Photo of Gregory Vanderlaan at age 65 Sunbathing on the Back Deck in Orangevale, CA - I Spent a Lot of time today reading "Still Here" by Ram Dass and Observing the Chickens running around near the Creek.

Listening to Classic Rock on the TV Random Play and Focusing My attention on ME TIME. There is a constant symphony of the distant sound of train whistles, Jet Airplanes Overhead, Cars on the Street a couple of Blocks away, cars on the FREEWAY quite a ways away, Frogs, little birds chirping, Geese Quacking in the field and Bees... Yep, I'm Not watching CNN, MSNBC or FOX... Nope... I'm Not allowing Poison to be dumped into my Brain... The Moody Blues is Playing right now... "The Story in Your Eyes" and Tonight, I'll be attending an Online Self Awareness Seminar with Sonya Sophia. BIG MEDICINE Song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7uD_aWmymg

Gregory Vanderlaan at age 65 - gvan42 - purple64ets

Eberhard Van der Laan - Mayor of Amsterdam -RIP

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I remember taking a Class at LGHS in auto repair. WHAT A GREAT CLASS! Grant Tressel: Mr.Wytmans..Very Funny guy..One of my favorite teachers..Will Never forget his line "Hamburgers = Voltage" Gregory Laan: and I did do some work on my own cars... replace a water pump, changed the oil and TOTALLY enjoyed adjusting the Timing and Dwell with a strobe light... on my old cars... Plymouth Belvedere, Dodge Omni, Ford Capri.

I Feel a LOT Patriotism for California but not much for the USA. I Believe that We Would All Be Better Off if The South was a Different Country. They Receive a Lot of Welfare Payments, Unemployment Checks and Food Stamps but Do Not Pay Much in Taxes.

 It's their Failed Economy that we are Bailing OUT... Year after Year after Year... Remember all those Brilliant Inventions Created in the South? Me Neither... OH! Wait, there was One... The Cotton Gin...

I Feel Even More Patriotism to the State of Jefferson... Southern Oregon and Northern California... YES, WE ARE DIFFERENT and Don't Have any Kinship with Kansas, Texas, Maine, West Virginia or Florida... I Feel Close to the People of Nimbin, Australia and Copenhagen and Amsterdam... But I don't Have Anything in Common with the Madmen in Washington, DC...