Update on an old friend....

I’ve seen Jim a few times this week and the change in him physically is frightening to me. He’s had 4 chemo treatments so far. He looks haggard. The sight of his hair loss was somewhat of a wakeup call for me. It saddens me to see him deteriorate so fast. After watching Lance Armstrong the past 3 weeks triumph at the Tour and knowing his past triumphs over cancer lead me to this conclusion. The courtrooms of this country aren’t the only place the rich win out. The hospitals and drug companies are in their corner too. Jim isn’t destitute by any stretch but he certainly doesn’t have the resources of a Lance Armstrong. Will Jim be here celebrating in 10 years? My prayers say I hope so.

Well, well, well... For the first time in a very long time, I’m happy with an announcement from one of the bushboys. My very own Senator here in Tennessee announced today that he would back legislation favoring embryonic stem cell research to be funded by the federales.

Why has this made me so happy you ask oh faithful readers? Well, it’s purely selfish. I was diagnosed diabetic several years ago. While I manage to keep in pretty much in check, I know what lies in my future. I will probably die sometime in the future without all of my limbs intact. My eyesight is already going to hell in a handbasket. If it wasn’t for the Cha-Water I drink daily, my feet would feel like marshmallows. On top of everything else, my sex life has completely gone down the toilet as far as satisfying a woman the way a man needs to. Fortunately it hasn’t affected my tongue or fingers yet huh J? LOL...

So the news that research may be available to help others after I’m gone brings a smile to my face. Does it bother me that embryo’s will be destroyed to facilitate this research? Not really. The embryo’s that will be used are the thousands that were frozen that will never be used for fertilization. They will eventually be destroyed anyway. If that is their future, let them be destroyed for a good reason.

Will this bill see the light of day? Yes. Will it be signed by our commander and thief? No. Will the veto be overridden? Possibly if a campaign is started NOW. Once again faithful readers I ask, no implore, you to contact your Congressmen and Senators to vote for the bill and the impending veto. I doubt it would do any good but an email to the bushmeister wouldn’t hurt. If anyone needs the addresses for your elected officials, email me and I’ll get them to you. My email address is on the profile.

I was 14 once too...

Sylvia Johnson of Arvada Colorado has been charged with 9 felonies for having sex with her daughters high school friends. She stated in her statement to the police that she was "never popular with classmates in high school," and the house parties (which ran for a year) left her "feeling like one of the group." Ms. Johnson was busted by the mom of one of the partygoers.

The talking heads on the news channels are bemoaning what this is going to do to the kids. As a man that was lucky enough to have experienced the pleasures of an older woman at the age of 14, I only have this to say...

IF Ms. Johnson is a good teacher and IF the young men in question paid attention and learned something, their future lovers will be very appreciative. I know the women in my life have benefitted from my early instructions.

I know our society looks at these acts differently if they are preformed by women or men. And before anyone jumps my case here, I do not advocate ANY sexual contact with ANY minor by either men or women. But lets face it. It happens. We read about it everyday.

I wonder how much of it in cases like this is consentual. This case seems to be one of those. This does not make this woman any less a predator but as the old joke goes, “Can you rape the willing?” In my case, it wasn’t a family member or a teacher but a very nice 33 year old single woman that was shocked by my advances. Hell, I was 14 and a walking hormone. I would have made advances on a fence post with a knothole.

It only lasted the summer of my 14th year. That would be 35 years ago. She’d be 66 now if she’d lived. I heard of her death and attended her ’viewing’ and funeral several years ago. I remember smiling as I looked at her in her coffin. It must have looked strange to those nearby but that’s how I remembered her. Probably the most loving and understanding woman I ever had the pleasure of knowing.

Now she would be ostracized by her friends and community. I am happy that I knew her when I did.

4 weeks to go...

Twenty Eight days...

and I’ll hit the big 5-0hhhhhhhhhhh shit! Over the hill as some would say. Past their prime. Two thirds of the way to the grave. It’s 2:12 in the morning and I’m watching “You’ve Got Mail”. How sad.

Hmmmmm....

What is it with our obsession with things? I find myself ashamed sometimes with what some would deem an anal compulsion to use only certain things. Case in point...

Last week I was out of the blogsphere for a few days because my computer was down. I had three other computers at my disposal within two rooms in my home. I refused to use these other systems because I don’t feel comfortable typing on them. The keyboards don’t have the same touch as this one. I could have unplugged the keyboard and put it on any of them but I didn’t. For some reason it would be like detaching your arm and putting it on my body. It just wouldn’t seem right for some reason.