Principled Man

Mom’s ankle is doing better, but her attitude is lousy. She is far from being fully recovered, but she keeps taking off (in her walker) without telling me. I still have to spot her and do a lot of things for her, but she’s bent on being “free” and “independent”. She promises that she’ll call me, but then does the opposite. She’s often in a foul mood because she still can’t live her “normal life”. She is really testing my patience.

I have portable wheelchair ramps leading to my front door, so I can take my mother in and out of the house while she’s rehabbing her ankle. I have to prop open the storm door in order for the one ramp to fit. I took Mom to a doctor’s appointment today, and when we came home, I saw that I had left the storm door AND the main door WIDE OPEN. A full hour of “open house”, so to speak…..

A shitty pipe dream for that guy, certainly.

Maybe a lot of non-pro drummers also wanted to audition. “Hey, my Rush cover band is pretty good! We’ve got lots of fans! I’m sure Alex and Geddy will give me a shot…..”

Don’t look back. You can never look back.

We’re only immortal for a limit——- NO! We are UNLIMITED! This Forum IS FOREVER!

A bitter reminder that the Circle of Life and Death spares no one. We each hope and pray for a happy, painless End, but Reality makes no promises to anyone.

Coach Norman Dale Leave the ball, will ya, George?

Westley73: Why didn’t you wait for me? Buttercup: Well, you were dead. Westley73: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

Sonny: Hey, how’s Paulie…? Clemenza: Oh, you won’t see Paulie no more…..

Campbell’s Chunky Soup with a large biscuit.

Winter made a comeback last week, and is continuing through this coming week. -17 on Monday night! After that, it’s gonna be 40! Or so they say…..

Will the Brewers ever get tired of being Regular Season heroes and Post-Season CHOKERS?

Bad Company gets my vote for sure. They were the first rock concert I ever attended (….I don’t count the two KISS shows I saw a few years earlier). They didn’t make many albums, but their first 4 or 5 were really good. I’ve never tired of their signature song from their first album.

Thanks, blues! Mom’s ankle is healing slowly but surely. She’s in a walking boot now, but she has a long way to go before she can walk freely again. The biggest challenge is the 24/7 care I’m giving her at home. We have some in-home care twice a week for physical therapy and nursing, but I do everything else around the clock. It was rough at first, but we’ve adapted quite well. The future looks bright.

I have the POA, and the house is in a family trust. When Ma passes away, the trust goes to me. I freely admit that I should have involved myself in Ma’s taxes years ago. I accepted Ma’s word that she didn’t have to file a return. That was a mistake on my part. Time to comb the house for all those records! Not exactly a treasure hunt!

For the past 14 years, my 84-year old mother has not been filing a tax return. She receives social security and monthy payments from my father’s pension (he died in January 2011). Unfortunately, I was not in the loop about this until recently. We have now learned that she should have been filing a tax return all these years, AND that she has not had taxes taken out of the pension payments. Would consulting a tax attorney be the best strategy? I’ll definitely be going through Ma’s financial records….assuming I can find them. They’re packed away somewhere…..D’OH!

Maybe, maybe not. As long as they have a healthy and effective Patrick Mahomes, they can reload and start another run. The Bills will have a say in it, and maybe even the Bengals, too. I’d love to see the Bengals come back.

This Just In: The NFL has unofficially confirmed that the Super Bowl game officials are set to assist the Kansas City Chiefs in their 2nd half comeback. “We know that this may give the League a black eye, but we simply can’t risk having the Chiefs lose. The first ever Three-peat in League history is just too important,” a League spokesman said under condition of anonymity.

I love it when you talk dirty….

The mysterious red dots are obviously proof of the existence of an Intelligent juggler. It’s the only plausible reason for the dots being in that particular space.

LOL….just another botched attempt to post a GIF…..D’OH!

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