has it really been a year? We were sitting in a bar, drinking rum punch, and making fun of The Weather Channel reporters and their khaki pants. We stocked up on bottled water, canned food, liquor and playing cards, because we knew we would be without power for a while. We read, we played guitar, and waited it out. The sound of blowing wind, and rain for days could make a person alittle crazy. We didn't hear or see about the devistation in New Orleans till days later, because we were without power. We saw the ships on the highway, but not on tv, on our highways. We had jet skis in trees, people without homes, jobs, and looking for family, the only difference? The news trucks couldn't get to us. We were living in a city below sea level that became an engineering disaster? No, but we suffered too. I know it wasn't handled properly, and lives were lost that didn't have to be. Celebrate your progess, aspire to continue to make the changes that should have been made, and to rebuild your lives.

birthday fun

no, not my birthday, but someone else. 2 birthdays this weekend, and both included extremem drunkeness. What qualifies a person to act like an ass on their birthday? Is there some unwritten code for your birthday? Get drunk, dance on the bar, then end the evening by crying at the bar, trying for birthday sex, but pass out first...is that it? Then I wonder, did I act like that on my birthday? No, thankfully. I went to dinner, had a cocktail and went home. Whew...Maybe I'm getting too old for all that crap, or just too smart.....probably too old. If it's your birthday, don't act a fool!