms used in todays society like , "sick" ever hear sombody say that? it means good. "Bad" it also means good. These terms go on and on. I have a self coined term BAH. BAH means, , " Bleeding Ass Hot" I have to say, I have a weakness for spicey foods. Tai food is one of my favorites. However it is not where I came up with BAH. I like to make and eat hot wings. Now I know some of you are laughing right now so pay attention and I will teach you a little something I have learned to cook. First, start with Tyson wings of fire, I said to stop laughing, Then open the bag ( shocker there) pour in a liberal amount of Tai hot sauce, I like to use the stuff they sell it comes in a squeeze bottle and has all Asian writing on it, so I dont know what it says but if you cant get that get some of Daves insanity sauce, It can be found about anywhere they sell the stuff. If your a little weak, just use tabasco, though the flavor isnt as good. Then add Barbque sauce about a cup and a half. Close the bag, make sure it re-sealed. Then commence to squeezing and needing. For those of you who dont know, " needing is a bakers term for mashing and handling", oh just look it up already! So were squeezing the wings till they are all seperated, by this time they should be well coated with BBQ sauce and hot stuff. I hope you remembered to light the grill while this was happening. I use charcoal with hickory. I put the coals all on one side and dump the wings on the other, close the lid and let them smoke. Cook them untill they are all defrosted , ( yes we put them on frozen ) once they are warm and defrosted , about 30 minuits, move over the coals. Now you must stay there and tend the BBQ. I use a squirt bottle with hot sauce and BBQ sauce mixed. I like Moe Prichards BBQ sauce right now but mostly its Open Pit. I use the squirt bottle because i dont like the brush hairs that invaribley come off and end up on my food, plus you can controll it better. You can get bottles like I have at the dollar store there the kind that you put catsup and mustard in with the white tops and cap.Once the wings start to get a char going start adding your BBQ sauce combo untill you get them cook to your satisfaction, This will give you BAH wings that will not only impress your friends, but will make your wife sleep on the couch after you wash it all down with a couple of cold ones. I usually like to eat stuff like this and Tai food on thursdays that way when im golfing on friday and swilling more beers I have a bad ass case of monkey butt, or commonly known as," Swamp Ass" this tends to make a pasty sort of peanut buttery cheese shit that sort of drags across the hemeroids like a Man-O-War jellyfish. It will produce an ungodly burn and give off noxious emissions that even outside will impress the most seasond warrior of the links. Also good for football Sunday. Hope this will help you BBQ buffs. If anyone has any BBQ tips theyd like to share I would be happy to hear from you. That is all I have tonight. Its time to go. Litterally, Im going to destroy that furgison, Thank god we dont still use out houses, Good night,Im Dave Brokaw and Thahaats the News

Funny names

Ever notice how some people have those names that just work with anything? I work with just such an individual. His name sounds somthing like, " Im going to spell this phonetically" Buggar-Really. I started a list once just to see how many diffrent concocktions i could come up with. I can tell you after the page," yellow legal" was filled on both sides I decided to stop. The afor mentioned, not yet, but to be famous, Don Cross of the," Wood Working with Don Cross" Can attest to the fact that I did fill both sides with funny acronyms such as but not limited to, shit dick arreally, fuck stick arreally, short on ambitionareally,bald fuckareally, dumbfuckarreally, you can see where im going with this. So, It should come as no supprise that when he announced his pending camping/ hiking trip, I came up with, ( now all you Homos calm down, I dont care what you do so long as nobodys getting hurt. O.K.?) so anyhow as I was saying I came up with , " BrokeBackArreally" Now most people would find this ammusing to say the least however it sure seemed to touch on a sour note with the little fag fuckarreally. So against all things I personally hold sacride, like a good Jokearreally, Im a really going to stop the make funarreallying and call it a day, good night, Im Dave Brokaw and thahaaats thah news.

urinals

Whats up with men who dont use a urinal? I work with an individual whose name I will change to, "B.T." This B.T will use a toilet every time. Why? I have a theory. If when young, say high school, and you are of less than average hight, the bigger kids will shove you into a urinal. They have also been known to give the occasional dreaded " swirly" I never gave or got one but it must be humiliating to say the least. However having said that, nobody at work would do such a thing. So wouldnt it seem plausable that adulthood would be a good time to step up and give it a try, feel like a man at last, let it hang out, piss standing up. I often, when using the mens room, wonder if I mistakenly enterd the ladies room, when I hear the piss streem hit the bowl. Also somthing else that gets my goat is the fact that there will be "Piddle" on the seat and floor. Whos supposed to clean that? If I wanted to be a janitor Id have gotten a job as one. I hear it pays well and the rewards are many. So men, lets stand tall and remember, Shake it easy. And thahaats the news. Im Dave Brokaw, Goodnight

wood working

Not many people ever delve into the depths of wood working. I used to be afraid myself. I however have made my living as a machinist, and that has helped me make a fair move into this fine art. I also happen to be lucky enough to work with Don Cross. For those of you who arnot yet familier with his site, ( Wood Working With Don Cross) let me enlighten. Don is not only an excelent machinist in his own right he also is a fine craftsman in the art of wood working. This is a subject which I intend to not only discuss frequently but will also be posting pics of projects completed aswell as current projects in the works. Please visit Don @ his site, " wood working with don cross" as he hosts an open question and answer forum were we will be happy to explain what it is we are doing and hopfully we can all begin to make quality furniture for ourselves. Lets face it, its less expensive, better quality, and just plain fun to do. As soon as possible I will have a tab here and you will be able to jump over. In the mean time, take a look and say hi. See you all later, Dave And thahaats the news with dave brokaw.

Headline news

I live in Michigan. This state has horrible umemployment. Whats up with all the low paying jobs? How are the people supposed to get by? Life in general is getting harder by the minuit. Whos tha ass that decided we need to spend billions of dollars over seas when we have Americans who cant pay their bills? Children in my own town who go to bed at night hungry, arnt going to get a christmas present, only have one parent at home. Its a sad state of affairs when forign affairs are more important to our elected representatives than our own people. Lets fire them all by getting out and voting. I personally use this formula, if there in vote them out. get some one new. The polticians who went to college and took political science went to school to get a job where they can vote for their own pay raises, must be fuckin nice huh? i wish i could do that, instead what they do is exploit our tax dollars to fuck us out of work, they do this why? must be the pay offs because it dammed sure aint in our best intrest. and thahaats tha news

Wasps hate them

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Heres my story, This is a true story, I will have a new one every week. If you find them entertaining and want to make a cash donation to my cause, Via Paypal, Thanks. If not thats ok too. First I want to say that my life has been full of minor mishaps, nothing that hurt to much or maimed me in any way. Mostly there kinda funny in a sad sort of way. So here we go, story number 2. I was just 4 yrs old and my brother (Jim) said," Hey Dave, you want to play with me and Scott". Scott was our neighbor. Being just 4 and finally invited to play was better than anything I could hope for. My older brother wanted me to play!. What a day . I was going to be able to go where he did without my Mom. My brother was 7 and had free run of the neighborhood and surrounding fields. We lived in south eastern Michigan and it was late August mabey even early September. So my Mother said I could go and off we went. They in the lead, me in tow. I was trying to hear what they were talking about but couldnt understand what it was, see I had never heard of a "nest" but it sounded neet to me. Kind of rolls off the tongue dont it?. Any how we were way out in the field and thats when Jim said, Hey Dave, think that T.V. over there works? I was one of the more fortunant kids when I was young. My parents were always buying nice things like new cars that somehow got repainted in the driveway, (a story I promise to tell later) and a color television which I spent most of my afternoons watching while my brother was out living the good life. So as you can expect I knew how to see if it worked, All I had to do was turn it on. Sounded good to me , so off I went, making sure to avoid the mudd which there was quite a bit but I got there eventually and as I reached the T.V. and reached for the knob , I heard the hum, but it didnt sound quite right and as i was reaching for it i heard the first rock hit. You see my brother and his buddy had been there before and knew I was too dumb to know about hornets. So any how 2 or 3 rocks probably hit there mark, and the hornets came after me . The first one landed above my left eye and set to stinging the hell out of me. I had no Idea what was going on I just heard Jim yelling , RUN so I was wipping at the wasp and running, staight into the mudd. my shoe came off, I fell, my hands were covered with mudd, i was swatting and trying to run, wiping mudd in my eyes, tears streaming down my face one shoe gone and gettting the shit stung out of me. The sight of it all must have sunk in on Jim and Scott because they were running too, only not home but down the street. I made a bee line ( no punn intended) for home. My Mother freaked out, was wiping the mudd off of my face when she started to realize that i had been stung. Not once or twice but 12 or more Nobody exactly remembers the official count however my cloths were ripped from me on the spot to get the hornets under my shirt and in my pants.By now the girls from next door were there with their mother, ( they used to remind me all the time that they saw me naked) and it was hospital time, again. Not fun. My brother, He got lucky. I was so naive, I didnt really realize what had happend and he wasnt saying much. Told some lame story about the field and the T.V. and how they told me to run when they saw the hornets and actually came out sounding like he helped. Probably got an, " atta-boy" from my Dad. Meanwhile, I was sick from the poison, in a lot of pain, and sitting , alone, infront of my television. No hornets. Funny thing though, Ive been attacked by wasp and bees and hornets all of my life and ive only been stung once seince then, and it was on the hand. So I think I must have paid my dues long ago. See you next week, Dave