so, this happened:
i went into a local quick shop this morning. the lady behind the counter was watching the gameshow, the price is right on the television over in the corner. i was clearly interrupting. when she finally noticed me i felt embarrassment at taking her away from matters of such import. i set my purchases on the counter and she rings me up.
her(with great enthusiasm): ah, bob barker! i can’t believe he’s retiring!
me: — i uh, didn’t know that.
her: i know! and they’re not replacing him!
me: –
her: I LOVE THAT SHOW! enter your pin.
me: — (entering my pin.)
her: I USED TO WATCH THAT SHOW WITH MY GRANDMA!
me:—(reaching for my things. slowly)
her:(hands me my receipt) it’s going to be HUGE when he dies. HUGE!
me: — (walking slowly towards the door. very slowly)
her: he’ll be on display for DAYS!
me: (running to my car)
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One should always be drunk. That's all that matters; that's our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time's horrible burden; one which breaks your shoulders and bows you down, you must get drunk without cease.
But with what? With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk.
And if, at some time, on steps of a palace, in the green grass of a ditch, in the bleak solitude of your room, you are waking and the drunkenness has already abated, ask the wind, the wave, the stars, the clock, all that which flees, all that which groans, all that which rolls, all that which sings, all that which speaks, ask them, what time it is; and the wind, the wave, the stars, the birds, and the clock, they will all reply:
"It is time to get drunk!
So that you may not be the martyred slaves of Time, get drunk, get drunk, and never pause for rest! With wine, poetry, or virtue, as you choose!"
Charles Baudelaire




















Perhaps it’s the job that gets to them in the end.
(I couldn’t comment on the last post. You are doing a great job with your boys, don’t forget that {{hugs}} )
that’s possible. i shouldn’t knock it until i try it, which i have no intention of doing.
(thanks. they’re good boys, better off without him for sure.