I’m thinking of making mix tapes this way from now on!
Proof that I’m getting curmudgeonly in my old age, as evidenced by my mail folders..
Jim Says:”I am two parts diamond, some say three parts dirt. I say no one moves, nobody gets hurt.”
On April 20, we lost a much loved member of our family. Our 13 year old black Lab “Mac” slipped away quietly around 11 in the morning. He had been unwell for the better part of two weeks and did not suffer.
Mac taught me his own special version of “fetch”. That was when I would throw a frisbee, he would chase it down and catch it mid flight, then drop it on the ground, and run back to where I was. Once there, he would sit and stare at me as if to say, “Are you going to get it and throw it again, or what?”
Jim Says: “I’ll miss you, buddy. You sure knew how to turn a house into a home.”
I’m currently in “The Peach State” aka “The Empire of the South”, or as most may know it, Georgia. I’ll be here for 3 weeks on business and this is my third time in the hometown of Coca-Cola. As you might imagine, a Pepsi drinking yankee ain’t exactly a perfect fit down here. Don’t get me wrong, I’m staying at a five star hotel and getting the royal treatment and really enjoying many of the people I’ve met, but I am by no means a “southern kind of boy”.
I have no individual complaints with this town, I am just about as much of a square peg in the roundest possible hole that you can find when I get south of the Manson-Nixon line. Much like my ill fated trip to Florida 5 years ago, (which I wish I could call “do over” on, but I digress) I just feel completely out of place. I think part of the problem is I just haven’t found the “funny” here. Normally, when I rail on something, the rant comes out as a humorous tirade aimed some benign target. (Just ask me about Star Wars the next time you see me.) I haven’t found that here, yet. Having the weekend to myself, and being able to wander at my leisure with my camera. I’m sure I can find something.
Anyway, that’s the world as I see it. I’m off to the party suite to hang out and relax. I’ll be pretty available the next couple of days, so feel free to call.
Jim Says: I’m fixin’ to head over yonder.”
May the Fourth be with you!
(giggle)
