A.G.E's Joint

Sign on the road Estate sale, this way Items Merchandise Collected over a lifetime Here today, gone tomorrow They had great taste A watercolor of Coos Bay Next to a piece of driftwood They were One of my kind  

  So much stuff Collecting dust Celebrate as A collection. Piles in groups, And heaps. And leaps In my mind Can I run away From the detritus Around my space And simplify? Chances are I'll be 99 miles From L.A. Ignoring the sage advice.

 Many people have said it. Once in a while, a bonehead will come up with it. Years ago, my niece gave me a book titled "The Trenton Pickle Ordinance and Other Bonehead Legislation" (Dick Hyman, The Stephen Greene Press, (c)1976) with 115 pages of laws, that might have made sense at the time of enactment, but are silly today.  The titular entry reads: "It is unlawful to throw tainted pickles into the streets" It doesn't say when the law went into effect, but I assume it was before most were paved and horses could literally be in a pickle. Tainted pickles do stink of rotted cucumbers, so there is that.  If you are living in the Northeast, you might be interested in this law from Brawley, California: "It is forbidden to snow within the city limits." Then you have ones that seem Prohibition Influenced: "In the state of South Carolina, it is unlawful to sell pants with hip pockets." This was done to dissuade people from carrying flasks. My moth...

So, the challenge from Group Blogging is the Anti Bucket List?  The stuff you wouldn't do for love or money?  That is a challenge.  I have always been one to take a dare and do stuff I normally wouldn't.  but that said there are a few things I just can not see doing. 1) Jumping out of a perfectly good, flying airplane.  Sorry, folks. Unless there is a REALLY ugly Drill Sergeant with an M-4 at my back, I ain't doing it.  You can talk all you want about rushes and how pretty the scenery looks... 2) Likewise, jumping off high fixed objects.  Now, I actually used to jump off cliffs and stuff into a river, but I'm older now.  That sweet zone just doesn't look that big. 3) Drink Gin.  Gasoline tastes better. 4) Ride a motorcycle in traffic. Sorry, too many idiots to ride anywhere within 100 yards of a car. 5) Buy a house larger than 2500 square feet. All I need is a roof over my head, not a monument to my ego. Most of the houses construct...

This is the mausoleum Of wealth and privilege. Empty eyes on dusty objects On shelves arranged to impress. Their owners mouldering Standing on the marble floors. No spirit, no life In these rich walls. Just stuff For the children To throw out. 

I am convinced the computer system at work is a woman.  Every month she cramps up and refuses to work without electric Midol and Chocolate. Does anyone else think Progressive Flo is just a human used tampon? Alex Rodriguez is fighting his suspension from baseball.  Why?  Just retire and go away.  You've already ruined your body, your reputation and any good thing about you. On the same subject: other teams seem to be doing fine without juicing.  Like the Braves. Is Obama worse than Bush?  They have the same owner, so I can't really tell. "The SKY is falling!" says the Chicken Little Network.  No, it isn't.  It's just the more extreme of the crazies has not taken their medication.