Ten Facts About Myself

Ten facts about myself

(Well, thirteen, if you’re keeping score.,)

1. Most of my reading is done on the internet. I get my news and features that way. The first thing I read daily on the internet is By The Way by John Scalzi. In fact it was he who suggested putting Ten

Facts about Myself in this journal..

2. I would like to be a nudist. I resent putting on clothes in the morning. I am happiest reading, writing, lounging around naked. I once went to a nudist colony. I was not happy there. The nudists emphasized the healthful aspects of nudism, and down-played the sensual aspects. My interest is just the opposite.

3. I am a Democrat, a LIBERAL Democrat. My first presidential vote was for Truman, I am happy to remember. I did vote for a Republican once, Eisenhower for a first term. By the time he ran for reelection I had wised up. I once voted for Perot, though I forget what his party was.

4. I once rode in the Goodyear blimp. The ride was a present for my eighth birthday. I think my interest in flying may have started then.

5. I owned, maintained, and flew my own airplane, a 1946 Ercouipe. I once made an off field landing on a country road, just for the fun of it. I hit a fence in taking off, and although I flew home safely, I had ruined the prop. I never did that again.

6. I am afraid of heights, except when I am flying my own plane.

7. I hate to travel.

8. I am divorced. The separation was my fault, and if I could do it over, I would avoid those actions that caused our estrangement.

9. As a youth I wanted to be a news photographer. After I was wounded in WWII, I decided a one- legged school teacher would get along better than a one-legged news photographer.

10.. I am an atheist. I find that hard to say: perhaps some part of me still feels that it will make God angry if I say I don’t believe in Him. I studied hard to understand the Biblical God, and could not, so I reluctantly acknowledged that I am that lost individual, an atheist.

11. I live in a retirement home. You can read that as “Old Folks Home”. I feel limited and constrained here, and generally misunderstood among my fellow residents, few of whom even know what the internet is.

12. I like to listen to music, but I hate background music when I am doing something else. I would never have music playing while I am writing.

13. I have a home page, and I keep this Blog, Dribble, but I don‘t know why it is called a Blog.

Cabaret

Went to see Cabaret.  Weird and interesting play.  Went because grandson Adam was in orchestra.  Because I was in wheel chair, I had a seat on stage, at a cabaret table.  Charming to be so close you could touch dancers and actors.  They perform, and try to avoid making eye contact with you, so they can stay in character.  The play is set in Germany in 1939 and during the course of the play, the Nazis take over the Cabaret.  Poignant.

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Scooter

Ordered a new scooter...a Pride.  Will zip me to Sav Mart and the Mall and Wal*Mart.  Replace an old pace saver which I seem not to be able to fix and a tippy City Bug, which is more toy than walking aid.  Glad I can still drive, but the fifteen foot walk from the back, where I story my wheelchair, to the driver's seat, is getting longer and longer. 

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Who let the dogs out?

Yesterday, I escaped the humdrum existence here twice.  Once to Starbucks for a latte.  I don't like latte much, but it was a chance to get out.  Later for a solo lunch at Carl's Jr.  Had a baked potato with sour cream and a sprite.  I bought a fancy burrito to bring home.  Potato very good, and the fancy burrito was so-so.  I ate it at about 9 pm.  I plan my next escape to the bagel store a block away.  The little "city bug" runs fine.  I ride it right into the cafes, to the counter and to the table. 

   Day before yesterday I went on "city bug" to Pizza Hut with Anita and Wilma, friends from the residence.  Rode right in there too.

Little Rascal

Got a catalogue from Rascals electric scooter co. today.  Tells all about their rascals.  Everything,that is, except the price.  I presume that means that you have to negotiate the purchase like buying a car. I know the model I would like.  Negotiating makes it a lot less attractive sale for me. Will put off calling their sales representative.  Will work some more on my old one, or ride my "city bug" a while longer.

snowing

It is snowing.  Well, virtually.  As I look out my window, I see the snow falling gently, quietly to the ground.  It covers the ground with a white blanket.  It is gorgeous.It is, however, not cold.  The snow is actually the blossoms from the trees lining the drive way by my apartment.    I am told they are fruitless pear trees, but that doesn't seem possible in this Almond tree country.  Nevertheless, they are beautiful.

Wal*Mart

Had the Villa bus take me to Wal*Mart today.  Went to the electric cart parking, and sat in cart.  Loaded in a case of 8 oz cans of Diet Pepsi.  Figured if I'm gonna drink soda pop, the smaller the can the better.

Cart wouldnt run. So I left the Pepsi in cart and rode my wheel chair shopping.  Shopped the videos, the books, the magazines.  Then the toys.  Electronic games have gone sophisticated and cheap.  Handheld Scrabble for about $14, and other computer games reduced to hand held size, like Tetris. 

  Ended by buying a new knife, a pocket saw, 10 pens, and toothpicks.  Usually I spent $100 in Wal*Mart, but today I got change from a $5 bill.  All because the shopping cart would not run.