Mom

This Thursday Mom and I will be cleaning out (or at least starting to clean out) her basement storage area. Bad things happen when two impulsive people tackle a project, i.e., Mom and I will probably do too good a job. If you think you have a thing of value in the basement storage area, you probably have till Thursday night at 5:00PM to save it. Mom and I start at 8:00 AM Thursday , so.........

daddio

Antioch

Barb and I drove to Antioch this weekend to visit our good friends Roger and Karen Daluga. The weather was gorgeous. Our old friends D.R. and Patty Conversa were also there so we had a great time catching up on family news; finding out about their children, and for D.R. and Patty, their children and grandchildren. Next Friday its off to Appleton, Wisconsin for nephew Jeff's wedding. It is truly a good fall full of wonderful events!

Jess bit the dust this afternoon on more than 5 kilos of cocaine. Guilty of all counts, mandatory life. He manned up; two co-conspirators testified against him to avoid life. He kept his mouth shut. Love the guy. Hope I do the same when judgement day comes for me.

daddio

just drugs and guns

just drug trials the last two weeks; guns not for a while. military benefits fraud in February, lying to a bankruptcy judge coming up. a crime involving nasty pictures( I can't name the formal crime due to censoring) in the wind x2.

actually, the fact patterns are very similar, and thus, boring. does anyone need a dishwasher-I'm available on demand. I work cheap, but I need health benefits as part of the package.

no, I'm not a rapper

I love you "all my children"

dad

September 21, 2009

Urbana was rainy and gray this morning. Howie and I pretended we were in London on an overcast day.
Morning walks are great daydreaming time. I can't understand why so many people are hooked into their I-Pods while walking and running in the early morning hours. They can't hear the birds, the wind, the small silences. Urbana is quiet this time of year. The students have settled in and the construction has slowed.
Marvin G. gave me an original unedited copy of the "Red Badge of Courage". I'm looking forward to see if I can notice any differences from the edited copy.
Every day for me its drugs and guns, drugs and guns. Years from now future generations will view this whole illegal drug round-up as a law enforcement anomaly. How could we ever think we could control supply when the demand is endless.

September 20, 2010

Wonderful day. Colin, Beth and Kristen called me to wish me happy birthday. Barb and Abby treated me like a prince all day. Reading "The Sheltering Sky" by Paul Bowles. Kristen knew the author , who is moderately obscure( Kristen, you are a kindred spirit).

Health care: I'll settle for insurance companies prohibited from excluding pre-existing conditions and at no higher cost than to healthy folk; eligibility to all applicants, no one refused.. No lifetime limit on benefits and government subsidies for premiums based on income. We can get that much done now, might even garner some republican support.

Military: get out of Vietnam; I mean........ Iraq and Afghanistan

Economy: let the market work; no bailouts for bankers and financiers.

Just thought I'd try out a post.....

Love you all,

Dad