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Aging Hippies, Part III"NOTHING IS LIKE IT SEEMS BUT EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY LIKE IT IS"
August 17 3" X 5" CardI've come to the conclusion that this isn't a blog or a drive-through and that the internet isn't high-tech news at all.
It's more like the outdoor cork bulletin board at the farm store in town plastered with odd chunks of notebook paper and 3" X 5" cards. Here are some examples:
1. Wanted desperately (next few words illegible due to raindrops falling on water-soluble ink).
2, For Sale: Old baby clothes and a .22 autoloader. Call (phone number ripped off by somebody who wants either baby clothes or a rifle).
So I get a call:
Caller: "I'm calling about the 4WD ATV you have for sale."
Me: "I don't have an ATV for sale, sorry."
Caller: "I got your number from the bulletin board at the farm store downtown."
Me: "There has been some mistake, I had a card on that board but it wasn't about an ATV for sale. I've never owned an ATV and never will."
Caller: "What was your ad for?"
Me: "Not an ATV."
Caller: <CLICK>
I guess that's just the way it goes around here.
Music that somehow seems to fit: Joni Mitchell, Free Man in Paris
August 12 Not So Typical AugustUsually by this time of summer here in NNY the grass is brown, the rivers and the creeks are down, and it is as hot as Hades. The past few weeks have been rainy and cool. In between raindrops and thundershowers and hail I've been trying to keep up with the lawn mowing. I've had little time to myself but I am learning to live with it. We are adaptable creatures. "Ya can't always get what you want...."
The single, most enjoyable project has been listening to the Collected Works of J.S. Bach, 155 CD's, one at a time. It will probably take years to hear them all. Very well, I will cheat Death yet again in an attempt to hear every single recording in the collection.
Other projects: To learn Word 2007 (just updated an old 2002 version) and PowerPoint. Wish me luck. Not with the Microsoft tutorials.... with the business about cheating Death and getting in a few more warm, sunny days before summer ends.
August 07 News to Go; hold the onions Life around here is like circling an airport in a storm: can't land, flying blind, low on fuel and tired. High point of the week was making some dynamite tartar sauce: homemade mayonnaise, an additional shot of lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil, finely chopped green onions, olives and sour pickle, and a dash of chopped dill. I would have added capers but I ran out of them in July.
July 30 McCain HoroscopeYou are in line for promotion soon. All you have to do to win is keep your mouth shut and choose a fundamentalist Christian running mate who is younger than you. Piece of cake. July 25 Nostradamus Burger"One of these days you'll think of me, squirm in your seat, grin nervously, and wish to Christ that the guy sitting across from you at the moment would say something interesting enough to allow you to change the subject."
From Drive-through Horoscopes, 2008 and Beyond
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