DISCLAIMER. HAS TO BE DONE.

CHRIS READ MY LAST BLOG.  CHRIS READ THE PART THAT SAID 'BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF THEM'.  SHE GAVE ME THE  LOOK.  I KNOW THE LOOK.  BEEN MARRIED ALMOST...."HOW LONG WE BEEN MARRIED SWEETNESS?"  OH YEAH...34 YEARS.  34 WONDERFUL YEARS.....ANYWAYS, 'BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF THEM'  WAS BASICALLY ANOTHER METAPHOR.  LOVE THE WORD METAPHOR.  HEY...A CHALLENGE TO YOU ALL OUT THERE WHERE EVER YOU ARE.  USE THE WORD 'METAPHOR' TODAY.  I AM NOT REALLY SAYING TO HARM SOMEONE....INSTEAD OF BEATING THE CRAP OUT OF THEM, JUST START CRYING WHILE THEY TALK TO YOU.   OR,  WHILE THEY ARE STILL TALKING TO YOU, PULL OUT YOUR CELL PHONE AND PRETEND TO TALK TO SOMEONE.  THAT WORKS EVERY TIME.

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN.  TOMG.  SORRY CHRIS.

HERE WE GO AGAIN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN BOYS AND GIRLS

Chris suggested that I get back into listening talking creating writing posting blogging.  I said no.  I just want to eat ice cream.  Boy was that the wrong thing to say.  She called the police.  I'm afraid of her.  So, I changed my mind and decided to go with it.  Whew!  Good decision Tom G!  Hi Jude.  Where's my ice cream.  I love that stuff.  Especially vanilla.

LISTENING - Is there anybody out there?  That is what I'm talking about....wait....that is the next subject in this dissertation.  Listening, as we all know, is the best medicine when dealing with rude people.  We say nothing, give a fake smile, nod our heads a little showing fake interest, and when they are done, we beat the crap out of them.  I hate listening.  But I do it because it is good medicine for me...I like the medicine metaphor.  Did I spell metaphor right?  I really don't even know what metaphor means.  I heard it used in a sentence while LISTENING to someone.....and dang I said..I'm using that word someday.  Hi Jude.  So, wall-ah....metaphor is used!  To cap off this part of this mess, just remember...Listen more.  Talk less.  Or, here is a good one....Wag more.  Bark less.  Or....combine them in no particular order....Listen more.  Bark Less.  Bark less.  Listen less.  Wag more. Scratch less.  You know what I mean.

TALKING - OK, I talk alot.  But it has to be the right time and with the right person.  Jude.  Whereas I use to tell everyone how they needed to be, I now just say, "hi...how are you, I like your pigtails"...or something like that.  In other words, I try to be complimentary, without being too strange.  excuse me for a second....Hey Chris, bring me another bowl of ice cream!!!  Crap.  She said, "get it yourself bub".  Maybe if I throw in a 'please'  I'll get a bowl.  Chris!  Honey.  Please?  No.    I am so sad.  I love ice cream.  Anyways....getting back to talking.  It is a nice way to get to know others...even immediate family,  like say, a husband or a wife. Chris!  Anything you want to talk about?  Nevermind.

CREATING -  Way back in 8th grade, in art, we were asked to make an animal of our choice in paper-mache.  Walking into our classroom when we were all done, you would think you were at the San Diego zoo.  Until you came to my project.  I have no idea what I made.  It did not resemble anything in the animal kingdom.  I created a monster.  Dancing and paper-macheing in my world does not exist.  Sad but true. I can do the twist however.  Whenever I hear Chubby Checker on the radio, I do the twist.  Nice.  "Chris, Please can I have a piece of bread, please?" (notice: 2 'pleases')  I know what she is doing.  She is ignoring me.  She is pretending to be deaf.  I call it selective listening.  Effective I must say.  "Love you my angel"  and I mean that....even though I'm a little steamed for being turned down on a lousy piece of bread....OK, I'm over with it now.  Very peaceful now.  Or as Ringo says.."peace and love.  peace and love"  Wish I had his money.

(first person to identify above picture will get a call from my agent.  Hi J.  I can't remember my agents name.  I think he/she was an agent.  He/she may have been in the clergy....ah, whatever)

WRITING-POSTING-BLOGGING - As you can see, I have combined the last 3 quote-un-quote subjects because essentially I am doing all 3 at the same time with all of this mumbo-jumbo.  Hi Jude. Summer has arrived here in the great northwest (you know...Seattle!)  We know it is Summer because we put away our umbrellas and break out the khaki-shorts, white tenny runners and black socks.  Love it.  So, when it does rain, we have no worries.  Underdog is here. We do not reach for the umbrella.  We do not look for our raincoat.  We do not worry about getting our feet sloshy and wet.  We all say pretty much the same mantra..."we will dry off!!!"  It is the way to live.  We visit 7-11 alot for their specials. A sign of Summer.
I'm doing fine.

See you later alligators. syaialpjude.tg.

tomg

"Guys,  Guys.  Are you there?  Let me in Guys."   Those words quoted by daughter Kimmy at Cannon Beach Oregon about 25 years ago.  Kimmy is now a mother of 4 beautiful kids, making me a grandpa for the last 6 years.

Remember him?  Big darn dude.  He lives with us now.  Travels with us in the car.  Hangs out the widow like a silly dog.  Ate alot of bugs hanging out that window.  Lots of slobber flying too!

Anyways, I have been lost in space looking for my blog-post thing on my computer, and here it is.  So the above quoted words of  guys , guys etc. is appropriate for this blog...I mean post.  Oh what the heck....blog smog dog...post most and toast.  I love toast.

How's all you been lately?  My last thing/post I sent was about 15 months ago.  I quit posting because I decided to search for the best ice cream in the world, took me all of those 15 months, and became exhausted tasting and documenting, and WOW x 2...I found it right here in my back yard of Redmond Washington....right at the local Safeway.  Safeway brand Vanilla.

And don't be confused.  The above Ditto cans are not the Safeway packaging for their world famous vanilla brand vanilla ice cream.  They are the new packaging for a new private label Jell-o.  Glorious.

The guy holding the cans in this picture is you-know-who.  Who, you say?  I don't know who it is.  Nice smile.  

Squinty eyed fellow.  Good  person.  Trustworthy. Listens.  Generous.  Probably hysterically funny in a good kinda way.  Not too much over the top, if you know what I mean.  

Drizzly today here in Redmond Washington.....low 60's.  I'm gettin me a suntan today.  Take care out there and  be nice...I will return ......

tomg

THANK YOU FRIEND

Thanks DeeDee.......you are special.

You have made a difference by your

kindness, and many people have changed,

just a little, because of you.....

LIVING THE DREAM

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I'm going to lay down now......I will be going to work in a couple of hours.

I will dream of oatmeal cookies. Yummy.

Find your kindness.

TG.

SO LOVELY TO SEE YOU AGAIN MY FRIENDS

Well....anyway, here I am drinking coffee. Of course in the land of make believe, it is a Starbucks brew. I had such a gracious welcome back on my last post...simply called 'HI Pals'......I thought I'd do another. What the heck.

So, my 3 girlfriends.....Mary the hat lady and the WOW lady and the grandma lady.....Dee Dee the remodel lady and the mama of 2 teenagers lady and the lives east of Seattle lady......and Judy the picture taking lady and the Disney vacation lady and the lives in Florida lady.......all 3 said hello back to me on my last post. Hello.

Life is good. Just got married to my 5th wife. She promises me that she is not after my money.....but dang, she is already upset that I have 3 girlfriends in all corners of the world. This new wife....I think her name is Betty....she's a firecracker. Anyway, enough of this talk about Betty, which now that I think about it, her name is Elizabeth. Whatever.

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So, how ya'll been?

I'm doing pretty darn special. Chris (first wife) just came in to see how I was doing and to see if I needed any help on this blog/post/innerweb communication. Yes, it is true. Chris still lives under the same roof with me and whats her name. Chris gets along well with Ellen. I think that's her name....Ellen. She looks like an "Ellen".

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Ranin' here in Seattle today. And Cold. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. What we have here is a wet cold, as opposed to a dry cold. Either way, when you're sixty, it doesn't matter if its a wet cold, or a dry cold......cold is cold. Hot is hot........and I need coffee right now.

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Got to go to bed for a little nap now.....heading to work tonite at 9:30 PM. Alcohol and Drug treatment Center.......an amazing place...I get to participate in saving lives......

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Now to close out.....here are some thoughts to ponder:

1. Will the Seahawks make the playoffs?

2. Is the Pope Catholic?

3. Will we ever see a movie better than JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH?

4. Have any of you taken a nap, and then gone to bed after your nap?

5. Ponder this: put grated Tillamook cheese on your next bowl of popcorn, followed by a drizzling of a 1/2 pound of Tillamook real butter. Warsh it down with pretend 7-up from Safeway. Go to nearest ER for cholesterol checkup

6. Wake up and smell the roses.

And remember......Those who anger us, also control us.

Take care pals.

Tom g.

From Seattle Washington

HI PALS

HI PALS.