It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away.
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Sunday, March 22, 2026
Ifs ands or buts
Saturday, March 21, 2026
Now what?
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Sugar... ah honey honey.....
Victor? THE ARCHIES? 1969?
I'm old, sorry... or, the way I see it, thanks. I am stuck on BandAid... stuff in the past, much.
Lady at work, funny haha, put 'glue traps' on the floor as she'd seen a mouse, one trap was right under the computer. Of course of course, Size 11 shoe, directly on it. Took a bit to git ma' dayum foot/shoe off the ground. Some of the trap was sticking out from under the shoe, so.... I put the other size 11 atop that little bit sticking out. Bad plan. Now, two shoe stuck. It wasn't Easter yet, so, I wadn't gonna hop around the damn place... (TBC)
She came to rescue me... her funny haha laughter was no help, but, didn't blame her. Finally, one shoe free, but... everywhere I stepped, more glue on the floor.. and soon, we were all sticking.
Band camp part 2... I've tried to cut back on sugar, and, carbs too. That said, life as we know it, could be short... so, anudder 1965 song, every time I see a gorgeous sunset, I hear Mick in the background "Well this could be the last time." So, with that, I take a vote (1 to nuthing) and then, I eat something with sugar. This particular night, I'd actually done good eating all week... so, I grabbed several huge chunks of vanilla ice cream and put 'em in a bowl. Further applauding my good habits, I decided 'what the heck' and dumped a huge squirt of pancake syrup atop. Ok, it was 3 huge squirts. (TBC)
I was running late to meet a friend. Combed my hair, then my beard. Uh oh. Uh huh, syrup crap allover my beard. A quick glance in the mirror.. wash.. got most.. off I was.
Sticky, me thinks, is important in our lives. Relationships, it's kinda nice if both stick around. At work, I was proud of the fact my boss said I broke the alltime record for sticky notes on a computer. Well, worked for me. Duct tape and super glue. Brett and pine tar. Rosin bags...
Velcro. Victor, you're so damn old this is probably where you tell us (again) about Ed Ames and his axe on Johnny Carson. No, wasn't gonna share that one but thanks.
Do you stick to things with great conviction? One of my cousins recently told me of a story way back in the day... he'd played HS football.. asst fb coach was also the basketball coach. Season ended, coach asked "you're gonna play basketball aren't you?" Nah... I don't think I'd be any good. Coach twisted arm further... "Come for one week... then we'll judge, if I don't think it's for you, promise I'll tellya." Yeah but, my dad, we've got a rule, if you start something, you stick to it..." They shared the plan with dad, he OK'ed it... so, dribble dribble shoot shoot. (TBC)
One week later, coach tapped him on shoulder, "I'll seeya next year in football!"
I was a job hopper, kinda. Did you stick to the same one forever and a day? Howabout partner.. it takes much to stick together nowadays.. we, as a people., give up too early and I'm proud of everyone of ya that are Everready still going (together).
This is where I plagiarize (s'more):
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Persistence and determination along are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge..... Don't quit, a wind from nowhere could turn it. Johnie Dent, Jr.
Stick to the plan, not your mood. Unknown... A good plan gets you in the race, but sticking to it propels you into the winner's circle.. Lee Colan. Start small, build confidence to finish big. Unknown. "HELP!" a mouse.
Victor? Huh? With your relationship 'won-lost' record, you sure YOU wanna give US advice? NOW WAIT JUSTA MINUTE, I'M GONNA TELL HER EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID.................... HONEY?... HONEY?
The hell'd she go?
Oh well. Hell, if I ever DO date again... I ain't gonna worry about cologne, new, nice clothes, whether or not I've scooped all the junk outta my car, Viagra, stuff like that........... but I will make sure I have mouse glue traps. That'll learn her.
Love, Victurd
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Stranger danger.........
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Howya doin?
Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, Ross.
Them'r friends.
Verywell. That. That's an online 'trustworthy health and wellness information resource with over 300 million annual users. Side note. How they know that? How many? I want that job. Pay me, I'll count 'em. That should take, get me to.. oh, I dunno, age 85 or 90 eh?
Verywell. Verywell says there's 4 kinda friends.
Acquaintances. Met 'em a few times, maybe parties, or through mutual friends. We kinda sorta know their names, a little bit about them, but, haven't really had any heart to heart conversations, or, spent much time with them one on one. Any friend is a good friend to have.
Casual. Office, gym, book club, for instance. We know more about them than acquaintances, but that friendship is closely tied to the environment, arena, we see, meet them in. Victorwell (NOT VeryWell or perceived JoelOlsteenWell) thinks these type of friends, are, can be, fun... and certainly developed into something deeper.
Close friends. Besties. Inner circle. Bond with, talk to often, share our struggles. and confide our deepest, darkest fears with, VeryWell does very well in highlighting the yummy aspects here... emotional support.. trust.. .comfort.. fun... quality time.. advice..love.. accountability..
Lifelong friends.. . buddies since we were snotnoses. Tend to be our most authentic self around them, and vice versa. More yummy aspects, steadfastness, shared experiences, belonging, familial ties, timelessness, lifelong memories.
Verywell didn't end the article I read very well. Necessities I spose.. Friendship ebb and flow... Sign of a good friend.. .Sign of a bad friend.. How to know when someone is no longer a good friend.
I am positive in that I really really really like positive here, and not yuck. Yuck certainly does happen. We lose friends sometimes seing 'true colors'. Ain't none of us perfect, and perhaps we prompted a getaway by a friend because we had shown our not-so-good-side.
We is human, hear us roar.
Ain't it kinda a cool thing to look, think back.. picture which of our friends we would place in all those categories up there?
If we had to whittle down friendship to it's finest aspects... from my stinky feet it might be......... it's very nice to care about someone... and, to have someone who cares about us.
I think we could all write the sentence:
"You'll never know how much I appreciate you and our friendship. You've helped me immensely in life and I'd try my best to do anything to help you."
Today marks one year since the loss of our son.
"You'll never know how much I appreciate you and our friendship. You've helped me immensely in life and I'd try my best to do anything to help you."
Love, Victurd
Monday, March 16, 2026
Selection Sunday.........
Daddy (sang bass, but, he also said) "When I's a kid, there tweren't no choice. Mama said 'Run upstairs and git ur new britches on, make sure Sally is helping your little sister with her hair, then, git ur butts down here and, in the car by 8:45am for church, or else." Never did challenge, find out, what that 'or else' was. Figured it came with blisters.
Are you kidding me? Did you NOT see the picture of The King, Richard Petty? There's only one way to turn on Sundays... left, and obviously, Nascar. The whole fam damily.
We represent the lollipop guild..... we can't write or spell yet, but, we sure know howta lay on the floor infronta the TV all Sunday morning for Bugs, Tom and Jerry, Yabba dabba Fred and Barney, Smurfs. Ain'tno other stuff we'd consider, as in, That's All Folks.
Hi, I'm Bob, and I'm Karen, Sunday's our favorite day 'cause 'Mericans are home, ain't at work. We spend early mornings catchin' up, he reading The Wall Street Journal and watching Fox, while I checkout The Washington Post and watch CNN, then, we get on Facebook, spend hours and hours calling people we don't know ugly names, offer 'well said' on them we agree with..you know, get our hearts'a pumpin'.. then, we forgive and forget for a short, run to the 3rd bedroom, have mad, amorous, then, back for round two...enda the night, she goes and sleeps in her bedroom, and, I, mine. Picture perfect Sunday.
Hi. My baby and I, we don't do nuttin' during the week... festive diet of mac and cheese, ramen noodles, peanut butter (he likes PBJ, I'm more attuned to PB and sliced bananas, yum). Inotherwords, we're thrifty, SO, we can go every Friday night to the B&B, buy us two tickets to a newest movie coming out, grab us a Giant Bucket of popcorn, he, a Diet Coke, me, a regular Pepsi.. we pretend like we're Rotten Tomatoes after, review this, challenge that, like, no like... take, keep notes... and it all leads up to our favorite, the Academy Awards. The day before, we go to The Used Prom Dress Thrift Store for me, and then he gets a tux for 24 hours from Men's Warehouse... our HEAVEN, our Sunday selection.
Teal, be for real. In KC, it is ALL ABOUT SOCCER, THE, Kansas City Current, HOME OPENER. Won, 2-1. Soon, FIFA, World Cup. Sure, we enjoy the Chiefs, football, but, we get our kicks with Futbol, and, The World's FIRST Stadium built specifically for women's soccer. Nanny nanny boo boo.
For us, there was no question. No, not church, nor cartoons, Nascar - be for real.. we got ridda FB eons ago.. why pay $34 for a Giant Bucket of popcorn, when you can go to the ballpark and buy a bag'a peanuts for $4. No one cares about 'footie'. Baseball Ray, there's no other way. I'm soooooooooooooo glad my wife grew up in a family that went to Spring Training every year (me? I wore out a kajillion pairs of jeans playing wiffle ball in the yard 24/7, well, almost anyways. GO TEAM USA! ONE MORE, then, it's the MLB Network and however many Selection Sundays there are within 162 games. HOLY COW! Back back back back back...Go crazy folks, go crazy. We do. Every Sunday.
So now you know, The Rest of The Story. Good day, Paul Harvey.
"HEY WAIT! What about us?" Basketball Jones and Brittany.
Oh yeah, them too. (Go MU, and... Cal Baptist!)
Love, Victurd
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Woke up, fell out of bed............
Ifs ands or buts
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