David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust
Oct. 4, 2009 -- Dear Jude, I'm falling behind, last things first.
There are times when I write and then their are times when I just write. The coma thing for me is akin to singing in the shower. I don't care if I miss a note or two. But when I sing in Church I try to hit all the right notes and not sing in the nude. It's not that I'm lazy but when I write to friends I just talk on the keyboard and not worry as much about grammar.
As to you celibacy, there is something subliminal going on. Kama Sutra ice cream B & J's Hmm?
I like Mr. Keillor but here in the south we had Lewis Grizzard and his brother Ludlow Porch. Ludlow told the story about a woman shopping at the mall. She became tired and stopped to buy an Almond Joy candy bar. She sat down on a bench by the fountain and grabbed a piece of the candy bar. As she ate it she noticed a man on the bench looking at her strangely. She tried to ignore him by not making eye contact but then he reached over and took the last piece of her Almond Joy candy bar!
Not wanting to make a scene she just got up without saying a word. She thought about the strange man but tired to put it out of her mind and returned to shopping. After another hour and after not being allowed to finish her candy bar she purchased an ice cream cone. As she walked through the mall eating and window shopping she was distracted when suddenly the man appeared again and this time took a lick from her ice cream cone and just walked on!
Terrified and in a panic the woman headed straight for the exit! She threw the cone in the trash and ran into the parking lot frantically looking for her car. When she found it she was so upset that she had trouble opening her purse. She struggled to get the hand bag open and found her car keys right under her Almond Joy candy bar.
This sociopath is he a good guy or not?
I'm not much on media personalities so many of them are so full of themselves for a good time I'd rather climb Stone Mountain or do something, rather than listening to someone tell me about doing something.
Funny thing about AA, my family has a long and storied association with alcohol. My cousin was an AA group leader in Cincinnati and in his refrigerator were four beers. He said, "that if he couldn't quit with them right there, he couldn't quit." Years later I used the same formula to quit smoking. I carried the same unopened pack of cigarettes with me for a week. I understood what he was getting at, not having any made you pine for them. With them right there the issue became will power and not availability.
It is my firm belief that my ancestors were involved in the original invention of the product. So much so that my Uncle joined AAA! He said it's just like AA without the meetings and when you get pulled over for DUI you get free towing!
Calvin and Hobbs, well, I'm more of a Far Side guy. I did like the take on Calvin & Hobbs on Robot Chicken. All the adventures were in Calvin's mind and all the mischief was blamed on him as well and in the end he ends up in a straight jacket in the asylum while Hobbs stares at him laughing.
I really love "Breaking Bad" I got my son involved and he loves it too! I love how Walt has changed.
He's so dark now. Jesse too has changed, no longer the goofy devil may care kid. I can't wait for season three! I don't know who does the casting but the character of "Touco" scared me right through the TV screen. A really powerful performance, he was so good I hated to see him die!
I don't know if you've been on the Breaking Bad website but there is a message from Walt that you can personalize and send to your friends. Walt is talking about who the police are coming to arrest and there is a siren in the background. He's talking to his video camera and holds up the piece of paper with your friends name on the top of the list!
I love the Breaking Bad blog, all these chemists and Chemistry students, "Walt Rocks!"
Chemistry Rules!" It never occurred to me that Walt would become the champion for the thick glasses and pocket protector set!
I could just hear my long lost mother watching Breaking Bad, "You see! That's why you go to college! You can always make money with a degree! Even when times are hard you can find a way to make a living if you go to college!"
My wittle fingers are getting tired, both of them, so I will close now,
Dave
Check out David Glenn Cox's recent novel, The Servants of Pilate.