It ain't easy, starting over, 'specially when you "have to" and you're the kinda person who has never done anything because he had to. Ah, the troubles I've seen 'cause of my pig-headedness, not that I'd have it any other way. I am an interesting man and I've led an interesting life, even if it's not the one I'd have chosen!
Actually I'm pretty lucky. I am 63 and in excellent shape. I'm in good physical shape, notwithstanding heart disease, osteoporosis, glaucoma, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), frequent athlete's foots, unpredictable hay fever and a mild case of self-diagnosed arthritis. I walk 4 - 6 miles a day because I have to (can't afford a car and haven't bought a bike yet (haven't seen anyone down here riding one!)) and I'm in good spirits when it's not raining. My house is in order, I go to sleep at a more reasonable hour than I am used to, I bathe and shower regularly, savor Dove dark chocolate when I'm so moved, brush my teeth with gusto, and wake up unalarmed at about 7:00 am, nearly jumping out of bed, except when I have reason not to.
I live in an apartment complex that reminds me of a motel (Psycho's Norman Bates' motel?). It's sort of a low-end motel but the living quarters are nicer than the outward appearance would suggest (see below). I live in the city of Metairie, an "up-scale" (hah!) suburb of New Orleans. Metairie is in Jefferson Parish (county to you Northerners), closely adjoining Orleans Parish, home to New Orleans proper (hmm..). I am 100 or so feet from a Discount Zone, a convenience store on the model of a 7-11. What a break. The next sign of modern commerce (shopping) is a major highway, Veterans Memorial Blvd, over a bridge over a major thoroughfare (I-10) about a mile's walk away. See the maps.
Well, you might ask (you might not but that's my tale) why I am living in New Orleans, or to be more exact Metairie, in a motel a mile and a half walk from Barnes & Noble and CC's, a coffee shoppe which serves wireless Internet? It's a long story. And I will not tell it in this medium.
Nonetheless, here are some things that you may find interesting.
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02/24/2004 |
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03/21/2004 |
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05/22/2004 |
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| * Utopia | 09/11/2004 | |
| * Vacation | 09/14 - 09/21/2004 | |
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| * Thanksgiving Day at Lisa Taylor's | 11/24/2005 | |
| * Thunderstorm | 02/02/2006 | |
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as of 03/01/2005 |
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05/08 - 01/23/2005 |
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| * Kitchen | new | |
| * Bridge (& Poker) | 08/01 - 09/03/2005 | |
| * Miscellaneous | 11/02 - | |
| * Weather | 10/25 - 03/29/2005 | new |
| * Katrina | 08/28 - 08/31/2005 | new |
I used to email worthy jokes and stuff to several groups of folks in my Address Book. Most everyone was in one group or another. Some were annoyed that I included them, others that I didn't. Herewith, the perfect solution. I will continue to honor worthy (and maybe a few very UNworthy) contributions to this pool of humor (?) by posting them on my web-site, here, ...
Good (???) Forwarded Stuff 05/08 - 02/05/2005
No more annoying forwarded email from ME!
The "Recession" of George Bush II 09/17 - 12/10/2004
This page begun February 22nd/2004