On The Porch

It's finally a quiet morning on the porch. Lots of tree work going on down the street this week, lots of chain saws and trucks and yelling....

Right now, no chain saws going, no leaf blowers blowing, no one yelling, no kids screaming or dogs barking...it's totally cool and calm and the only sound I hear is the chorus of birds singing in the new morning!

I feel good right now, and right now is all the life I've got!

Ralphie

God Loves Irony

I'm Gonna Be A Happy Idiot

I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen
 
I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen
 
Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there
 
Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight
 
I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put out dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again
 
I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender 

The Pretender - Jackson Browne

Friend Of Mine

You've been a friend of mine
For such a long, long time
Made me laugh and seen me cry
Called me to say hi

The world is such a crazy place
Full of joy and pain
What would I do without you
Here to keep me sane

I've seen revolving doors
I've been a stepping stone
I don't know what I did wrong
Why they left me alone

When everybody lets me down
You lift me up again
What would I do without you
My old, faithful friend

You've been a friend of mine
For such a long, long time
Made me laugh and seen me cry
Call me to say hi

What would I do without you

Steve Martin/Edie Brickell  -  Friend Of Mine

One Thing I Know

I've tried and I have failed, Lord
I've won and I have lost
I've lived and I have loved, Lord
Some times, at such a cost
 
One thing I know
The world's been good to me
A better place, awaits you'll see
 
Some days I'm so confused, Lord
My past gets in my way
I need the ones I love, Lord
More and more each day

One thing I know
The world's been good to me
A better place, awaits you'll see

A better place. 

Julian Raymond, Glen Campbell

Just A Thought...

I was just thinking how April Fools Day would be a bad day to get actual bad news, or to have a psychotic break at work, because no one would believe you! 

Hey Ralphie's having a psychotic break...should we call someone?!

No, it's April Fools Day!

Oh yeah...wow, he's really selling it...right down to peeing in the watercooler!




Just a thought

Ralphie

Hard Day On The Planet

The dollar went down and the President sick
Who's in charge, now? I don't know, take your pick.
A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back
Things are looking kind of gray, like they're going to black

Don't turn on the TV, don't show me the paper
Don't want to know who got kidnapped or why they all raped her
I want to go on vacation 'till the pressure lets up
But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up

(Refrain) 

It's been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It's getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

It's hot in December and cold in July

When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky 

In California the body counts keep getting higher
It's evil out there, man that state is always on fire.

Everyone has a system, but they can't seem to win
Even Bob Geldorf looks alarmingly thin
I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place
But there's gonna be warfare up there in outer space

It's been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It's getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

I've got clothes on my back and shoes on my feet
A roof over my head and something to eat
My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive
You know, it's amazing but sometimes I think I'll survive

I've got all of my fingers and all of my toes
I'm pretty well off I guess, I suppose
So how come I feel bad so much of the time?
A man ain't an island, John Dunn wasn't lying

 

It's been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It's getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.

It's business as usual; some things never change
It's unfair, it's tough, unkind and it's strange
We don't seem to learn; we can't seem to stop
Maybe a few explosions would close up the shop

You know, maybe that would be fine: we would be off the hook
We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took
And it all would be over, finito, the end
Until the survivers started up all over again

 

It's been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It's getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth

Loudon Wainwright III  - Hard Day On The Planet