We all know how the Russians are trying to meddle in our election. Their main objective is to stir up discontent and cause confusion in every country in the world. Well, I know what they are doing here in the USA. They are breaking into people’s homes (I have a guess how) and they still one sock from each pair. How else could I have 100 unmatched socks? Think about it, if everyone runs around with just one sock, they are going to be a little uncomfortable and might be more inclined to do something crazy, like trying to throw their sons’ drums away (not that I would ever do such a thing). Anyway, I think it is very important we all watch the doggie door and our sock drawers.
So folks I want you to know that I just broke 6000 miles on a tank of gas on my plug-in Honda gas-electric hybrid. If you are unsure about all-electric cars, try a hybrid first. With a $9000 total tax credit it makes a lot of sense, plus it is good for the environment.
Sept 28 - Oct 4
“Lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely”… you know the song. So during the pandemic, one of the ways I found to get through the rough times was to go out and feed the fish in our pond. We have a pond fed by a year-round stream. When I started I had about thirty 6 to 8 inch natural fish, and when I went out the pond would just churn with excitement. So this went on, and soon after I had a family of ducks move in and it became more of a party. Then to my astonishment, I had a family of otters move in as well. Well now things were really moving and I felt I was the grand party maestro. However, I soon started noticing a significant drop in the number of fish, and of course, to my disappointment the otters dumped me. Then the fish were totally gone and the ducks dumped me. Now I feel like the teenager who had a party that no one came to. So I started singing the song, and that is when my wife threatened to leave me.
Sept 21 - 27
So, I just want to ask you something. When you come across an old set of drums in the garage that your son has misplaced (how you misplace drums I do not know), do you:
Alert your son to his favorite instrument so he can go about entertaining the entire neighborhood?
or...Do you put them at the bottom of the garbage can and cover them with anything so no one ever knows the wiser?
Sept 14 - 20
It is a proven scientific fact that brain cells are killed off by stress. Well, I wish I was here to tell you that I still had some of those, what do you call those things. Before the great recession, I think I still had a million of those babies, however by the end of the recession I was down to about half of that. Then I got the notice I had to close the Fair Oaks location. That stress brought them down another half. Ok then came the fire and 30 months of dealing with insurance people brought that number to a quarter of the last total. Ok, let me get a calculator and figure where I was then. Uhhh, ok that is about 62,000 of those things. Then the pandemic comes along and takes another half and then the fires and smoke come and there goes another half. Ok, bring the calculator again, and I am down to about 15000. Now, this morning I get a call at 5:45 to find out we had no power at the Sunrise restaurant. That by the way was why we were closed on Saturday. So that brings me down to, what was I talking about? So I think that leaves me with enough of those cute squiggly things to finish this sentence. I hope.