tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post5509008868749172102..comments2024-01-22T14:07:41.683-06:00Comments on Edifice Rex: RidiculousMamaHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-49699244416609648782008-11-20T19:32:00.000-06:002008-11-20T19:32:00.000-06:00Hey Maya! Well, some days I do better than others...Hey Maya! Well, some days I do better than others as far as finding humor in the weirdness. Sometimes you laugh to keep from crying.<BR/>That is really crazy that you and Gary lived SO close and never met! I guess when it was time, it was time though. I think you are right on in that life does often lead you right where you need to be...if you are willing to listen, and yeah, despite our best laid plans! ha!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hey Rider! Well, I hear from a number of people that are doing exactly what they always thought they would and that's great! I think some people wander (kinda out of curiosity) and some don't. I know the part about it seeming like a nightmare sometimes too though!MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-34179926921480203292008-11-19T20:11:00.000-06:002008-11-19T20:11:00.000-06:00Funny, I'm living my dream, got exactly what I alw...Funny, I'm living my dream, got exactly what I always wanted, but sometimes, it seems like more of a nightmare! Thanks for the link to the I Believe series on NPR. It sounds like a cool project.Island Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04338707720934732800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-76931957435336429812008-11-19T19:53:00.000-06:002008-11-19T19:53:00.000-06:00Good to see you have rounded the corner a bit and ...Good to see you have rounded the corner a bit and found some hilarity amongst the weirdness. I've never been one to do much planning in terms of life goals. I believe Gary commented in a previous post about how we lived a mere 2 blocks from each other years before we actually met. He and I were talking the other day about where we have ended up. We chuckled over the fact that I've ended up closer to the straw hat of a farmer than the 13 inch Mohawk, and all of my own doing. The weird Amish-looking guy in the video store in the middle of the city was the reluctant one in acquiring our current menagerie. Sometimes life leads you right where you need to be, despite what we have planned for ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-74560549664440953962008-11-19T19:45:00.000-06:002008-11-19T19:45:00.000-06:00Hey Fc! Yeah, and from what I can tell, a whole-h...Hey Fc! Yeah, and from what I can tell, a whole-hearted, gung-ho Mr.Family, Dad! I think that fits you well.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hello Aunty! Thanks!MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-29563148886374502812008-11-19T15:40:00.000-06:002008-11-19T15:40:00.000-06:00Oh! Lovely reflection--I enjoyed every word of it!...Oh! Lovely reflection--I enjoyed every word of it!Aunty Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868780211706866610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-41704593898432368332008-11-19T10:11:00.000-06:002008-11-19T10:11:00.000-06:00I was gonna be a lifelong bachelor playboy ... now...I was gonna be a lifelong bachelor playboy ... now I'm Mr. Family/Dad guy.<BR/><BR/>Go figure.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-85079868723983651272008-11-18T18:58:00.000-06:002008-11-18T18:58:00.000-06:00First off, thanks so much to all of you for tellin...First off, thanks so much to all of you for telling me a little about your life! i love that. <BR/><BR/> <BR/>Hey Pablo! that's true, I've just always been kinda amused at how so many of the guys I work with are so willing to help me out with things. So many of the women I know are just the opposite, although I do have a few VERY good female friends. And yes, I believe Mercedes does make a truck...but they can keep them.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hey Ed! Sounds like you've had a very interesting and fulfilling life so far! the best things usually can't be predicted it seems.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hey Philip! Boy, you got that right. i never imagined my life would be like this. Strange but interesting, huh? i think that is good.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hey Richard! A lot of times it seems like the perfect life and sometimes it just seems hard but it always seems to fit.<BR/>i think, in a lot of ways, just going with the flow is the way to go. You know, most times what we thought were 'big dreams' turn out to be quite shallow and small and it takes life happening to show us what 'big' really means.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hey molly! Well, started out quite staid but kinda rebelled as I became a working adult. Not sure why. But, like you say, it's never been boring!MamaHenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17018971960706063902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-28327583399912041862008-11-18T16:45:00.000-06:002008-11-18T16:45:00.000-06:00Whilst I've always seemed to live a very staid lif...Whilst I've always seemed to live a very staid life, not by intent, seemingly by a greater design, I LOVE the ridiculous! It's fun, it's surprising and it's never boring.<BR/><BR/>Blessings:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-37191794053178600862008-11-18T09:28:00.000-06:002008-11-18T09:28:00.000-06:00Sounds like you have just about a perfect life. W...Sounds like you have just about a perfect life. We all start out with big dreams and then reality sets in or takes over. I've learned (like you) to just go with the flow and do whatever makes me happy. Your life is all laid out for you...you just don't know what road it will take.<BR/><BR/>So go with the flow and live a happy life.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06875150610109193368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-82067493267374226332008-11-18T07:27:00.000-06:002008-11-18T07:27:00.000-06:00Life never plays out as one imagines. Growing up ...Life never plays out as one imagines. Growing up in the 50's I thought a modest job, wife, kids, house with yard was what life was all about.<BR/><BR/>I started down that road but in the 70's it all came apart. I was left with a 2 year old to raise alone as my wife left to "find herself". I went on to subsistence living with lots of time to "smell the roses." and no retirement plan.<BR/><BR/>In my little town I am the odd ball interested in ideas and books while others are interested in hunting and fishing and having a little house and yard and wife and kids. (My former dream). I have been a Harvard educated bucheron (bush worker) among illiterate loggers who spends more time identifying flora and fauna in the bush than cutting timber. It has been a strange ride.Tossing Pebbles in the Streamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354065895900279070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-47576267315094461302008-11-18T07:04:00.000-06:002008-11-18T07:04:00.000-06:00My life is about half and half. I always wanted t...My life is about half and half. I always wanted to be an engineer, for reasons I may never understand, and eventually after much struggle and work, became one. It didn't come easy but I certainly enjoy it now. <BR/><BR/>In my married life, I wasn't sure if I would ever get married and instead just retire early and roam the earth. However while roaming, I met a Filipina working in London and now eight years later, we've been married for over four years and have a daughter. I would have never predicted that turn.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455933.post-49716518176056930522008-11-18T05:57:00.000-06:002008-11-18T05:57:00.000-06:00In the end, we all help each other, not by gender ...In the end, we all help each other, not by gender but by human species.<BR/><BR/>Also, I think Mercedes makes a truck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com