Bob Reed's personal blog started on blogger.com in late 2004, migrated to wordpress platform in 2006. Intended for personal sharing with family and friends.
I’m heading off Sunday for 5 days and nights of fishing and camping at Long Point Park down near Sebastian Inlet. The mullet run is in full swing and the weather just this week turned enough to drop into the 60′s in the early AM. Unlike in past years, I will not have internet access from the campsite, although I can keep an eye on my google email through my cellphone. I’ll be back in town next Friday evening.
For this trip, I picked up a second hand window AC unit from craigslist.com, and I’m going to set it up in my tent so I can sleep during the day, fish more at night. Linda is appalled, but I’ve seen others doing it before. Stay tuned for pictures.
The officer is wired for sound, so be sure to turn up your audio for his color commentary (warning: audio NSFW). He runs like our own sheriff Kevin Beary going after a donut. lol
I got out saturday for the first time in about 3 weeks. I found this guy off an island near the mouth of the Sebastian River. The water is still real brown from storm runoff, so sight fishing is poor, but I spotted a school of fish crashing bait in the choppy water washing up against the island. I positioned the boat upwind and drifted in and set my anchor. I flung a live mullet out in the general area, and in about 25 seconds, the line went taught. It was a good fight with several strong runs by the fish. I got him boatside and I was sure he was overslot (greater than 27″ long – must release). But no, he was 26″, so I managed this self portrait using the camera timer, while the boat was rocking up and down. Then put him on ice.
yesbutnobutyes asks: is this the smartest dog in the world? You be the judge.
Speaking of which, our old dog Jack has lost all his vim and vigor, and it happened overnight. He doesn’t seem to be uncomfortable and he’s still eating and drinking, but he spends most of his time in seclusion, doesn’t get on the bed anymore, and rarely goes outside. Can dogs suffer a stroke?
One of the first things I said when I saw Sarah Palin on TV was that Saturday Night Live was going to have to bring Tina Fey back to the show. And damn if they didn’t do just that. The impersonation/impression was spooky! And the sketch likely just wrote itself. (“I can see Russia from my house!”) This is last night’s cold open:
from the NBC website, where you can view it in full screen.
DELTONA, Fla. — An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter’s boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter’s room.
Authorities say the father, 45, didn’t even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year.
When he heard noises coming from his daughter’s bedroom Thursday morning and saw a stranger standing naked on the girl’s bed, he swung a metal pipe. He then chased the teen out the front door and called police.
The boy was taken to the hospital where doctors closed a head wound with staples.
The father was charged with aggravated battery on a child and bonded out on $10,000.
I ran a 5K this morning. I managed my old 11 minute mile pace (official results: 10.44 min/mile), although I haven’t been very active since the half marathon last year. I have been running 4 to 7 miles per week, along with my 2X weekly weight routine at the Y.
The Casselberry Rock N Run, which supposedly features rock bands at the mile markers, had about 1300 entrants. But there was only one rock band on the route. We also encountered a steel drum guy, and a bagpiper. This would be a great venue for Makeshift. There were long silent stretches along quiet residential streets. I can picture us on mic singing Bohemian Rhapsody, That’ll be the Day, Kiss Him Goodbye, All My lovin’ and some others. We’d need electricity. The steel drum guy had a honda generator and a PA system. We’ll see next year.
Otherwise, boy was it hot! I’ve never seen quite so much perspiring at the finish and the afterward meet-mingle-nosh. When I got in my shaded car, it was noticeably cooler inside. The thermometer registered 87 degrees when I headed for home at 8:30am.
I’m heading off Sunday for 5 days and nights of fishing and camping at Long Point Park down near Sebastian Inlet. The mullet run is in full swing and the weather just this week turned enough to drop into the 60′s in the early AM. Unlike in past years, I will not have internet access from the campsite, although I can keep an eye on my google email through my cellphone. I’ll be back in town next Friday evening.
I ran a 5K this morning. I managed my old 11 minute mile pace (official results: 
