Posts in the “personal” category

Whenever I think about Tom Petty, the first things I think of are the song Free Fallin’, and the Wildflowers album. Other great songs are Runnin’ Down a Dream, Mary Jane’s Last Dance, and Learning to Fly. But today I’m thinking of The Traveling Wilburys’ End of the Line:

Well it’s all right, even if you’re old and grey
Well it’s all right, you still got something to say
Well it’s all right, remember to live and let live
Well it’s all right, the best you can do is forgive.

“Saw Gerrera used to say one fighter with a sharp stick and nothing left to lose can take the day. They’ve no idea we’re coming. They’ve no reason to expect us. If we can make it to the ground, we’ll take the next chance. And the next. On and on until we win, or the chances are spent.” ~ Jyn Erso

It’s not a stretch to say that the last 55 minutes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story are as good as any movie I’ve ever watched.

“The Chicago Cubs reached the postseason for the third straight year for the first time since 1908.”

In other news, the Great Chicago Fire was in 1871. :)

After a while you both get used-to and tired-of seeing medical bills like this (a bill from my recent surgery).

It’s a little weird to think I left my appendix in Alabama, my gallbladder in Alaska, and my thyroid and now some additional parts in Colorado.

“There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.”

~ Mark Twain

I’d been thinking about buying a large cellphone (phablet) recently, and every time I mentioned it to a woman, they immediately asked, “Do you know how small the pockets are in women’s pants?” That makes me think there’s a market for women’s pants with larger pockets.

“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.”

~ Herman Melville

This is a nice, smart, compassionate response from the owner of the Miami Dolphins, to the president of the United States, who continues to embarrass himself and everyone that lives here.

Every once in a while someone asks what writing a book is like. For me, it usually looks like this. I hate to waste paper (and I recycle almost everything), but I think much better on paper.

“The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are ... good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the Sun shines out your ass. That’s the kind of person that’s worth sticking with.”

~ from the movie Juno

“You process things a little better when you put pen to paper.”

~ Trevor Siemian, Denver Broncos QB on something he learned from Peyton Manning (and something a professor told me in college many years ago)

I watched The Time Traveler’s Wife for the first time tonight (I think). It was very good, but I wish he could sing.

Just found a checkbook from the college years. Balance peaked at $271, almost half of the “balances” were below zero.

This is an image from a calendar I found in Boulder, Colorado a few years ago. Each month had a different “peace” or “love” image like this one.

A “Luke/Vader” light switch. Clever. Geeky.

Shortly after a dream in which people were trying to kill me with guns that shot carrots (to which I replied, “I get the metaphor, can we move on?”), I had another dream in which a woman picked up a stone, turned it over, and showed it to me. A burning image of Jesus on the cross was on this other side.

Skipping over some stuff, it eventually reminded me of this quote: “Jesus said, ‘The Kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you, not in mansions of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift a stone, and you will find me.’”

(notes from a dream on september 3, 2016)

I don’t know how my father was raised, but at times he could be domineering, mean, and negative. That has created a “cause and effect” karmic ripple that continues to influence people generations later, and long after his death.

(To be clear, he wasn’t all bad.)

westword.com has this great interview with Alfred Williams. He’s a former football player who played at the University of Colorado, and then played for the Broncos at the end of his career, helping them win two Super Bowls. These days he’s on the radio, and he’s great to listen to in the afternoon. He seems like a really nice guy, and I’ve wondered how he gets along with his radio partner, who occasionally doesn’t seem like a nice guy, and the article touches on that.

A corn farm in Spring Grove, Illinois created this nice tribute to the Chicago Cubs World Series win. From the article, “the maze is a full 28 acres of land with about 10 miles of trails.”

Eddie: How’s it going, man?

Tito: I’m okay.

Eddie: Yeah? Sure? ‘Cause you look like you got a little hitch in your giddyup.

From the movie, The Heartbreak Kid

(A friend said a similar thing to me recently.)