Don’t Get Tired

I get up at 5 in the morning and fall asleep on the couch at 9 at night. What do I do to get so tired? Maybe it’s just a matter of getting “relaxed”? When the day is pulling to … Continue reading

land poor

Poking around the internet this morning, I came upon this quote from the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. This was in response to the question “what surprises you most about humanity?” “Man.
 Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.
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The Best Genie

I like Joel Osteen. I think that he’s a great motivational speaker. It’s inspiring to listen to him. And there’s just enough “God Talk” to make me feel good about it all the time. It’s a good veneer of spirituality. … Continue reading

the fish

Someone on my mail route said, “Buy the biggest ones you can buy….the birds eat all the little ones.” When I called the lady at the fish company, I said “I need some triploid grass carp….about 4 of them….but someone … Continue reading

Marky Mark’s House

Jenny says that he doesn’t like to be called “Marky Mark”. As if he called her up and asked her, “Hey…could you ask Peter to quit calling me ‘Marky Mark’? That was a long time ago…..I go by ‘Mark Wahlberg’ … Continue reading

my newest, latest, most fresh and vibrant, everlasting and omnipresent….fear.

I don’t know much about ebola. It’s not something that touches my life at this point. I could say, “I don’t have a dime in it” and just move on….ignore it and remain oblivious….if I wasn’t watching the news and … Continue reading

coffee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVxJTMyUwl0 Ahhhhhh, coffee. If the dudes in power weren’t slamming down cup after cup, this stuff would be illegal. “The dudes in power….”  Hah! That’s kind of funny. Who’s that?

lifting the needle

There were two reasons to lift the needle back when we listened to vinyl. The first reason was to get beyond a song that you hated. You couldn’t just hit a button and jump forward….you had to physically jump over … Continue reading

planning to dream

If you come up with some kind of wacky idea….and then say, “That’s my plan”….there may be some people in your life who will say, “welllllll….that sounds a little more like a DREAM….that doesn’t sound like a plan. You need to … Continue reading

plan, plan, plan

I realized yesterday that one of my really strong talents is the ability to plan to plan. I can get a good one together….get all my ducks in a row….line everything up….and plan like a manic planning monkey. I can … Continue reading