Neanderpundit

IN part, because of this post I’m thinking about the ways you lose those near to you.

If there’s anything that’s certain, we all know we will lose those near to us, and it’s as if nobody realizes this until the moment of truth, so to speak.

When I was six, I looked at my dad, looked at the pain that encompassed his life- he’d had so many injuries in his life, so many illnesses, by the time I was six, I was in tune with his mortality. He died when I was twenty-seven. It hurt, but I was not surprised by it. Fact of the matter is, I was a tiny bit surprised he’d lasted as long as he had.

Hoosierboy talks about lkosing his daughter to the big world. About having her move away, slowly, first leaving for college then spending more and more time away until finally she’s on her own. I have that future to consider as well. My own daughter will someday be doing the same thing.

We know those moments in our life are coming, but we don’t prepare ourselves for them.
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Lke Frank Sinatra? you might just want to check out Michael Buble (pronounced boo blay).

Punk kid, with a set of vocal cords that make Sinatra seem like a piker. And, the arrangements are impressive as well.

Seems this Canadian kid is shopping his demo tapes all around, one falls into the hands of Brian Mulrooney, who asks him to come sing at Mulrooney’s daughter’s wedding, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The kid is gonna be hot, don’t doubt it. Imagine Harry Connick with talent and class.

Rained like a pig here last night. Way overdue. Everything dry again already.