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What is your favorite way to take your pancakes? Do you usually just butter them up and pour on some syrup? I won’t argue with you, that is the classic way and it is delicious, but you can make it even better.

Yes, you probably love pancakes. Who doesn’t? It’s great to have cake for breakfast, but normally when you have cake, you have all different kinds. Wouldn’t you love to have more variety in your pancakes that tastes great?

Go ahead, have cake for breakfast, but make it more fun. You could try looking for a new recipe. There are tons of recipes out there to choose from. Some sound crazy, some sound plain. It’s all up to you what you want to use.

Look for something you would never have thought of. Search around and find something crazy. Look for chocolate chip, peanut butter, chocolate, sour cream, cottage cheese, butter milk, and whatever else sounds crazy.

If you just love your basic recipe but still want something new, you don’t need to give it up. If it works, it works, right? You can find other ways to make it taste extra special.

Throw whatever you want in to the recipe. You will be delighted with what you can come up with. Try adding berries or other fruit like sliced bananas. This is a healthier let delicious alternative that you will love.

Are you not too worried about being healthy? Forgo the guilt and jump right in. Add lots of chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, or chop up candy bars you love. For example, you could chop up a snickers bar and throw it in if that’s what you love.

It doesn’t matter what you add. Just make sure you will love how delicious it is. You could design the next most delicious pancake recipe!

POEMS I WROTE SOMETIME AFTER 1995

I have been asked recently if I have ever written any Poetry . I had said No at first. Then I remembered that some time back after 1995 after a break up with a Girl that I had lived with for a while. (Probably the only real relationship of my life, So Far) I wrote what I would call “two poems”!

The first I wrote right after the break up. I guess I was at the point I was just trying show I was a hardcore man and the break up did not effect me. So I was trying to be funny about the whole thing.

The second I wrote years later after my Dog “Mutely Junior” was killed. Juniors Mother had been the Girl I had lived withs Dog named “Riff Raff”, and his Father was named “Mutely” He had been my Fathers dog . When me and the girl broke up, Junior was still only a puppy about six months old and he was by my side the whole time. He was like my Son. The girl I had dated had kids that I helped take care of while I lived there and I do not think it could have been much harder leaving the kids had they been my own flesh and blood.

I do not fall in love easy and my life has always been about being a Biker and I have often said the last thing I want to do is anything like getting married and having kids. I have always said I want something more from life. So I found it very odd and disconcerting that I found myself so happy living with this Girl playing the roll of Father to her kids ! I guess what we tell ourselves we want and what you really want can be two totally different things! I was young then and as I look back now I can remember I did not keep it much of a secret that I wanted more from life and I can only assume that was a big part of why we broke up.

After the Break up I lived in a Cabin in the woods in upstate NY in a small town for about 4 years. Junior was almost always by my side and he and I enjoyed many adventures during that time. As much as I loved my life in the Cabin. I once again found myself wanting more from life. So I moved to Long Island NY. I was getting myself set up in yet another new life. During this time while I got my new life in order, I had left Junior with my Father to be take care of . One night my Father let him out and Junior ran off . A few days later Junior was found by the Train tracks. He had been hit by a Train and was dead. It was no ones fault. Junior had always loved fast to run threw the woods. It was part of who he was. When I heard about Juniors death I wrote the Second poem. Junior was the last part of what I often think of as a different life I once lived. With Junior gone it was at that point that I truly felt the break up.

These Poems are not of me now but of a Me I once was or maybe a Me I could have been. I believe I have now found my place in the world and I am almost positive I am happy. So I will post these poems for you all to read! Some may say these poems will make me look weak. To them I say always remember looks can be deceiving !!!

I hope you enjoy the poems. LJ James

Love?

I told you Id walk a Million Miles for you. You said Please do.

I told you I would clime the highest Mountain for you. You said I hope you fall off.

I told you I would swim the oceans for your Love . You said I hope you Drown.

I told you my heart was yours You said let me see it.

I told you I would die for you. You said prove it!!!

Sweet Heart I’m starting to get the feeling you don’t Love Me !!!! By L.J. James

———————————————————– Home or Lost

I stand here alone thinking of a place gone Past. Never thinking that I have been away so long.

Its a strange feeling to know your home is no longer yours but now some others.

I can’t go back, but I still wonder if I would.

I was always cold on that hill but my heart was warm.

My Dog was born there but now he too is gone Killed in the Night by a train going some where I have never been.

My heart got broke but I did not cry.

I though I was happy before I really was. Now I wonder can I be again.

My heart calls out for me to follow the sun. But I don’t remember where it is that I was going before I stopped here

Am I happy here, I think so but I’ve been wrong before! By L.J. James AmericanBikerX.com

When I go to a store or talk to a business on the phone, I don’t really expect much except for courteous service and job competence. I would hope that they would be courteous enough to provide the answers I need and not waste my time. Unfortunately, that is not always the case.

Today while I was calling around to wedding supply stores to see if they carried custom aisle runners, I was greeted by a clerk on the phone. When asked if I could order a custom aisle runner at their store, she told me that they had some in stock and if I wanted to come down to confirm my customizations that they could put the order through today.

So I hopped in my car and drove down to wedding supply store. When I asked a clerk at the desk how to place an order for a custom aisle runner I was told that they didn’t carry them in all. I ended up having to talk to the store manager to advise him of what had happened but no one really seemed to care.

I just hate days where you get bad customer service.

When my daughter got involved in a NJ larp club, I was ecstatic. She had always been a bit of a loner and had never made friends very easily. She made a friend with a girl at school who was really into larp and she invited her to join them one evening. Danielle went and had such a good time.

It has become an obsession with her, but I think it is a healthy one. She has friends, a social life and even has people calling the house for her, which has never happened before. She seems to be so much happier and she is bubbly and excited when she talks about her games or her friends.

It was exciting for me when she asked for costume armor for her birthday, as she has never wanted anything besides books before. It is a wonderful new life for her and I feel like a whole new mom.

The nice thing that I like about Sunday is that the pace is a lot slower than during the week.  In fact, I would almost go as far as saying that you could take a day off of work, but so far, that hasn’t worked out for me.

But, I do like to get together with some friends on Sundays, just so that we can catch up on our weeks.  This has been a bit of a ritual for the last few years, and we quite often receive advice from one another.

I asked a good buddy what I should be doing in terms of lantana care in my yard - I was doing nothing at all.  We talked a bit about the plants that I had, how much I watered them and how I incorporated them into our landscaping designs.

After our chat, I thanked him for the advice, and took action - my plants are doing better than ever.  But, we are going to try to come up with some new landscaping design ideas so that our home is more unique.

When I was building my house, I ran into a lot of headaches because I had not planned very well in advance. When I was ready for the shingling, I called every single Rhode Island roofing company in the yellow pages and I got the same story every time. They were booked for months in advance and I was going to have to wait.

I finally had one company take pity on me and they came to do my roof on a Saturday morning, which was usually their day off. I paid dearly for it and I was stuck finding someone who would do Rhode Island gutters, as they did not have time to do those. The task was a bit easier than finding the roofers, though.

The other problem I had was finding Rhode Island deck builders. Contractors did not want to take on such a small job in such a busy housing boom, but I needed to have it built and I certainly could not do it. I eventually hired my out-of-state nephew to come and do it.

If I ever build a house again, it will be far too soon.

My daughter has a favorite Mickey Mouse book that I read to her every night before she goes to bed. When I am finished with it, she always asks me to read more. One night, after the regular routine, she told me that she wanted to meet Mickey Mouse more than anything in the world.

As a single mom of two little girls, I knew that it would be a stretch, but I decided to look into what it would cost me for Disney tickets. I found that if we went when it was not peak season, than I would be able to afford it for them.

My mom decided that I should not go alone and she came with us. She treated the girls, by upgrading our tickets to Hopper tickets. When Jamie saw Mickey Mouse, the way her face lit up made all of the hard work and saving worth it. They are good girls and I was happy that I could give them something that was long deserved.

I was recently traveling in Iraq, doing some research for a weapons company that I work for. It was devastating to see, firsthand, the turmoil going on over there. I was going to make a call to my wife one night and was advised that I go down to the embassy and make a secure call.

I was told that was the only place that I could be assured of gsm security, as if my wife said the wrong thing and it got back to the wrong person, we could both be in a lot of trouble. I had never thought that something as simple as a phone call could put my family in jeopardy.

After that, it was something that I did not take lightly. I made sure that I had a secure gsm phone every time that I called her. My family is everything to me and I am just thankful that I received the good advice about phone calls when I did.

One of the most annoying things in life for me is when I lose something.  You know that we have all done something such as forgetting your coat on the bus, your homework at school, or even your keys at a friends house.  Not only is this very frustrating, but it can be really costly depending on what you have forgotten.

Today was a great example of how frustrating and angry you can get when you lose things.  It all started off in the morning when I forgot my Zune Dock Cable at home so that I wouldn’t be able to use it at work.  Definitely not the best start of the day.

Later on in the day, I found that my Zune Travel Charger was missing from my desk, and when I got back in the car, my Zune Car Charger was gone too.

I think that I will have to talk to the kids when I get home - someone must know where all of my stuff is.

When I got a job promotion, it had to relocate to a new city. Once I was all settled in, I asked one of my coworkers where was the best place to find local singles. She told me that she had met her boyfriend at the gym. I decided to go and work out with her.

This did not prove to be very useful and after a couple of months with absolutely no dates, I decided to try some free online dating sites. This proved to be much more useful, as I was now able to find people who had common interests with me.

I did meet my boyfriend this way, but better than that was the fact that I made several great friends. Even when my boyfriend is busy, I now have people that I can call up if I am just looking for someone to hang out with.