Ryan Fields

Cher fans

My friends and I have been longtime Cher fans.  We’ve been mesmerized by her ever since her debut in 1965 as the talented half of Sonny and Cher.  I’m pretty sure the first time I saw her was on the Ed Sullivan Show, but I really couldn’t swear to it.

I bought lots of the Sonny & Cher albums, and then when they split up and went their separate ways I bought a lot of Cher albums.  Eventually I bought a lot of Cher CDs.  I have enjoyed watching her in several of her movies, including Mermaids, Moonstruck, and Mask.  I think that she is one of the most talented women of our times!

Yesterday I was shooting pool with some of my friends, listening to one of my Cher CDs.  One of my friends was talking about how Cher’s farewell tour had turned into her “never can say goodbye tour” and that now Cher is performing at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas!  I thought she wanted to retire!  I guess I was wrong!  Anyway, my friends were suggesting that we go to Las Vegas for a weekend this summer and try to see Cher perform.  I’ve never actually seen her perform live, that sounds like a great weekend!  I’m going to go online and buy Tickets to see Cher in Las Vegas as soon as I can figure out my upcoming vacation schedule.

My friend’s Camaro

My friend has an ‘89 Camaro.  He basically restored it - all he really needed was to pull a few dents, paint it, and replace the chrome that was worn out.  But he went a little overboard - it had a small block 350 in it and an automatic transmission - when he was done (with the new paint and chrome) he added a big block 454 with a 5 speed standard.  The car is gloss black, but it is still hard to see at night.   You ought to see it go!

For some reason, he can’t seem to keep rear tires on the car, it doesn’t matter which size.  He has a problem leaving the remnants of the tire in the road where ever he leaves from!  Last week he told me the State Police were getting tired of getting complaints about the noise that this car made.  I said “which noise, from the tires, or from the exhaust?”  He laughed and said “both!”  He said that now he has to go down back roads and play with it when he wants to, and we all know what I mean by “play with” - screech screech vroom vroom!  He gave me a ride in it, he’s a real good driver, but I don’t want to ride in it again!

My neighbor’s new bed

My neighbors were so proud that they got a new bed from the thrift store for only $10!  They were bragging about what a great deal it was, a nice queen size mattress and box springs, big name brand - a Serta Perfect Sleeper.  It didn’t seem stained, was in perfect condition.  Until they got it home and discovered it was infested with bed bugs!  Boy were they upset!

I told them to go to the Internet for information about how to kill bed bugs. There is a good website there by www.bedbugsguide.com that talks about what bedbugs are and how to deal with them without having to throw away the bed.  I hope it helps them!

Practicing pool techniques

I’ve been practicing my pool techniques lately because I’m getting ready to enter a couple of amateur tournaments coming up next week.  There’s a lot of shots I’m a little bit rusty at, and some that I’m real good at.  But I haven’t played for a couple of months, and I need to sharpen my skills.  Because if I do good enough, they have several tournaments out of state next month that pay money.  As I won a tournament last year I would like to win it again this year!

I just bought a new stick and a new set of balls.  What a difference they make!  I’m not sure if it’s the stick, or the balls, but I seem to be shooting a lot better!  All I can do is practice, practice, practice and hope for the best!

Identity theft

Bryce was quite shocked to discover that when he was buying his new 4-wheeler that someone had tried to open a loan in his name!  He was almost the victim of identity theft.  Fortunately it was caught in time and his credit is ok for now.  But it has upset him enough that he has decided to look into buying the lifelock service that we have been seeing advertised on television every day!  Using the lifelock service will protect him from any future attempts at identity theft being successful.  This was one close call he does not want to experience again!