The Grandson A friend, who worked away from home all week, always made a special effort with his family on the weekends. Every Sunday morning he would take his 7-year old grandson out for a drive in the car for some bonding time, just he and his grandson. One particular Sunday however, he had a bad cold and really didn’t feel like being up at all. Luckily, his wife came to the rescue and said that she would take their grandson out.
When they returned, the little boy anxiously ran upstairs to see his grandfather.
“Well, did you enjoy your ride with grandma?”
“Oh yes, PaPa”, the boy replied, “and do you know what? We didn’t see a single dumb bastard or lousy shit head anywhere we went today!”
Michael T. and I had breakfast together yesterday morning and he told me that Pat Buchanan, of all people, just gushed about Obama’s speech Thursday night. I happened upon the clip on the Internets if you want to see it at the link above ... Astonishing!
Michael and I talked for at least 3 hours about politics and some about religion. He is a man of deep spiritual faith and I am not so much. He is one of the few people I feel comfortable discussing religion with becasue he doesn’t take personal offense when I say the kind of unfaithful things I say. I am sure there is much we can agree on, but the few things that we differ on are at the heart of the discussion. It is good to have such discussions without rancor ... and that may be the mark of a true Christian ... the ability to address opposing views without being aloof and with enough humility to simply say “I don’t know” occasionally.
I took a 50 mile motorcycle ride later in the afternoon and it was much more fun with the new wind screen. I still have some troubles with my butt going numb. I had too much air in the seat cushion and that didn’t help. If I get too much air in it the air gathers in the void between my legs and when I hit a bump it mashes my boy bits. Not Good! Not enough air and it doesn’t work at all and my butt goes numb. We shall get it worked out eventually. I hope.
MjL 30 Aug 2008, 05:54 a.m.
I am touched and appreciative of your kind words. You also deserve considerable credit for not making it too difficult for me. Clearly, you show respect of my views whether you agree with them or not and you could be offensive about it if you chose to.
Michael T. 30 Aug 2008, 9:49 p.m.
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