Cranky Swamp Yankee

WOW! I guess ol' Wyatt had nothing else to do, huh? $167 to protect you from yourself! Your Big Brother is definitely more expensive than mine! I had to pay $39 for the same thing.
Traffic court is simple. They herd you around like cattle for a hour or two, and then they settle with you. Some 12-year-old assistant D.A. will look at your paper. If you're REALLY lucky he or she will give you a condescending little talk, and then reduce your fine.
Let us know what happens.

Wow! Sleep, huh? That was the LAST thing I would have said!

My taste buds are shot. WAY too many habenero peppers! That's why I like beer. BUT I am a beer snob. I prefer the micro-brews.
As far as undivided attention during movies is concerned, J and share a trait here. I'm the same way. Mary will stand up in the middle of a movie we're watching to get something in the kitchen. As she moves out of the room she ALWAYS says, "Don't pause it. I can still hear it."
Nothing doing. I hit pause. (I control the remote because I have the penis...I don't know HOW gay couples do this!) Only after she is back in the room and nestled in at my side once again do I re-start the action on the screen. Must be a guy thing, huh?
As far as sherry is concerned, $8.00-a-bottle crap tastes just the same $100-a-bottle crap. Too sweet. Gives me a headache.

That's what I thought!

Great pics, but I'm still crying!

You've got me crying. Really. The last dog lost was my dearest friend Pal. She was just the gentlest German Shepherd and sweetest little girl. That was five years ago, and I'm crying all over again for her right now.

These are absolutely WONDERFUL! SO funny because they are SO TRUE!!
The munchkins can be handful! I have four kids, but it took me TWO wives to get them! You sound like a fantastic Mom.
By the way, what IS in the top drawer of your nightstand?

Matt, the pleasure has been all mine! Keep on doing what you're doing, and be happy. I will miss you.

I'm glad you came through the storm with all flags flying high!

In all my life, I have never heard of two unpublished scripts so similar that one needed to be changed, unless plagiarism was involved. (However, I do know that when Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone, he beat another inventor with the same idea to the U.S. Patent Office by only a couple of hours!) Stranger things have happened. And if your producer suggests that you change the script...CHANGE THE SCRIPT!
As far J falling in love with the time capsule idea, that is a very common thing. I have directed stage plays for many years, and the hardest directing job I've ever had was directing a play that I wrote called "The Cultivation of Succulents." It is semi-autobiographical, as I've told you before, and when I wrote it, I pictured every single scene in my head. THAT was how the show should look. I would rather have cut off my left arm (I'm left-handed.) than change that look!
So, when directing the show, I brought in a co-director, who had no vested interest in the script. When she made a suggestion, I made sure that it became law, no matter how much I disliked it! (The show ended up getting standing after standing ovation.)

Holy Cow! Sounds ole Wyatt Earp was just gunning for anybody he could find to fill is ticket quota! Sure as hell doesn't fair to me!

#1 made me drool, #9 made me smile, #10 made me feel relaxed, and #13 made me smile.
As far as technorati and "authorities are concerned...HUH? I don't understand ANY of it! I don't even know what it means. I've even asked Eddie about it, and still, I don't get it. (Sometimes I feel so stupid!)

WOW! What a horrible thing to have happen! I am SO SORRY for your loss!

Hey kid! You've got SO MUCH going on in your life right now with the wedding and the career switch (even if the switch is temporary)!!!! It is little wonder that your brain is having a hard time processing it all.
Meditation is a good thing. For me, it slows me down, and helps to alleviate "The Great What-Ifs".
I'm glad it helped to settle things down a bit for you. Relax and enjoy yourself! This is your wedding, for crying out loud! Don't let this WONDERFUL, EXCITING time slip away without enjoying it to the fullest!
You've got yourself a wonderful man, and he's got a wonderful woman. You love each other. Together, you have the strength and love and courage to face whatever this world throws at you!
And when you come back from your honeymoon, have fun with your new career, and enjoy dreaming wonderful dreams!
I mean it! Don't waste one single second worrying about what might happen or what could have been. All we ever really have is right now.
As for making plans...make your plans, but don't be disappointed if the future holds something different that you think. Remember what the great John Lennon once wrote, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."

Talk about hitting the nail squarely on the head!!!!!