"RAT - He's GONE!"
             Wee Tee Mousey, He ain’t with us no more!
      He died beneath an enclosed kitchen cabinet's floor.                              
 But odorific, and like old and yet forgotten - rotting bacon!

        With saber saw in hand, I did cut to the chase!
                               
And YES! -The kitchen cabinet I had to and Yes - I did deface!

      That Wee Tee Mousey’s corpus is what I surely found!
                And soon thereafter, without honors, 
                         Was unceremoniously taken 

                             To it's final resting place;
                           While my nose was pinched 
         And with my transporting gloved hand, still shakin!
     Life seems to short and sometimes to odd to understand! 
                 But I dropped that damnable rodent's carcus 
                    Ingloriously - In the closest Garbage Can!

                                           AMEN!

Last night, Lynn acquiesced to my often repeated request - "Let's go out to Dinner!" Now don't get me wrong - I am lucky to have her in my life with her concerns for the preparaton of "Healthy Foods" i.e.- No Beef but Kale, fish and other veggies + Red Wine! But last night she pulled a cute one! "Ok, where do you want to go?" she asked - Surprised I responded -Well…aaaa…???? ( After the passing of "a non-decisive" but long period - I finally said: " Let's do Chinese!" Her retort - "Which one?" - Well aaa???? - She volunteered - "How about Tropical Chinese?"  We haven't been there for a long while but it is a favorite of Liz and Jud - So Off we went! I had "Spicy Basil Clams" - W O W ! Wonderful! - Will order them again + again + again! Hope you had a good dinner but if it wasn't Basil Clams - I win! Thanks God. PS Today is the anniversary of my College roomate's 21st Birthday - Happy Anniversary Gary - Many more and Keep being the Guy we all know that you are and have been! I was lucky to be zapped by Florida and stumble into MDJC and pick such a smart and effective debate partner and friend! …55 year now! WOW! Who would have thunk it?

I'm more fortunate than even I think I am. Over the Easter vacation, we had the Dirth's of Vienna Virgina as visitors. Our Daughter Dara's Family- Chip, Dara, Ava and Cal. Somehow, Chip and I got into a conversation, probably over two cold beer, and he said that I should take care of myself! I translated tht to mean tht - I wasn't and He and maybe other were concerned - Certainly I am sloppy about my life style+throw in a big handful of LAZY and "DON'T BOTHER ME!" But my sone in law is a GREAT GUY and I emailed him the following: Your concern + encouragement that I should take "Care of Myself" has rubbed off! Today for the 3rd ( not consecutive ) day this week I took a morning walk - 2.75 miles for 52 min. 33 sec. A little on the hot side in Miami but today I started eariler - i.e. 7:00 am! It was a little better - just a L I T T L E ! Thanks for the encouragement - Heck, I may see Ava's children or Greggy's! Thanks God!

Some ( to many ) have reminded me - That often my "personal" FB messages are open to those connected to all of those to whom I am connected and to thoe that they are connecte with and so on and so on and that what I naively thought was a "Hush-Hush Message" is really a "Scream-Scream" Headline for almost everyone to see. They or you were right! Privacy - your or mine is personal and valuable - For my prior F-ups, I apologize. NEW APPROACH! - a Blog -"I think therefore it's me!". I opened it some few years ago but myown slovenliness and the seeming universal use and ease of FB distracted me - to all who I may have embarrassed or basically said what should not have been said publically - I am truely sorry - Please consider catching me on - I think therefore it's me! - my old Blog but hopefully revised attempt to stay connected! Thanks - lot of love and laughs in all of our lives and Thanks God!

To the selfish, like me: Feeling of loneliness begets self-doubt, Self-doubt begets a lowering or lost of self/assumed worth, Lower perceptions of self worth creates personal discomfort, Unresolved Discomfort beget anger, Anger begets blame. And then: GET OUT OF THE WAY and WATCH OUT! I am able to say or threaten to do things to people that are that are unkind, discouraging and really irrational. And do you know What? It all starts from my uncomfortable assumed position on my-own created pity pot - which I call "Poor ME!  OK today I am doing something - What? I have a few options. I'm in the process of choosing. BUT I KNOW THAT I MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY LIFE AND HOW I FEEL! Hey, Thanks for reading, I feel better! 

Hello, you may remember me - I'm the guy who started this blog like a high test drag racer and then ran out of gas before the race had really begun! Sorry! Things are OK but far from perfect! What's that - so what isn't like that? That is one hel'ava an attitude to offer a guy who was just trying to be interesting. Well let's see if there is anything that you've missed, OK or that I didn't tell you! I'm now 72 and feeling it both physically and mentally - Physically-a lot of thing hurt and some things don't work well! Mentally - I find it very easy to forget to know what I was saying or doing - what was I saying?  No it is really not that bad but there are times…  Anyhow I am having problems finding a sense of usefulness! Retirement has to many Tuesday in each week - periods of "nothing to do". The emptiness emphasizes the "emptiness"! I feel like a bi-polar child filled with anxiousness to be involved but no one or no where can I find satisfaction and personally rewarding involvement. I always like the "bright and hot lights" but now someone turned the switch off! Some have made personal suggestions and I have failed to follow up - my bad! My wife is keeping herself busy ( to busy) and I resent it.  My imagination has created fears which easily turn out to be anger.  I may go and seek help from someone who can kick me in the right direction - Hell any other direction!  Thanks for reading this stuff - but you really should go to the public library and pick up any book.  It has to be better than this! But thank you, you have given me some relief. I'll be back more frequently - I need you!

Off Again, Off again, to meet the Kin

Well here I am ( 2:25 am) too restless to sleep since tomorrow we are off on "first leg" of this 2011 Summer's vacations.  We are beginning with a drive to Vienna, Va., to our Daughter and Son in law house. Grandma (Lynn) will serve as "Grandma"to Ava and Cal.  I will go to G'town for their "one week - summer non-credit course" - Sacred Scripture.  After +/- 12 days will return to Miami alone. Lynn will eventually fly from DC with Ava to Buffalo while I and two of our other Grands, Greggy and Patrick, will fly from Miami to Buffalo for our "2011 Grandma" Summer trip to Toronto and Niagara Falls. And then… I'll fly back to DC, and we will drive to Chicago to take our son's and daughter in law's child Tommy on a separate - highly personal trip for a few days to Indiana and a Wild Wolf park and some other site that I can't recall. Return to Chicago and begin a drive indirectly to Miami with our son, Jud who will end up in Belize. The last part of the trip with Jud needs some tightening up but we are planning to at least go to Pro-football Hall of Fame, Canton Ohio, and Vienna, Va. Other Possibilities Marion Heights, Pa ( Grandparent  burial, my Mom's birth place ), Camden Yards ( Babe Ruth's memorial), Phila. ( Birth of USA), Valley Forge)Victors of our Revolution,  Harpers Ferry, W.Va ( John Brown's attack and arrest), Richmond, (Birth of the Confederacy), Atlanta ?, Jacksonville ?, Miami - then Jud is off to a great adventure in Beliez.  We haven't started and I am tired already. See ya!