Today's Miracle Mind ?

Very nice. I do enjoy his voice and singing, and this is such a beautiful song.

That certainly is another way to look at it. Very interesting.

You always seem to make me long to visit NYC again and to flashback a little and remember how exciting Broadway theater (and off, too) can be. Just seeing marquis all around is a sight a miss. Interesting post, Martin.

Interesting post, Martin.

The driving lessons appear to be going well. And, I'm so glad to hear that you are feeling better!

I might want to avoid this one...I get nervous when I read "might have been's" and hypothetical variations. It's bad enough I author a lot of those things in my head by myself...I get does unsettle me when others make me think that it could have really been real. See? Even my comment sounds like I'm nervous!

Soooooooooooooooooo, YOU are the one who causes the weather problem, huh? Not nice!

Sounds like something I want to see, too!

Congrats! You seem to win some money quite frequently! Good for you!

I don't fish, but after seeing those pics I just might wanna make a trip up there! Should I pick up some gear on the way or can I rent from you?

No wonder others want to mooch in on the place, it really does look nice and you obviously have a good thing going there. I'm proud of you for holding your own and not giving in to the wishes of others.

Happy belated birthday to your hubby! I'm glad he (and you) had a good time, enjoyed your meals (even though the service wasn't the greatest) and got to enjoy the celebration together. How neat you got the socks finished; I know that made you feel better. The cocoa and seat cushion are also great gifts, so he was lucky with gifts this year.

By the way...hmmmm, pssssst! I was just thinking (and keep in mind that I can have a bit of a sinister mind at times)...you know, that chainsaw doesn't sound like a bad gift after all! Let me tell you why...tee hee... you know those neighbors of yours?...the ones that make all that noise at the inappropriate times?...Well, I was just thinking, what if your husband had a chainsaw? And he had things that needed cutting and trimming and stuff? And, he needed to do that cutting when it was convenient for him? Oh, yeah! I think you're getting my train of thought now! LOL

Hmmmmmm...

The national debt is outrageous and not necessarily for good reason. If one were to back out whatever the good reason(s) is/are, there will still be an outrageous debt figure staring back at you. Put it to scale and look at the average middle class person's financial state...now compare. In most cases, the comparison will show a similar rise and fall over time that will at least somewhat match the chart in your graph. The most important point, though, is where a person falls on the graph now and how that now position compares to the overall picture of the past...maybe going back 20-50 years ago. The national debt DOES translate into PERSONAL debt, not only because of what we have to live with, but because WE'RE THE ONES who have to bail out that national debt on top of trying to deal with our own financial situations. Projecting how much the national debt will cost us (as personal individuals) if we continue on this current path, we might as well start doing the math now so we will know just how little of each dollar bill we earn we can call our own! That's not the end of it, though, for we must pay our own personal debts out of that amount! At this rate, that will leave little or nothing left over for more and more people. For a growing number of people, that may even mean not having enough to even break even, therefore slipping further and further into debt. So, the only way the AVERAGE person can afford to pay anything and to help get out of all debt, is to actually get something for whatever money gets spent...because there won't be any money left over to pay for anything else.

You slept! That's a good and important improvement. Anxiety can be controlled and helped, but it takes a little "experimenting" with different meds sometimes to get it right. Did you ever think that SOME of the anxiety may actually be BODY/PHYSICAL withdrawals from smoking? I remember anxiety attacks and hyperventilating (or feelings that I could start hyperventilating) when I quit smoking...and some of it came months after I had quit!

Maybe those non-gays are afraid to be seen as openly non-gay? Maybe they will lose their jobs or have family and friends be ashamed of them? Or, gee, maybe they're just too busy for such things...they need all their free time to attack and criticise others and not to just worry about themselves!