A Simple Pleasure Remembered
I stick my hand in the incredibly cold crushed ice and water in the old Coke box in my Grandfathers tiny grocery store.
Born in the 40's. The reincarnation of some anonymous soldier who died a few years after WWII .
I stick my hand in the incredibly cold crushed ice and water in the old Coke box in my Grandfathers tiny grocery store.
My wife will be watching her recorded shows (Dr. Phil, Biggest Loser, Judge Judy, etc.) on the TV in the bedroom. I will be watching some movie in the family room.
Things That Piss Me Off #1 My wife and I will be in line at the grocery store. We will be next in line for check out. Suddenly, my wife remembers something she needs.
I think most people are married because they don't want to be alone. I wonder how many are married because it is magic. Can you imagine what that would feel like. Seriously, try to imagine it.
She asked me, "Do you think it is possible to love the same person forever?" I said, "Yes." She asked me, "Do you think I am that person for you. Your forever person?" I said, "I'm afraid you are.
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.” ― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays.
Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes. William Gibson.
He no longer wished to be dead. At the same time, it cannot be said that he was glad to be alive. Paul Auster, City of Glass.
Never go straight. Always go forward..
She had plucked her eyebrows for him. She knew he came in on Tuesdays. Thus, begins a love affair..
"When fascism comes to America, it will pretend to eat grits." - Sinclair Lewis.
Yesterday, like ever other day, I walked the dog up to the park and back. As we were approaching my house, Katie veered off the sidewalk toward the mailboxes. I can’t tell you how disappointed I was.
I have been alive in eight different decades. Sure, I was born just a few weeks away from the 50’s, and it’s only 2012, but still, it’s true enough.
I had just downloaded an MP3 from the Internet. There it sat on my computer. Just a bunch of bits and bytes. If something happened to my computer, I guess it would be lost forever.
When my wife and I go through the drive through line at Taco Bell, she frequently insists that I ask for extra cheese on her bean burrito.
English Leather came in its own little wooden box. It looked kind of like what you would see in a cedar chest.