Friday, October 19, 2012

Support “the troops.”

Next time you are beside yourselves "supporting the troops,"  try giving half a second or so to supporting the "CG Rescue Swimmer."  Yeah, he doesn't generally have to go overseas (though he might, not that I would know), his only real "enemy" is mother nature, and being the lucky guy he is, he only has to swim for a living.  A lightweight to be sure.  But that weight that is light might be yours, as you get hoisted out of the water while he "waits his turn."  Just give it some thought next time you "support the troops."

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Dating Myself…

But this was just too damn funny to let go.  Cheers to whomever did it, I applaud you.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Life

Sometimes it is interesting the events that put at least some of your life into perspective.  Losses of a close relative or friend are always high on the list, but today I found that it was the loss of someone I never knew, nor would probably ever know, that really brought it home to me.  Life is cheap.  People on this planet prove that every day.  But just because it is cheap, doesn’t mean we all have to regard it as such.  There are times when parent’s can’t get along.  We’re people, these things happen.  But we are supposed to (or at least I was brought up that way) understand that no matter our problems, our children are what is important.  They are not to supposed to be bargaining chips, methods to to inflict pain on others, or pieces of community property for the courts to divvy out.  But when we forget that, it is sadly always the innocent that bare the brunt of our mistakes.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Sigh!

No amount of planning or any enthusiasm can overcome simple incompetence.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

What is Advice?

Advice is what we older men offer to younger men when we are no longer able set a bad example for them.