Iron Woman

I have seen a couple of articles and stories on the news about caffeine and how it might be beneficial in some ways.  If that is the case Mildred ought to live to be a hundred.  My doctor once told me that I should limit my caffeine and I asked him why.  He said, “It causes your heart to beat faster.”  I told him that mine needed all the help it could get so I would just keep drinkin’ my coffee.  He smiled and shook his head and said, “You know, you just might have a point.”

I have been busy going over some old comics because I am going to print a black and white comic book to sell along with my jewelry.  I am hoping to improve some of them and I might re-run some Hank The Handy Man comics on one of my sites.  I had real big plans for upgrading some old artwork but I left my pen for my Bamboo tablet and won’t have it until this weekend.  It is hard drawing with a mouse when you are used to a digital tablet.

Over or Under

Sometimes I get to feelin’ bad about bein’ old and then I think about the alternative.  Actually bein a geezer is not too shabby.  I’m enjoyin’ most of it in spite of the aches and pains.  I reckon I would have taken better care of myself when I was younger if I had known I was going to live this long.

Back in November when I had my last heart attack the doctor told my family that I was in bad shape and might have 3 days, 3 weeks, or as much as 3 months to live.  I have already doubled the three months and I actually feel better now than I did even before the last attack.  For a while I kind of believed him but I feel optimistic enough that I have have started a few long range projects and I intend to finish them.

Idled and Addled

Don’t forget to go to http://beartoons.com to find out more about Bearman’s  Charity Challenge.

Progress-

Sometimes progress brings us changes that we just don’t want to have to deal with.

You probably notice the picture of Bearman of http://beartoons.com on Mildred’s wall.  Mildred is not a fan of much but it seems that she must like Bearman and his comics because this is not the first time that she has posted him on her wall.  Actually Bearman might have reached the soft spot (if there is one) in Mildred’s heart because of his annual Charity Challenge.  Bearman uses this challenge to promote his website and as a chance to donate his own money to charitable causes.  You can read more about it here.

http://beartoons.com/2012/04/29/bearman-cartoons-charity-challenge-2012/

I think costing Bearman money is some progress we can all get in on.

Clearance Sale

While I don’t think most politicians are actually takin’ bribes I do think they are greatly influenced by lobbyists and the perks and contributions they receive from them.  As far as I’m concerned there is not a lot of difference.

Mildred’s View of the Family

I have been doing some Mildred solos lately.  Hope you enjoy them.  I will probably do more with Edna and Mildred but I just feel like Mildred can stand alone…probably against a whole army.  Again I want to apologize for not being around on the internet and leaving comments much the last couple of weeks.  I have been extremely busy getting my jewelry and copper work ready for the Summer selling season.  (Also catching up on some much needed yard work etc.)  I have been feeling better the last couple of weeks than I have in months.  I might just snap back after all.  That’s what us tough old Geezers do.

Government Growth

I am a firm believer that our Government is way too big, way to incompetent and has too much graft and corruption.  Now having said that I am going to spend the weekend enjoying the freedom I have in a country that is still the best in the history of Civilization, in spite of  the mistakes our government has made.  It is great because it is filled with great people.

Things Change

I used to be a lean mean fightin’ machine and now I’m just a round mound chow hound.  I am not sure if it is a blessing or a curse that our minds don’t always accept that our bodies are broken down.  Even now, and I know that I have extreme physical limitations,  I find that my mind will write checks that my body just can’t cash.

My closet has something in there that keeps shrinkin’ my clothes.  Someone changed my porch so that it is much higher and harder to climb the steps than it used to be.  My wife is obviously smuggling marble slabs in her luggage but so far she has not been able to deliver any of them because everytime I pick up the bags they still weigh the same.  Time has changed too.  It gets late a lot earlier than it used to.  On Father’s day I am now in the running for being the oldest Father in the services.

I’m not sure what happened to the young vibrant man I used to be but I know he is still around.  He gets excited when he sees a go-cart or a dirt bike.  He listens with enthusiasm as someone talks about white water rafting and hopes he will be able to go someday.  He sees all the things that need to be done around Gatorhead and promises that someday he will do them. Sadly though he is a blowhard.  He talks a good game but he doesn’t show up when the heavy lifting starts.

Maybe if he had drawn comics and made jewelry back when he was somewhere besides deep in my imagination he would have been able to stay around a lot longer.

Wise Observations by Mildred

I’m pretty much with Mildred on this.  I think people would be amazed if they really knew some of the things that people get grant money to study.  When it comes to some of the so-called discoveries I am in the “Who Cares?” department.  I don’t want to know that certain things in meat are bad for me…I want to know how to cook it so that it has the best flavor.  I don’t want to know the migrating habits of blackbirds…I just want them to stop roosting over my black car.  I get tired of hearing that the things they said were bad for you and nagged you to give up are now being found to have “health benefits”.

Thinking is a lot like that mudhole.  Sometimes we think someone is really deep when all they have done is muddied the waters so we can’t see what’s there.

I would like for you to leave a comment with some of the wasteful studies that you have heard of.

Low Life Dreams

I had a good long blog written but my computer ate it.  Basically what I had to say is that Wally wants to be a real go getter.  He wants a wife he can take to work and go get her when she gets off.  Men like Wally don’t stay married long but they get married more often to make up for it.   The thing that puzzles me is the number of women out there who have their own worthless Wallys.

Don’t forgot my blog at http://bolumpkin.wordpress.com