Well Here I am off on a new adventure to new land's that I have never been too....I will be touring the lands of the Vikings with my band "THOR"...I'll be in Demark, Sweden and Finland.....I just found out that Stockholm the capital of sweden daylight last 18 hours in late June (and I'm a night person)...I'm looking forward to meeting some of the people from this land of sunlight...the few that I met on line seem very friendly and kind....This will be the 1st time THOR and myself has performed in Europe in over 25 years.....Steve Price the org. guitar player will be with us as well....June 5th we play the Sweden Rock Festival....June 7th we play The Motley Crue Festival and June 13th we will headline our own Festival....The tour will be filmed for an up coming Movie and I will be posting some video of some of the events on U-TUBE...When I return I will post more of my adventures in the land of The Norse Gods.

These are words of wisdom from Alice and her friends

Dear,dear! How queer everything is today! I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this mourning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, "Who am I"? Ah, that's the puzzle!"

"You should say what you mean," said the March Hare. "I do," Alice hastily replied;"at least-I mean what I say-that's the same thing, you know." Not the same thing a bit!" said the Hatter. "Why, you might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same as "I eat what I see"! "You might as well say," added the March Hare, "That I like what I get" is the same as "I get what I like!"

"It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then."

"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone: "So I can't take more." "You mean you can't take less," said the Hatter: "It's very easy to take more than nothing."

To some people this makes sence...and I'm glad to call you all .......my friends

Mike Favata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBA8_UDkF60

In this so-called modern age mothers aren't paid full-time excutive salary for staying home and raising their kids. the single most important job in the world and not only are woman forced to do it for free they're encouraged to pay for child-care so they can get "real" jobs in order to suvive financially.
  Here are lyrics to a song that touched my heart about these un-sung hero's.

      " She's A Working Mom"           lyrics by Dean Friedman

 She's a working mom
 From the time the alarm clock rings
 Till the coffee's on
 
 She can handle a million things
 Their daddy's gone
 But she keeps keeping on

  First she picks out their clothes
  Then she wipes a runny nose
  Make their beds and when the bathtub overflows.
  She remains so calm.

    Let's here it for the working mom.
    She goes to bed with the night light on
    Cause ghosts and goblins in the middle of the night
    Give sleepy children such a fright
    With one touch, they're gone.

 She's a working mom
 And she keeps all her kids in line
 With an outstretched palm
  And a warning they'd better mind

 Cause one more time and they will see stars shine
 But they're not scared
 Cause Mommy starts to smile
 And they all know that in a little while
     Things'll be just fine

    Let's here it for the working mom
    She goes to bed with the night light on
    Cause ghost and goblins in the middle of the night
    Give sleepy children such a fright
       With one touch, they're gone

 She's a working mom
 And it wasn't  the life she chose
 Drive the kids to school
 And then off to work she goes

 But heaven knows
 How her love for them grows
 At times it's hard, but she has no  regrets
 Cause in her heart she knows the love she gets
      It overflows

    Let's here it for the working mom
    She goes to bed with the night lite on
    Cause ghosts and goblins in the middle of the night
    Give sleepy children such a fright
        With one touch, they're gone

  And ghosts and goblins in the middle of the night
  Give sleepy mommies such a fright
     With one touch they're gone
 
  

 

ON COURAGE
  "There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. True courage is facing danger when you are afraid"---The Wizard

ON MONEY
  "Money in OZ!...Did you suppose we are so vulgar as to use money here? If we use money to buy things, instead of love and kindness and the desires to please one another, then we should be no better then the rest of the world....Fortunately, money is not known in the Land of Oz at all. We have no rich or poor: for what one wishes, the others all try to give him in order to make him happy, and no one in all of Oz cares to have more than he can use."---The Tin Woodsman

ON EXPERIENCE
  "Can’t you give me brains?" asked the Scarecrow. "You don’t need them. You are learning something every day. A baby has brains, but it doesn’t know much. Experience is the only thing that brings knowledge, and the longer you are on Earth, the more experience you are sure to get."

ON THE VALUE OF BRAINS
  "I realize at present that I’m only an imitation of a man, and I assure you that it is an uncomfortable feeling to know that one is a fool. It seems to me that a body is only a machine for brains to direct, and those who have no brains themselves are liable to be directed by the brains of others."

THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
  "Brains are not the best thing in the world," said the Tin Woodsman. "Have you any?" enquired the Scarcrow. "No, my head is empty," answered the Tin Woodsman. "But once I had brains, and a heart also; so, having tried both, I should much rather have a heart...for brains do not make one happy, and happiness is the best thing in the world." 

 Melodies Of Life

Alone for a while I've been searching through the dark,
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart,
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain,
Melodies of life---love's last refain

Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why.
We met, we laughed, we held in fast, and then we said goodbye.
And who'll hear the echoes of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold

In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me.
Though you've gone, I still believe that you can call out my name,

So far and way, see the birds as it flies by.
Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky.
I've laid my memories and dreams upon those wings.
Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings.

In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me?
Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind?

If I should leave this lonely world behind,
Your voice will still remember our melody.
Now I know we'll carry on.
Melodies of life, grow deep in our hearts.

As long as we remember............

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This is only part one of my journey to the far east.....
   This by far has been my greatest adventure...These are the moments that take your breath away.
    I went and stayed at place's that no American has stayed and lived with the kind people of Japan, who have been kind enough to invite me into their home's.

    The people of Japan have great respect to each other and their families and to strangers. I have never heard an unkind word to anyone, and coming from New York City that was something I have never seen.

    The families of Japan have all of their meal's with the whole family and their food is wonderful and fresh, they never cook frozen food....The food was so good....I'm now on a diet to lose the weight I gained....I ate things that would make most people sick, but I have to tell you that it was all good.

The Mothers and Father's play and talk to their children and they all laugh...I have not heard anyone yell and punish their child.

Where ever I was they made me feel that I was part of their Family....I have no Family here but I feel like I have four families in Japan and I miss them all. :(

   All of the school girls in Japan were all very beautiful and the people were all very thin ( I think I was the biggest man in Japan "FAT" )

   I didn't speak Japanese, but these people are all more then words...I could feel their kindness and for the first time in my life...I wish I had a family...but I am very happy and honored to be the next best thing...UNCLE MIKE...and a part of the families here in Japan and UNCLE MIKE to my friends in America and around the world .

    For those of you who think your life is over once you turned 50...you are so wrong...You have to live for today and stop saying someday....That someday is now and if you let is pass you by....It won't come back.

    I know your thinking if I was rich I could do all of the things I want too.....You are so wrong...."Remember...when you leave this world....The only thing you take with you is your memories"
    Don't be afraid to walk through the door if it open's for you....sometime's you lose and sometime's you win...but at lease you tried..and you never have to wonder "IF".

    I took a chance and went to the Far East...No one knew who I was or what I have done (all the Record's and CD's and Video's and Movie's..etc. ) But the people of Japan all showed me kindness and made me feel welcomed in their home's, even though I was a nobody.....

    The reason why Superman is my favorite Hero is not because he can fly...It's because he live's his life as Clark Kent and works a day Job and when he can, he will help people who will never know who he really is and he dosen't do it for fame or money.
     The real Hero is Clark Kent and only a few people out there know that.

  The Japanese people may be into Spiderman and Batman, but to me they are all Clark Kent, and they will always be my Hero.

  It is such an Honor to meet such wonderful People....
       Mike Favata

 

Tomorrow on June 7th I leave on a journey farther than I have ever gone before.....To the other side of the world.....When you see the Sunset...I will see the Sunrise...I will be staying in a very small room and will be sleeping on a matt and will be living among people that hardly speak english...and I will be loving it......I have never taken a fight that is 19 hours long!!!! and when I arrive in Osaka....I will be taking a 7 hour bus ride to Toyko!!!!  It gives new meaning to the term..." Pain in the Ass "

The is a land I always dreamt of...but never thought I would see....I love the People, the Architect, the Food and Anime.....It is a very beautiful and colorful country...I'm quite sure this journey will be life changing for me.....I hope to return a better man.

The Warriors of Japan are very different from the Warriors of the West.... The Samurai not only learn and master the art of fighting...they also learn and master the art of writing and painting and Playing the Drum!!!!   Why use all your energy for fighting and war, when you can use that same energy for art and music......

I really don't know what I'm looking for....but I feel that I will find it in Japan.

                                The Highlander

The Amazon's are on the War path !!!! Please leave a comment saying I've been a good boy.....before Xena get's back......I hate it when she kick's my Ass....This is why I'm alway's hiding in the Highlands !!!!!