Neanderpundit

Please, if you haven’t signed up for the 07 GBR, or are not considering doing so, go here, and sign up. We need as many as can get there, to be there. it’s a GREAT time, and it’s a bunch of GREAT people. BY all means, attend. The greats of the gunblogging world will be there, and it’s worth it.
By the way: Don’t do it for Mr Completely, do it for Kewee- she’s got the kind of accent that makes American guys take out their wallets. How Mr C ended up with her I’ll never know- and I bet he hopes she never finds a good optometrist. Of course, the same is often said about the Ogwife.

Who couldn’t be more of a loser. Elwood “Bunky” Bartlett of Nottingham, MD has won the Mega Millions. Oh, there were other winners, but they HAD to post THIS GUY’s mug all over the place.

Christ on a cracker. I hope he uses some of that dough to get his face fixed. The damned thing MUST hurt, it’s KILLING me.

Now I know that if i ever win the Lotto, I won’t be the biggest loser to win, nor the ugliest motherfucker.

One thing and another, I’ve been hammered flat all weekend. Auto/home/whatever repairs, and a toin of other crap all at once, and my knees feel like the dog’s breakfast. And yet, I’m enjoying myself immensely.

Years and years ago, I watched my father suffer from the countless ailments and infirmities that plagued him all his days- bad feet, back, knees, bone marrow infections in the upper arm etc.

I watched him- a tough man, a man capable of dealing with pain that would lay waste to lesser men- I watched him involuntarily weep in pain.

I prayed a fervent prayer, every night, in those days. I prayed, “Please, God, take away a little of Dad’s pain. Let me have it. Let him sleep tonight. Let him rest.”

Today, when I ache to stand, creaking and groaning and sore in all my joints….. I smile. And think, yep. I asked for this, and I accept it. And suddenly it doesn’t hurt so much at all.

Thanks to the inimitable Mr Porretto for the reminder.