Apr
30
2009
On TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS today, I did double-takes on old guys that I would SWEAR looked just like Stephen King.
So that we are on the same page here, I think Stephen King has a very distinctive, almost unique look about him–especially his eyes.
But, Nay, both of my look-alikes turned out to be ordinary, late-middle-age guys with a paunch, shaggy unkempt hair and glasses.
I don’t recall EVER, in my life, doing double takes on Stephen King look-a-likes, so twice in one day seems just exceptionally STRANGE.
Both of these guys were shopping for stuff, like me, and were intensely interested in what they were checking out. Perhaps it was the intensity that made me think of Stephen King. I haven’t read any of this stuff lately, just his how-to book On Writing that describes his craft and techniques.
There are other people who do resemble Stephen King, just in case you are now curious. One of these is the Author of the book, The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen, so here is a photo of him:
There is another guy who picture is out on the internet who asks if we think he looks like Stephen King. I really see a resemblance to the Stephen King of thirty years ago, but not so much any more.
So, in the end, I finished buying my broccoli and spinach and headed out to my next stop. Perhaps tomorrow will bring other illusions of familiarity.
Apr
28
2009
I have really strange dreams from time to time and sometimes they even end up making sense once I wake up.
As we get older we often have that “get up now” calling in the middle of the night. When this “emergency” occurs I am often in the middle of a dream, and the dream suddenly takes on an “emergency get up now” twist.
Such was the case last night, when I found myself, in my dream, in front of a urinal and totally unable to open the front of my boxer shorts. In my dream, 
I was frantically pulling at the boxers, trying to get them open, but it was like there was no opening and no compromise was possible. It was sort of like giving myself a “wedgie.”
Suddenly, in my dream, I discovered that I wasn’t “wearing” my boxers, but that they were simply stuffed down the front of my jeans, neatly. In my dream, I pulled up on the underwear’s waistband and the boxers came right up and out the top of my jeans!
Then I awoke and headed for the toilet, safe and secure. What a dork.
Apr
26
2009
I had a really weird dream last night. Lots of sex, over and over, like it was a competition and we had to keep score. Nothing perverted about it, just that whoever “we” were, it was a matter of having as much sex as possible and keeping track. Sort of like the story of my life. Ha Ha. Don’t believe THAT!
There was an area where we had to have this sex, and it was like a patio under the Eiffel Tower. Yes, Paris France! And the patio was marked off into “spots” with painted lines like a parking lot, only the spots were for having sex, and we had to have sex in a different spot each time, trying to be the first one to have sex in all the spots.
There were also weddings in this dream, Paris weddings, with lots of “mistakes” that other people were making but I had to be the one who pointed them out. I was the perfectionist who insisted that each detail be correct. I was driving everyone crazy (in my dreams, even) with my“Type A” personality. Caterer, florist, photographer—everyone had to be corrected.
One thing about dreams is that we eventually wake up and return to reality. (Boring reality)
Sometimes, I wish dreams could go on forever, or maybe just that I could return to the same dream the next night and see how it turns out. I left some unfinished business and lots of unused “spaces.”
Apr
22
2009
Most all of us, by now, have read about the effects of Global Warming upon the wildlife of the World. Whatever affects the Earth affects us all, human and animal kingdoms alike. What we refer to as “habitat” is also where we live. The human race doesn’t have very good prospects for continuing to exist on this planet beyond the next couple of hundred years.
The most radical of “forward-thinking” scientists think our future lies in outer space, as we have to migrate there when the Earth is no longer habitable. What a dreadful thought!! It is an unrealistic vision, as only a handful of humans would be chosen to perpetuate this life form beyond our planet. Stupid.
We are mortal, and as mortal lifeforms our existence on this planet may be limited by our ability to adapt. If we cannot find the political willpower to make necessary changes in how we live, then we will follow so many other lifeforms into extinction.
Much of this is just beyond our comprehension. We are totally unable to imagine an Earth without human life; but, in fact, human life has existed for a minuscule fraction of time in Earth’s history. We are not even an *asterisk in the Universe.
What’s my point? ENJOY EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE. ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH. ENJOY IT ALL WHILE WE CAN.
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But, Nay, both of my look-alikes turned out to be ordinary, late-middle-age guys with a paunch, shaggy unkempt hair and glasses. 
There are other people who do resemble Stephen King, just in case you are now curious. One of these is the Author of the book, The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen, so here is a photo of him:
