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I'm not sure what I would have said even if there hadn't been a language barrier, tbh. Picture it -

This morning my dog was doing her squat in the street (me standing by holding bag and waiting to swoop) and a kid of about 3 toddled up and tried to kick her in the face. Whaaaaaaaaat? The dog is better-behaved than she was but the kid would have lost his foot if he’d connected. She doesn’t like kids at the best of times. I gently straight-armed him since the dog couldn’t move at that precise moment, and glared. The kid beamed up at me.

Elderly escorting grandfather said something gruff (I don’t think in Spanish) and then shouted words at me when my swoop left a smear on the road. Since I was holding both the dog’s lead and a small and revoltingly warm packet I mimicked the kid’s kick in adult and very mature response and stalked off feeling ruffled.

Hell, most people don’t even bother to pick up their dog turds, they leave them to become part of the road or swept up by the frequent street cleaners. Maybe he’s a retired street cleaner.

If it had been Scotland, and a wee Scottish bairn, and a Scottish-speaking grandpa, I would have said that kicking any dog in the face is probably asking for trouble. But then anyone stupid enough to need that said probably deserves to learn the hard way.

But learn what? Should I have mashed the pickup into the kid’s face? Has he gotta learn that even when dogs don’t bite, owners do? Or do I just hope the next dog he tries that on is one of the few pit bull terriers that is NOT good with kids?

Morning all. You can bring it on, I feel scrappy.

I have been noticing a large increase in local funerals by me for the past 6 months or so. I never said anything but I have been paying attention.

Just last night, I overheard a member on my pool team talking to another guy about how people he knows are dying. He said, in the past week, he went to 3 of them.

I am curious. I remember after the vaccine was administered, there had been some reporting on excess deaths. I wonder if they are still monitoring that today?




Stay safe everyone.

The day is hot
The sand burns feet
I sit on a towel, watching
A tadpole swimming
I adore the vision of a child

The day is hot
I watch, worried
As my minnow swims beyond
As she thinks beyond years
My minnow is one with the water

The day is hot
My minnow is now a fish
Elegant and beautiful
One with the water
She makes ripples that match the water's

I am in love with nature
Her nature that is one with water
As she swims
A sight to remember
As I reminisce of hot days and towels on sand

I went fishing today. We slipped at first light on a wind still but heavy overcast morning. We even had a few drizzles but when the clouds lifted, the sun was merciless. Wearing a hat on the big water does not help much. The sun gets you off the water and it got hold of me properly.

The water was a bit murky and we had no luck on the first reef we tried. After forty minutes of nothing, we moved off to another reef. I got my first bite before the sinker hit the bottom properly. Jimmy hooked one before I had my fish on the boat and we got all excited but then it went quiet again. Just as we were about move to another reef, Patrick hooked another red roman. Then I got a white stump nose and Jimmy landed another red roman.

By then three of us had two each but Basil, the owner of the boat, had nothing yet. We had just started mocking him when he hooked something big that put op a hell of a fight. While he was fighting with his fish, I landed another red roman. When he got his ‘fish’ close enough to see it, he discovered that it was a small shark; about a meter in length. He had to cut his line and the stream of words that followed, cannot be repeated here. Not the stuff that we learned in school.

Then it went quiet again and just as we were about to haul in to move again, Basil opened his account with the biggest fish of the day. That is about how the day went. A little flurry followed my long periods of nothing. In the end, Patrick got six, Basil and I got five each, and Jimmy had to settle for four. I must add that we got about ten other fish but they were under size and went back into the drink.

All in all, a disappointing day but the consolation is that I won’t be gutting fish all evening. Three red romans and two stump nose are better than nothing. Maybe we will have better luck tomorrow. The plan is to go to sea again.


Have a good day or what is left of it.

Different Types Of People In The World

Good Morning

I remember being told by my father when I was very young, "you tell somebody you are going to do something, you do it." I have always lived me life with this motto in mind.

It finally occurred to me tonight. Your word is your bond (well...always knew that but never gave it really any thought). The less you stick to your word, the less significant you become in this world. Of course, the opposite is true. Sometimes, your word can influence many people at once, both in positive and negative ways.

For example, you tell your close friend Jim, "Hey Jim, I going to be over in a few minutes." Then, you do not show up. Jim was counting on you to show up and you never do. Before you know it, Jim is telling his friends about you. Your being, in the eyes of Jim and his friends, has just become less significant. Again, the opposite is true.

Your false word is easily detected, because your behavior does not match up. In other words, you are not being congruent. For you men out there, women watch for that. But, if you are a genuine person, you will not need to be careful....just be yourself.

Of course, some men watch for this in women also.


Just an insignificant thought I had on my way back home tonight.

“Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things.
But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.”
? Steven Weinberg




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.life is a joke. So do not get too upset when it goes shit shaped

the bottle is your friend