Absolutely real!

Driving dangerous curves across the dirty sheets

When she’s wound up, and her parents are gone
Man you oughta hear her when the sirens on
Tell me, brave captain, Why are the wicked so strong?
How do the angels get to sleep, when the devil leaves his porch light on?

—-Tom Waits
(I paraphrased brief snippets due to the Bang! being a family publication.
(Extremely uncharacteristic of me, I left out a word and changed the phrasing slightly that could be used to disparage women. i know people who have daughters and it might someday be important that they know I treated almost all the sisterhood with deep respect and a sense of fear and awe.)
In full disclosure, Tom said, “when the bitch is wound up, and her parents are gone, man you oughta hear her when the sirens on!”

See also…

“Reasonably happy, most of the time” — I say that more often than not in meetings. It’s a good moon to shoot for.

crucifying the insincere was billy corgan’s idea, i assumed you know. i threw the gloaming on there in a fit of unreasonable happiness.

I am:
mostly better. most of the time.

Nice! 😊

Yep, Morgan has two boys and a girl. They’re great kids, bonded in a look out for each other kinda way. I wished I lived closer to them.

You said once something along the lines of… “you can never go wrong being a better person.” Being kind is regular goal of mine. Keeps me from doing more of the “shit i’d like to take back” kinda stuff.

But…some junior high kids just might have it coming.

t: have a look at my nephew Joe’s FB page. his little girl Lexie is something me and my brothers were not besides a girl: she’s kind. Lexie is my great niece. do you have any greats yet?

my brothers and i were evil little brats. we did shit i’d like to take back. we were little kids, i’m talking before puberty, but we were MEAN!!!

i only been in a couple real fights in my life and i beat ‘em both bloody. (translation: they were real pussy’s, but still) one of those boys is a great big man today and i swear he still gives me a wide berth.
i was kind of out control with one of them.
sam roger’s, the teacher at jr. high?
he picked me up by the scruff of the kneck off of this kid.

and:
prepared for twilight,
scanning departures, etc

jts
:)

in the gloaming:

we’ll crucify the insincere tonight.

:)

They gave me a little love on Twitter when I posted the same thing… so maybe all is not lost.

it’s never gonna be what you expect or from where you expect it. it’s always gonna be under a bo tree or something equally as unlikely. i’ve said it before on these pages: Unreasonable happiness is your birthright. No need to claim it, like it’s behind some counter. It’s already here. Just put it on. Like your coolest socks. You’ll feel more confident and your smile will sparkle. Also, BIll Maher has some unlikely things to preach.

“All the things I’m missing. Good vittles, love and kissing are waiting at the end of my ride.” 😎

a birthday movie was a tradition for a couple of years. in retrospect, i suspect he wanted someone to go with. we went to the Godfather 2 two years later.

Thanks! It’s one of my favorites of cat.

The Godfather at 12 is pretty badass. 😊

my dad took me to see The Godfather when i was 12. it seems like i felt cool.

i like this.