Buzz Buzz Buzz

There's Always A Little Under The Surface

He'd said something
Or maybe it was just words to the effect
She noticed one thing
The delivery was spot on perfect

They spent the whole of the evening
Talkin' about chances never taken
They were not looking for any deep meaning
Just a chance at a dream before waking

She liked the feeling
Of being someone's special someone
Never intended to be so revealing
Never intended to peel every layer of the onion

Day Turns To Night, With A Spectacular Bit In The Transition Scene

Make Up Your Mind, I Haven't Got All Day

                   Good thing the city got the medians mowed while they had the chance...

First order of business for the day, open the front door

It had rained all night, but it was barely a drizzle now

Birds are in the trees, chirp, chirp, chirping away

A squirrel makes it's way across the telephone line highway

The couple from down the block are walking their dogs

An early morning jogger plods on by

It's a grand morning, even without much sun

So what's it going to be cat, are you going out or not?

He Thought He Knew Exactly How They Felt

He was once in the habit of attending the funerals of suicides

Just so that he could tell their coffins he knew exactly how They felt

Alone, unsatisfied, betrayed, disconsolate, angry

Tired

Of life, of people, of trying, of failing, of not being 

Anything

Of watching the scum of the earth win 

Always

Of watching wonderful people lose

Always

He would stand there

Wondering

 Why it wasn't his funeral

Why hadn't he been the one to 

Jump off the bridge

Throw himself into the ocean

Put a gun to his head

Swallow the rest of the pills in the bottle

String the rope over the rafters

Run the hose from the exhaust pipe

Drive right through the guardrail

Step in front of the train

One day it occurred to him 

That since he hadn't done any of those

Hadn't even considered doing any of the them

Then it was rather obvious

That he didn't really know how they felt

So he stopped going to the funerals of suicides

The Results Of A Six Week Rain

Here in Colorado, it has rained everyday or night for about six weeks straight, resulting in a doubling of the average spring rainfall. 

It has been a nuisance in some ways, as some areas of the state experienced serious flooding. However, it has been overwhelmingly beneficial for the most part, as the rain has filled nearly every reservoir to the brim, as well as replenished groundwater sources.

Of course, it has also resulted in some serious plant growth. My lawn has never looked this good, and the foothills that comprise the western border of Lakewood are greener than ever.

The street medians have become quite overgrown though - that picture above is of the median just down the block from my house - city employees started mowing yesterday, but it looks as if they ran out of gas about halfway through that particular stretch. Or maybe the weeds and grass beat the mower back...that is some tall and thick weed and grass.

Oh Yeah...I Was Supposed To Remember This Advice & Apply It

Many years ago I was given a few words of sage advice from an old man. Advice that I promptly ignored and forgot about completely until I was reminded of it today.

The words of advice were; 

   The key to living a healthy and happy life is remembering that half of all joy in life comes from developing your mind to the best of your ability, and the other half of all joy in life comes from developing your body to the best of your ability. If you only do one and not the other, you will only ever know half of the joy that is possible in life.

Or words to that effect - difficult to remember verbatim.

Guess I better start working on that.