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Post by bowiglou on Jul 17, 2008 13:36:22 GMT -5
since I'm probably the oldest denizen on these here boards (few months shy of 52 years of age..and yes, I did see the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show circa Feb of 1964 and thus fell in love with rock and roll as a 7 year old!!), I can say I love getting older.......true, there are a few experiences I wouldn't mind hand-picking for exclusion (e.g, adolescent insecurities, throes of dating woes, ex-financees and ex-wife!!!, etc.) but given that I still surf, swim and keep my mind somewhat engaged, and am in a career that I adore, I feel truly blessed...................true, there might be a couple of extra pains and tweaks with encroaching age, but I've been relatively healthy..and knock on wood for that.....
but beyond the physical/phenotypic travails, what I really love about being older is increased confidence and less self-consciousness....I am much more likely to poke fun at myself as I get older and take myself a bit less seriously.................and though I didn't have biological kids, raising two young children during my 7 years of my first marriage was a treat (and further helped advance the growing up process)........................
and now, at the encouragement/behest of my 2nd wife, as many of you know I took the step to self-employment a little over 4 years ago..and it has been amazing..just this week I gave a workshop in Atlanta at the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention..an opportunity that would not have happened if I was trudging along for a company.......so the opportunities seem endless as I apporach my glory years!!!
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Post by samplestiltskin on Jul 17, 2008 13:48:48 GMT -5
Rock on bowie-iggy-lou. Like I said, I can't wait to be older too. I feel a bit like I'm going backward in my development. Since I missed out completely on childhood, I think I'm regressing and having WAY more fun and doing all the things I never would have let myself before. A much-needed regression I might add. And then as soon as I can have a healthy happy "childhood" AND pay my dues (both of which I'm doing now), I can be a kick-ass mentally stable 50 year old!
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Post by bowiglou on Jul 17, 2008 17:03:26 GMT -5
and there aint' nuttin wrong with that!!...............I know sometimes we feel a compelling need to adhere to a lockstep process in development, and to some extent certain sequential stages make sense........but there is nothing wrong, as long as no one is wronged in the process, to live life as one sees fit................. ......I will admit, though, I do wonder on those rare occasions how my life might have been different if I hade curbed certian excesses earlier in my life...say in my late teens or twenties as opposed to 33...I'm specifically referring to my now 18.33 years of sobriety...... Rock on bowie-iggy-lou. Like I said, I can't wait to be older too. I feel a bit like I'm going backward in my development. Since I missed out completely on childhood, I think I'm regressing and having WAY more fun and doing all the things I never would have let myself before. A much-needed regression I might add. And then as soon as I can have a healthy happy "childhood" AND pay my dues (both of which I'm doing now), I can be a kick-ass mentally stable 50 year old! |
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Post by samplestiltskin on Jul 17, 2008 17:31:46 GMT -5
There's no point in regretting the past, EVER. There's nothing you can do to change it, so just use it. At least that's how I feel. I seem to have somehow escaped any serious problems with chemical dependency. I smoked too much pot between 18-22 and hardly remember anything from those years, but I hardly remember anything from 7-23, period. Pot or no. Just a self-erasing memory that I'm trying to fight finally. Student loans went to coke but I'm paying it off and learned some lessons from it. I'm just lucky. Genetically speaking I really should have a substance abuse problem but it just ain't there. Some of it is probably being Libra and seeking Balance at all costs. Kept me from going over the edge beyond repair I spose. Re-doing my childhood seems to have less to do with partying and living dangerously and more to do with being senselessly, unashamedly crass and silly. I wave delightedly at everyone when I'm getting a ride in a friend's car. I stick my head out the window and smell things. If you ask me where something is, it is always in my butt, or in your mother's butt. I guess I just let go of needing people to LOVE ME and replaced with needing to be amused at all times. As far as I can see, it hurts no one and amuses most.  |
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Post by Thorngrub on Jul 18, 2008 16:49:55 GMT -5
I remember every little thing down to how I sucked my first two fingers of my left hand and simultaneously rubbed my lower lip w/my right thumb when I was just a baby; and no matter how much pot I smoke to this day, I still. Can't. Stop. The memories ! !! ! *AaaaRrrgHh*, /*tears hair out, screams, etc* But ask me what I did yesterday and I'll stare at you blankly.
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Post by rocknroller on Jul 20, 2008 0:23:49 GMT -5
Currently reading Steps 1,2 and 3.  |
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Post by Thorngrub on Aug 5, 2008 15:17:38 GMT -5
Skip steps 4, 5, and 8, Pat.
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Post by rocknroller on Aug 5, 2008 15:33:41 GMT -5
Skip steps 4, 5, and 8, Pat. Why? And how do you know what steps 4, 5, and 8 entail Thorns? Sorry though, no-can-do. I will say that as I have worked 4,5, and 8 thrice before and that the ones forth-coming won't be as ...uhm, hmmm...forth-coming? Detail oriented. Factual events already admitted to God and another human being I suppose. Amends made. Things like that. Hell, I might even do 5 and 8 with a catholic priest in a confessional booth. ;D |
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Post by Thorngrub on Aug 5, 2008 15:52:57 GMT -5
lol ! haha ya fell for the bait. Sorry Pat, I'm just terribly bored here.
I have no idea what steps 4, 5, and 8 are ;D
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Post by rocknroller on Aug 5, 2008 20:48:44 GMT -5
My "bullshitter" detector just went off there Thorns. But I'll let-it-go... Coming December 30th 2008:  |
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Post by JACkory on Aug 5, 2008 22:14:33 GMT -5
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Post by skovrecky on Aug 6, 2008 9:15:17 GMT -5
I'm almost done with "Dune Messiah". I've decided to re-read the entire Dune series, something that I do about every 4 years. The Dune books are just ridiculous in how GREAT they are.
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Post by rocknroller on Aug 6, 2008 19:51:38 GMT -5
The "Dune" novels by Frank Herbert are wonderful. Frank's series is probably my favorite sci-fi/fantasy series. The books written by Frank's son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson while readable, don't come close to the sheer genius that was Frank Herbert. The imagination, the talent, the wisdom, the grandeur.
I can't express in words how much I love "Dune."
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Post by rocknroller on Nov 26, 2008 14:05:46 GMT -5
Bought today at Walmart:  |
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Post by rockkid on Nov 29, 2008 9:49:40 GMT -5
Hmmmmmmmmmm I was mulling that King one over in Costco. Let me know how it is.
Presently on The Book Of Lists (new Canadian Edition).
It does hold ones interest I’ll say.
Just prior was Tatum O’Neil’s auto bi A Paper Life.
God what self absorbed drivel.
Just when one feels sorry for her, mass ego has to rear its head. She’s more like her daddy than she thinks I’d say.
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