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Friday, August 31, 2007
  My Father Died
My Dad died yesterday. He was one of those guys who has been dying for the last twelve or fifteen years. Yesterday however, Walter Eugene did die.

He had been a artist before he went away to World War II. Then he spent something like three years in combat. He received two purple hearts and a bronze star for his valor. Then he returned to the states and worked at a department store for the next forty years.

He did not want to have a wake or funeral or have "any fuss" made over his death. My mother told me that he did not think there was anyone left who would remember him. And anyway if someone did remember him he wasn't sure he would want them at his funeral. We are not big on feeling emotions in my family.
 
Thursday, August 30, 2007
  Thursday Morning Gratitude
 
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
  Reality and Drugs


"Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs."
Lily Tomlin with special thanks to the The Quotation Page
 
  Happy Dance


It is once again time for the happy dance picture! Why? Because, school starts today!! I had a great summer with Sam but, it will be wonderful to get back to the adult world. At least that is what I keep telling myself.

And if you wouldn't mind, keep Sam in your prayers today. He had such a rough go in Second Grade, I just pray that Third Grade will be better.

 
Monday, August 27, 2007
 


When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

Gracie Allen

 
Sunday, August 26, 2007
  Gratitude List
 
Friday, August 24, 2007
  Sleeping Around


A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen
or twenty mistakes
she's a tramp. Joan Rivers

 
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
  A Drunk at the Meeting

This morning a woman showed up at the 10:00 a.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meeting rip-roaring drunk and on a crying jag about everyone else's behavior. You know, we have all been there, she drank because her boyfriend did this and her boss did that.

My friend Ritchie, who works as a chemical dependency counselor, tried to talk her into going to detox. Actually a number of us tried to talk her into going into detox but, she was having no part of it. She seemed to think the world would cease to function if she wasn't busy running it. Oh yeah, been there done that.

Today, I am grateful that I was not the one drunk. I am also grateful that I no longer have to run the world.

 
Monday, August 20, 2007
  Good, Better and Best

". . . sometimes the good is the enemy of the best." Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, page 110
 
Saturday, August 18, 2007
  Moms Mabley

"There ain't nothing an old man can do for me except bring me a message from a young one."
Moms Mabley
 
Friday, August 17, 2007
  Sam and Friends
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
  Totie Fields

"I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is fourteen days."
Hartford, Connecticut's own Totie Fields.
 
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
  Gratitude
 
Sunday, August 12, 2007
  Mad Men



If you have not already you have to watch Mad Men on AMC. Mad Men is brought us by Matthew Weiner the same guy who produced the Sopranos.

The characters smoke, drink and have dishonest sex all with seeming impunity. Unlike the real world however, it is all very hip, slick and cool.

 
Saturday, August 11, 2007
  Gratitude and Clara Bow

A big shout out to Clara Bow, the "It Girl" of the 1920's.

Thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments on yesterday's post about Sam. I am grateful for every last one of you.

 
Friday, August 10, 2007
  Gratitude List
I am having trouble being grateful right now. Mostly, I am worried about Sam. He had such a rough year in second grade and third grade is just around the corner.

 
Thursday, August 09, 2007
  Gratitude

 
Sunday, August 05, 2007
  Gratitude List
 
Friday, August 03, 2007
 
 
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