Ever read Stephen King's
11/22/63?
Not as of yet; interesting plot line though.
But I do know enough actual history to confidently say that no one’s good ol’ days were the panacea their selective memories make them out to be.
I beg your pardon?
I do believe you misspoke.
I could have sworn you said
"You didn't have any friends."
This is obviously not the case,
my friend.
And I appreciate the sentiment.
There are many levels of Friend, and I find the word to be lacking in clarity.
There are folks you know, folks that you work with, folks that you hang around with, folks that you trust, folks that you know would defy their own self-interest if they though you needed their help…
Close friends are hard to come by and I don’t give out that distinction easily or quickly. Truth is I’m probably closer to a few folks around here (that I only speak to via the typed word) than any of the folks that are near me. I’ve had a couple close friends in my life, but have lost all of them through relocation or their passing. Of the people around me that might at one time have come close to that distinction (apart from some family and my wife of course) I don’t know that I could actually trust any of them. Certainly not any more.
Ballot?
You really think there's
going to be a ballot????
There’s always a ballot.
There may only be one candidate on it, or the process may be rigged to ensure a specific outcome…
but there’s always a ballot to add that gilded illusion of legitimacy.
Why not…
Calling it Polenta hasn’t works yet, let’s go with French to “class it up” a bit.
Or maybe Russian for the exotic
Any one up for a nice bole of Kukuruza?
"Yet"
Give it time.
(assuming that neither a volcanic nor a nuclear winter pops up to “cool” things back down, of course)
I’ve got plenty.
I’ll post up a few in a separate reply in a bit
I don't remember
if I asked about that.
I think I might have....
but don't recall.
I’d have been compelled to ask.
Can’t say as I’ve ever come across that moniker under any other context.
Wonder how many of the pups out there following along have a clue as to what we’re on about here?
Were I him (lord, that’s a monumentally improbably thought)…
I’d have stuck to only one and taken the diamond over the gridiron.
He’d have made near as much per annum and probably played for years.
Actually, she was right proud
of herself there.
She'd gotten her horse
to walk backwards.
Sarge knew that she out ranked him and figured he’d best follow orders.
Of course, being a Bilko, he should’a come up with some kind of scam to get around it.
The one we visited was actually in Colorado, but I’ll take the blame for it
(as I’m blamed for most mishaps in the first place, it’s just simpler that way)).
Nah. They chase other
kinds of bunnies.
Much to the delight of true comedy fans.
(nice cross-reference there, by the way)
Also makes me think of George Carlin’s take on the commandments.
And that happened when I paid
the bill the next morning.
Ain’t it always so…
Have a story there too.
Do you know who
Oscar Peterson is?
One of the better ivory ticklers of the era…
Story?
Do tell.
With the price of oil these days...
I can see that.
It worked in Barter Town.
Actually (assuming we can avert becoming post-apocalyptic), the trick will be figuring out a better battery. Sus that one out and we solve a myriad of problems.
Nov 18 we are heading to long beach(switching hotels)
As it happens, The Queen May is a hotel in Long Beach.
Just sayin’…