The Lack And The Inability To Deal With It

He was the type of individual that stilled blamed his parents for a horrible childhood long after he had reached the age when he should have realized that they were doing the best they could with the limited abilities and resources they possessed.

Neither his mother nor father had ever abused him in any way, mentally or physically. They simply were not of sufficient means to provide him with all the clothes, toys, presents, etc. that the parents of his friends could bequeath them.

And he blamed that lack of material goods and his parents failure to keep up with the Joneses for his current situation, which was admittedly dismal, but which was also 100% his own fault.

If his parents could be blamed for anything it could be for trying too hard to make his childhood as comfortable as his friends appeared to have it instead of just living within their means. Their reluctance to let him suffer the pangs of want likely had more to do with his seemingly permanent state of dissatisfaction than anything else.

The Difficulty In Discussing Sports With Social-Political Idealists

 "In the future, when individual wealth accumulation has been made illegal, free education is available to all, and the state guarantees food, clothing and shelter along with universal health care, then and only then will mankind know true equality!"

'Uhm, okay, that's all very well and good, but I'm asking what your thoughts are regarding the new NFL procedure for resolving games that end regulation play in a tie score, not for your Wellsian influenced Utopian ideals."

Get Your Minerals, Fossils, Gems & Jewelry Off...

 Attended the 2022 Denver Mineral, Fossil, Gem and Jewelry show at the Denver Stock Show complex with JER the other day. 

Fascinating subculture, that.

 

Mirror, Mirror

 

The Fair Turnabout

 After nearly two decades of marriage the couple agreed that this was the year they'd start taking separate vacations. 

The husband went off by himself first - two entire weeks in a small Florida beach city with nearly every minute spent sport fishing.

The wife decided she was going to take in the Northern California wine country and off she went, two entire weeks spent sampling wines at vineyard after vineyard.

When the wife returned the first thing she did was to corner their youngest son and ask him, "Jeremy, while mommy was away did Daddy bring the cleaning lady into mommy and daddies bedroom?

"Yes he did mommy," young Jeremy replied, "Do you want to know what he did with her?"

"Come with me!" She said as she grabbed Jeremy by the arm and led him into the living room where her husband was watching the news.

"I've got the goods on you now!" She exclaimed angrily. "Jeremy, tell your mother what you saw your father doing with the cleaning lady!"

"Sure mommy," Jeremy said, "the same thing you did with the landscaper when daddy was in Florida last month."

Decidedly An Odd Sight

 Tall and thin black man on the corner

Just about half past ten in the evening

Wearing shorts and tennis shoes, no shirt

He had both hands wrapped around a broom handle

As if he was cradling a microphone on a mic stand

Singing his lungs out to the waxing crescent moon

He sang unrecognizable lyrics to an unrecognized song

With all the passion of a hyped up Al Hibbler

But none of the actual talent

Do Not Go Near The Hatch