I have new apartment. 109 instead of 190. Imagine all the changes i have to send to change one digit.

Mpving

Moving, even moving from one apartment to another is awful.  Grandson came and did the lifting and dragging, but I wheeled back and forth with him...for thirty trips down the hall and back.  And there is more to do tomorrow.

Some silliness

Things you will never hear me say

Your ass is too big.

There is too much gravy on these potatoes.

Don’t come in, I’m not decent.

Sorry, I can’t come in swimming, I forgot my suit.

I forgot my harmonica.

This roast has too much fat.

I retired too soon.

Sometimes you might hear:

No, dessert, thank you.

I wish I were back in Oxnard.

My philosophy

WHAT I BELIEVE

There is no supernatural. Life is mortal, conscious. There is no soul, or awareness or consciousness that survives death. There are values, such as kindness, good, love, healthful. These are on a value scale. Values, right and wrong, are human values, not God’s There is no God. The purpose of life is to exist, Live and let live

What I do NOT believe

I do not believe in a the literal creation story, I don’t believe in the Sabbath (“Days” were created by man). Scripture tales are moral fables, cast by people to teach rules to live by. Most were meant as allegories and fables, even in their own time. The human race was not started by two individuals, Adam and Eve. God does not speak to people, nor did he inspire the scriptures. Methuselah did not live 369 years, the Red Sea did not part, the Earth did not stand still, the walls of Jericho did not come tumbling down, Balaam’s ass did not speak, Satan does not exist, Jesus was not born of a virgin, nor did he rise from the dead, and neither did Lazarus. And my saying this is not Blasphemy, because there is no God to blaspheme.

Called it Dribble because that was the name of my column in the Sunmont Bee in 1938. I think the name must have come from Bob Norris who edited it... must have been his journal. He was just 65 years ahead of the times.