I've moved on for now
Mood:  a-ok
Hi there,

I saw that a few of my friends were still reading this blog. I've contacted them and told them where to find me.

We knew things were going to get ugly and we prepped. Things are ok.

Thanks to all my supporters and benefactors.

I will be back on this blog occasionally. It was primarily created to be viewed by some particular people. I laced it with keywords and metatags for that reason.

c'ya,
TBB......

Hi there, sorry, I've been away
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: AJA, Steely Dan
Hello friends,

Glad to be back. I've had no rants or complaints as of late. I wish work was busier. I could do with the overtime. I did go to a birthday party for my nephew this past weekend. I took my girls. We had a great time. Now more than ever since my divorce we are having the best relationship dads and daughters can share. Not a glimmer of sourness. I love to do things for them.

Below is a picture of Amy enjoying some pool time.

Next is a cake and ice cream pic of my 2 teens (on the right) and 2 of my nieces.

The baronette is doing well despite working and mothering very hard.

Time to publish on my Benrik site...BYE BYE.

A Renaissance Tale
Mood:  flirty
Now Playing: I wouldn't want to be like you...Alan Parsons






The Baron and the Baroness once seemed happy together. They owned and managed a demesne and the castle on it.
They went through some tough times. They achieved many goals. They raised 3 wonderful children. She was a wonderful caregiver and he saw to most of their outdoor activities while she stayed home.
He imbibed in substances and she was opinionated and controlling. These things eventually wore them down. Over time she became disenchanted and he sought out his substances for escape. She eventually consorted with a rogue as an escape herself. She sent the rogue gifts and the Baron found out. The faith of the marriage was lost and the Baron never trusted the Baroness again. The Baroness had already lost faith because she sought promises from the Baron he didn’t keep.
Eventually the Baroness left the Baron. She told the Baron she wanted to remain friends and the Baron agreed. The Baroness acted sincere but in her heart she had a hidden agenda to end up with the rogue as a mate. She thought she would put on an act, feigning to have interest in others, putting time between the revelation to the Baron that she would bring him to be with her.
The rogue was a scoundrel. He spent his time complaining about others. Most vile though, he published crude things about the Baron. These terrible acts created problems which could never be fixed.
When the Baroness revealed her plans to the Baron, the Baron told her he would not remain her friend, and read her like a book knowing that she would do as he expected.
Having her friendship spurned, the Baroness became hateful. The Baroness exercised her wrath by corrupting their children against their father. The Baron had kept the demesne and the castle as he was more able to manage their upkeep for the sake of the children.. The Baroness insulted and spoke down about the people the Baron befriended after having left from the Baroness. The Baroness now sought to pry the castle from the Baron even though she could not have it. In her dark heart the Baroness always waged a bitter battle against those whom had offended her. Her hatred burned like coal.
The Baron had seen this eventuality too. He strengthened his walls. He put stores in his keep for a long battle. He made plans to not lose and to show the Baroness how successful and happy he was now that she was gone.
The Baron in the meantime had met the Baronette, a more petite attractive form of a Baroness. She too had problems from a relationship. They each had their own demesne and castles but one day are considering consolidating their assets.
The Baroness still attempts to chip away at the Baron’s resolve, but in vain.

Next, enter the sappers. The Baron has created many false hidden entrances to ensnare these sappers….More to come.

TBB

A Sunday Adventure
Mood:  happy


It's been a great Sunday. In Kentucky we have a fantastic wilderness called the Red River Gorge. It has the largest concentration of natural arches in the eastern United States.
There is an outcropping called Ravens' Rock.

Someone tried to develop a lodge on top of Ravens'Rock back in the 30's. A sharp incline of an asphalt road rise up to the top. The rock is not officially in the adjoining Daniel Boone National Forest. No guides tell you how to get up to it. My brother and I relied on the internet for instructions.

We had problems at first. We went up several false trails then eventually cut through a field of weeds head high. We found the road and made our way up. We were very tired when we made it to the top. The view was fanstastic.

We started out at the bridge on the lower left in the picture above. Using a GPS receiver we saved our coordinates then looked for a natural arch called Ravens Windows but never found it.
We made our way down. We were worn out. We took a drive through the gorge but it was then late in the day. Go to....

www.kywilderness.com

and check out the Red River Gorge and it's trails. I've been going there for over 30 years and never fail to be amazed by new things. Here is a picture of haystack rock.

I'll be going back more this summer. I plan on taking more pics.

take care, TBB......

Run!, the doc is learning to drive.
Mood:  energetic
Oh no folks. Our social misfit character the doc, is learning to drive. He's only in is mid forties.
Below is his first vehicle of choice.

















It's my belief that Matty is getting tired of picking him up every night. Watch out everybody.


TBB...

Beautiful Girl
Mood:  happy

I had a great time tonight. I got to go see and hear my beautiful daughter sing tonight. She will go far. She has a great voice. What a treat.

The doc rode along with her and I to the presentation. He was tolerable, two faced as he is. We talked a some. While we were there he yawned quite a bit. He was in a hurry to get home.

Things have been good elsewise. I've been regularly busy at work. The Baronette is well and I love her very much. I'm looking forward to our joint family Washington DC vacation this summer.

That's it for now. I'll write again soon.

TBB

Catty and Matty






Hello Readers,

It's been a great weekend. All my daughters are back with me. My oldest did a makeup job on my youngest.

The Baronette (Jodi) came over. We've all had a real nice time. I live in Louisville Ky. The Ky Derby was yesterday. My oldest will be out picking up trash in the infield with her friend. It's a charity thing for her friend's softball team.

Now, the dark stuff. I've resolved to avoid talking to my ex and her boyfriend as much as I can. I've concluded both of them are nothing but third rate trouble. My ex has made my teenagers be anxious by giving them play by play reports of the disagreements we've had. Before we got divorced we went to classes on divorce and children. We were told not to involve our children in our problems. The ex says "it's ok, they're big enough to understand." I hear big stories from the ex about the kids anxieties but curiously these seem to lighten when the kids come over to my place.

Her boyfriend (the non famous doc) broke our gentleman's agreement not to say bad things about each other. He said some crass things on his blog. I'm pushing him back into the category of jerk. Having made this decision days ago has got me feeling better already.

As I write this, the Baronette and my youngest are here with me. The best of all things.

To all my readers, including the lurkers, take care,

TBB

Shame, shame,shame





Just a quickie post. I had another terse talk with my ex yesterday about the anxiety my 15 year old has. Matty will always find herself blameless. To herself she can do no wrong. Despite what we were told not to do, she involves both teenagers in all the discussions her and I share. This only makes the kids more anxious. She hurts the teenagers when she does this. When the kids are at my place they never seem anxious. The 15 year old doesn't pull her hair. The 16 year old gets upset but at other things. Being with their mom seems to cause problems. When I bring up to Matty that we ALL should see a counselor together to help work out how we can ALL get along, she recoils. I think she's scared she might lose her power position. Passive aggressive people are like that. She says I have to go to counseling 1st., alone. She is way out of touch. She's already spun her hate magic and limited custody to me. Custody won't change anymore from now on. I will make a court motion to get them every other xmas. I know in the long run the girls will look back and see how I wanted to be in their lives and appreciate that. The cloud of their mom won't linger over. Let's all hope Matty will wise up one day and seize some responsibility for herself.

Out at the Dam
Mood:  a-ok




Hello all,
I work for a private communications company. Some of our work is with the the Army Corps of Engineers. I did work in a control tower on a dam. Cut and paste the link below to See the Taylorsville dam.

http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/tay/

I got to find out a lot on how some dams work.

A. In case the power goes out, a generator is used for backup.

B. Telemetry equipment is used to monitor such things as lake levels, gate levels, and water temperature.

C. The hydraulic pumps are used to open and close gates.

D. Large hydraulic pistons open and close the gates. The largest gates are at the bottom level. They are 6 feet by 15 feet big. The piston itself is 2 feet wide and 30 plus feet long.

E. The manifolds direct the hydraulic pressure where it needs to go. There are 15 gates at the dam.

F. During the winter, the water is cold top to bottom.. In the warm months the lake is warm on the top and cold on the bottom.

G. Gates are built at different levels.The reason for this is that fish need oxygen and correct river temperature at the tail water. Oxygen is always at the top. In the winter, upper level gates are open. When it warms up, various gates are open to get the right temperature.


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I got to see my daughters twice on Saturday and that made me happy. My oldest went with me, the Baronette, and her daughter, to see the Baronette's son in CATS the musical. We had a good time. I'll try to put up Cats pictures on my next post.

Until then
TBB

The Ways of a Controlling Person
Mood:  happy
Hi Readers,






I had to show you something. Just when I thought my ex couldn't find a stronger way to assert her ersatz control, she does. Though my daughters are with their mom right now, I'm picking up my oldest girl Saturday to go see a high school musical with me. The musical starts at 8:00. My ex has planned a dinner which ends right at the latest time (7:15), I could pick up my daughter and get us to the musical on time. I complained that 7:15 is hardly enough time to get to the musical on time. She says it is.

To justify her point she sent me this email...

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Blue, ( not real name )

Though I haven't been to Providence High School, I did, since you said 45 minutes would not be enough time to drive from here to there, check yahoo maps and according to them, it should take you 14 minutes to get from my house to Providence High School. Which more closely jives with my recollection of how long it takes to get from here to Clarksville.

I'm not sure what route you were considering, but here's the page to give you a better route. As such 7:15 should be fine. That gives you 30 EXTRA minutes to get there in case of traffic or time to park, etc.



Matty (not real name)

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What takes it over the edge is she went to yahoo maps and researched the route and time it would to get to our destination. She linked the route to me. I can't show the link because it starts at her house and who knows, one of my friendly readers may be tempted to write her a not nice letter.

Talk about controlling

She must have spent a few good minutes typing the email to me and looking up the yahoo map route. Darn it Matty, I could have used those few extra minutes to get us to the musical on time

Everything else is good. The Baronette is well. I've been doing some side computer work. A little extra money helps.

That's it for now. Take care,
TBB