tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205016102024-03-07T14:00:59.920-05:00arteejeeA site of satirical musings, commentary and/or rhetorical criticism of the world at large.todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.comBlogger1192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-71873614394404667102021-12-18T15:51:00.000-05:002021-12-18T15:51:51.010-05:00Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 3, #41: Back Home<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Hello all. I am back home and feeling better after an 11 day stay at the hospital. I was short of breath whenever I moved around and doctors found I was retaining fluid. They were able to drain over 50 lbs of water weight while I was in their facility.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now the situation is bring monitored. I will keep everyone updated.<br /></span></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-76435321134592977032021-12-04T17:05:00.002-05:002021-12-04T17:05:43.917-05:00Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 3, #40: Little Things<p> <span style="font-size: large;">One and all, I've had a few rough weeks health wise, but I found this new video posted yesterday. Please enjoy until next time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/f0qO04Y9Pwk" width="320" youtube-src-id="f0qO04Y9Pwk"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Thank you all for continuing to be a part of my life.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-9772630323504368332021-11-21T08:18:00.001-05:002021-11-21T08:19:16.286-05:00Sunday Morning Post, Vol. 3, #39: Oh, Let's Have a Little Fun<p> </p><p> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Today, we should have fun at the expense of our own grief. The video selection this week is from an episode of "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again"; a BBC radio sketch show that pre-dated Python by a few years. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">There is not much to the video itself: a still shot of the composer/singer Bill Oddie and later Oddie with his Goodie mates: Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor. We lost Taylor earlier this year to Covid.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">What can we say: it's been a very bad year.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8RmLoyPI9qg" width="320" youtube-src-id="8RmLoyPI9qg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">(Thank you for reading and watching.)</span><br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-15842740044585632312021-11-13T13:31:00.001-05:002021-11-13T13:32:27.267-05:00Saturday Evening Post, Vol 3, #38: RIP Graeme Edge<p> <span style="font-size: large;">It was with some dismay that my morning newspaper had an announcement that Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge passed away earlier this week.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Another milepost of our youth gone from our sight. Bummer.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In any case I will post this video which shows his performance off to good effect. I heard a story years ago that the Moodies work was looked upon with such awe that their fans thought the group obviously had the answers to every thing that ailed the world: war, famine, political upheavel, etc. The band responded with this work. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">No, they didn't have the answers, but please let them know if you do.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Fifty years and the answer still eludes us.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N_J-hmyAS6c" width="320" youtube-src-id="N_J-hmyAS6c"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> R.I.P. Mr Edge.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading and watching.) <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-65847210595794760432021-11-07T07:27:00.000-05:002021-11-07T07:27:56.935-05:00Sunday Morning Post, Vol. 3, #37: End of the Year Health Issues<p><span style="font-size: large;">If you have been following along the last few weeks then you know that I had a bone marrow biopsy last week and three iron infusion sessions lined up for this coming week. Normally, that would be enough to deal with, but now...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I also have edema where a lot of fluid pools on the lower part of the body and exits the body through less than normal means. The fluid makes it way to the skin, forms a bubble/blister, then "poof" bursts and streams down the leg in to one's shoe or slipper. It's not a painful condition, but it is annoying as all hell.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The medical community recommends keeping your lower limbs up as much as possible and to wear compression stockings which are supposed to help improve circulation in the legs. Keeping the limbs up on a chair or stool while working a job at a computer? Not always feasible. And the daily ritual of putting on the compression stockings briefly sends my hypertension through the roof. Bluntly put, it's a bitch of a process.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I would just assume to be healed of this, but all signs point that healing from this condition is slow. In the meantime walking gets more difficult since fluid also accumulates in the prostate resgion.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I suddenly feel like someone has surgically attached a basketball to my crotch. Fortunately I am still able to function in that part of the body. This is good as the cardiologist weighed in with the order to double my Lasix intake. I hope that my increasing number of trips to the toilet every day helps, but that takes time to tell if there is a difference or not.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And time is on every one's mind this weekend as we go through the antiquated, agrarian cultural ritual of turning the clocks back. Yes, they try to put a positive spin on it by telling us you can get another hour's sleep this weekend. Or we can spend that extra hour hoisting one more round at the bar.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Water retention in the nether regions? Low iron in the blood? Trust me: I will be sleeping and not hoisting. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Please forgive me if I posted this song before, but it is hitting home today.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yiPtOVP-kec" width="320" youtube-src-id="yiPtOVP-kec"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading and listening.) </span> <br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-60135639180843459332021-10-31T09:35:00.000-04:002021-10-31T09:35:32.738-04:00Sunday Morning Post, Vol 3, #36 - Still Not Much to See Here<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Happy Halloween All!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I don't have much to report this week, medical wise. I hope to know more this time next week. In any case today we shall celebrate the day as best we can.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The blogosphere seems to be divided on how to mark the day. One side is going with old tried and true videos of Halloween classics. Then there is the Rocky Horror Picture Show camp.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Aw, camp! Where would we be without camp?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A few people have already posted The Time Warp. I will post the number sure to get the pearl-clutchers upset. Warrior Queen would have wanted to poke that pot, among other things.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bc80tFJpTuo" width="320" youtube-src-id="bc80tFJpTuo"></iframe></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sure, it's a bit tame now, but I know my audience.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Please enjoy the day and stay safe!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading.)<br /></span></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-41807974436689412372021-10-24T09:54:00.003-04:002021-10-24T09:54:51.659-04:00Sunday Morning Post Vol. 3, # 35: Not Much to See Here This Week<p><span style="font-size: large;">My mind is totally void of blog ideas this week. My younger brother just left for home after spending the night here and helping me with a project or two. Today I will do what I can. This week I have a few medical appointments and an appointment at the bank to set up an account for Anne Marie's estate. Otherwise another week to work from home.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I don't want to alarm anyone at this stage, but I will give this bit of news to the blogosphere: there is a bone marrow biopsy in my future. I hope it happens soon. I am having more episodes of fatigue and just no energy. I want to find out if I am having more than just anemia.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I'll keep everyone posted, no matter what.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime, I'm in the mood for more Elton John. This selection is relaxing and hauntingly beautiful. And yes, I do know the back story for this song.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p0xRsyhDqKA" width="320" youtube-src-id="p0xRsyhDqKA"></iframe><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(As always, thank you for reading and listening.) <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-61029983341771983542021-10-15T07:30:00.000-04:002021-10-15T07:31:18.215-04:00A Rare Friday Post: At 62<p><span style="font-size: large;">I am 62 today. In past years it would mean a nice card from Anne Marie, something to unwrap, and a dinner out. This year...62 is just a number.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I am 62 today, and a changed man from the one I was many years ago. I suppose I have been always been a moody person, but it only took one person to change all that. She awakened so much passion within me which I never realized existed inside. For now the passions are stored away again, waiting for someone or something else to unpack them. I am grateful and sad at the same time.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I know my present moodiness needs to be dealt with. I know I need to experience this so that I can fully appreciate happiness again when it happens. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A blogger nod to fellow birthday companion Raybeard. I hope he is back for a while. Happy Birthday, Raybeard. And I will try to do the same. Please visit him here: https://raybeard.blogspot.com/</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GlPlfCy1urI" width="320" youtube-src-id="GlPlfCy1urI"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, this song, for obvious reasons. <br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading and listening.)</span> <br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-24824290733954823942021-10-08T21:06:00.000-04:002021-10-08T21:08:50.420-04:00Abba Dance Party: Strike Three<p><span style="font-size: large;">We end our multi-week Abba tribute with songs that may not have been danceable, but memorable none the less.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Besides you can only needle a spirit for so long.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Voulez Vous</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A catchy melody so long ago on my AM station so far away.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/za05HBtGsgU" width="320" youtube-src-id="za05HBtGsgU"></iframe><br /></span></div><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Super Trouper</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, an international hit about a spot light. Go figure!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I had to run a super trouper when Dave Mason sang at my college. It was extra money I earned, even though I never ran a spot light for a show before. And I have never run a spot light again since that night.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The spot light I was given was a bit cantankerous. The light was not created by a filament, but rather by an arc of electricity emitted between two carbon rods. In this case the rods ran unevenly and I would have to shut down every 10 minutes or so to put in another rod.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The experience was not pretty, the roadies decided to dispense with my services after about 30 minutes, and the concert was cursed any way. Mason had a sore throat and cut his performance short. Ever the professional he would return at a later date to give ticket holders their money's worth.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BshxCIjNEjY" width="320" youtube-src-id="BshxCIjNEjY"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> The Winner Takes It All</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Well, we had to know the party would have to end someday. This one hit a certain chord with me. My heart had been broken before, but that year the pain was more unbearable than ever. Little did I realize what I would be feeling now...</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> It was released in the summer of 1980, but really got a lot of airplay that winter. It was a bad winter not just for Abba, but also for the rest of humanity. When it was over we had lost John Lennon and Abba was losing its innocence.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The song was written in the aftermath of the break up of Bjorn and Agnetha, but everyone agreed there were no winners in that event.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/92cwKCU8Z5c" width="320" youtube-src-id="92cwKCU8Z5c"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">When All Is Said and Done</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A song written about the other half of Abba breaking up. Aw, well. It was all very nice for a while.<br /></span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tUh4u-lYEhM" width="320" youtube-src-id="tUh4u-lYEhM"></iframe></div><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading, listening, dancing and whatever you want to do to enjoy the life we have while we have it.)</span><br /></p><p><br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-58767792254114165762021-10-02T17:25:00.001-04:002021-10-02T17:25:39.697-04:00Saturday Night Post, Vol. 3, #34: And The Secret Word Is....<p><span style="font-size: large;">I have no particular thoughts this week. I can't think of anything to commit to the blogosphere. I am also in one of my "No-Hurry-To-Be-Anywhere Moods".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">These have been happening a lot lately, but we will soldier on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As it happens today is the 131st anniversary of the birth of Julius Henry Marx, or Groucho to the rest of us. I cannot escape the day without a small tribute who made me (and so many others)<br /> laugh so much over the years.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My tribute is not your typical Groucho Marx encounter: it is in total silence. No rapid fire puns or insults. Just blissful silence.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes silence says more than every word that mankind has ever published. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O_fmUYyWSyE" width="320" youtube-src-id="O_fmUYyWSyE"></iframe> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading and laughing!) <br /></span></div> <br /><p></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-73542368358771042932021-09-25T07:01:00.001-04:002021-09-25T07:01:57.566-04:00Abba, Part Duex<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Time for another dance party featuring Abba, sure to raise the ire of the dearly departed Warrior Queen. I will cope.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Dancing Queen</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I confess. This was the first ABBA song I heard on my AM radio station that I did not immediately like. Perhaps it was my aversion to dancing, but for some reason (still inexplicable to me) why I didn't warm up to it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This became ABBA's biggest hit in America,. Shows you what I know!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xFrGuyw1V8s" width="320" youtube-src-id="xFrGuyw1V8s"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> Knowing Me, Knowing You</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Aw! Cold and dark winter! Now there's the stereotypical upper Scandanavian concept we know. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iUrzicaiRLU" width="320" youtube-src-id="iUrzicaiRLU"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Take A Chance On Me</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">An acapella hook! I loved it and still do. No points for copy-catting the Brady Bunch configuration at the beginning.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-crgQGdpZR0" width="320" youtube-src-id="-crgQGdpZR0"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Chiquitita</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Just a beautiful melody.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p4QqMKe3rwY" width="320" youtube-src-id="p4QqMKe3rwY"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Does Your Mother Know?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Seriously, does she, or is mother already out on the dance floor ahead of you? Shake it, Frida!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WkL7Fkigfn8" width="320" youtube-src-id="WkL7Fkigfn8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading, listening and of course, dancing!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Come back, Warrior Queen, so I can taunt you a second time!)<br /></span></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-26261623999386984212021-09-22T05:46:00.000-04:002021-09-22T05:46:38.842-04:00Forever Autumn<p><span style="font-size: large;">This is a special mid-week entry to mark the change of our season. I have marked this change by posting this video in past years, but this year the season seems more appropriate with my mood. It is, in my humble opinion, one of the most hauntingly beautiful recordings made in the rock era.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In the past the lyrics have been melancholy to me. This year they will be cathartic.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Honestly, I can't remember if autumn was Anne Marie's favorite time of year or not. Her love, or perhaps obsession, with loud,vibrant colors in her knitting projects would certainly make me think that autumn was the season to end all other seasons for her. The others wouldn't matter. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/77rinB5pYqA" width="320" youtube-src-id="77rinB5pYqA"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, this will be helpful to me. I hope it can do the same for everyone who knew her.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading and listening.)<br /> </span> <br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-28489870069302998762021-09-18T06:43:00.000-04:002021-09-18T06:43:32.635-04:00Saturday Morning Post, Vol. 3, #33 - The Poomf Explained<p> <span style="font-size: large;">I have a full weekend planned. My brother will be down to help out with a few projects. Then, on Sunday, I will be meeting up with the other officers of our AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders) for a luncheon at a nearby sports bar and grill. I anticipate that we will have to wear masks while indoors and show proof of immunization. It will be nice to see these ladies again; I am the only current officer who is a male. We have had monthly Zoom meetings, but we have not seen each other face to face in over a year.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, this will be a short post, but one that will clear up the mystery of The Poomf.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure many couples develop their own private ways of communications over time. A certain facial expression from one partner to the other should tip off the second partner of how to proceed with whatever is being discussed. The "look" could mean anything from "I totally agree with you on your point," to "Choose your next words carefully. They may be the last words you ever speak in this lifetime!" </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In my marriage to Warrior Queen she came up with a playful way to get a certain point of view across. She would stand behind me, draw her knee up sharply into my buttocks and say, "Poomf!" I don't know where she learned to do this or what inspired her to do this, but it would happen to me a number of times during the first years we were living together. All I know is I would do or say something to merit me getting a "good poomfing." An authentic, but gentle kick in the pants. No rubbish.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Her action would be playful. There was never any pain or hurting involved. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Some may think that this was abuse, but I played along and did not (to my recollection) retaliate more violently. I am old-fashioned; I would never strike a woman. I will admit that sometimes some members of the gender deserve a good and proper spanking, say at the hands of a professional like John Wayne. Besides sometimes I would got the opportunity to poomf Warrior Queen.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If this admission gets me banned from consideration for hosting "Jeopardy," then so be it! <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So, that's the story of the Poomf. Sorry, I don't have any diagrams to illustrate it, but I think people will get the idea from my description.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Some week soon I will do something on this blog* that WQ will undoubtedly poomf me for doing. It is a punishment I am willing to accept. I dearly miss that attention....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">*I.E. 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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">ABBA Dance
Party, Part Uno</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This maybe
the anger portion of the grieving process taking over,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m in a rebellious mood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Recently there was a dreary, rainy Saturday afternoon and I was sick and
tired of being depressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I brought up Youtube
and played Abba’s Greatest Hits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Strange, the
music is making me feel happy again.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So, let’s
start the healing process and get this out of our systems now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The posting of these videos will definitely
bring me a “poomf” from the other side.*</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In the order
that the songs appeared on my AM radio in 1974:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WATERLOO.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I’m a
history major and I learned more about this decisive military engagement from
hearing this song on the radio then in any history class I ever took.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aw, well, better learned than lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, can Bjorn’s guitar get any more
glam?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">SOS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">MAMMA MIA</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I DO, I DO,
I DO, I DO</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I always loved
the saxophone hook on this song.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
recording probably did as much for saxophones on a pop music recording as Wings
Mull of Kintyre did for bagpipes.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tW3HN_pvbE4" width="320" youtube-src-id="tW3HN_pvbE4"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">FERNANDO</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I always
thought that the lyrics were a mini-drama between two lovers on the eve of battle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, I read the lyrics and…that it is
rather about two freedom fighters reminiscing not as lovers,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but old comrades once in arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Crossing the Rio Grande?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were fighting Texans?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Whatever you
do, Fernando, make sure you wear a mask when crossing into Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sight of masks and the thought of
unlimited suffrage pisses them off right now.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">*Poomf –
another term which strangely is not included in Spo and Wagnells, but it will be
explained in a later posting.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">(Thank you
for listening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why wait for Saturday
night to dance?)</span></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-10919522422122449032021-09-04T14:00:00.000-04:002021-09-04T14:00:27.215-04:00Saturday Post Vol. 3, #31 - A Holiday Weekend<p><span style="font-size: large;">I can't pretend that this 3 day weekend is going to be a tough one to get through. My job has given me something to do for eight hours a day for five days a week this summer. Believe it or not I am grateful I have something to do during the week. It is a great distraction from the turn my life has taken. Otherwise I would just sit, think, think some more and ultimately think too much about my life and from there I would feel a bad case of the blues coming on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I really don't need a long weekend now. Yes, I feel tired and I know I need some down time like everyone else. Physically the inactivity is good; mentally/emotionally I need downtime like I need a hole in my head, as the old-fashioned quaint expression goes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Labor Day holiday this year will be a challenge. Not only is it a day without occupational distractions, but it will also be the 67th anniversary of Anne Marie's birth.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now you see where I am going with this?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Any way, I need to be philosophical about it all and treat her day like we always did: wishing her well and posting some sort of tribute worthy of her memory. In her blogging days she would post a Saturday Night Dance Party with music which she likes, sometimes the music said something daring or worthy to remember, and above it all danceable. In that spirit I will post three videos which I think were among her all-time favorite performances.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> SING, SING, SING: BENNY GOODMAN ORCHESTRA <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3mJ4dpNal_k" width="320" youtube-src-id="3mJ4dpNal_k"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />This is really an extremely short version of a classic American jazz tune. This is not the definitive version, but this performance has Gene Krupa on drums and Harry James on trumpet. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">THIRD MOVEMENT FROM CONCERTO IN F FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA<br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-EoKSbZBvk" width="320" youtube-src-id="x-EoKSbZBvk"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">George Gershwin was one of Warrior Queen's favorite composers. We always turned up the radio when WRTI played Rhapsody in Blue. I think this was her favorite performance from the film An American in Paris, performed by Gershwin's protege Oscar Levant.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">CAST YOUR FATE TO THE WIND - VINCE GUARALDI</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rTA3aOfrDHA" width="320" youtube-src-id="rTA3aOfrDHA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Like most people we got to know and appreciate Vince Guaraldi through his work with the Peanuts television specials. I'll save Linus and Lucy for another day. For now I will post this in memory to someone who did cast her fate to the wind. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Birthday, Anne Marie, wherever you are.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading. Dance if the spirit moves you even if the rhythm doesn't.)<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-67593014570581418332021-08-29T05:13:00.000-04:002021-08-29T05:13:38.177-04:00Sunday Morning Post, Vol. 3, #30 - The Heatstroke Week<p><span style="font-size: large;">This past week Southeast Pennsylvania had its sixth heat wave of the summer season. It is August and this is when we are used to having days of excessive heat and humidity. But, we've had more heat waves this summer then I can ever remember having. The temperatures (before humidity) topped out in the low 90's. Post humidity: the heat was near or slightly above 100.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In other words too effin' hot for man or beast. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Uncomfortable no matter how you sliced it, and yes this heat could be sliced. Fortunately our central air system performed faithfully.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Until Wednesday. It was on that day our power died a few times in the morning and a few times that afternoon. It briefly shut down everything including the work I was doing on my computer. I didn't think much of it at the time; oh, there was a slew of oaths uttered in contempt of technology that would've made the salty Warrior Queen proud. Fortunately my computer came back up after a few minutes without my having to reboot. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As the afternoon wore on I noticed that it was getting warmer inside the house. I futzed* with the thermostat a few times to get the air to come back on. I would hear a reassuring, but ultimately deceptive click. The thermostat temperature climbed from 78, past 80 and finally settled on 85 for the better part of the last two days. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">That night I called our local cooling/heating/plumbing entrepreneur to see if someone could keep look at it. I spoke to the answering service, which I half expected. They took my message and advised that the dispatcher would call me the next day. Apparently the people we have been dealing with for years does not have an emergency night crew. Bummer, but I coped. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The next day it was frustration and extremely hot in the living room. Frustration because the dispatcher called and said their technician would be out with a window of 2:30 to 4:30, and they would call 30 minutes before arrival. At about 4:15 the call came, not from the assigned technician, but from the dispatcher saying that the original technician was held up on a job, but they were sending out another technician, This time the window was 3:30-5:30.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Typical.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In the meantime I began to feel so warm that I became weak and lethargic. Also, I had stopped sweating. I was sure I was having an episode of heat stroke. Also the thermometer which my AAPC** chapter purchased to check people's heads as they come in for meetings (which have still not happened), beeped loudly with the reading that I was running a fever.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I put ice bags on my head until I could feel that I had cooled down. Also I started sweating again, which normally makes me feel very uncomfortable, but in this case I know it's a good sign. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The second technician called at 4:50 to say he would be there in 40 minutes. It was actually 5:50 when he did arrive, but quite personable and eager to diagnose my problem. A quick check of the fuse box showed that the fuse had been tripped. A flick there and back outside to look at the main unit. It took awhile and he came in with grim news: the compressor was shot and to replace it would cost nearly as much as a new unit.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, so all of five minutes I thought I could get away cheap. Then he went into some detail about part availability: this unit was so old that parts (such as compressors) are hard to find. The technician also explained that the heater could also stand to be replaced as it was just as old as the air conditioning unit.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">He gave me a few ballpark figures, each higher than the other. So now I'm hot and feeling that my checking account would be thinned out shortly. This technician said someone would contact me the next day to give me more details. The best news I got: they could loan me a few window units to get me through until the work on the full units could be done. Yay!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Long story short: I decided to bypass the financing plans and pay for the whole thing while I have the money. The new system will be installed on Monday. I'm looking into the new units as protecting my investment and perhaps increasing the resale value of the house down the road. The money I used is part of the life insurance policy I cashed in when Anne Marie passed away.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's forcing me to be philosophical about her death. There is after all a reason for every event and everything else which happens in our lives. If only I could have had both a new system and Anne Marie.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If only fate would've been kind enough to grant me this wish....<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">*Look up that word in your Spo and Wagnells! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">**American Academy of Professional Coders, which is not listed in your Spo and Wagnells. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(As always, thinking for reading.) </span> <br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-342258566600170912021-08-24T20:18:00.000-04:002021-08-24T20:18:52.615-04:00FMBTMM Special (Vol. 1, #1) RIP Charlie Watts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SGyOaCXr8Lw" width="320" youtube-src-id="SGyOaCXr8Lw"></iframe></span></div><br /> <p></p><p>I learned a new skill over the weekend, courtesy of Fearsome Beard. Posting videos in blogs. Let's see how this works tonight.</p><p>I think this may be a fitting way to usurp the From My Brain To My Mouth blog. Hey, I inherited everything else from Warrior Queen, including her car payments, so why the hell not?</p><p>We lost Charlie Watts today and I'd be willing to bet that our beloved Warrior Queen was among the first to greet him on the other side. Yes, I'll bet she's jumping <strike>his bones </strike>to his groove right now.</p><p>This was the song she chose as the first song played at our wedding reception. So yes, this one has a very special meaning. <br /></p><p>Perhaps the Saturday Night Dance Party will return. Stay tuned!</p><p>(Thank you for dancing!) <br /></p><p><br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-43256438281373283602021-08-22T09:04:00.002-04:002021-08-22T09:04:51.077-04:00Sunday Morning Post, Vol. 3, #29 A Breakfast Out<p> <span style="font-size: large;">When we first relocated to what we considered our home turf Anne Marie and I would make a point of having breakfast out on Sunday mornings. At that time there were 4 diners and a chain restaurant nearby waiting to fill us with Happy Juice and whatever cholesterol laden goodies they offered. Times and the economy changed. The diners closed one by one for a variety of reasons, but the chain restaurant survives. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I went to this restaurant on my late day this week as part of my effort to get out and break the constricting feeling that I can't do the things we used to do just because she is gone. We've always had good food here in the past, but this time the service was a little slower than in the past. To be fair it was a weekday when they would not schedule a full crew to work. This time though there was a sign on the door letting customers know that they, like many other businesses in the pandemic, are having staffing issues. Wait times for service may be longer than usual. I was warned and entered anyway.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The one hostess on duty was very friendly and did everything she could to accommodate the four or five parties in there at the time. It took awhile for me to get a cup of coffee, but otherwise I had time to spare and observed the others in the dining room.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There were two ladies, I would estimate at least middle-aged, at the next booth. They were having a lively conversation and there were a few laughs shared between them. In the past Anne Marie would have been sitting opposite me and able to hear every word of their conversation if she was not engaged in a conversation with me. If the conversation was interesting she would whisper to me what the talk was about. This day the seat was empty, and there were no whispers. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A young family of four came in later and sat at another booth on the other side of the room. The older child seemed quiet, but his younger sibling had more energy then he/she knew what to do with and kept up a barrage of chatter. The mother spoke to the child a few times about his noise, but after all was said and done, the child wasn't behaving that badly. Anne Marie and I had seen worse in our lives.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I must admit I was a bit envious of the family and their ability to maintain order with their brood. Had Anne Marie and I possessed the emotional and psychological maturity to have our own children things would be quite different now. I might have one near adult son or daughter at this point to be helped and help me through these times. Alas, we decided very early on in our relationship that we were not cut out to be parents for humans. Cats, okay. Humans no.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">An older couple came in while I ate my breakfast. The man was tall and seemed to be reasonably healthy. His wife was smaller, thin, gaunt and accompanied by an oxygen tank. I saw her and somehow knew that was how Anne Marie would have ended up if she had lived. She was asthmatic as long as I knew her, and had to swallow a dose of cough syrup whenever she would have a mild attack. For stronger attacks she would puff on an inhaler. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The sight of the older couple put my current situation in perspective. Certainly, I would've liked to have had Anne Marie around longer than I did. Yet I doubt very much either one of us would have wanted her to suffer this decline in her quality of life. I would do my best to put on a brave face, but she was a smart woman. She would know that we were both miserable at her decline. This would have made her suffering all the worse, knowing that I was not happy. I am convinced that she devoted her life to my happiness. And I was devoted to her every wish and whim....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is my consolation that she went so fast. I was spared somewhat a long slow decline. She did suffer a condition in the last few years, but we always thought that she would heal, much like society is healing through the pandemic, and things would be normal again someday.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I broke down briefly there in the restaurant; the sight of the empty chair across the booth got to me a few times. Still, my emotions were not loud enough to be heard over the two women laughing at the next booth, the young child yammering on across the room, or the quiet conversation between the elderly couple a few feet away. I recovered, finished my meal and came home to work. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I thought about this episode later and figured I will have more moments like this in the months to come. I cannot fool myself: I know I will have a number of low emotional points in the months to come, but I will have to overcome them.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">All I have to do is learn how to climb....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading.) <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-1761010989024624212021-08-15T07:10:00.001-04:002021-08-15T07:10:46.981-04:00Sunday Morning Post, Vol. 3, #28 Her Hate List<p><span style="font-size: large;">One of the wonderful tributes to our late Anne Marie was simply titled, "She Hated Abba." A reference to vowing to never post an Abba video on her Saturday Night Dance Party, it became a running joke among her fans in the blogosphere. Of course I was more than happy to taunt her from the relative safety of my computer at the back of our living room, a mere 10 feet away from her seat on the living room couch where the ranted, raved and posted. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately she never threw objects at me (although Lord only knows how she was able to hold back that temptation over the years). For me her bark was always worse than her bite.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">With this in mind I will continue my occasional tribute to the love of my life with this entry about people (and things) she hated. My aim is to give a more balance picture of her life and for my own selfish purpose allow her to live again in the blogosphere.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">VEGETABLES</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Like most of her dislikes I never heard her thoroughly rationalize her hatred of veggies. She would munch on carrots occasionally, but a full on salad? Never! Many women enjoy salads with relish, or at least a low calorie vinagrette. Others, like Warrior Queen, may mention that there was something about the vegetables texture which would put them off. Whatever! It meant more salad for me and my balanced diet.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">JOHN WAYNE</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I don't recall her ever saying anything against his acting ability or a preference for one role over the other. I think his hawkish stand on social issues butted up against her awareness of the world around her (late 1960's, Vietnam, civil rights) at the same time. I understood why Wayne adopted such an Establishment posture. Aside from career concerns I heard he was trying to assuage his guilt about being 4-F (he had a family to support) during World War Two when so many other young men went in his place and never came back.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Warrior Queen could never compartmentalize between a persons beliefs and their career accomplishments. She could not stand him in one respect, therefore, in her eyes, they were damned in all respects. I think she was also influenced by her Uncle Andy who was very much a social progressive and against our involvement in Vietnam. He was a member of a Franciscan order and completing his studies when he succumbed to cancer at an early age. His loss affected her more than I could know.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">GUY FIERI</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, his voice may be a bit off putting and his hair may not be the most attractive, but otherwise her feelings for this tv celeb has me stumped. I doubt if she ever saw an episode of "Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives" since she had not watched any television in about two decades. Again, whatever. His series is one of my guilty pleasures as I watch him down tons of food which must send his cardiologist (that is if he has one) into apoplexy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">EVANGELICALS (and by extension) CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is a no brainer: Anne Marie was a liberal progressive who did not believe that evangelicals attitudes of morality had any place in today's society. Again, no effort to compartmentalize. This is not to say that she had no morals, rather a reaction against their insistence that their brand of one-size fits all morality was how all in society (your own opposing religious or cultural believes be damned) should live. As she said many times, in her less salty moods, "Tain't fittin."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is one feeling of hers which I could not disagree with. I bristle against intolerance in any way, shape or form. This was something that wasn't discussed when we first met, as if we somehow knew how the other felt and accepted it. Somehow it was the same feelings we both already had and grew to share and nurture over the years. This is definitely one of my most cherished memories of our years together. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">ABBA</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I've always liked their music, but WQ found their brand of Swedish bubble gum pop too sickly sweet for her taste. Whatever, but she may have been on to something. Can anyone really accept a former James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, flailing his arms back forth with a cast of thousands on a Greek isle to the tune of "Dancing Queen"? Sometimes, my taste in music is shaken to its core....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And that's my short list...for now. Anne Marie, like all of us, was not a perfect human being. She had deeply passionate beliefs in most subjects. Sill, she knew what or who she liked, and fortunately for us we got the chance to be among the privileged few that was in her good graces.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Ultimately these encounters with her, including mine which lasted 28 years, were all too brief. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This time, I can't bring myself to shrug this idea off with a casual "Whatever." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading.) </span> <br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-3451675840280040582021-08-08T09:33:00.000-04:002021-08-08T09:33:50.900-04:00Sunday Morning Post, Vol. 3, #27 - Useless Billionaire Tweets*<p> </p><p> </p><p> I don't recall anyone publicly thanking Twitter for banning the Orange One from its pages for life. Had this not happened, I dare say we would still be exposed to such nonsense as the following</p><p><br /></p><p>Some Guy Called Donald@</p><p>"The world is not big enough for the likes of me and Jeff Bezos. He should leave and soon for the good of the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bezos to Some Guy@</p><p>"Hey Donald! No worries! I've got so much money that I am in my own rocket ship circling the Earth as I type this!"</p><p><br /></p><p>Some Guy@</p><p>"Hey Bezos. You may have the wealth for your own rocket ship, but you'll never be as influential as me. I will be back in power any day now...."<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bezos to Some Guy@</p><p>"You, more influential? Ha! I own Wa Po pal! That paper brought down two Presidents! You wanna talk about power!"</p><p> </p><p>Some Guy@</p><p>"You just wait! My followers will lift me up and carry me on their shoulders to the White House, um, maybe next year. We will storm the Capital again!!!"</p><p><br /></p><p>Bezos to Some Guy </p><p>"Really, Donald? You and your half-witted followers couldn't storm their way out of a hurricane!!!!"</p><p><br /></p><p>Some Guy@</p><p>"Just wait, Bezos! I will be back, um, very soon, and kick you out of our great country. Which, um, I will make Great Again."</p><p><br /></p><p>Bezos to Some Guy</p><p>"Hey Donald! I'm flying through the stratosphere and I can see your taxes from here!"</p><p>****</p><p>And so forth and so forth.</p><p>Twitter, we can't thank you enough!<br /></p><p> </p><p>*"Useless" is referencing the tweets, although it could also apply to the concept of billionaires. </p><p>(Thank you for reading.)<br /></p><p><br /></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-89836822131351847292021-08-01T10:48:00.001-04:002021-08-01T10:48:18.482-04:00Sunday Morning or Whatever Post, Vol. 3, #26 - A New Month<p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">It is the start
of a new month of my new life*and I am still getting used to doing more things
on my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Such as laundry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am finding that I can get by doing a load
once every other week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a
combination of not having the necessity to get fully dressed for work**, and not
having a second person living here soiling their half of the laundry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Truth be told
Warrior Queen did not wear much at home when she was alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She probably would have felt at home in a nudist
situation armed with nothing more than a pair of needles and social media.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Maybe we should keep that last factoid to ourselves. Shhh! Just between you, me and whoever else in the blogosphere who happens to read this...oh, wait. Doh!<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">On a related
note and mostly for the same reasons I am generating less trash and recycling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our trash removal service picks up one or the
other,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or both, each Thursday (or Friday
when they don’t get to my street on time). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would only put out full bins, so there
have been a few weeks which have gone by when nothing is put at the curb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This week the recycling bin is getting filled
up and this may be the week it goes out.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Another chore I am getting used to doing monthly: paying the bills. We always split the expenses, and now I am finding out how just how much it costs to keep the house running. Short answer: a lot. Easily more than my paycheck brings in, and Warrior Queen was able to meet her half with Social Security. Now I have to pay my share and hers. It has been a mind-numbing wake up call for me to deal with all at once.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Other than these items which readily came to the top of my head, I can't think of any other "major" changes to my day-to-day living habits. I am sure I will find others as the weeks go on. Throughout all of this is the growing appreciation for "the other." The other life and the other person in that life that made living at the very least tolerable to live.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">At this point my hands are thrust in front of me, feeling my way through the darkness of my emotions. I'm sure I'll find another light someday, but for now I am acquiring, at the ripe young age of 61, a new set of skills which for all I know, is preparing me for a more independent style of living. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">So far I have learned this: independence is not all that it is cracked up to be. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">*Personal
note to Spo: Rabbit,rabbit.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">**Personal
note to any defrocked priests/cardinals working at the Vatican today: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am writing this entry in my underwear and
slippers. Let your imaginations go wild!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">(Thank you for reading and for being here.) <br /></span></p>
todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-563181312804704662021-07-25T15:55:00.000-04:002021-07-25T15:55:06.939-04:00Sunday Sometime, Vol. 3, #25: The Always Something There to Remind Me" Issue<p> <br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As I cope day-to-day with my new solitary existence I look around and see reminders of Anne Marie everywhere. An example, I look up from my computer onto the back yard and I can see the park bench Sydney (our first cat) and I gave her one Mother's Day about 20 years ago. I recall that she was thrilled with the gift which she hinted strongly that she wanted. I recall her using it once, but I hope I am wrong and she did sit on it more often than I was around to bear witness.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A little closer to the house is a hexagonal picnic table and benches set. We used them often over the years and I have many nice memories of those picnics. Now that she is gone, I fear I will not use the table and benches ever again. The regret that we didn't use the set more often sets in soon afterward. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the house the things we bought for each other and used are everywhere. The shared vinyl record collection (more mine than hers truth be told); our collections of books and DVDS; the shared collection of souvenir shot glasses....and all else that made our relationship feel so right for so long. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">At the moment these possessions are also meaningless. I doubt that this is a case where I should sing two verses of "There's Always Something There to Remind Me" and call a professional in the morning. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The thought hits me: this is all part of letting go. I will surely sell the various collections at some point, but for now the process of sale and satisfaction that all possessions are finding new homes hasn't registered yet. I am learning that all of this takes time and it takes time to learn that it takes time. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Does that make sense?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then there is the case of the flickering light bulb. This is a lamp which I have had and used since I was an adolescent at my parent's house. It hung on the wall of our den where I usually sat to watch television. I acquired it once the old homestead was sold. It is now on the wall near my home computer where I work, correspond and incidentally, write my blog posts.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The lamp has one of those new-fangled twisty bulbs which may nearing the end of its life. This may explain why recently it will suddenly start flickering when I have it on to see what I am writing more clearly. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The bulb did not ever do this...until Anne Marie passed away.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, forget "There's Always Something There to Remind Me." Time to queue "The Twilight Zone Theme".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading. Submitted for your approval....)<br /></span></p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-91165657827843800382021-07-18T15:14:00.000-04:002021-07-18T15:14:21.262-04:00Sunday Whatever Post, Vol. 3, #24: Cat Out of the Carrier<p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So this week will be a short sequel to last week's entry when we had placed Oreo in a carrier for transport to the local veterinarian hospital. As readers may recall, the wait time for medical care given to us last weekend seemed to defy the tolerance of the most patient human being on the planet, let alone a cat in a carrier. Wait 10 hours in a cramped plastic jail? I don't think so, and Oreo readily agreed.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I decided to wait for the previously scheduled house call from our regular vet. Alas, she called Wednesday morning to rescheduled the Wednesday afternoon appointment. I reviewed Oreo's latest symptoms at that point - still no bowel movement, urination okay, decreasing interest in food. The vet urged me to get her to the hospital. My panic attack kicked into hyperventilation drive at this suggestion, but I was soon on the phone hoping for some sort of encouraging news that they could see her that day.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As luck would have it I was being given the same long wait time of 6-7 hours I received the previous weekend. 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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">This week I
am trying to get one of my cats to the vets for an issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oreo has not had a bowel movement in what I
estimate to be a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She still has her
appetite and a feisty attitude, but just can’t push anything out her anus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherwise, she is not in any obvious distress
over the situation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">She has had
this issue in the past and her visiting veterinarian has had us give her
laxatives. The powder laxative sprinkled on her wet food twice a day has been
working up until now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have an appointment
for the vet to make a house call,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but
the soonest she can come is this coming Wednesday.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">My brother
and his son visited this weekend and they were able to get a very much
protesting Oreo into her carrier this morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My plan today is to take her to a local vet hospital that is open
24/7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called them a few hours ago and
the customer aide told me that the wait time is currently 10 hours!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ten hours,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and Sunday is usually their slow day,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>or so I was told yesterday.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I will call them again in a few minutes for an update.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime Oreo is keeping quiet in her
cat carrier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the wait time has not
decreased yet I will have to let her out and let her go back to her room in the
baseent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it comes to that I could try
again tomorrow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, Monday should
also be a slow day when theoretically everyone with sick pets today will be
back at work, or otherwise occupied with their livelihood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Am I right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">In other notes I am still receiving wonderful notes from friends,
and I want to acknowledge them before too much longer.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Deedles,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thank you for
the e-card.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your words of encouragement are
very much appreciated.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Travel,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>thank you for the
“old-fashioned” letter I received in the mail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I will write back soon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">(Thank you for reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And that’s all I wrote!)</span></p>
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todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20501610.post-58475920166971383692021-07-03T18:48:00.000-04:002021-07-03T18:48:22.241-04:00<p> <span style="font-size: large;">Saturday Night Post, Vol. 3, #22 - Please Pardon My Absence</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's been a long six weeks or so. Aside from dealing with my bereavement I also had to contend with a urinary condition. I spent the better part of last week at the local hospital until they could control the bleeding.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In any event I am home on a Saturday night with three cats and a goal to start blogging again. This will be my first time to write, edit and publish without Warrior Queen serving as Senior Editor. I am keeping it short and simple for my first solo endeavor.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Tonight I am thinking about reading passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy while nursing a gin and blue curacao. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I have no doubts that Mrs. Eddy would not approve. I am very sure the Mistress will venture some thoughts on mixing liquor with dogmatic ideology. Warrior Queen would certainly put her nose up at the thought that I am drinking "her" gin without saying, "May I?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Thoughts?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">(Thank you for reading and cheers!) </span> </p>todd guntherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644388166982837352noreply@blogger.com13