What I Want

Every weekend I watch a television show called New Tricks. The show is about 3 retired British police detectives who have been recruited to investigative unsolved crimes in a unit led by a younger, and female, Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman.

One of the detectives, Jack, is still completely devoted to his wife Mary who died several years ago after she was hit by a car. Jack has been haunted by the fact that the driver of the hit and run vehicle was never found - until last week. The unrepentant murderer confessed to Jack that he had done it and taunted him repeatedly that he had done it on purpose to stop Jack's investigation. So....... Jack tried to run over the man with his car, but Sandra ran into Jack's car and stopped him.

Then the 3 ex-detectives and Sandra covered up the attempted crime after arresting the almost murdered bad guy. To complicate matters, another police woman had been temporiarily assigned to their unit to spend her last few weeks before retirement. They thought she was sent there to spy on them, but in the end they learned she had also helped cover up the assassination attempt out of respect for Jack.

Now that's what I want. I want to work with a team that will help bury the body.

What's in a name

If I did have 2 donkeys, I'd name them Smart and Dumb.
Or maybe Fat and Lard.
Or maybe not.

Like a plastic sieve

I have a memory like a plastic sieve. One with big holes.

I had something interesting to tell you, but I can't remember what it was. Since I can't think of anything interesting to say, I'll go for educational.

Have you ever noticed that Queen Elizabeth Tudor (from the 1550's) is often portrayed with a sieve in her hand? (Elizabeth Images ) That's because she's known as 'The Virgin Queen" and that's because she never married. She took her job as queen quite seriously and wanted to do it herself.

And speaking of sieves, I've always wanted to try ore prospecting. I'd probably last a half day before I'd be crying to take my donkey and go home. (I like flush toilets and ice in my drinks.) Anyhoo, as the saying goes, I've been thinking of visiting the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas and prospect for diamonds. You can actually prospect for diamonds (for $6.50) and keep any you find. I think they call the sieve a screen but it serves the same purpose.


You can take pets into the park, but I'm not sure that includes donkeys. Do you know the difference between a burro and a donkey? Well, I do. (I just Googled it). A burro is a small donkey and often used as a pack animal because it's especially sure footed. So maybe I could get a burro in the park and look like a real prospector. It will probably be easier to manage the burro than grow a grizzled old beard.

Day in, Day out

Tick tock. Tick tock.

Seconds.
Minutes.
Hours.
Days.

Time's up.

Your time.
My time.
Their time.
Our time.

No time.

All the time in the world.

Happy 80th Birthday!

Today is my uncle's 8oth birthday. He's a good man, my Uncle Bob. A hard working, God loving, family man. Maybe that's how he got to be 80 without showing it, 'cause he's still good looking.

Happy, Happy Birthday

and Many, Many More!