Thoughts of a Common Man

I can’t fix anything. It’s actually kinda’ sad, to tell you the truth. Got home from work with a chance to write reports and be done at a decent hour. Wrote and sent the first one with no problem. Wrote #2 and went to save it and I got a message that said, “I don’t have permission to save to that directory.” What? I was doing the same thing, the same way as I’ve done it for years... ...now I don’t have permission? I called maintenance. “I’ll fix it, but you have to help with dinner.” So, she went to work and I cut the roast. After dinner, with the computer fixed and the reports out, we watched the show Chi. “I’m going to bingo,” Kathy said. “When the show is over just hit the input button, switch to HDMI 1 and turn to the YES network. Yeah. I couldn’t do it. I had a black screen. She texted me and I explained my problem. She tried to talk me through it. “Forget it. I’m done.” Me and Melky headed up. Plugged the phone in... ...the charger was in and...

It’s hard to believe that the firefighters and police officers had to basically march on Washington to make sure that the funds were there for all those who suffered through sickness and death. It was 9/11! Remember to ‘Never Forget’? And it even took Jon Stewart and a couple of brave firefighters to go to Washington to embarrass the ‘leaders’ to do the right thing and make it permanent. No begging for money every year. So, it was a good day... ...and then the big liar ruined it. “I was down there. I wouldn’t call myself a first responder, but I spent a lot of time with you down there.” He didn’t. By all accounts he never set foot at ground zero. Even the lies he’s told don’t add up. He saw the Muslims celebrating on roof tops in New Jersey, right? He also called in to a television show and bragged that he now had the largest building. I don’t know why we let him ruin everything, but he does. What matters, I suppose, is that it actually passed both houses an...

My poor dog, Paris, has battled Addisons Disease for more than 5 years. She gets a shot each month and takes a prednisone tablet each day. The poor dog drinks water like a madman every day. And she’s usually racing around the house, chasing her tail, stealing bones from Melky. She got sick on Friday... ...just stopped moving. Sam sent me a text. “She’ll feel better when I get home,” I said. And Pair-Pair did respond to me, but she was definitely out of energy. She got her monthly shot and we hoped that would get her moving. On Saturday morning, in the middle of a conversation about her coming death, Paris came racing into the living room and jumped onto the couch. A little while later, she jumped into the truck and I took her for a ride around the neighborhood. Yet, she was only up for a little while, and since everyone else was out... ...it was up to me to keep an eye on her. It was also a good excuse to get off my feet, and get some rest. I got her to eat,...

I like Elijah Cummings. I find him to be a voice of reason, and he cuts through the bull crap when he speaks. He’s the real guy who tells it like it is... ...as opposed to the guy who gets credit for telling it like it is as he lies about everything. Someone should take the phone away from Trump on Saturday mornings because his ‘telling it like it is’ is blatantly racist lately. He called West Baltimore ‘infested’ and said that no human being wants to live there. In fact, he blasted all of Baltimore in a long-winded rant. I lived in Baltimore for about ten months. Had a blast. My cousins live down there. My sister and a couple of my college buddies call the area around Baltimore home. It’s a city that is rich in tradition, and the people are good and the food ain’t bad. Of course there are bad neighborhoods... ...there are bad neighborhoods in every city in the land. But there are most certainly human beings living in Cummings district. People who work, love t...

First off, cancer sucks! If I see or hear of one more person I know and love has been told the bad news I might throw up. I have a couple of old friends battling hard and one guy I’ve known for about 22 years is really struggling to catch his breath. I try and make him laugh a little. “How you feeling?” I asked when I saw him on Friday. “Sleep is rough and I can’t walk more than 50’ without gasping for breath. I hate cancer.” “You’re still whining about that?” I asked, and he laughed. And I’ve battled sore and tired and painful legs and hips, but it’s nothing compared to what he, and others are going through. “Just keep punching back,” I told him. “If you stop punching you’ll lose.” “I’m punching,” he said. “And when I swing my fist I’m outta’ air.” I played a round of golf on Thursday with my good buddies. Played lousy again with some great shots sprinkled in. Had a blast and forgot about leg pain... ...until the round was over and I was walking to my car. “W...

Every year, every baseball team gets beat badly on any given day. Yankees lost 19-3 to the hated Red Sux last night and that’s troublesome only because the Sux fans, who haven’t said much this year are suddenly awake. Now I’m forced to talk about the ten game lead... ...or the 27 titles... ...or the 86 years that went by where Boston won zip. And it’s all in good fun, I suppose, and there’s no Yankees love without Red Sux hate... ...but I’ll take a beating all day. I think back to my Boston buddy Joe Pugliese. We went to a Sux-Yankees game together at the old stadium. Dwight Evans hit a 3-run homer as I was buying us 4 hot dogs and 2 large beers. I got back to the seat and Joe was looking like the cat that ate the canary. “Know what happened when you were gone?” He asked. I had watched the bomb on the television monitor at the hot dog stand. “I know,” I said. “You look a little pale,” he said. “That’s because I’m worried,” I said. “Worried about losing?” ...

Bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath about his affair with an intern. He deserved it. So what has happened since? Adam Schiff: Russia attacked our election. Mueller: yes. Schiff: and the Trump campaign attempted to cover it up. Mueller: Yes. And no impeachment? Someone else asked Mueller straight up: Was this a witch hunt? Mueller: No. And the poor man... ...sat there for 7 hours answering questions about a report that no one read. Mueller didn’t answer a lot of questions. The lawyers asking the questions did their usual lawyer bull crap to the point of disgust. I wanted to punch my radio. Mueller wasn’t dynamic. He didn’t stray much from the report he wrote, and it was a report that was pretty open about the fact that Trump was trying to do whatever he could to obstruct the investigation. In the evening, the tweets started to fly. “The truth is a force of nature,” Trump wrote. I laughed at that. “Witch hunt!” And then the all caps: ...