Laser focussed on getting his way, LOL!!

Thank You!

hmm...bloated cats - sounds like a rock group, lol ...speaking of cats, we were wondering if we should put our own resident feline on a diet. I consulted with our vet. She took one look at Thomas' face

gli umori sono come il tempo - non può sempre essere soleggiato

Yes, so classical in a way - a soul returns from the dead to address the living. And that's the problem with guilt - if you don't admit it and quit it, the emotion lingers and turns into self-pity which

That reminds me of Russia, at least decades ago under the Soviet regime, where thousands would gather to hear a poetry reading by Pasternak, Vosnesensky or Yevtushenko...and if they forgot the words, the

Very perceptive! Of course, denial is not just a river in Egypt and everything has to be faced eventually. For now, Tessa is left out of the loop having lost not only her best friend, Lorraine, but her

That comment so encouraging, my friend - I also was thinking about this the day I wrote the poem - I was thinking about Northrop Frye, my old Professor, and a book he wrote called the Educated Imagination

Thanks, Arthur - always a good comment or observation :)

that's odd - I saw it on my edit page and it wasn't sent, so I pressed post - I agree, that's weird

Strange there are no son-in-law or daughter-in-law jokes - I wonder why that is? LOL!!

so true about accents...you can do wonders in the sound studio - make a person sound better - but can you make him sound sensible? I'm thinking of Trump here :)

ha ha, good old days indeed!

Ha ha, my favourite part was the guy being tossed out the door - nice mist effect in that scene - You're a natural, Alan - quite an interesting accent (Canadians sound like Christopher Plummer) but then

we not only get other people's mail but are constantly getting telemarketers trying to sell us on duct cleaning service over the phone even when i tell them we don't have ducts but electrical baseboard

That last one is so true...take up your bed and walk, all for a promise of a case of brew :)

ha ha, I have been burned co-signing for family - you can't take out a contract on your in-laws but it's funny how quickly they become outlaws, lol

Love the second meme - the photo taken from the iconic Home Alone :)

Words are one degree removed from reality and thereby create their own world - and once you get into allusions and subtext you can get lost with no GPS or way to navigate at all. It's a skill and an art

So . sad and true, Arthur. Even primitive man recognized that and tried to defy time and change by erecting stone monuments