Monday's Missives

Somebody lost a sweet Van's cap.

• I bumped into a long lost friendly acquaintance recently. She is obviously in a downward spiral (although still pretty hot).
• She is near the top of the Avoid At All Costs! list.
• AKA- AAACL
• If she were a ship captain and I an Irish peasant- she would have me locked in steerage while she intentionally set fire to the upper decks.
• What. A. Dumpster. Fire.

  

  File this under: We don't even want to know...

• A tune has been bouncing around in my head for days but I have no idea what it is- none. It is just a fleeting moment of a vague song. 
• It goes away for an hour then plays for three...
• I kinda like the Gordon Lightfoot song Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
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• If you were fantastically rich would you spring for a time capsule?
• I would and mine would be awe inspiring.
• Among other things I would send family history forward along with items to teach future generations what we were like as humans.
• If possible I would make the openers of  the capsule rich beyond their dreams- but how do you know what will be worth what in say- 200 years?

  

  I am sure your coworkers thank you for the heads up Paula but how did you know they would find your note in the recycle bin?

• My heart hurts over 2 rough, recent losses.

Friday's Dispatch

• I wish I had been more of a Chris Cornell fan. My hangup with him I think though, was the songs of his that they played ad nauseum.
• It has been said here before that I have one more marriage in me although I wonder more often if it will happen at all.
• The first woman after woman known as wife I spent any time with was great. She was pretty, funny, smart and has her act together. She was fantastic with Zac. Even her 16 year old kid was awesome.
• If we had met 3-6 more months after we did to allow me to get over my divorce I would have been shocked if we had not married.
• Dang. I mean- dang.
• You may want to check my America card- it has been months since I shot a gun.
• The first knuckle to my right pinkie has been arthritic long enough it is starting to deform. Now the first joint to the thumb of the same hand is staying sore.
• It is all downhill from here.

Of Interest Mostly to Nurses But Here Is a Literally Terrifying Question I Found On a Nursing Forum Honestly- I Do Not Know Where To Start

"I've been out of nurses for a while, actually unemployed. I can't remember how to chart lung sounds. So confused. If its the right upper lung is it the patients right side? If the nurse is facing the client and she is listening on her right side is it charged as right or left(because its actually the clients left lung)?? "

Monday's Missives

• Yesterday we witnessed a hit and run in the parking lot of the Little League fields. The goober backed into a parked car. He parked in another spot then came back with a piece of paper in his hand and looked around like he was looking for somebody. He then walked off and came back again. Then he walked off and did not come back.  He was not looking for the owner of the car- he was looking to try and get a feel if there were witnesses and daring himself to leave the scene. I was not going to confront him over it- it was not my car and we already had his plate number but I watched him out of the corner of my eye hole just to see how he handled the situation. You could see the gears turning in his head...
• Homes, there were hundreds of potential and 5 actual witnesses that I know of- I mean come on man! It would suck to man up to a stupid mistake like that but don't make things harder than they have to be for everybody involved.
• As my dearly departed sainted granny would say, Sometimes in this life you just have to take your lumps with your gravy.
• Although I am not sure exactly what she meant by that adage; I think it applies in that situation.
• The more I watch LL play the more convinced I am that it is very hard to overcome the inertia created by a strong pitcher and catcher on the opposing team.
• Zac still likes playing in the McDonald's playground. It makes me wonder if he will figure it out when he gets there or if I will have to tell him when he is too big. For that matter: if in my mind that time comes- should I tell him? 
• There is a maybe 12 year girl sitting near us wearing makeup. Not in this lifetime if she were my daughter. She might as well start picking stripper names.
• Update to the hit and run story: I could not reach my legal team this weekend as I assume they were doing what all high powered lawyers do on the weekend- getting their toes sucked on their yachts by super models but I did hear back from the chief of our law enforcement division. He had this to say: If the damage to vehicles was less than 200.00 it is a ticket. If the damage is more than 200.00 it is a county jail offense.

When I Drink Alcohol Everybody Says I Am An Alcoholic

When I drink Fanta- nobody says I am fantastic.