Almost dying and those wild times…

I almost died on Wednesday night. I was with a friend and we were driving to the movie theater to watch a film… we were running kind of late and he was driving pretty fast… he took an exit ramp with a suggested speed of 25mph at (to be on the safe side) 55mph(ish.) We [...]

Christmas and Papa Smurf…

Well, Christmas time is done and past… and it went just swell. It was my first Christmas since I moved out of my parents house, my first time as host of a Christmas party, my first Christmas stocking, and the first Christmas tree that I’ve had in time remembered (meaning: I know my parents used [...]

Macho Men doing Macho things…

Yeah… so, I was watching ESPN2 at close to 3am last night and to my surprise… guess what was on… PROFESSIONAL ARM WRESTLING!!! What kind of nonsense is that? They have regulation arm wrestling tables and referees… they use grip-powder and have very specific regulations on body and hand positioning. It’s all very intense. One [...]

What my neighbors must think…

I live in the upstairs of a duplex-house. It’s not my dream home or anything… but it’s nice for my first place. It’s cheap and usually doesn’t smell! Well, I can hardly ever hear my downstairs neighbors, but I often wonder how much of what I do they can hear. I’m always up really late… [...]

Your best pork chops now…

I made pork chops last night for dinner. They were great! Not the best… but great none-the-less. It’s hard to make the best pork chops when you’ve dined in some of the greatest restaurants in the south… Well, then I watched NCIS and part of the Barbra Walter’s special where she talked about the ten [...]

The Battle of Wounded Knee…

I’m getting old… I’m starting to dislike being cold. I’m starting to get strange cravings for prune juice. I’m even starting to have the uncontrollable desire to yank my jeans up to my sternum every time I pull them on. Well, it’s not as bad as all that, but I have hurt my knee badly [...]

Third-shift and dirty tv…

I hate working third-shift. Don’t get me wrong… I love my job. I love working with my clients and seeing them develop into more independent people and I just plain enjoy their company. But… I don’t get to interact with my clients during third-shift… they are all asleep. I know my MR-DD (mental-retardation/developmental-disability) clients must [...]

Dreams…

I’ve been talking to one of my friends about dreams quite a bit in the last couple of days. I would tell him a dream or two and he would tell me what he THINKS it means according to Biblical and studied subconscious patterns. I found myself thinking “do all dreams mean something?” Which I [...]

The cold hard facts…

I love the cold. I rarely have my heat turned on, except when I have company over. I would rather it be cold and rainy, like it has been the past week or so, than any other kind of weather. I love it! But recently, I’ve been more inclined to be in the warmth. Maybe [...]