True Love. For real tho.

Today is Lisa's birthday.

Me: (to coworker) I can't believe in a few minutes I'll be married to a forty year old.

Her: Woman age like wine. How would your wife feel if she heard you talk like that?

Me: If my wife heard me say I prefer a 40 yr old Lisa in my bed to the 18 year old version I met, she'd laugh and call me a liar.

Which she did when I called to wish her a happy birthday. #StoriesOfTrueLove

I'm NOT skipping

FML. Lisa's out at a birthday lunch with our niece and with four hours of sleep I slept through my alarm and missed class. The kids woke me up when they walked home from school and asked why I was "skipping class." #@$$%.

A Stolen Phone

LuLu's phone was stolen two weeks ago at school. Today it was retuned to her by the janitor, who found it abandoned atop an electrical box in the school basement. A$$holes. I already replaced it, but I'll find a use for it - YaYas phone has been acting up, so maybe I'll switch the SIM cards on that.

Junie said in the car, she doesn't have a phone, hint hint lol

Apparently, it hit a Nerve

A woman going door to door for a home improvement company just knocked and offered to tell me about her services. I politely refused, but Junie was highly offended. 

"You should have told her to mind her own business. If she's going door to door she's probably too poor to even own a house. She should just go back to her little apartment and shut her mouth." 

After telling her to chill and watch her mouth, Little Elitist is still stewing.

I believe it was more personal loyalty to our homestead than an indictment of apartment dwellers or econcomic status.  

Am I finally getting it?

Something is very wrong. For two classes in a row I've understood the relevant estate tax law and even found myself volunteering to answer questions. On the other hand I mispronounced "grantor" (it's grant- tore), and the Professor thereafter took pains to use it properly ad nauseum, so some parts of my life remain dependable.

Why?

Let's forget the election for a minute and ponder the wisdom of Hillary, who will probably be President, fostering a drumbeat of aggression and antagonism towards Russia that has already led to what the MSM says is a return to the Cold War. Why? Seriously? Because they hacked your email and exposed your bs? The electorate barely paid attention. Back off already.

2016 My Friends

#This is the election in a nutshell.

Luke Perry Turns 50!

We are old

The Odd Couple

I didn't realize Matthew Perry's show is in its third season. This is the first time I saw it and it wasn't bad at all. There were even some Friends jokes for the insiders!

Say What?

“We are a nation of Hispanic roots, and that’s a proud part of who we are, and that’s why we have the Mes de la Herencia Hispana, to remember that we’ve always been a Hispanic nation since our very first day.” —Tim Kaine. 

Yup. Lots and lots of Hispanics in the original British 13 colonies, dontchaknow. Lottsa Armenians and Koreans too. 

Good grief these Dems would tell you we've always been a nation of Vikings if they thought it would earn a vote.

Gym Time with LuLu

I enjoyed a nice hour long workout with LuLu this evening. We were two of only five people in the gym - we went during the Packers game lol!

A Nice Workout

I enjoyed a nice hour long workout with LuLu this evening. We were two of only five people in the gym - we went during the Packers game lol!

I Agree. Give them the candy.

A conversation with LuLu

Me: Good God, this election is crazy! I love it! What a hoot!

LuLu: You won't be loving it when one of those nuts is President.

Me: Oh, no. The Republic is done. Experiment failed. We're moving to the bunker for sure.

A Warning to You All

I just dropped someone on social media because they put up a post calling the Fast and Furious franchise corny. I don't care who you vote for, or what noxious political beliefs you hold dear, but criticizing F&F crosses the line. I don't need that kind of hate in my life.

A Pet Peeve in Movies

Nothing in fiction (especially movies) annoys me more than when the hero gets the jump on the bad guy and knocks him out, then grabs the girl and says "Let's go!" 

Let's go? Let's go and leave the psychopath who wants me dead alive and well to finish the job? 

The hell with that. You've got him down, now cut his throat. #EndTheThreat

I'm Glad She's OK

Good Luck!

A (good?) update

It's 2:54 in the morning and I just got off the phone with my Mom, who says she's back at the rehab facility and that - and here I admit skepticism - her heart condition was misdiagnosed. She says it was COPD and fluid buildup in the lungs, along with blood in her throat. I've been in a funk for days, but I'm hesitant to release my worry. How could that possibly have been a mistake? The doctors (presumably) aren't quacks, and I heard the diagnosis.  .  .

YaYa's Homecoming 10-7-16

Earlier this month YaYa and her boyfriend attended the Homecoming Dance at their high school. She asked me to accompany them to the Art Museum first to photograph them, and I happily obliged. 

Unfortunately, most of my pictures sucked, although YaYa was kind about it. Plus a security guard kicked us out, saying they don't allow their site to be used for "commercial enterprises." Huh. As far as I know, I've never made a dime off of this blog, but allrighty. 

She looked happy. Like, really, honest to goodness, genuinely happy, and that, in turn, made me very happy for her. 

By all accounts the event went well and she had a blast. I'm proud of that girl. She's growing up into a fine young woman. 

I love you YaYa!

Timeless

Tonight's episode about Lincoln's assassination was excellent from the first minute until the last. If this is indicative of the course the show will take PLEASE please tune in!

Highlander

On one hand it's a bad movie. But it's also a great one. I taped this back in the '80's and literally watched it dozens and dozens of times. "There can be only one!"

My Thoughts - the influence of celebrities on the electorate

If your vote is in any way influenced by the opinion of an actor, singer, athlete, or reality star, kindly resign your adult card.

The Mothman Prophesies

I really like this movie. One of the creepiest ones I've seen, reviews be damned.

My Thoughts - Destiny vs Free Will

Why do people wonder about whether destiny or free will controls their life? The ideas are not mutually exclusive. Everything we do is already written in our grandchild's history text, and thus set in stone, but the words on that page were written by the actions we take in the present. Free will, destiny, God's plan - all present, all complimenting each other.