Overheard Conversation

Overheard conversation:

"Whenever I see them, I want to run and hide.  I get enough of that at home."

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The greatest prayer is patience --The Buddha

Kitty

I had a dream about a cat that kept getting in to our house, so I tried to kill it.  At first, it ran, but I shot it, ran over and stabbed it, and was trying to bludgeon it with a baseball bat when Trudy woke me up and told me I was twitching really badly. 

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I forsake all that thing that I can think, and choose to love that which I cannot think. --Cloud of Unknowing

Vivisection

Vivisection isn't as fun as it sounds.

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I'll tell you a big secret, my friend: Don't wait for the last judgment.  It happens every day. --Albert Camus

How to Make Money off Thoreau

This is the exact opposite of what Thoreau preached.  It's inevitable that someone would want to make money off him. Note the cabin on the front.  I'm not sure how they came up with number 28, but perhaps Thoreau was a big football fan.

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"Death is not the greatest loss in life.  The greatest loss is what dies within us while we're alive."   --Norman Cousins

Got Weed?

The American Dream

I happened to overhear a conversation between two heavily tattooed, pierced men. 

Man 1 (With bull-style ring through nose, shaved head, and long goatee): "So it looks like you've got the whole fucking American dream."

Long, long pause while they walk into the store.

Man 2 (with quarter sized holes in ears and sleeve tattoos on arms): "Well, thanks.  I've worked my Goddamn ass off for it."

People

I have finally realized why some people keep getting on my nerves. I don't like them.

Hell

I saw a road sign on 1-90 West in the Cheney area: "Hell is hot," it said, complete with flames.  So is my wife.

Camels Hump Road

I find always find it amusing how apostrophes are being used (or not used, for that matter). My current favorite is on I-90 driving to Missoula: Camels Hump Road.

Santa

‎"What did Jesus ever do for Santa on his birthday?" --Steven Wright

Butterflies

I've been thinking about getting a tattoo of a butterfly on my back, but I'm concerned that with all my back hair people will think it is a moth.

High Quality Humor

Here's a good joke: Why did the squirrel fall out of the tree? Because it was dead.

Allodoxaphobia

I just discovered that I suffer from Allodoxaphobia, otherwise known as the fear of opinions. I'd suggest that you keep your comments regarding this issue to yourself.

Chuck E. Cheese

I took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese yesterday, and apart from seeing a man in denim overalls and flip flops, it was uneventful. I have been working on some new slogans, though: "Chuck E. Cheese: Where you are never too young to gamble" or "Chuck E. Cheese: Don't lick the carpets".

If I don't make it to heaven, I'll end up at Chuck E. Cheese.

Tickling

Why is it that children love to be tickled, but adults hate it? I've never had an adult ask me for a tickle.

Garfield

‎"Nothing ventured, nothing ventured, I always say. No pain, no pain"--Garfield

Thunderstorm

While sleeping in the woods alone, I saw a thunderstorm pass me to the north. So beautiful.

Pain

‎"The hardest lesson I have ever had to learn is that I will never know the meaning of my children's pain, and that I have neither the capacity nor the right to take it away from them." --Martha Beck

Fun with Missionaries

Spending my evening hiding from Mormon missionaries. It's like a big game of hide and seek, except I will never, ever give away my secret hiding spot.

Jesus

Rees asked if he could change his name to "Jesus".  Trudy and I agreed, and are planning to crucify him later tonight.

What If?

What if, instead of profit and wealth, the world regarded contentment as the greatest success?

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Let me respectfully remind you,
Life and death are of supreme importance.
Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost.
Each of us should strive to awaken.
Awaken! Take heed, do not squander your life.
                                                  --The Evening Gatha

Bar Sex

Sean and I went to a  bar tonight to listen to music.  While we were getting a beer, I thought I heard someone say something to me, so I turned and asked the girl (she couldn't have been over 25) next to me, "Excuse me?"  She looked at me profoundly off-put, and said, "What?" I assume that she thought I was hitting on her. I apologized for my mistake and went on talking to Sean. 

The rest of the evening, she and her two friends were looking over at me.  I told Sean about it, and he said, "Enjoy it."  It felt good to have someone check me out, particularly with all my surgery scars and arthritis leftovers.  All night I basked in feeling like a hot man. 

After a while, we got up to leave, and as we walked out I realized that they had been looking at Sean all night, not me.

Stars

Tonight I saw the arms of the universe, holding the stars in place. 

The way the stars lined up, I could feel their comfort.

 .                                   .
    .                             .
       .                       .
           .               .
                .      .
                    .
                    .

It was beautiful.

Overheard Conversation

A conversation I heard in passing: "So I say, 'Aunt Stacy took her and nobody know where.'"