Happy New Year, Y’all I’m going to try and post something every single day this year, even if it’s only a few words. I’m feeling all aglow, in the post new years optimism. I’m gonna be all I can be, the few the proud, ain’t no mountain high enough, the stars have aligned, besides there … Continue reading
So. Let’s you and me have a little talk. Don’t worry there’s plenty of time to catch you up on the medical goings-on, and we will. But first and perhaps more importantly… it may be the single most important thing I want you to take from all these writings. I can’t stress enough how much … Continue reading
In keeping with this weeks crime motif, I was sent this video, and you think you’ve got troubles…. It’s a clip of a Kindergarten teacher in Mexico, as you may or may not know – the entire country of Mexico is basically one big drug war. The teacher gets her students to lie down on … Continue reading
So for a change, let’s talk about some good news… Let’s talk about something positive, let us sally forth and hither-to shall we frolic about in the warming sunshine of eternal optimism. Let us speak not of drudgery and work-a-day constraints… op·ti·mism - [op-tuh-miz-uhm] – –noun 1. a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome. 2. the belief that good ultimately predominates over evil in the world 3. the belief that goodness pervades reality 4. the doctrine that the existing world is the best of all possible worlds. Do … Continue reading
OK so, since I’m feeling so crummy, but still wanted to keep posting – here’s what I’m going to do , you… me…. together we will experience moments in history, we’ll laugh, we’ll cry but it will be educational and you will be a better person for having read it… Tonight we’re going back to … Continue reading
How much pressure is too much? I mean it… …just how much pressure can you use when twisting the heads of puppies before it becomes too much? Cute, tiny, defenseless, newborn, half-blind fluffy, whimpering puppies? You don’t know, do you, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH…… We use words like honor, code, loyalty…we use these … Continue reading
Allow me to share my intention for tomorrow. I’m dragging the old ball and chain…. to see True Grit – she is not completely sold on the idea. Right off the bat, she hates Westerns (typical) – strike one….. secondly, she’s never been too enthralled by dudes in eye patches – strike two….. and lastly, … Continue reading
Maybe the Dingo ate your baby, and with that we all laughed and drank enough beer to wash away our pain, and inflict permanent liver damage. So began another Christmas I was destined to spend in Australia… I had just opened an online sheep dating service and Kangaroo husbandry agency as an elaborate cover for … Continue reading
The holidays, what can I say about the holidays we all haven’t heard a thousand times before, as I sit in my former bed chair in front of the TV composing this post, I watch that old heart-warming Christmas classic, Tora, Tora, Tora – no, it’s not a tradition or anything – it just happens … Continue reading
Yesterdays post left me both physically and spiritually empty. The Filipino website was a sham as well… oh I suppose now, here, with perfect hindsight and from your high and mighty, oh so lofty perch – it’s easy for you to claim you saw it coming all the way. But it was a complete sucker … Continue reading