Before I woke up this morning, I was having the best dream I've had in a long time.

I had met the love of my life as a young man, someone I've never seen before.

Our life unfolded in flashes as the years went by: Having a family, traveling, living in a huge old house.

The last image I saw was of us as an old couple lying in bed, talking about how wonderful our life had been and how we would carry on our love in the next life.

I woke up smiling today.

I went to a dream-interpretation site for fun to see what someone might make of this dream.

It said that my expectations were unrealistically romantic.

At my age, living alone, I don't see a problem with that.

In my opinion, if you stop dreaming you will wither and die.

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... if I hadn't heard it with my own two ears.

Overheard outside a conference room:

Person #1. "Our productivity has fallen way off."

Person #2. "We'll just have to keep having meetings until we figure it out, then."

You know, people get paid to write this kind of comedy.

50 years ago, when I was a teenager, it was the late 1960s. Adults then complained about our hair, our clothes, our music and our attitude. They also thought we watched too much t.v., so occasionally they would turn it off and make us do something else - preferably outdoors.

Today I hear the same complaints from adults about the kids now. Video games and cell phones have replaced the t.v., that's all.

Can today's adults turn off the distractions and make their kids do something else?

Food for thought.

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I like cats. I just happen to like dogs better. When I saw this commercial, I knew my case for why I don't have a cat had been made:


Women tend to like cats more than men do.

How many old men do you know of who have a house full of cats?

Think about it.

If I say black, some people will say white.

If you think someone is good looking, I might think they're ugly.

It's all about personal perception.

Such is life. How dull would the world be if everyone thought the same?

Remember:

Just because someone thinks differently from you does not make them wrong.

For without different thinking and passion, life would be dreary without hope of change.

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The security guard at work who had a heart attack at work. I found out that he had one at work and 4 more in the hospital.

I had pretty much decided he was a goner, even though I did include him in my prayers.

Well, guess what?

Friday night, 11 days after the heart attack, he was back at work, walking his rounds! I was shocked when I saw him and the first words out of my mouth were: "What the HELL are you doing here?" So he told me...

Yes, he had 5 minor heart attacks, caused by the valves closing in his heart. The doctor put a stint (whatever that is) in one valve, sent him home and after a week o.k.ed him to return to work!

He looked and acted fine, healthy even. I've seen other people after big heart attacks and they usually look like death warmed over, pun intended. This guy looked fit and happy.

Later, on my last break, I went outside and thought about what I had experienced. To say the least, medicine has come a long way in the last 50 or so years. And no matter what some people might say, I beleive in the power of prayer.

In my mind, I think I have been able to see a miracle.

Happily,

Life goes on.

If you don't like your looks, change 'em. Women can have a makeover. Guys can grow hair on their face, or shave it off.

No hair? No problem! Buy a wig or toupee. Have hair and don't like it? Change the style. Change the color. Shave it off or grow it long.

Don't like your clothes? Give 'em to Goodwill and buy new ones. You might even find something you like at Goodwill. Cheap!

Don't like your lifestyle? Take up yoga, or meditation, or just change your 'crowd'.

Don't like your car? Get a different one.

Don't like where you live? Move!

Don't like yourself? Look inside yourself and see what you need to do to be a better person, but...

DON'T blame other people or your surroundings. It's all you and you can change that.

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Having grown up in a college town, our perception of the weekend was different than a lot of other towns. Classes were over on Thursdays, so the students were ready to party. Bars would be more crowded on Thursday night than on Friday or Saturday.

So for those of you who feel like partying a day early, here's an oldie but definitely a goodie:


Have a great weekend, y'all!

... keeps the blues away.

Or maybe it keeps the 'critters' from taking over my brain.


Tough choice, sometimes.

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No, I generally don't write long blogs any more. I don't feel the need much. I suppose I may have exorcised a lot of demons.

For general purposes, I am a Mechanical System Engineer. Fancy way of saying janitor. Thanks to the movie 'Red Planet' for that description. Oh, and the janitor saves the day. HA!

That's all for now, folks. Continue with what you were doing.

Life goes on.

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