The Daily News

1  Good morning!!!!!!!

2   I'll begin with a quick report from the Kaiser people. My Achilles was not torn, ruptured nor anything else, but the doctor worried that I possibly had a blood clot, which scared the daylights out of me.

3   They did an ultra-sound and I'm fine. 

4   They did a few blood tests that had everything in the right range, so hopefully I'm getting better. They prescribed no pills. 

5   So it is a good morning.

6   Last night the garbage disposal decided to break, never a good thing. 

7   I'm happy despite that setback.

8   I'll look at the sky today and give lots of thanks. 

9   Moving On, Part One:  Gadzooks.

10  I've no idea where that word came from. 

11  Every now and again a "Gadzooks" slips out of me.

12  Pardonne moi. 

13  That's French, like the vanilla.

14   I'm so obviously French.

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17  Actually...

18   I'm not.

19   I lied. 

20   Not gonna lie.

21   Moving On, Part Two: I need to know how it is that I'm retired and doing more work than when I was working.

22   Writing this is becoming a full-time job. 

23   I realize with each tick of the clock that I don't have that much to say, not that I ever did.

24   I certainly don't feel like talking baseball this fine day.

25   I have a garbage disposal to attempt fixing. I've done it before, but I don't remember how to do it, plus i'm pretty sure I won't fit under my sink these days. 

26  Hudson? Huh? Sorry. I'm back at that horrid ballgame.

27   Remember "torture?"

28   It's still last night and for whatever reason I haven't turned off the game yet.

29   Fortunately I know and the Dodgers know that they can win four in a row and lose four in a row just like the Gigantes.

30   I love foul bunts by fast dudes on the other team. Strike one. 

31   I'm turning this stuff off. I'm switching channels.

32   <does>

33   Everybody Loves Raymond. 

34   There.

35   Now I can get my head into the garbage disposal.

36   Don't get old. 

37   Ah, go ahead. It ain't that bad. 

38   You come to appreciate clouds and things. 

39   I don't even mind the chem trails this morning.

40   They just put on a commercial for Bush's Beans. I wonder if Jeb eats those things down.

41   Slow news day.

42   They're better than fast news days.

43   I'll stick with and appreciate the slow one.

44   And THIS day I appreciate my own socks.

45   When you can say that publicly...

46   It's a slow news day. 

47   What this needs...

48   What this REALLY needs...

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51   ...is THIS guy!

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53   Admit it. You never saw it coming, even though it happens so often.

54   I promise I'll NEVER do that again.

55   <mouths words> EV-ER.

56   I gottago.

   

57    See you again.

58    Peace.

fin.