Ramblings of an American Madman

Ramblings of an American Madman - Just another Day - just another day in the life of a guy so full of joy and happiness - a guy so grateful for the wonderful people around him - a guy so grateful for a loving family and so many caring friends - a guy so grateful for the support and help in my continued quest for complete peace - OH MY GOD! If I were so inclined, but I am not - what a syrupy sweet spewing of niceness - wow - not sure what happened - must be feelin' the "holidays are just about over euphoria" - oh, how the hell do I know - know what I mean?
Yes, thank you for all the well wishes while I was recuperating - this is the first page full of words submitted since the "incident" - the brain is a delicate object and I am told functions best when connected to another part of your body but can't remember which part that would be - but thank you for the encouragement and strength to rebound and continue my journey - one step at a time, one day at a time - anyway - what has everyone been up to? How was the day? Ok!
Started today and previous days since we last encountered with ceramic mugs filled with hot goodness I like to call 'Love' - some people call it 'love' - I prefer 'Love' or coffee works too - pretty lazy the last couple of days - winter time is like that - do what you can indoors - hole in wall where I have been banging my head - and other stuff - Xmas is packed away for another year - always get a feeling of a fresh start to the new year when the last Xmas ornament is neatly crammed into the storage space designated for seasons - we have Fall stuff, Spring stuff, Halloween, Easter, Valentine's Day, 4th of July, Canada Day and all other seasons and holiday decorations neatly crammed into their designated place - cataloged and filed in alphabetic order and by calendar sequence - what really threw me off years ago was the whole Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday consolidated into one holiday - had to redo the whole storage system - then throw Martin Luther King in the mix - talk about not knowing where to start - heck I didn't know where to start - that's what I am talking about - anyway - my life, you know!
So I heard something about a guy trying to blow up a plane - wait a minute - every time I get on a plane I almost have to get undressed - although I learned you should wait for them to ask before taking your pants completely off to show them your 'weapon' - I was told that not everyone calls it their 'weapon' and it is ok to take on the plane, just don't show everyone - so how did some guy on a terrorist list get on several flights with pants full of explosive? Anyway...
It wasn't so much the cement walls that bothered him, it was the color. Cement or concrete should never be painted gray. It's concrete, it's gray already, don't enhance the grayness of the concrete. He would have settled for any color besides gray. How about pink, maybe a bright orange? Concrete looks nice with a bright blue coating. Anything but gray. Did the world intend to completely punish him by painting an already gray substance even a grayer gray? It wasn't so much the cement walls that bothered him.
Big Larry and Hambone wish all of the patrons of the Stage Stop a very merry christmas and don't worry - the roller dog machine is being fixed and should be back in time for new years!
The ground was so frozen that even the heaviest of the pack left no footprint - Bye ho Bye!