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NaBloPoMo: What is the first thing that pops into your mind when you hear the word jump?

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I am participating in the NaBloPoMo challenge for June. It should be a fun one. It is titled: Jump.

Today’s topic is: What is the first thing that pops into your mind when you hear the word jump?

The first thing that pops into my mind is the Van Halen song, Jump.

This song was one of my favorites growing and I listened to this tape so many times that it wore out.

If you haven’t heard it (I can’t see how unless you live in a cave) check it out:

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Robert Forto is mushin’ down a dream in the wilds of Alaska. He and is wife are raising two teenagers at Forto’s Fort.

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NaBloPoMo: Are there monsters under your bed?

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I am participating in the NaBloPoMo challenge for May. It should be a fun one. It is titled: Play.

Toady’s topic: Are there monsters under your bed?

That’ s a good question. For the better part of a year I slept on a queen mattress on the floor of my bedroom in Alaska while I was renovating, or shall we say fixing up, the place that I aptly call Forto’s Fort. (Then my wife finally moved up and we had to get a proper bed frame).

So with the mattress firmly in place on the floor, there was absolutely no way that monsters could live under my bed. Dust bunnies the size of Great Danes, yes. Monsters, no.

That doesn’t mean that they don’t lurk in my closet or in the attic. Boy do I have a story to share…

It was shortly after the winter solstice, the shortest days were upon us in Alaska which means it is only daylight for a few hours during the day. The rest of the time we are blessed (or some would say a cursed) with darkness for long periods of time.

Around midnight as Michele and I settled into bed and drifted off to sleep I could hear faint music coming from what sounded like the attic. It sounded like old-timey tunes from the roaring 20s. You know that Big Band stuff?

It kept playing and playing until I got up the nerve to get out of bed and go check it out. I thought maybe I left the TV on or one of the kids had iTunes going or something. Nope not at all.

The music continued to play. It sounded scratchy like it was on an old phonograph or something.

Lying there still as a board we couldn’t help but lay there and listen. You couldn’t quite make out the words but you could definitely hear the music.

At some point we drifted off to sleep.

There are some nights you can still hear the music playing in the attic. Spooky isn’t it?

I guess it doesn’t help that I am a huge horror movie fan and I have read just about every word that Stephen King has ever printed.

Monsters under my bed? Nah. Poltergeists in my attic? Let’s hope not!

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Robert Forto is mushin’ down a dream in the wilds of Alaska. He and is wife are raising two teenagers at Forto’s Fort.

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NaBloPoMo: What do you still make-believe?

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I am participating in the NaBloPoMo challenge for May. It should be a fun one. It is titled: Play.

Today’s topic is: What do you still make-believe?

While I don’t play make-believe I do believe that in this world of hard realties and second-hand gossip there just has to be something to believe in. I think that the spirit of Christmas allows us to believe in what is inside…

As a child you believe that the magic is in opening Santa’s presents. What you don’t learn till your a parent is that the magic starts long before Santa comes. It starts when your childrens eyes light up with whatever traditions your family follows. Mine is when my children used to help put out the cookies and carrots and a Coke for Santa, and when they help me make our special reindeer food and spread it out on the walk for the reindeer to eat when they stopped by. It’s also when you realize that you never stopped hearing the bells you just needed your children to remind you to listen.

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Robert Forto is mushin’ down a dream in the wilds of Alaska. He and is wife are raising two teenagers at Forto’s Fort.

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NaBloPoMo: Did you have an imaginary friend?

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I am participating in the NaBloPoMo challenge for May. It should be a fun one. It is titled: Play.

Today’s topic is: Did you have an imaginary friend?

No I didn’t but one thing that is sure to creep anyone out is this video of the top five imaginary friends in the movies including Danny Torrance in the The Shining.

Check it out:

 

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Robert Forto is mushin’ down a dream in the wilds of Alaska. He and is wife are raising two teenagers at Forto’s Fort.

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NaBloPoMo: Are you a better sport as an adult or more competitive than you were as a child?

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I am participating in the NaBloPoMo challenge for May. It should be a fun one. It is titled: Play.

Todays topic is: Are you a better sport as an adult or more competitive than you were as a child?

I have spoken a great deal on this topic in my posts this past month so I thought I would just offer my favorite quote to tie it all together:

“In the end, it’s extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more than that too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline and self sacrifice. And finally it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don’t win, how can you lose?”

~Jesse Owens

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Robert Forto is mushin’ down a dream in the wilds of Alaska. He and is wife are raising two teenagers at Forto’s Fort.

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