Raynard Shellow
one that doesnt have to be "a super star front and center.prefers to "be behind the scenes
I have published 215 blogs and shared 1,799 comments.
I published my first blog on Monday the 10th of September 2007.
My most recent blog was published on Thursday the 7th of August 2014.
I currently live in: United States.
My local date/time is: Thu 18, 10:21 pm.
Raynard Shellow @iraqivetsgtret ·
"The 3 Little Pigs skipped the main meal at the Hawaiian Luau
Disclaimer, My wife posted one of these stories yesterday on FB so” great minds think alike” Imagine fo a moment. A piece of jazz playing, piano and violin. As it fades out the music during “the Greyhound Bus ride that Morgan Freeman...
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Before “Oprah, “Big Momma” ,'Madea” there would be my mother.She didnt “yell or scream at you like, a Army or Marine Drill instructor, Football or Basketball coach. The Board “she corrected you with wasn't...
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"Dorthy(Wizard of Oz) got there using"Siri"on her smartphone.
(Disclaimer “Imagine Rod Sterling from the old “Twilight Zone singing Barbra Streisand song” “People” .. ( Cough Cough, “People.. People who need People are luckiest People in the world” .. I digress. Just this...
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(Disclaimer I meant to write this in the fall but it can apply now to the end of the year) I remember growing up hearing 2 songs talking about “seasons” .Most of us think about when we look at a calendar. Or when we notice it gets darker...
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The Me Nobody Knows' Fear There was the time I played “Hide & Go Seek. I played so well as I ran around the corner to the local H.S. No one never came and found me as it got dark. Did anyone care that I was gone? It was “the fear of...
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A chameleon, leopard, zebra, and peacock.. The song” one of these things is not like the other doesn't apply. Why? The commonality is they blend into their surroundings to protect themselves from “sleeping with the fishes” ... We...
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Disclaimer( I’m not on a “spiritual quest to find”the meaning of life”or having a”mid life crisis) Back in the 1960’s my first best friend was my next door neighbor David. We would stay friend until we both joined...
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(Disclaimer)(Different from most ever felt like”a blind dog with a “seeing eyed man?) I remember growing up there was this one t.v station that “wasn't part of”the big 3.( Fox wasnt around yet). They broadcast out of NJ...
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Disclaimer, ‘I can see clearly now the rain has gone.I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me down. It’s gonna be a bright bright bright bright sun shiny day. That’s how my day started yesterday along...
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Disclaimer, ‘Do you know the way to San Jose, I’ve been away so long,I may go wrong and lose my way.. ‘Rand McNally and”Google maps” might of help, ya think? When I was in high school, one summer job I had was working in...
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'Can you trust a boa constrictor to take your blood pressure?"
Disclaimer, ‘I wanna be a forest ranger, stand around commune with nature.. I wanna live in a tree..( no i’m not a “tree hugger either I use to sing this song in boot camp lol) I’ve been on a “tangent” lately. I...
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Disclaimer,”Rain , Rain go away, Come back another day( keep down the pollen for my allergies) A dark stormy night would turn in 5 months of days and nights.My soul would cry out as it was hungry and didn't want any”junk...
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Disclaimer ‘Help, I need somebody..Help, not just anybody..Help you know I need someone ,Help..One of my all time favorite T.V shows was called ‘Emergency”. It told the story of 2 Firemen John Gage and Roy Desoto how they became...
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Disclaimer, ‘Know when to hold them.. Know when to fold them.. Know when to walk away.. I remember a story I use to tell people about having this dream where I was trapped in a sewer. Did I forget to mention, I was barefoot and being...
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Disclaimer, Life is so crazy and people amaze me, the way there always runnin around, they dont the time to really be real..There too busy , too busy to feel.. For the past month or so those words to one of my favorite songs sung over 36 years ago, I...
Raynard Shellow @iraqivetsgtret ·
'Freddy Kruger never played'Twister' or graduated "Barber School'
Disclaimer ‘But that’s what makes the world go’ round, the up and down the carousel changing people they go’round, go underground young man.. People make the world go’ round. I remember growing up how my mom listen to and...
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Disclaimer ‘This is it, This is it, this is life , the one you get, so go and have a ball..” I remember growing up my oldest brother worked in the corner “drug store’ as they were called of our neighborhood.Must of been me...
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'The Double Mint Twins'always finished each other's sentences'.
Disclaimer “Gimme a break, Now I know what it takes, I’m putting the new face on the old one, ready for anything..(Where’s the “pine sol lady happy anniversary to my wife I digress).I was “down memory lanestuck in the...
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‘Disclaimer”‘That old Compromisin, Enterprisin anything but Traqulizin,Right On Maude”.. Now tell me that wasnt a “tongue twister I liked how she “dealt with Archie Bunker as Edith’s cousin. Is it true after...
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'Was Simon Sinister(underdog) related to "Grandpa" from "the Munsters?
Diclaimer, When the movie”Jaws” came out, I thought the shark was real. I digress When I was attending high school, I was dating a young lady who sang in our school’s cantata.(fancy word for choir lol). Little did I know, my best...
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'Dietrich(Barney Miller) use to be a 'encyclopedia salesman"
Disclaimer,Making your way in the world today takes eveyrthing you got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help alot .Wouldn’t you like to get away? They can play this song at my wake long as they don't serve’ fried...
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'A Mime gets arrested.Does he give up"the right to remain silent'?
Disclaimer, Who are the people in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood, in your neighborhood.. That song makes me think back to my childhood.The first person I “remember in my neighborhood professionally was the trash man. Then it was the...
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'George Burns 'waited for the"early bird special" at the diner.
Disclaimer,’We’re gonna turn it on, We’re gonna bring you the power. ‘We’re gonna light up the dark of night like the brightest day in a whole new way..I remember when this show first came on TV. That was the first time...
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Growing up, my bio dad was known as “A man about town”..This wasnt to say he attended fancy wine and cheese parties or attended a country club. He was known as one of “the nieghborhood bookies”.(And he didnt spend his free time...
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'Ralph Kramden(Honeymooners) made it to the moon before his wife Alice
Disclaimer’ And the cat’s in the cradle, and the silver spoon, little boy blue and the man on the moon.. I still remember the astronauts landing on the moon and me drinking”Tang” I digress. When I graduated the grade school...