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Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
it doesn’t hurt to say “Thanks!”
Our American soldiers are all over the world doing the hard work of keeping as many nasties off of our shores as possible… and there is so much more work to be done. The fight isn’t easy and it can get fairly lonely, so dropping them a note of thanks isn’t really all that hard?
Here’s a way you can say thanks…
Just saying thanks! Continue reading “In times like these…..”
Advice from Women is just that and why do we expect any more than that?
Today, I was reading an advice column about a woman who had an ‘active social life’ ; however, now, she is attracted to a man with no or little past experience. They have discussed what went on before they got together and she has been somewhat forthcoming… but incomplete. Here lies the understandable conflict.
The female advice provider was basically taking the position that it is ‘none of his business’ regardless of how many ‘notches are on her belt.’ The ‘it’s his problem’ is a very typical comment by women of men as it absolves them of any responsibility in being open and honest. (It’s funny how some women who profess the need to be with men who will talk/listen to them… can suddenly become silent on subjects in which they lack self confidence, have guilt or fear rejection.)
Continue reading “Can a couple be honest with each other? … Can you both take it?”
Me and my Sweetheart!
The other day I was walking down our town — San Luis Obispo, California — wearing a t-shirt from my Alma Mater and a cyclist ( probably someone training for a local triathalon) passed me by and yelled, “Fight On!”. For those of you not connected to sport, this is a salutory greeting from one Trojan to another! I looked up to see him riding by all decked out in Trojan cycling attire and for one brief moment — I was transported back home to Troy, the Business School and to those I helped learn the art of ‘burn outs’ in weightlifting…. fun times. Oh yes, then, there were the football games! Continue reading “Southern California Trojans — it’s a ‘lifestyle!’”
Today was the last day of the Mid-State Fair here in Paso Robles, California. The country fair is one of the last surviving remnants of Americana. We have everything in our fair from Monster Truck bashes to Country Singers to food vendors everywhere to rodeo activities. the Jumbo corn dogs are particularly delicious!
Not too many quiche, soy or veggie munchers at these festivities!Good times and Good fun. Continue reading “the Mid-State Fair … a little bit of Americana”
If you haven’t seen “Failure to Launch”, you must see it.
Now, it’s not likely to win any Academy Awards – but then – who really wants those anyway? An Academy Award is given to folks so that they don’t feel like real losers even though their movie was a snoozer at the box office. I mean, when did a popular movie win ‘Best picture’? Hey, they’re bundling “Brokeback Mountain” with more popular movies at Best Buy hoping to move the crap.
Sorry, I digressed, back to “Failure to Launch”. This movie is about a young man (age 35) who is still living at home! Obviously, his folks want him to go and grow up … so they go through all kinds of stuff to get him move out. This is hilarious. They end up hiring a ‘professional interventionist’ to try to woo him out of the parent’s home, but it doesn’t work. As he says,” it’ll take a stick of dynamite to move me out of my parent’s home!”
I won’t give it all away, but for many parents this is way too close to home. We know folks who sold their big home and moved into a small one-bedroom apartment to escape the upcoming challenge! Some parents have even threatened to move without a forwarding address. And there are a few adult age children who even marry and have kids but never move away… but I think they are hanging around for the ‘old folks’ to ‘kick it’ as they also say in the movie. Also included — if you buy the DVD — are some minor ‘documentaries’ on the subject. The adult children — they interviewed — seem… troubled. Continue reading ““Failure to Launch” is Funny, True and Preventable”