Stand By Me!
August 31st, 2010 @ 03:33Posted by: John Whipple Sr.
Last night I went and played at Rileys. I had a wonderful time playing and listening to my parents and my brother play. My dad has this new song called the Time Machine. I must admit it had me crying like some kind of Hallmark commercial. In the song he talks about coming to a moment in his life where he woke up and realized the only thing that could help him now would be a time machine. See there had been a few bad years that had gone by. A lot of very important people in his life had died and it seemed like the world just stopped turning for a few years. In the song he details how he realized that you can’t buy a time machine you have to build one. And as he talks it become clear that he isn’t talking about a time machine to go back in time, because that of course could never exist. See this time machine goes forward. In this time machine you get to keep moving forward and start making better choices. That is exactly how life is. We all have those moments where we wish we could go back in time and make different choices. But the difference is realizing that to simply have that wish to go back and change what cannot be undone is the catalyst that propels us into a better future. We can’t get back wasted years but we can create better years. We can fight for the people we love. We can choose to be happy when life gives us things that seem so unfair. We can dream new dreams and work towards making them a reality. I truly believe any amount of wasted time can be made up for with more meaningful time. It is not the amount of time we are given in life that matters, it is what we do with time. I am a strong believer in quality over quantity. It is never too late. There is no expiration date on happiness or love. It is simply up to the individual to nurture that love and create that happiness. Any time. No time machine needed.
Here’s his photo, I think Hillary’s due in March. They’re pretty sure he’s a boy and they’re thrilled.
It will find a way to get out and in to the world somehow and that “somehow” makes a better presentation.
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We’re hosting her My Eye 365 website on the Whippleworld server. Check it out here.
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We’ve been having tons of flowers for weeks now, the heat triggered them. I brought a medium sized plant into the kitchen for decoration. I took some shots of the flower but then realized that the cool image was the flower over the photo in the background of Mitch and Hillary.
The story, I was running the search on some of my old school and church friends through the years and checking on Jerry Blanton from my Leon Valley and Northside High day.
I remember Jerry had an incredible ability to make some beautiful out of almost nothing. I bumped into Jerry about a half a dozen times in the many years passing and each time was re-amazed by his accomplishments. He designed and built the pedal steel guitar you see in the picture below. I dont know the man playing it, but, I can darn sure appreciate it!
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George came out and played with us in the song swap after his $100 a ticket show in the underground room where we usually play. These nice photos were taken by Steve Circeo.
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I suggest clicking the full screen icon under the word “tube” at the lower right of these videos so you can really see what he’s doing. You can get rid of the ads that sometimes appear at the bottom of the video by clicking the x in the upper right of the ad. I had sent login info to most of you regular readers but if you don’t have it, contact me and I’ll get it to you. I’ll add some more tutorials as I find them after, conveniently enough, this more button….
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