Life for me has been strange indeed.
Nutshell...
Kittyman for dummies.

I was born on January 18th, 1957. The world was not ready for me, nor I for it.
I was dubbed 'little Elvis' because I wuz born with this long shock of black hair and the nurses all wanted to play with it.

February '75. I became aware. And promptly rolled my '64 Olds into a ditch. Became aware of forces of nature that are immutable.

'75 though '80...ten more Buicks bit the dust. I am still immortal.

'80 though '95...somewhere in there I bought my first computer. And the rest is history.

April 12th, 1995. Yes, I know the exact day.

A simple gurl that I had an affair with drops 2 kittens on my bed whilst I am sleeping. And my world has never been the same since.
About five years later, I would learn the real meaning of kitty love, as I nursed one that I love from kidney failure until her passing.
I don't think the vets were prepared for my screaming at Tigger's departure that day........she was my first ever trip to the Rainbow Bridge.
Let's just say they shut the doors to the clinic.

Now, I am just what I wish to be...happy, tragic, emotional wreck. Yup, that's me.///LOL.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Few people know that Les's ex Mary Ford could also play.
No Place Like Home.

Kitty giggles....

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And I have to get maudlin at some point and recognize my true friend and mentor.
Mr. Les Paul.
He was cracking them up and laying them down just up to his passing in New York.

He was a man respected by all, and known by far too few of the younger generation at that time. Many just did not know as kids, who he was.
I had the pleasure and grace of God to have known him, and what he did for music.
This is also not one of my..shall we say, trips of fantasy.
I knew him, he lived a 100 miles south of where I do, and one day I did meet the Master. No BS on this one.

Here is a bit of reality for ya...one of his old axes just sold for $750,000.00
What do you think Slash plays on the Sweet Child of Mine solo? That is a vintage Les Paul.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Where I have also been...........
Just enjoy, with no questions, please.
I am not prepared to answer some of them...so just withhold, please.
The answers shall be apparent in good time.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And at least ONE other person in the world appreciates what Les did and gets a bit teary eyed...
Bonnie Raitt gets it right.

Just watch her facial expressions as they play some studio tracks for her...priceless.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I cannot make you love me............
If you don't.

It comes easily to those who feel it.
And is absent for those who do not.

You either love the kittyman, or as some do, hate him.

I cannot change what you feel, friends or enemies.
I am just who I am, and it changes at any point in time, beyond my control.
What I become at any point in time is up to the whim of my brain chemicals.
It is sometimes profound, and at other times I crash horribly.
I have less control over it than most of you realize, and it is sometimes a painful bit of kit to bear.\

I share with you some things here that most others would shy from. It is the times I treasure most. When somebody understands a bit I post......

No, I cannot make you love me.

But I can try.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I met Joan Jett.
And that was fine. For a day or two.

And then I met Lori, and it was like this.... Smitten like a kitten. Taken like bacon. Wow.....That was the defining moment in my life..................meow.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

For Lori.............
Wonderin'

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

This documentary is as much about ME as it is about Neil.
I have long respected this man. You should afford me the same damned respect for the same reasons as he espouses.
I write for response, I cannot play.
I do so for the same reasons that Neil does.
Every word I pen, awaits the same response that every note Neil plays does.

I have the same expectations that he does. The same hopes and dreams.
And the same sadness when it does not come down as I hope.
Which, as more often than not, happens.

I was not one of them left behind.......I just could not keep up with the scene.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Life is just a matter of choosing your ride.........

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Just gave me chills up and down my spine...........
The original by Cindy Lauper was amazing, but this version is even more so.

Eva Cassidy...Time After Time.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Even more amazing than Wanda herself in this cut, is the freaking awesome backup band.
Shakin' indeed.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And yesssssss....
The kittyman luvs his Buicks.
Gran Sports rule.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

And years later... Buick did it again.
I wanted one of these so badly, it hurt a lot.
Did not have the jing.
The Buick GNX......the fastest production sedan Detroit ever made.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Thought some of you might enjoy....
NASA documentary on the Space Shuttle. All of it's glory and pain.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Here is a bit of reality for ya...one of his old axes just sold for $750,000.00
What do you think Slash plays on the Sweet Child of Mine solo? That is a vintage Les Paul.

Leslie West plays often with a Gibson Junior with one mike:)
He is also called "The fatest finger in the West":)
Leslie West - Mudflap Mama (feat Slash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l15H4c-kWY
He is a legend but he doesnt like that.
Here is the song about his feelings about being a legend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih02rO77vkw

Here is a bit of reality for ya...one of his old axes just sold for $750,000.00
What do you think Slash plays on the Sweet Child of Mine solo? That is a vintage Les Paul.

Leslie West plays often with a Gibson Junior with one mike:)
He is also called "The fatest finger in the West":)
Leslie West - Mudflap Mama (feat Slash)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l15H4c-kWY
He is a legend but he doesnt like that.
Here is the song about his feelings about being a legend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih02rO77vkw

Thank you for sharing those links...
I was not aware of Leslie West....I certainly am now.
Thank you again.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I was not aware of Leslie West....I certainly am now.
Thank you again.

Here he is playing at Woodstock 1969:)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnK9skV4z0Y
He still rocks despite his struggle with diabetes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekZ_UzW_1jg

@ Mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLpRBDrhn8

---

Pluto will always be a planet to me.

Seti Ambassador
Not to late to order an Anni Shirt

@ Mark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLpRBDrhn8

Yup, Ulihon...I usually do.

Meow.

---

"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster