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My life – and I imagine that this applies to almost everyone – is filled with “what if’s”.  What if I had done things differently.  What if I hadn’t done what I did. 
These are the kind of things a man with too much time on his hands thinks about.  It is a foolish waste […]

Felling frustrated because I don’t allow comments? 
Tell you what I’m going to do – as an end of the month special, I’ll open up this entry for you to comment on anything you please. 
Comments will be open and this post will remain on top for two or three days.  I might even repeat […]

My life has been marked by any number of special, memorable occasions – I guess yours has as well.  Take yesterday, it was one of those unforgettable times – I had to give a urine sample.  Now you’re probably saying: big deal, everyone has done that lots of times.  Well maybe, but have you ever […]

I don’t know, maybe things aren’t all that bad around here.
I’ve got a friend who’s sitting at home waiting for the phone to ring.  Been there, done that one.  People with jobs, or more accurately, people with the power to give someone else a job, seem to forget what it’s like to sit there waiting, […]

“If you didn’t have the (medical) coverage you have, you’d be dead.”  I’ve been told that – in those exact words.  I’ve been told that had I not the wherewithal to pay for my treatments, they would have let me die.
That, boys and girls, is the way it is today.  Were you aware of that?  […]

I never wanted to be old – it has nothing to do with aches and pains, wrinkles and crow’s feet, I never wanted to think old.  Old people always seemed to be unable to talk about anything but - if you’ll pardon the expression – the “good old days”.  When you’re part of the here […]

I’ve pointed out before that I live in a state of denial – but that doesn’t begin to describe my sad state of affairs.  Delusional might come closer.
Do you know what I just spent the last two hours doing?  Go on, take a guess – you’ll never come close.
I – a house bound, legally blind […]

She was all legs when she showed up on the front porch three years ago – so thin and scared.  Since we didn’t know her name, she became known as the little girl.  Since then she has grown into a fine companion, a member of our family.  A sweet and gentle friend, who spends most […]

I got troubles, you got troubles – we all got troubles, don’t we…
So often life is mundane – nothing really good happens, nothing really bad.  And then there are the peeks and valleys  - the highs and the lows.  We’ve all had them, because that’s the way life is.
Yet there’s something about it – life […]

Quality of life – it’s a phrase often used, but what does it really mean?  The answer is, it means different things to different people – quality of live is relative.
It is something best left to the poor bastard living it to judge. 
Would it shock you to learn that I have spent a fair […]