"Tight as a Drum."
I think that I am missing the point. For so very long it has been hoped by me to create something -- a book -- that other people would want to read and learn from; something with written value. Something with humor and passion -- something that would help the hopeless.
I've been trying to do this all by myself, without ostensible help from anyone. Yet for so long I've depended on others to help me in ways that I cannot even say. The 'computerists,'-- the hot tea and iced coffee from my wife, Leslie. The love of others which I need so badly comes to me just when I need it. I become 'tight' in concentration and ignore life around me. I even miss the cute conversations between Leslie and our kitty, Misty. My head becomes like an exploding rocket, losing its direction in a ball of flaming anger.
So I am going to do something different. I am actually going to purchase the recent books of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I am going to read them. I am going to devour them. They are windmills I have to go through to find my 'Dulcinea.' Life will be better when I see it differently -- for I cannot go on as is. There are other people in this world.
I've been trying to do this all by myself, without ostensible help from anyone. Yet for so long I've depended on others to help me in ways that I cannot even say. The 'computerists,'-- the hot tea and iced coffee from my wife, Leslie. The love of others which I need so badly comes to me just when I need it. I become 'tight' in concentration and ignore life around me. I even miss the cute conversations between Leslie and our kitty, Misty. My head becomes like an exploding rocket, losing its direction in a ball of flaming anger.
So I am going to do something different. I am actually going to purchase the recent books of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I am going to read them. I am going to devour them. They are windmills I have to go through to find my 'Dulcinea.' Life will be better when I see it differently -- for I cannot go on as is. There are other people in this world.
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Bossypants I had the luxury of reading Tina Fey's 'Bossypants' while traveling from Philadelphia to San Diego and back again. Two other travelers witnessed my laughter and told me that she was funny. I think she is hilarious.
I notice that she is the second born in her family. I also noticed that there was a strong German - American presence in her family of origin. Her other sibling was of a different sex. That is just like my family and I saw how I could parallel her experience. Since we are both the youngest a special attention went to us in our respective families. Also it was easy for each of us to get attention by being cutely precocious. This is a trait that I try to now live down. Her book was very enlightening and enjoyable. I learn to not take myself too seriously.
Finally I have to say that Tina Fey joins my list of people that I would like to meet. Michael J.Fox, Gloria Esteban, Taylor Swift, David Letterman, Keenan Thompson, and Tina Fey are all people whose careers have moved me to the point that I would certainly like to meet each one in person. Oh, the questions I would ask.
Just a note to add on what I did tonight.(11/19/2014) I asked George W. Bush a question about his new book. I'm sure that it will be lost in a deluge of other questions but I submitted this one anyways.
He wrote about his father George H. Bush. Here is my question's gist:
'Did you know when you were a cheerleader in college and your father was in the CIA that you would run for president someday? Furthermore did you form your policies after those your Dad had promulgated?'
That's all for now -- thanks for reading.
Yours truly,
Bob Franz
On the computer today I spelled the same word -- having the same meaning -- in two different ways and there was no correcting red line in either spelling. The word was 'complimentary' or 'complementary.'
In either case one must beware. I've got to watch the "i" in my life because "I" become too important in my own eyes. Or, thinking of it in a different way I have to watch the "e" for that stands for ego.
In either case, although I may have to take care of myself -- it must be known that I have to think of others. Please let me stop thinking of myself.